MGMT 1990. Elective. (1-4 Hours)
Offers elective credit for courses taken at other academic institutions. May be repeated without limit.
MGMT 2990. Elective. (1-4 Hours)
Offers elective credit for courses taken at other academic institutions. May be repeated without limit.
MGMT 3302. Negotiating in Business. (4 Hours)
Focuses on the nature of conflict, conflict resolution, and the structure and process of negotiations, negotiation ethics, as well as skills to deal with “difficult” negotiators. Negotiation is a lifelong skill that we use every day, not just a tactic to get a higher salary or a better deal. No matter what direction one’s professional life takes, negotiation is an essential part of one’s job and one’s life. To be effective, one must be a skillful negotiator. While some of us are naturally gifted negotiators, most of us are not; the concepts and techniques of skillful negotiations can be learned and practiced in the classroom. Offers students numerous opportunities to develop and practice negotiating skills.
MGMT 3305. Power and Influence. (4 Hours)
Offers students an opportunity to learn how to use power and influence as effective tools for understanding their work surroundings, working with and managing people, and achieving their own professional goals. Studies conceptual models, tactical approaches, and practical tools to help make sense of on-the-job learning experiences. Seeks to equip students with basic diagnostic and action-planning skills that can be used to understand power dynamics unfolding in any organization, as well as how best to leverage these dynamics. Previous work experience (e.g., part-time job or co-op) is recommended but not required for enrollment in the course.
MGMT 3315. Managing Organizational Change and Disruption. (4 Hours)
Explores the strategic, analytical, and interpersonal dimensions of leading change in complex, fast-moving organizations during an era of constant change and organizational transformation. Engages with entrepreneurship and design thinking to inform an interdisciplinary approach to change management consulting─one that integrates creative problem solving with organizational strategy. Draws on frameworks and practices to diagnose, design, and implement change initiatives. Includes a semester-long project with a partner organization where student teams apply course concepts to solve organizational challenges. Offers students an opportunity to receive ongoing and customized coaching and feedback on change management and consulting skills through instructor guidance, peer collaboration, and input from guest practitioners and program alumni.
MGMT 3340. Healthcare Management, Innovation, and Design. (4 Hours)
Offers an overview of key U.S. health system components and imperatives and how to manage and innovate within the system to improve performance and the customer experience. Designed for students interested in healthcare careers that may have meaningful managerial, analytical, or consulting-type responsibilities. Covers essential elements of how healthcare delivery is organized and delivered; how to implement change and innovation in healthcare organizations such as hospitals and physician offices; and the interrelationships between facets of the business such as the drive for value and efficiency, promoting high-quality care, and enhancing the patient experience. Analyzes and critiques cutting-edge changes in the industry. Offers students an opportunity to learn about and use skills in process improvement, performance management, talent management, quality improvement, and work redesign.
MGMT 3350. Managing a Diverse Workforce. (4 Hours)
Examines issues related to managing oneself and others in an increasingly diverse workforce. Organizations need to address diversity issues in some manner if they are to compete effectively in a global economy. Covers diversity-related issues with management implications including religion, social identity, socialization, employment decisions by applicants and organizations, team dynamics, leadership, sexual harassment, workplace romance, career development, work and family, accommodation of people with disabilities, and organizational strategies for promoting equal opportunity and a multicultural approach toward diversity. Offers students an opportunity to conduct self-assessments to monitor their own workforce needs as they relate to issues of diversity, careers, and work-life integration.
MGMT 3380. Leadership. (4 Hours)
Designed to help develop students’ leadership skills and prepare themselves to lead with integrity. Uses discussion, case studies, exercises, and video/audio to explore both the science and the art of leadership. Topics include leadership theories, power and politics, counseling, communication, and followership. Additionally, this class includes a heavy focus on ethical philosophy and its application to leadership.
Prerequisite(s): COOP 3945 with a minimum grade of S or COOP 3948 with a minimum grade of S or COOP 3946 with a minimum grade of S or COOP 3947 with a minimum grade of S
MGMT 3420. Managing Human Capital. (4 Hours)
Offers an overview of the human resources management (HRM) function, including recruiting and hiring new employees, overseeing compensation and benefits, improving employee relations, and ensuring compliance with labor laws. Focuses on what a (non-HRM) manager needs to know about HRM and also seeks to provide a foundation for the HRM professional.
MGMT 3435. Social Networks and Organizations. (4 Hours)
Introduces students to social network analysis. Identifies and evaluates key elements of an individual's social network—including students' own networks—and familiarizes students with some tools and techniques for managing organizational networks. Examines different types and combinations of social relations, network structures of these relations, and institutional environments that impact them. The course combines lectures, case-based class discussions, and personal/organizational network analysis applications.
Attribute(s): NUpath Analyzing/Using Data, NUpath Natural/Designed World
MGMT 3530. Project Management. (4 Hours)
Discusses why good project management skills are essential to a wide variety of business careers. Covers why many important business projects fail due to poor planning, poor time management, going over budget, and/or ineffective communication. Includes a balance of strategic, technical, and behavioral issues in project management.
