2021-2022 Academic Catalog

MGT-Management

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MGT300 - Principles of Management

This course provides background and insight into the human factors involved in the day-to-day and long-term operations of an organization. It is built on the management functions necessary for success in any type (profit or nonprofit) organization. The course focuses on major issues that affect today's managers, such as global environment, corporate social responsibilities and ethics, organizational culture, employee empowerment, and employee diversity. It also explores how external environments affect the operations of organizations.

MGT301 - Organizational Behavior

This course is designed to provide students with a multidisciplinary view of the study of behavior in organizations to better understand and manage people at work. It focuses on describing and explaining the core concepts and foundation principles that are fundamental to understanding behavior in organizations. Emphasis is placed on topics that affect individual behavior, team and group behavior and behavior of the organization itself. Behavioral questionnaires and self-­assessment instruments are used to help students gain self-­insights and further develop the competencies needed to be effective employees and successful managers/leaders.

MGT303 - Entrepreneurship I: Small Business Fundamentals

This is a management course designed to address the steps in the entrepreneurial process to establish a new business or to launch a new product line in an established organization. This course is a study of how to successfully analyze opportunities for a new venture. The contents provide the complete analytical process for establishing a new and successful operation. The new venture decision provides a compelling reason for success. This course leads up to the establishment of a complete Business Plan.

MGT305 - Entrepreneurship II: Small Business Management

This course focuses on the characteristics of an entrepreneur and framework to develop and lead a successful entrepreneurial business. The impact of emotional intelligence in the workplace and sources of entrepreneurial finance are discussed. Students will learn how to develop and manage the human capital in the workplace.

MGT311 - Organization Theory and Design

This course provides a comprehensive macro-view approach to the study of organizations and their functioning. Topics covered include environment and open systems, technology, size and life cycle, organizational control, culture and ethics, information processing, decision-making processes, power and politics, and organizational innovation and change. Emphasis is placed on how external and internal factors influence the structure and design of the organization.

MGT320 - Teamwork and Leadership

This course encourages leadership and teamwork through group interaction. The study of leadership through teamwork builds upon core concepts and active engagement. Students will practice and refine their interpersonal and leadership skills as they model professional communication delivering collaborative products.

MGT373 - Computer Based Management Information Systems

This course provides background and insight into the technical foundations of database management for business professionals. It concentrates on information technology systems that support managerial decision making. This course illustrates how the field of information technology systems supports customer relationship management and supply chain management. It demonstrates how information systems are developed and applied in solving various business dilemmas. The course stresses the importance of properly managing information technology, locally and globally, to obtain and maintain a competitive advantage in the business world.

MGT376 - Cyber Law and e-Privacy

This course provides a thorough review for business managers of the legal issues relevant to digital retention of data, cybersecurity and privacy. Students will learn the appropriate managerial tactics to help comply with most major privacy and cyber-related regulations.

MGT378 - Law of Privacy & Cybersecurity

This course focuses on developing students with a working knowledge of the legal & regulatory constraints & opportunities for privacy & security of IT systems, with particular emphasis on the regulation of network activities and data management. Students will be prepared to identify public policy constraints and opportunities; participate in the public policy debate over privacy and security issues; manage liability risks; and appreciate when and how to summon legal counsel.

MGT403 - Innovation Management

In this course, students learn how to identify strategic opportunities in which new innovations in technologies and business practices can be successfully implemented and how to do so. We focus on the practices and procedures by which both managers and entrepreneurs can manage innovation effectively. Through an in-depth grounding in the innovation and strategy literature, students learn the specific steps and processes needed to accomplish this goal. Through case study analysis of both successful and unsuccessful innovation management in a variety of industries, students learn the critical skills needed to profitably manage innovation. These are valuable skills which students can apply in their own current or future professional or career endeavors.

MGT431 - International Business Management

This course introduces to the Global exporting and importing process. The course contains information about trade internationally, by region and in global settings. The effects of cultural differences are highlighted showing how sizes, quantities, and types of sales in one country differ from those in another country. The foreign exchange process is described and students see the challenge from changing values in currencies.

MGT450 - Management Research

This course explores the fundamentals of business management. The focus is on practical application of commonly used techniques such as questionnaires and descriptive statistics. Students will utilize secondary research to formulate solutions to managerial problems. They will also design a questionnaire, report data, and demonstrate academic writing skills. The course balances team activities with independent research, utilizing the techniques discussed in the course.

MGT461 - Integrated Supply Chain Management

The coordination and integration of functions across the supply chain are often more important than the individual functions themselves. As global supply chains increase their reach and complexity, there is increasing demand for the skills to manage them. This course develops fundamental supply chain principles and explains the role of global supply chain managers in managing the flow of goods and dealing with suppliers. Topics include supply chain metrics, production planning and inventory control, global supply chain design, logistics and outsourcing.

MGT492 - Management Internship

The student is placed with a business firm, bank, government agency or nonprofit organization performing management-­related tasks. The internship experience offers a practical training ground for students that supplements academic training by permitting them to apply the theories, concepts and techniques learned through their other coursework to address actual problems in a real business environment.

MGT720 - Leveraging Diversity

The impact of globalization on all areas of management cannot be overstated and should not be ignored. This course tasks students with examining the cultural impact of a global workforce. Students will be given the tools to ethically utilize diversity to the benefit of the company and its strategies. As a part of this study, students will evaluate how power is an important dynamic when executing human resource strategy.