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This course will explore the role of business in the modern, changing world by examining different types of business and different roles and functions within business. Students will become proficient in talking about businesses and business situations while learning how to participate in a business from the inside—whether as an essential employee, manager, business leader, or entrepreneur. Through case studies, debate, role playing, and guest speakers from diverse fields, students will consider social, cultural, organizational, and technological factors affecting business organizations. This course can be a stand-alone introduction for a student who wants to gain basic business literacy and be better prepared to enter a professional career, or it can serve as a starting point for further coursework in leadership, management, business, and entrepreneurship.