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Focuses on the role of E-commerce in global business, including implications for business strategy, marketing, and global expansion. Included technical (IT) considerations.

Introduction to the theory and practice of production management as a functional area in the strategic management of operations and manufacturing in domestic and international companies.  Examines problems encountered in planning, operating, and controlling production of goods and services.  Other topics include the two major areas of production and operations management, operation system design, and operation and control of systems.

Examines the role of personal values and insight in the creation of companies and their ongoing management. This course explores the meaning of being an entrepreneur and how to combine idea (vision) and action (strategy) for personal and business success.

Examines the role of an organizational leader. Assesses individual skills and discusses the role of a leader in managing teams through environmental and organizational change. Includes extensive application exercises designed to develop leadership skills.

Students work as a group on an extensive business project that synthesizes learning presented in the current term.

Course exposes students to the concepts of capitalism, money, and banking and their effects on personal financial decision making. Topics include budgeting, the time value of money, interest, savings versus borrowing, spending strategies, greed, and investing.

Study of human behavior in work organizations. Focuses on individual satisfaction and motivation as related to organizational structure, nature of task and locus of power. Topics include small group formation, maintenance, organizational conflict, communications and leadership.

Research shows emotional intelligence (EI) is more important than IQ in determining outstanding job performance. Examines variety of instruments and writings used to build EI in workplace.

Examines interpersonal skills in dealing with people in a work setting. Emphasis on understanding others and exploration of personality types.

Emphasizes practical techniques in the areas of personal marketing, resume writing, interviewing and communicating for career advancement.

Basic course in negotiation. Emphasizes fundamental use of time, information and power to effect positive results at the bargaining table, Includes a review of the applicable employment laws affecting the collective bargaining process.

Examines development and continuing changes in legislative and judicial influence on the workplace. Special emphasis given to NLRB, OSHA, EEOC, and DOL agencies.`

Examines and develops skills in different dispute resolution methods. Topics include: mediation, MED ARB, problem solving, grievance handling, listening skills, fact finding and body language.

Provides survey of United States history as the backdrop of America's importance as an industrial economic power. Introduces individuals who played important roles in the development of U.S. commerce. Explores concept of change in the understanding of history.

Discusses process for managing organizations including planning, organizing, leading and evaluating. Examines administrative role in organizations and concepts relevant to its function and historical development of administrative thought. 

Examines performance in areas of productivity, creativity, wellness (physical, emotional, financial), relationship building and life management.

Introduces labor relations. Topics include organized labor and management community, historical and legal framework, union behavior, and elements of collective bargaining.

Focuses on basic methods of research design and analysis of data including descriptive and inferential statistics. Topics include mean, median, mode, frequency distribution, range, standard deviation, probabilities of sampling selection, Z-score, T-value, regression and correlation, hypothesis testing, analysis of variance and Chi-square analysis.

Study of the function of arbitration in labor management relations including preparation for arbitration, conduct of hearing, ethics, evidence, grievance handling, and proof of standards used by arbitration in reaching a decision.

Examines multidisciplinary factors that are combined to create the current relationship between employers and employees including effects of competition in the global market.

Introduces American legal system as it relates to business. Includes contracts, commercial paper, sales, agency, and property.

Introduces use of quantitative methods in business. Includes elements of matrix algebra, set theory, linear programming and mathematical functions relating to law of supply and demand and finance.

Introduces development of personal and group norms required for work places. Topics include moral reasoning in business, employee rights and responsibilities of corporations.

Course focuses on quantitative techniques and methods as they are applied to business decision-making, including some of the most widely-used models in management science. Emphasis is placed on decision-making under uncertainty and the allocation of resources. Some topics in production and operations management are also covered.

Analysis of consumer behavior and configuration of target markets. Emphasis on management of organization activities designed to satisfy target market planning, pricing, promotion and distribution of the product or service.

The institutions and processes related to business law are considers, as well as the major frameworks of private and public law. Topics include commercial transactions, business torts and crimes, and regulatory law. Prerequisite: OAD 31863 Business Law recommended.

Examines problems women encounter and present as managers. Topics include psychological and type differences between males and females, organizational and political barriers to women's progress and adapting and succeeding in male-dominated environments.

Examines the role of management in providing a safe work environment through current topics and issues in job-related health, workplace accidents, workplace violence, and workplace safety. Facilitates understanding of Occupational Safety and Health Administration's requirements for employers.

Focuses on process and management of the personnel function including task specialization, selection and placement, development and training, collective bargaining, appraisal and compensation.

A study of how human resource information systems (HRIS) are applied in organizations to support organizational strategy, improve efficiency and flexibility, increase productivity and performance, and ensure compliance with employment law. It covers management issues central to HRIS effectiveness in organizations of all sizes and in a range of technical environments, focusing on microcomputer-based systems. Emphasis will be on how HRIS can be used to support strategic human resource management policies. Prerequisite: Computer literacy.

