POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY 2005-2007

MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
tion and productivity in often turbulent
organizational settings. The changing
nature of work and shifting professional
expectations are explored.
Required:
MG 612 Human Resource Management
MG 633 Research Methods
MG 865 Managing Technological Change
& Innovation
Select one:
MG 611 Career Management
MG 613 Labor Relations
MG 614 Conflict Management
MG 616 Job and Workplace Design
MG 617 Performance Measurement & Reward
Systems
MG 620 Consulting in Organizations
MG 621 Outsourcing: A Human Capital Strategy
MG 622 Staffing Organizations
MG 623 Training in Organizations
MG 624 Organizational Development
MG 625 Seminar in Organization & Career Change
MG 626 Human Resource Information Systems
MG 628 Internet Applications in Human Resource
Management
MG 631 Organization Theory & Design
MG 635 Managing for Quality
Information Management
The Concentration in Information
Management provides Information
Technology (IT) professionals, programmers,
systems experts and others with ITrelated
career goals and experience with
the knowledge to understand how IT
enhances the effectiveness of modern
firms and with the ability to manage creative
and professional people.
Required:
MG 654 Economics & Strategy for Information
Sectors
MG 717 Enterprise Data Systems
MG 867 Technology Strategy
Select one:
MG 626 Human Resource Information Systems
MG 631 Organization Theory & Design
MG 652 Telecommunication Regulation, Policy
& Law
MG 660 Management of New & Emerging
Technologies
MG 655 Introduction to Management of Data
Communications & Networks
MG 750 Management of Electronic Business
MG 820 Project Assessment & Management
Operations Management
The Concentration in Operations
Management is designed for managers
involved in modern operations. It is
designed to give operations managers the
knowledge necessary, within the context
of modern operations management and
expertise, to be effective in service as
well as manufacturing industries.
Required:
MG 630 Operations Management
MG 635 Managing for Quality
MG 820 Project Assessment & Management
Select one:
MG 610 Quantitative Analysis for Managerial
Decisions
MG 615 Leadership & Team Development
MG 616 Job & Workplace Design
MG 646 Introduction to Retailing & Supply Chain
Management
MG 770 Entrepreneurship & Venture Creation
MG 864 New Product Development
MG 865 Managing Technological Change &
Innovation
MG 867 Technology Strategy
Technology Management
The Technology Management Concentration
is designed for managers, engineers
and other professionals in technologyintensive
environments or involved with
technology-intensive products, processes
or services. It provides the modern methods
and concepts necessary for making
technology investment decisions; for
understanding technology and innovation
strategy, product life cycles, and competitive
factors; and for developing the special
skills necessary for managing creative
people and professionals.
Required:
MG 820 Project Assessment & Management
MG 864 New Product Development
MG 865 Managing Technological Change &
Innovation
Select one:
MG 615 Leadership & Team Development
MG 646 Introduction to Retailing & Supply Chain
Management
MG 652 Telecommunication Regulation, Policy
& Law
MG 654 Economics & Strategy for Information
Sectors
MG 655 Introduction to Management of Data
Communications & Networks
MG 660 Management of New & Emerging
Technologies
MG 664 Management & the Legal System
MG 750 Management of Electronic Business
MG 770 Entrepreneurship & Venture Creation
MG 860 Financial Planning, Internal Reporting
& Operation Control
MG 867 Technology Strategy
Telecommunications Management
The Concentration in Telecommunications
Management provides managers in the
telecommunications and information
industries with modern methods and concepts
relevant in telecommunications and
information management and for integrating
telecommunications and information
technology into a firm’s overall decision
making.
Required:
MG 655 Introduction to Management of Data
Communications & Networks
MG 656 Advanced Management of Data
Communication & Networks
Select two:
MG 615 Leadership & Team Development
MG 652 Telecommunication Regulation, Policy
& Law
MG 654 Economics & Strategy for Information
Sectors
MG 660 Management of New & Emerging
Technologies
MG 717 Enterprise Data Systems
MG 750 Management of Electronic Business
MG 770 Entrepreneurship & Venture Creation
MG 820 Project Assessment & Management
MG 867 Technology Strategy
GRADUATE COURSES
MG 601 Organizational Behavior
2 1 ⁄2:0:0:3
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.
MG 607 Marketing 2 1 ⁄2:0:0:3
Marketing concepts, processes and institutions:
positioning, segmentation and
product life cycles. Integration of marketing
with new product planning, design
and development. Strategies for technology-based
products, services and processes.
Market research, consumer behavior,
advertising, promotion and sales. The
special character of industrial, governmental
and international markets.
MG 608 Managerial Economics
2 1 ⁄2:0:0:3
The fundamentals of microeconomics
needed by managers. Demand theory
(theory of the consumer) including models
of demand, demand elasticities and
demand forecasting. Supply theory (theory
of the firm) including diminishing
returns, profit maximizing production
levels, labor/capital tradeoffs and longrun
vs. short-run issues. Market structures
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