MGT (93) Management
Administered by Department of Management
Effective Spring 2009
93.244 Principles of Management (3) - Administrative organizational and behavioral theories and functions of management, contributing to the effective and efficient accomplishment of organizational objectives. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisites: 24 credits earned.
93.345 Human Resource Management (3) - Equips students with tools and procedures to address human resource issues and problems. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisite: 93.244 and must have 50 credits earned.
93.346 Labor and Industrial Relations (3) - Describes administration of the relationship between management and the labor force, both where that relationship is governed by a collective bargaining agreement and where it is not. Includes development of the social and legal status of trade unions organizing, negotiations, strikes, grievance procedure and union security. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisite: 93.244.
93.347 Management Science (3) -Covers quantitative models such as linear programming, goal programming, inventory models, forecasting models, PERT/CPM in dealing with the dynamics of manufacturing/service operations in an organization. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisites: 93.244 and 93.343.
93.351 Managerial ERP (1) - This course introduces students to enterprise system (ERP) applications appropriate for knowledge management, a strategic resource allocation and decision-making process involving transactions, interactions, and relationships among data and people within global, complex business organizations. May be offered in traditional and distance education formats. Prerequisite: 93.244, 93.448, 94.175, and 94.321 or permission of Instructor.
93.355 Managing Multicultural Organizations (3) - Studies the impact of increasing diversity in terms of gender, race, ethnicity and nationality on management practice of multicultural organizations through enhanced decision making. Examines ways in which diversity can be used to strengthen organizations through enhanced decision making, creativity, innovation, and expanding international and ethnic markets. Examines strategies for building and maintaining functional multicultural organizations by reducing turnover, interpersonal and conflict and communication barriers. The course emphasizes workplace equity. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisite: 93.244. This course is approved as a Diversity General Education Course.
93.362 Organizational Design (3) - Discusses the differences between micro and macro perspectives in the study of organization and provides a macro view in which the organization, as opposed to individual members, is the unit of analysis. Provides students with an in-depth understanding of how organizations are formed and how external as well as internal factors influence the structure and design of the organizations. Also explores variables for designing and managing organizations. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisite: 93.244.
93.391 Small Business Management (3) - Applies small business theory and practice in the U.S. business environment. Distinguishes types of small businesses and differentiates the advantages and disadvantages associated with each type. Presents a thorough treatment of the start-up and management of small firms including forms of ownership, financing, operations, accounting, human resources, location, franchising, inventory, marketing, regulation, and risk management. Course may be offered online or in the traditional class setting. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisites: 60 credits, 91.220, 91.223, 93.244, 96.313, 97.310 and 98.331.
93.400 Entrepreneurship (3) - This course focuses on three major issues: 1) how to launch new ventures: creating and assessing opportunities and the associated risks in their right perspectives; 2) managing innovation and entrepreneurship in an ongoing business; and 3) attracting venture capital to new business opportunities. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisites: 93.244 and 96.300 OR 96.313.
93.432 Internship in Management (1-6) - Integrates classroom experience and practical work experience in industrial, business or government work situations. Allows students to translate academic theories and principles into action, to test career interests and to develop skills and abilities through carefully planned and supervised problems related to the field of management. Prerequisites: 93.244 or approval of internship supervisor or department chairperson. GPA of 2.50, 75 semester hours and major or minor in business administration.
93.440 Small Business Internship and Seminar (1-3) - Teams of students work with local businesses in a consultancy capacity to aid small businesses while applying business principles. Work includes analysis of a problem, determination of alternative solutions, and recommendation of the optimum course of action by means of an oral presentation to business owners. Prerequisite: GPA of 2.5, 93.244, 97.310 and 98.331.
93.443 Managerial Decision Making (3) – This course covers application of intermediate statistical techniques to typical managerial decision contexts. Students transform accurate, relevant, and timely data into valid and reliable information as a key first step in the decision analysis that precedes the basic management practice: allocation of constrained resources. Decision processes that support optimal choices are also presented. Content includes regression analysis, analysis of variance, decision trees, and forecasting. The course is software intensive; students develop extensive spreadsheet models. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisites: 93.244 and 40.256.
93.445 Managerial Communications (3) - Prepares students for effective managerial communication by providing preparation in the process and structure of communication in a professional setting. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisites: 20.201, 25.103, 93.244 and junior standing.