Investigation of policies and procedures used for effective employment and staffing, consideration of external and internal recruitment, selection procedures,internal staffing process, application of job design and analysis as related to procedures of employment.

Examines governmental budgeting process, procedures and cycles. Includes consideration of legislative taxation and appropriation processes at state and local levels. Evaluates contemporary approaches such as zero-base budgeting, planning programming budgeting systems and cost/benefit analysis.

Strategic management and its importance to business, government and nonprofit organizations. Topics include identifying mission and objectives, assessing the environment, identifying critical success factors and generating and evaluating strategic alternatives.

Provides critical examination of structure and function of health care systems in major, advanced, capitalist countries (e.g., Canada, Japan, United Kingdom, France, Germany and Sweden) in comparison to each other and to the United States. Emphasis placed on cost control, quality access, reform efforts, and cultural values. Prerequisite: OAD 22563 Introduction to Health Care Delivery System.

Survey of bankruptcy law. Includes history of bankruptcy, sources of bankruptcy law, functions and roles of select individuals in the bankruptcy process, Bankruptcy Code Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 law and procedures including preparation of necessary documents and Chapter 11 law.

Designed around special theories, practices, or interests of an individual or group.

An interdisciplinary exploration of special topics in the regulation of health care institutions.

Introduces students to the specific vocabulary used by health care professionals.

Introduction to the U.S. health care system, major components of the system, and historical development of current health care systems.

Addresses basic budgeting and management systems applicable to various health care industries. Exqamines development of business budgets using tools and models such as balance sheets, income statements, cash flow analysis, time value of money concepts and project planning techniques specific to health care organizations.

Emphasizes multiple perspective approach to understanding management of complex, evolving health care delivery and reimbursement systems. Introduces basic functional areas and their integration, management roles and processes, organizational culture and politics and the interaction of organizations and their environments.

Examines development (and non-development) of health care as social policy in the United States and other countries and the historical, social, economic and political context in which such policy evolves. Assesses health care reform proposals in light of current and forecasted societal need. Problem identification, analysis and solving skills emphasized.

Examines and applies basic human resource management theory and principles to various health care settings. Concepts studied include planning, job analysis, recruitment, performance evaluation, compensation, training, employee rights and labor law. Focuses upon current human resource issues in health care such as cost containment, downsizing, increased regulation and non-traditional employment arrangements.

Focus on leadership as action and understanding others and interpersonal theory as the connection between leadership and communication in an organizational context. Both didactic and experiential teaching methods used. Crosslisted with COM 36364.

Evaluates personal self- care approaches and identifies methods to improve self care interventions. Focuses on assessment of stress and tensions relative to personal, system and cultural value conflict. Emphasizes importance of effective self-care in contribution to overall personal and professional success.

Examines a variety of ethical theories and their application to practice and management of health care. Explores ethical concerns and conflict among patients, providers, regulators and the reimbursement industry.

Focuses on implementation of Total Quality Management (TQM) and cost containment strategies and frameworks in the health care workplace. Creates understanding of concepts such as team building, communications and analytical and creative thinking.

Overview of advertising function and its role in the marketing mix. Examines advertising objectives and strategies, client-agency relationships and production techniques for various media. Crosslisted with COM 36964.

Emphasizes basic managerial functions applied to long-term care settings. Examines role and structure of long term-care services within integrated delivery system and community. Introduces financing mechanisms, legal and ethical issues and administrative skill building such as planning, organizing, communicating, delegating and change management.

This course focuses on quantitative techniques and methods as they are applied to business decision-making, including some of the most widely used models in management science. Emphasis is placed on decision making under uncertainty and the allocation of resources. Some topics in production and operations management are also covered.

Examines change as part of organizational development. Applies behavioral sciences to create high-performance organizations. Emphasizes communication and working with conflict that accompanies change.

Explores theories and approaches used in managing employees and the dynamics of formal and informal social units. Topics include individual perceptions and learning, employee motivation and job satisfaction, individual and cultural diversity in the workplace, group and organizational dynamics, organizational power and politics and organizational culture.

Analyze consumer needs and behaviors as related to health care. Examine relationship to development and marketing of products and services. Learn basic marketing activities designed to satisfy target markets: product design, pricing, market placement, promotion and distribution.

Examines relationships between employer and employee. Topics include development of appropriate and legally prescribed standards for measuring work performance, compensation, labor/employee relations, and recruitment, selection, training, development, and appraisal of employees.

Studies theories regarding organizations from sociology and social psychology perspectives. Develops understanding of theories presented in readings and ability to apply theories to organizational experiences.

Develops conceptual understanding of interpersonal and intergroup conflict in organizations and personal skills in resolving these conflicts as a principal party. Includes intervention strategies used by third parties to mediate conflicts, as well as participation in an organizational simulation.Crosslisted with COM 39664.

Development and enhancement of skills for effective writing in public relations settings. Emphasis on standard written communication. Includes development of presentations, press releases, newsletters and brochures. Crosslisted with COM 39764.