Management Courses

MGMT 280 Communications for Business

The purpose of this course is to develop a required skill level in written and oral business presentations so that applications of those skills can be expected in all applicable business core and major courses, including a university-specific common format for written executive summaries, for short oral presentations, and for research reports. Prerequisites: ENGL 110. Business majors only, except by permission. (fall, winter, spring)

Syllabus: MGMT 280 Dr. Bryan Ruppert - Winter 2008

Syllabus: MGMT 280 (section 2) Professor Martin Westerman - Spring 2007
Syllabus: MGMT 280 (section 3) Professor Martin Westerman - Spring 2007

Syllabus: MGMT 280 Professor Susan Gibson - Fall 2006

Syllabus: MGMT 280 Dr. Bob Callahan - Summer 2008

MGMT 320 Global Environment of Business

Introduces the major factors (legal/political, economic, competitive, socio-cultural, technological, and natural) in the global environment and examines their individual and interrelated effects on organizational and managerial practices. Provides a framework for understanding organizational action within an increasingly global environment. Prerequisite: Advanced standing in the Albers School and BETH 351/PHIL 351. (fall, winter, spring)

Syllabus: MGMT 320 Karl Weaver - Winter 2008

Syllabus: MGMT 320 Rick McPherson - Spring 2006

MGMT 380 Principles of Management

Introduces students to the management function of organizations, emphasizing leadership roles and teamwork. Course activities include discussion of readings, group exercises, cases, and a service project. Students learn basic concepts and tools for solving organizational problems. Prerequisite: advanced standing in the Albers School. (fall, winter, spring)

Syllabus: MGMT 380 Dr. Robert Callahan - Summer 2008

Syllabus: MGMT 380 Dr. Jennifer Marrone - Fall 2006

Syllabus: MGMT 380 Dr. Sharon Lobel Winter 2006

MGMT 382 Organizational Behavior

Models of organizational behavior, alternative managerial behaviors, developing skills in dealing with people in areas of leadership, motivation, communication skills, conflict, and group processes. Prerequisite: MGMT 380.

MGMT 383 Human Resource Management

The role of the human resource department, social and legal environment, human resource planning, recruiting, selection, training, evaluation, compensation, career planning, employee relations, discipline, and organizational exit. Prerequisite: MGMT 380.

MGMT 471 Adventure-Based Leadership Seminar

A leadership development program that utilizes both indoor and outdoor experiential activities to help students develop and practice the fundamentals of effective team building and leadership. Building trust, setting and evaluating goals, group problem solving, and effective interpersonal communications are among the attributes and skills addressed. Prerequisite: MGMT 380.

Syllabus: MGMT 471 Dr. Gregory Prussia - Spring 2008

MGMT 477 Managing Diversity

Views dominant minority work values, and reviews diversity programs. Assists students in discovering the personal and career roles they can play. Prerequisite: MGMT 380.

MGMT 479 Small Business Management

Procedures and problems in starting and operating a successful small business enterprise.  Practice skills, service learning - learn by teaching, lead a project.  Prerequisite: MGMT 380 and senior standing. 

Syllabus: MGMT 479 Steve Handley - Winter 2006

MGMT 485 Management of Change

Review of forces and factors acting to create change in organizations, relationships between changes in organizations and human reactions, systemic change efforts, resistance to change, planned change models. Prerequisite: MGMT 380.

MGMT 486 International Management

Develops understanding of how various business principles, particularly those developed in the United States, apply in diverse international settings. Students will learn the role national culture plays in shaping organizational practices. Prerequisite: MGMT 380.

Syllabus: MGMT 489 Professor John Barnes - Fall 2007

MGMT 489 Business Policy and Strategy

The senior capstone business course. Students integrate and apply knowledge, skills, and experience gained in the university and business course curricula. Critical thinking and analysis are engaged as students make decisions, set goals, and act on information from real business situations. The business situations reflect today's multicultural and international environment. Course methods may include lecture, discussion, case analyses, and individual or group projects. Prerequisites: all business foundation requirements and senior standing. (fall, winter, spring) 

Syllabus: MGMT 489 Professor Michael Ervick - Spring 2008

MGMT 491 Negotiations

Syllabus: MGMT 491 Dr. Cynthia Stevens - Spring 2008

Syllabus: MGMT 491 Dr. Jason Kanov - Winter 2006

Marketing Courses

MKTG 350 Introduction to Marketing

Survey of institutions and essential functions in the marketing system. Analysis of the marketing mix; product, place, promotion, and price strategies. Prerequisites: junior standing in the Albers School. (fall, winter, spring)

Syllabus: MKTG 350 Professor Rick McPherson - Spring 2008

Syllabus: MKTG 350 Professor Erin Talbott - Winter 2008

Syllabus: MKTG 350 Dr. Rex Toh - Fall 2006

MKTG 351 Buyer Behavior

Application of behavioral sciences to explore consumer and organizational decision-making processes. Study the information processing of consumers, the effects of environ-mental and behavioral influences, and the nature of organizational structure effects on buying. Prerequisite: MKTG 350.

Syllabus: MKTG 351 Professor Rick McPherson - Spring 2007

Syllabus: MKTG 351 Professor Erin Talbott - Spring 2006

MKTG 352 Marketing Communications

Business firms' methods of communications to their markets and publics. Analysis of the promotional mix; personal selling, advertising, sales promotion and publicity. Promotion strategies. Prerequisite: MKTG 350.

MKTG 353 Sales Management

Deals with the personal selling function and its related administration and managerial activities. Covers the development of the selling function, sales management planning, recruiting, training, sales force organization, supervision and motivation, compensation and evaluation. Prerequisite: MKTG 350.

