COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

All courses are three credit hours unless otherwise noted. View pop-up of course rotation.

MGT 721 Organizational Management
Explores the role of the manager in organizational settings. In-depth examination of social systems and their influence on the motivation of individuals, the effect on work outcomes, emergent leadership and control of behavior in the work place. Also explores important concepts that help students understand and respond to the influences and forces affecting the behavior of individuals in the work place. Among the individual topics examined are (1) motivation, (2) self-concept, and (3) interpersonal dynamics as they arise and affect the behavior of people in the work place. The course extensively utilizes case studies of people in actual work situations to help students develop diagnostic and effective tools for exercising leadership and management responsibilities.

MGT 724 Legal and Ethical Environments in Business
Focuses on issues of concern in light of the law, administration of the law, and ethics. Issues include topics such as grievance and confidentiality, environmental regulation, internal financial controls, human rights, etc. These issues are examined in conjunction with managerial decision-making requirements. Application of theory is through case analysis.

MGT 725 Marketing Management
Discusses management of the marketing function, including the application of marketing concepts for identifying, developing, and meeting customer needs. Development of marketing's relationships to other corporate functions, such as production, finance, and human resource functions, is stressed.

MGT 726 Finance for Managers
Focuses on understanding the importance of the finance function to the organization and the role of the manager in the finance function. Topics include the financial environment, goals of the firm, working capital management, the time value of money, valuation of securities, and capital budgeting. Institutions and mechanisms related to the original and continuing short-term and long-term financial needs of the firm are included.

MGT 727 Global Management
Investigates the problems and managerial skills required to meet organizational needs as firms become engaged in global business activities. Introduces the cultural, social, political, legal, ethical, and economic environments in which international business is conducted and their impact on the firm's structure, organization, and management processes.

MGT 731 Management Information Systems
Assessment of the relations of information processing systems in the organization. Focuses on methods of integrating systems into daily operations for analyzing and representing data in forms useful for decision-making affecting the future of the firm.

MGT 734 Accounting for Managers
Introduces accounting and its application to modern business. Focuses on the manager as a knowledgeable user of accounting information and the preparation of accounting reports and their intelligent use. Financial accounting topics include the principal financial statements, the elements and accounting principles underlying the statements, and the use of financial accounting information to evaluate and make business decisions.

MGT 735 Operations Management
Focuses on the managerial decisions required to effectively manage the production and/or operations components of the firm. Elements of this course examine the planning, coordination and executing of activities that lead to the creation and distribution of goods or services by the firm. The course integrates the concepts from other fields including cost dynamics, task analyses, various quantitative methods and industrial engineering. Specific topics explored are capacity planning, task and work flow analysis, manpower management, quality, scheduling, production planning and control, inventory management and customer service and/or assurance. This course develops and explores the concept of tradeoff analysis and links it to manufacturing/operations strategy and to corporate strategy.

MGT 736 Human Resource Management
Explores management roles in recruitment, development, training, compensation, societal and individual goal setting, and the integration of these factors into the operation of the organization. Methods and techniques for accepting and directing societal changes as they affect the management of human resource are presented.

MGT 737 Economics for Managers
Examines the internal organization of the firm and the external environment in which businesses and organizations operate. Topics covered include dynamic price competition, market structure, industrial organization, competitive strategy, and economics of scale and scope. Cases will examine how economic principles apply to the actual business world.

MGT 738 Advanced Marketing Concepts
Provides an understanding of the role of marketing, including the planning processes and analytical tools and techniques used. Emphasizes the analytical and decision-making processes involved in formulating, implementing, and controlling a marketing program for a given product or market entry. Course includes such topics as customer, competitor, and environmental analysis, segmentation and target marketing, competitive positioning, and program implementation and control.

MGT 764 Managerial Accounting
The course is directed toward the users of accounting information and providing them with an understanding of the relevance of accounting information in marketing, production, systems design, engineering, management, and other non-accounting activities. Managerial applications - actual practices that illustrate conceptual concepts - are stressed. Topics covered include an overview of managerial accounting, cost methods and systems used, concepts and methods for managerial decision-making, managerial planning, control, and internal performance evaluation. Non-manufacturing applications are stressed. Special topics, such as fraud, and ethical issues related to a variety of matters are also included. Prerequisite: Accounting for Managers.

MGT 768 Financial and Capital Issues
Integrates capital structure and corporate financial decisions with corporate strategy. Broad topics include financial markets and instruments, valuing financial assets, valuing real assets, capital structure, incentives, information and corporate control and risk management. Within these broad topics, subtopics include the allocation of capital for real investment, financing the firm, knowing whether and how to hedge risk, and allocating funds for financial investments. Prerequisite: Finance for Managers.

MGT 790 Advanced Topics in Human Resources
The course is divided into three modules. The Generations at Work module studies this unique time in history when four generations of employees are trying to understand each other and work together harmoniously. This module examines the differences and similarities of the different generations. In the Work Styles module students will identify their own styles, study the characteristics of that style, and learn strategies for working with others with similar and different styles. Motivating direct reports, managing meetings, and bosses will be examined, and practiced from an HR perspective. The Emotional Intelligence module will examine each student's EI and how it positively or negatively impacts their job performance within an organization.

MGT 795 Business, Policy and Ethics
An integrated examination of business management focusing on the application, analysis and synthesis of business and management problems and issues at the executive level. Develops a perspective of the organization as a whole adapting to its internal and external (primarily competitive and market) environments. The course explores the means by which overall direction and strategy of the organization is established and implemented. Explicit examination is give to the responsibilities, skills and perspectives required of executives in the organization. The course also examines ethical and corporate social responsibility issues and the trade-offs that must be assessed and made between these issues and other strategic requirements. Most students will submit the required "final assessment" during this course.