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3.00 Credits
This course introduces the basic elements of automation, industrial robotics, automated work cells, common information model systems, and the automated factory.Topics include kinematics, dynamics, the classification of robots, automation sensors, work cells, import systems and programming, robot/system integration, economic justification, and applications.(Prerequisite: ME 203) Three credits.
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This course introduces components of the automated factory.Topics include design of parts and processes for automation, hard and flexible automation, blocks of automation, automatic production and assembly, numeric controllers, computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing, industrial logic control systems, programmable logic controllers, and computer applications in automation.(Prerequisite: MF 361) Three credits.
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3.00 Credits
This course integrates, through theory and its application, the various topics, concepts, and modalities that make up the Management discipline.Its purpose is twofold: 1) to provide all business students with a strong grounding in how individuals and organizations function to support the strategic goals of business, and 2) to provide a foundation for further study by management majors and minors.The course introduces students to team/group work; the relationship of business to local, national, and global communities; the ethical implications of business decisions and models; organizational behavior; human resource management; leadership and organizational culture.(Prerequisite: sophomore standing) Three credits.
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This course introduces students to how effective management of people can contribute to firm perform-ance and competitive advantage.The course explores human resource management activities: human resource planning, recruiting, selection, training, performance appraisal, compensation, and labor relations.Through extensive use of cases, simulations, and exercises, students actively learn to implement various human resource management strategies to better serve organizational and employee interests.(Prerequisite: junior standing) Three credits.
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3.00 Credits
This course prepares students for the task of leading and managing people.The purpose of the course is to address advanced organizational behavior topics as well as to illuminate the research and practice associated with effective leadership.The first segment of the course reviews the leadership literature, including trait theory, aspects of leadership style, leader emergence, contingency theories, and charismatic/transformational leadership practices.The second segment involves skill practice in managing people in the areas of communication, conflict resolution, empowerment, delegation, influence, teamwork, problem solving, and diversity issues.The third and final segment explores strategic leadership from the CEO perspective, and addresses how leaders create change and transform organizations.(Prerequisite: junior standing) Three credits.
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3.00 Credits
This capstone course, required for senior level students in the School of Business, integrates the business core through the concept of strategic management.It offers an opportunity for students to put together all they have learned in their discipline and to see the "big picture" of how business organizations function.The primary goal is to prepare students to think like top managers and to understand that strategic decision-making encompasses all parts of the organization, internal and external, bringing together all disciplines of management.The course includes lectures, readings, cases, and a capstone group project.(Prerequisites: matriculation in a business program, senior status, completion of business core, or permission of the instructor) Three credits.
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3.00 Credits
This course gives students an in-depth understanding of current issues or topics in the area of business and society.The faculty member teaching this course constructs course content around current developments in his or her research, thus providing students with breaking information about cutting-edge issues in the field and, when appropriate, with an opportunity to participate in the research process.Topics may include business ethics and technology; social and political implications of corporate structure and decision-making; socially responsible investing; and gender constructs and management.(Prerequisites: juniors or seniors with a concentration in business and society or permission of the instructor) Three credits.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines topics in human resource management as they relate to contemporary organizations.The course gives students an in-depth understanding of current issues or topics in the area of human resources, giving special attention to the strategic aspect of human resource management: how human resources can create value for the organization.Topics may include strategic human resource management; human resource systems; human resource planning; quality of work life; flexible work; diversity; affirmative action; legal aspects of employment; and work-family issues.(Prerequisite: junior standing) Three credits.
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3.00 Credits
This course gives students an in-depth understanding of current issues and topics in management.The focus is on the application and analysis of managerial principles in contemporary problem solving.The faculty member teaching this course constructs course content around current developments in his or her research area.Topics may include decision-making in a chaotic environment; change management; organizational structure and design; health care; social justice; the political and social context of organizations; the consequences of the free market logic; leadership; the environment; diversity and gender; e-business; and managing virtual teams and organizations.Three credits.
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3.00 Credits
This course allows questions to be framed, and answers sought, with regard to the challenge of diversity in the work environment.The course uses readings, exercises, and real-world projects to formulate the following: a definition of diversity; an awareness of its impact on businesses and their managers; the identification of the challenges that diversity presents and the opportunities it allows for even more productive workplace interactions; and the necessary skills, attitudes, and patterns of critical thinking needed for effective leadership in this important area.The course presents issues in the specific real-life context of ethnic, racial, gender, and class groups. This course meets the U.S. diversity requirement. ( Prerequisite: junior standing) Three credits.
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