Undergraduate - Clarion University

pages i-viiiCollege of BusinessAdministration160 Clarion University of PennsylvaniaManagement CoursesMGMT 120: Introduction to Business 3 s.h.Introduces/surveys the philosophical and historical background of business institutions. Emphasizes the full range of businessfunctions as it relates to the overall framework of society. Recommended for business students who have not selected a specific major.B.S.B.A. majors cannot apply this course to their major. Each semester.MGMT 121: Fundamentals of Management 3 s.h.Introduces management and organization. Emphasizes managerial processes and functions and the interface of the managerwith supervisors, subordinates, and the work environment. B.S.B.A. majors can apply this course to free electives only. Annually,Venango only.MGMT 210: Essentials of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management 3 s.h.Explores the entrepreneurial process associated with new venture formation. Examines managerial processes as they relate to theoperation of a small business. The role of a formal business plan is highlighted and developed. Highlights the preparation involvedin the formation of a new venture, developing the entrepreneurial plan, and adapting to contemporary challenges facing theentrepreneur. B.S.B.A. majors can apply this course to free electives only. Prerequisite: MGMT 120. On demand. Venango only.MGMT 227: Applied Supervision 3 s.h.Prepares students for a position as a first-time supervisor and includes the essential elements of good management practicesand stresses application rather than theoretical supervision concepts. B.S.B.A. majors can apply this course to free electives only.Prerequisites: sophomore standing and MGMT 120. Spring, annually, Venango only.MGMT/PSY 228: Human Behavior in Organizations3 s.h.Explores how basic psychological principles can be used to describe, explain, and predict individuals’ on-the-job thoughts, feelings,and behaviors. Includes personality, motivation, perception, attitudes, stress, communication, learning, leadership, group behavior,cooperation, decision-making, and research methods. B.S.B.A. majors can apply this course to free electives only. No prerequisites.On demand.MGMT 320: Management Theory and Practice 3 s.h.Focuses on the development of management thought and its application. Includes planning, organizing, controlling, decisionmaking,motivation, leadership, work groups, and organizational change and development. Considers the domestic and internationalenvironments and changing societal values. Prerequisites: ECON 211, ECON 212, and junior standing. Each semester.MGMT 321: Organization Theory and Behavior 3 s.h.Focuses on the managerial application of behavioral science research and theory in dealing with individuals, groups, and organizations.Prerequisite: MGMT 121 or 320. Each semester.MGMT 322: Management of Business Information Systems 3 s.h.Shows managers how to develop business management information systems, either on their own or with the aid of systemtechnicians. Simulates the systems techniques in organizing and analysis that the student will use in practice. Prerequisite: MGMT320. Each semester.MGMT 323: Problems in Small Business 3 s.h.Explores the challenges and prospects of initiating and operating a small business. Emphasizes strategies for creating andmaintaining a sustainable competitive advantage in the marketplace. Highlights sources and uses of information needed for smallbusiness decision-making. Prerequisite: MGMT 320. Once every three semesters.MGMT 324: Human Resources Management 3 s.h.A study of the activities involved in human resource management. Includes high performance work systems, job analysis,human resource planning, recruitment, selection, equal employment opportunity, training and development, performance appraisal,compensation practices, and safety and health. Stresses a system approach. Prerequisite: MGMT 320. Each semester.MGMT 420: Operations Research 3 s.h.Examines scientific methods that provide managers with a quantitative basis for making decisions. Emphasizes deterministic andstochastic methods, including the transportation method, linear and dynamic programming, PERT, inventory control, queuing theory,and Markov analysis. Prerequisite: ECON 222.MGMT 423: Business, Society, and Corporate Conduct 3 s.h.A study of concepts of, and theories about, interrelationships between business units and society in general. Employs the conceptsand theories in the analysis of complex environmental problems encountered by business managers. Prerequisite: MGMT 320.MGMT 425: Operations Management 3 s.h.Examines the philosophy of F.W. Taylor and other management pioneers, the nature of the production cycle, simplification anddiversification of product lines, purchasing, materials, control, routing, scheduling, dispatching, and plant layout. Prerequisites: ECON221, 222, and MGMT 320. Each semester.MGMT 426: Global Business Leadership 3 s.h.Introduces the international environment and the growing discipline of multinational business in this environment—i.e., multinationalmanagement of strategic planning, organization, production, research and development, marketing, finance, and human resources.Prerequisite: MGMT 320. Each semester.MGMT 427: Small Business Seminar 3 s.h.Hands-on approach to the study of small business as it applies to the various sectors of the economy. Students gain direct exposure tosmall business through the development of a formal business plan for a new small business. Emphasizes the entrepreneurial activitiesinvolved as they relate to this process. Prerequisite: MGMT 320.