Academic Programs
Courses in Management
- One credit
- For students with fewer than 30 hrs or first-semester transfer students
- Designed as an elective for first-year declared Management majors and others interested in the Management major
- Three credits
- Prerequisite: MATH 1730 or 1710 - Will not substitute for MGMT 3620
- Fundamental concepts and decisions involved with planning, operating, and controlling operations function in a firm
- CREDIT WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TOWARD A BUSINESS MAJOR
- Three credits
- Concepts of the management functions of planning, organizing, and controlling
- Emphasis on behavioral science concepts as applied to managing people in organizations
3620 Production and Operations Systems
- Three credits
- Prerequisite: QM 2610
- Management of production systems with emphasis on the process, system inputs, transformations, system outputs, and techniques for decision making
- Three credits
- Prerequisite: MGMT 3610
- The organization as a system
- Emphasis on the external environment, performance measurement, structure (including contingency theory of organization design), bureaucracy, and the impact of behavioral aspects on organization theory
3640 Introduction to Management Science
- Three credits
- Prerequisite: QM 2610
- Introduction to optimization techniques used in business decision making, including mathematical programming, queuing theory, critical path methods, sequencing and balancing methodologies, inventory models, and simulation
- Three credits
- Prerequisite: BMOM 2900 or MGMT 3610; junior standing
- An examination of the process of new venture formation. Topics include recognizing and testing opportunity, developing the business concept, analyzing risks, and financing the new venture.
- Three credits
- Prerequisite: MGMT 3620
- Introduction to design, operation, and control of quality systems
- Implementation approaches including behavioral and technical issues and strategic importance
- Quality improvement tools and their use
- Three credits
- Prerequisite: MGMT 3620
- Examination of the management of the process of forecasting, acquiring, and integrating emerging technologies into the firm's products/services and processes
- Particular emphasis is given to information and communications technologies
- Three credits
- Prerequisite: MGMT 3620
- Design, operations, and control of materials management systems; implementation approaches including behavioral and technical issues; strategic role in independent and dependent demand environments; software systems; customer-supplier relationships
- Three credits
- Prerequisite: MGMT 3620
- Introduction to the development of computer simulation as a decision making tool
- Investigation of computer simulation methodology and its application in the analysis of business systems such as service waiting lines and inventory systems
- A graphical or menu driven network modeling system for the personal computer will be the primary simulation method emphasized
3810 Human Resources Management
- Three credits
- The organization, functions and administration of a human resources management department
- Topics include selection, training, placement, promotion, appraisal, pay incentives, and laws affecting the human resource function
3890 Managerial Decision Making
- Three Credits
- Prerequisite: MGMT 3610
- Investigates the decision-making processes of business professionals to gain an understanding of how decisions are made
- Emphasis is on creative problem solving, critical thinking, problem formulation, and decision analysis
- Three credits
- The impact of individual values and ethics on business operations, including management of the organization and marketing of goods and services
- Topics include legal and ethical aspects of dealing with the environment, consumers, employees, and the general community
3970, 3980 Cooperative Education
- One to three credits
- Cooperative Education experiences provide students with the opportunities for full-time on-the-job training in conjunction with on-campus academic experiences
- Students will participate in professional growth seminars
- Requirements of the department and MTSU Cooperative Education Office must be completed to receive credit
- These courses may not be used to satisfy the 24-hour major requirement or the 18-hour minor requirement and may not be taken concurrently with B AD 4980
4200 Leadership in Organization.
- Three credits
- Prerequisites: Junior Standing; MGMT 3610 or permission of department
- Focus on the importance of leadership in organizations and examines major theories and concepts releative to leadership in formal organizations. Emphasis is on making practical application of leadership knowledge in the leadership role.
4490 Industrial Relations Legislation
- Three credits
- Same as BLAW 4490 and ECON 4490
- Economic background and effects of government regulation of labor relations
- Emphasis on a detailed examination of the National Labor Relations Act as amended or expanded by the Labor Management Relations Act, the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosures Act, and Title 7 of the Civil Rights Act
4500 Employment Discrimination Law
- Three credits
- Same as BLAW 4500
- Prerequisite: BLAW 3400
- A detailed examination of the legal rights and responsibilities of employers and employees with respect to fair employment practices; emphasis on significant statutes, administrative regulations, and judicial decisions forming the body of anti-discrimination law
4510 Unions and Collective Bargaining
- Three credits
- Same as ECON 4510
- The decision-making processes in the industrial relations system and their impact upon the American economy
- Particular emphasis on collective bargaining, contract administration, and impasse procedures both in the public and private sectors
4550 Service Operations Management
- Three credits
- Prerequisites: MGMT 3620
- Emphasis on the process, system imputs, transformation, system outputs, information/feedback systems, and techniques for decision making. Includes a global perspective services and the develoopment of an understanding of the trend toward a service economy in the United States.
