Course Descriptions

Management 6500:

520 Management of Data Networks 3 credits
Prerequisite: 670. Students develop skills in field-based management problem solving, project management, and requirements analysis under conditions of uncertainty in a collaborative interdisciplinary team environment.

571 Management Project 3 credits
Prerequisite: 670. Students develop skills in field-based management problem solving, project management, and requirements analysis under conditions of uncertainty in a collaborative interdisciplinary team environment.

576 Supply Chain Sourcing 3 credits
Prerequisites: 675. Introduces the student to fundamental sourcing concepts as well as the scope of responsibility and critical roles of the sourcing function within the principal organization in a supply chain network.

580 Introduction to Health-Care Management 3 credits
Prerequisite: graduate standing. Introductory course for health professionals covering principles and concepts of management applied to health services organizations. For those registered for graduate credit, a major paper is required.

582 Health Services Operations Management 3 credits
Prerequisite: 580 or 600 or equivalent or permission of instructor. Application of operations and systems analysis to health services organizations.

585 Special Topics in Health Services Administration 1 - 3 credits
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Special topics in health services administration (e.g., management) focusing on historical and/or contemporary managerial organizational and/or policy/strategy issues as related to health-care organizations and health-care systems. Separate topics may be repeated for a maximum of six credits. For those registered for graduate credit, a major research paper is required.

600 Management and Organizational Behavior 3 credits
Course examines management principles, concepts, functions and process, as well as human behavior in organizations.

601 Quantitative Decision Making 3 credits
Applies quantitative techniques to business decision making. Topics covered include probability estimation and hypothesis testing, simple and multiple regression and correlation analysis, analysis of variance and nonparametric statistics.

602 Computer Techniques for Management 3 credits
Introduction to the use of integrated spreadsheet software, database management software and the analysis and design of management information systems.

605 Business Applications Development 3 credits
The analysis and automation of standard business processes with examples from diverse business functions. Students will integrate these applications for business decision making.

608 Entrepreneurship 3 credits
Prerequisites: upper-college or graduate standing and 301 or 600 or equivalent. Students develop new products and work with entrepreneurial businesses in the development of business plans that are presented to investors and entrepreneurs in local and international business plan competitions.

620 E-Business Foundations 3 credits
Provides an understanding of the foundation of Electronic Business focusing on business and application issues.

622 E-Business Technologies 3 credits
Prerequisite: 602 or 620. This course provides a foundation in internet related technologies for successfully managing an e-business. Students will be required to design and implement a functional e-business prototype.

640 Information Systems and IT Governance 3 credits
Prerequisite: 602. Covers issues, strategies, tactics for managing organizational use of information technology and systems. Includes strategic alignment, project management, offshoring, security, application systems, and emerging technologies.

641 Business Database Systems 3 credits
Prerequisite: 602. Introduction to issues underlying the analysis, design, implementation, and management of business databases.

643 Analysis and Design of Business Systems 3 credits
Prerequisite: 602 or 6200:603. A hands-on treatment of the methods used to develop different types of business information systems.

644 Knowledge Management and Business Intelligence 3 credits
Explores the technologies of Business Intelligence (data warehouses, data mining, portals) and how organizations successfully manage the creation, sharing, transfer, and exploitation of knowledge.

645 Software Development and Quality Assurance 3 credits
Prerequisites: 602. Introduction to business software development and quality assurance. Student teams will work on projects with an emphasis on implementation of business systems.

646 Enterprise Systems Implementation 3 credits
Prerequisite: 602. The configuration and implementation of Enterprise Systems to support the cross functional integration of business processes.

648 Management of Telecommunications 3 credits
Prerequisite: 602 or 6200:603. An introduction to the use and management of telecommunications resources to support the activities of the organization.

650 Human Resource Systems for Managers 3 credits
Prerequisite: 600 or equivalent. A broad survey of the fundamental principles, research findings and practices related to the acquisition, development, maintenance and effective utilization of a business firm’s human resources.

651 Management of Organizational Transformation 3 credits
Prerequisite: 600 or equivalent. A comprehensive study of innovations in organizations designed to increase human satisfaction and productivity through changes in human management.

652 Organizational Behavior 3 credits
Prerequisite: 600 or equivalent. Study of factors which influence human behavior in business organizations. Emphasis on theories of individual and group behavior, motivation, leadership and communication in organizations.

653 Organizational Theory 3 credits
Prerequisite: 600. Examines the structure, design and overall effectiveness of a business organization from a macro-perspective.