93.448 Supply Chain Operations (3) - This course introduces students to the scope of management activities inherent in operating organizations within global supply chain contexts. Students experience how business disciplines interact and contribute data and information, within and across organizations, to support decisions necessary for successful operation of organizations and their extended supply chains. Content includes process design and analysis, project management, supply chain strategy, inventory control capacity planning, and scheduling. The course is software-intensive; students develop spreadsheet models, utilize interactive simulations, and experience enterprise systems. May be offered in traditional and distance education formats. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisites: 40.256.
93.449 Organizational Behavior (3) - Provides the tools and theories regarding personal, interpersonal and group processes within the organization at the micro level. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisite: 93.244, junior standing.
93.450 Managing Quality (3) - This course introduce students to quality management programs, activities, and paradigms, and facilitates learning and applying useful problem-solving processes typical in modem workplaces. Statistical processes for evaluation and improvement of manufacturing and service processes are also covered. Content includes the quality paradigms of Crosby, Deming, and Juran, statistical process control, business process reengineering, quality award programs, ISO certification, and Six Sigma. The course is software-intensive; students utilize application software. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisites: 93.244 and 40.256.
93.451 Supply Chain Seminar (3) - This course integrates the concepts, processes, and strategies of global supply chain management: the optimization of business processes from original suppliers through consumer end-users. It emphasizes managing trade-offs in procurement, inventory, and distribution activities, improving forecasts, and developing customer relationships. Students will track related transactions and concurrent cash flow implications using enterprise resource planning (ERP) software to create real-world experiences and demonstrate the value of interactive business information systems. Three hours lecture per week. Prerequisite: 93.351, 93.448 and 97.350.
93.456 International Management (3) - Develops an understanding of the issues related to international business environment, refines this knowledge by the analysis of current economical, social and political issues that can influence international and global companies and prepares students to analyze international business issues as a manager of a multinational/global company. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisite: 93.244 and junior standing. This course is approved as a Diversity General Education Course.
93.457 Business and Society (3) - Prepares students to manage social responsibility and ethics issues related to business operations and the interests of multiple stakeholders. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisites: 96 semester hours earned, 20.201, 25.103, 93.244, 96.313, 97.310 and 98.331.
93.463 Employee Staffing (3) - Examines the procedures used by companies to recruit and hire employees. Students learn how organizations seek to improve effectiveness by ensuring each job is legally staffed by a fully capable individual. Topics covered include job analysis, employee recruitment, selection techniques, validation procedures and legal restraints on employee selection practices. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisite: 93.345 and junior standing.
93.464 Compensation Management (3) - Examines the development of a firm's compensation system. Students learn how companies design their compensation systems in an effort to enhance their recruiting, motivation and retention of employees. Topics covered include job evaluation, salary surveys, pay-for-performance programs, legal issues, and the design and evaluation of employee benefits packages. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisite: 93.345
93.481 Business Policies and Strategies (3) - Prepares students in the area of strategic decision-making for the total organization through strategic formulation and administration using integrative analysis and strategic planning and process. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisites: 90 semester hours earned, 93.244, 96.313, 97.310, 98.331 and senior standing.
93.483 Leadership (3) - This course examines theories of leadership and sources and uses of power in the organization. Assumptions, beliefs and styles of leadership in the context of organizational culture, productivity, performance and effectiveness will be examined through case studies. Employee compliance, control as well as satisfaction; stakeholders' support, commitment as well as satisfaction issues will be addressed through in-depth studies of effective leaders of select private, public and human services organizations. Organizational vision, mission and social and ethical responsibilities, and workforce diversity will be discussed in the context of transformational leadership. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisites: GPA of 3.0 and 80 credits earned, 20.201, 93.244, and 25.103.
93.498 Special Topics - Management (3) - Examines current or advanced issues in the field of management not normally examined in depth in other courses. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisite: approval of the department chairperson.
93.500 Managerial Principles (3) - Focuses on the fundamentals of the practice of management, including administrative, organizational and behavioral theories. Explores the functions of management and the aspects of the organizational environment. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisite: graduate standing. Available as a distance learning course.
93.511 Statistical Analysis (3) - Covers statistical inference and its application to the commonly used methods of estimation, hypotheses testing, prediction and decision making relevant to business and managerial problems. Prerequisites: Graduate standing. Available as a distance learning course. Three lecture hours per week.
93.520 Business Research Methods (3) - Assists students in developing knowledge of business research methods, suitable for workplace application, to enable solutions and recommendations founded on legitimate and efficient data and information. Content includes research process, research design, sources, collection and analysis of data, and presentation of results and recommendations. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisites: Foundation courses, 93.511 or permission of instructor. Available as a distance learning course.
