Management Course Descriptions
ESP 201 FOUNDATIONS IN ESPORTS 3.0 Credit(s)
Introduces the foundations of esports management. Teaches students the various functions of the esports as a business. Discusses the contemporary issues including the rapid expansion of the sport. Provides a basic understanding the structure and governance of the esports industry. Topics include: esports sponsorship, athlete management, intellectual property, media rights, esports and culture, and the intersections of law, business and communications as they relate to the management and regulation of esports.
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
ESP 401 CAPSTONE IN ESPORTS 3.0 Credit(s)
Course will synthesize and apply knowledge gained from various perspectives in business and media from prior courses. Students will complete a semester-long individual project in an area of industry interest & may work collectively to produce and promote an on-campus esports tournament.
Offered: As Needed All Years
HRTM 201 INTRO TO HOSPITALITY &TOURISM 3.0 Credit(s)
Introduction to Hospitality and Tourism explores the vast nature of the Tourism and Hospitality Industries. This class is focused on learning about the industry segments by exploring career paths and opportunities for employment. Guest lectures, field trips and creating a digital resume-like presentation will all be utilized to introduce the student to the industry and to the program.
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters All Years
HRTM 202 INTRO CULINARY HOSPITALITY & SANITATION 3.0 Credit(s)
Many hospitality enterprises are focused on food as a product that is offered to the public. Food brings people together, this class will focus on basic culinary skills in a commercial kitchen setting (learning to use a knife safely and the Mother sauces). We hold the safety of the public in our hands and this course will include a nationally recognized food safety credential ServSafe - food handling certificate.
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
HRTM 207 MANAGEMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES 3.0 Credit(s)
Explores the contemporary human resources function and basic processes involved in the recruitment, selection, training, development, and evaluation of an organization's human resources. Additional topics include today's emphasis on talent management as well as legal issues in HR management, labor relations, performance assessment and improvement, career paths, termination, compensation and benefit systems, and managing diversity. Prerequisite: MGT 101. Prerequisite: Take MGT-101
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
HRTM 299 SPECIAL TOPICS 3.0 Credit(s)
The Events Industry offers exciting opportunities and career paths. This course is designed to introduce students to the breadth of the industry, the professional lexicon and the tools of the trade. Organizational skills and project management skills will be explored. An event will be planned as a project, including planning, marketing, budgeting and follow through with all stakeholders.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
HRTM 301 LODGING OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT 3.0 Credit(s)
The course is designed to introduce operations in full and limited-service hotels. Topics discussed in the class include an overview and current trends in the lodging industry, hotel organization, reservations, registration, guest services and communications, hotel security, front office accounting, housekeeping, night audit, planning for operations, sales techniques, and revenue and human resources management. At the end of the course students will take the Certification in Hospitality Industry Analytics (CHIA) exam in hopes of achieving their CHIA. The certification is based upon content areas including hotel industry analytical foundations, hotel math fundamentals, property level benchmarking (STAR Reports), and industry performance reports.
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
HRTM 302 PRIVATE CLUB MANAGEMENT 3.0 Credit(s)
Private Clubs are the most personalized and service focused enterprises in an industry that is focused on service delivery. This highly specialized segment offers challenges and rewards for the right young professional. This course will explore the Private Club Industry and opportunities in depth. Types of clubs, ownership structures, departments within clubs, professional associations will all be considered. This class will include field trips and guest lectures from current industry professionals at the top of their field.
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
HRTM 303 INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS ANALYTICS 3.0 Credit(s)
This course provides an introduction to the field of business analytics, which has been defined as the extensive use of data, statistical and quantitative analysis, exploratory and predictive models, and fact-based management to drive decisions and actions. The development and use of data warehouses and data marts to support business analytics is discussed. The use of key performance indicators, dashboards and scorecards for performance management and opportunity assessment are addressed.
