Management (MGMT)

523. Collective Bargaining and Labor Relations (3).  Recognition, negotiation and administration of labor agreements in the public and private sector. Also covered is the bargaining process in general and human resource management in a union-free environment.  Prerequisite(s): MGMT 321.  Notes: Offered in fall and spring.

524. Employment Law (3).  Private and public sector employment law with emphasis on labor relations, employment discrimination and current trends in the public policy of regulation of the employment relationship.  Prerequisite(s): MGMT 321.  Notes: Offered in fall, spring and summer.

526. Compensation and Benefits Analysis (3).  Planning, designing and controlling benefit and compensation systems integrating current knowledge on the relationship between work, reward and productivity. Philosophical, technical and legal issues will be addressed.  Prerequisite(s): MGMT 321.  Notes: Offered in fall and summer.

529. International Management (3).  Cultural, legal and ethical context of international management. International strategic, operational, human resources and information systems. Organization and control systems. Cross-cultural issues in communication, leadership, motivation, negotiation and teamwork. Prerequisite(s): MGMT 321.

575.  Business Ethics (3).  Broad overview of the effect of ethics on business decision-making in an increasingly complex world.  Covers methods for analyzing and applying personal values and to recognize organizational and environmental forces that influence ethical behavior.  Heighten student abilities to recognize ethical issues and engage in effective ethical debate in a business setting. Prerequisite(s):  MGMT 321.

622. Advanced Human Resource Management and Labor Relations (3).  A comprehensive study of the issues, decision variables and public policy considerations for the management of an organization's human resources with special attention on public and private sector differences, international variation and unions.  Prerequisite(s): MGMT 327 and 422 or equivalents; or permission of instructor.  Notes: Offered on demand.

650. Theory and Behavior of Business Organization (3).  Evolutionary development of organizational theory and the examination of its relationship to economic, social, political and technological changes in society.  Prerequisite(s): MGMT 321.  Notes: Offered in fall, spring and summer.

652. Quality Management and Control (3).  The fundamentals of quality management and control in manufacturing and service producing processes; the principal tools used in quality management and how these tools can be put into practice.

657. Strategic and International Issues in Management (3).  Seminar in strategic management designed to integrate business functions and examine issues that develop in the relationship between organizations and their changing environment, both global and domestic.  Prerequisite(s): FINC 655.  Notes: Offered in fall, spring and summer.

661. Information Systems (3).  Study of the organizational usage of information systems and technology. Emphasis is on the impact of information systems on organizations regarding competitive advantage, structure, decision-making and individual productivity.  Notes:  Offered in fall, spring and summer.

662. Operations Management (3).  Design and management of customer-focused operations in services and manufacturing. Managing quality, technology and resources in the organization and supply and chain. Integrating operations management with other business functions.  Prerequisite(s): QMTH 651

671. Advanced Business Communications (3).  Business communications with emphasis on advanced business communications, research techniques, interview processes, oral business presentations and concise writing.  Notes: Offered in fall, spring and summer.

675. Leadership Dynamics (3).  The dynamics of leadership explored through theory, organizational learning and group dynamics, in-depth case study, diagnostic tools and self-development.  Prerequisite(s): MGMT 321.