MGMT 3990. Elective. (1-4 Hours)
Offers elective credit for courses taken at other academic institutions. May be repeated without limit.
MGMT 4310. The Management Practices of Great Organizations. (4 Hours)
Focuses on a wide range of management practices, many of which are “radical” and represent organizations that “dare to be different.” The course uses many teaching approaches, including case studies, class exercises, and “competitions” that require students—and seek to increase their ability—to debate, present, think on their feet, and ask tough questions. Some organizations seem “to work”; they provide high-quality products and services, they treat their employees with respect, they behave ethically, they are strong financially, and the like. Students study and debate the criteria for a great organization in order to answer the key question of this course: how do they do it; i.e., why do they work so well?.
MGMT 4410. Workforce Analytics. (4 Hours)
Introduces workforce analytics, including identifying the strategic work that is truly necessary to execute strategy, investing in differentiated management systems that support that work, and designing and implementing targeted measurement systems for strategic talent. Emphasizes shifting from levels or metrics (e.g., what is our cost per hire?) to analytics and impact (e.g., how might an increase in the quality of our project managers affect new product cycle time?). Relevant for students specializing in corporate finance, management, marketing, and international business. Many firms spend over 50 percent of their revenues on the workforce, but these investments are rarely well measured or managed.
MGMT 4550. Management Consulting Practicum. (4 Hours)
Challenges students to demonstrate proficiency through real-world consulting application. Students work in teams to navigate an immersive online simulation as consultants, tackling complex operational and strategic challenges requiring effective real-time decision making. Offers students an opportunity to develop competencies in ethical and responsible AI application while addressing multifaceted organizational issues. Intensive coaching sessions create a professional consulting environment where individual expertise and collaborative performance are essential. Rigorous, deadline-driven work integrates strategic thinking with practical execution, reflecting professional consulting standards.
MGMT 4983. Special Topics in Management. (4 Hours)
Offers special topics in management. May be repeated once.
MGMT 4990. Elective. (1-4 Hours)
Offers elective credit for courses taken at other academic institutions. May be repeated without limit.
MGMT 4992. Directed Study. (1-4 Hours)
Offers independent work under the direction of faculty members of the department on a chosen topic. Course content depends on instructor. May be repeated up to four times for a maximum of 8 semester hours.
MGMT 6211. Business Law and Professional Ethics. (2 Hours)
Examines the critical aspects of business essential in understanding the business and legal environment. Examines contract law and areas of the law that relate directly to the accountancy profession. Develops knowledge of the Uniform Commercial Code as it relates to the law of sales, commercial paper, and secured transactions. Also explores the importance of ethics in the business and accounting environment, and considers potential ethical dilemmas.
MGMT 6413. Managing Ethics in the Workplace and Marketplace. (4 Hours)
Offers students an opportunity to build a personal framework for managing ethics throughout their business lives. Introduces students to fundamental philosophical concepts with which to critically examine and verbalize the kind of life and career they wish to lead. Explores practical strategies informed by behavioral science that students can harness to help realize their vision of the good life. Considers current controversies in business to examine arguments for and against the morality of a variety of market institutions and practices. Designed to position students to critically assess role responsibilities in business within dynamic, contested, imperfect, and sometimes corrupt institutions.
MGMT 6414. Negotiations. (4 Hours)
Covers the art and science of negotiation, as well as the tactics successful negotiators use and the tactics others may use to derail negotiations. Each class focuses on practicing negotiation skills in a series of increasingly complex role-play simulations.
MGMT 6415. Managing with Integrity in Organizations and Markets. (2 Hours)
Aims to equip students to build a personal framework for managing ethics throughout their business lives. Introduces fundamental philosophical concepts to critically examine and verbalize the kind of life and career students wish to lead. Explores practical strategies informed by behavioral science that students can harness to help realize their vision of the good life. Examines arguments for and against the morality of a variety of market institutions and practices, considering current controversies in business. Examines how to critically assess role responsibilities in business within dynamic, contested, imperfect, and sometimes corrupt institutions. Requires a term paper in which students identify a controversial question of role responsibility in business relevant to their careers and develop and defend their position against significant objections.
MGMT 6425. Sustainability and Leadership. (2 Hours)
Examines how organizational leaders influence decisions to advance an environmental agenda. Studies the scientific knowledge that organizational leaders must have to make effective sustainability decisions. Analyzes how a variety of organizations─including businesses, governments, government-sponsored enterprises, and nongovernment organizations─interact on environmental issues.
MGMT 6962. Elective. (1-4 Hours)
Offers elective credit for courses taken at other academic institutions. May be repeated without limit.
MGMT 7976. Directed Study. (1-4 Hours)
Offers independent work under the direction of members of the department on chosen topics. May be repeated without limit.