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MANAGEMENT (MN) COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
202.
BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS 3 cr. Prerequisite: one year of
English composition with a 2.0 average or better. Communication
theory, business communication issues, word processing applications;
training in research, writing, and oral aspects of business
communication. Not open to business minors.
325. ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
AND MANAGEMENT 3 cr. Prerequisites: PS 101, and MT 122 or
EC 205. Introduction to organizational behavior and to the
role of the manager. Basic concepts in the behavioral sciences,
behavioral principles of management, and the application
of this information to organizational life. Typical topics
may include contributions of the classic theorists, management
functions, motivation, leadership, attitudes, group dynamics,
comparative management behavior, and organizational change.
352. HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
3 cr. Prerequisite: MN 325. Introduction to the theories
and practices of corporate personnel management. Topics
include planning, staffing, training and development, reward
systems, labor relations, personnel law, and international
human-resources management.
353. LABOR RELATIONS 3 cr.
Prerequisites: EC 201 or 211, and MN 325 or PS 359; or permission
of chair. Study of the relationship between the corporation,
its labor force, and the government. Topics include labor
history, law, and economics; institutional aspects of collective
bargaining and contract administration; and theoretical
and experiential perspectives on negotiation.
361. GLOBAL MANAGEMENT 3
cr. Prerequisites: AC 202 or 211, EC 201-202 or 211 212;
corequisite or prerequisite: MN 325. Aspects of global management,
with particular emphasis on the role of the multinational
company (MNC), whether headquartered in the United States
or in another country. At the macro level, attention to
the cultural, socio political, and economic forces that
influence international business operations. Overview of
management functions, policies, and concerns of the individual
MNC.
364.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP 3 cr. Prerequisite: EC 201-202 or 211-212,
AC 201; corequisite: AC 202 or 211; MN 325, or permission
of instructor. Study of entrepreneurship and the entrepreneurial
process. Seeks to broaden basic understanding obtained in
the functional areas as they apply to new venture creation
and growth. Specifically, develops an understanding of entrepreneurship,
the entrepreneurial process, and the integration of business
functions as they apply to new venture creation, and growth.
Students will develop an understanding of the role of entrepreneurship
and new venture creation in economic development, as well
as the role and activities of an entrepreneur. Provides an
opportunity to evaluate the students= own entrepreneurial
tendencies and future venture creation.
365. FAMILY BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
3 cr. Prerequisite: EC 201-202 or 211-212, AC 201; corequisite:
AC 202 or 211; MN 325, or permission of instructor. Explores
the challenges and opportunities facing individuals and families
involved in business relationships. Topics include family
business culture, entrepreneurial influences, key issues and
conflicts, career planning, succession and strategic planning,
counseling and consulting, professional support relationships
and survival skills as a son or daughter in the family business.
Parents or other significant family members are invited to
audit this course with their son or daughter.
366. NEW VENTURE MANAGEMENT
3 cr. Prerequisite: EC 201-202 or 211-212, AC 20l; corequisite:
AC 202 or 211; MN 325, or permission of instructor. Focuses
on the functional skills and knowledge necessary in the early
phases of developing a privately held business. Helps student
develop an understanding and awareness of the way the critical
areas of law, management, finance, accounting, and marketing
need to be integrated and applied for successful small and
medium enterprise management. Emphasizes differences between
public and privately held businesses. The student will develop
a full business plan in this course.
370. STAFFING 3 cr. Prerequisite:
MN 325 or PS 359, or permission of chair. Study of issues
and practices related to corporate acquisition of human resources.
Topics include human resources planning, job analysis, recruitment,
and selection strategies and practices. Emphasis on designing
and analyzing practices which maximize utility and government
regulation compliance.
373. TRAINING AND MANAGEMENT
DEVELOPMENT 3 cr. Prerequisite: MN 325 or PS 359, or permission
of chair. Study of the issues and practices related to the
development of skills and knowledge needed for job performance
and improved productivity. Topics include identification of
needs, approaches to learning, evaluation of training, on
site and off site training techniques, theoretical concepts
of management, techniques for managerial skill development,
and evaluation.
376. COMPENSATION 3 cr. Prerequisite:
MN 325 or PS 359, or permission of chair. Study of issues
and practices related to corporate reward practices. Topics
include job analysis, job evaluation, and performance appraisal
theory and techniques, incentive and fringe benefit systems,
and the legal issues related to compensation management.
395. MANAGEMENT SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
3 cr. Co or prerequisite: MN 325. Skills developed in this
experiential course reflect the planning, leadership, and
control roles of managers. Among the skills developed are
goal setting, delegation, personal productivity and motivation,
planning, analysis, information overload reduction, critical
thinking, subordinate development, team building, conflict
management, managing change, and negotiation.
