1999-2000 - The University of Scranton

MANAGEMENT
DR. GERALD BIBERMAN, Chairperson
Management involves getting things done through people. The Management major
provides students with a broad-based, generalist background that is designed to provide
graduates with the skills and tools needed to cope successfully with the challenging roles
and expectations that are sweeping through organizations. “Getting things done” involves
analyzing, designing and continuously improving an organization’s structure and processes.
“Through people” involves leading, motivating, and working effectively with other people
in teams and other settings. Management courses use a variety of teaching techniques that
involve a high degree of student/faculty interaction – including experiential exercises, student
presentations, simulations and team activities – to develop self-analytic skill development,
team and communication skills. Students working with their faculty and advisors can
choose from a variety of courses to design a program of study that will prepare them to
enter a variety of positions in private industry and other organizations.
MGT 161 Staff
Intro to Business 3 credits
Nature, types, and principles of business.
Factors to consider in starting or choosing
a business organization. Overview of business
functions – finance, marketing, production,
accounting, and management—in
an analytical framework. Attention to business
environment: legal, governmental,
social and ethical. Enrollment is restricted
to Associate Business Degree students.
Non-Business students may take this
course as a free elective with the permission
of the Dean of Dexter Hanley
College.
MGT 251 Prof. Wormuth
Legal Environment 3 credits
of Business
The nature, sources, formation, and applications
of law. The judicial function, the
court system, litigation and other methods
of resolving disputes, legislation-law from
judicial decisions, law by administrative
agencies, regulation of business activity,
antitrust law, consumer protection, environment,
and pollution control.
Substantive review of tort, criminal and
insurance law. Full review of property
rights for both personal and real property.
Attention to business organization, principal
of agency, partnership and corporation.
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MGT 351 Staff
Principles of Management I 3 credits
(Prerequisite: junior standing) Survey
course examines key aspects of organizations
and their management, e.g., dynamic
environments and their effects, organization
design and structure, roles/functions
of managers, managing technology and
change, global management, and alternative
types of organizations. This course
examines the expanding role of the manager
from the traditional areas of planning,
organizing, controlling and directing to
addressing current topics including issues
of workplace diversity. Course will
address the knowledge and skills that managers
must develop in working with others
who are different from themselves.
MGT 352 Staff
Principles of Management II 3 credits
(Prerequisite: MGT 351) Survey course
examines the individual in the work setting,
working with a variety of people
inside and outside the organization. This
course deals with such issues as motivation,
leadership, communication diversity
at the work place, and with individual
effectiveness, interpersonal relations, and
group skills.