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MGT 580 - Introduction to Organizational Behavior
Credits:
4.00
Application of behavioral science concepts to work settings
in profit and nonprofit organizations. Individual behavior,
interpersonal relations, work groups, relations among groups
studied in the context of organizational goals and
structure. Experiential focus. For non-business
administration majors and minors. No credit for students who
have had MGT 611. Prereq: ACFI 501; ECON 401 or 402.
MGT 614 - Organizational Leadership and Structure
Credits:
4.00
How structural characteristics in an organization (e.g., the
design of roles, reporting relationships, coordinating
mechanisms, communication systems, and processes, etc.)
affect whether leader actions and choices enable or prevent
high performance. An open systems framework is used to
assess how reactions to change occurring inside and outside
an organization determine whether individuals, groups, and
organizations position themselves to adapt, grow and
develop, or decline. Examination of individual roles in
organizations. Prereq: ADMN 611.
MGT 647 - Business Law I
Credits:
4.00
Law of contracts, agency, sales, negotiable instruments,
real and personal property, partnership and corporations,
with application of the Uniform Commercial Code. Prereq:
ADMN 601, 611, 640, 651.
MGT 648 - Business Law II
Credits:
4.00
Law of contracts, agency, sales, negotiable instruments,
real and personal property, partnership and corporations,
with application of the Uniform Commercial Code. Prereq:
ADMN 601, 611, 640, 651, 647.
MGT 701 - Business, Government, and Society
Credits:
4.00
Managerial problem solving and decision making relative
to economic, ethical, legal, political, social, and
technological aspects of an organization's environment.
Case discussion, stakeholder analysis, managerial values and
ethics, and social issues management are important course
components. Open to WSBE majors only.
Prereq: ADMN 601, 611, 640, 651.
MGT #712 - Managing Change and Conflict in Organizations
Credits:
4.00
Examines the primary sources, processes, and outcomes of
change over the course of the entire organizational life
cycle. Covers dynamics of change in both small and large
groups and sub-groups, including transitions that are
predictable and planned, unforeseen and crisis-laden,
resisted and embraced, catastrophic and generative in
nature. Prereq: permission; prior study of organizational
behavior or an equivalent is desirable.
MGT 713 - Leadership Assessment and Development
Credits:
4.00
Activities and exercises to help students determine their
ideal job upon graduation as well as their career goals for
the next 3-5 years. Students learn a matrix of key
leadership behaviors and skills that distinguish
high-performing managers and executives. Each student's
behavior is assessed using this model so that students can
determine the leadership behaviors and skills they most need
to develop to meet their early career goals. Faculty assist
students in developing a personal leadership development
plan to focus professional energy, efforts, and achievements
over the next 3-5 years.
MGT 732 - Exploration in Entrepreneurial Management
Credits:
4.00
Examines the management of change and innovation,
especially the role of entrepreneur in managing new
ventures. Uses case analysis, guest speakers, and
business plan preparation to study the characteristic
behavioral, organizational, financial, and marketing
problems of entrepreneurs and new enterprises. Prereq:
permission. Writing intensive.
MGT 742 - Internship in Entrepreneurial and Management Practice
Credits:
4.00
The course involves working for leading companies and
dynamic entrepreneurs, as well as classroom instruction. The
priority experiential, real-world, and real-time learning in
the high growth environment of entrepreneurial ventures. The
course focuses on several topic areas, including Venture
Capital. Prereq: senior standing. (Also listed as DS 742.)
MGT #745 - International Business
Credits:
4.00
Issues and problems confronting managers in the
international economy. Emphasis on problems of working
across national borders rather than on those encountered
within the framework of different national economies,
cultures, and institutions. For individuals interested in
working in a multinational enterprise. Prereq: permission.
MGT 755 - International Management
Credits:
4.00
Develops an understanding of international ventures and
partnerships from the viewpoint of management, leadership,
human resource management, and organizational structure and
strategy. Emphasis on the impact of culture on business
practices and on interpersonal skills and global
perspectives needed for personal effectiveness in
international and multicultural environments. Prereq:
ADMN 611. Writing intensive.
MGT #770 - Strategic Human Resource Management
Credits:
4.00
An examination of the overall role and functions of human
resource management in relation to an organization's
strategic planning process. Emphasis on human resource
management policy, practice, and trends, the human resource
executive as organizational change agent, and the human
resource function's initiatives and responses to the
changing nature of work.
MGT #785 - Career Management
Credits:
4.00
Develops individual career management skills,
including corporate career development. Topics include
concepts of career development; issues pertaining to career
management in organizations. Helpful for students interested
in human resource management. Prereq: juniors and seniors
only; permission.
MGT 798 - Topics
Credits:
4.00
Special topics; may be repeated. Prereq: permission.
MGT 798A - Topics
Credits:
4.00
Special topics; may be repeated. Prereq: permission. Writing
intensive.
MGT 798B - Topics
Credits:
4.00
Special topics; may be repeated. Prereq: permission.
MGT 798C - Topics
Credits:
4.00
Special topics; may be repeated. Prereq: permission.