Course Listing For MGMT

MGMT 2090. Introduction to Information Systems in Business. 3 hours.
Oasis title: INTRO TO INFO SYS.
Not open to students with credit in CSCI 1100-1100L or MGMT 2190H.
Computer concepts and information technology in business, including hardware and software concepts, fundamentals of information systems, telecommunications, and business-related software packages.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 209-209L

MGMT 2190H. Introduction to Information Systems in Business (Honors). 3 hours.
Oasis title: INTRO TO INFO SYS.
Not open to students with credit in MGMT 2090.
Prerequisite: Permission of Honors.
Computer concepts and information technology in business, including hardware and software concepts, fundamentals of information systems, telecommunications, and business-related software packages.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 219H

MGMT 3000. Management of Organizations and Individuals. 3 hours.
Oasis title: MGT OF ORG AND IND.
Not open to students with credit in MGMT 3000H.
Prerequisite: ACCT 2101 and MGMT 2090 or CSCI 1100-1100L.
Management functions and processes as applied to organizations and to individuals in organizations. Topics to be covered include strategy, job and organization design, ethics and social responsibility, diversity, global influences, leadership, motivation, human resource management, and organizational change. Other emerging managerial issues may be introduced.
Non-Traditional Format: This course is also offered through University System of Georgia Independent Study (USGIS).
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 351

MGMT 3000H. Management of Organizations and Individuals (Honors). 3 hours.
Oasis title: MGT OF ORG/IND HON.
Not open to students with credit in MGMT 3000.
Prerequisite: ACCT 2101 and MGMT 2090 or CSCI 1100-1100L and permission of Honors.
Management functions and processes as applied to organizations and to individuals in organizations. Topics to be covered include strategy, job and organization design, ethics and social responsibility, diversity, global influences, leadership, motivation, human resource management, and organizational change. Other emerging managerial issues may be introduced.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 362H

MGMT 4000. Integrated Resource Management. 3 hours.
Oasis title: INTEGRATED RES MGT.
Not open to students with credit in MGMT 4000H.
Prerequisite: ACCT 2102 and junior standing.
Traditional management, total quality management, just-in-time and constraints management philosophies applied to services and manufacturing. Resource management (the integration of these philosophies) focuses on designing, planning, scheduling, executing, controlling, and measuring operations and their relationships with other functions in providing effective business processes to achieve organizational goals.
Non-Traditional Format: This course is also offered through University System of Georgia Independent Study (USGIS).
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 320

MGMT 4000H. Integrated Resource Management (Honors). 3 hours.
Oasis title: INTEGRATED RES MGT.
Not open to students with credit in MGMT 4000.
Prerequisite: ACCT 2102 and junior standing and permission of Honors.
Traditional management, total quality management, just-in-time and constraints management philosophies applied to services and manufacturing. Resource management (the integration of these philosophies) focuses on designing, planning, scheduling, executing, controlling, and measuring operations and their relationships with other functions in providing effective business processes to achieve organizational goals.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 321H

MGMT 4240. Quality Management. 3 hours.
Oasis title: QUALITY MGT.
Prerequisite: MGMT 3000.
Managerial, behavioral, technological, and statistical concepts as related to Total Quality Management (TQM). Quality, continuous improvement and productivity are discussed. Focus is on understanding and being able to apply all the concepts throughout any organization (i.e., service, manufacturing, not-for-profit, and governmental).
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 527

MGMT 4250. Productivity Management. 3 hours.
Oasis title: PRODUCTIVITY MGT.
Prerequisite: MGMT 3000.
Personal, process, white collar, and organizational productivity concepts, issues, and measurements. Emphasizes combining these new management philosophies in achieving a competitive advantage of time, quality, and price and their impact on organizational profit. Constraint management and process management concepts are applied to support cross-functional problem identification, analysis, solution, and implementation.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 352

MGMT 4260. Service Operations Management. 3 hours.
Oasis title: SERVICE OPER MGT.
Prerequisite: MGMT 3000.
Service sector performance and methods designed to improve service sector competitiveness. The operations management decisions in service businesses in relation to productivity, quality, work force management, location, capacity, the effect of new technologies, and international issues.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 528

MGMT 4270. Applications in Operations Management. 3 hours.
Oasis title: APPLICATIONS OP MGT.
Prerequisite: MGMT 4240 or MGMT 4250 or MGMT 5210 or permission of department.
Analysis of organizational problems using traditional, quality, just-in-time, constraint, and process management tools in service and manufacturing case studies and projects. Constraint management logic-based tools are utilized as a framework to identify the core business problem, develop a solution, and construct an implementation plan.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 577