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters Contact Department
HRTM 304 GLOBAL TOURISM 3.0 Credit(s)
Students will become immersed in principles and theories of cultural, heritage, and religious tourism, and will closely examine sustainable development. A focus will be placed on the tourist motivations and the impact(s) that visitors have upon the host community. Prerequisite: Take HRTM-201
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters All Years
HRTM 305 TOURISM MARKETING 3.0 Credit(s)
Examines the components of the marketing mix specific to tourism and hospitality professions. There will be a detailed focus on how brand image impacts holiday destinations. The class will utilize a readings list, case studies, social media and site visits to explore this topic. Prerequisite: Take HRTM-201
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters All Years
HRTM 306 SPORT & RECREATION TOURISM 3.0 Credit(s)
Students will examine the history and operational mechanisms of the tourism industry, with specific focus on sport and recreation entities. The interplay between sport and tourism will be examined from marketing, economic, and environmental perspectives. Class topics covered include: sociocultural impacts, sports events, active sport tourism, celebrity and nostalgia tourism, and community building. Prerequisite: Take HRTM-201
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters All Years
HRTM 390 INTERNSHIP: HOSPITALITY & TOURISM 3.0 Credit(s)
Students are directly involved in various dimensions of hospitality or tourism management. Emphasis is on the practical application of hospitality and tourism principles and skills to a specific for-profit or non-profit enterprise. On-site professionals supervise students. Prerequisite: Take HRTM-201 and BU-396
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters All Years
HRTM 391 INTERNSHIP HRTM SPECIALIZATION 3.0 Credit(s)
Students are directly involved in a work experience that is aligned with their academic area of specialization. Emphasis is on the practical application of hospitality and tourism principles and skills to a specific for-profit or non-profit enterprise. On-site professionals supervise students. Prerequisite: Take HRTM 201 and HRTM 390
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters All Years
HRTM 401 STRATEGIC MGT IN HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY 3.0 Credit(s)
This course is designed to prepare students for any of several hospitality and hospitality related activities that they may encounter upon their departure from SHU. To accomplish this goal, the course combines readings, cases, lectures, discussion and a computer simulation in an integrative framework. The course is designed to provide them with a methodology for analyzing business situations and for developing strategic plans.
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
HRTM 402 REVENUE MANAGEMENT & PRICING 3.0 Credit(s)
Revenue management has become an increasingly popular subject in many businesses, particularly in the service sector. This course will help students to learn more about formulating tactics and strategies to maximize revenues for organizations, by thoroughly examining the role of pricing in each element of the business objective, marketing objective, and source of volume, segmentation, targeting, and positioning; and shows how pricing can be used to align the elements of strategy and execution.
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
HRTM 410 BAR AND BEVERAGE MANAGEMENT 3.0 Credit(s)
Managing a beverage service operation is highly lucrative, but full of responsibility. This course will focus on the products that we serve: Beer, Wine, Alcohol, Coffee and Tea. This course will also explore the unique nature of managing beverage operations: laws, licenses, inventory, service and profit. This course will include a nationally recognized credential.
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters Contact Department
HRTM 411 RESORT OPERATIONS & SERVICE EXCELLENCE 3.0 Credit(s)
This course surveys resort operations with a focus on best practices and service excellence. Sustainability and luxury will be important topics and the class project will require research and creativity. Prerequisite: Take HRTM-201
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters Contact Department
HRTM 412 SOCIAL MARKETING ANALYTICS 3.0 Credit(s)
Students are introduced to social marketing analytics (SMA) and their influential value for hospitality businesses and society. SMA covers techniques and methods for analyzing the constant flow of information over social networks (e.g. Facebook posts, twitter feeds, foursquare check-ins, Snapchat) seeking to identify, often even in real-time, patterns of information of interest to hospitality business analyst. Students will gain an in-depth understanding of the opportunities, challenges and threats arising by online social media as far as businesses and the society at large are concerned.
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters Contact Department
HRTM 413 ANALYSIS OF CONSUMER DECISIONS 3.0 Credit(s)
Explores the tools and techniques used by marketers to analyze customer behaviors. It examines databases, analytics, metrics, software and techniques applied by marketers to transform data into useful formats for the strategic decision-making process. Contents focus on technology tools for segmentation, target marketing and positioning, e=media selection, market share and estimation, sales forecasting and other analysis.
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters Contact Department
HRTM 414 Introduction to Events Management 3.0 Credit(s)
The Events Industry offers exciting opportunities and career paths. This course is designed to introduce students to the breadth of the industry, the professional lexion and the tools of the trade. Organizational skills and project management skills will be explored. An event will be planned as a project; incuding planning, marketing, budgeting and follow through with all stakeholders.
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters All Years
HR 601 HR OPERATIONS I 3.0 Credit(s)
First in a two-course sequence reviewing the various areas of HR operations.
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
HR 602 HR OPERATIONS II 3.0 Credit(s)
Second in a two-course sequence reviewing the various areas of HR operations.
Offered: Late Spring Semester All Years
HR 605 HR ANALYTICS 3.0 Credit(s)
This course is designed to give students a basic understanding of analytics and metrics that are frequently used in the human resources field. A primary objective of the course is to teach students how to use statistics to make data-driven decisions regarding workplace issues as well as strategic human resource issues. Additionally, coursework will focus on developing students into informed consumers of statistical information and developing skills to manage analytical vendors. The course will include hands-on experience conducting statistical analyses using basic univariate, bivariate, and multivariate statistics and basic modeling skills to solve common problems in the HR field. Focus will be placed on interpretation of data and implementing decisions that are data driven.
