Management (MGT)

This course provides students with an overview of topics necessary for effective management of people, including psychological and sociological theories around how people behave in organizations, as well as the policies and practices that organizations can implement to leverage the skills and talents of their employees most effectively for organizational success.

This course requires students to develop basic literacy in the language of business and will include foundational concepts related to forms of business ownership, management, marketing, operations and financial resources. It is designed for students from non-business majors who enroll in the entrepreneurship minor.

This course focuses on technological innovation as a primary source of achieving and sustaining competitive advantage for established firms as well as start-ups. Students explore the current challenges facing business leaders in their attempts to build firms that can consistently and successfully bring technological innovations to market. The course provides students with opportunities to integrate creativity, innovation and problem-solving processes. Innovation management includes topics such as technology strategy, fit between product strategy and business unit strategy, the psychology of discovery and invention, the entrepreneurial mindset, managing innovation processes, and teams and protecting innovation.

This course focuses on the knowledge and skills needed to select, plan, schedule, evaluate, control, and complete a variety of complex projects that help achieve organizational goals. Students learn foundational concepts and current project management frameworks. Applying project management tools and techniques to workplace situations using project management software is emphasized.

A comparative analysis of management styles and organizational effectiveness across cultural boundaries and within other political, legal and economic environments.

This course provides students with the opportunity to use research and data analysis to explore managerial and organizational situations, and to develop and practice empirically based decision making skills. Students will learn about evidence based management, an approach to decision making based on the best obtainable evidence and unbiased organizational facts. The course will help students to develop the knowledge and skills needed to identify, access, interpret, and use factual information and empirical evidence to be more effective decision makers and managers.

A study of employer-employee relationships in business and industry including personnel policies and methods; selection, placement, training and promotion of employees; and recent trends in employment practices.

The application of statistics to the control of quality in planning, organizing, motivating and controlling quality. Application of models and distributions in statistical quality control, process capability, control charts, acceptance sampling and reliability. Emphasis is on the design, implementation and management of quality throughout the firm.

This course explores the nature of moral values, moral judgments, and ethical decision and behaviors in modern business organizations. Alternative perspectives of right and wrong will be considered. A highly interactive course, students will analyze and discuss ethics-related current events, case studies, real-world scenarios, and common ethical dilemmas in order to improve skills in recognition, understanding, and decision-making related to business ethics and social responsibility at various organizational levels. This course is open to students in any COB major provided they meet the course prerequisites.

This course provides a foundation for understanding and applying leadership knowledge and skills at the individual, dyadic, team, and organizational levels. It enables students to better understand themselves and others, and utilize that knowledge to more effectively lead and manage in organizational settings. The course incorporates theory, cases, assessment tools, empirical evidence, and application-based exercises. Contemporary leadership theories and related frameworks involving values, attitudes, motivation, ethics, and group processes are used to foster leadership development.

This course is designed to allow exploration of areas of current topical or unique interest or to leverage special situations. Course content will vary. Consult your advisor for specific topics each semester when the course is offered. Course may be repeated for credit when topics vary.

This course provides an overview of business analysis, the consulting industry and the analytical practices used in the consulting process. Students explore the business analysis process, learning to identify and communicate the need for organizational change and define solutions that maximize organizational value. Also, students examine the nature and purpose of consulting, explore careers related to consulting, learn consulting frameworks and methods and develop an understanding of the consultant-client relationship.

This course provides students with an in-depth understanding of federal regulations, court decisions, and public labor policies that influence employment decisions, employee and labor relations, and employee safety and health. Includes historical evolution of federal legislation relating to employment, the labor movement, and the emergence of public sector bargaining. Explores the impact of regulations, court cases, and union contracts on general business operations.

Introduction to Supply Chain Management provides the student with a foundational knowledge of the content and processes of supply chains, with an emphasis on the strategic nature of supply chain management decisions. This course offers a survey of critical supply chain topics such as design, sourcing, networks, risk management, transportation, revenue generation, and sustainability. Selected topic areas will be evaluated through the lens of geographic information systems (GIS) using ArcGIS.

This is an applied course where students will work in teams on consulting projects for businesses or organizations. Students apply knowledge and skills developed in MGT 357 and MGT 457. Students engage in a comprehensive consulting experience designed to build competence and confidence in analysis, problem-solving and managing client relations. Grades will be determined largely by the quality of client deliverables.

This course provides an in-depth study and application of staffing concepts and practices, including how to identify, place, and develop the best candidates for a given position. Topics include workforce planning, recruitment, selection, training and development of employees, and succession planning.

This course provides an examination of entrepreneurship and its impact and significance in the global economy. Students will learn theory and then apply it through experiential exercises, case studies and projects. This course explores topics such as the entrepreneurial process, idea generation methodology, sources of funding, growth, succession planning and exit strategies. Students engage in activities such as feasibility analysis, selection of appropriate entry and growth strategies, and firm valuation techniques.

This experiential course explores the context and entrepreneurial process involved in creating new ventures. Students work in multidisciplinary teams to recognize and evaluate opportunities, develop feasible business models and demonstrate high-performance team practices. Working with experienced entrepreneurs, teams develop and apply financing strategies for the prelaunch and launch of new ventures.

This course provides an in-depth study of two major aspects of HR policy and practice: performance management and compensation systems. Students participate in applied exercises and projects that focus on best practices in performance management and performance appraisal systems. The design of compensation and benefits systems is studied as a means to effectively retain workers.

Examines the theory and research underlying the design of complex organizations. Takes a macro approach to the study of organizations, placing particular emphasis upon the interaction between an organization and its environment and the impact that the environment has on organizational design, structure and processes.

The purpose of this course is to develop an understanding and effective improvement of participants' skills in the areas of both business and interpersonal negotiations. Through case-based exercises, attention will be given to various strategies for negotiation including distributive, integrative, intra-organizational, and multi-lateral bargaining. Additional applications include how negotiation skills can serve as tools for conflict resolution in the workplace and broader life experiences.

Designed to give capable students in management an opportunity to complete independent study under faculty supervision.

A course providing an opportunity to work in and with local industry to gain insight into the real side of modern management.

This course is designed to allow explorations of areas of current topical concern or to exploit special situations. Course content will vary. For current course content consult your advisor.

Year course. See catalog description entitled "Graduation with Distinction" and "Graduation with Honors."

Year course. See catalog description entitled "Graduation with Distinction" and "Graduation with Honors."

Year course. See catalog description entitled "Graduation with Distinction" and "Graduation with Honors."