MGMT 4600. Computer Programming in Business. 3 hours.
Oasis title: COMP PROG IN BUS.
Prerequisite: MGMT 2090.
Introduction to computer programming. Fundamentals of systems analysis and program development using top-down design; structured programming; and debugging, testing and implementation; elementary data structures.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 335

MGMT 4610. Data Management. 3 hours.
Oasis title: DATA MANAGEMENT.
Prerequisite: MGMT 2090.
Data management, including database development, access, and administration. The focus is on issues and principles of managing organizational data. Students will get extensive experience in developing data models, creating relational databases, and formulating and executing complex queries.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 557

MGMT 4620. Systems Analysis and Design. 3 hours.
Oasis title: SYS ANAL & DESIGN.
Prerequisite: MGMT 4600 and MGMT 4610.
Structured systems analysis and design with emphasis on the development of business application systems. Methods of systems documentation are examined through the use of tools and techniques for describing process flows, data flows, data structures, system objects, file designs, input and output designs, and program specifications.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 561

MGMT 4800. Internship or Cooperative Education. 1-9 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit.
Oasis title: INTERN/CO-OP.
Prerequisite: MGMT 3000 or permission of department.
Students are permitted to enter businesses, governmental agencies, or other organizations for the purposes of obtaining practical and applied managerial experience. A paper or suitable project associated with a description and analysis of this experience is required. Only 3 credit hours may be applied toward the fulfillment of major requirements.
Non-Traditional Format: Internship.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 340

MGMT 4990H. Honors Thesis. 3 hours.
Oasis title: HONORS THESIS.
Prerequisite: Permission of Honors.
Individual research in the major field.
Non-Traditional Format: Honors thesis.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 499H

MGMT 5000. Special Topics in Management. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit.
Oasis title: SPCL TOPICS MGT.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Individual study, readings, or projects under the direction of a faculty member in Management or Management Information Systems.
Non-Traditional Format: Directed study.
Offered on a regular basis.

MGMT 5210. Materials Management. 3 hours.
Oasis title: MATERIALS MGT.
Prerequisite: MGMT 3000.
The management of dependent and independent demand inventory items within a manufacturing environment and the examination of the management of finished goods items within a distribution environment. Emphasis is placed on a systems perspective.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 524

MGMT 5220. Project Management. 3 hours.
Oasis title: PROJECT MGT.
Prerequisite: MGMT 3000.
The planning, scheduling, organizing, implementing, and controlling of single and multiple projects. Project management is an increasing area of concern and requires significantly different approaches to these traditional activities. This course explores traditional and new techniques for this dynamic environment.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 522

MGMT 5230. Purchasing Management. 3 hours.
Oasis title: PURCHASING MGT.
Prerequisite: MGMT 3000.
The purchasing function and related functions (traffic, receiving, and surplus material). The relationships among price, quality, and delivery service are illustrated. Japanese purchasing philosophy is contrasted to the United States philosophy in conjunction with techniques of negotiation, sourcing, value analysis, and engineering.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 526/726

MGMT 5400. Strategic Management. 3 hours.
Oasis title: STRATEGIC MGT.
Not open to students with credit in MGMT 5400H.
Prerequisite: (MGMT 3000 and MARK 3000 and FINA 3000) or permission of department.
The processes by which managers formulate and implement corporate and business strategies in order to achieve the economic and non-economic objectives of their organizations. The course will integrate the students' knowledge of the basic functional disciplines into a general strategic perspective for managing the whole organization.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 599

MGMT 5400H. Strategic Management (Honors). 3 hours.
Oasis title: STRATEGIC MGT (HON).
Not open to students with credit in MGMT 5400.
Prerequisite: (MGMT 3000 and MARK 3000 and FINA 3000) or permission of Honors.
The strategic management processes by which managers formulate and implement corporate and business strategies in order to achieve the economic and non-economic objectives of their organizations. The course will integrate the students' knowledge of the basic functional disciplines into a general strategic perspective for managing the organization as a whole.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 599H

MGMT 5420. Business, Society, and Stakeholder Management. 3 hours.
Oasis title: BUS/SOC/STAKE MGT.
Prerequisite: MGMT 3000.
Explores all aspects of the business and society relationship, including a study of corporate social performance. Focuses on businesses' interactions with key stakeholders, including governments, community, consumers, employees, and the natural environment. Examines corporate public policy from a strategic management perspective.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 540

