BUSI 735 Understanding the Organization

This course provides a comprehensive overview of the modern organization from a systems perspective. Topics include the importance of organizations, organizations as systems, the environment of the organization, and the structure of organizations.

For information regarding prerequisites for this course, please refer to the Academic Course Catalog.

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This course provides a comprehensive analysis to the organizational structures with theory, behavior, and various leadership concepts.


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Course Requirements Checklist

After reading the Course Syllabus and Student Expectations, the student will complete the related checklist found in the Course Overview.

Discussions (4)

Discussions are collaborative learning experiences. Therefore, the student is required to provide a thread in response to the provided prompt for each discussion. The focus of each discussion is different; please refer to discussion prompts and instructions. For each discussion, the student will also reply to the threads of 2 classmates.

Case Study Assignments (2)

The student will complete evaluation and analysis of two integrative case studies and respond to the questions related to each.

Bible and Organizations Assignment

The student will search the Bible for at least three verses that would guide people in the understanding of organizations, their nature, structures, behaviors, etc., discuss organizational principles found within the selected Bible verses as well as importance of understanding and applying the truth of the Bible in leading organizations.

Research Paper Assignment

The student will select an organization of their choice that, they believe, is facing organizational issues and identify two to three problems.   The student will apply theories, concepts, and principles learned from the course to analyze their chosen organization and its identified problems, as well as provide a personal and biblical perspectives that discuss solutions to the issues.


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