Course Descriptions
Management
MGT 6400
Global Leadership
3 credits
This course focuses on the classical and modern aspects of organizations and the role of managers as leaders and facilitators of change. Organizational theory and design are introduced to understand the implementation of policy within the organization. This course emphasizes design concepts that impact employee motivation, interpersonal relationships, group dynamics, leadership, teams, culture, ethics, and global challenges in today's changing environment.MGT 6502
Academic Research Writing
3 credits
This course is an introduction to academic business writing and research. The course primarily focuses on understanding current business research topics and concepts, developing information literacy prowess, critically analyzing and evaluating literature resources, and writing in an academic and scholarly voice. The course is intended to prepare graduate business management students for researching and writing about real-world business situations (leadership, management, and organizational problems, challenges, and issues) from an academic and scholarly perspective while learning and implementing APA style and mechanics.MGT 7300
Business Finance
3 credits
This course provides for the non-financial manager in mind and will allow students to learn to develop the financial skills necessary to evaluate proposed business projects, analyze company performance and apply finance and accounting principles with confidence. The focus will be types of business formations and industries, interpreting financial statements, key performance indicators, profit vs loss, business planning, operational planning and budgeting, and business financing.MGT 7395
Management Development
3 credits
The rapidly changing business of management, including its new paradigms, cultures, challenges, techniques, and opportunities is the focus of this course. The content and future direction of leadership and management, including organizational architecture and the ''virtual'' enterprise, morale, motivation, productivity, diversity, teamwork, the changing contract between worker and organization, and the effect of changing expectations on reward systems are closely examined.
MGT 7504
Ethical Issues in Management
3 credits
This course focuses on current moral issues in business and identifies ethical concepts that provide the foundation for issue resolution. The reasoning process utilized in the application of ethical concepts to business moral dilemmas is examined.
MGT 7507
Strategic Management
3 credits
The conceptual review of Strategic Management is all about identification and description of the strategies that managers can carry so as to achieve better performance and a competitive advantage for their organization. An organization is said to have competitive advantage if its profitability is higher than the average profitability for all companies in its industry. Strategic management can also be defined as a bundle of decisions and acts which a manager undertakes and which decides the result of the firm's performance. The manager must have a thorough knowledge and analysis of the general and competitive organizational environment so as to make the right decisions.MGT 7508
Change Management
3 credits
This course will develop the individual's abilities in effectively managing change management. In order to remain strategically viable in today's public and private organizational environments, the importance of managing organizational change has increased. This course provides a blend of theory and practical management application in managing organizational change through examining different approaches and perspectives in order to be more innovative in today's organization.
MGT 7591
Leadership and Communication
3 credits
This course is an overview of the standards, procedures, and responsibilities of an organization as it engages in the internal and external dissemination of information. Issues in and procedures for achieving effective communication based on modern research and applications are addressed.
MGT 7667
Diversity in the Workplace
3 credits
This course is designed to make the student think about diverse individuals in the workplace and aspects of diversity such as race, religion, sex, and ethnicity. Because each individual brings a special uniqueness to the workplace, an in-depth exploration of this topic is essential.MGT 7750
Strategy and Decision-Making
3 credits
This course provides the framework for making organizational decisions in a disciplined and strategic way. Students will evaluate contributions and limitations of the various schools of strategy while utilizing various decision-making theories and practices. Students will diagnose strategic positions, evaluate alternative courses of action in a wide range of decision-making situations and make the best decisions based upon your objectives. Explores the role of strategy and its creative use through the various schools of strategic design that include planning, analysis, visionary processes, mental and emergent processes, negotiation, and environment. Describe and discuss the contributions and limitations of the various schools of strategy and how strategy impacts organizations. In this course, students have the opportunity to develop an understanding of their strategic preferences and decision-making ability as practicing managers and leaders.MGT 7900
Topics in Management
3 credits
This course addresses different topics of interest in the management discipline. It is conducted in a seminar format where each student is an active and involved participant. The course may be used to meet part of the elective requirements for business degree programs.MGT 8000
MSM Business Simulation
3 credits
The MGT 8000 is the capstone course designed to integrate previous MSM coursework into a real-world business strategy simulation. The MSM core builds and improves skills in the areas of leadership, strategy, decision-making, ethics, and change, which will be demonstrated within the business simulation. Students will integrate research and theory in complex business problem solving as part of the course.Prerequisite(s): Program Chair approval required
MGT 8150
MSM Internship
3 credits
MSM students may apply for an approved internship to meet one of the two open electives in their program. An MSM internship offers students the opportunity to gain relevant work experience in business. Through this experience, the student gains a practical understanding of work in the industry, experience on the job, enhancement of skills learned in the classroom, and contacts with professionals in the business world. Upon selection for an approved internship, MSM students must complete a minimum of 150 hours of compensated or uncompensated work within a 14-week semester. MSM students must have completed a minimum 18 credits in the MSM core and have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.3. This course is graded satisfactory/unsatisfactory. Prereq: Completion of 18-credits in MSM core.
Prerequisite(s): Program Chair approval required
MGT 8800
Integrative Independent Study Project B
3 credits
The MGT 8800 Integrative Independent Study Project is the culminating three credit hour course that combines theory and practice executed through a research methodology for the application of knowledge and skills which were acquired in regular course work. It is a comprehensive and integrative experience that enables a student to demonstrate the capacity to synthesize and apply knowledge from an organizational perspective. The documentation process culminates with an approved, completed project. Project approval must be received from the project mentor.
Prerequisite(s): Program Chair approval required