MGMT 370 - Business, Government and Society

Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: Sustainability Overlay
This course addresses how to proactively anticipate, critically analyze, and appropriately respond to the social, political, regulatory, ethical, technological, and sustainability challenges that confront managers.

Prerequisites: Senior standing, and MGMT 300.
Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground or Online-Asynchronous.
Grading: A-F grading only.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Identify the social, political, regulatory, ethical, technological sustainability (environmental, social, and economic) aspects of the external and internal environments in which a business operates, either in general or in relation to a specific problem;
Compare and analyze the various and sometimes competing considerations related to diverse stakeholder interests and inherent in cross-cultural environments;
Analyze interactions between human activities and natural systems;
Describe key threats to environmental sustainability;
Explain how individual and societal choices affect prospects for sustainability at the local, regional, and/or global levels;
Develop approaches for businesses to address issues involving government and society;
Demonstrate critical thinking skills by applying social responsibility concepts and ethical principles to social issues

Sustainability Overlay Learning Outcomes

identify the environmental, social, and economic dimensions of sustainability, either in general or in relation to a specific problem;
analyze interactions between human activities and natural systems;
describe key threats to environmental sustainability; and
explain how individual and societal choices affect prospects for sustainability at the local, regional, and/or global levels.