MGMT 5440. Business Ethics. 3 hours.
Oasis title: BUSINESS ETHICS.
Prerequisite: MGMT 3000.
Designed to help students deal with the ethical implications of an increasingly complex business world. Covers methods for analyzing and applying personal values, recognizing organizational and environmental forces that influence ethical behavior, and heightening the student's abilities to recognize ethical issues and engage in effective moral debate in a business setting.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 542

MGMT 5500. Entrepreneurship and New Venture Formation. 3 hours.
Oasis title: NEW VENTURES.
Prerequisite: (MGMT 3000 and MARK 3000 and FINA 3000) or permission of department.
The contributions that new ventures and small businesses make to the economy and society as a whole, the characteristics of successful entrepreneurs, the process of starting up new businesses, and the primary determinants of new venture performance. The primary course activity involves the preparation of a Business Plan for a "prospective" new venture.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 549/749

MGMT 5530. Small Business Management. 3 hours.
Oasis title: SMALL BUS MGT.
Prerequisite: MGMT 3000.
The special challenges facing small businesses in today's society. Integrates from a general management perspective the functional knowledge gained in the areas of finance, economics, human resource management, marketing, and operations in order to help prepare the student to manage such businesses.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 554

MGMT 5560. International Strategic Management. 3 hours.
Oasis title: INTL STRATEGIC MGT.
Prerequisite: MGMT 3000.
The major problems that confront managers who operate across international boundaries from a base in a single country or who maintain affiliates and subsidiaries in several national jurisdictions. Major emphasis is given to the problems involved in crossing national boundaries.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 552

MGMT 5580. Strategic Management of Nonprofit Organizations. 3 hours.
Oasis title: MGT OF NONPROF ORGS.
Prerequisite: MGMT 3000.
Strategic management of nonprofit organizations, from the entrepreneurship of start-up ventures to the evolving missions of established nonprofits. Specific attention is given to board roles, resource development, and fundraising, as well as to the history and legal basis of the nonprofit sector.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 510/710

MGMT 5600. Special Topics in Management Information Systems. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit.
Oasis title: SPECIAL TOPICS MIS.
Prerequisite: MGMT 4600 and MGMT 4610.
The management information systems field evolves rapidly and covers many topic areas. Recent developments in areas such as office automation, data communications, and the implementation of management information systems.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 569

MGMT 5620. Building Decision Support Systems. 3 hours.
Oasis title: BLDING DSS.
Prerequisite: MGMT 4600 and MGMT 4610.
Decision support systems are the highest level of information support systems which aid the manager in the decision-making process. This course provides the student with the skills necessary to conceptualize, build, and implement decision support systems in organizations.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 563

MGMT 5630. Building Knowledge-Based Systems. 3 hours.
Oasis title: BLDG KBS.
Prerequisite: MGMT 4600 and MGMT 4610.
Provides the student with knowledge engineering skills required to elicit and represent human knowledge, and to build, implement, and maintain knowledge-based systems in organizations.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 562

MGMT 5640. Business Telecommunications and Networking. 3 hours.
Oasis title: BUS TELECOM.
Prerequisite: MGMT 4600 and MGMT 4610.
Telecommunications concepts, communications architectures and protocols, commercial offerings, equipment, software, network design, and network management.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 564

MGMT 5660. Rapid Application Development. 3 hours.
Oasis title: RAP APP DEV.
Prerequisite: MGMT 4620.
The use of rapid application development (RAD), prototyping, and end user development. Students use appropriate software tools to quickly build applications.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 566

MGMT 5670. Managing the Information System Resource. 3 hours.
Oasis title: MAN IS RES.
Prerequisite: MGMT 4620.
The issues and management techniques involved in administering the Information System/Resource activities in an organization. The focus is on computer-based resources and IS development activities. Management of IS professionals, development and management of project teams, user-professional relationships, emerging technologies, and planning processes. A sociotechnical perspective is emphasized.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 567

MGMT 5680. Building Executive Support Systems. 3 hours.
Oasis title: BLDG EXEC SYS.
Prerequisite: MGMT 4600 and MGMT 4610.
Executive Information Systems (EIS) provide support to executives who have special information requirements to perform their job responsibilities. Organizational and technical concepts, development approaches, technologies, applications, and impacts are discussed. Hands-on experience is provided with several state-of-the-art EIS.
Offered on a regular basis.