MKTG 354 Introduction to Retailing Management

Covers the major managerial, functional, institutional, and environmental dimensions of exchange transactions involving marketing organizations and ultimate consumers. Prerequisite: MKTG 350.

MKTG 356 Transportation and Logistics

Introduces the basic concepts and techniques used to design transportation and logistics networks, including characteristics of common carriers, rate making, warehouse function and location, traffic management, and traffic law. Prerequisite: MKTG 350.

Syllabus: MKTG 451 Dr. Rex Toh - Fall 2007

MKTG 451 Marketing Research

Purpose, methods, and techniques of marketing research. Prerequisites: MKTG 350 and ECON 260.

Syllabus: MKTG 451 Dr. Rex Toh - Spring 2006

MKTG 452 Marketing Management

Applies marketing principles to practical problems in marketing strategy development and management decision making. May employ case studies, large scope projects, or marketing simulation games. Prerequisites: MKTG 350, ACCT 231, MKTG 351, MKTG 451 (one of MKTG 351 and MKTG 451 may be taken in the same quarter as MKTG 452)

MKTG 456 International Marketing

Analyzes issues important in marketing in multiple foreign environments. Addresses market segmentation, product design, promotional strategies, pricing strategies in the face of changing exchange rates, media choice, and the importance of cultural differences. Offered every other year. Prerequisite: MKTG 350.

Operations Courses

OPER 360 Manufacturing and Service Operations

Operations function, including operations strategy, operations analysis, service delivery, quality improvement, inventory systems, facility layout, materials management, scheduling, aggregate planning, project management, and international operations. Student teams visit a local factory or service operation and prepare reports relating their observations to course topics. Prerequisites: MATH 130, ECON 260, advanced standing in the Albers School. (fall, winter, spring)

Syllabus: OPER 360 Professor Tamara Reid (section 1) - Spring 2006

Syllabus: OPER 360 Professor Tamara Reid (section 2) - Spring 2006

Syllabus: OPER 360 Professor Tamara Reid (section 3) - Spring 2006

Syllabus: OPER 360 Professor Tamara Reid - Winter 2006

OPER 361 Operations Strategy

An in-depth examination of operation strategies for manufacturing and service and their essential links with other organizational functions, including marketing, finance, and engineering. Development, content, and implementation of operations strategies are discussed in the context of domestic and international cases. Student teams apply a theoretical framework to analyze operations strategies in local firms. Prerequisites: OPER 360; MKTG 350 recommended.

OPER 362 Managing Processes

Focuses on customer requirements and introduces tools available for improving manufacturing and service processes. Topics include process analysis tools, customer needs assessment, societal and ethical issues, customer interaction, quality function deployment, benchmarking, quality costs, statistical concepts in quality analysis and control, organization for quality, quality information systems, and motivational issues. Prerequisites: OPER 360, ECON 310; MKTG 350 recommended. 

OPER 363 Operations Planning and Control Systems

Planning and control systems applied to the transformation processes in manufacturing and service settings. Topics include master planning, forecasting, inventory management, material requirements planning (MRP), capacity planning, production activity control, activity-based costing, just-in-time (JIT) systems, theory of constraints, demand management, distribution requirements, planning, automation, and implementation issues. Students are introduced to computer applications in most topical areas and cases are used to illustrate course concepts. Provides students with some of the background necessary for professional certification with the American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS). Prerequisite: OPER 360, ECON 310.

OPER 442 Manufacturing Processes
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Overview of the manufacturing processes, including casting, formatting, machining and welding; physics governing processes, the associated process parameters and their influences. Special emphasis is placed on plastics processing. Three lectures and one laboratory or field trip per week. Listed jointly with MEGR 342. Prerequisite: OPER 360.

OPER 464 Supply Chain Management

Introduces concepts and tools required to manage the network of suppliers producing goods and services which are subsequently converted by the buying firm. Topics include supplier evaluation/selection, development and certification; logistics; partnering; technology; modeling; just-in-time purchasing; managing risk; inventory management; international issues. Student teams will visit local firms to analyze supply chain management practices. Prerequisites: OPER 360.

OPER 466 Project Management

Addresses the managerial concepts and technical tools required for evaluating, planning, managing, and controlling projects. Topics include strategic issues, project selection, risk analysis, work breakdown structures, PERT / CPM, resource management, conflict issues, project scheduling software, cost / schedule control systems, team-building, and matrix organization. Guest speakers from industry highlight implementation issues. Students apply course concepts to real and simulated projects. Prerequisite: OPER 360.

Special topics courses

See administrative office for prerequisites and course descriptions.

MGMT 191

BLAW 291

ECON 391, FINC 391, MGMT 391, OPER 391

OPER 392

ACCT 491, BLAW 491, BUEN 491, ECON 491, FINC 491, INBU 491, MGMT 491, MKTG 491, OPER 491

ECON 492, OPER 492

Internships

Open to seniors with adviser s approval. Mandatory CR/F and will not satisfy a major requirement.

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ACCT 495, BLAW 495, ECON 495, FINC 495, INBU 495, MGMT 495, MKTG 495

Independent Study

Supervised individual exploration. Open to senior business majors with the approval of the student s adviser. Mandatory CR/F and will not satisfy a major requirement.

ACCT 496, BLAW 496, ECON 496, FINC 496, INBU 496, MGMT 496, MKTG 496, OPER 496

Directed Reading

ACCT 497, BLAW 497, BUEN 497, ECON 497, FINC 497, INBU 497, MGMT 497, MKTG 497, OPER 497

Directed Research

Supervised individual work. Open to senior business majors with the approval of the student s adviser. Mandatory CR/F and will not satisfy a major requirement.

ACCT 498, BLAW 498, ECON 498, FINC 498, INBU 498, MGMT 498, MKTG 498, OPER 498

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