OEL 541: Business and Economics of an Organization (Graduate Level)

Course Description

This course will focus on introducing students to the financial strategies required for non-financial managers working in a global economic environment. The course will present a high level overview of various accounting and financial processes, as well as other resources necessary for decision making and organizational strategic planning purposes. (3 credits)

Prerequisite

• OEL 501: Learning Community

Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs)

Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

1. Demonstrate a basic understanding of accounting and financial management processes.
2. Demonstrate the ability to develop and analyze organizational budgets for forecasting purposes.
3. Explain global economic threats and the challenges it presents for organizations.
4. Apply the financial strategies required for organizational decision making to a business dilemma.
5. Demonstrate ability to conduct research, analyze financial statements, and other organizational information to develop organizational strategic planning processes.
6. Demonstrate an understanding of organizational marketing concepts and how they relate to an effective organization.

Applicable Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)

• PLO 5. Construct organizational leadership strategies.
• PLO 7. Design and implement organizational change processes.
• PLO 8. Create strategies to support intercultural/global inter-relationships.
• PLO 9. Develop strategies that support the advancement of organization's vision and mission.
• PLO 12. Apply financial and economic tools to improve organizational performance.
• PLO 13. Conduct research utilizing online sources and databases and write research papers that analyze and synthesize information and data gathered.

Course Activities and Grading

Required Textbooks

Available through Charter Oak State College's online bookstore

• Froeb, McCann, Shor and Ward (2018). Managerial Economics: A Problem Solving Approach. 5th ed. Cengage Learning. ISBN-13: 9781337106665

Supplemental Required Readings/Resources

(Provided in the course)

• Financial Management Processes
• Organizational Marketing Concepts
• Top Ten Global Economic Challenges http://www.brookings.edu/research/reports/2007/02/globaleconomics

Supplemental Required Readings/Resources

(Available in the Charter Oak Library)

• Organizational Decision Making

  Elbanna, S. (2016). Managers' autonomy, strategic control, organizational politics and strategic
  planning effectiveness: An empirical investigation into missing links in the hotel sector. Tourism Management, 52210-220. doi:10.1016/j.tourman.2015.06.025

  Luoma, J. (2016). Model-based organizational decision making: A behavioral lens. European
  Journal Of Operational Research, 249(3), 816-826. doi:10.1016/j.ejor.2015.08.039

• Organizational Budgeting

  Hannan, R. L., Rankin, F. W., & Towry, K. L. (2010). Flattening the organization: The effect of
  Organizational reporting structure on budgeting effectiveness. Review of Accounting Studies, 15(3), 503-536. doi: http://dx.doi.org.cosc.idm.oclc.org/10.1007/s11142-010-9132-5

• Global and Economic Effects on Organizations

  Peric, M., & Vitezic, V. (2016). Impact of global economic crisis on firm growth. Small Business
  Economics, 46(1), 1-12. doi http://dx.doi.org.cosc.idm.oclc.org/10.1007/s11187-015-9671-z

  Barge-gil, A., & Modrego, A. (2011). The impact of research and technology organizations on firm
  competitiveness. measurement and determinants. Journal of Technology Transfer, 36(1), 61-83. doi: http://dx.doi.org.cosc.idm.oclc.org/10.1007/s10961-009-9132-4

• Organizational Marketing Concepts

  Mena, J. A., & Chabowski, B. R. (2015). The role of organizational learning in stakeholder marketing.
  Academy of Marketing Science.Journal, 43(4), 429-452. doi: http://dx.doi.org.cosc.idm.oclc.org/10.1007/s11747-015-0442-9

Course Schedule

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