HRM 06605 - Strategic Human Resource Management (3 credits) 

• Strategic Human Resource Management consists of planned organizational activities designed to increase organizational effectiveness and equity. This course outlines the transformation of HRM from a clerical function to an important strategic partner of top management. It focuses on the ability of HRM to provide a source of competitive advantage to forward-thinking organizations. 

MGT 06500 - Designing, Developing, and Leading High Performance Organizations (3 credits) 

• Students will study and develop skills in interpersonal behavior in organizations and groups. They will learn about issues in leadership, how groups function, elements of power and influence, conflict management, management of time and stress, creative and rational problem solving in groups. In addition, they will study theories of motivation and methods of empowerment in organizations. 

MGT 06502 - International Business and Society (3 credits) 

• This course addresses numerous aspects of the increasingly global business environment and implications for business organizations and key stakeholders. Frameworks for comparing political, legal, social, economic, and governmental differences across nations are utilized. Macro issues include trade theories, trade regimes, roles of governments and global institutions. Strategies and structures adopted by various types of international firms and functional approaches to international finance, management, and marketing are also included. 

MGT 06503 - Organization Development (3 credits) 

• Students study the application of behavioral science in the management of planned organizational change and development. In addition to the analysis of issues facing the change agent, students also develop skills in implementing and intervening in the effort to improve organizational effectiveness. 

MGT 06520 - Global Leadership and Organization Culture (3 credits) 

• Course content will cover the theories of business leadership and the focus of this course will be on leadership from a variety of perspectives—organizational leadership in the external environment, as well as leadership at the top, middle and lower levels inside organizations. Students will focus on the theory and implementation of various business leadership tasks and responsibilities including working with other leaders in a multinational world, supervising workers with diverse backgrounds. These business skills will include establishing workplace goals, organizing work units for productivity, conducting interviews, giving feedback to subordinate employees, designing and implementing employee motivation programs, changing organization culture, the capacity to lead globally, leading work teams and managing workforce diversity. By the end of the course, students will be able to effectively diagnose the complex dynamics of leadership in business environments and take action as leaders and to improve individual and organization performance.  

MGT 06521 - Leadership Theory and Practice (3 credits) 

• Course content will cover the theories of leadership and practice. The focus of this course will be on a leadership influence on organizational concept and practices from a variety of perspective in the external environment, as well as leadership at the top, middle, and lower levels inside organizations. Students will be able to perform analysis of the dark side of leadership, destructive patterns of leadership behavior, and multiple intelligences. Furthermore, students will be able to understand the psychology of leadership, including the role of personality, employee motivation, and dealing with difficult people, importance of ethics, empowerment of employees, managing diversity in the work culture, the theory of creating a powerful vision, helping employees through change and burnout prevention, leadership in negotiation and alliances, leading and developing teams, understanding professional performance, and sustaining discipline. By the end of the course, students will be able to effectively diagnose the complex dynamics of leadership, provide execution for organizational success, use effective theory, alignment, prioritization, in organizational environments and take action as leaders to improve individual performance, organizational performance, and profitability. 

MGT 06525 - Leading Ethically for a Better World (3 credits) 

• We explore the moral foundations of leadership and examine how ethical decision-making predicts long-term leader effectiveness. Focusing on moral character development and how character affects ethical behavior, we study leadership and management theories, and topics such as personal character, organizational culture, moral engagement, and factors inhibiting ethical leader behavior. Sustainability and open systems perspectives provide the context for our course, challenging us to simultaneously consider leaders’ obligations to their organization, society, and the natural environment. 

MGT 06528 - Leading Teams (3 credits) 

• Teamwork and interpersonal relationships are becoming increasingly important in today’s organizations. As a result, individuals are often required to work in teams. However, team environments take many forms including in-person teams and virtual teams, permanent and temporary teams, teams with assigned leaders and teams with emergent leaders. Students in this course will explore the skills necessary to work effectively in all types of teams, with a focus on leading within teams. This course examines topics such as team structure, leadership, member characteristics, interpersonal relationships, knowledge exchange, and team processes. Students will learn how to effectively lead and participate in teams. The course will also explore team roles and behaviors, communication, integrity and conflict resolution within teams. 

MGT 06555 - Personal Leadership (3 credits) 

• The emphasis of this new course will be on developing core leadership principles and their application in a leadership context. Particular emphasis will be on the conceptualization of personal leadership development, developing personal strategies and planning, developing personal leadership theory, developing personal leadership decision making process, developing personal motivation, developing personal empowerment, developing personal leadership change process, developing personal leadership coaching, developing personal leadership governance and implementation, and effectively and efficiently leading organizations or industry. 

MGT 06601 - Strategic Planning for Operating Managers (3 credits) 

• This course prepares the operating manager for the responsibilities of performing strategic planning. The course will identify what goes into and how strategic planning is performed. Strategy formation and evaluation will be assisted by computer decision models and management games. The interrelationships of organizational units and pro-active management posture with respect to environmental forces will be stressed.