654 Management of Organizational Conflict 3 credits
Prerequisite: 600 or equivalent. Course emphasizes ensuring that the organization benefits from inevitable conflicts that occur and provides skills in diagnosis, negotiation, and building trust and cooperative working relationships in organizations.

655 Compensation and Performance Management 3 credits
Prerequisite: 600 or equivalent. The development and analysis of systems of payments and rewards in business organizations with special attention placed on performance evaluation methods and productivity enhancement.

656 Management of Global Supply Chain and Operations 3 credits
Prerequisite: 600 or equivalent or permission. Study and explore the elements and issues related to globalization of supply chain, production, and service operations.

657 The Leadership Role in Organizations 3 credits
Prerequisite: 600. Analysis and development of leadership theory and thought. Identification of leaders in both formal and informal organizations. Training and development methods of leaders evaluated. Individual and small group field study assignments.

658 Strategic and Global Human Resources 3 credits
Prerequisites: 600 or equivalent. The formulation, design and implementation of human resource practices designed to generate competitive cost advantages for business firms operating in domestic and/or international markets.

659 International Human Resource Management 3 credits
Prerequisite: 600. A survey course focused on the identification, analysis, and resolutions of human resource problems in business firms with global operations.

660 Staffing and Employment Regulation 3 credits
Prerequisite: 600 or equivalent. Design and implementation of staffing practices and systems for businesses with an emphasis on the implications of federal regulations on the staffing function.

662 Supply Chain Analysis 3 credits
Prerequisite: 675. Application of quantitative models in the analysis and design of systems in the supply chain and in manufacturing and service operations environments.

663 Data Analysis for Managers 3 credits
Prerequisite: 601 or equivalent. Design, evaluation and interpretation of research in business and organizations. Integrates quantitative and behavioral concepts and processes encountered in conducting such research, including ethical issues.

665 Management of Technology 3 credits
Survey of the principles and management practices of technology driven organizations are discussed with concepts, models and case studies for managers of technology intensive operations.

669 Polymer Management Decisions 3 credits
Introduces major polymer concepts, production processes, and uses of polymeric materials in an easy-to-comprehend interdisciplinary instructional way. Industrial case studies help integrate enterprise-wide innovation and technology management related decisions.

670 Management of Operations 3 credits
Prerequisites: 600, 601, 602; or equivalent. An overview of the issues directly related to the management of operations at the strategic, tactical, and operational levels of the organization.

673 Quality and Productivity Techniques 3 credits
Prerequisite: 601. Introduction to techniques for improving productivity and quality, including statistical process control (SPC), material requirements planning (MRP), just-in-time (JIT) inventory control and management of the program.

675 Supply Chain Management 3 credits
Prerequisite: 600. Focuses on the integration of activities and information/material flows across multiple organizations that comprise the supply chain, and the relationships among those organizations.

678 Project Management 3 credits
Prerequisites: 601 or permission of instructor. Provides working knowledge of tools and methods available to project managers including computerized analysis of network models to aid in the planning and control functions.

680 Supply Chain Logistics Management 3 credits
Prerequisite: 675. Emphasizes the importance of planning and operation of supply chain logistics systems that includes transportation, inventory and warehousing, with particular emphasis on international logistics, regulations and documentation.

683 Health Services Systems Management 3 credits
Prerequisite: 580 or 600 or equivalent or permission of instructor. Study of health services organizations, comparative delivery systems, the roles of third-party payers and government policy in health care. Seminar format: major research paper required.

686 Health Services Research Project 3 credits
Prerequisites: 683 or permission of instructor. In-depth field study in health services administration with applications of research and analysis skills. Course requires review of literature and a major research paper.

688 Independent Study in Health Services 1 - 3 credits
(May not be repeated for more than three credits) Prerequisites: 580 or 600 or equivalent or permission of instructor. Independent study and research of a special topic of interest in health services administration (e.g., management), chosen by the student in consultation with and under the supervision of the instructor.

690 Selected Topics in Management 3 credits
(May be repeated for a total of six credits) Prerequisite: 652. Selected topics in historical, contemporary and/or operational and functional areas of management.

695 Business Strategy and Policy: Domestic and International 3 credits
Prerequisites: 6500:670, 6400:674, 6600:620, 6800:605 or permission of instructor. A case oriented course which focuses on integration of theoretical and practical knowledge acquired in core business courses. Students analyze, evaluate, formulate organization objectives and strategies within domestic and international environmental contexts.

697 Independent Study in Management 1 - 3 credits
(May be repeated for a total of six credits) Focus on special topics of study and research in management on an independent basis.