COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
MANAGEMENT
(MGT)

5003 Conceptual Foundations of Management
(3-0) 3 hours credit.
This course examines the evolution and development of conceptual frameworks for understanding managerial work and organizational processes within the context of changing environments. An integrated strategic management perspective is emphasized.

5043 Management and Behavior in Organizations
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: MGT 5003 or an equivalent.
This course examines the processes and techniques used to get work done through others in an organization. These processes include a study of individual differences, motivation, leadership, group behavior, interpersonal communication, decision making, and change. Cross-cultural applications are considered.

5053 Organizational Communication
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: MGT 5043.
A survey of theoretical and functional aspects of organizational communication, stressing interpersonal, intra- and interorganizational, and intercultural communication.

5093 Leadership
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: MGT 5043 or consent of instructor.
An advanced course in organizational behavior that examines traditional and contemporary perspectives on leadership and the group process toward which leadership is directed. The course includes applications of leadership theory to contemporary organizational problems.

5133 Organizational Decision Making
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: MGT 5043 or consent of instructor.
An advanced course in organizational behavior focusing on the behavioral elements of the decision-making process. Drawing on theory and research in several disciplines, the course examines individual, group, and organizational decision-making models. Emphasis on prescriptive models for effective decision making.

5153 Social Issues in Business
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: MGT 5043.
Focuses on the forces surrounding the secularly oriented, technologically energized, and scientifically administered business sector of Western society. Develops an understanding of the underlying and basic forces that have fostered and shaped business. Emergence of the social responsibility ethic is examined.

5183 Global and Comparative Management
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: MGT 5003 or consent of instructor.
Examination of management challenges facing multinational and international business. Includes the study of organization options, political risk and strategy, staffing, communication, multicultural negotiations, and crosscultural behavior and management. Emphasis on different countries’ approaches to competing, notably East Asia, Mexico, and Europe.

5233 International Business Analysis
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: MGT 5003 or an equivalent, or consent of instructor.
The opportunity to develop strategic opportunities in international business through the analysis of international trade and other international statistics. Extensive use of the Internet and international databases to find, evaluate, analyze, and develop international business opportunities. Emphasis is on developing export and import trade and transportation opportunities.

5243 International Business Strategy
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: MGT 5003 or an equivalent, or consent of instructor.
Emphasis on how firms create global bases of sustainable competitive advantage. Examines strategic problems unique to global business competition, including dimensions of perceived environment uncertainty, international entry-mode choices, global sourcing, and creating entry barriers to defendable product markets.

5623 Employee Relations/Negotiations
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: MGT 5003 or consent of instructor.
An analysis of various employee relations systems in organizations. Emphasis on various formal and informal discipline, grievance, and appeal systems in private and public organizations, as well as group and individual negotiation and dispute resolution processes.

5643 Management of Personnel and Human Resources
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: MGT 5043 or consent of instructor.
Management’s approach to and the techniques for handling the human resources in an organization. An examination of the primary management activities involved in the procurement, development, utilization, and maintenance of its human resources. Course focuses on behavioral and social science findings as they relate to the policy and practice of managing the employment relationship.

5723 Labor Relations in the Public Sector
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: MGT 5043 or consent of instructor.
An analysis of the unique role of labor relations at the federal, state, and local levels. Consideration is given to relevant legislation and how and why public employees organize for collective bargaining. Emphasis is on the practical aspects of bargaining and contract administration and how they relate to the public in general.

5733 Employment Law and Legislation
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: MGT 5043 or consent of instructor.
An analysis of the various laws and administrative rulings having an impact on the employment process of organizations. Focus is on the law as it affects various administrative decisions in recruiting, selection, training, promoting, and other employment areas, including benefits and labor relations.

5813 Strategic Human Resources Management
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: MGT 5643 or consent of instructor.
An examination of the overall role and functions of human resource management in relation to an organization’s strategic planning process. Emphasis is on human resource issues of strategic importance to an organization’s top management. Course focuses on the broader issues of human resource management policy, practice, and trends.

5903 Strategic Management and Policy
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: Completion of the foundations of knowledge courses or consent of instructor.
A course intended to integrate material taken in the M.B.A. program, as well as to broaden the horizons of the student beyond the focus on the firm. The macroeconomic aspects of the economy and contemporary problems and trends of business are covered. Students who earn a grade of “B” or better in this course will satisfy the comprehensive examination requirement. A student who receives a grade of “C” may still satisfy this requirement by successfully passing a comprehensive examination as set out in this catalog.