MGMT 5700. Using Business Application Software. 3 hours.
Oasis title: BUS APP SFTW.
Not open to students with credit in MGMT 5710.
Prerequisite: MGMT 2090 and permission of department.
Using a variety of types of business application software to enable the student to be personally productive in the workplace by being able to gather data, analyze it, and present it to others. Popular software suites are covered as is the use of Internet software. (Cannot be taken for credit by MIS majors.)
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 509

MGMT 5710. Advanced Business Application Software. 3 hours.
Oasis title: ADV BUS APP.
Not open to students with credit in MGMT 5700.
Prerequisite: MGMT 4600 and MGMT 4610.
A variety of types of business application software that enable the student to be personally productive in the workplace by being able to gather data, analyze it, and present it to others. Students are expected to use programming and database skills to carry out these activities.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 519

MGMT 5720. Collaborative Work Systems. 3 hours.
Oasis title: COLL WRK SYS.
Prerequisite: MGMT 4600 and MGMT 4610.
People work in groups on common tasks. Collaborative computing, in particular, group support systems (GSS), provides support to groups of people. Organizational and technical concepts, development approaches, technologies, applications, and impacts are discussed. Hands-on experience is provided with several state-of-the-art GSS.
Offered on a regular basis.

MGMT 5770. Advanced Software Development in Business. 3 hours.
Oasis title: ADV SOFTWARE DEV.
Prerequisite: MGMT 4600 and MGMT 4610.
Multi-user operating systems and a leading personal computer programming language are used to create advanced software applications. The use of computers in networks are emphasized.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 537

MGMT 5820. Human Resource Management. 3 hours.
Oasis title: HUMAN RESOURCE MGT.
Prerequisite: MGMT 3000.
An introduction to human resource management. Human resource planning, staffing, training and development, compensation, safety and health, and labor relations.
Non-Traditional Format: This course is also offered through University System of Georgia Independent Study (USGIS).
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 585

MGMT 5860. Compensation and Performance Management. 3 hours.
Oasis title: COMP & PERF MGT.
Prerequisite: MGMT 3000 or permission of department.
The internal and external determinants of compensation within an organization. Job evaluation, pay structure, employee benefits, and the measurement of employee performance. The total compensation package, including monetary and nonmonetary rewards,will be analyzed as will problems encountered in managing the compensation system.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN(PSY) 586

MGMT 5870. Recruitment, Selection, and Socialization. 3 hours.
Oasis title: RECRUIT & SELECT.
Prerequisite: MGMT 3000 or permission of department.
Employee recruitment, selection, and socialization instruments and procedures. Effects of these instruments and procedures on individual and organizational effectiveness are emphasized. Exercises and projects will be used.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: SPC(MAN) 467/667

MGMT 5920. Organizational Behavior. 3 hours.
Oasis title: ORG BEHAVIOR.
Prerequisite: MGMT 3000.
The interpersonal skills that promote individual, group, and organizational effectiveness. Basic concepts, theories, and practices needed to understand human behavior within work organizations. The class activities are varied and interactive, including experiential exercises, discussions, case analyses, and collaborative learning.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 595

MGMT(SPCM) 5960. Organizational Communication. 3 hours.
Oasis title: ORG COMMUNICATION.
Prerequisite: MGMT 3000 or permission of department.
Communication policies, procedures, and practices in administration. Students will have the opportunity to develop both written and oral communication skills and to identify philosophies, methods, and characteristics of management communication.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN(SPC) 596/796

MGMT 5970. Organizational Change and Innovation Management. 3 hours.
Oasis title: ORG CHANGE & MGT.
Prerequisite: MGMT 3000.
Key concepts and theories in organizational change and development. The focus is on the student's development of diagnostic skills necessary for the identification of organizational problems and opportunities and the effective management of organizational change.
Offered on a regular basis.

MGMT 5980. Leadership. 3 hours.
Oasis title: LEADERSHIP.
Prerequisite: MGMT 3000.
This course focuses on managerial leadership. A broad survey of theory, research, and practice on leadership in formal organizations. The topic of leadership effectiveness is at the core of this class. Case analyses, experiential exercises, and discussions are used to develop the personal and interpersonal skills needed in leadership roles.
Offered on a regular basis.

