| Course Number |
Course Title (Hours) |
Course Description |
| MGT 231 |
Survey of Global Business (3) |
This course explores the challenges facing global businesses. Topics include international perspectives on business structure, cultural environment, ethics, finance, legal systems, management, marketing and production. Prerequisites: Economics 101 or 102 |
| MGT H250 |
Seminar in Contemporary Leadership (3) |
This course explores various theories of leadership and ethical behavior through the use of cases based on classic and modern firms. Covers opics including conflict resolution, situation leadership, diversity, authority, power and organizational culture. Harlaxton summer course only. Offered periodically. |
| MGT 300 |
Principles of Management (3) |
Analyzes functions of management: planning, organizing, staffing, directing and controlling. Examines evolution of management from scientific management to contingency/systems management by presenting the functions of management, their purposes, activities and interactions. |
| MGT 306 |
Human Resources (3) |
Organizations meet their human resource needs by recruiting, selecting, hiring and training. Other topics include Equal Employment Opportunity, compensation and benefits, a safe work environment, and appropriate means to solve various human resource problems. Prerequisites: Management 377. |
| MGT 310 |
Production/Operations Management (3) |
A survey of the management problems found in the manufacturing of goods and the delivery of services. A variety of issues will be considered with emphasis on quantitative models available for solving selected problems. Total Quality Management and other current management concepts are discussed. Prerequisites: Quantitative Methods 227 or equivalent statistics course and Management 377. |
| MGT 311 |
Management Information Systems (3) |
A study of various types of computer- based information systems including their design, acquisition and operation from the perspective of the manager/end-user. Prerequisites: Accounting 211 and Software Application 110. |
| MGT 377 |
Organizational Behavior (3) |
This course focuses on developing an understanding of the individual and group level factors that influence employee attitudes and behavior at work. Emphasis is placed on learning Organizational Behavior theories, their empirical validity, and their practical implications. Topics include personality and emotions, motivation, work teams, and leadership. Prerequisite: Management 377, Psychology 121 or Sociology 105 |
| MGT 380/480 |
Special Topics in Management (3) |
Objectives are to cover topics not included in other courses, to give greater depth in certain areas and to explore current management topics. The topic will vary each offering. Prerequisite: Management 377. Offered periodically. |
| MGT 395/495 |
Independent Study (1-3) |
Independent research in management conducted under faculty supervision. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. |
| MGT 402 |
Compensation and Benefits (3) |
Effective pay systems stimulate future performance, reward past performance, provide an adequate standard of living, and are perceived to be internally and externally fair. Job Evaluation, Wage and Salary Surveys, and Performance Evaluation programs try to achieve these for wages and salary pay plans, incentive pay plans, and an array of benefit plans including health and life insurance, pensions, safety and accident prevention plans, etc. Prerequisite: Management 306 |
| MGT 412 |
Leadership (3) |
This course experiences individual, team, and organizational level behaviors, teamwork and group dynamics, and communication processes in organizational leadership through the study of leadership theories, experiential exercises, and case study. Prerequisite: Management 377 |
| MGT 430 |
Decision Making (3) |
This course is intended to develop a theoretical and practical understanding of individual and multiparty decision making processes. Emphasis is placed on learning about the systematic ways in which people's judgments deviate from what a rational model would predict. Coverage of multiparty decision-making includes an extensive treatment of negotiation strategies. Applications to the management context and recommendations for improving decision-making are highlighted throughout the course. Prerequisite: Management 377 |
| MGT 469 |
Entrepreneurship (3) |
An overview of entrepreneurial processes and behaviors including becoming a business owner, managing the unique challenges of operating and developing a new/small venture, and successful exit strategies. Corporate entrepreneurship will also be discussed. Prerequisite: Management 377. |
| MGT 497 |
Strategic Management (3) |
Uses a strategic planning model to integrate principles and techniques learned in accounting, economics, finance, marketing, management, and quantitative methods. Examines strategies used to attain and maintain a competitive advantage. Prerequisites: Management 377, Marketing 325, Finance 361 and senior standing. |