Become a more effective manager, communicator, and problem solver.
Find out how to manage change in organizations, create a positive culture, and develop strong leadership skills that foster productive working environments. Concepts, theories, and skills learned in these courses will be immediately applicable in your professional career and useful for the rest of your life.
MGT 6502 - Leading People and Organizations (1.5 credit hours) This course provides future organizational and executive leaders with a focused understanding of the inputs and processes in predicting individual and group behavior within organizations. Students will develop a systematic understanding of why people behave the way they do in formal organizational settings and in how that knowledge can be translated into practical organizational applications. The class will examine behavioral issues in the management of individual, team, and organizational performance.
Electives
MGT 6107 - Leadership and Organizational Change (3 credit hours) Learn challenges and methods of leading through change. The course includes change simulations. It explores change management in mature organizations and discusses what makes an effective change agent. Examples of change include rapid growth or business turnaround.
MGT 6116 - Gender, Race, and Ethnicity in Organizational Behavior (3 credit hours) Examine how managers and employees become more effective leaders by understanding the role gender, race, and ethnicity play in the life of the organization. Understand the way the majority views itself and what effect this has on change within the organization. We will explore how a leader can use an understanding of these divergent styles to enhance both the individual's and group's effectiveness.
MGT 6119 - Leading Teams (3 credit hours) Working in teams is an integral part of organizational life. The purpose of this course is to prepare you to succeed as an effective leader, manager, and member of teams. Accordingly, this course is designed around two objectives. First, it will introduce you to the critical theories, concepts, and frameworks that can be used to successfully identify the threats and opportunities teams face and improve team performance. Second, it will create opportunities for you to design effective teams, implement effective team processes, and practice leading and managing dynamic teams. This course promises to provide insight into what separates successful teams from the many that fail, as well as give you greater confidence in your own ability to lead and contribute to enhanced team performance.
MGT 6182 - Work, Equity, and Wellness (3 credit hours) This course suggests that sustainability is an overarching framework for understanding how to lead and model sustained equity in organizations.
Core Courses
MGT 6502 - Leading People and Organizations (1.5 credit hours) This course provides future organizational and executive leaders with a focused understanding of the inputs and processes in predicting individual and group behavior within organizations. Students will develop a systematic understanding of why people behave the way they do in formal organizational settings and in how that knowledge can be translated into practical organizational applications. The class will examine behavioral issues in the management of individual, team, and organizational performance.
MGT 6507 - Business Communications (1.5 credit hours) This course provides future leaders and managers with the communication skills that enable them to sell themselves and their ideas. To improve verbal and written communication skills, students will develop and deliver presentations that connect with listeners and learn to write effective memos, emails, and executive briefings.
MGT 6510 - Leadership Development Workshop (1.5 credit hours) This course is designed to integrate the student's work experience into their development as a leader. It will enable students to prepare themselves to become leaders of organizations, to exercise leadership, and to embark on paths of personal leadership development.
Electives
MGT 6107 - Leadership and Organizational Change (3 credit hours) Learn challenges and methods of leading through change. The course includes change simulations. It explores change management in mature organizations and discusses what makes an effective change agent. Examples of change include rapid growth or business turnaround.
MGT 6110 - Negotiation and Conflict Resolution (3 credit hours) Explore the process of bargaining and negotiation. Learn and develop your own conflict resolution and bargaining style. Emphasis is on negotiation through exercise and role playing. Understand a spectrum of situations managers face that call for effective bargaining.
MGT 6113 - Nonprofit Team Consulting Projects (3 credit hours) Teams work on a project developed in consultation with a not-for-profit organization, and present results to organizations and boards.
MGT 6116 - Gender, Race, and Ethnicity in Organizational Behavior (3 credit hours) Examine how managers and employees become more effective leaders by understanding the role gender, race, and ethnicity play in the life of the organization. Understand the way the majority views itself and what effect this has on change within the organization. We will explore how a leader can use an understanding of these divergent styles to enhance both the individual's and group's effectiveness.
MGT 6118 - Cross-Cultural Management (3 credit hours) This course provides a broad overview of the various roles managers play within the international contexts. It introduces you to comparisons of cross-cultural differences and helps you to become familiar with ways to effectively anticipate and address cultural differences toward organizational and individual success. A particular emphasis is placed on the unique challenges associated with managing people in an international environment ranging from the psychology of cross-cultural relationships to developing strategic HR policies to attract and retain a global workforce and facilitate sustainability in different cultures.
MGT 6119 - Leading Teams (3 credit hours) Working in teams is an integral part of organizational life. The purpose of this course is to prepare you to succeed as an effective leader, manager, and member of teams. Accordingly, this course is designed around two objectives. First, it will introduce you to the critical theories, concepts, and frameworks that can be used to successfully identify the threats and opportunities teams face and improve team performance. Second, it will create opportunities for you to design effective teams, implement effective team processes, and practice leading and managing dynamic teams. This course promises to provide insight into what separates successful teams from the many that fail, as well as give you greater confidence in your own ability to lead and contribute to enhanced team performance.
MGT 6182 - Work, Equity, and Wellness (3 credit hours) This course suggests that sustainability is an overarching framework for understanding how to lead and model sustained equity in organizations.
Leadership and Organizational Behavior (Core Course) Leadership and behavioral concepts to enhance individual, team, and organizational performance.
International Business Negotiations (Core Course) Examines the complex nature of international negotiations in business and how relationships with domestic and foreign governments impact the decision-making process.
Change Management (MoT) Explores methods to adapt, evolve, or create change for strategic competitive advantage and how organizations structure themselves in order to increase the effectiveness in response to competitive demands.
Managing the Global Workforce (GB) Examines managing a global workforce through effective employee recruitment, compensation, performance appraisals, and HR processes and systems.
