This overview course examines the variety of human resource functions performed in organizations. It includes planning, job analysis and design, job description, recruiting and hiring, training, performance management, regulation, evaluation, benefits, and labor law.

This course presents an overview and analysis of compensation and reward systems. Compensation models are examined along with legislation impacting compensation practices, equity and market factors, pay delivery systems, job analysis methods, and job evaluation techniques. Incentive plan design and pay-for-performance are examined in relation to their impact on productivity, morale, and profits.

This course provides a detailed overview and analysis of contemporary benefit programs and practices, including the philosophical, theoretical, legal, and financial impact of benefit planning, design, and plan implementation. Attention is given to the areas of benefit cost containment, control, and future trends.

This course provides an introduction to the practical aspects of employer and employee relationships from both union and non-union perspectives. It includes an overview of the basics of labor law and bargaining agreements, the role of the National Labor Relations Board and how each impacts performance among management, supervisors and employees in private, government and public organizations.

This course explores performance improvement strategies used by business and industry, focusing on employee training and organizational development. It examines how organizations develop employees in alignment with organizational goals and objectives.  It explores several methods of measuring training and development.

This course introduces students to descriptive and inferential statistics for use in business-related applications. Measures of central tendency and dispersion, simple probability, data analysis and statistical inference are examined. The use of computer software for analyzing statistical data is addressed. Upon completion of this course students are expected to be able to:

1. Extract information from sample data through both graphical and numerical methods.
2. Understand how probability can be used to make an inference about a population from information contained in a sample.
3. Determine the probabilities associated with both discrete and continuous random variables.
4. Estimate population means and proportions on a single sample selected from population of interest.
5. Use the sampling distribution of a sample statistic to assess the reliability of the estimate.
6. Utilize sample data from a variety of resources to make estimates, decisions or generalizations about a larger set of data.
7. Identify various software resources to aid in analyzing data.

This course examines the moral issues to be considered by managers in the 21st century global economy.  Also examined are the ethical frameworks and reasoning skills relevant for resolving moral dilemmas in business organizations.  The social, political, global, and economic environments within which moral issues occur are assessed.  Finally, the legal and regulatory forces that impact ethical decision making in business organizations are examined.

Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Describe the moral traditions and philosophies that have influenced contemporary business ethics.
2. Assess the variety of ethical issues that have the potential for impacting organizations in the 21st century global economy.
3. Recognize the importance of ethical decision making as a component of management and leadership.
4. Analyze the characteristics and significance of various ethics strategies used by business organizations.
5. Assess the impact of globalization on ethical decision making.
6. Evaluate the legal and regulatory forces that impact business practices and operations.

This course integrates knowledge and skills developed in a student’s major course of study. Students integrate and apply knowledge and skills acquired throughout their academic programs. Students also demonstrate professional communications via written reports and oral presentations, outline continuing education strategies, and analyze ethical and diversity issues in business organizations.

Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Demonstrate critical thinking skills related to their major field of academic study.
2. Analyze the environmental variables and available resources affecting business-related issues and strategies.
3. Synthesize various business-related strategies.
4. Identify management principles relevant for business professionals.
5. Assess the impact of ethical decisions in various business organizations.
6. Address diversity in various business environments.
7. Develop strategies for continuing education in their academic field of study.
8. Communicate using inclusive methods in a variety of modes.
9. Recognize current trends in their academic field of study.
10. Demonstrate interpersonal communication and collaboration skills required in various business settings.
     

This course provides strategies for developing a clear, concise professional writing style. A variety of writing formats are addressed. Research for professional documents, writing in an electronic environment, and collaborative writing are considered. Voice, style, audience, purpose, the writing process, and strategies for editing and revision are examined in the context of interpersonal and ethical dimensions.

Upon completion of the course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Write effectively in various forms of professional writing.
2. Demonstrate writing in a professional environment.
3. Exhibit a professional voice and writing style.
4. Effectively incorporate relevant research into professional writing.
5. Understand and apply the writing process to diverse audiences and purposes.
6. Effectively incorporate elements of professional document design into print and electronic documents.
7. Employ professional revision and editing skills.
    

Communication skills pertinent to organizational settings form the foundation of this course. Effective methods for design and delivery of oral communication are examined. Other topics include communication styles, interpersonal communication skills, dynamics of small group communication and persuasive speaking.

Upon completion of the course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Demonstrate effective oral communication skills.
2. Demonstrate effective and active listening skills.
3. Recognize and adapt to differing communication styles.
4. Demonstrate skill in interpersonal communication.
5. Understand small group dynamics.
6. Demonstrate persuasive speaking techniques.
7. Effectively create and utilize graphics or other appropriate media in professional presentations.
8. Deliver organized, professional informational and persuasive presentations.
    

This introductory course examines the legal context for business, including the legal and regulatory system, the law of contracts, property laws and torts, and forms of business organization, including partnerships and corporations. The course also introduces law and regulation which affect business activities, including employment law, securities, antitrust, bankruptcy, consumer protections, and environmental laws.

This course is an introduction to the theory and practice of financial management of organizations. Topics covered include the assessment of types of business entities and capital acquisition sources, basic financial statement analysis, the assessment of how income taxes impact the financial decision making process, the evaluation of capital projects using the time value of money concepts, management of an entity's current assets and current liabilities, and the maximization of shareholder wealth.

This course presents a broad survey of theory and research on leadership. It examines classical and scientific management perspectives and considers contemporary theories and practices of organizational leadership.

The course examines the practical and dynamic relevance of critical thinking for managers, emphasizing the decisional aspects of management. Topics focus on eliciting new managerial insights, improving managerial problem solving and decision-making skills, and on strengthening the student's ability to articulate reasoned solutions to managerial problems and opportunities.

This course explores the concepts and theories of management and their application in today's managerial environment. It examines the essential functions of management: planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. MG307 may be taken instead of this course.

This course focuses on the ability of leaders to understand and manage organizational change. It addresses a broad-based understanding of the nature, function, and complexities of organizations. Ways of dealing with change are developed from sometimes disparate views of organizations.

This course emphasizes leadership concepts related to directing and coordinating human and material resources for relatively short-term projects that have been established to complete specific goals and objectives. The skills and procedures needed to take a project from definition through completion are presented.

The focus of this course is the development of total quality or continuous improvement in organizations. It reviews the phenomenon of quality, key theories and theorists, statistical process control and quality programs. Effective team management is emphasized as one of the key components of quality.

This course emphasizes short- and long-term planning that is vital to a healthy, changing organization. Topics include the strategic management process, the strategic management model, company mission analysis, environmental impacts, ethical and social responsibilities, and strategy and implementation control.

This course addresses various unpredictable and ambiguous situations encountered by modern organizations. It emphasizes sensitivity to changing socio-economic conditions and challenges to existing patterns and beliefs. Methods to recognize the ways in which organizations change, and develop skills to guide these organizations in the future are studied.

This course examines what it takes to start, nurture and grow a business. Topics include resource gathering, business plan preparation, utilizing innovation and creativity in growing a business, risk evaluation, and leadership skills.