2013-2014 Graduate Catalog Downloadable PDF (10.71MB)

Department of Managementmays.tamu.edu/mgmtCourse Descriptions/Management 483Head: R. W. Griffin; PhD Advisor: W. Boswell; Interim MS Advisor: L. BiermanThe Department of Management offers graduate studies leading to MS and PhD degrees andcoursework supporting the Mays Business School’s MBA degree.The MS degree program in management consists of 37 credit hours, and up to 9 additional credithours depending on prior completion of necessary preparatory coursework. Students pursuing the MSdegree specialize in the area of human resource management. The PhD program emphasizes courseworkin policy and strategy, organizational behavior and theory, human resource management, andbusiness and public policy.Additional information, including specific departmental requirements, may be obtained by contactingthe master’s student advisor or the doctoral student advisor in the Department of Management.Management(MGMT)602. Markets and Public Policy. (3-0). Credit 3. Theoretical underpinnings of business decision making;function and structure of markets; effects of public policy on business activities; includes: antitrust;securities; labor discrimination; products liability. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.610. Business and Public Policy. (3-0). Credit 3. Role of business organizations in the United States andother countries; topics pertaining to the external political and social environment of business and theimplications for business managers including market failures and political failures as well as equity andethical issues; case studies with business/government problems. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.Cross-listed with BUSH 664.611. Microfoundations of Business Behavior. Credit 1 to 3. A multi-disciplinary analysis of the foundationsof business behavior discussing business interaction with customers under alternative marketconditions and interaction with suppliers, investors, employees and other stakeholders, considered inthe context of alternative legal, political and social institutional arrangements. Classification 6 studentsmay not enroll in this course. Prerequisites: Enrollment is limited to BUAD classification 7.612. Business Applications of Price Theory. (3-0). Credit 3. Application of price theory framework todecisions facing managers. Topics include political, legal and regulatory environments of business; corporategovernance and antitakeover regulations; principal-agent problems in large corporations. Prerequisite:Doctoral classification.613. Managerial Macroeconomics. (3-0). Credit 3. Analysis of domestic and global macroeconomic issuesfrom a managerial perspective; analysis of current and historical macroeconomic events at thenational and global levels; analysis of business cycles and monetary and fiscal policies; managerial decisionsin the context of changing macroeconomic environment. Prerequisite: Enrollment is limited toBUAD classification 7.614. Managing People in Organizations. Credit 1 to 3. Procurement and management of people in organizationsincluding human resource management principles and analysis of how organizations function;performance appraisal, compensation, training, leadership, group dynamics, decision-making,control mechanisms and organizational change processes. Classification 6 students may not enroll inthis course. Prerequisite: Enrollment is limited to BUAD classification 7.618. Corporate Strategy and the Political Environment of Business. Credit 1 to 3. Formulation andimplementation of corporate strategy with consideration of the political environment of business. Classification6 students may not enroll in this course. Prerequisites: Enrollment is limited to BUAD classification7.620. Managing Human Resources. (3-0). Credit 3. Survey of human resource management; formulationand implementation of human resource strategy addressed for areas including planning, recruitment,selection, job choice, training, development, appraisal, compensation, benefits, labor relations, internationalhuman resource issues and legal compliance. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.