Offered: Fall & Late Spring Semesters All Years
HR 607 INTRO TO HUMAN RESOURCE MGMT 3.0 Credit(s)
This course features in-depth exploration of the contemporary human resources function and the fundamental human resources processes. The course provides an introduction to the key areas in human resources and the issues confronting organizations today. Particular emphasis is placed on recruitment and selection, training and development, performance evaluation systems, and compensation and benefits.
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
HR 610 PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT 3.0 Credit(s)
Performance management is a continuous process of identifying, measuring, and developing the performance of individuals and teams and aligning their performance with the strategic goals of the organization. The information collected from the performance management system is also used to manage employee performance, assess the achievement of strategic goals, and upper-management decision making. The purpose of this course is to help students understand how to design and implement effective and successful performance management systems. The course includes applied skill-building activities in the areas of performance measurement, performance management system implementation, soft skills, and performance-based reward systems. Throughout the course, learning will take place through a combination of semi-formal lectures, case study analyses, assignments, and a team project.
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
HR 611 TALENT MANAGEMENT 3.0 Credit(s)
In an effort to be competitive, organizations of all types must efficiently manage their workforce in order to achieve organizational goals. Human resource professionals need to understand how to manage an organization's human capital needs including workforce planning and forecasting, training and leadership development, succession planning, globalization and diversity of workforce, outsourcing/rightsizing, and the contribution of human capital to organizational development. This course will focus on how organizations can best manage and develop their workforce in order to achieve short-term and long-term organizational goals. Prerequisite: Take HR-607
Offered: Late Spring Semester All Years
HR 612 STRATEGIC HR 3.0 Credit(s)
The strategic impact that HR leaders have on their organizations has never been more important given the value of human capital and our changing world economy. It is critical for HR leaders to maintain their competitive edge and bring broad business skill sets to their role. The focus of the class will be the development of critical thinking, strategic planning, and business strategy skills, and the implementation of those processes within the HR organization.
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
HR 613 DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION 3.0 Credit(s)
Diversity in the workforce is a critical issue for all organizations. As organizations become more global in nature, an organization's workforce becomes more ethnically and culturally diverse. This course will explore the strategic issues with managing, motivating, and engaging diverse workforces to meet organizational objectives. Particular emphasis will be placed on developing cultures of inclusion for all members of an organization's workforce.
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
HR 615 FINANCE FOR HR MANAGERS 3.0 Credit(s)
Fundamental education in the use of financial statements and financial management increases business credibility within the organization. This course provides an introduction to the basic financial statements (balance sheet, cash flow, and income statement) from an end user's perspective, not a detailed accounting perspective. Topics within financial management will include analysis of firm performance and techniques to assess new business opportunities.
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
HR 616 TOTAL REWARDS 3.0 Credit(s)
This course examines one of the main functional areas of Human Resource Management, compensation and benefits. After completing the course, students can develop a detailed understanding of the various choices organizations make when deciding how to compensate, support, and reward employees, and the consequences of those choices. Students can also think systematically about how the external environmental conditions and internal organizational situations influence the design and management of an organization's compensation and benefits systems. Experiences focusing on the transfer of course material to real-world situations will be an integral part of the class.
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
HR 617 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR 3.0 Credit(s)
The primary objective of this course is to help you understand the individual, group, and organizational factors that influence individual attitudes, behaviors, and experiences in the workplace. No matter what career path you choose, understanding these topics will enable you to successfully craft your own career and interact effectively with others in the workplace. Because you have already been exposed to the basic theories of management, this course will emphasize applying these theories to address problems and using them to analyze current management trends. We will also discuss the implications of what we learn for your own careers. To achieve these learning objectives, we will supplement readings from the text with readings from business publications, self-assessment exercises, case analyses, group experiences, and reflection.
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
HR 618 HR AND SOCIETY 3.0 Credit(s)
This course explores the intersection of human resource management (HRM) and society, examining how HRM practices are shaped by and influence societal trends and forces. Students will gain a comprehensive understanding of the role of HR in interacting with various stakeholders such as employees, customers, institutions, and the entire society while addressing contemporary social issues such as diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEi), employee and labor relations, technological advancement, workforce demographics, organizational ethics, and corporate social responsibility (CSR) or ESG.
