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Course Criteria
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2.00 Credits
Principles of selecting, evaluating, and presenting curriculum materials for business education and industrial technology. Prereq: c/i. (on demand)
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3.00 Credits
Selected topics of interest. Prereq: c/i and c/pc. (on demand)
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2.00 Credits
Taken before the bachelor degree internship, this course is designed to ease transition into professional field experience and to prepare for career entry following graduation. Students will create resumes and application letters, practice interview techniques, learn job search strategies, and write goals and objectives. They will research contemporary issues in the workplace, use the World Wide Web as a job search tool, and prepare a career portfolio. Students will be evaluated by a lifetime career database, a career portfolio, a practice interview, short reports, and participation in class activities. Prereq: Junior standing.
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3.00 Credits
Selected topics under faculty supervision. Prereq: c/i, c/pc, and c/vc. (fall/spring)
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3.00 Credits
The course will deal with theory and practice of strategic management covering strategy formulation, implementation, and evaluation in various environmental contexts. In today's hypercompetitive marketplace, future managers and leaders must learn to formulate and adapt strategy to become powerful competitors to survive. This course will analyze ingredients of a good strategy and effective methods for implementing that strategy. Strategic Management prepares students to anticipate and respond to the accelerating pace of global competition and technological innovation. This course will benefit future leaders in providing tools to formulate and evaluate new competitive strategies, determine how to lay the groundwork for change, and execute their action plans. Prereq: Junior standing, or c/i. (fall)
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3.00 Credits
Analysis of the operation of small businesses and the roles they play in the economy. The following topics are included: planning, marketing, financial, production, franchising, distribution, management, legal, raising capital, and developing a business plan. Prereq: BUS 242 and Junior standing, or c/i. (fall)
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4.00 Credits
The transformational forces of globalization and technology are radically challenging competitive strategies, business operations, and organiza-tional structures as they are known today. Montana's economy is intimately tied to global business trends, hence this course is intended to provide a unique learning opportunity that is designed to broaden individual horizons, break parochial perspectives, and challenge conventional wisdom. The course will cover theory and practice of international management in a global environment, a firm grasp of Internet-based workgroup capabilities, an in-depth comprehension of global business challenges and opportunities, deeper insights into critical management issues, and greater cross-cultural understanding-in essence, a management tool for practical application for UMW graduates. This course will challenge participants to realize their full leadership potential and become outstanding future managers in the global business environment. Prereq: Junior standing. (fall)
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4.00 Credits
This course covers an understanding of organizational behavior concepts and tools as applied to the efficient and effective functioning of contemporary organizations in a rapidly changing global environment. The course will provide an in-depth understanding of team formation, team development, team leadership, diversity, and strategic organizational change. The course focuses on the process of organization development as a foundation for teamwork, covering diagnosis, analysis, design interventions, management and evaluation of change. A variety of strategic team leadership and behavioral strategies are covered with special reference to recent trends such as strategic alliances, restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, and outsourcing. This course will be centered around creating a learning environment and encourages students to develop their skills from focused facilitated discussion and hands-on field study-oriented projects. Prereq: BUS 325 and Junior standing, or c/i. (fall)
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4.00 Credits
This course provides a good understanding of the evolving Internet technologies and e-commerce models and explores the business and marketing implications of these new developments. It explores the architectures, technologies, tools, business, and marketing implications of emergence of electronic commerce in the Internet economy. This course will lead students to identify and examine the principles, concepts, and management strategies needed for designing and analyzing the high-performance, scalable, and secure e-commerce systems. Students will be required to participate in class seminars and do assessment presentations of selected e-commerce websites. The course will also cover distinctions between e-business and e-commerce, integration of offline and online marketing systems, and strategic, ethical, and ergonomic issues. A significant research-based project report is required. Prereq: BUS 347 and Junior standing. (spring)
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4.00 Credits
This course provides an in-depth understanding and practice of collective bargaining behaviors in both private and public sector organizations. The course is both historical and analytical in its approach and examines relationships between management and organized groups of employees, including labor unions and professional associations, with analysis and assessment of collective bargaining issues, negotiation styles and methods, factors contributing to conflict, and dispute resolution methods including mediation and arbitration. The course covers an analysis of selected international labor relations systems. The course will be centered around creating a lab environment that provides hands-on experiential skills, supplemented by facilitated discussion and field study-oriented projects. Prereq: BUS 325 or BUS 329, or c/i, and Junior standing. (spring)
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