MGMT 6080. Management Information Systems Overview. 1.5 hours.
Oasis title: MGT INFO SYSTEMS OV.
The use of information systems technology by managers and professionals to improve organizational performance, group work, and personal productivity. Decision support software and database query systems are used to support a case-based approach to learning. For students in the one-year MBA program.
Non-Traditional Format: For four weeks (offered only in summer).
Offered summer semester.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 941

MGMT 6090. Management Information Systems. 1-2 hours.
Oasis title: MGT INFO SYSTEMS.
Use of information systems technology by managers and professionals to improve organizational performance, group work, and personal productivity. Decision support software and database query systems are used to support a case-based approach to learning. For students in the two-year MBA program.
Offered fall semester.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 941

MGMT 7000. Master's Research. 1-9 hours. Repeatable for maximum 15 hours credit.
Oasis title: MASTER'S RESEARCH.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Research while enrolled for a master's degree under the direction of faculty members.
Non-Traditional Format: Independent research under the direction of a faculty member.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 700M

MGMT 7010. Developing Leadership Skills. 3 hours.
Oasis title: LEADERSHIP SKILLS.
Leadership skills necessary for managerial work. Class activities are varied, including experiential exercises, discussions, case analyses, and collaborative learning. Activities focus on leadership skills, such as self-awareness, stress management, decision-making, feedback, listening, power and influence, motivation, empowerment, building effective teams, and self-leadership.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 900

MGMT 7210. Materials Management. 3 hours.
Oasis title: MATERIALS MGT.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Management of dependent and independent demand inventory items within a manufacturing environment and the examination of the management of finished good items within a distribution environment. Emphasis is placed on a systems perspective.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 821 AND MAN 822

MGMT 7220. Project Management. 3 hours.
Oasis title: PROJECT MGT.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Planning, scheduling, organizing, implementing, and controlling of single and multiple projects. This course explores traditional and new techniques for the dynamic environment of project management.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 823

MGMT 7230. Purchasing Management. 3 hours.
Oasis title: PURCHASING MGT.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Purchasing and related functions (traffic, receiving, and surplus material). The relationships among price, quality, and delivery service. Japanese purchasing philosophy is contrasted to the United States philosophy in conjunction with techniques of negotiation, sourcing, value analysis, and engineering.
Offered on a regular basis.

MGMT 7280. Simulation in Operations Management. 3 hours.
Oasis title: SIMUL IN OPNS MGT.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Network-based, discrete-event simulation in analyzing operations- based, business-related problems. Emphasis is on problem formulation, solution development, and analysis of output.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 822

MGMT 7300. Master's Thesis. 1-9 hours. Repeatable for maximum 30 hours credit.
Oasis title: MASTER'S THESIS.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Thesis writing under the direction of the major professor.
Non-Traditional Format: Independent research and thesis preparation.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 730M

MGMT 7400. Strategic Management and Communication. 3 hours.
Oasis title: STRATEGIC MGT & COM.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Applied strategic management theory combined with the development of communication skills for their effective application. Strategies for the development and maintenance of resources likely to yield competitive advantage, and the communication skills needed to present and elucidate those strategies to other constituents within and outside the organization.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 953

MGMT 7410. Strategic Management in a Changing Environment. 3 hours.
Oasis title: STRAT MGT CHG ENV.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Elements of strategy with principles of large-scale organizational change. Practical issues related to mental frameworks and human behavior, environmental and competitor analysis, competitive advantage for single- and multi-business firms, stakeholder analysis, and change implementation.
Non-Traditional Format: Fifty percent of the class time will be face to face, meeting 14 days on campus. The remainder will be completed via distance learning projects on the World Wide Web.
Offered spring semester.

MGMT 7420. Business, Society, and Stakeholder Management. 3 hours.
Oasis title: BUS/SOC/STAKE MGT.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
The business and society relationship, including an analysis of corporate social performance. A strategic management and public policy perspective is employed in examining the relationship between business and key stakeholders, including governments, consumers, employees, community, and the natural environment.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 740

MGMT 7440. Business and Corporate Strategy. 3 hours.
Oasis title: BUS & CORP STRATEGY.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Issues, concepts, and tools for formulating business and corporate strategies that will enable organizations to achieve their goals and objectives effectively and efficiently. Key concepts include industry evaluation, resource-based strategy, sustainable competitive advantage, experience curve analysis, sensitivity analysis, and key success factor analysis.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 956

MGMT 7460. Managing Change and Innovation. 1.5 hours.
Oasis title: MANG CHGE & INNOV.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Managing constant change inherent in modern business, whether driven by technological, environmental, or human innovations. Includes conceptual and theoretical perspectives, as well as practical applications of modern frameworks for managing change.
Offered on a regular basis.

