ADMN 201 — Intro to Business Studies
Core BComm course covering the fundamentals of business: organizations, management, motivation, leadership, finance, accounting, and how businesses operate in the broader economy.
Key Concepts
EconomicSystems, SupplyAndDemand, DegreesOfCompetition, PrivateEnterprise, BusinessGovernmentRelations, MotivationTheories, LeadershipApproaches, EmployeeBehaviour, PsychologicalContract, JobSatisfactionStrategies, FinancialManager, ShortTermFinancing, LongTermFinancing, SecuritiesMarkets, InvestmentVehicles, RiskManagement, Accounting, AccountingEquation-FinancialStatements, FinancialRatios
Modules / Units
| Unit | Topic | Summary Page | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ch1 | Understanding the Canadian Business System | ADMN201-Ch1 | ingested |
| Ch9 | Motivating, Satisfying, and Leading Employees | ADMN201-Ch9 | ingested |
| Ch11 | Understanding Accounting | ADMN201-Ch11 | ingested |
| Ch15 | Financial Decisions and Risk Management | ADMN201-Ch15 | ingested |
Connections to Other Courses
- PHIL 252 (argument/lobbying): Argument-Lobbying — argument/fallacy tools ↔ lobbying and business influence on government
- PHIL 252 (overview): CriticalThinking-BusinessDecisions — how the full PHIL252 reasoning toolkit applies to business decisions
- PHIL 252 (bias): Bias-ManagementAssumptions — cognitive bias ↔ Theory X/Y manager assumptions
- PHIL 252 (causation): Causation-RiskManagement — causal reasoning ↔ the 5-step risk management process
- PHIL 252 (false cause): FalseCause-MotivationTheories — false cause fallacies ↔ causal claims in motivation theories
- PHIL 252 (data viz): DataVisualization-FinancialRatios — misleading chart techniques ↔ financial ratio presentations
- PHIL 252 (classification): ClassificationSystems-Accounting — classification rules ↔ accounting category structure
- PHIL 252 (selection bias): SelectionBias-SecuritiesMarkets — survivorship bias ↔ fund performance data