Assistant Professor of Business & Organizational Administration
The CMU Business & Organizational Administration program offers:
- A solid, credible degree that applies Christian convictions to business and organizational administration and leadership.
- A rigorous and challenging academic experience, along with small classroom sizes and caring and accessible professors.
- Hands-on opportunities to put your education into practice through practicum programs—including opportunities in other countries.
- Opportunities to practice student leadership.
- Opportunities to develop your ability to deal with the tough ethical and moral decisions you will encounter in the marketplace.
- Ways to make the world a better, fairer and more just place.
- Valuable contacts in the business community—contacts that can provide valuable learning opportunities and possibly lead to a job.
The world needs inspired, competent and creative Christian business and organizational leaders—people whose character is shaped by their faith to be of service to church and society. Through CMU’s program in Business and Organizational Administration you can integrate your faith with your studies as you prepare for a career in business, non-profit organizations, church, international development agencies, and in social service and disaster recovery organizations.
Solid business education, mixed with leadership training and a strong dose of moral guidance based on Christian principles, is a recipe for success in today’s business world. CMU has the unique advantage of educating students with a view that business is a calling—not simply a career. Curwin W. Friesen, President & CEO, Friesens Corporation
Program
CMU’s program in Business and Organizational Administration is designed to meet the needs of students who accept as their mission and calling to serve God as entrepreneurs, managers or as leaders in the non-profit environment. Helping you to gain managerial and leadership skills, within a Christian perspective, is our primary goal.
Our faculty bring a passion both for scholarly
reflection and evaluation of business and leadership
practices. They will inspire you to think not only about
ways of doing business and being a leader, but also
about the challenges presented to people of faith.
For us, as a family, business is our calling. Christianity, through the Anabaptist spyglass, is our faith. Through this new program we want to help other Christian men and women to follow their calling into business, so they can serve the world and the church. James Redekop, Redekop Development Corp., Abbotsford, B.C.
Through practicum assignments, you will be able to meet and learn from business and organizational leaders—people who care about nurturing the next generation of Christian leaders.
All this, plus learning in an environment that features small classes (average size: 21), a strong and vibrant community life, a safe residential experience and opportunities to play sports and be involved in student leadership.
The program is directed by Craig Martin, Ph.D.
Agricultural Economics and Business (Candidate),
University of Guelph. For Craig, “business is a part of
life,” and so is Christian faith. “We can operate
businesses and take our beliefs to work with us and
still make a profit,” he says. “A strong moral and
ethical background is an important part of how we do
business.” Learn more about Craig.
Teaching ethics and values together with business skills can be an important contribution of CMU. I fully endorse the teaching of business by CMU. Art DeFehr, President and CEO, Palliser Furniture
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Courses
The following section contains a complete list of courses for its curriculum. For current course listings please see the Course Description section of our website.
BUSI-1000/3 Introduction to Business and Organizational
Administration: This course introduces various aspects of
business and organizational operations and structure. The
course covers areas such as business and organizational
classifications, financial requirements, basic concepts and
techniques, practices and responsibilities.
BUSI-2000/3 Introductory Financial Accounting (Formerly:
44.200/3): Examination of accounting postulates underlying
the preparation and presentation of financial statements.
BUSI-2010/3 Introductory Managerial Accounting (Formerly: 44.201/3): Role of accounting in creation and
application of business information used by decision-makers
in the management of enterprise and organizations.
Prerequisite: BUSI-2000/3. Corequisite: ECON-1000/3 or 1010/3.
BUSI/PSYC-2020/3 Organizational Behaviour (Formerly:
44.202/3): Examination of the impact of human behaviour on
the formal and informal organization. Topics include
leadership, work groups, organizational conflict, and
communications. Prerequisite: BUSI 1000/3 or PSYC 1000/6 or
permission of instructor.
BUSI-2030/3 Management and Organizational
Theory (Formerly: 44.203/3): Examination of the underlying
principles concerning the formation of organizations and
their internal management. Emphasis will be on the study
and analysis of various theoretical approaches to
organizational theory and management.
BUSI-2050/3 Fundamentals of Marketing (Formerly:
44.205/3): Analysis of marketing problems, emphasizing
various alternatives available for achieving economic
efficiency in the distribution process; public policy with
respect to marketing.
BUSI/PSYC-3000/3 Organizational Leadership (Formerly:
44/41.300/3): Examination of the theory and practice of
leadership and decision-making in organizations. Topics
include trait, behavioural and situational models of
organizational leadership, leadership as power and influence,
and processes involved in the decision making of individuals and groups, large and small, formal and informal. Attention
will also be given to development of skills in leadership.
Prerequisite: 45 credit hours of university-level courses.
BUSI-3100/3 Financial Management: The course focuses on
the role of the financial manager of a business or an
organization. Topics to be covered include financial analysis
and forecasting, and the management of cash, accounts
receivable, inventories and liabilities needed to manage the
organization’s operations. Prerequisites: BUSI-2000/3 and
2010/3.
BUSI-3200/3 Human Resource Management: A practical
study into how organizational leadership, structure and
behaviour influences how organizations obtain, maintain and
retain human resources that are essential to achieve their
objectives. Prerequisite: BUSI-2020/3 or permission of the
instructor.
BUSI-3300/3 Not-for-Profit Management: This course
explores the unique challenges inherent in managing notfor-
profit organizations. Topics will include mission,
governance, marketing, volunteerism, fundraising,
stakeholder services, impact of technology and the
internationalization issues faced by not-for-profit
organizations. Prerequisites: BUSI-2020/3 or BUSI-2030/3 and
BUSI-1000/3 or IDS-1000/6
BUSI-3400/3 Entrepreneurship and Small Business
Management: This course considers the nature of
entrepreneurship and the distinctive challenges of starting
and managing a small business. Topics to be considered
include financial planning, marketing, operations,
management, and human resources. BUSI-2050/3 and BUSI-
1000/3
BUSI/ECON-3500/3 International Business and Economics: This course examines economic theory and its application to
business in an international context. The course will address
social, environmental, ethical and economic issues associated
with international business, including the interaction
between government and business. Prerequisites: Two of
ECON-1000/3, ECON-1010/3, or BUSI-1000/3.
Leaders may work in the church, but more often they work in non-church settings. Their leadership skills should be encouraged and enhanced as part of their faith in God. It is in this context that we support the learning opportunities offered by CMU for students interested in pursuing business and organizational studies. Such students are the leaders of tomorrow’s world; hopefully they will also be leaders in tomorrow’s churches. Erwin Warkentin, General Manager, Mennonite Foundation of Canada
