MBUS 690 CRN: 25177 Effective Negotiations
April 17-19
Leadership today requires a skillset of flexibility in the face of change, resourcefulness in our unique roles and industries and the ability to be agile as a leader in negotiation. Negotiation in leadership requires a foundation of trust and an understanding of multiple perspectives to successfully navigate a variety of challenges. In this course, you will learn to build trust in preparation for negotiation, understand the dynamic nature of business relationships and approach each negotiation with a plan for maximizing the negotiation and long-term relationship. Negotiation is an essential tool in the skillset of leaders at any level, in any industry as we strive for excellence in our business relationships.

Greg Husted, Organizational Development Manager, Kootenai Health

MBUS 690 CRN: 25178 Leadership
April 18-19
This class is about how we inspire leadership in others through a better understanding of leadership in ourselves. We will focus on three common themes – personal leadership and happiness, organizational leadership, and leadership in society.

Gena Hoxha, Clinical Experience Coordinator at Gonzaga University School of Nursing and Human Physiology

During the quarantine for COVID-19, here are some on-line resources to help with classes, careers, and mental health.

CAREER DEVELOPMENT: Career and Professional Development is available to help with crafting your resume, getting an internship, looking for a job, or any other career-related issues. For information on scheduling an on-line appointment or accessing resources, click here.

ON-LINE CLASS HELP: The Center for Academic Success has many resources to help you with your on-line classes. Click here for a list.

WRITING: Foley Writing Center offers on-line sessions for all GU students across the curriculum. You can schedule an appointment via https://gonzaga.mywconline.com. Also, you can access the SBA Writing Resource Blackboard page. Instructions are here.

MENTAL HEALTH TOOLKITS: Take care of your mental health as well as your physical health. Student Life has a toolkit to help with things like mindfulness, life balance, sleep, stress, and transitions. You can find resources here.

ACADEMIC TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS SUPPORT
Turnitin support for faculty or students (Gonzaga’s Turnitin support site)
Qualtrics survey support for faculty or students (Gonzaga’s Qualtrics support site)
Foliotek portfolio support for faculty or students (Gonzaga’s Foliotek support site)
atasupport@gonzaga.edu
Click here for more information
509-313-3972

FOLEY LIBRARY
Assistance with research, instruction, reference resources, online chat service
Updated site with student and faculty information during disruption
foley-refdesk@gonzaga.edu
Click here for more information
509-313-5931

Dr. Mary Heitkemper, the Career and Professional Development liaison to the School of Business Administration, is available to provide career development support for you over the phone, via e-mail exchange or through a virtual Zoom meeting.  You can request an appointment through Handshake at https://gonzaga.joinhandshake.com/login or by calling CPD at 509-313-4234. 

Even though most of CPD’s in-person programs and services have been postponed or cancelled, CPD would like to remind you of a few things you can do right now to keep your career goals moving forward: 

• Set up a one-on-one appointment with a CPD team member via Handshake to discuss your career goals. 
• Search job and internship opportunities in Handshake. 
• Log in to CareerShift to research employers, peruse job & internship opportunities, and identify contacts within specific organizations. 
• Practice interviewing through InterviewStream. 
• Write or update your resume. 
• Write or update your job search correspondence (cover letters). 
• Create a ZagsConnect account to start networking with other Zags. 
• Explore career options by visiting the “What Can I Do With This Major” website.
• Create or enhance your professional profile on LinkedIn.   

In addition, you will find a variety of online resources to support you 24/7 as you work with CPD remotely.  These resources can be found at: 

https://my.gonzaga.edu/student-life/career-services/career-planning-tools-resources/downloadable-documents.

https://my.gonzaga.edu/student-life/career-services/career-planning-tools-resources/online-resources

The School of Business offers on-line resources for writing via Blackboard. To enroll in the Blackboard course:

• Begin by signing into Blackboard (learn.gonzaga.edu) and searching for the course “School of Business Student Resources” or by clicking here
• If you are not already enrolled, you will likely get the following warning message: “User is not enrolled in course.”
• To enroll, click on “Click here to enroll” and on the next screen, click on “enroll.” Click “select” on the next screen.
• Click OK to proceed to the course after you have self-enrolled.

