Department of Management

Management: MAN

Upper-Division Courses

320F. Foundations of Organizational Behavior and Administration.

An introduction to the management of organizations. Issues are addressed from the perspectives of strategy and planning, organizational behavior, and operations management. May not be counted toward the Bachelor of Business Administration degree. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

325. Personnel/Human Resources Management.

Overview of the personnel function, covering recruitment, compensation, equal employment, job analysis, training, benefits, employee discipline, collective bargaining, safety, and health. Prerequisite: Management 335 or 336, with a grade of at least C; or Management 335 and 336 with a grade of at least C in each.

335. Operations Management.

The operations or production function and the skills required for analyzing and solving related problems. Management 335 and 335H may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing, Statistics 309, and credit or registration for Management Information Systems 324.

335H. Operations Management: Honors.

The operations or production function and the skills required for analyzing and solving related problems. Management 335 and 335H may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing, Management Science 371H, and credit or registration for Management Information Systems 324H.

336. Organizational Behavior and Administration.

The process of managing organizations and the behavior of individuals and groups within the organizational setting. Management 336 and 336H may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing and credit or registration for Management Information Systems 324.

336H. Organizational Behavior and Administration: Honors.

The process of managing organizations and the behavior of individuals and groups within the organizational setting. Management 336 and 336H may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Admission to the College of Business Administration Honors Program and credit or registration for Management Information Systems 324H.

337. Special Topics in Management.

Analysis of contemporary management problems. Three lecture hours or two lecture hours and one laboratory/discussion hour a week for one semester. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Some sections are offered on the letter-grade basis only; these are identified in the Course Schedule. Prerequisite: Management 335 or 336, with a grade of at least C; or Management 335 and 336 with a grade of at least C in each.

Topic 1: Entrepreneurship and New Ventures. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Accounting 311 and 312, or consent of instructor.

Topic 9: Leadership Issues. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.

Topic 11: Management of Cultural Differences. Same as Middle Eastern Studies 322K (Topic 6: Management of Cultural Differences). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.

Topic 12: Business, Ethics, and Public Policy. Three lecture hours or two lecture hours and one laboratory/discussion hour a week for one semester.

Topic 14: Total Quality Management. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.

Topic 15: Government in the Business Environment. Same as Government 370L (Topic 4: Government in the Business Environment). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.

Topic 16: Sociology of Entrepreneurship. Same as African and African American Studies 358C and Sociology 358C. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African American Studies 374 (Topic: Sociology of Entrepreneurship), Management 337 (Topic 16), Sociology 321K (Topic: Sociology of Entrepreneurship). Prerequisite for nonmanagement majors: None.

364. Personnel Field Practice.

Practicum involving work in public/private sector enterprises. Prerequisite: Management 325, Management 336 with a grade of at least C, and consent of instructor.

367. Manufacturing Technology Management.

Management of manufacturing process technology in international competition. Prerequisite: Management 335 with a grade of at least C.

368. Advanced Operations Management.

Analysis of advanced economic problems of production; concepts of scheduling and inventory control; models of production systems. Management 368 and Mechanical Engineering 375K may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Management 335 with a grade of at least C.

372. Advanced Organizational Behavior and Organization Theory.

Examination of individual, group, and organization-level behavior as the results of managerial action and as factors in organizational effectiveness. Prerequisite: Management 336 with a grade of at least C.

374. Managerial Policy and Strategy.

The integration of human and technical systems in organizations; analysis and evaluation of organizational decision making and performance; development of strategy through a personal computer - based business simulation. Prerequisite: Management 335 or 336, with a grade of at least C, or Management 335 and 336 with a grade of at least C in each; and the following courses: Finance 354 and 357, Legal Environment of Business 323 (or Business Law 323), and Marketing 337.

Management Information Systems

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