Management (MNGT)
MNGT 2123 Introduction to Leadership
An introduction to the nature of leadership, with a focus on the history and origins of leadership, theoretical approaches to leadership, and the essence of contemporary leadership. Application of these concepts to life experiences will be addressed.
MNGT 3113 Management and Organizational
Behavior The study of planning, leading, organizing, and controlling to effectively manage organizations in a dynamic environment. Includes a heavy emphasis on human behavior in organizations.
MNGT 3123 Civic Leadership
A study of leadership development and skills necessary for the citizen-leader. The course examines leadership in local civic organizations, school systems, and local, state, and national government. International leadership issues are also examined.
MNGT 3133 Organizational Leadership
A survey of theory and research on leadership in formal organizations. The primary focus of the course is on managerial leadership as opposed to parliamentary leadership, leadership of social movements, or informal leadership in peer groups.
MNGT 3143 Principles of Management
The study of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling with emphasis on the behavioral approach.
MNGT 3153 Hospitality Management
This course provides students with an overview of the hospitality industry. Topics covered include the growth and development of the hospitality industry, travel and tourism, hotel operations, restaurants and food service, casinos, theme parks, and event management. The focus will be on management and operational functions and responsibilities in areas such as administration, organization, communication, accounting, marketing, and human relations.
MNGT 3243 Production and Operations Management
This course is intended to be a survey of operating practices and models in both manufacturing and service firms. It provides managers with sufficient knowledge to make informed total business decisions and to introduce standard terms and concepts for communications with operating personnel. In such a course, it should be recognized that breadth of subject matter, not depth of topic, will be the goal. Emphasis is on skills for operating/controlling systems and less emphasis on design. Topics that are covered are forecasting quality control; inventory and supply chain management; aggregate/capacity planning and scheduling; and project management.
MNGT 3343 Small Business Management
Starting and managing a small business.
MNGT 3443 Supervisory Management
A study of the problems involved between the supervisor and the employee including union involvement.
MNGT 3533 Human Resource Management
To acquaint the student with EEO regulations and with modern methods of selection, appraising, training, and solving various personnel problems.
MNGT 3733 Native American Gaming Management
This course is designed to prepare students for careers in Native American gaming. It explores all facets of casino operations, from food and beverages to cage operations, auditing, marketing, and reporting. It examines the mathematics and utility analysis of gaming, including newly introduced technologies and related practices for gaming and casino operations. Students will also be introduced to the laws and politics of Indian gaming and tribal sovereignty issues.
MNGT 3933 Restaurant Operations
Restaurant operations management will address content areas including industry basics, sanitation, safety, nutrition, marketing, menu planning, design, and pricing, human resources, accounting and financial management, product purchasing, receiving, storing and issuing, and restaurant analysis and improvement.
MNGT 3943 Hotel Operations
This course is designed to provide the students with a general understanding of the operations and management of today’s modern hotels. Students are introduced to the history of the hotel industry, current industry trends and the various departments and managers’ responsibilities that are key elements of a hotel operation.
MNGT 4113 Contemporary Issues in Leadership
A study of contemporary issues in leadership to include transcendent leadership; followership; courage leadership; the internal compass of leading; women and leadership; the pitfalls of leading; moral leadership; and leadership candor.
MNGT 4243 Quality Management
History, philosophy, and theory of total quality management as presented by authors such as W. Edwards Deming, Joseph Juran, Philip Crosby and others. The focus will be on continuous quality improvement, total quality control, competitive advantage, problem solving, and statistical process control.
MNGT 4253 Organizational Behavior
Perspectives on modern theories regarding human behavior in organizations. Attention focused on theories and realities of leadership, power, motivation, work- satisfaction, group dynamics, decision-making, and organizational change.
MNGT 4353 Management Science
A continuation of the Production and Operations Management course (MNGT 3243) this course provides students with the proficiency to build mathematical models of complex problems and to solve them using the tools they learn in class. Topics covered will be linear programming; Monte Carlo simulation; and decision analysis. Emphasis is on problem formulation and computer-solving techniques. Most applications will be from operations, finance, and marketing.
MNGT 4443 International Business
This course reflects the sensitivity to economic, political, and cross-cultural differences of the global market in relation to planning, pricing, promotion, distribution, and the need to remain competitive.
MNGT 4533 Hospitality Human Resource
Management This course approaches hospitality human resource management as a decision making process that affects the performance, quality, and legal compliance of the hospitality business as a whole. Beginning with a foundation of the hospitality industry, employment law, and HR policies, the coverage includes recruitment, training, compensation, performance appraisal, environmental and safety concerns, ethics and social responsibility, and special issues.
MNGT 4543 Purchasing & Materials Management
A study of purchasing and materials management activities in a business environment to include organization, source selection, negotiations, time phased ordering and receipt of material, and evaluation of vendors and manufacturing control.
MNGT 4633 Business Policy
A capstone course designed to integrate the functional areas of business for corporate and business-level strategic decision making. This course is usually taken during the student’s last semester of study. Instructor consent required.
MNGT 4653 Contemporary Issues in Management
Analysis of current events and issues in the field of management. Topics will vary as contemporary issues change.
MNGT 4663 Entrepreneurship and New Ventures
The entrepreneurial process is examined from conception of a business idea to the actual start up of the venture. Topics include environmental scanning for new opportunities, evaluating practical commercial potential, developing a business plan, and securing financing.
