ABOUT THE CURRENT GRADUATE COURSES

Management

Chairperson 2002-present: Professor Michael J. Merenda

Professors: Ross J. Gittell, Michael J. Merenda

Emeritus Professors: Stephen L. Fink, Francine Hall, Rita Weathersby

Associate Professors: Carole K. Barnett, Vanessa Druskat, Peter Lane, William Naumes, Richard Saavedra

Assistant Professors: Dev Dutta, Paul Harvey, Jun Li, Tuck Pescosolido

Executive-In-Residence: William S. Frago

Adjunct Assistant Professors: Meera Venkatachalam

Senior Lecturer: Margaret Naumes

Adjunct Lecturers: Tim Churchard, Karen Fisher, William Hassey, Eric Herr, Peter Hughes, Tom Pucciarello

The study of management focuses on how organization members develop and use strategies, structures, and the accompanying social, political, economic, and technical processes needed to compete in national and global markets. Courses cover such topics as leadership, ethics, adaptation, innovation, organizational learning and change, human resource management, governmental policy making, and industrial economics. The department's approach to teaching involves educational methods that promote behavioral and analytic competence through experiential learning, self-awareness, theoretical mastery, and case studies. A major emphasis is on action learning through group projects.

REQUIRED COURSES:

Management 1: Organizational Behavior

Develops an understanding of individual and work group dynamics in relationship to personal and group effectiveness in diverse organizations. Taught experientially with opportunities for self-management and personal applications. Includes:

1. Individual and Group Differences

2. Effective Work Groups and Teams

3. Interpersonal Communication

4. Motivation, Influence and Empowerment

5. Conflict Resolution as an Interpersonal & Intergroup Process

6. Leadership & Management

Management 2: Organizations, Leadership, and Environments

Examines organizations as open systems focusing on the design, adaptation, and transformation of organizational structure for maximum effectiveness. Taught from the perspectives of both senior executives and mid-level managers -- with cases and field-based projects. Includes:

1. Open Systems Theory

2. Organizational Effectiveness Models and Measures

3. Fundamentals of Design (“structure”)

4. Leadership, Ethics, and Design

5. Decision Making Processes

6. The Basis of Culture, Climate, and Moral Values in Organizations

7. The External Environment: The Main Focus of Senior Leaders

8. Organization Size, Life Cycle, Control, and the Notion of “Stewardship”

9. Innovation and Change

10. Regulation, Law, Economics, Conflict, Power, and Politics

11. Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility

Management 3: Strategic Management

Develops strategic thinking, concepts, and skills. Taught from the view of the firm or organization and top management. Capstone course. Includes:

1. Strategic Thinking and the CEO’s Role

2. Strategy Formulation and Organizational Sources

3. Competitive Strategies and Business Models

4. Cooperative Strategies

5. Competitive Dynamics

6. Strategy Implementation, Governance, Structure, Control and Firm Performance

ELECTIVE COURSES:

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