Gonzaga’s School of Business offers one-credit weekend classes to all students each semester. These classes can often serve as general electives in a student’s pursuit of a degree. Registration is open to ALL MAJORS.

TO REGISTER, CALL THE REGISTRAR’S OFFICE AT 313-6592. REGISTRATION IS NOT AVAILABLE ON ZAGWEB.

BUSN 255 CRN: 25157 Effective Negotiations
April 17-19
Leadership today requires a skillset of flexibility in the face of change, resourcefulness in our unique roles and industries and the ability to be agile as a leader in negotiation. Negotiation in leadership requires a foundation of trust and an understanding of multiple perspectives to successfully navigate a variety of challenges. In this course, you will learn to build trust in preparation for negotiation, understand the dynamic nature of business relationships and approach each negotiation with a plan for maximizing the negotiation and long-term relationship. Negotiation is an essential tool in the skillset of leaders at any level, in any industry as we strive for excellence in our business relationships.

HOW ON-LINE WILL WORK: The Effective Negotiations course will kick off at 6 pm Friday evening for lecture and class exercise.  Recorded Zoom sessions will take the student through Saturday’s work at his or her own pace with written response exercises including class Discussion Board.  Sunday will kick off at 9 am live with a Zoom online session class exercise, recorded Zoom sessions will take the student through Sunday’s work at her or her own pace and a wrap-up session exercise at 3:00 pm on Sunday.

Greg Husted, Organizational Development Manager, Kootenai Health

BUSN 269 CRN: 25153 The Expert Within
April 24-26
What does it take to be an Expert? If you are just starting out in your working life or career, it might seem impossible to imagine. But YOU could be an expert if you have the right tools and understand how to use them. In this course, we’ll examine an idea from nature that the most complex system – an expert system – is really a simple matter of applying just four very basic rules. If you master these four rules, applying them over-and-over again, you can become an expert in any subject. This course will involve readings, on-line research, collaboration, writing, and a short subject matter presentation.
Robert Ruder, IDIC Designs

HOW ON-LINE WILL WORK: Class will be available in synchronous and asynchronous format. We’ll follow a 3-day format for our class: Friday 4pm-8pm, Saturday 10am-6pm, and Sunday 10am-3pm. Our class time will be a mix of on-line zoom sessions with the instructor, peer-to-peer Zoom break-out rooms, and on-line/off-line time to complete course digital content and assignments. The format will allow for Instructor lecture, Instructor-Student Q&A, as well as Peer Group dialogue and review. A details schedule and pre-class preparation will be provided approximately 3 days before the class to get us off to a great start on Friday night.
Course Modules will be:

1. Why we don’t listen to Experts anymore.
2. Understanding the DSRP Model for Expert Development
3. How Elon Musk became the Expert of Electric Cars…and Rockets, and Satellites…
4. Finding the Reasons Why YOU Should be an Expert
5. Your Continuing Growth as an Expert

BUSN 270 CRN: 25154 Rhetoric, Influence, and Power
April 24-26
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to concepts involving power and influence in organizations. By the end of the course, students should have a basic proficiency in recognizing how they are being influenced from the outside, as well as providing tools to be more intentional in their own use of influence. Starting with an introduction to general power theory, the course will provide a basic understanding of what power is and how it is obtained. The course will then proceed to analyze different tactics of influence and how they relate to power itself. Students then examine three forms of rhetoric, and how they can be applied to influence others. Finally, the course will explore ethics in relation to the use power and influence.
Tom Buck, Infrastructure Architect, Gonzaga University

BUSN 268 CRN: 25179 Personal Financial Planning
April 24-26
Introduction to the fundamental principles of comprehensive personal financial planning. Class will include an analysis and evaluation of financial strategies, current topics in wealth management, and career options for financial planning.
Steve Larsen, President, Columbia Advisory Partners

HOW ON-LINE WILL WORK: Class will begin at 5 p.m. Friday, April 24 with a live Zoom session that will last approximately 1 hour. Live Zoom sessions will also take place Saturday from 9am -11am and 1pm -3pm. The remainder of class instruction will take place on recorded video and will include exercises that are due by the end of the day Sunday.