Offered: Late Spring Semester All Years
HR 620 PERSONNEL PSYCHOLOGY 3.0 Credit(s)
This course examines the application of psychological research, employment law, and ethical principles to human resource problems in organizations. It focuses on applications designed to make employees and organizations more effective and create organizations that are satisfying places to work. Particular attention is given to hiring practices, including recruitment, screening, and selection; training and development; and performance evaluation.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
HR 631 MANAGING A GLOBAL WORKFORCE 3.0 Credit(s)
This course focuses on helping the student develop an international perspective of the human resource management (HRM) function. Students will examine the unique demands of global firms and their consequential impact on strategic human resource management issues. Specific focus will be on the role of culture and differences in attitudes in requiring both a localization of practices in different countries/regions and a global integration of business practices across the organization.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
HR 632 COMPENSATION 3.0 Credit(s)
An effective compensation program is doundational in building a successful HR function. While their on many factors that impact the effectiveness of HR, a strong compensation program can make a big difference. This class will cover compensation from the most basic level to some of the more advanced facets including building a compensation structore, determining fair market value for a job, creating variable compensation programs that drive performance and how to compensate executives. At the end of this course, you will have a strong and general understanding of how to manage compensation in an organization.
Offered: Spring Semester Odd Academic Years
HR 633 HR CONSULTING 3.0 Credit(s)
Senior leadership in most organizations consistently tries to improve efficiency and performance and satisfy needs on a regular basis by retaining consultants. This course is designed to engage students on how to be a successful human resources/organizational development consultant. The focus will be on: analyzing,consulting as a profession; examining consulting as a business; developing and implementingconsulting methodologies; employing tools and measurement approaches for consulting; and defining and sustaining success. Students will be required to work independently and in teams consentrating on application, engagement, analysis and thought leadership.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
HR 634 TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT 3.0 Credit(s)
A critical part of maintaining an organization's workforce so that it is uniquely qualified to achieve the organization's short- and long-term goals is to provide training and development opportunities at all levels of the workforce. This course will explore in depth the theories and best practices used in workforce training, skills development, and leadership development. Additionally, students will explore training and development as a retention tool for top performers in the organization.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
HR 636 HR LAW 3.0 Credit(s)
This course examines the legal relationship between an employer and an employee in the business environment. The course includes a survey and analysis of the laws that govern the employer/employee relationship. Topics include contract law, antidiscrimination law (Title VII, ADA, ADEA, and related EEOC procedure), family and medical leave law, workers compensation law, wage and hour statutes, collective bargaining, and union organizing. The objective of this course is to offer the student the necessary familiarity with prevailing workplace legal issues to enable the student to help recognize and prevent potential liability and efficiently work with legal counsel. Special attention is given to how these issues are dealt with as companies expand globally.
Offered: Late Spring Semester All Years
HR 637 EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT 3.0 Credit(s)
This course focuses on how different aspects of an organization can affect employee engagement. In this course, we will take an in-depth look at the practices and systems within the workplace that can impact engagement. By the end of the course, students should demonstrate an understanding of the different theories of motiation and engagement. The ultimate goal of this course is for students to understand what factors increase or decrease an employee's engagement and how to effectively use this knowledge to maximize the efficiency of an organization
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
HR 638 COMPENSATION & BENEFITS 3.0 Credit(s)
Compensation and benefits is the cornerstone of many human resource strategic plans. This course will give students an in-depth understanding of the design and implementation of compensation and benefit systems. Topics covered will include pay for performance systems, compensation equity across global locations, integrating compensation systems and performance systems, executive compensation, and teambased performance systems.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
HR 639 SELECTION AND RECRUITMENT 3.0 Credit(s)
This course focuses on the integral aspects of the selection, recruitment, and hiring process within an organization. In this course, we will take an in-depth examination of the practices and systems within the workplace that can impact selection, recruitment, and hiring processes. By the end of the course, students will be able to demonstrate and understanding of the different human resoruce staffing functions. Students will also be able to design and implement their own custom-made selection system.
Offered: Late Spring Semester All Years
HR 689 CAPSTONE & APPLIED RESEARCH PROJECT 3.0 Credit(s)
This course is the final required course in the program. Students should have successfully completed all required courses before enrolling in this course. Students will develop a project plan or research proposal for their final project in this class. The course will cover acceptable project ideas, problem statements, literature reviews, research and project evaluation methodologies, and project plans. Each student is required to complete a proposal ready for consideration of review and approvals.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
HR 690 INTERNSHIP 3.0 Credit(s)
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
HR 695 INDEPENDENT STUDY 3.0 Credit(s)
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
HR 699 SPECIAL TOPICS IN HR 3.0 Credit(s)
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
HR ELEC HUMAN RESOURCES ELECIVE 3.0 Credit(s)
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
MGT 101 ORGANIZATION MANAGEMENT 3.0 Credit(s)
An interdisciplinary study of the management of organizations and decision making, utilizing behavioral and quantitative approaches. Topics include decision-making, motivation and behavior, leadership, group behavior, organizational change, planning, control, and allocation of resources. These topics are addressed against a backdrop of management responses to issues of ethics, social responsibility, and globalization. Lecture and case-study format.
