Ba 301 Research And Analysis

BA 301 Research and Analysis of Business Problems
Section: 007
CRN: 10270
Tuesday/Thursday Noon-1:50 p.m., Lincoln Hall 249
Instructor: Maureen O’Connor
E-mail: [e-mail]
Office hours: T, W, TH 9:30-11:30 a.m. in UCB 486-F (above McDonald’s)

Course Description

The School of Business Administration identifies three core competencies necessary to ensure success in the workplace – problem-solving, theory to practice and long-term perspective. This course will help you to enhance those competencies, focusing on problem-solving, and build a strong set of tools and skills for the remainder of your formal business studies. You will spend a great deal of time solving problems and making decisions in your future business careers. This course will help to make you better at it.
Although similar to other methodologies, the PSU approach adds some subtle and not so subtle elements that make it a bit more complex, but also more comprehensive and useful in the real world and in day-to-day business decision making. With a unique combination of reading, writing, lecture and group activities, BA 301 should help to provide a strong foundation for knowing not only how to use the framework, but when to use it.

Course Materials

This course uses a custom text, combining the original text by PSU Professor Kristi Yuthas and a range of supplemental chapters.

Research and Analysis of Business Problems, by Yuthas, Barker, Terry, Daft, Anderson, Marcic, Cengage Learning, ISBN-13: 978-1-435-42885-0, available at the PSU bookstore.

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