Business Systems - Some Learning Objectives

Typical learning objectives for a business undergraduate may include:

• to acquire knowledge, understanding and skills which can be used to analyse, explain and influence business events and activities.
• to study "about" business and "for" business i.e. to prepare for a possible career)
• to develop high level, critical skills for evaluation and application of good business practice particularly if as an entrepreneur/manager you want to develop and implement new, successful business solutions.
• to provide answers to the following:
  • why and how businesses form, grow, survive or decline?
  • what factors social, technological, economic and political/legal influence business practices and decisions?
  • how do businesses interact with the environment and those who have an interest in the business?
  • how are businesses managed and what methods can be used to support business management and decision-making
  • what "know-how" does the business person need and how do you acquire these abilities?
  • to comprehend the limits and claims of business "science".