Major Requirements
3304: MANAGEMENT THEORY AND LEADERSHIP PRACTICE*
This survey course introduces the student to a broad range of concepts, theories and practices important for a basic understanding of management. Topics also focus on the environment in which today's managers must effectively operate. PRE: Junior standing.
3324: ORGANIZATION BEHAVIOR
This course examines the determinants and consequences of human behavior in formal organizations. Specific focus is on the individual, interpersonal, and group processes, which underlie all the human dynamics. PRE: 3304.
3334: INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT*
This course examines the strategies, policies, and practices associated with effective human resource management and employee/labor relations in public- and private-sector organizations in both union and nonunion settings. This course is designed for future managers and emphasizes the acquisition, development, reward, and retention of employees within a legal and social context of today's organizations. Co-requisite 3304.
4334: ETHICAL LEADERSHIP AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
The role of the business firms and managers in modern society. Consideration of business-society issues such as environmental pollution, employee rights and responsibilities, discrimination/affirmative action, and the activities of multinational corporations. These issues will be examined through the conceptual frameworks of business ethics and corporate social responsibility. PRE: 3304.
4344: PRODUCTIVITY AND QUALITY LEADERSHIP
This introduction to leadership in the context of productivity and quality improvement focuses on understanding the concepts and the skills associated with contemporary management strategies and systems. This course requires active student involvement and emphasizes participative leadership skills, data collection, qualitative problem solving, and communication processes. PRE: 3304, BIT 3414 and senior standing in management.
4394: BUSINESS POLICY AND STRATEGY
Integrates business principles and practices covered in basic courses. Cases used extensively. PRE: College junior and senior core requirements and senior standing.
*Must take first semester of junior year to graduate in eight semesters.
YOU MUST CHOOSE ONE OPTION FROM BELOW:
Option 1: Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Technology Management
3604: E-MANAGEMENT: CONCEPTS AND SKILLS
This course provides cutting edge experiences, skills, and knowledge in for management majors and other College of Business e-Commerce students who are concerned with the digital transformation of business. Within a context that examines fundamental changes in management due to the Internet Revolution which are as dramatic as the Industrial Revolution, three themes will be pursued: (1) how these organizations are different from traditional organizations, (2) new implications for knowledge sharing, knowledge management, and communication, and (3) e-based techniques for leadership practices. PRE: 3304
4064: INNOVATION, TECHNOLOGY AND ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP
This course examines the leader's role and required skills for new venture creation and fostering innovation and technology development. Pre: 3304, senior standing.
4074: APPLIED SMALL BUSINESS CONSULTING
Application of accounting, finance, marketing, management, information technology, and management science concepts to small business cases. On-site consultation with existing firms. Through the experiential studies, students will explore the role of "pro bono" work in the management field. PRE: 3304, Pamplin College of Business senior or graduate standing.
Option 2: Human Resource Management
3344: LABOR-MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
An examination of labor and employee relations policies and practices from an economic, behavior, and legal viewpoint. Examines contemporary methods of employee organization, labor-management cooperation, representation and dispute resolution in private and public, and union and non-union work settings in the United States and selected other countries. PRE: 3304, 3334
3424: HUMAN RESOURCE STAFFING AND DEVELOPMENT
Concentrates on the acquisition, deployment, and development of human resources within organizations. This course emphasizes the design and implementation of staffing, training, and development processes to achieve organizational objectives within social and economic constraints. PRE: 3304, 3334
4414: COMPENSATION AND PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
This course provides the knowledge and skills required by managers to design and implement comprehensive compensation and performance management systems in public and private organizations. Topics include development of compensation strategy, internal pay structure, determination of pay level through wage surveys, evaluation job performance, rewarding individuals and groups, and administering employee benefits. PRE: 3304, 3334