MGMT 7500. Entrepreneurship and New Venture Formation. 3 hours.
Oasis title: NEW VENTURES.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Contributions that new ventures and small businesses make to the economy and society as a whole; the characteristics of successful entrepreneurs; the process of starting up new businesses; and the primary determinants of new venture and small business performance.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 549/749

MGMT 7510. Developing Successful Business Plans. 3 hours. 1 lab period of 3 hours each per week.
Oasis title: BUSINESS PLANS.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Key tasks involved in creating successful business plans and different ways in which each task may be accomplished. The primary course activity involves the preparation of a business plan for a "prospective" new venture.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 549/749

MGMT 7530. Small Business Management. 3 hours.
Oasis title: SMALL BUS MGT.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Examines the special challenges facing small businesses in today's society. Integrates from a general management perspective the functional knowledge gained in the areas of finance, economics, human resource management, marketing, and operations in order to help prepare the student to manage such businesses.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 954

MGMT 7560. International Strategic Management. 3 hours.
Oasis title: INTL STRATEGIC MGT.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
The formulation and implementation of integrated corporate strategy by multinational business organizations. The planning, direction, and control of the many flows linking the multinational company to its affiliates while operating within a plurality of political, economic, and sociocultural systems.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 952

MGMT 7580. Management of Nonprofit Organizations. 3 hours.
Oasis title: MGT NONPROFIT ORGS.
Prerequisite: MGMT 3000 or permission of department.
Management of nonprofit organizations, from the entrepreneurship of start-up ventures to the evolving missions of established nonprofits. Specific attention is given to board roles, resource development, and fundraising, as well as to the history and legal basis of the nonprofit sector.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 510/710

MGMT 7600. Organizational Memory Technology. 3 hours.
Oasis title: ORG MEMORY TECH.
Issues and principles of managing organizational data. Concepts and skills for developing, accessing, and administering each technology. Extensive experience in developing data models, relational databases, and formulating and executing complex queries.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 872

MGMT 7620. Rapid Application Development. 3 hours.
Oasis title: RAPID APPS DEV.
Prerequisite: MAN 7600 or permission of department.
Use of rapid application development (RAD) techniques such as prototyping and end-user development for quickly creating information system applications.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 950

MGMT 7630. The Systems Approach. 3 hours.
Oasis title: SYSTEMS APPROACH.
The systems approach is a viewpoint that conceptualizes institutions as organized complexities, i.e., as organic (open) systems. Exemplified by the development of a general systems theory and cybernetics. The theories and findings of such interdisciplinary research to the study of human organizations.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 905

MGMT 7640. Networking Technology. 1.5 hours.
Oasis title: NETWORK TECHNOLOGY.
The application of data communications and networking technology to support the organizational information systems mission. Communication architectures and protocols, along with current commercial offerings, equipment, software, network design principles, and network management techniques.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 874

MGMT 7650. Electronic Commerce. 1.5 hours.
Oasis title: ELECTRONIC COMMERCE.
Electronic commerce and markets, including the use of the Internet and World Wide Web for commercial purposes. Development and management of websites and applications is covered in-depth.
Offered on a regular basis.

MGMT 7670. Information Resource Management. 3 hours.
Oasis title: INFO RESOURCE MGT.
Administering the Information System/Resource activities in an organization. Computer-based resources and IS development and consulting activities. Issues include management of IS professionals, user-professional relationships, management of IS project teams, tracking emerging technologies, and planning processes. A sociotechnical perspective is emphasized to insure a balanced look at technical and people issues.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 876

MGMT 7730. Decision Support Systems. 3 hours.
Oasis title: DEC SUP SYS.
The building of decision support systems. Topics include the DSS concept, applications, organizational issues, hardware and software technology, developmental methodology, data-model-user relationships, implementation strategies, and evaluation procedures.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 873

MGMT 7740. Knowledge-Based Systems in Business. 1.5 hours.
Oasis title: KBS IN BUS.
Prerequisite: MGMT 7730 or permission of department.
Knowledge-based systems are a subset of artificial intelligence that deal with computer applications that replicate the decision- making and problem-solving skills of experts. Students learn how to identify, build, implement and manage knowledge-based systems.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 878

MGMT 7750. Executive Information Systems. 1.5 hours.
Oasis title: EXECUTIVE INFO SYS.
Prerequisite: MGMT 7730 or permission of department.
This course provides the student with an understanding of executive information systems (EIS). An EIS supplies an organization's executives with the information needed to perform their job responsibilities. Concepts, development approaches, technologies, applications, and impacts.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 871

MGMT 7760. Group Support Systems. 1.5 hours.
Oasis title: GROUP SUPPORT SYS.
Prerequisite: MGMT 7730 or permission of department.
Collaborative computing, in particular group support systems (GSS), supports a group of people who work together on a common task. Concepts, development approaches, technologies, applications, and impacts.
Offered on a regular basis.

