MANAGEMENT
Professors S.A. Umpleby, E.K. Winslow, J. Bailey, P.M.
Swiercz
Associate Professors P. McHugh, G.T. Solomon, D.C. Kayes
Assistant Professors T.M. Nielsen, J.M. Jensen
See the School of Business for programs of study
leading to the degree of Bachelor of Business Administration.
| 110 |
Applied Human Resource
Management (3) |
McHugh, Swiercz |
| | The labor force and
labor markets. The legal environment of human resource management. Human
resource planning; employee recruiting, selection, training, development,
compensation, motivation, discipline, health and safety. Prerequisite:
BAdm 130. |
| 115 | Leadership (3) | Bailey, Swiercz |
| | Leadership in
organizations and in society. Consideration of whether leadership is a
personal trait or a structured behavior and whether it is universal across
domains or situation specific. Modern and historical examples; issues of
leadership in popular contexts. Prerequisite: BAdm 130. (Fall) |
| 116 | Contemporary Topics in HRM
(3) | McHugh, Swiercz |
| | Contemporary
practice in human resource planning, recruitment and selection, training
and development, performance management, compensation and benefits,
employee relations, and international human resource management.
Interaction with practitioners through actual situations, case analyses,
and presentations. Prerequisite: BAdm 130.
(Spring) |
| 117 | Employee Relations and Negotiations
(3) | McHugh,
Swiercz |
| | The rights of
employees and employers with reference to employee influence in the
workplace; the impact of unions on human resource practices. Negotiation
and conflict resolution skills for bargaining, grievance, mediation, and
arbitration situations; case analyses. Prerequisite: BAdm 130 or consent of instructor. (Fall) |
| 190 | Special Topics (3) | Staff |
| | Experimental
offering; new course topics and teaching methods. May be repeated once for
credit. |
| 191 | Women's Entrepreneurial Leadership
(3) | Staff |
| | Development of the
knowledge and skills needed to create a venture, which may include a
social project, an arts initiative, or a new business. |
| 192 | Small-Business Management
(3) | Solomon and
Staff |
| | Theory and practice
of small business management. Focus on effective management, essentials of
planning and organizing, and financial and administrative controls.
Alternative business forms; purchase of ongoing firms; franchising; new
business start-ups. (Fall and spring) |
| 194 | Product Development and Venturing
(3) | Solomon |
| | Students form
entrepreneur teams to develop new products. Prerequisite: Mgt 192 or permission of instructor.
(Spring) |
| 195 | Management of the Growing
Entrepreneurial Venture (3) | Staff |
| | Examination of the
data, dilemmas, and decisions that can confront leaders of post-startup
entrepreneurial ventures. |
| 199 | Independent Study (3) | Staff |
| | Assigned topics.
Admission by prior permission of advisor. May be repeated once for credit.
(Fall, spring, and summer) |
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