4610 Advanced Operations Management
- Three credits
- Prerequisites: MGMT 3620 and 6 hours production/operations management electives (MGMT 3710, 3730, 3750, 3770, or 4700)
- Application of techniques used to design, operate, and control complex operations systems
- Emphasis on system description, analysis, and implementation issues
4620 International Human Resource Management
- Three credits
- Prerequisites: MGMT 3810
- International human resource functions including compensation, labor relations, training, selection, and performance appraisal; impact of culture on IHRM activities
- Emphasis on system description, analysis, and implementation issues
4640 Human Resources Planning and Staffing
- Three credits
- Prerequisites: MGMT 3610 and 3810
- Basic concepts, principles, and practices involved in the acquisition of human resources
- Topics include identifying employment needs, forecasting human resource requirements, recruiting employees internally and externally, and selecting qualified candidates and matching them with appropriate jobs
4650 Human Resource Development
- Three credits
- Prerequisites: MGMT 3610 and 3810
- The role of human resource development in organizations including needs analysis
- Design, development, and implementation of programs in training and development; career development; management development; and executive development
- Three credits
- Prerequisites: MGMT 3610 and 3810
- Formal organization compensation systems
- Emphasis on the design, implementation, and administration of compensation systems utilizing wage theory, applicable analytical tools, research results from the behavioral sciences, and evaluations of actual practices currently utilized in the private and public sectors
- Three credits
- Prerequisite: MGMT 3610
- Human behavior in organizations
- Emphasis on motivation, leadership, communication, group processes, and methods for managing change
4690 Problems in Human Resources Management
- Three credits
- Prerequisites: MGMT 3610 and 3810
- Contemporary problems and issues in personnel and industrial relations in industry using case study and research findings as a basis for more constructive action in government-labor-industry relations
4700 Problems in Operations Management
- Three credits
- Prerequisite: MGMT 3620
- Current issues in managing operations such as operations strategy, productivity, quality, capacity management, facilities location, materials management systems, service operations, and operations planning and control systems
- Topics covered and course structure vary
- Three credits
- Same as MKT 4710
- Prerequisites: MGMT 3610 and MKT 3820
- International organizational structures and managerial processes
- Cultural, political, economic, and legal environments of global marketing
- World market patterns and international trade theory
4730 Global Comparative Management
- Three credits
- Prerequisite: MGMT 3610
- Cross-cultural dimensions of management theories and the applicability of these theories in a multicultural and multinational environment
- Topics include cross-cultural communications, motivation, leadership, and decision making
- The role of multinational corporations in economic development and their relationship with host countries also examined.
- Three credits
- Prerequisites: QM 2610 and MGMT 3610
- Scientific concepts, methodology, and procedures in designing and conducting research for management decision making
- Three credits
- Prerequisites: MGMT 3610 and 3810
- Theoretical and practical issues related to human resource management performance appraisal in organizations
- Emphasis on job analysis, measurement of performance, judgmental measures of performance, rating biases, cognitive components in rating, feedback process, performance appraisal training, perceived fairness and accuracy, and legal issues
- Three credits
- Prerequisites: Junior/senior standing
- A short-term international business education experience designed to expose the student to the economic, political, cultural, and social environments of a foreign country(ies)
- Emphasis on the international state/status of the subject matter pertinent to managment and marketing
4920 Small Business Management
- Three credits
- Prerequisites: Senior standing and MGMT 3610
- Analysis of problems and considerations involved in establishing, planning, organizing, and operating new business ventures
- Includes special research reports, field projects, case analysis, and panel discussions with business persons
- Three credits
- Prerequisites: Management major with senior standing and an overall grade point average of at least 2.50
- Student is affiliated with an organization on a part-time basis to develop knowledge and experience in the practical application of management theory to actual business problems in a non-classroom situation
- Can be applied toward the student's degree requirements only upon approval of the Management and Marketing Department chair
- Three credits
- Prerequisites: Senior standing and approval of department chair
- Individual research and analysis of contemporary problems and issues in a concentrated area of study under the guidance of an approved faculty member
6000 Management and Operations Concepts
- Three credits
- Concepts of the management functions of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling as applied to managing people in organizations. Production and operations management concepts with emphasis on using quantitative models for decision making.
