MGT - Management   

MGT 608 - Operations Management
   This course examines the operations function within the organization from the perspective of the decision maker. Topics such as forecasting, statistical quality control, inventory control, and project management will be studied in detail. Techniques such as linear programming and simulation will be utilized to solve real-world problems in the field. Case studies and journal articles will be used throughout the semester.
   Prerequisite: MAT 598 or equivalent.

MGT 609 - Service Firm Management
   This course examines the management function from the perspective of a service organization. Topics to be explored include designing the service delivery system and the service facility, managing supply and demand of the service, service quality, and queuing theory. Case studies and journal articles will be used throughout the semester.

MGT 611 - Organizational Development and Change
   The organizational concept of change is extensively explored in this course. The examination is conducted on both a macro level (addressing organizational theory) and a micro level (examining aspects of individual and group change/motivation). Organizational culture and intervention strategies are explored. The role of internal and external change agents is examined. Skills required in facilitating change are examined.

MGT 647 - Technology in HR Today  
  This business-oriented introductory information systems course prepares students to use information technology efficiently and effectively in their future careers. Business applications using spreadsheets and personal databases will be investigated. Management information systems and decision support systems will be examined to illustrate how effective systems can enhance managerial decision making. The concepts of enterprise information systems and expert systems will also be explored.
   This is a one week seminar for graduate students.

MGT 650 - Advanced Human Resource Management
   This course examines the role of the human resource manager in the organization. Students explore topics for all organizational managers such as Equal Employment Opportunity, job analysis, job design, recruitment, compensation systems, benefit plans, performance appraisals, employee rights, and the role of unions. The role of human resources in the strategic management of the firm is explored. Students are required to perform research on topics pertaining to the course. Academic journal articles are critiqued.
   Prerequisite: MGT 611 or equivalent.

MGT 655 - Statistical Applications for Management
   This course examines the role of statistics in the field of management and will focus on using statistics as a decision making tool in a business environment. Topics such as probability distributions, sampling, hypothesis testing, analysis of variance, and regression will be studied in detail. Computer software for statistical analysis will be utilized throughout the semester.
   Prerequisite: MAT 598 or equivalent.

MGT 662 - Organizational Staffing
   This course analyzes the complexities of staffing today's organization. Emphasis is placed on the selection, placement, and promotion of employees on all organizational levels. Specific attention is also given to employee turnover. Macro and micro approaches are taken with an overall focus on fair employment and legislative measures.
   Prerequisite: MGT 611

MGT 663 - Training and Development
   The focus of this course is on the theory and practice of training and developing the human resources of organizations. Adult learning principles are analyzed. Specific topics include needs assessment, development of training programs and presentation of training programs. Extensive use will be made of current popular books in the field.
   Prerequisite: MGT 611 or equivalent.

MGT 664 - Compensation Administration
   This course provides an in-depth analysis of appropriate strategic compensation systems. An emphasis is placed on the theoretical and legal issues. Specific topics include wage and salary administration, job evaluation, pay-for-performance strategies, incentive plans, employees benefit plans and employee assistance programs. Both union and non-union environments are included in the analysis.
   Prerequisite: MGT 611 or equivalent.

MGT 667 - Leadership
   This course provides an introduction to the fundamental concepts of leadership. Students will be armed with a theoretical knowledge base of leadership, from a general definition to different styles and types. Case studies will be used to identify organizational needs for different styles and types of leaders and differentiating leadership from management. From the theory of leadership, the student will move to the practice of leadership, examining the role of leader in strategic planning, government relations, ethics, public policy and politics, decision making, fund-raising and other key topic areas.
   Prerequisite: MGT 611

MGT 695 - Seminar in Strategic Management
   This course examines the role of effective strategy in assisting organizations to take a proactive stance with respect to the environment and competition. Topics include strategic posture, evolution versus formulation of strategy, strategy in the not-for-profit and government sectors, ethical issues and the role of culture. A strategic audit is performed in the field to apply the concepts being learned. Case studies are utilized extensively.
   Prerequisite: Must be taken upon completion of most MBA courses.

