Department of Business Administration


Concentration in Management

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS FOR CONCENTRATION IN MANAGEMENT
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MG 300    Management & Organizational Behavior
  Prerequisites:  EN 132.
  This course explorers the area of human behavior in business organizations.  The course content
  identifies individual, group and organizational processes and studies how these processes relate
  to job performance, thereby influencing organizational effectiveness.

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MG 320    Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management
  Prerequisites:  MG 300.
  This is a survey course covering fundamental concepts, theories and skills needed when running
  a successful small business.  It covers small business challenges and critical issues, managing
  under adversity, start-up/buy-out/franchising opportunities, marketing and financial concerns,
  managing a business with rapid growth, and building a sound infrastructure.  The course is
  organized around interactive and experimental opportunities where students, grouped in teams,
  work with real world projects and complete a feasibility study for their future business.  The
  course integrates ethics, diversity and change issues.

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MG 350    Production and Operation Management
  Prerequisites:  MG 300 and BA 237.
  An analytical and inter-related approach to the planning, operation and control of the production
  process.  Problem areas such as facilities location, work design, work measurement, production
  planning and control materials management, quality control and capital investment policy are to
  be examined.

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MG 360    Human Resource Management
  Prerequisites:  MG 300.
  A study of personal management and industrial relations practices and procedures,
  encompassing wage and salary considerations, employee compensation incentives and labor-
  management relations.  Attention is given to the individual within the organization.

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MG 385    Problems of Supervision
  Prerequisites:  MG 300.
  An intensive investigation into planning the work, organizing human resources, developing
  and appraising employees, discipline and other problems involved in the supervision of human
  resources.  Case studies and readings are used extensively.

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MG 400    Project Management
  Prerequisites:  MG 300 and junior standing. 
  This course examines fundamental project management principles and approaches as well as
  their implication on organizations.  It reviews techniques for planning, scheduling and controlling
  both simple and complex projects within static and dynamic environments.

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MG 411    Seminar in Management
  Prerequisites:  MG 300 and senior standing.
  The Seminar Series in Management provides a  semester long, in-depth focus on specialized
  areas within and/or closely integrated with the management discipline.  This focus series is
  viewed from a management context.  Each series is specifically associated with a definite,
  targeted area offering career opportunities.

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MG 470    International Management
  Prerequisites:  MG 300.
  This course is about how firms become and remain international in scope.  It is about the
  experiences of firms of all sizes, from many countries, as they come to grips with an
  increasingly competitive global environment.  The course examines the practice of management
  when a national perspective is no longer sufficient.

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MG 493    Business Ethics
  Prerequisites:  MG 300.
  Consideration, analysis and discussion of the manager's role in dealing with social problems.
  An overview of social responsibility;  where it originated, and practical consideration in
  dealing with social and ethical problems.

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MG 495    Business Strategy and Policy
  Prerequisites:  Completion of remaining Business Core Courses and senior standing.
  This is a capstone course for all business majors.  It examines concepts, theories, and issues
  executive level managers must be familiar with to manage successfully--from understanding
  the firm's strategic situation and developing viable alternatives for dealing with the key issues
  facing it, to determining the strategic direction of the firm, organizational design issues and
  policies related to the implementation of a strategy, and the management of strategy processes
  within the firm.  Students will have the chance to gain a perspective on executive staff roles
  and responsibilities, sharpen their critical faculties and improve their communication skills
  while learning to work effectively within teams, and growing to appreciate community service.
  The course interweaves ethics, diversity and change into strategy and policy matters.


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