BUSI 701 Current Topics in Business Administration

This course covers current trends in critical areas of business administration from an executive perspective.

For information regarding prerequisites for this course, please refer to the Academic Course Catalog.

Students will be introduced to current theoretical and applied research in business, representing each of the areas of the common professional components. Emphasis will be placed on producing writing that adheres to the standards of the Doctor of Business Administration program while providing a survey of current research in each of the areas.

Textbook readings and lecture presentations

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Course Requirements Checklist

After reading the Course Syllabus and Student Expectations, the student will complete the related checklist found in the Course Overview.

Discussions (4)

Discussions are collaborative learning experiences. Therefore, the student will complete 4 distinct discussions. The discussions will focus on the new research in the fields of marketing, finance, management, and international business. The student will post a thread of at least 600 words for each discussion. Each thread will include a minimum of 5 scholarly peer-reviewed references published within the last 5 years. The student will then submit replies to at least 2 classmates’ threads. Each reply will be a minimum of 250 words.

Annotated Bibliography Assignment

For this assignment, the student will create an annotated bibliography of 10 scholarly peer-reviewed journal articles published within the last 5 years on a selected topic from the fields of marketing, finance, management, or international business.

In this assignment, the student will conduct a trend analysis of a selected concept in business theory using scholarly literature. The goal is to identify how the concept has evolved over time, how it is currently applied, and what future directions it may take. The assignment will contain a minimum of 2500 words (not counting the title page, abstract, and references), use at least 10 scholarly peer-reviewed sources, and be formatted using current APA guidelines.

In this assignment, the student will search the Bible for at least 3 verses that would guide people in the understanding of business, its principles, nature, structures, behaviors, etc. The objective of this assignment is for the student to understand and apply the biblical truth to the study of business. The assignment will contain a minimum of 2500 words (not counting the title page, abstract, and references), use at least 10 scholarly peer-reviewed sources, and be formatted using current APA guidelines.

In this assignment, the student will evaluate a provided literature review composed of 10 articles on the topic of leadership. The objective is to critically analyze each article for validity, replace invalid articles with valid scholarly peer-reviewed ones on the same topic, as well as provide a revised synthesis and evaluation of the literature. The assignment will be a minimum of 7 pages (not counting the title page, abstract, and reference pages) and be formatted using current APA guidelines.