Business Leadership
The purpose of the Business Leadership program is to integrate good theology with good business theory to prepare globally competent business leaders to fulfill their calling. During their time of study, students will gain competencies that will prepare them for a variety of organizational settings where skills in business, leadership, and organizational planning are required. Graduates will be equipped to be successful both within existing corporate structures and as entrepreneurs and business professionals in the marketplace.
Upon completion of the Business Leadership program, students will be able to:
- Lead people and effectively manage operations at various levels within an organization;
- Understand and apply generally accepted principles of economics, accounting and financial theory competently, especially in international or intercultural settings;
- Demonstrate proficiency in competencies;
- Implement a personal philosophy of business that incorporates a biblically-based, Christian worldview that can be used in a variety of business enterprises and cultural settings;
- Utilize ethical business practices.
Kuyper College’s Business Leadership program is competency-based so our students can show not only what they know, but what they can do. Each competency will be measured across all four years of the program with culminating experiences in both the sophomore year, through a competency exhibition, and the senior year, via a portfolio review. Competencies include:
- Communication
- Ethical and Theological Soundness
- Leadership Acumen
- Financial and Economic Soundness
- Strategic Thinking
- Initiative
- Organizational Awareness
- Integrity
- Planning & Organizing
- Intercultural Competencies
God calls each of us to ministry in a variety of ways – including business. Kuyper’s program equips students to live out their vocational calling as Christian business people, no matter where that calling leads. Kuyper’s Business Leadership program has all the foundational business courses necessary for sound business people, like accounting, marketing, finance and business law, but adds the following distinctive courses to marry sound theology and business practices:
BU150 – Leadership and Organizational Development – an introductory course focusing on theories of leadership and the Chris-centered leadership model, and an introduction to communication styles and skills essential to successful ministry in the business arena.
MI357 – Business as Ministry – An introductory course that connects a biblical worldview and a kingdom perspective with the spiritual dynamics of business as ministry. In this course, students will successfully integrate sound business practices with ministry objectives, along with the application of business principles to a mission context. This course will also prepare students to consider how they can become involved in self-supported ministries, particularly in restricted countries.
BU470 – Strategic Project Management – This course will explore the various area necessary to develop a comprehensive strategic plan for an organization. Topics for this course will include internal and external environmental scans, competitive analysis, and SWOTs, in order to develop appropriate recommendations for the future.
BU499 – Capstone: Economy, Society & Values – This course will provice a theological approach to business, combining all aspects of the previous courses.