MGMT 7770. Data Warehouses and Mining. 1.5 hours.
Oasis title: DATA W&M.
Prerequisite: MGMT 7730 or permission of department.
Data warehouses or large databases are used to support decision-making applications. Coverage includes concepts, development process, organizational issues, hardware, and software. The focus is on-line analytical processing (OLAP) and data mining to discover relationships in large databases.
Offered on a regular basis.

MGMT 7780. Advanced Decision Support in Business. 1.5-3 hours.
Oasis title: ADVANCED DS IN BUS.
Prerequisite: MGMT 7730 or permission of department.
Advanced topics in decision support and artificial intelligence. These include fourth generation languages, data warehousing, model building, model generation, and model management, data access, problem solving on novel computer architectures, fuzzy logic and sets, belief functions, neural computing and artificial intelligence, and intelligent agents.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 920

MGMT 7790. Advanced Artificial Intelligence in Business. 3-6 hours.
Oasis title: ADVANCED AI IN BUS.
Prerequisite: MGMT 7740 or permission of department.
Advanced topics in artificial intelligence. These include search reduction methods, such as genetic and Tabu Search algorithms, fifth generation languages, fuzzy logic and sets, belief functions, neural networks, and virtual reality.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 922

MGMT 7800. Organizational Diagnosis and Intervention. 3 hours.
Oasis title: ORG DIAGNOSIS.
Prerequisite: MGMT 7010.
Methods for gathering and assessing information about problems affecting the performance of the organization (diagnosis), as well as designing interventions to correct the problems.
Offered on a regular basis.

MGMT 7810. Organizational Design and Development. 3 hours.
Oasis title: ORG DEVELOPMENT.
Prerequisite: MGMT 7010.
The formal and informal structures within an organization. Topics include designing organizational structures, jobs, teams, and work-flow processes; aligning the design of structures with organizational strategy; and assessing supporting relationships, such as decision-making and authority networks.
Offered on a regular basis.

MGMT 8010. Integrated Resource Management I. 1.5 hours.
Oasis title: INTEG RES MGMT I.
Not open to students with credit in MGMT 4000.
Traditional, total quality, just-in-time, and constraints management philosophies applied to services and manufacturing. Resource management is the integration of these philosophies and takes a systems perspective to long- and short-range planning, scheduling, executing, controlling, and measuring operations and related functions in providing effective business processes to achieve organizational goals. For one-year MBA students.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 802

MGMT 8020. Integrated Resource Management II. 2 hours.
Oasis title: INTEG RES MGMT II.
Not open to students with credit in MGMT 4000.
Traditional, total quality, just-in-time, and constraints management philosophies applied to services and manufacturing. Resource management is the integration of these philosophies and takes a systems perspective to long- and short-range planning, scheduling, executing, controlling, and measuring operations and related functions in providing effective business processes to achieve organizational goals. For two-year MBA students.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 802

MGMT 8240. Quality Management. 3 hours.
Oasis title: QUALITY MGT.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Managerial, behavioral, technological, and statistical concepts as related to Total Quality Management (TQM). Quality, continuous improvement, and productivity are discussed. Focus is on understanding and being able to apply all the concepts throughout any organization (e.g., service, manufacturing, not-for-profit, and governmental).
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 827

MGMT 8250. Productivity Management. 3 hours.
Oasis title: PRODUCTIVITY MGT.
Not open to students with credit in MGMT 4250.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Advanced personal, process, white collar, and organizational productivity concepts, issues, and measurement systems. Process management concepts are applied to cross-functional activities in services and manufacturing. Constraint management tools for problem identification, solution, and implementation are applied to productivity problems.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 820

MGMT 8260. Service Operations Management. 3 hours.
Oasis title: SERVICE OPNS MGT.
Not open to students with credit in MGMT 4260.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Operations management's role in service sector organizational performance. The concepts, skills, and research issues necessary to provide a competitive advantage to the service organization. Productivity improvement, quality of service delivery, work-force management, the impact of new technologies, and international issues.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 828

MGMT 8270. Advanced Operations Management. 3 hours.
Oasis title: ADVANCED OPNS MGT.
Not open to students with credit in MGMT 4260.
Prerequisite: MGMT 8250 or permission of department.
Process management, constraint management, just-in-time, quality management and traditional management tools applied to cross-functional problems based on case studies and/or actual organization projects from services and manufacturers. Technical analyses, presentations, and writing skills are utilized. Constraint management logic-based analytical processes provide the problem-solving methodology.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 829

