Graduate Course Descriptions
BADM 5013
Research Methods for Business.
Prerequisite: STAT 2023, admission to MBA program or approval from MBA director. Role of Bayesian and inferential statistics in business research and management decision making. Measurement, sealing, survey methods, and forecasting. Applications to marketing; managerial, human resource; financial, and production planning; and other related business topics. Use of computers in statistical analysis.
BADM 5113
Entrepreneurship and Venture Management.
Prerequisite: admission to MBA program or consent of MBA director. Enterprise creation and problems faced by entrepreneurs in early growth stages of business ventures. An interdisciplinary problem-solving approach with emphasis on “live” case studies and plans for new business ventures. Emphasis is on entrepreneurship rather than problems faced by going concerns.
BADM 5200
Selected Master of Business Administration Topics. 3-6 credits, maximum 6.
Prerequisite: admission to the Master of Business Administration program. Selected topics dealing with business decision making and contemporary business issues.
BADM 5613
The External Environment of Business.
Prerequisite: admission to MBA program or approval from MBA director. Social, ethical, regulatory and political forces as they impact on the organization. Attention to organizational response to these forces through management policies and strategies.
BADM 5713
Analysis of the Multinational Firm.
Prerequisite: admission to MBA program or consent of MBA director. Identification and analysis of the managerial, financial and market problems facing the multinational firm. Focus is empirical, and stressing application of ecological and quantitative tools to the study of the multidimensional nature of the international business environment.
BADM 6000
Research and Thesis. 1-9 credits, maximum 30.
Prerequisite: approval of advisory committee.
BADM 6100
Seminar in Business Administration. 3-6 credits, maximum 6.
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Interdisciplinary in nature; focused on research methodology.
BADM 6713
Theory Building and Scientific Research in Business.
Prerequisites: doctoral student status and consent of instructor. Examination of theory building and research methods from a business perspective. Understanding of theory and methods relevant to research in the business disciplines.
BCOM 5113
Seminar in Administrative Communication.
Understanding and application of valid and relevant communication principles
and theories. Designed to develop management-level personnel who can effectively and efficiently use oral and written communications as administrative tools to organizational functioning.
BCOM 5210
Business Communication Applications. 1-3 credits, maximum 3.
Application of communication techniques to the business setting. Interpersonal communication skills necessary for the manager in a business organization. Problems and applications within the modern business setting.
MGMT 5113
Management and Organization Theory.
Prerequisite: admission to MBA program or consent of MBA director. Contemporary theories of organization. Structure and dynamics of organizational goals and environments.
MGMT 5123
Contemporary Management Topics.
Prerequisite: admission to MBA program or consent of MBA director. Examination of selected topics representing the most current management theories and practices.
MGMT 5213
Seminar in Organizational Behavior.
Prerequisite: admission to MBA program or consent of MBA director. Current research on group behavior in organizations. Group processes and structural factors affecting the interaction process and intra- and intergroup performance characteristics. Laboratory simulation and team research projects used to pursue advanced topics.
MGMT 5223
Seminar in Human Resource Management.
Prerequisite: 5113 or consent of instructor. Principles, theories and methods of human resource management applied to various types of organizations. Human resource functions of planning, staffing, training and development, performance management, compensation and benefits, safety and health, and labor relations.
MGMT 5313
Project Management.
Prerequisite: admission to MBA program or consent of MBA director. The processes and techniques of managing projects in today’s business world. The processes of idea generation, needs analysis, implementation, evaluation, and learning. The techniques of team building and conflict resolution in project management.
MGMT 5323
Teams in Organizations.
Prerequisites: 5113, admission to MBA program or consent of MBA director. The different ways in which organizations use teams. Many aspects of team development and the skills needed to effectively work in a team environment.
MGMT 5443
Building the Effective Organization.
Prerequisites: 5113, 5513 (concurrent enrollment). The steps involved in building a small to mid-sized business into a well-run organization.
MGMT 5453
Technology Commercialization.
Prerequisites: admission to MBA program or consent of MBA director. The steps involved in evaluating and commercializing new technologies. The necessary steps in moving from prototype to product.
MGMT 5533
Leadership Challenges.
Prerequisites: 5113, admission to MBA program or consent of MBA director. Contemporary leadership practices. Leadership as a behavior, not as a position. The challenges of leadership, regardless of position.
MGMT 5553
Management of Technology and Innovation.
Prerequisite: MBA core courses or consent of instructor. Business applications of research, practice, and theory in the management of technology and innovation. To improve the effectiveness by which technologies are developed, implemented, and institutionalized. Emphasizes both management with advanced technologies and strategic management of technology.
MGMT 5563
Crisis in Organizations.
Prerequisites: 5113, admission to MBA program or consent of the MBA director. Management and leadership in the face of crisis, from the smallest mom and pop store to the largest multinational corporation.
MGMT 5610
Advanced Entrepreneurship Practicum. 1-6 credits, maximum 6.
Prerequisites: 5113 or 5613. Transfer of knowledge from entrepreneurship course work into practice through hands-on experiences, such as business development consulting projects, management of a venture capital fund, and creation of student-owned business.
MGMT 5613
Business Opportunity Identification and Analysis.
Prerequisites: admission to MBA program or consent of MBA director.. The techniques required for locating business opportunities, assessing their feasibility, and evaluating their potential returns.
MGMT 5653
Business Development and Venture Capital.
Prerequisites: 5613, admission to MBA program or consent of MBA director.. Venture capital investing and the business development process investments. Essentials of the venture capital industry and corporate venturing.
MGMT 5713
Negotiation and Third-Party Dispute Resolution.
This course is designed to improve students’ personal effectiveness and increase their productivity by drawing on the latest research in the psychology of judgement combined with the art of negotiation and decision-making. Students learn to develop effective strategies and systematic approaches to negotiations and influence opportunities. Cross listed with LSB 5223.
MGMT 5743
International Negotiations.
Prerequisites: admission to MBA program or consent of MBA director. Improvement of negotiation skills and learn how cultural and national issues affect negotiations.
MGMT 6313
Advanced Organizational Behavior.
Prerequisites: doctoral student standing and consent of instructor. Theory and research focusing on individual and group behavior in organizations. Both classic and contemporary topics in organizational behavior, including work attitudes, motivation, job design, leadership, group processes, power and politics, and individual differences.
MGMT 6323
Advanced Strategic Management.
Prerequisites: doctoral student standing and consent of instructor. Research concerning the content of organizational strategy and the process through which it is formulated and implemented.
MGMT 6333
Meso Organization Studies.
Prerequisites: doctoral student standing and consent of instructor. Integration of macro- and micro-level concepts and topics across individual, group and organizational levels of analysis. Work and organization design, teams and groups, decision making, and conflict management.
MGMT 6343
Contemporary Research in Management I.
Prerequisites: doctoral student standing and consent of instructor. Introduction to the research process in management and building a career as a management scholar.
MGMT 6353
Advanced Methods in Management Research.
Prerequisites: doctoral student standing and consent of instructor. Course examines issues in theory building and development, strategies for collecting behavioral research. At conclusion of course, student should be able to: develop research questions, develop appropriate measures for constructs to be tested, and design research study using various methodologies.
MGMT 6443
Contemporary Research in Management II.
Prerequisites: doctoral student standing and consent of instructor. Specialized contemporary topics in management for doctoral students.
MGMT 6553
Structural Equation Modeling Applications in Business.
Prerequisites: doctoral student standing and consent of instructor. Conceptual and statistical underpinnings of structural equation modeling and application to organizational and business research including measurement development and model testing. Recent advances in this technique. Hands-on experience with structural equation modeling software.