Offered: Fall, Spring & Summer Sems All Years
MGT 202 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR 3.0 Credit(s)
Organizational behavior is about people and how they act and interact, mostly as members of groups. Current theories of organizational behavior are examined through the use of self-administered tests, experiential exercises, discussion, and case analysis. Prerequisite: Take MGT-101 or BU-201
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters All Years
MGT 203 CROSS CULTURAL RELATIONS 3.0 Credit(s)
Being able to work well with people from other cultures, both outside and inside your country, is vital in the changing global environment. Cultural sensitivity and awareness of different perceptions, values, and traditions are important individual skills. Many people identify with more than one culture, adding to the complexity of cross-cultural relations. In this course students learn to be alert to possible cultural differences. Students come to understand these differences and learn not to rely on self-referential criteria.
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
MGT 205 WRITING & SPEAKING WORKSHOP 3.0 Credit(s)
Professional Writing and Speaking is a free elective course for all business students to polish up your skills from exactly where you are and provide you with professional confidence and finely honed skills you can count on throughout your career. If your writing and presentation skills need some attention and improvement, this is the course for you, covering persuasive pitching, handling Skype interviews, professional voice messaging, networking skills and much more.
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters All Years
MGT 207 MANAGEMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES 3.0 Credit(s)
Explores the contemporary human resources function and basic processes involved in the recruitment, selection, training, development, and evaluation of an organization's human resources. Additional topics include today's emphasis on talent management as well as legal issues in HR management, labor relations, performance assessment and improvement, career paths, termination, compensation and benefit systems, and managing diversity. Prerequisite: Take MGT-101 or BU-201
Offered: Fall, Spring & Summer Sems All Years
MGT 210 INTRO TO INNOVATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP 3.0 Credit(s)
How to turn ideas into startups. What separates a fleeting thought from a game-changing business? This course dives into the exciting world of entrepreneurship, blending real-world case studies with hands-on experiential learning to uncover how innovation fuels new ventures. Whether you dream of launching your own business or want to develop your entrepreneurial mindset and be force of innovation in an existing organization, this course provides the essential toolkit to recognize opportunities, evaluate ideas, and learn the basics of the entrepreneurial journey.
Offered: All Semesters All Years
MGT 231 LEGAL & ETHICAL BUSINESS 3.0 Credit(s)
This is a survey course. The objective of this class is to learn to apply legal and ethical principles to managerial-related problems. The course provides a general study of areas of laws pertinent to business, including tort law, contract law, employment law, criminal law, and constitutional law. The student is expected to learn to identify legal issues and consider the ethical implications of his or her solution or decision.
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters All Years
MGT 232 ADVANCED BUSINESS LAW 3.0 Credit(s)
Provides an advanced survey of law adapted to the business environment. Areas of study include the uniform commercial code, agency law, business organizations, property law, securities law, secured transactions law, and bankruptcy law. Prerequisite: Take MGT-231 or BU-231
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters All Years
MGT 245 PROCURMENT & PURCHASING MANAGEMENT 3.0 Credit(s)
The course provides a special emphasis on the development and management of strategic sourcing relationships and promotes an understanding of the strategic role of supply management in effective supply/demand/value chain operations. Purchasing and supply management play an essential role in the ability of the firm to operate efficiently and be competitive in the contemporary global business environment.
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
MGT 257 BUSINESS ETHICS 3.0 Credit(s)
Investigates the ethical questions that arise in normal business situations. The case-study method is used to examine topics such as justice and the market system, whistle-blowing, trade secrets and conflict of interest, privacy, discrimination and affirmative action, marketing, safety, and employment issues. Special emphasis is given to ethics as it relates to finance, corporations, and international business.
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters All Years
MGT 270 SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP 3.0 Credit(s)
This course will introduce the student to social entrepreneurship. Social entrepreneurism focuses on developing sustainable business solutions to social problems at a micro-level which can be replicated on a large scale. The course will focus on introducing students to current global movements and the social forces driving current social enterprises and understand the mecanisms other social entrepreneurs are using to create successful social enterprises. Students will develop a business concept which addresses how best to solve some of the most pressing global issues confronting people today.
Offered: Summer Semester All Years
MGT 278 PRINCIPLES -INTERNATIONAL BUS 3.0 Credit(s)
Surveys the scope of international business with special emphasis on various environments including political, economic, legal, technological, and sociocultural. Also discusses the managerial process of planning, organizing, controlling, and leading in a global context and its application to achieve success in international business. Prerequisite: Take MGT-101 or BU-201
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters All Years
MGT 280 DOING BUSINESS IN CHINA 3.0 Credit(s)
This course offers an interdisciplinary study of essential components pertinent to doing business in China. Students will learn about the political, economic, cultural, social and technological environments of China and explore contemporary issues in conducting business in China. The course normally includes 8 weeks of instruction on the main campus and a 9-day study tour in China.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
MGT 299 SPECIAL TOPICS IN MANAGEMENT: 1.0-6.0 Credit(s)
Designates new or occasional courses that may or may not become part of the department's permanent offerings. Courses capitalize on a timely topic, a faculty member's particular interest, an experimental alternative to existing courses, etc. Prerequisites are established by the department as appropriate for the specific course. Consult the current course schedule for available topics and current prerequisites.
