C.T. Bauer College of Business

Courses: Management (MANA)

6383: Strategic Management
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: graduate standing and completion of all modular M.B.A. core requirements. A capstone course covering strategy formulation and implementation in domestic and international organizations and emphasizing the integration of decisions in the functional areas.

6385: Industry Structure and Competitive Strategies
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: graduate standing and completion of all modular M.B.A. core requirements. Strategies for competing in various types of industry structures involving an analysis of industry evolution, competitor profiles, substitutes, supplier/buyer positions, and industry entry/exit barriers.

6386: Management Simulation and Executive Decisions
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: graduate standing and approval of dean. Application of functional, quantitative, and behavioral concepts through participation in a complex management simulation that reproduces the condition, environment, and reaction of firms operating within a competitive market. The class is divided into teams representing companies that compete against one another. Teams also interact with investment bankers, union leaders, and government officials.

6388: Strategic Choice Analysis
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: graduate standing and completion of all M.B.A. core requirements except MANA 6383. Study of strategies for corporate expansion and repositioning, such as mergers, acquisitions, new ventures, international efforts, and vertical integration.

6389: Integration of Administration Methods and Systems
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: graduate standing and approval of dean. Examines top management strategy with respect to planning and policy formulation by integrating prerequisite materials through the use of comprehensive case studies of organizations.

6398: Special Problems
Cr. 3 per semester. Prerequisites: graduate standing and approval of chair.

7330: Legal Environment of Management
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: graduate standing. Analysis of legal problems which surround managers: relations with officers, directors, government agencies, employees, customers, competitors. Study of legislation, court decisions, and regulations.

7331: Seminar in Organizational Development
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: graduate standing and MANA 6332. A comprehensive study of organizational development. Specific focus is on the processes of planned development at the individual, group, and organizational levels.

7333: Legal Environment of Personnel
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: graduate standing. Analysis of current legislation, court decisions, court interpretations or evaluation procedures, and trends as they apply to personnel policies.

7334: Management Development and Career Planning
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: graduate standing. A review of practices and trends in management development career planning; career stages and changing career patterns; contemporary approaches to the quality of work life.

7336: Human Resource Management
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: graduate standing and MANA 6332. An integrated course focusing on the planning, selection, development, assessment, and compensation of human capital in organizations.

7337: Stress and Work
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: graduate standing. Examination of stress causes and management techniques, including relationship of stress to health, performance, and individual differences.

7338: Organizational Power, Politics, and Culture
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: graduate standing. Explores and differentiates between the concepts of power and politics, and examines their relationship to organizational culture.

7340: Management of High Technology Organizations
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: graduate standing and MANA 6332. Analysis of issues in high technology organizations, such as organization design for technological innovation, project group management, and career planning for professional employees.

7342: Organization Design: Theory and Application
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: graduate standing and MANA 6332. Conceptual analysis of organization design issues and their application via case studies and exercises. Topics include the design of complex organizations for effectiveness, and the differentiation and integration of subunits.

7343: International Legal Environment of Management
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: graduate standing. Students may not receive credit for both INTB 7343 and MANA 7343. Management impact of sovereignty, treaties, executive agreements, contracts, non-tariff trade barriers, extraterritorial anti-trust, dispute resolution. International oil and gas, air, sea, space law.

7344: Employee and Labor Relations
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: graduate standing. Examination of the labor-management relationship, including collective bargaining, arbitration, labor law, union structures, and employee health, safety and security.

7347: Managerial Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: graduate standing and MANA 6332 or permission of instructor. Evaluation of alternative perspectives regarding a range of social and ethical issues confronting managers of contemporary organizations.

7351: Management of Multinational Operations
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: graduate standing and MANA 6332. Students may not receive credit for both MANA 7351 and INTB 7351. The study of comparative management with emphasis on the international and cultural issues in organizational behavior and management encountered by multinational operations.

7352: International Management of Technology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: graduate standing and MANA 6332. Students may not receive credit for both MANA 7352 and INTB 7352. Global management of technology issues, such as strategies and organization designs for international technology generation and transfer.

7353: Regional Issues in Global Management
(also INTB 7353) Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: graduate standing. Can be repeated for a total of 6 credit hours with different topics. Students may not receive credit for both MANA 7353 and INTB 7353 for the same topic. Economic, cultural, technological and managerial factors that may impact an organization's strategies, practices and effectiveness. Topics may include a focus on a global region such as Latin America, Europe, or Asia.

7355: Staffing and Performance Improvement Systems
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: MANA 7336 or approval of instructor. Examination of recruitment, selection, and placement methods in organizations, including the identification of staffing needs. Discussion of performance measurement techniques and systems for enhancing individual and organizational productivity.

7356: Diversity Management
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: graduate standing. Effective management in the context of changing global worker demographics to maximize organizational performance.

7358: Compensation and Benefits
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: graduate standing. Analysis of the decisions and strategies used to develop and implement compensation systems and structures, including base pay, incentive programs, and pecuniary and non-pecuniary benefits.

