This course provides a multidisciplinary examination of how culture, society, economic systems, legal, international, political, financial institutions, and human behavior interact to affect a business organization’s policy and practices within the U.S. and a global society. This course focuses on how these influences impact the primary areas of business including: organizational structure and design; leadership; human resource management; organized labor practices; marketing; organizational communication; technology; entrepreneurship; legal, accounting, and financial practices; the stock and securities market; and therefore how they affect a business’ ability to achieve its organizational goals. Transfer credit: CSU; UC.

This course examines the basic management functions of a business organization and middle management’s responsibilities in planning, organizing, directing, controlling, coordinating, and executing the organizations’ goals and objectives. Techniques of decision-making with emphasis on recent advances in areas directly related to management are also introduced. The class introduces the fundamentals of modern management as practiced today, particularly the ways in which the management practices evolved with the rise of large corporations in the late 1800s and into the twenty-first century. Transfer credit: CSU; UC.

This course introduces the theoretical and practical issues related to conducting business via the Internet. Topics covered in this course include evolving e-business models, Web-based technologies, value chains, electronic marketing, payment systems, security, ethics, legal, international, and cross-cultural issues. Familiarity with navigating the Internet is assumed. Transfer credit: CSU.

This course will teach the foundational marketing activities including market segmentation, consumer behavior, product strategy, pricing, promotion, and distribution of cannabis products and services. Principles, regulations, and practices used in the cannabis industry are also covered. The course will cover the processes of developing merchandise, from initial concept to production in the cannabis industry. Existing successful products and their various elements, which may become ideas for new, innovative product ideation will also be covered in class. Field trips may be required.