Offered: Fall, Spring & Summer Sems All Years
MGT 310 INNOVATION MANAGEMENT 3.0 Credit(s)
This course provides an overview of innovation management for established organizations. It covers the different types of innovation and their impact for organizations and industries, explores the common innovation barriers and how organizations can foster an innovation culture, and employs case studies to build conceptual and quantitative perspectives on the innovation process.
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters All Years
MGT 333 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS LAW 3.0 Credit(s)
A general survey of international law including treaties and international organizations. Topics include the European community, WTO, U.S. trade policy, international contracts, and international payment mechanisms. Prerequisite: Take MGT-231 or BU-231
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
MGT 334 HUMAN RESOURCE LAW 3.0 Credit(s)
A survey of the laws which create, regulate, and terminate the relationship between the employer and the employee, including contract law, federal and state antidiscrimination statutes, wage and hour statutes, and other applicable law. With a microanalysis of the life of an employee complaint, from internal filing to litigation.
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
MGT 344 JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT 1.0-3.0 Credit(s)
Junior Achievement is an experiential course for junior and senior Management students. The course is a variable credit course, such that students can complete up to 3 credits. The course will require students teach the Junior Achievement Business curriculum-including but not limited to financial literacy, developing a business plan, and entrepreneurship-at high schools in the community in a seven- to ten-week format based on the program they will be volunteering in. The course is designed to have students apply concepts they learn in the Business Administration program to their teachings, and it will help students strengthen their presentation skills while encouraging them engage in community service.
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters All Years
MGT 350 SALES FORCE LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT 3.0 Credit(s)
This course covers the core sales leadership building blocks and the basics of managing a sales force. This includes go to market concepts, organizational constructs, cross functional dependencies, sales compensation/motivation, talent management, sales enablement, sales technology, revenue operations and leadership concepts. The goal of the course is to demonstrate the critical position the sales function plays in the growth goals of any company
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
MGT 360 SURVEY DESIGN & DATA ANALYSIS 3.0 Credit(s)
This project based learning course provides an overview of surveys used by organizations for various reasons, with a focus on a Human Resource application - employee attitudinal surveys. The course includes instruction on survey design and practical application on how to convert organizational concerns into questions that provide meaningful answers. In groups, students will act as consultants and work with an actual client to design and develop a survey, communicate objectives, administer the survey, analyze and interpret the results using statisical analysis, deliver results and transfer the results into action planning.
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters All Years
MGT 364 NEGOTIATIONS 3.0 Credit(s)
Negotiation is the art and science of securing agreements between two or more interdependent parties. Hence, the purpose of this course is to develop an understanding of the psychological and strategic dynamics of negotiation. The course is grounded in the major concepts and theories of bargaining, negotiation, and mediation and is designed to use a combination of simulations and analysis to build your own personal experience in the classroom and in the real world.
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
MGT 370 GLOBAL LEADERSHIP 3.0 Credit(s)
Global business means political, economic, and sociocultural interdependence and the linkages among politics, economics, cultural traditions, industries, and regional trading blocs that create an environment of change and uncertainty. It is in this changing environment that business leaders must learn to operate successfully. This course introduces students to global leadership and its development and is designed for students who want to work effectively with people from various cultures. The content and skills taught in this course provide tools for students to lead more effectively in today's more integrated global economy.
