2013-2014 Graduate Catalog Downloadable PDF (10.71MB)

486 Course Descriptions/Management658. Managing Projects. (3-0). Credit 3. Application of management processes to complex interdisciplinaryorganizational environments through the study of program and project management; adoptions oftraditional management theories to the project environment; master typical project management microcomputersoftware for project planning; resource allocation; project budgeting; and control of projectcost, schedule and performance. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.659. Contemporary Issues in Telecommunications Management. (3-0). Credit 3. Survey of the methodsand techniques for managing organizations involved in the development, production, distributionand exhibition of information and entertainment to the public via electronic means; integrates descriptionsof core delivery technologies including broadcast, cable, telephone and the internet, with underlyingbusiness concepts to provide a comprehensive picture of the global telecommunications industry.Prerequisite: Graduate classification.660. Global Human Resource Management. (3-0). Credit 3. Examine HRM in a global context; emphasisgiven to global HR functions such as international staffing, training, and compensation; focuson global HRM trends and challenges; addresses issues and choices HR managers face in multinationalenterprises. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.663. International Transfer Pricing. (3-0). Credit 3. Valuation of cross-border transactions between unitsof a multinational enterprise; includes internal and external motivations for transfer pricing, managerialand economic approaches, estimates of transfer manipulation, arm’s length standard, U.S. and OECDrules and procedures, tax court cases, and ethical dilemmas. Prerequisite: Graduate classification. Crosslistedwith INTA 663.667. Multinational Enterprises. (3-0). Credit 3. Graduate seminar in international business; multinationalenterprises (MNEs) are studied from various perspectives including economics, management, entryand expansion strategies, contractual agreements, transfer pricing, impacts on home and host countries,MNE-state relations, regional integration, public policies towards MNEs. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.Cross-listed with IBUS 667.673. Advanced Research Methods in Management. (3-0). Credit 3. Introduces PhD students in Managementto the multivariate methods commonly used in management research. Applications emphasized;journal publications; projects and critiques required. Prerequisite: STAT 608.675. Leadership in Organizations. Credit 1 to 3. Review of research on procedures, styles and methodsof leadership, supervision, management and administration; all aspects of leader role behavior, both inpractice and in research; areas in need of further research. May be repeated for up to 3 hours credit.Prerequisite: Graduate classification.676. Strategic Management Survey. (3-0). Credit 3. Management concepts and applications important tostrategy; includes: concept of strategy; the environment, and performance; the role of top managementteams; business-level strategies; competitive strategy and dynamics; corporate strategy formulation andimplementation; mergers; acquisitions; governance and control systems; international strategies; cooperativestrategies; technology strategies; corporate entrepreneurship. Prerequisite: Doctoral classificationor approval of instructor.677. Strategy Implementation. (3-0). Credit 3. Concepts, research and applications regarding issues centralto strategy implementation; includes: the nature of managerial work; inertia, organizational changeand adaptation; innovation; strategic leadership; power; top management teams in implementation roles;organizational cultures; the relationship between strategy and structure; executive succession; institutionalcontexts; governance; agency theory; boards of directors; executive compensation; use of leverageand cash flow; implementation of mergers, acquisitions, and restructuring. Prerequisite: Doctoral classificationor approval of instructor.678. International Management. (3-0). Credit 3. Survey of the issues, problems, challenges and opportunitiesfacing organizations competing in a global economy; includes: the environment of internationalmanagement, international strategies, forms of organization design used by multinational firms, managinghuman resources in an international context, and cultural and control issues facing the internationalmanager. Prerequisite: Graduate classification. Cross-listed with IBUS 678.679. International Business Policy. (3-0). Credit 3. Determinants of U.S. competitiveness in internationalmarkets; the international environment of business; introduction to multinational enterprises,global competition, international organizations, protection of intellectual property; international traderegulation; strategic trade theory. Prerequisite: Graduate classification. Cross-listed with IBUS 679.