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Business Administration E-Tutorials
E-Tutorials are available at both the graduate and undergraduate level.
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Business Administration
- Ethics in Managerial Decision-Making
- Information Management For Ministry and Service Organizations
- Information Technology
- Non-Profit Management Theory and Practice
Ethics in Managerial Decision-Making
Faculty: Dr. Henry A. Chan (Profile)
Description: Managers have to make decisions every day. This course will focus on the identification and examination of ethical concepts, and students will apply them to problems and issues in their own non-profit or organizational setting.
Required Reading:
- Cooper, Terry L. The Responsible Administrator: An Approach to Ethics for the Administrative Role, Fifth Edition. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2006.
- Shaw, William H. Business Ethics. Sixth Edition. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing, 2007.
Information Management For Ministry and Service Organizations
Faculty: Dr. Paul Hudec (Profile)
Description: The purpose of this e-tutorial is to explore the theory and application of managing information technology in a non-profit organization with a special focus on ministry in the 21st century. The areas explored in this eTutorial include: current developments and issues in information technology, challenges for the non-technical non-profit manager or minister, history of religion and information technology, Communities of Practice for hardware, software and communication needs of the non-profit organization, and knowledge management. This course invites the student to explore and analyze their organization’s management within this non-profit setting.
Required reading and viewing:
- Hudec, Paul A. Readings in Non-Profit Information Management. Unpublished at this time. Document available from author electronically. 2008.
- Lochhead, David. Shifting Realities: Information Technology and the Church. World Council of Churches. 1997.
- Spyker, Stephen K. Technology and Spirituality: How the Information Revolution Affects Our Spiritual Lives. Skylight Paths Publishing. 2007.
Information Technology
Faculty: Dr. Mohammed A.S. Khan (Profile)
Description: This e-tutorial will cover the study, design, development, implementation, and management of computer based information systems, specially software applications and computer hardware. It deals with use of electronic computers and computer software to convert, store, protect process, transmit, and securely retrieve information.
Required reading:
- Leon, A. and Leon, M., Fundamentals of Information Technology, Sangam Books, 2000.
- Turban, Efraim. Introduction to Information Technology Book, 2nd ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2003.
Non-Profit Management Theory and Practice
Faculty: Dr. Professor Paul Hudec (Profile)
Description: The purpose of this e-tutorial is to explore the theory and practice of managing in a non-profit organization in the 21st century. The areas explored in this eTutorial include: competencies for the non-profit manager, history of management theory and practices, fads, collegiality, and the 21st century manager. This course invites the student to explore and analyze their organization’s management within this non-profit setting.
Required reading and viewing:
- Drucker, Peter F. Managing the Nonprofit Organization. New York: Harper Collins, 1990.
- Hudec, Paul A. Collegiality: 21st Century Management Answer. KM World. 2006.
- Unpublished at this time. Introduction to Management. Document available as a pdf from the author electronically after the course starts. 2008.
- Wolf, Thomas. Managing a Non-Profit Organization in the Twenty-First Century. New York, Prentice Hall.