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters All Years
MGT 373 The Entrepreneurship Experience 3.0 Credit(s)
Students utilize their skills in various business disciplines to explore the passion of creativity. The course enables students to conceptualize and pursue the development of a new idea or concept or the improvement/new application of an existing product or service. Students utilize their knowledge of the market and competitive landscape, research, financial models, and management skills to determine the feasibility of a project and evaluate risk and the process of raising venture or risk capital. Prerequisite: Take MGT-101, FN-215, MK-201, AC-221 and junior or senior ýstanding
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
MGT 374 SMALL & FAMILY BUSINESS MGT 3.0 Credit(s)
This course introduces the student to the challenges, opportunities, and rewards of owning a small business and provides the tools needed to be successful from startup through growth. The course is also directed to students who will enter into the management of family businesses, either their own family's or someone else's, and who will do business with family firms, consult with them, work with them in private wealth management, mergers and acquisitions, banking, consulting, outsourcing, etc. Prerequisite: Take MGT-101 or BU-201
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
MGT 375 OPERATIONS & SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT 3.0 Credit(s)
This course serves as the introduction to the operations function of business. All organizations-for profit or not-for-profit, manufacturing, processing, or services-have operations as their central function. Despite their diversity, these organizations share common objectives and problems; in most cases, the same principles can be applied to help manage the operations. Major topics include determining operations strategy and objectives, planning the operations process, controlling operations, and managing its quality. The course introduces concepts to help understand how operations are organized and how operations decisions affect virtually every aspect of the firm. Prerequisite: Take MGT-101 or BU-201 and MA-133 or MA-131
Offered: Fall, Spring & Summer Sems All Years
MGT 378 WOMEN IN THE WORKFORCE 3.0 Credit(s)
Explore the progression of women as a vital part of the United States workforce and the resulting social issues which arose from this change. The course will focus on three key areas: the history of women in the workforce, both as domestic workers and as modern industrialized worker; the social issues which arose as women became an integral part of the workforce; and the modern issues facing women today as they enter the workforce and pursue their careers. Additionally this course will examin the underlying reasons resulting from gender roles as they relate to work related issues.
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
MGT 380 GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS 3.0 Credit(s)
Supply Chain Management (SCM) encompasses the planning and management of all activities related to supply chain including sourcing, procurement, supply channels, design, optimization, demand forecasting, sales and operations planning (S&OP) supply chain trends and sustainability. Global Supply Chain Management integrates supply and demand management within domestic and global organizations. This course covers SCM concepts, strategies, processes, and management of lean production and Six Sigma quality issues, integration, tools, and technologies applied. Students will examine risk management, project management, quality management, cyber security, and ethical considerations.
Offered: All Semesters All Years
MGT 385 PROJECT MANAGEMENT 3.0 Credit(s)
This course introduces the processes, methods, techniques, and tools used to manage projects to achieve organizational goals. The course covers a systematic methodology for initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing projects. Students will also learn project management software that can be applied in various organizational settings.
Offered: All Semesters All Years
MGT 390 BUS. MANAGEMENT INTERNSHIP 3.0-6.0 Credit(s)
Students are directly involved in various dimensions of business. Emphasis is on the practical application of business principles and skills to a specific industry or organization. An on-site business professional supervises students.
Offered: All Semesters All Years
MGT 399 Logistics, Transportation and Distribu 3.0 Credit(s)
Delivering goods and services in the most effective way through supply chain management. Provides a detailed view of logistics, transportation, inventory and distribution both nationally and on a global scale.
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
MGT 401 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT 3.0 Credit(s)
Explores the formulation and administration of policy, integration of the various specialties of business, and development of an overall management viewpoint. Prerequisite: Take AC-222 FN-215 MK-201 EC-203 MA-133 or MA-131
Offered: Fall, Spring & Summer Sems All Years
MGT 403 MANAGEMENT & BUSINESS SKILLS 3.0 Credit(s)
Explores supervisory skills required to effectively manage and deal with people in the workplace. Emphasis is on strategic human resource issues of recruiting and managing to retain talent. Includes skillbuilding applications to practice supervisory skills such as interviewing, providing feedback, resolving team conflict, dealing with emotional behavior, and managing terminations. Business communication skills focus on effective written and oral communication used in business settings and in formal and informal presentations at work. Prerequisite: Take MGT-202 or PS-355 or PS-255
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters All Years
MGT ELEC MANAGEMENT ELECTIVE 1.0-9.0 Credit(s)
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SM 206 SPORT ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT 3.0 Credit(s)
Examines principles and foundations of sport management and how the functions of planning, organizing, leading, and directing apply to the sport enterprise. Focus is on the application of core management principles, including ethics. The course provides a basis for understanding the development and governance of the sport industry and for addressing contemporary problems and issues. Students develop a model of management designed to achieve the goals of the sport enterprise. A prerequisite to SM 235, SM 245, SM 265, SM 281, SM 283, SM 299, and SM 390
Offered: All Semesters All Years
SM 210 HR MGMT: THE SPORT ENTERPRISE 3.0 Credit(s)
Prerequisite: SM 206
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SM 222 SPORT COMMUNICATION 3.0 Credit(s)
Prerequisite: EN 110, CA 101 MS 101
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SM 235 SPORT LAW 3.0 Credit(s)
Explores the application of legal principles to the sport industry and provides basic knowledge of a wide range of legal statutes that relate to various dimensions of sport business. Major focus is on a review of judicial opinions in the areas of tort liability (risk management), agency and contract law, labor and employment law, and antitrust issues that frequently have been addressed in cases involving sport enterprises. Prerequisite: BU 231 or MGT-231
Offered: All Semesters All Years
SM 243 SPORT FINANCE 3.0 Credit(s)
Examines the application of financial methodology for sport enterprises. Emphasis is on understanding the important sources of revenue (e.g., ticket sales, sponsorships) and media as well as the principal expenses of managing a professional team (e.g., salaries). The course also provides insight to the financing of stadiums and arenas and the valuation of teams. Prerequisite: Take FN-215
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters All Years
SM 245 SPORT MEDIA 3.0 Credit(s)
Examines the critical business principles and fundamentals related to the mass media in sport and the delivery mechanisms that drive growth in the industry. A special focus of this course are the media rights deals in U.S. and international sports leagues, especially for broadcast. The course also covers the following: media ethics; sports heroes in the media; race, ethnicity, and diversity; digital media strategies and deals; and a focus on the finances behind some of the world's most popular sporting events.