In light of the COVID-19 on-line nature of our courses, rather than listing “office hours,” this blog provides information on getting in touch with your instructors and advisors.

To register for an internship, please see this blog. Internship credit is not awarded retroactively. Students must be registered for internship credits BEFORE internship hours are started. In other words, students cannot apply for credit for an internship that is already completed. All internships must receive prior approval to count toward academic credit.

Internship assignments and deadlines are described on the Blackboard page that accompanies the student’s registration in the Internship “class.” The descriptions below are meant to provide students considering an internship with information on what is expected.

Generally, to complete the internship, a student must complete the following assignments:

1. Short description with picture, intern’s name, logo of organization at which internship was completed, job title at organization, major and concentration, and expected graduation date. This description will be broadcast on the screens in the Jepson Lobby.

2. Longer description of less than 400 words for publication on website. Description will answer the following questions.

Who am I?
Where did I intern?
What did I do?
How did my GU business education prepare me for success?
How did having an internship set me up for future success?

3. Final project. The default final project for an internship is to write a paper on the experiential learning outcomes outlined by the student at the beginning of the internship. The paper requires three pages for each credit earned. However, there are alternative assignments available each semester. Students will find these options on the Blackboard site. The most common alternative assignment is a poster presentation to the faculty and staff of the School of Business Administration.

4. Self evaluation by intern will be emailed to intern at end of internship.

5. Supervisor’s evaluation of intern will be emailed to supervisor at end of internship.

Considering an internship? An internship can count toward the three required experiential credits in a business concentration. An internship is an experience that allows a student to apply academic knowledge and skills – while learning new knowledge and skills – within a professional work environment.
 
Here are a few reminders about internships for credit and two options for registration.
 
Reminders:
 
1. To receive academic internship for an internship, a student must be of junior or senior standing (60 or more credits) and have a 3.0 cumulative GPA. There is an option for sophomores to receive credit for internships, but it is limited to one credit.
2. A student can receive up to three academic credits for an internship. For each credit, the student must work 60 hours. To receive three credits, the student must work 180 hours. (Again, sophomores can only earn one credit.)
3. Internship credit is not awarded retroactively. Students must receive approval for internship credits BEFORE internship hours are started. In other words, students cannot apply for credit for an internship that is already completed. All internships must receive prior approval to count toward academic credit.
4. Only three internship credits can count toward a student’s degree. In other words, if a the student has already completed a zero-credit internship that waived three experiential credits, the student cannot retake the internship for three more credits.

Getting registered:

1. Download and complete School of Business Administration Learning Agreement and Internship Registration form.  Note:  Read requirements before signing.
2. Make an appointment with Vicki Hucke in Career and Professional Development by logging into ZagsIgnite and booking an appointment. DURING THE COVID-19, YOUR APPOINTMENT WILL BE HELD VIA PHONE OR ZOOM. You will not be registered until Vicki Hucke reviews and signs your forms.

Am I doing this for credit or a waiver of a requirement?

Option 1: Student registers for credits and pays tuition (in summer semester) or counts credits toward 18 credits (in fall and spring semesters). Number of credits is based on number of hours worked. Each credit requires 60 hours of work. Student completes all internship requirements as outlined above.
 
Option 2: Student registers for zero-credit internship and does not pay tuition or fees. Student completes all internship requirements as outlined above. This option allows for SBA experiential requirement to be waived but no credits are awarded. Each waived experiential credit requires 60 hours of work. To have experiential requirement fully waived requires 180 hours of work.

Students using either option are still required to meet all degree requirements and reach 128 credits to graduate. Option 2 is a common summer strategy for fulfilling the experiential requirement without having to pay summer tuition.

Requirements for completing the internship (assignments) are available in this blog.