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, HumanResourceManagement, RecruitmentAndSelection, CompensationAndBenefits, HRMLegalLandscape, LabourRelations, WorkforceDiversity, 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 |
| Ch8 | Managing Human Resources and Labour Relations | ADMN201-Ch8 | 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
- PHIL 252 (bias/appraisals): Bias-PerformanceAppraisals — cognitive bias ↔ performance appraisal and interview design
- PHIL 252 (classification/labour): ClassificationSystems-LabourRelations — classification rules ↔ shop spectrum, worker categories, dispute resolution