Offered: All Semesters All Years
SM 265 SPORT MARKETING 3.0 Credit(s)
Analyzes how marketing, promotion, and public relations principles apply to the sport industry. Explores issues in marketing of the sport enterprise, sport-related events and venues, and products and services. Focus is on the marketing of sport as a product and on the marketing of non-sport products and services using sport as a promotional tool. Addresses unique challenges and limitations as well as new trends in sport marketing. Prerequisite: Take MK-201
Offered: All Semesters All Years
SM 281 SPORT VENUE &EVENT MANAGEMENT 3.0 Credit(s)
Examines principles and fundamentals of managing and financing sport and entertainment venues. Focuses on developing knowledge and skills necessary to develop, design, and manage sports, recreation, and health/fitness facilities. Emphasizes design analysis, operations, and event management. Includes site visits.
Offered: All Semesters All Years
SM 283 THE SPORTING GOODS INDUSTRY 3.0 Credit(s)
Examines the history, foundations, organization, management, and future of the sporting goods industry. Designed specifically for individuals interested in a career in the sporting goods industry and focuses on understanding the development of core dimensions of the industry, including market structure, sporting goods manufacturers, marketing strategies, and channel distribution and sporting goods e-commerce. The course emphasizes problem-solving and developing critical thinking skills within the context of the sporting goods industry. Prerequisite: SM 206
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SM 290 PRACTICUM IN SPORT MGMT 1.0 Credit(s)
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SM 299 SPECIAL TOPICS 3.0 Credit(s)
Designates new or occasional courses that may or may not become part of the department's permanent offerings. Courses capitalize on a timely topic, a faculty member's particular interest, an experimental alternative to existing courses, etc. Prerequisites established by the department as appropriate for the specific course. Course title is shown on the student's transcript. Consult the current course schedule for available topics and current prerequisites.
Offered: As Needed All Years
SM 305 SPORT SPONSORSHIP 3.0 Credit(s)
Examines the unique dimensions of corporate sponsorship. Emphasis is placed on proven sponsorship sales techniques, the dynamics of selling sport sponsorships, and on an analysis of the global sponsorship market and the necessary steps needed to generate sponsorships revenues for sports events. Insights into creating a sponsorship inventory, research base, and sales plan are provided. Prerequisite: Take SM-265
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters All Years
SM 320 SPORT SALES & PROMOTION 3.0 Credit(s)
Provides a cross-disciplinary approach to a variety of marketing, sales, and promotions issues that confront sport managers. "Sales" encompasses a wide variety of positions, ranging from concessions to season ticket sales. The course will follow a case-study approach and expose students to real-life careers in sports business, as well as introduce students to the world of sport sales and promotion, and will utilize course readings and guest speakers to immerse students in the field.
Offered: All Semesters All Years
SM 330 SPORT ANALYTICS 3.0 Credit(s)
This course is designed to introduce at the basic level the statistics and analytics that dominate the modern-day sports landscape. Primary goal is to work on problem solving and critical thinking skills via exploration of a myriad of emerging analytic processes.
Offered: All Semesters All Years
SM 382 SPORT NEW MEDIA 3.0 Credit(s)
Examines the relationship between new media and the sport industry, including broadband, wireless, mobile technologies, sport websites, streaming video, audio, iTV, podcasting, e-commerce, and online marketing. Focus is on the relationship of new media to current trends in sport marketing, sponsorship, broadcasting, UGC, CRM, etc. Emphasizes developing critical new media-related skills, including webpage design.
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters All Years
SM 390 INTERNSHIP IN SPORT MANAGEMENT 3.0-9.0 Credit(s)
Students are directly involved in various dimensions of managing the sport enterprise. Emphasis is on the practical application of management and marketing principles and skills to a specific sport business. On-site sport management professionals supervise students.
Offered: Fall, Spring & Summer Sems All Years
SM 399 INDEPENDENT STUDY 3.0 Credit(s)
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
SM ELEC SPORT MANAGEMENT ELECTIVE 1.0-9.0 Credit(s)
Offered: As Needed Contact Department