7361: Entrepreneurship and New Venture Management
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: graduate standing. Credit for both MANA 7361 and ENTR 7338 cannot be applied toward a degree. The study of environmental, organizational, and individual factors and their relationship with entrepreneurship, value creation, innovation, corporate venturing, and new venture management.

7363: Managing Innovation and Creativity
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: graduate standing and MANA 6332. Developing, managing and focusing innovative and creative activities within the business context; opportunity recognition and evaluation; and how to develop new business concepts for implementation.

7365: New Venture Resources
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: graduate standing and MANA 6332. The operational, organizational and resource issues of starting a new venture: start-up and growth planning; assessing resource requirements; developing a resource plan; negotiations with venture capitalists, suppliers, and other resource providers.

7366: Organization and Policy Formulation for Multinational Operations
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: graduate standing and completion of all other M.B.A. core requirements except MANA 6383. Students may substitute MANA 7366 for MANA 6383. Students can receive credit toward the degree for only one of the following courses: MANA 6383, MANA 7366, or INTB 7366. Factors and problems concerning the establishment of policies and organizational structures for coordination and conduct of operations on a global basis.

7380: Implementation of Strategies
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: graduate standing and completion of MANA 6383. Advanced study of the implementation of strategies. Emphasis will be given to the design and integration of (a) organizational processes, and (b) operating, information, and control systems for implementing strategies.

7390: Virtual Teams I
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: graduate standing and MANA 6332. Virual Teams I must be taken simultaneously with Virtual Teams II. Project and team-based work in a virtual environment emphasizing web-based teams and management.

7391: Virtual Teams II
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: graduate standing and MANA 6332. Virual Teams II must be taken simultaneously with Virtual Teams I. The impact of technological choice on virtual team effectiveness.

7397: Selected Topics in Management
Cr. 3 per semester. (3-0). Prerequisites: graduate standing and approval of chair or program director. May be repeated when topics vary.

8190: Professional Issues
Cr. 1. (1-0). Prerequisites: graduate standing and approval of instructor. Discussion of professional and ethical issues important to students in Management and related fields. May be repeated as topics vary.

8198:8298:8398: Special Problems
Cr. 1-3 per semester, or more by concurrent enrollment. Prerequisites: graduate standing and approval of chair.

8231: Seminar in Management I
Cr. 2. (2-0). Prerequisites: graduate standing and approval of instructor. Introduction to the major theories and research in Management.

8232: Seminar in Management II
Cr. 2. (2-0). Prerequisites: graduate standing and approval of instructor. Advanced study of major theories and research in Management.

8233: Seminar in Management III
Cr. 2. (2-0). Prerequisites: graduate standing and approval of instructor. Advanced study of major theories and research in Management.

8241: Research Methods in Management I
Cr. 2. (2-0). Prerequisites: graduate standing and approval of instructor. Introduction to basic research methods and descriptive statistics used in management research.

8242: Research Methods in Management II
Cr. 2. (2-0). Prerequisites: graduate standing and approval of instructor. Advanced study of research methods used in Management research including quantitative and qualitative methods.

8243: Research Methods in Management III
Cr. 2. (2-0). Prerequisites: graduate standing and approval of instructor. Focuses on the refinement of research skills and their implementation through applied experiences.

8330: Seminar in Management Research
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: graduate standing and approval of chair. Philosophy, design, and methodology of research in management theory.

8331: Seminar in Organizational Theory
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: graduate standing and MANA 7342. Theory and research pertaining to complex organizational structure and process, and comparative organizational analysis.

8336: Seminar in Organizational Behavior and Management Theory
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: graduate standing and approval of chair. May be repeated when topics vary. Critical examination of various theories of organizational behavior and management and supporting empirical studies. Study of selected problem areas.

8340: Seminar in Human Resource Management
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: graduate standing and approval of instructor. An in-depth examination of the theory, research, and practice of human resource management.

8345: Design and Implementation of Research Methodologies
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: graduate standing and MANA 8330 or its equivalent. Focuses on the development of research skills through an actual research experience that includes conceptualization of the problem through the reporting of results.

8361: International Management Theory
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: graduate standing and approval of the instructor. Theory and research in international management including the methodological and practical problems of conducting international research.

8380: Seminar in Strategic Management
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: graduate standing, MANA 6383, and approval of instructor. Critical review of theoretical and empirical literature on strategy formulation and implementation.

8385: Research in Strategic Management
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: graduate standing and approval of instructor. An advanced study of research issues and trends in strategic management.

8395:8695:8995: Teaching Practicum
Cr. 3-9 per semester. Prerequisites: graduate standing and consent of instructor. Supervised practice in the teaching of management.

8396:8696:8996: Research Practicum
Cr. 3-9 per semester. Prerequisites: graduate standing and consent of instructor. Supervised research in management.

8397: Selected Topics in Management
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: graduate standing and approval of the chair. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

8399:8699:8999: Doctoral Dissertation
Cr. 3 per semester. Prerequisite: graduate standing.