Management Emphases
Managers give direction to organizations by developing goals and objectives, providing leadership and deciding how to use organizational resources to accomplish those goals. Managers perform four vital functions: planning-the formulating goals and strategies; organization-arranging and structuring organizational resources; leadership-motivating and leading the human resources; and control-measuring the progress toward the goals. A key focus in management is on managing people, the core of any organization.
Required Courses - 18 units
Mgmt 343 Human Resource Management or Mgmt 443 Group Dynamics
Mgmt 425 Productivity & Quality Management
Mgmt 440 Emerging Issues in Management
and 9 units of elective course work to be chosen in consultation with a departmental advisor.
Human Resources
Human Resource management has become viewed as highly critical to organizational
success. Organizations in both the private and public sectors realize that it is
their employees that provide the competitive advantage. Human resource management
deals with the effective utilization of people for attaining the goals of the organization.
Management of human resources means that people must be recruited, compensated,
trained and developed.
Required Courses - 18 units
MGMT 343 Human Resource Management
MGMT 432 Staffing
MGMT 434 Compensation
MGMT 441 Labor Relations
and 6 units of elective course work to be chosen with a departmental advisor
International Management
We have entered into a global environment. If you are not thinking international,
you are not thinking business management. International management is the process
of applying management concepts and techniques in a multi-national environment.
It addresses the opportunities of going international and the strategies and practices
need for entering and succeeding in foreign markets. It also discusses the economic,
legal-political and sociocultural challenges facing companies.
Required Courses - 18 units
MGMT 346 International Law for Business
MGMT 425 Productivity & Quality Management
MGMT 350 International Management
MGMT 455 Comparative Management
and 6 units of elective course work to be chosen with a department advisor
Operations Management
Operations management focuses on design, operation and control of processes that
transform input into finished goods or services. While the processes vary in different
industries, typical operations decision areas include product and process design,
quality, capacity, layout, job design, inventory management, and production planning
and purchasing. Operations management allows students to quickly understand the
critical processes within an organization and make improvements. Through the operations
function, graduates are able to have a significant impact on the organization's
profitability.
Required Courses - 18 units
MGMT 343 Human Resource Management or MGMT 443 Group Dynamics
MGMT 421 Operations Systems Design
MGMT 422 Production and Inventory Control
MGMT 425 Productivity & Quality Management
and 6 units of elective course work to be chosen in consultation with a departmental
advisor.
