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Graduate Management

2018 Spring Term

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3 Units

ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR

MANGEMNT 741

Organizational Behavior is teh study of many factors that impact how individuals and groups act, think, feel, and respond to work and organizations, and how organizations in turn respond to their environments. It provides a set of tools for understanding, analyzing and prdicting individual and group behavior in ogranizations, and offers managers means to improve, enhance, or change organizational behavior such that individuals, groups, and the whole organization can achieve their goals.


3 Units

CURRENT ISSUES IN COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

MANGEMNT 752

An examination of compensation programs in profit/ nonprofit organizations. It is concerned with a detailed study of job structures, job evaluation, performance appraisal, wage surveys, basic systems/plans of compensation, and fringe benefits. Attention is focused on a limited number of topics from these areas so more crucial concepts/methods may be dealt with in-depth.


3 Units

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

MANGEMNT 757

The Leadership course presents evidence-based models of leadership. It focuses on the development of authentic leaders through the enhancement of individual self-awareness, acquisition of knowledge on effective leadership practices in organizations, and a critical evaluation of the contextual, cultural, and individual factors that enable or constrain leadership action and effectiveness.


3 Units

LABOR AND EMPLOYEE RELATIONS

MANGEMNT 758

Primary concern is with contract negotiation and administration. Emphasis is on understanding the forces affecting the decisions of the parties to a labor contract. A dynamic approach is taken to examine difficulties that arise in attempting to administer a collectively established relationship. Study of conflict resolution including mediation and arbitration. Applications are made to both unionized and non-unionized settings.


2 Units

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF BUSINESS

MANGEMNT 759

The course analyzes (1) a broad spectrum of social, political, ethical, and legal frameworks within which organizations must function, and (2) social trends and their underlying causes as they can affect businesses.


3 Units

SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION AND NPO/NGO MANAGEMENT

MANGEMNT 765

This course aims at developing student knowledge of the nonprofit sector. It provides an overview of nonprofit and voluntary associations, their origins, growth and development. It provides an international and comparative perspective on an emergent, multidimensional sector of the economy. The course focuses on management theory and practice, identifying strategies that nonprofit/nongovernmental organizations can and do use to influence change


3 Units

ORGANIZATION DESIGN

MANGEMNT 770

Application of organization theory to the structuring of organizations. The course examines organizational configurations and their effectiveness in different situational contexts to provide a rationale for management practice.


3 Units

INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT

MANGEMNT 777

The course deals with concepts, issues, problems, and research in international management, with a focus on the international application of: (1) strategic management, (2) organizational theory and design, (3) organizational behavior, culture, conflict, leadership, and communication, (4) ethical issues, and (5) development, control, and coordination of international subsidiaries.


3 Units

BUSINESS POLICY & STRATEGY

MANGEMNT 787

Business Policy and Strategy is a case based course that identifies the firm's competencies as the building blocks of strategies. Strategies that may be implemented to make the firm competitive in a global business environment.


1-3 Units

SEMINAR

MANGEMNT 794

Variable topics. Group activity. An advanced course of study in a defined subject matter area emphasizing a small group in intense study with a faculty member.


1-3 Units

SPECIAL STUDIES

MANGEMNT 796

Variable topics. Group activity. Not offered regularly in the curriculum but offered on topics selected on the basis of timeliness, need, and interest, and generally in the format of regularly scheduled Catalog offerings.


1-3 Units

INDIVIDUAL STUDIES

MANGEMNT 798

Student and adviser decide the study, with the consent of the professor in charge of the study and the approval of the College Graduate Studies Committee. Consult the Associate Dean's Office for further information/limitations.

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