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Course Criteria
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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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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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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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3.00 Credits
This course prepares students for the job search while exploring theoretical issues in career development over the life span.Theories of career development covered include: life stage and career stage models, aspects of politics that shape careers, issues of derailment, technical career paths, gender issues in careers, mentoring, and new career models, such as the boundaryless career, the protean career, and the kaleidoscope career.Students undertake a resume revision process, develop a sample cover letter, participate in workshops on Internet job searching techniques, and practice mock interviews.An in-class session with members of the Career Planning Center is included.Students may also receive credit for a job shadowing assignment, attendance at Career Fairs, and other career-related activities.(Prerequisites: junior standing; MG 240 or MG 235; or permission of the instructor) Three credits.
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3.00 Credits
This course raises student awareness of the problems, opportunities, policies, and practices of the small-business enterprise and its unique role in the free enterprise system.The small-business firm is examined from conception of the opportunity to operation of the firm, including the creative idea, feasibility studies, the development of the business and financial plan, launching the venture, and managing the firm.Participants study case problems of small-business firms.(Prerequisite: junior standing) Three credits.
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3.00 Credits
This course applies the knowledge students have acquired from previous management courses by examining integrative topics and issues in both domestic and global contexts.The focus of the course reflects traditional core concepts and their application to emerging critical issues in the field of business management.Case studies and experiential learning are used to enhance the classroom pedagogy.(Prerequisite: senior standing) Three credits.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a study of international laws, legal institutions, and the societal and cultural institutions that impact and regulate business activity throughout the world.The student is introduced to the risks of international business and how those risks differ from doing business domestically; the function and importance of public international law; the international commercial transaction and its potential problems; and the basic structure and principles of international trade law and negotiations for trade.Also discussed are the legal and ethical problems facing multinationals operating in a number of countries, including licensing and protection of international property rights, and a comparative analysis of host country employment laws.Special emphasis is placed on the developing countries and emerging markets, such as China, Russia, India, Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, and the Caribbean, with a comparative legal and cross-cultural perspective. This course meets the world diversity requirement. ( Prerequisite: junior standing) Three credits.
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3.00 Credits
The notion of organizational culture is rooted in the assumption that organizations are greater than the sum of their material parts.Culture, therefore, is a means for close examination of the operation assumptions shaping organizational identity and behavior.Special emphasis is placed on organizational thinking, the presuppositions driving thinking, and the challenges that culture poses for substantive organizational change.(Prerequisite: junior standing) Three credits.
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