Management

Name Title Credits School
MGMT 501 Principles of Management 1.5 School of Management
A study of organizations and of the activities of a manager in an organization. The course follows a functional approach, analyzing such management concepts as organizing decentralization, use of staff, human relations, conflict, decision making, planning, supervision, communication, and financial and production control systems such as budgeting and PERT.

MGMT 510 Business Policy and Strategy 1.5 School of Management
This course integrates knowledge and skills in the various functional areas of business for corporate and business strategy development. Student teams will develop a corporate mission, goals and objectives, and implement business policy by managing a complete value chain for a company; deploying marketing, operational and financial strategies and policies in a simulated competitive environment so as to achieve sustainable growth and productivity. Case studies and a computer-based management game will be employed.

MGMT 605 Organizational Development and Behavioral Factors 3 School of Management
The classical substance of organization and management is linked with the analysis of organizational elements and dimensions of human behavior in the work environment.

MGMT 620 International Dimensions of Organizational Behavior 1.5 School of Management
This course is an inter-disciplinary examination of the international dimensions of organizational behavior. Course content includes topics such as cross-cultural management, cross-cultural communication, and global spects of leadership, motivation, team management, and decision-making.

Prerequisite Course(s): Prerequisite: MGMT 501 or a waiver

MGMT 630 Business Enterprise Environment 1.5 School of Management
A managerial analysis of the complex enterprise interrelationships arising between legal and governmental regulation, ethical, economic, political, societal, technological, and physical issues characterizing a highly dynamic global business environment.

Prerequisite Course(s): Prerequisite: MGMT 501 or a waiver

MGMT 640 Business Continuity Management 3 School of Management
This course explores the area of Business Continuity and Risk Management in a comprehensive manner to provide for organizational resilience. Particular emphasis is placed on assessing threats which may lead to disastrous events, evaluating control alternatives and implementing strategies. Practical solutions to enable an organization to mitigate risk, manage crisis and recover from disaster are discussed

Prerequisite Course(s): Prerequisite: MGMT 501 or a waiver

MGMT 650 Strategic Leadership Capstone 3 School of Management
An examination of the operational aspects of high level leadership, including its role in framing the organization's 20 year strategic plan, the making of consequential decisions in an uncertain, complex, and rapidly changing environment, and maintaining excellence in the corporate world.

MGMT 706 Cyber Law, Policy and Ethics 3 School of Management
The Internet raises a multitude of legal issues in many areas. Among the issues covered are privacy, electronic contracts, trademarks and domain names, content protection, jurisdiction, regulation, civil and criminal liability, and cyber crime.

MGMT 712 Organizational Behavior 3 School of Management


MGMT 716 Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery 3 School of Management
This course discusses the development of business continuity and disaster recovery plans and their essential components. Emphasis is on the identification, and implementation of an appropriate recovery organization, technology, goals, objectives, strategies, and organizational environment. It includes exercises in the development of business continuity plans, case studies of successful plans, and coordination of plans with local government response organizations. Software resources will be considered to plan and manage the continuity process.

Prerequisite Course(s): Prerequisite: MIST 750

MGMT 725 Entrepreneurship and Venture Initiation 3 School of Management
An exploration of the entrepreneurship function, and the formation and operation of new business ventures.

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MGMT 735 Multinational Business Management 3 School of Management
Aimed at development of a framework and methodology for identification and management of the key factors leading to competitive advantage in the global business arena. Contemporary trends shaping the external environment of multinational business enterprises are discussed. Major emphasis is placed on strategic and operational planning in key functional areas.

Prerequisite Course(s): Prerequisite: ECON 610 and MGMT 620

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MGMT 740 Knowledge Mgmt 3 School of Management
An exploration of knowledge management techniques and principles in contemporary organizations. Focus is paid to the four pillars of knowledge management with an emphasis on multinational organizations and the environments in which they operate.

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MGMT 755 Security Risk Analysis 3 School of Management
In this course we present a set of analytical tools for quantifying risk and the costs and benefits of mitigation methods. The feasibility of technical solutions as applied to various cases will also be present.

MGMT 765 Project Management 3 School of Management
This course introduces the knowledge and skills required to manage a project with the help of a dominant industry software in the field. This course covers the skills required to define, plan, schedule, control, and deliver the project. Students will gain theoretical knowledge aligned with the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) and practical skills using a state-of-the-art project management software by executing real-life project management examples with various applications. Students learn how to deliver the project on time within budget and scope to achieve project.

Prerequisite Course(s): Prerequisites: QANT 510 or a waiver.

MGMT 780 Supply Chain Management 3 School of Management
Supply chain management (SCM) deals with the procurement of raw materials, management of operations, and distribution of final products. The explosive growth of the internet, e-commerce, and enterprise resource planning systems has created an environment where an organization can reduce costs while improving quality and response time. This course will focus on analyzing, evaluating, and recommending systems that will improve performance of an organizational supply chain. A term project requiring students to present a comprehensive supply chain management plan will be required.

Prerequisite Course(s): Prerequisite: QANT 630 or QANT 620

MGMT 785 Decision Support System 3 School of Management
Decision Support Systems (DSS) focuses on the application of information systems to assist a manager in evaluating alternatives and making optimal decisions in a business environment. Topics to be covered will include discussion of off-the-shelf decision support tools, storing and accessing data (data warehousing), defining requirements and modeling (front end), decision making (inference engine)and report generation. Students are expected to work with a range of software tools for strategy and policy development. A comprehensive term project will be required.

Prerequisite Course(s): Prerequisite: QANT 510 (or QANT 510 waiver) and MIST 610

MGMT 887 Human Resources Management Seminar 3 School of Management
An advanced seminar on contemporary human resources management practices. Topics will vary from semester to semester. A project will be required of all students.