MSHROD - Course Descriptions

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Course Descriptions

ACC 501 Accounting Principles (3 hrs)
Emphasizes analysis of the required financial statements for financial reporting purposes, including discussions of alternative accounting principles generally acceptable in thier preparation. Significant emphasis also is placed on the impact that business transactions have on a company's financial position. Additional topics include profit planning techniques, such as cost-volume-profit analysis and budgeting.

DS 501 Introductory Probability and Statistics for Business (3 hrs)
The development of fundamental probability concepts and statistical techniques emphasizing their applications to business decision making. Includes the study of probability distributions, sampling, point and interval estimation, and hybrid hypothesis testing.
Prereq: MATH 504

ECON 500 Foundations of Economic Analysis (3 hrs)
A study of microeconomics, macroeconomics, and international trade designed for the graduate students who have not taken economics at the undergraduate level. Topics include supply and demand analysis, elasticity, profit maximization, market structure, market failure, unemployment, inflation, fiscal and monetary poilicy, and international economics.
Not open to students who have had ECON 201 and ECON 202.

FIN 502 Financial Principles (3 hrs)
Provides beginning graduate students a solid foundation in the general principles of finance. Provides an appreciation of how businessess and households allocate scarce resources over time and when outcomes are uncertain. The primary focus is Corporate Finance; the course will also introduce Financial Markets and Institutions, and Investments.
Prereq: ACC 501; Concurrent Prereq: ECON 500

IS 502 Business Information Systems (3 hrs)
This course is an introduction to concepts of information, business problem components and systems, computers, and tools available for problem-solving on computers. In addition, analysis of requirements for business information systems, design, and implementation are studied. A high-level programming language is used for implementation. Frior experience in a computer language is not required.

LAW 503 Legal Principles, Forms of Enterprise, and Business Ethics (3 hrs)
This course covers topics in business law, ethics and the law of enterprises. Material includes the substansive law of Contracts and Torst, Agency, and enterprise formation including Limited Liability Compaines, Corporations, and Securities Laws. Business ethics are taught from a legal perspective.

MKTG 510 Marketing Management (3 hrs)
This course introduces students to the basic concepts, practices, and analytical techniques of marketing. As such, it is designed to be comprehensive in scope, contemporary in outlook, and managerial in orientation. It includes computerized decision simulation and team-work assignments.
Prereq/Coreq: ECON 500

MGMT 505 Organizational Behavior and Business Communications (3 hrs)
This course provides a survey of relevant social science research and literature to provide the student with basic knowledge of Organizational Behavior and Comminication theory and concepts, as well as the application of these. Cases and exercises are used to relate theory to applications, and practice assignments are given.

MGMT 509 Human Resource Management (3 hrs)
Current activities and theory relevant to human resource management functions are described, including impact of changes related to government intervention and other environmental impacts.

MGMT 602 Theory and Techniques in Organizational Development (3 hrs)
This class examines the theoretical basis or organizational development. Change interventions at the individual, group, and organizational level are covered along with consultation skills.

MGMT 610 Diagnostic and Quantitative Methods in Organizations (3 hrs)
The study and application of diagnostic and quantitative methods for problem diagnosis, implementation and evaluation of the organizational development process and human resource management practices.

MGMT 611 HR and Technology (3 hrs)
Focusing on the interface of Human Resource Management functions with technology, this course highlights the latest theories, practices and emerging issues in e-HR. Students apply electronic human resource techniques for using Web-based, online and traditional HR sources.

MGMT 613 Leadership in Business Organizations: Theory and Practice (3 hrs)
Leadership in Business OrganizationsL Theory and Practice will provide students with knowledge of the theories of leadership in business organizations as well as practice in leadership and management. The course will use several diagnostic techniques to help students understand their own leadership strengths as well as areas to be developed.

MGMT 615 Organization Design and Strategy (3 hrs)
To provide in-depth understanding of organizations' ability to survive, grow, and adapt in relation to internal and environmental pressures. Analytical and problem skills are practiced also in such areas as structure, conflict, strategy and use of power.

MGMT 618 Staffing Organizations (3 hrs)
This course will train students to staff organizations. Students will obtain skills in human resource planning, recruitment, job analysis, selection techniques and evaluation (validation).

MGMT 620 Compensation Management (3 hrs)
Study of the concepts and practices of compensation administration with emphasis on current theories of compensation and motivation.

MGMT 625 Management in Unionized Settings (3 hrs)
Presents the background necessary to examine top management strategic decision-making regarding unions as well as day-to-day union worker-management interaction and introduces methods and skills necessary for change in management-union relationships.

MGMT 628 Human Resource Development (3 hrs)
Course is designed to educate students in training-needs analysis and program design, implementation of training programs, training evaluation procedures, human resource cost-effectiveness plans, and job design techniques..

MGMT 638 Building Continuous Imporvement Teams (3 hrs)
Develops an understanding of the continuous improvement philosophy and the organizational systems required to support a team-oriented approach to designing, developing, and implementing continuous improvement teams. The course provides knowledge and critical skills necessary for building continuous inprovement teams.

MGMT 648 Communication and Organizational Development (3 hrs)
The development of communication understanding and skills as required in organizational management and interaction by internal and external change agents..

MGMT 688 Practicum in Human Resource Mgmt/Organizational Development (3 hrs)
The opportunity to participate in a human resource management and/or organizational development project in an active organization under the close guidance of a practicing consultant.
Students who have credit in MGMT 692 may not take this course.
Prereq: MGMT 505, MGMT 509, MGMT 602, MGMT 610, MGMT 628 and at least two elective
courses.

MGMT 690/691/692 Thesis in Organizational Development (1/2/3 hrs)
Students will develop and defend an original research proposal in the area of human resource management and/or organizational development, collect and analyze data, and prepare and defend a written report of their findings.
Students who have credit in MGMT 688 may not take this course.
Prereq: Department Permission

MGMT 696 (3 hrs)
Focuses on the responsibilities of managing an organization from the perspective of the general manager. Integrates multiple business functions as part of formulating and implementing strategies that enable firms to strive for a competitive advantage and sustainable firm performance with ethical practices. Emphasizes application of straegic concepts to different business situations.
Prereq: MSHROD Program Admissions

For more information about our program, please contact:
Dr. Fraya Wagner-Marsh, Department Head

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