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| MGT 502 | Entrepreneurship, Creativity, and Organization (3) Demonstrates that creative and innovative management is key to keeping organizations on the cutting edge. Focuses on how managers can take the initiative in empowering employees to be creative entrepreneurs. Students develop a model venture plan to acquire skills in applying entrepreneurial concepts in new or established organizations. |
| MGT 503 | Organizational Communication (3) Focuses on the skills managers must have to communicate effectively at work. Emphasizes clear writing, and clear and engaging presentation preparation. Requires successful demonstration in the use of today's technology to communicate with a variety of business audiences. Includes projects requiring teamwork and an understanding of vertical and horizontal communication patterns. (Also listed as MBA 513.) |
| MGT 504 | Management of Organizational Behavior (3) Addresses the best contemporary management and organizational theories and their roots. This critical analysis will examine the influence of individual, group, and organizational processes on behavior in organizations. The purpose of the course is to familiarize students with principles that can be applied to manage human resources, enhance individual and group performance, and increase organizational effectiveness. (Also listed as MBA 515.) |
| MGT 505 | Creating Business Webs (3) An introductory course that investigates usability and the Web, concentrating on business Web sites. Students study current usability issues, such as navigational systems, site architecture, and communication methods. They then create and publish their own sites to demonstrate their understanding of these issues. |
| MGT 506 | Customer Relationship Management (3) Focuses on the behavioral science-based interpersonal skills and competencies for satisfying customers and/or consumers with quality products, services, and processes. Students develop models and strategies for identifying and measuring individual and group motives and perceptions to determine the real needs of consumers. |
| MGT 507 | Leadership Theory and Development Practices (3) Examines the evolution of leadership theory and leader development practice. Current issues and emerging theories and practices are analyzed for relevance and efficiency at all levels of organizations. These include hands-on, low-level direct; midlevel coordinated systems; and high-level executive approaches. |
| MGT 509 | Management Seminar (3) Examines major current issues affecting the management and development of the business enterprise. Topics are announced each semester. |
| MGT 510 | Functional Processes for Re-engineering Organizations (3) Focuses on the practical aspects of re-engineering organizational processes for immediate and long-range effectiveness. The impact of resulting change on human and technical systems is addressed. |
| MGT 515 | Principles and Practices of Group Performance (3) Provides conceptual understanding of the principles of group and team behavior and the influence of organizational culture and group processes on group and team performance. Examines impact of group and team management on organizational development. |
| MGT 550 | Procurement and Contracting (3) Introduces the principles and concepts of managing major procurement programs, from planning through programming, controlling, sourcing, and contractual design for diverse acquisitions. Emphasizes federal procurement policy and compares it with procurement and contracting at state and local government levels and in the private sector. |
| MGT 551 | Negotiation Skills and Strategies (3) Focuses on the acquisition of knowledge, skills, and competencies basic to the design, conduct, and evaluation of effective negotiation and dispute resolution practice. Negotiations in challenging situations, such as those dealing with multiple parties or involving multiple issues, are addressed. |
| MGT 560 | Ethical Issues in Business and Society (3) Examines corporate governance, business- government relations, the impact of economic and social change, organizational ethics, and the political role of business. Considers the measures business may use to anticipate and provide appropriate response to changes in public and government expectations while defending legitimate business interests. |
| MGT 561 | Ethics in the Information Age (3) The purpose of this course is to engage students in the debate over the particular legal and ethical situations presented by the advent of the information age. Issues such as information privacy, consumer rights, data encryption, intellectual property rights, free speech issues, securities transactions, customer profiling, and others will be presented and debated in light of current and future information technology. |
| MGT 585 | Global Business Management (3) Examination of the scope and nature of opportunities and problems in international business operations. Emphasizes the effect of culture and environmental differences and the skills needed to manage international businesses. Topics include the international business environment; multinational corporations as economic, social, and political institutions; strategy issues of control and coordination; and the operating issues of managing the work force, other managers, and management systems. |
| MGT 590 | Organizational Policy and Strategy (3) The capstone course in the M.B.A. program. Using the perspective of top management of an enterprise, this course considers operational situations, policy issues, and policy and strategy response. Employs case methods to provide the student with the opportunity to make decisions under conditions of uncertainty. Students are encouraged to take this class in the last semester. Prerequisite: the completion of 33 graduate credit hours including ACT 502, MKT 501, and FIN 501. (Also listed as MBA 526.) |
| MGT 595 | Internship (3) The purpose of the internship is to provide graduate students with practical experience in work settings. Students are expected to perform meaningful work monitored by a supervising professional representing the company selected. |
| MGT 599 | Independent Study (3) Students investigate selected topics in the major areas under the direction of a faculty advisor and the dean of the School of Business Administration. The Independent Study allows the student to develop and demonstrate the ability to conduct independent research, perform independent studies in a specialized area, and present the results in writing of professional quality. Prerequisite: permission of the dean of the School of Business Administration. |
| MGT 600 | Thesis (3-6) Provides an opportunity for independent research appropriate for the master's level, as arranged with the dean of the School of Business Administration. The results of the research are communicated in writing and critiqued by the faculty. |