93.532 Professional Development Skills (3) - This course will help students examine themselves and discover strengths and weaknesses, develop a personal mission statement and career goals, and develop skills and self-knowledge essential to effective management. Bulk of class time will focus on self-assessment or skill development and provide a foundation for enhanced success in the MBA program and continued development in future careers. Three lecture hours per week.
93.545 Graduate Human Resource Management (3) - Equips students with tools and procedures to address human resource issues and problems. Three lecture hours per week.
93.547 Decision Models I (3) - This course facilitates translating business problems into the appropriate mathematical formulations, applying the correct quantitative models and interpreting the results, using sensitivity analysis to respond to "what if" managerial challenges. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisites: Foundation courses; 93.511 or permission of instructor.
93.548 Decision Models II (3) - This course explores decision analysis theory and multiple criteria decision making models. It facilitates translating business problems into appropriate decision models, taking into account individual and organizational preference structures and environmental uncertainty. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisites: Foundation courses; 93.511 or permission of instructor; 93.547.
93.550 Quality Management (3) - This course introduces students to quality management philosophies that have developed over the past 20 years, including those of Deming, Juran and Crosby. It provides students with opportunities to learn and apply various problem-solving tools, to recognize strengths and weaknesses of various management programs, activities and paradigms, and to understand and apply statistics-based process evaluation and improvement. The course includes opportunities to work on applied problems from the student's own workplace and prepare results suitable for management presentations. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisites: Foundation courses, 93.511 or permission of instructor.
93.556 International Management (3) - Focuses on dynamic changes in international business environment and increased foreign competition that challenge managers. Addresses international issues and understanding of their impact on markets, products and services. Develops understanding of international business environment and issues that have the potential for enhancing an enterprise's survival and success. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisite: Foundation courses.
93.558 Social Responsibility and Business Ethics (3) - Focuses on theories, concepts and tools for managing social responsibility and ethics in different organizational settings. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisites: Foundation courses; 91.524, 97.551, 96.535.
93.560 Operations Management (3) - Analyzes manufacturing and service systems and application of managerial decision-making in resolving operational policy problems. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisites: Foundation courses, 93.511.
93.562 Organizational Theory (3) - Provides a macro level understanding of organizational structure, processes and management of external organizational relationships. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisites: 93.500 or equivalent.
93.566 Organizational Behavior (3) - Focuses on human aspects of an organization, groups and individuals. Addresses behavioral concepts and theories in leadership, motivation, performance appraisal, stress, job satisfaction and inter- and intra-group processes. Three lecture hours per week.
93.567 People Management Skills (3) - This is an experiential, skill-building course that focuses on the development of interpersonal management skills. Students enhance their skills in areas of supportive communication, managing conflict, motivating employees, delegating responsibilities, developing and managing work teams, managing problem employees and facilitating change. Three lecture hours per week.
93.581 Strategic Management (3) - Examines complex industrial situations to determine better strategies to ensure a firm’s long-run survival and growth in competitive markets. Emphasizes problem solving skills and implementation of optimal decisions. Examines the factors that can result in performance differentials by understanding how a firm attains a superior performance. Analyzes and investigates strategic problem-solving processes that can enhance control of the firm over the market and competition. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisites: Capstone course, to be taken in graduating semester; 91.524; 96.535; 97.551; 93.560.
93.582 HR Skills for Managers (3) - This course covers the skills needed by managers to effectively implement practices to help an organization deal effectively with its people during various phases of the employment process. Through experiential methods, such as case studies and role-plays, students learn how to perform such HR tasks as interview job applicants, provide and communicate job performance ratings and carry out disciplinary procedures, all within the context of prevailing legal and ethical standards. Three lecture hours per week.
93.583 Human Resources Development (3) - Focuses on current research and theories related to management and development of human resources in organizational settings. Emphasizes theories related to motivation, training and development, leadership, behavior and performance in an organization. Three lecture hours per week.
93.584 Seminar on Leadership (3) - This course examines theories of leadership and sources and uses of power in the organization. Assumptions, beliefs and styles of leadership in the context of organizational culture, productivity, performance and effectiveness will be examined through case studies. Employee compliance, control as well as satisfaction; stakeholders' support, commitment as well as satisfaction issues will be addressed through in-depth studies of effective leaders of select private, public and human services organizations. Organizational vision, mission and social and ethical responsibilities, and workforce diversity will be discussed in the context of transformational leadership. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisites: 93.500 (or equivalent)
93.599 Special Topics (3) - Addresses a variety of advanced topics in management at the graduate level and permits the instructor to focus on issues of particular importance and interest to the discipline. Prerequisites: Approval of the department curriculum committee and the chair. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisite: Foundation courses.