Business! Mankind Is My Business!
Monte Swain, Business

The purpose of this course is to explore the purpose of business - and the challenge and opportunity of studying business at BYU. This will be done by contrasting the purpose of business vis-à-vis the views of Karl Marx and Ayn Rand and connecting the purpose of business vis-à-vis the view of Ezra Taft Benson and Hugh Nibley. Note that this course will not contrast all of the teachings and views of each of these very rich and complex/compelling individuals. Rather, this course will focus on a few key writings of these individuals that speak to the purpose of business. The classic SWOT analysis model (borrowed from Business Strategy domain) will be used to explore the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats of business as viewed by these four individuals.