405. SEMINAR IN MANAGEMENT
3 cr. Prerequisites: MN 325 326, and/or as announced. Study
of contemporary issues in management not covered in depth
in other departmental courses. Specific topic, method of presentation,
and student requirement will be designated by the seminar
leader.
411.
APPLIED MANAGEMENT PRACTICES (ENTREPRENEURSHIP) 3 cr. Prerequisites:
normally junior or senior standing, completion of MN 325 or
equivalent, and a 2.5 GPA. Permission of Entrepreneurial Internship
director required. Combines supervised and directed entrepreneurial
experiential learning in a position relevant to a major sequence
of study with a seminar. Non-credit option is available by
audit. No more than 3 credits may be applied toward completion
of the major.
412. APPLIED MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
3 cr. Prerequisites: normally junior or senior standing, completion
of MN 325 or equivalent, and a 2.5 GPA. Permission of instructor
required. Combines supervised and directed experiential learning
in a position relevant to a major sequence of study with a
seminar. Non-credit option is available by audit. No more
than 3 credits may be applied toward completion of the major.
425. EXECUTIVE DECISION MAKING
3 cr. Prerequisites: AC 201-202 or 201-211; EC 205; MN 325.
Suggested co or prerequisite: FN 312. Qualitative and quantitative
decision techniques applied to contemporary issues confronting
top management. Examination of empirical research and current
business literature. Development of analytical skills and
exploration of decision making techniques such as decision
trees, simulation, and project scheduling.
461. LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS
3 cr. Prerequisite: senior standing. Study of the American
legal environment within its social, political, economic,
and ethical contexts. Topics include legal ethics, antitrust
law, administrative law, labor law, product liability, the
civil and criminal process, torts, business and the Constitution,
sources of law (political and institutional), consumer law,
and law in international business.
463. BUSINESS LAW I 3 cr. Prerequisite:
senior standing. Nature, purpose, and functions of law with
special emphasis on its relation to business. Topics include
the legal system, fundamentals of the law of contracts, agency,
partnerships, corporations, wills, and investment securities.
464. BUSINESS LAW II 3 cr.
Prerequisite: MN 463. Study of law within its social, political,
economic, and ethical contexts. Topics include sales, commercial
paper, secured transactions, bankruptcy, property, documents
of title, employment law, product liability, antitrust law,
and ethics.
471. LEADERSHIP AND POWER
IN ORGANIZATIONS 3 cr. Prerequisite: MN 325 or PS 359. In
depth study of leadership, power, and influence in organizations.
Topics include sources of personal and positional power, leadership
traits and skills, dimensions of leadership, transformational
leadership, and other contemporary approaches to leadership
and power.
474. ORGANIZATIONAL THEORY
AND DEVELOPMENT 3 cr. Prerequisite: MN 325 or PS 359. Study
of theories and perspectives on organizations as well as approaches
to organizational development. Topics include levels and units
of analysis, microlevel and macrolevel action plans, the social/environmental
context, the institutional and organizational structure, control
of organizations, organizational needs identification, organizational
change, development techniques, and evaluation.
495. MANAGEMENT PHILOSOPHY
3 cr. Prerequisites: MN 325 and senior standing. Exploration
of modern and classical management philosophies. Emphasis
on student development of a personal management philosophy
based on an in depth analysis of both classical and contemporary
writings in the field of management. Application of management
philosophy to organizational change issues.
496.
SMALL AND MEDIUM BUSINESS ANALYSIS 3 cr. Prerequisites: FN
312, MK 301, MN 325, 326, and senior standing. Students, as
members of a consulting team, visit and analyze a Cleveland
business and complete a total field analysis of the business.
This provides the student with an opportunity to integrate
the content of prior course work into a cohesive body of knowledge.
Promotes understanding of both theoretical and applied concepts;
in-depth analysis of integrative cases and actual business
enterprises. Develops an appreciation of the free enterprise
system, and how business interacts with other sub-systems
within our economy. Familiarizes students with the importance
of teamwork and the reality of trying to develop a cohesive
group product from individual inputs.
498. INDEPENDENT STUDY 1 3
cr. Prerequisites: 3.0 average in Management, consent of chair
and faculty member. Designed for the student who wants to
undertake a research project supervised by a faculty member.
Student selects an aspect of management, establishes goals,
develops a plan of study, and seeks out a full time faculty
member of the department willing to act as advisor. Plan of
study must be approved by the chair and filed with the dean's
office. The department has established guidelines for such
study. Consult the chair for full details.
499. STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT 3
cr. Prerequisites: FN 312, MK 301, MN 325, 326, and senior
standing. Presentation of strategic management theory and
practice. Strategic and operating problems are assessed and
competitive solutions recommended. The course requires general
management perspective, global business view, knowledge of
functional business disciplines, computer-based analysis,
and management presentations.
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