Courses
Required Courses 6 Courses (18 credits)
- MG6013 Organizational Behavior (3 credits)
Integration of behavioral science theories, concepts, research and techniques for understanding of human behavior in organizations. Topics include motivation and job satisfaction; decision-making; group dynamics; work teams; leadership; communication; power politics and conflict; organization culture, structure and design; impact of technology; work stress; organizational change and development. Analysis of organizational behavior problems by case studies and simulated situations.
- MG6123 Human Resource Management (3 credits)
A survey course in which human resource functions are examined from the perspectives of individual managers as well as organizational strategy. Topics include work force characteristics, recruitment and staffing, training and development, performance evaluation and rewards, compensation and benefits, effects of legislation, the changing labor force and the future of the HR function within the organization.
- MG6133 Labor Relations (3 credits)
Introduction to labor relations from various perspectives in both union and non-union organizations. Topics include the current state of the labor movement in the US; labor movement history; labor statistics; US labor laws and practices; union organizing; negotiating; economics and labor unions; contract administration; achieving cooperation; grievances; labor and employment arbitration; employee discipline; public sector unions; global aspects; and the future for unions.
- MG 6143 Conflict Management (3 credits)
Investigation of the nature and meaning of conflict in professional and technical organizations as
well as in society. Analysis of the design of conflict avoidance and mitigation programs. Alternative
dispute resolution modalities are presented and demonstrated. Skill building around collaborative conflict resolution.
- MG 6153 Leadership and Team Development (3 credits)
Focuses on the essential role of multifaceted leadership in diverse organizational settings. Explores
the nature of leadership and its relationship to team development and organizational effectiveness.
Includes a broad survey of theory and research on leadership and teams in organizations. Includes a
hands-on approach involving experiential learning and case analyses, which will be conducted in
teams, requiring students to be active participants.
- MG6163 Job and Workplace Design (3 credits)
An examination of the interaction among individual, job design and work environment characteristics. Topics include work analysis, task and workspace design, impact on communication, job satisfaction, motivation and productivity, job and work environment redesign, sociotechnical design approaches and the emerging role of artificial intelligence.
- MG6173 Performance Measurement and Reward Systems (3 credits)
An introduction to practical approaches in the establishment of a performance appraisal system that includes theoretical and applied issues. Reasons for implementing a performance appraisal system in organizations are addressed. Other topics include coaching, feedback and performance evaluations. The role of compensation benefits and other rewards in attracting, retaining and motivating employees is addressed comprehensively.
- MG 6203 Consulting in Organizations (3 Credits)
Provides a practical orientation to consulting in organizations within an academic framework.
Prepares students from a variety of disciplines for roles as internal as well as external consultants
by building knowledge and skills to successfully take a client and project from entry through
termination and evaluation. Each student is required to take a project from conception to
presentation, thereby providing an in-depth understanding of the details and issues that need to be
addressed in the consulting role.
- MG 6213 Outsourcing: A Human Capital Strategy (3 Credits)
A comprehensive course that prepares students from a variety of disciplines with the knowledge and
skills necessary to make the ``build'' or ``buy'' decision when considering outsourcing as an
appropriate alternative. Topics covered include strategic implications, financial aspects, project
management, internal consulting, metrics, legal considerations, development of an effective template
RFP (request for proposal), internal communication details and management of the vendor/provider
relationship.
- MG6223 Staffing Organizations (3 credits)
This course examines the design and management of successful staffing processes used to form matches between people and jobs in order to achieve organizational effectiveness and individual job satisfaction. Emphasis will be on the psychological theories, measurement concepts and practical techniques of personnel recruitment and selection, including such topics as human resource planning, job analysis, the reliability and validity of employee assessment methods and legal issues in the employment relationship.
- MG 6233 Training in Organizations (3 Credits)
The roles of training in organizations, focusing on department and line managers. Subjects addressed include needs analysis, preparation of employees for jobs, management development, training program design, evaluation and employee obsolescence and retraining.
- MG6243 Organization Development (3 credits)
Applied theory and research related to the process of managing change in organizations. Practical application of group, intergroup and individual changes. Planned structural revisions in formal organizations. Dynamics of organizational change processes. Experimental techniques and seminar approaches emphasized.
- MG6263 Human Resource Information Systems (3 credits)
Design, selection, implementation, enhancement and operation of Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS) in organizations. Organizational, legal and political issues as well as hardware, software, applications and communications in HRIS. Focus on design and use of HRIS to facilitate objectives of human resource functions as well as to support entire organizations.
- MG6283 Internet Applications in Human Resource Management (3 credits)
A survey of the effective use and application of current Internet technologies for human resource (HR) functions. Topics or issues to be examined include information acquisition by specific HR functions, ``Best Practices'' of HR functions utilizing Internet and Intranet technologies, creating websites to realize business goals and to benchmark comparable websites for improvement, developing policy manuals to address proper use of the Internet, determining what HR information to include on an organization website, assessing the impact of Internet technologies on organization design, evaluating privacy and security issues, developing a vision for HR on the Internet and building an HR Internet plan.
- MG6313 Organization Theory and Design (3 credits)
Analysis of theories of large-scale organizations focusing on their structure and design. Includes characteristics of bureaucracy, adhocracy, suboptimization, human dynamics and informal systems, influence and control systems, and planned change. Examination of both formal and informal organizations through research and case studies.
- MG6333 Research Methods (3 Credits)
An introduction to theories and techniques of research methods. Primary objectives are to provide understanding and appreciation of why and how organizational research is carried out. Survey of research methods. Research proposals are developed.
Prerequisite: MG 5053 or instructor's permission.
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