MGT 700 - Business Ethics and Social Responsibility
   This is an advanced course of study that allows graduate students to examine business and organizational ethics in a broad social and societal context. While a number of actual business cases will be used, this is not, however, a study that will judge isolated actions. Participants will be required to focus on the larger corporate spectrum in terms of the relationship that exists between a business enterprise, its stockholders, other stakeholders, and the communities in which they operate. Subject areas covered will include ethics (organizational, professional, and personal), corporate mission statements, moral and ethical development within the organizational setting, corporate culture and governance, and the application of ethical analysis and audits.
   It is expected that each graduate student will gain an in-depth understanding of the role that business plays in society. It will be very important for each participant to understand the role that society plays within the confines of the business environment and the impact that societal trends have on a complex and integrated business world.
   As an advanced level course, each participant will be required to understand the nature and complexity associated with an environment in which business and society must not only coexist, but must do so in a manner that benefits rather than disrupts the other.

MGT 701 - Current Topics in Management
   This course examines the changing role of management in the 21^st century. The new challenges faced by managers today are the primary focus. Traditional management principles are presented as a fountain for understanding how work is accomplished in organizations. The interaction of managers in dealing with others (both inside and outside the organization) is emphasized. Topics will include the new employment contract, the role of change, diversity, creative problem solving, and the fall of the command and control manager in changing organizational structures.
   While lectures are utilized to present basic information, this course is designed to be highly interactive. Experiential exercises, cases, and class discussions are used extensively. This course requires full participation by each student in the learning experience.
   Prerequisite: MGT 611

MGT 702 - Employee Assistance Programming
   This course provides an in-depth look at current management strategies for coping with troubled employees in the workplace. Emphasis is placed on the structure, philosophy, and economics of employee assistance programs. Addictions, mental health disorders, gambling, violence and other relevant workplace problems will be discussed, with strategies for management intervention. Techniques for management evaluation of programming will also be emphasized.

MGT 703 - Group Dynamics and Social Processes
   Explores the dynamics that occur in small groups. In addition to learning how to lead and facilitate groups, students will acquire an advanced understanding of theoretical constructs such as membership, norms, communication, and leadership. Group research methodologies and the principles on which they are based are also covered.

MGT 705 - Global Issues
   This seminar will examine a number of cultural and business related issues taking place within the new global and developing world. Students will be asked to participate in a number of discussions involving the global marketplace, in terms of cultural issues, societal trends and the many issues affecting international business practices.  This class will focus on areas such as South Africa, Asia, Latin American, West Africa, Europe, East and West Germany and the global economic and social impact of European unification.  Participants will be asked to review general business practices, international affairs, trade issues, cultural standards/norms and societal and cultural issues affecting the developing world with specific applications associated with contemporary business interests.

MGT 706 - Team Dynamics
   The course is designed to provide students with a critical understanding of how to effectively work in groups and teams.  The effectiveness of interpersonal skills is stressed in a diverse workplace today.  The course includes an analysis of group communication theories, conflict, collaboration, leadership, new organizational structures within which teams operate and compensations systems for a team environment.  Case studies and experiential exercises are utilized extensively throughout the course.
   This is a one week seminar for graduate students.

MGT 708 - Creative Problem Solving In Business
   This course examines the critical role of creative problem solving as a complement to rational problem solving in the business arena. Topics will include an exploration of lateral thinking, metaphorical thinking, humor, brainstorming, right-left brain thinking, overcoming negative personalities who resist new approaches, and the benefits of creative approaches. The course will be presented in an experiential format with a focus on self-discovery through self-assessments. Group creative problem solving will be explored extensively. Specific applications of how companies are successfully utilizing creative approaches in various functional areas of business will be discussed.

MGT 712 – Project Management
   This course examines the important concepts and techniques of project management in various organizations. This course covers typical topics of managing projects such as planning, scheduling, and monitoring activities. Management tools such as CPM, PERT, risk analysis and project crashing will be explored in detail. Case studies will be utilized to examine project management in practice.

MGT 713 - Forensic Analysis of Organizational Failure
   This course will explore organizational failure in terms of what transpired, what led to failure, the organizational methodology that preceded the failure and the opportunity(s) that existed that could have delayed and/or eliminated failure as an option.  The underlying theme this course will explore is one of organizational continuity.  While organizations have an innate ability to not only survive but thrive, this course will study individual cases of immense corporate and organizational failure.  The outcome(s)/objective(s) will be to study those actions that led to failure so that participants can understand what action(s) can or should be avoided.

MGT 714 – Intercultural Communication In Business
   This course is designed to provide students with the skills necessary to establish and maintain positive business relationships across cultures.  Students will consider key aspects of intercultural communication theory such as proxemics, haptics, perception, formal and informal language, nonverbals, styles of argumentation, direct and indirect communication, power distance relationships, and high/low context cultures.  Students will then apply that theoretical knowledge to practical business situations both within and across companies and cultures.