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  • MSD 100: Management Principles

    5.00 Credits
    Augusta Technical College

    Develops skills and behaviors necessary for successful supervision of people and job responsibilities. Emphasis will be placed on real life concepts, personal skill development, applied knowledge and managing human resources. Course content is intended to help managers and supervisors deal with a dramatically changing workplace being affected by technology changes, a more competitive and global market place, corporate restructuring and the changing nature of work and the workforce. Topics include: understanding the manager's job and work environment, building an effective organizational culture, leading, directing, and the application of authority, planning, decision-making, and problem-solving, human resource management, administrative management, organizing, and controlling.
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  • MSD 101: Organizational Behavior

    5.00 Credits
    Augusta Technical College

    (Prerequisite: Provisional admission) Provides a general knowledge of the human relations aspects of the senior-subordinate workplace environment. Topics include: employee relations principles, problem solving and decision making, leadership techniques to develop employee morale, human values and attitudes, organizational communications, interpersonal communications, and employee conflict.
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  • MSD 102: Employment Law

    5.00 Credits
    Augusta Technical College

    (Prerequisite: Provisional admission) Develops a working knowledge of the laws of employment necessary for managers. Topics include: Employment Law, the Courts, and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Discrimination Law, Selecting Applicants Under the Law, OSHA and Safety, Affirmative Action, At-Will Doctrine, Right to Privacy, Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Worker's Compensation, Unemployment Compensation, and National Labor Relations Act.
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  • MSD 103: Leadership

    5.00 Credits
    Augusta Technical College

    Familiarizes the student with the principles and methods of sound leadership and decision-making. Topics include: basic leadership principles and how to use them to solicit cooperation, use of leadership to develop the best possible senior-subordinate relationships, the various decision making processes, the ability to make sound and timely decisions, leadership within the framework of the major functions of management, and delegation of authority and responsibility.
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  • MSD 104: Human Resource Management

    5.00 Credits
    Augusta Technical College

    (Prerequisite: Provisional admission) This course is designed as an overview of the Human Resource Management (HRM) function and the manager and supervisor's role in managing the career cycle from organizational entry to exit. It acquaints the student with the authority, responsibility, functions, and problems of the human resource manager, with an emphasis on developing familiarity with the real world applications required of employers and managers who increasingly are in partnership with HRM generalists and specialists in their organizations. Topics include: strategic human resource management, contemporary issues in HRM: ethics, diversity and globalization; the human resource/supervisor partnership; human resource planning and productivity; job description analysis, development, and design: recruiting, interviewing, and selecting employees; performance management and appraisal systems; employee training and development: disciplinary action and employee rights; employee compensation and benefits; labor relations and employment law; and technology applications in HRM.
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  • MSD 105: Labor Management Relations

    5.00 Credits
    Augusta Technical College

    (Prerequisite: Provisional admission) Provides a student with an overview of the relationship of rank and file employees to management in business organizations. The nature of the workplace, the economic foundations of work organizations, and the history of the relationship between management and labor is examined. The course acquaints the student with the principles of developing positive relationships between management and labor within the context of the legal environment governing labor relations. Topics include: the nature of the American workplace, the economic history of business organizations, the historical roots of labormanagement relations, adversarial and cooperative approaches to labor relations, the legal framework of labor relations, employee-employer rights, collective bargaining and union organizing processes, union and nonunion grievance procedures, international labor relations, and the future of labor-management relations in a changing economy. Case studies, readings, and role-plays are used to simulate workplace applications in labor relations.
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  • MSD 106: Performance Management

    5.00 Credits
    Augusta Technical College

    (Prerequisite: Provisional admission) Develops an understanding of how fostering employer/employee relationships in the work setting improves work performance. Develops legal counseling and disciplinary techniques to use in various workplace situations. Topics include: the definitions of coaching, counseling, and discipline; importance of the coaching relationship; implementation of an effective counseling strategy; techniques of effective discipline; and performance evaluation techniques.
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  • MSD 107: Employee Training and Development

    5.00 Credits
    Augusta Technical College

    (Prerequisite: Provisional admission) Addresses the challenges of improving the performance and career potential of employees, while benefiting the student in their own preparation for success in the workplace. The focus is on both training and career and personal development. Shows the student how to recognize when training and development is needed and how to plan, design, and deliver an effective program of training for employees. Opportunities are provided for the student to develop their own career plans, assess their work-related skills, and practice a variety of skills desired by employers. Topics include: developing a philosophy of training, having systems approach to training and development, the context of training, conducting a needs analysis, critical success factors for employees, learning principles, designing and implementing training plans, conducting and evaluating training, human resource development and careers, personal career development planning, and applications in interpersonal relationships and communication.
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  • MSD 113: Business Ethics

    5.00 Credits
    Augusta Technical College

    Provides students with an overview of business ethics and ethical management practices, with emphasis on the process of ethical decision-making and working through contemporary ethical dilemmas faced by business organizations, managers and employees. The course is intended to demonstrate to the students how ethics can be integrated into strategic business decisions and can be applied to their own careers. The course uses a case study approach to encourage the student in developing analytical, problem-solving, critical thinking and decision-making skills. Topics include: An overview of business ethics; moral development and moral reasoning; personal values, rights, and responsibilities; frameworks for ethical decisionmaking in business; justice and economic distribution; corporations and social responsibility; corporate codes of ethics and effective ethics programs; business and society; consumers and the environment; ethical issues in the workplace; business ethics in a global and multicultural environment; business ethics in cyberspace; and business ethics and the rule of law.
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  • MSD 114: Management Communication Technologies

    5.00 Credits
    Augusta Technical College

    (Prerequisite: Provisional admission) This course focuses on communication, supervision, and organizations in the age of technology. It builds on the basic computer skills introduced in SCT 100 using computer-based technology to develop skills in applying information technology. The student will create written, verbal, and electronic communication applied to supervisory functions in the work place. Topics include: word processing applications; spreadsheet applications; database applications; presentation technology and applications; graphical interface applications; interpersonal communications; organizational communications; applications that come from communications, human resource management, and general business.
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