6123 Health Care Management
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: MGT 5003 or an equivalent.
Introduction to the health care industry, health care management and policy issues, managing in a regulated industry, and health care research issues. Students will have the opportunity to analyze several aspects of the health care industry using organizational and managerial frameworks.

6133 Organizational and Managerial Issues in Health Care Delivery
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: MGT 5003 or an equivalent.
An analysis of the organizational and managerial implications of clinical issues in the delivery of health care. Students have the opportunity to examine quality of care issues and concerns related to patient care that affect how health care organizations are managed.

6943 Management Internship
3 hours credit. Prerequisites: Graduate standing, 15 semester credit hours of graduate work, and consent of instructor.
Internship must be approved in advance by the Internship Coordinator and the student’s Graduate Advisor of Record. Supervised full- or part-time off-campus work experience and training in management. Individual conferences and written reports required.

6951-3 Independent Study
1 to 3 hours credit. Prerequisites: Graduate standing and permission in writing (form available) of the instructor and the student’s Graduate Advisor of Record.
Independent reading, research, discussion, and/or writing under the direction of a faculty member. For students needing specialized work not normally or not often available as part of the regular course offerings. May be repeated for credit, but no more than 6 hours, regardless of discipline, will apply to the Master’s degree.

6961 Comprehensive Examination
1 hour credit. Prerequisite: Approval of the appropriate graduate program committee to take the Comprehensive Examination.
Independent study course for the purpose of taking the Comprehensive Examination. May be repeated as many times as approved by the Graduate Program Committee. Enrollment is required each term in which the Comprehensive Examination is taken if no other courses are being taken that term. The grade report for the course is either “CR” (satisfactory performance on the Comprehensive Examination) or “NC” (unsatisfactory performance on the Comprehensive Examination).

6971-3 Special Problems
(1-0, 2-0, 3-0) 1 to 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
An organized course offering the opportunity for specialized study not normally or not often available as part of the regular course offerings. Special Problems courses may be repeated for credit when topics vary, but no more than 6 hours, regardless of discipline, will apply to a Master’s degree.

6983 Master’s Thesis
3 hours credit. Prerequisite: Permission of the Graduate Advisor and thesis director.
Thesis research and preparation. May be repeated for credit, but no more than 6 hours will apply to the Master’s degree. Credit will be awarded upon completion of the thesis. Enrollment is required each term in which the thesis is in progress.

7013 Seminar in Organizational Behavior
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Critical examination of the theory and research pertaining to individual and group behavior within the context of a larger work organization system.

7023 Seminar in Organization Theory
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Critical examination of the theory and research pertaining to the relationships of organization structure and processes to complex environmental conditions. Multiple theoretical paradigms will be examined.

7033 Seminar in Strategic Human Resources
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
A critical examination of research linking the management of human resource policies, practices and deployments in the context of internal and external environments with the performance of the organization.

7043 Foundations of Strategy
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
A critical examination of the theoretical foundations of corporate strategy, especially the relationship betweenstrategy and organizational performance.

7053 Empirical Approaches to Strategy
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
A critical examination of the empirical foundations of corporate strategy. Emphasis will be placed on the design of empirical studies of strategy.

7073 Seminar in Organization and Management Studies
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Organized course offering the opportunity for specialized study not normally available as part of regular course offerings. This seminar may be repeated for credit when topics vary, but not more than 6 hours will apply to doctoral degree. Topics can include: The Learning Organization, Complex Adaptive Systems, and Special Issues in the Management of Technology.

7201-3 Organization and Management Studies Research Colloquium
1 to 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
During their first year in the program, doctoral students will make a formal paper presentation to the faculty. Students will also be expected to participate in all research presentations in the College of Business during the two long semesters preceding their own presentation. The grade report for this class is either “CR” (satisfactory participation) or “NC” (unsatisfactory participation).

7211-3 Doctoral Research
1 to 3 hours credit. Corequisite: Concurrent enrollment in MGT 6961.
May be repeated for credit, but no more than 24 hours may be applied to the doctoral degree.

7311-3 Doctoral Dissertation
1 to 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: Admission to Candidacy for the doctoral degree in business.
May be repeated for credit, but no more than 12 hours may be applied to the doctoral degree.