This business foundation course brings together students from diverse backgrounds and provides a common language and starting point on which to build a solid program of business and management or real estate studies. Students will learn to drive change by applying management processes of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. Students develop tools for effective learning and studying, and understand standards and expectations for the entire program.
In this course, students complete the Learning Assessment, a comprehensive test that assists students in assessing their business knowledge and skills necessary to be successful in the program. A course fee will be added to reflect test administration costs.
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Demonstrate understanding of the context for learning at Marylhurst, including its mission, history, focus on adult learning, and outcomes-based curriculum; articulate perspectives on the learning process, including how humans learn, the value of reflection, and the relationships between learning and society; use learning technologies and resources and Marylhurst Shoen library online services. (Liberal Arts Core Outcome AL1)
- Understand how to manage change, plan change within a community, and assess its likely impact. (Liberal Arts Core outcome HCB9 )
- Develop common language about management principles and actions as a foundation for successful completion of courses in the Business Management or Real Estate Studies degree program.
- Understand management and leadership processes of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling and their use in organizational and personal change.