- Pre-requisite for MBA program. May not be used for elective credit in graduate business degree program.
6510 Current Problems in Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations
- Three credits
- Pre-requisite: MGMT 3610 or 6000
- Investigation of current problems
- Emphasis on current theory, problems, and practices in the public and private sector
- Consideration of legal and political environment stressed as related to management policy formulation
- Three credits
- Pre-requisite: MGMT 3610 or 6000
- Behavioral science concepts and research in the management of organizations; theories dealing with interpersonal relationships, motivation systems, group dynamics, communications, and authority related to organizational behavior control and structure problems
- Three credits
- Pre-requisite: MGMT 3620 or 6000
- Strategic and tactical decisions involved with planning, operating, and controlling the operations functions in a firm
- Emphasis on problem identification and solution
6660 Seminar in Organization Development
- Three credits
- Pre-requisite: MGMT 3610 or 6000
- Diagnostic approaches for effecting planned changes in organizations
- Emphasis on the individual and personal development of the student to be more effective in managing change and innovation
- Three credits
- Pre-requisite: MGMT 3610 or 6000
- In-depth study of current developments in management theory and practice
- An evaluation of contemporary thought on managerial roles in modern conglomerates and a comparative analysis of this role in specialized organizations and across variations in national and international operative environments
- Recent methodology in management and organization studies
6680 Seminar in Human Resource Management
- Three credits
- Pre-requisite: MGMT 3610 or 6000
- Focus on the responsibility of all managers with respect to the effective development of human resources
- The responsibility of all functional areas on the human resource department or impinging forces such as technology, organized labor, and government legislation examined along with the emerging concepts, problems, and theories supported by research in the field
6690 Current Issues in Management
- Three credits
- Pre-requisite: MGMT 6600 or permission of department
- Seminar course investigating current issues in management, using recent events and emerging theoretical developments to examine relevant complexities facing practitioners
6700 Production and Operations Management Strategy
- Three credits
- Pre-requisite: MGMT 3620 or 6000
- Focuses on operations strategy concepts and operations management as a competitive weapon
- Topics include global production and operations management strategy, capacity of facilities, vertical integration, performance controls, and the importance of manufacturing for overall business strategy
6730 International Supply Chain Management
- Three credits
- Pre-requisite: MGMT 3620 or 6000
- Principles of supply chain management and supply chain management environments
- Examines integration with other companies to manage flow of resources, includeing materials, information, people, etc., in a global supply chain environment
6740 Leadership and Motivation
- Three credits
- Pre-requisite: MGMT 3610 or 6000
- Issues in leadership and motivation in business organizations
- An examination of the theoretical framework for leadership and motivation processes serves as foundation
- Emphasis on practical issues and applications of leadership development and motivation
- Three credits.
- Pre-requisite: MGMT 3610 or 6000
- Impact of individual values and ethics on the management of organizations
- Topics include legal and ethical aspects of dealing with organization stakeholders:stockholders, consumers, employees, and the general community
- Emphasis on using ethical theory to make good business decisions
- Three Credits
- Pre-requisite: MGMT 3620 or 6000
- Examination of the major total quality management philosophies; consideration of implementation issues; quality costs, off- and on-line tools and techniques; vendor certification
- Three credits
- Pre-requisite: MGMT 3610 or 6000 and MKT 3820 or 6000
- Major issues associated with the formulation and implementation of corporate strategy for international and global operations
- Emphasis on the understanding of global environmental forces surrounding international business operations and the management issues facing global organizations
- Three credits
- Pre-requisite: MGMT 3610 or MGMT 6000
- An overview of the U.S. health care system, including managed care, governmental and private sector programs and policies affecting the delivery of health care (e.g., Medicare, Medicaid, and private health insurance), and legal, ethical and budgeting issues relevant to managing health care organizations
- Students will gain an understanding of the strategic and operational considerations unique to the management of health care organizations
- Three credits
- Pre-requisite: 21 graduate hours and approval from department chair.
- Individual research and analysis of contemporary problems and issues in a concentrated area of study under the guidance of an approved faculty member
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