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66.100 First Year Management Seminar - 1Credits: 1
This seminar will provide students with an introduction to those concepts that will help them succeed as university students during that first month and for the remainder of their academic careers. Some of the issues that will be addressed are: time management, appropriate and healthy personal life-styles, personal financial planning, the services provided by Career Services, the Centers for Learning, as well as the Tutoring Lab. Furthermore, students will be exposed to the College of Management's functional areas and learning objectives.
Pre-Req: College of Management freshmen only may take this seminar.
66.101 First-Year Management Seminar - 2Credits: 1
The purpose of the First-Year Management - 2 (FYMS - 2) is to deepen students understanding and appreciation of the functional areas within the College of Management along with their understanding of themselves as learners in the College. This will be accomplished through the administration of self-assessment tools such as the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), participation in an online business simulation addressing the business functional areas and through participation on in-class and virtual teams.
Pre-Req: 66.100 First-Year Management Sem - 1.
66.210 Professional CommunicationsCredits: 3
This course provides students with the theory and practice of successful oral and written communication in business. Emphasis is on the development and improvement of communication skills needed for today's fast-paced organizations. Such skills include written communication in short memos and reports, including the use of conferencing technology to convey information. Additionally, the course focuses on oral communication through presentations and discussions as well as the use of current presentation software.
Pre-Req: BA-BBA majors.
66.301 Organizational BehaviorCredits: 3
Examination of individuals, groups, and organizations from a behavioral and structural perspective. Topics include employee motivation and satisfaction, communication, power and politics, the dynamics of groups and teams, conflict management, and organizational design and change.
Pre-Req: COM Filter courses; or Business minor and 60.201 Acct/Financial and 49.201 Economics I.
66.310 Human Resources ManagementCredits: 3
Current issues in the management of human resources. Recruitment, selection, work force training and development, reward systems, employee health and safety, legal issues, managing diversity, performance evaluation, and human resource planning.
Pre-Req: 66.301 Organizational Behavior, preference MG Concentrators.
66.410 Negotiation Strategy and ProcessCredits: 3
Analysis and application of the key factors that shape and characterize different negotiation situations; the analytical skill to diagnose potential areas of difference and select appropriate strategies to address them; the interpersonal skills to tactically manage the spceific communication and decision-making behaviors during the actual bargaining; and the ability to recognize how one's own personality, value system and perceptions affect the choice of tactics and behavior.
Pre-Req: 66.301Organizational Behavior, preference MG concentrators.
66.415 Managing Teams and ProjectsCredits: 3
Provides students with the knowledge and skills to effectively manage in the more flexible, team-oriented environments increasingly found in contemporary organizations. Emphasis on the dynamics of groups and how they are transformed into productive teams; strategies for systematic goal setting; building team structure; using the team as a basis for problem-solving; facilitating team processes. The course focuses on today's smaller, "self-renewing" organizations, as well as on more traditional work group settings.
Pre-Req: 66.301Organizational Behavior, preference MG concentrators.
66.420 Leadership ProcessesCredits: 3
Examines leadership as a dynamic influence process in organizations. The role of leader characteristics and styles, matching leadership behavior and situations, issues in power and politics, empowerment and participation, conditions for leadership effectiveness.
Pre-Req: 66.301Organizational Behavior, preference MG concentrators.
66.430 Rewards and CompensationCredits: 3
Examination of theories and approaches relevant to the design and implementation of monetary and non-monetary reward systems in organizations. Topics include job analysis and evaluation, pay structures, salary surveys, pay for performance, team-based pay, rewards as a vehicle of corporate strategy, and compensation administration.
Pre-Req: 66.301Organizational Behavior, preference MG concentrators.
66.435 Comparative ManagementCredits: 3
Comparison of management concepts, systems and practices in different societies, and institutional settings. The impact of economic, social, political, and cultural variables on management styles, processes and organizational structures.
Pre-Req: 66.301Organizational Behavior, preference MG concentrators.
66.445 Contemporary Management DevelopmentCredits: 3
Provides students the opportunity to develop the skills and capabilities needed to select, gather, synthesize and use new information to enhance their professional growth and development.
Pre-Req: 66.301Organizational Behavior, preference MG concentrators.
In this course we examine solutions to two emerging questions: how do we manage, motivate, and reward the increasingly diverse American work force, and what part will American labor unions play in this process. We will study these issues using a variety of sociological, psychological, economic, legal, managerial, and comparative materials, but the focus will remain on the options available to the human resource manager.
Pre-Req: 66.301Organizational Behavior, preference MG concentrators.
66.460 Organizational Theory and DesignCredits: 3
66.480 Current Topics in ManagementCredits: 3
Topics of current interest in management. Subject matter to be announced in advance. For a current semester course title, please log on to ISIS, the Inter-Campus Student Information System.
Pre-req: 66.301
Pre-Req: 66.301Organizational Behavior, preference MG concentrators.
66.489 Internship In ManagementCredits: 3
Opportunity for students to earn academic credit through the integration of professional work experience with related academic work. Project jointly supervised by a faculty member and representative of the employing organization.
Pre-Reqs: 66.301 Organizational Behavior, and Instructor permission.
66.490 Strategic ManagementCredits: 3
An integration of knowledge in the various functional areas of management toward solution of problems affecting the character and success of the total enterprise. Corporate strategy and its implementation via appropriate policies.
Pre-Reqs: 61.301, 62.201, 63.301, 63.371, 66.301, & Senior Level.
66.499 Independent Study in ManagemantCredits: 3
An opportunity for the student to carry out individualized study relating to the field of management under the supervision of a member of the faculty.
Pre-Reqs: 66.301 Organizational Behavior, and Instructor permission.
69.210 Professional Development SeminarCredits: 1
The Professional Development Seminar is designed to provide students with the necessary structure, resources, and support to successfully secure and engage in their first cooperative education experience. Through a variety of teaching methodologies and assignments, students will participate in a sequence of learning activities including self-assessment, industry research, and the development of co-op learning objectives. Students will prepare to engage in the job search process through resume writing, strategic interviewing, professional networking and through learning professional behavior and presentation skills. The goal of the course is to assist each student in developing a sound plan of action to successfully participate in the cooperative education experience.
69.310 Co-op Assessment 1Credits: 1
The primary goal of this seminar is to assist students in the overall assessment of their overall cooperative education experience. Through facilitated small group discussion, individual consultation and hands on practice, students will have an opportunity to identify and articulate their technical and professional skills, and explore how these skills and their co-op employment might be translated and leveraged into future work environments and their academic program at UML.
Pre-Req: 69.210 Professional Development Seminar.
69.410 Co-op Assessment 2Credits: 1
This seminar is designed to support and assist students in the continued assessment of their cooperative education experience. Through a deepening of their work in Co-op Assessment 1, students will review their overall performance in the cooperative education program, while continuing to demonstrate their technical and professional skills through written work and public presentations to multiple audiences. It is expected that students will clearly define their future academic and career goals, enhance their professional networks, and develop a future plan to support their engineering aspirations.
Pre-req: 69.210 Professional Develop Seminar, and 69.310 Co-op Assessment l, and 69.3CE or 4CE Cooperative Education.