MGMT 8990. Directed Study. 1-9 hours. Repeatable for maximum 40 hours credit.
Oasis title: DIRECTED STUDY.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Directed study in management or MIS topics giving particular attention to specialized problems in an area related to a student's academic interests.
Non-Traditional Format: Directed study.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 899

MGMT 9000. Doctoral Research. 1-9 hours. Repeatable for maximum 15 hours credit.
Oasis title: DOCTORAL RESEARCH.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Research while enrolled for a doctoral degree under the direction of faculty members.
Non-Traditional Format: Independent research under the direction of a faculty member.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 900D

MGMT 9010. Management Research Methodology. 3 hours.
Oasis title: MGT RESCH METHODLGY.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
The requirements that science places on management research. The importance of theory as a source of research questions, the role of constructs and variables, sampling, measurement, and the design of research to facilitate valid explanations of management phenomena.
Offered on a regular basis.

MGMT 9020. Concepts of Organizations. 3 hours.
Oasis title: CONCEPTS OF ORGS.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
General exploration and analysis of the academic literature surrounding organizations.
Offered on a regular basis.

MGMT 9030. Doctoral Research Seminar. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit.
Oasis title: DOC RESEARCH.
Management research with particular emphasis on preparing students for research in different aspects of management.
Offered on a regular basis.

MGMT 9280. Operations Management Research Seminar I. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit.
Oasis title: OPNS MGT RSCH I.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Operations Management literature examining applicable research concepts, theories, and frameworks in the OM field.
Offered on a regular basis.

MGMT 9290. Operations Management Research Seminar II. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit.
Oasis title: OPNS MGT RSCH II.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Selected research topics focusing on providing an understanding of specific areas in the field of Operations Management (OM) and on identifying potential dissertation topics and areas for future research.
Offered on a regular basis.

MGMT 9300. Doctoral Dissertation. 1-9 hours. Repeatable for maximum 30 hours credit.
Oasis title: DOCT DISSERTATION.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Dissertation writing under the direction of the major professor.
Non-Traditional Format: Independent research and preparation of the doctoral dissertation.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 930D

MGMT 9400. Strategic Management Theory. 3 hours.
Oasis title: STRAT MGT THEORY.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Evolution of major strategic management concepts and theories through in-depth discussions of the literatures which built the field's foundations. The benefits and limitations of key authors' contributions will be reviewed from the prospects of research, teaching, and management practice.
Offered on a regular basis.

MGMT 9500. Strategic Management Research. 3 hours.
Oasis title: STRATEGIC MGT RSCH.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Research in the fields of strategic management, ethics/social responsibility, and entrepreneurship/small business. Includes a discussion of current "cutting edge" literature survey methods, model building and hypothesis generation, research designs, sample and site selection, data gathering methods, and quantitative and qualitative data analysis techniques.
Offered on a regular basis.

MGMT 9700. Management Information Systems Research Seminar I. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit.
Oasis title: MIS RESEARCH I.
The management information systems (MIS) research literature. It explores applicable research theories and frameworks, research concepts, and exemplary MIS research.
Offered on a regular basis.
Quarter equivalent: MAN 970

MGMT 9710. Management Information Systems Research Seminar II. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit.
Oasis title: MIS RESEARCH II.
Prerequisite: MGMT 9700.
A continuation of the survey of management information systems (MIS) research literature focusing on MIS dissertation proposals and completed dissertations. Preparation, development, presentation, and defense of an MIS doctoral dissertation proposal.
Offered on a regular basis.

MGMT 9810. Seminar in Human Resource Management. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit.
Oasis title: SEMINAR IN HR MGT.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Environments and functions of human resource management. The impact of the economic and institutional environments of human resource management, human resource planning, and human resource functions, such as recruitment, selection, development, compensation, and performance measurement. The course may also include emerging topics in human resource management.
Offered on a regular basis.

MGMT 9820. Seminar in Organizational Behavior. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit.
Oasis title: SEM ORG BEHAVIOR.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Classic and current theory and empirical research in organizational behavior. Individual differences, perception, job design, groups, leadership, power, motivation, organizational socialization, job satisfaction, organizational commitment, turnover, absenteeism, withdrawal behaviors, and individual performance. The course may also include emerging topics in organizational behavior.
Offered on a regular basis.