2003-2005 - Special Collections - University of Baltimore

Grundlichkeit (Germany) and other
approaches. Presents perspectives related ro
innovation and technology, capacity and
demand, productivity and quality, flexibility
and efficiency, international manufacruring,
and emerging issues. Prerequisite:
prior or current enrollment in MGMT 506
or its equivalent.
MGMT 752 Management of Quality and
Productivity (3) Examines all aspects of
management of quality in the entire value
chain; relationships with all stakeholders
including the suppliers and cusromers;
investment in human resources; continuous
improvement; process re-engineering; statistical
rools; measurement of quality; and
benchmarking. Case studies are included.
Prerequisite: prior or current enrollment in
MGMT 506 or its equivalent.
MGMT 753 Global Management of
Technology and Operations * (3) The
impact of national environments on global
operations, national differences in productivity
and product standards, comparative
management systems, matching competitive
advantages of firms with comparative
advantages of nations, strategies of global
deployment of technology, product and
process developments across national borders,
global sourcing and logistics, and
global information networks. Includes case
studies. Prerequisite: prior or concurrent
enrollment in MGMT506 or its equivalent.
MGMT 760 Organizational Creativity,
Change, and Entrepreneurship (3)
Strategy and techniques for successfully
introducing change ro formal organizations;
role of power, influence, and communication
in the change process;
confrontation and effective intervention;
concepts and techniques of organizational
development; frameworks for creativity;
and acceptance of innovation. Included are
individual and group research and experimental
exercises. Prerequisite: MGMT 504.
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MGMT 761 Technology Trends (3)
Provides a basic understancling ofcurrent
growth-technology fields and a familiarity
with future technology development and
opportunity. Surveys emerging market opportunities
in a number of technology areas and
cliscusses the potential impact of those technologies
on business opportunity. Discusses
the impacts that labs will have on markets.
MGMT 762 Opportunity Analysis (3)
Introduces the subject of opportunity
analysis and entrepreneurship, and the
practice of its requisite skills. Includes the
analysis of markets, preliminary COSt feasibility
and intellectual property audit. Also
involves the creation and development of
preliminary strategy positioning appropriate
to the market opportunity. Prerequisite:
MGMT504.
MGMT 763 Commercialization
Planning (3) Commercialization planning
and the practice of its necessary skills in all
of its phases. Includes market planning,
operations planning, management planning,
financial planning, and resource planning.
Details the development of business
strategy and the creation of plans for strategy
implementation. Prerequisite: MGMT
504, prior or concurrent enrollment in
MGMT762.
MGMT 764 Commercial Start-up (3)
Expands on MGMT 762 and 763 with
emphasis on the skills and behaviors
engaged in during the starr-up process.
Includes the search for capital, the negotiations
ofcontracts, initial advertising and
marketing, and the development of
alliances. Discusses strategy implementation,
alteration and revision. Prerequisite:
MGMT 504, prior or concurrent enrollment
inMGMT763.
MGMT 765 Management of Health Care
Organizations and Professionals (3) A
two-module course focusing on major
organization and management issues in
health care service organizations; and the