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  • BUS 258: Supervisory Management

    3.00 Credits
    Westmoreland County Community College

    Investigates techniques of leadership including the motivation and the creation of incentives for others to follow. The focus will be to improve decision making at work through increased knowledge pertaining to internal and external environmental forces. A new philosophy regarding the supervisor's role regarding work assignments and control of employees is developed in this course.
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  • BUS 259: Investments

    3.00 Credits
    Westmoreland County Community College

    Analysis of terminology, techniques, vehicles and strategies for implementing investment goals. Risk-return trade-offs of investments will be presented in a portfolio context emphasizing diversification. Topics covered include the investment environment, common stocks, fixed-income securities, speculation, mutual funds, real estate investments, tax shelters, saving and investing, savings and home ownership, and investment administration.
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  • BUS 261: International Business

    3.00 Credits
    Westmoreland County Community College

    Studies techniques for analyzing and understanding the entry into international business through exporting, licensing or direct investment. Terminology and conceptual frame work to comprehend the balance of trade, balance of payments, foreign currency exchange and the International Monetary System.
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  • BUS 262: Entrepreneurship

    3.00 Credits
    Westmoreland County Community College

    A practically oriented course focusing on the development of an entrepreneurial venture from idea generation to the opening and operation of a business. Topics include creativity, target market identification, marketing/financial planning, decision-making, recordkeeping, employee coaching and motivation, business valuation, management/control processes, and legal requirements. Designed for the person who desires to develop an entrepreneurial venture.
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  • BUS 264: Small Business Operations

    3.00 Credits
    Westmoreland County Community College

    This course introduces the student to the procedures necessary to develop and refine a business plan and to integrate the plan into the start-up of a small business. Procedural operations covered will be the preparation of loan documents, applications for licenses and permits, a fictitious name application and the development of a business support plan.
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  • BUS 275: Organizational Behavior

    3.00 Credits
    Westmoreland County Community College

    This course is designed to examine behavior modeling in the work environment. Topics include leadership, the motivation of employees and the understanding of organizational cultures. Students will gain an understanding of the behavioral parameters of organizations that compete in both domestic and international markets. Knowledge of workforce diversity will be emphasized as a key to improving workplace performance through effective pluralistic organizational work teams. Special emphasis will be placed on conflict in negotiations, communicating through influence, power and politics, and the management of organizational change.
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  • BUS 278: Data Analysis

    3.00 Credits
    Westmoreland County Community College

    Introduce the fundamental concepts necessary for the design and use of a database. The course will provide practical experience in applying these concepts using commercial database management systems. Students will perform identifications, analysis, and interpretation of volumes of data that are collected from a wide variety of sources. Students will learn to identify patterns and relationships in large data sets, to resolve business questions and make data-driven decisions, and effectively communicate informed tactical and strategic business objectives. Prerequisite:    BUS 244
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  • BUS 285: Compensation Management

    3.00 Credits
    Westmoreland County Community College

    This course is designed to show students how to create fairness and equity when building a sound and equitable wage structure. Wage and salary administration is developed to enhance employee motivation. Job analysis, job evaluation and performance appraisal are presented as vehicles for advancing the understanding of fairness as it applies to both internal and external wage equity. Pay models are designed to be consistent with the legal framework as it applies to the job market. Competitiveness in performing a job is explored when considering a merit or seniority pay system.
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  • BUS 288: Business Analytics

    3.00 Credits
    Westmoreland County Community College

    Business analytics focuses on decision-making enhanced by electronic spreadsheets. It introduces students to a collection of quantitative tools designed to enhance managerial decision-making. Topics to be covered include financial statement analysis, financial and capital budgeting, forecasting, inventory control models and linear programming. Extensive use of an electronic spreadsheet will be used in this course. This is a capstone course in the Business Administration option AAS degree program. Prerequisite:    FIN 220
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  • BUS 296: Business Strategy

    3.00 Credits
    Westmoreland County Community College

    This is a capstone course in business that integrates managerial, financial, marketing, and accounting principles in strategic decision making. The case method/simulation method of instruction will be used for problem identification, analysis, and solution. Prerequisite:    45 Credits in Business Courses
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