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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. Emphasizes 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 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.