MGT 5502      Leadership in Organizations
This course focuses on how organizations work and how leaders can help them work better, Its goal is to provide ideas, tools, and tactics that will help students become more effective leaders. The course is designed to challenge students conceptually through readings, discussions, and developmental assessments, and to challenge at the level of self-awareness and action through teamwork, reflective activities, role plays, case applications, ad ""leadership challenges"".
Credits: 1.5 hours
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MGT 5503      Leadership Residency
This course introduces students to fundamentals of business and effective leadership practice by looking at two different academic areas. Team and Community Building focuses on the fundamentals of collaborative teamwork and basic concepts in the program's leadership curriculum. The other area, Financial Decisions and Societal Goals, overviews approaches to management strategy rooted in financial modeling and analysis. Prerequisite: Admission to Executive MBA Program
Credits: 3 hours
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MGT 5505      Organizational Behavior
A study of individual, group, and organizational behavior and processes.. This course examines social and behavioral sciences methods and theories which apply to the understanding of administrative social systems. Classroom activities will utilize lectures, laboratory training, and clinical cases.
Credits: 3 hours
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MGT 5506      Contract Negotiation And Dispute Resolution
This course surveys the conceptual framework for negotiating legally binding contracts and examines contemporary institutions and processes for resolving contractual disputes. Particular attention will be given to identifying and appreciating strategies, practices, and specific rules by which binding contractual rights and duties are determined in the United States and in international jurisdictions. Working independently and in teams, students will assimilate the legal rules and negotiation strategies and apply them to common business transactions and disputes.
Credits: 3 hours
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MGT 5508      Law Of Business Associations
Working individually and in teams, students study the legal rules that govern most common business relationships. These include the rules for creating and managing agency and partner relationships, LLC and other new joint ventures, as well as public and closely-held corporations. Student teams follow local public companies as they prepare and conduct their annual meetings and conduct mock negotiations to form a new business venture.
Credits: 3 hours
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MGT 5510      Legal And International Environment Of Business
This course provides an essential introduction to the domestic and international environment of business. Particular attention is given to the comparative historical development, cultural, economic, legal and political context for the conduct of business in the U.S. and abroad. Topics include international trade; international management; alternative modes of international operations; international finance and exchange rates; international marketing; international human resources; international business strategy and protection of property interest, including worldwide protection of intellectual property, private contracts, multilateral agreements, dispute resolution systems and the influence of government trade.
Credits: 3 hours
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MGT 5513      Economic Policy And Managerial Control
Students will study the analysis of the industrial foundations and economic institutions of modern times; the politics of industrial control, including power relationships in economic nationalization and planning and theory of managerial industrialism and business enterprise.
Credits: 3 hours
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MGT 5516      Leading Teams
This course is designed to enhance the student's understanding of designing, forming, developing, leading, and evaluating high-performing teams in traditional and virtual organizations. In-class projects will facilitate students' assessment and application of their own talents to the arts of member selection, coaching, and trust building to engage team members in productive and ethical group processes to achieve successful outcomes. Cases will be used to diagnose and potentially solve team difficulties considering intra-team, organizational, and extra-organizational factors. Prerequisite: MGT 5505 or equivalent.
Credits: 3 hours
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MGT 5531      Leadership, Strategy and Human Resources
Focuses on the leader as a catalyst in developing high-performance, market -based cultures and as a human resource strategist in marshalling the workforce. Geared to the general manager, the course presents ideas and tools for building, bonding, and linking the workforce to accomplish the organization's mission. Topics include ideas and tools for identifying, recruiting, and retaining talent; developing and coaching subordinates; appraising and rewarding performance; and delegating to balance control and risk. Prerequisites: Admission to Executive MBA program
Credits: 2 hours
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MGT 5533      Leading and Managing Change
This course provides students with analytical skills and insights to more effectively manage and lead change, especially within those organizations characterized by complexity and/or uncertainty. Using a variety of vehicles-including case studies, articles, and speakers-the course engages students in timely, real change scenarios and associated management challenges, such as adaptation in changing markets; turnarounds in troubled businesses; integrative change in acquisitions, and process change in stable businesses. Prerequisites: Leadership in Organizations (Core MBA course)
Credits: 3 hours
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MGT 5537      Competitive Strategies
Study of the processes of formulating and implementing competitive management strategies. Analytical techniques appropriate to the firm, the market or the industry will be emphasized. Major individual and/or group papers analyzing existing organizations will be required. Prerequisites: Must be taken in the student's final semester of the program.
Credits: 3 hours
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MGT 5538      Stategic Management
The study of the formulation and evaluation of strategy, including industry analysis, strategic positioning, and the boundaries of the firm. Students address the capacity of executive leadership to create and communicate a clear direction for a company's future. Prerequisites: Admission to the Executive MBA Program
Credits: 2 hours
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MGT 5545      International Management
Examination of the management of contemporary international business organizations through a study of the political, economic, social and technological factors and their relationship and impact upon the administrative activities and strategies of the international firm.
Credits: 3 hours
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MGT 5546      Seminar in International Management
This course focuses on the issues that business organizations face in a global economy. The instructor will introduce global strategic decisions via case studies. Prerequisite: MGT 5545
Credits: 3 hours
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MGT 5547      Global Initiatives in Management
Examines the management of contemporary international business organizations in the global economy. The course overviews the interrelationship and impact of political, economic, social, and technological factors, together with the complex challenges of strategy and execution in global companies. It includes a period of international residency. Prerequisite: Admission to the Executive MBA program
Credits: 3 hours
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MGT 5552      International Study in Business
This course is designed to provide a study-abroad experience for the student. The course involves three components: study if international business through on-campus lectures and discussions; travel to a foreign country for visitations to business firms, government organizations, and cultural sites; and critique sessions of the international learning experience after travel completion. Restrictions: Special application and selection process prior to enrollment.
Credits: 3 hours
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MGT 5557      Leadership And Organizations
Focuses on how organizations work and how leaders can set direction, marshal resources, and build support to move initiatives forward. The course provides tools and tactics for assessing organizations needs and constraints through multiple lenses, and assessing one's own leadership strengths and weaknesses for development and alignment with organization needs. Prerequisite: Admission to Executive MBA Program
Credits: 2 hours
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MGT 5560      Strategic Human Resources
This course will provide an overview of the theory, research and practices used to strategically align human resource policies and practices with the overall goals and objectives of organizations. The course will highlight ways in which HR policies and practices affect and are affected by organizations' environments and culture. Emphasis will be placed on high performance and innovative work practices. Particular attention will be given to assessing internal and external conditions and contexts in which HR policies and practices maximize effectiveness.
Credits: 3 hours
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MGT 5566      Strategic Staffing
This course presents frameworks and applications for achieving optimal person-organization fit and person-job fit within organizations. The importance of strategically planning and implementing recruitment and selection processes will be addressed as it relates to various organizational contexts, including environmental threats and opportunities, organizational size, structure, and climate.
Credits: 1.5 hours
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MGT 5567      Total Rewards Management
Total Rewards Management presents both theory and practice for designing effective rewards systems within organizations. The development of base pay and incentives and how they can be linked to performance will be covered. Characteristics of the work environment, such as recognition and development opportunities will also be considered in terms of their contribution to the total reward system.
Credits: 1.5 hours
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