Graduate Catalog: 2012-2013 - Alabama A&M University

The project, conducted under the guidance of aninstructor, will culminate into a detailed,comprehensive paper on the issue. (Pre-requisite:Consent of the MBA Director)MANAGEMENTMGT 510 Operations Management - Threesemester hours. This course covers the study of theconcepts and techniques related to the operationsfunction. The operations function is responsible forplanning, organizing, and controlling resources inorder to efficiently and effectively produce thegoods and services customers want, as well as meetthe goals of the organization. Topics includeoperations planning, forecasting, process analysis,quality management, materials management,scheduling, MRP/ERP, project management, just-intimeand lean techniques, supply chain management,and other decision-making tools for management.(Prerequisite: MBA 503 or equivalent)MGT 515 Organizational Theory and Behavior -Three semester hours. This course will deal with themacro and micro aspects of organizations. It willemphasize the behavior of people withinorganizations. The impacts of environment onhuman behavior are examined. Conditions oforganization viability and renewal, as well asstructures used in their internal and externalelaboration, are also considered. (Prerequisite: MBA507 or an undergraduate introductory course inmanagement)MGT 516 Strategic Management - Three semesterhours. This course is designed to develop anunderstanding of strategy, policy, and decisionmakingas applied to the overall management oflarge corporations or other formal organizationalstructures. The course objectives are achievedthrough the integration of economic, marketing,accounting, finance, and management fundamentals.The case method is used. (Prerequisites: (MBA 517)MGT 554 Training and Development - Threesemester hours. This course emphasizes thebroadening role of training in corporate life.Training is a systematic process of altering thebehavior of employees in a direction that willachieve organizational goals. Training anddevelopment is an attempt to improve current andfuture employee performance by increasing anemployee’s ability to perform through learning,usually by changing the employee’s attitude orincreasing his or her skills and knowledge.(Prerequisite: MGT 515)MGT 564 Human Resource Management - Threesemester hours. A critical examination will be madeof personnel functions, such as selection, training,placement, transfers and promotions, performanceappraisal policies, motivation, inventory of skills,and human resource development.(Prerequisite:MGT 515)MGT 565 Entrepreneurship/Small BusinessManagement - Three semester hours.Interdisciplinary course dealing with various aspectsof starting a small business; selecting promisingideas, initiating enterprises, exploiting opportunities,obtaining initial financing, site selection, andlicensing. (Prerequisite: MGT 515)MGT 566 Management and Labor Relations -Three semester hours. This course introducesstudents to substantive topics that define and explainthe relationship between labor and management. Itexamines the history of the labor movement and therights and duties of both parties as defined byvarious labor laws. It also examines the laborrelations process as it relates to negotiating andadministering the labor agreement, and resolvingissues related to employee discipline, rights andprerogatives of management and employee groups,wage issues, administrative issues and the use ofarbitration to resolve labor disputes and maintainlabor peace. Moreover, it examines how the laborrelations process works in the public, federal andnon-traditional sectors of the economy.(Prerequisite: MGT 515)MGT 545 Foundation of Database ManagementSystems - Three semester hours. This coursefocuses on the important process of database design.A highly useful methodology for designingdatabases is presented and illustrated through avariety of examples. On the completion of thiscourse, the student should be able to use databasemanagement systems such as Access to set up andmanipulate data files, query a data file, and format areport. The student should also be able to comparethe capabilities of a single file record managementsystem with database management system.(Prerequisites: MGT 502 or equivalent, or consentof instructor)MGT 580 Emerging Information Technologies -Three credit hours. This course examines variousmanagerial and technical issues associated with theintroduction of new information technologies within137