MNGT 4753 Business Consulting
Business Consulting is a student led, faculty supervised, business consulting service for area small business owners or nonprofit organizations. Student consultants gain valuable real-world experience by utilizing management skills and knowledge to develop strategic objectives and action steps to support the growth of a small business skills in an active work environment.
MNGT 4950 Management Internship
Supervised professional-level management assignment with a business firm, government agency, or non-profit organization. Faculty consent required.
MNGT 4960 Directed Reading
Individualized literature study selected in consultation with the professor.
MNGT 4970 Special Studies
Individualized project selected in consultation with the professor.
MNGT 4980 Seminar
Small group study of topic announced by department.
MNGT 4990 Research
Independent investigation designed in consultation with the professor.
MNGT 5153 Human Resource Management
This course is an advanced topic of contemporary issues in HRM practices and issues. The focus is on the role of HR managers and practices in developing competitive advantages to a firm. The course considers the role of both specific HR practices and the overall HR architecture in enhancing firm performance.
MNGT 5223 Behavioral Management
The study of human behavior in organizations and its effect on establishing and attaining organizational goals in an effective and efficient manner.
MNGT 5233 Team Development Behaviors
This course will analyze various aspects of group and team dynamics to include, but not limited to, inclusion and identity; formation; cohesion and development; structure; influence; power; leadership; performance; decision making; conflict; and intergroup relations.
MNGT 5333 International Business
This course provides an in-depth examination of the cultural, economic, political, and legal environments of international business, including an overview of the risks, challenges, and opportunities of competing in the global marketplace. Topics include competitive advantage and strategies, importing and exporting, contracting with suppliers and distributors, and foreign direct investment.
MNGT 5343 Competitive Advantage and Strategy
The concepts and tools needed to create a competitive advantage in cost or differentiation are presented through value-chain analysis. A study of the techniques for analyzing industries and competitors with a focus on the development of competitive strategy and strategic decisions.
MNGT 5443 Supervisory Management
An advanced study of theories and practical applications in the major practices of modern supervision, including leadership, communication, motivation, performance appraisal, staffing, training and employee development.
MNGT 5453 Contemporary Issues in Management
This course has been designed to enable graduate students to explore selected leading-edge issues in global business and organizational environments. It provides an opportunity to relate state-of-the-art management concepts to practical situations. The graduate student will gain a greater understanding of the applications of current management practices and techniques to contemporary business issues.
MNGT 5463 Training and Development
Training and Development is designed for entering or experienced training professionals who work in internal or external training positions in business and industry or other adult learning environments. The program is structured around a core body of knowledge in adult education and principles and theories of human performance improvement and instructional design.
MNGT 5533 Hospitality Human Resource
Management This is an advanced course that approaches hospitality human resource management as a decision making process that affects the performance, quality, and legal compliance the hospitality business as a whole. Beginning with a foundation of the hospitality industry, employment law, and HR policies, the coverage includes recruitment, training, compensation, performance appraisal, environmental and safety concerns, ethics and social responsibility, and special issues.
MNGT 5603 Strategic Management
This course covers the integration of the skills and functions of management to develop long-range plans and to implement and manage the efforts directed towards the accomplishment of organizational objectives.
MNGT 5773 Principle-Centered Leadership and
Ethics This literature-based course emphasizes the individual as decision maker and focuses on ethical issues and dilemmas facing managers and leaders in organizations. The objectives of the course are to raise students’ general awareness of ethical dilemmas, to place ethical issues within a management context, to enhance and improve the ability of students to reason toward a satisfactory resolution of an ethical dilemma.
MNGT 5783 Organizational Health & Conscious
Capitalism Entrepreneurship and business, in general, is reimagined from the perspective of conscious capitalism and creating healing organizations that understand their purpose, values, and role in improving their respective communities and positively impacting the world. Topics include conscious capitalism, higher purpose, the stakeholder model, conscious leadership, and creating organizational health.
MNGT 5873 Compensation
We will view reward systems from the perspectives of managers (who make reward decisions), employees (who receive the rewards and are the “customers” of the reward system), and human resource practitioners (who assist in the design and maintenance of reward systems). Reward decisions may be highly sensitive and therefore surrounded in secrecy because all employees are very concerned about the amount, form and basis of their pay. We will cover the basic underpinnings to reward systems at the start of the course which includes employee motivation, salary surveys, pay structures, pay banding, merit pay, skill-based pay, team-based pay, gainsharing, profit sharing, legally required benefits, health insurance, and retirement plans including 401(k) plans.
MNGT 5903 Leadership Theories and Practices
This course analyzes the theoretically based scholarly discipline of leadership science and its corresponding practicing behaviors. The leadership theories examined include, the trait, skills, behavioral, and situational approaches; path-goal and leader-member exchange theories; as well as, transformational; authentic; servant; adaptive; and inclusive leadership. Additional topics assessed include followership; gender and leadership; leadership ethics; and team leadership.
MNGT 5960 Directed Readings
MNGT 5970 Special Studies
MNGT 5980 Seminar
MNGT 5990 Research
MNGT 6103 Purpose & Conscious Capitalism
This course explores the principles and practices of Conscious Capitalism, a philosophy that advocates for a more ethical and socially responsible approach to business. Students will critically examine how businesses can operate with a higher purpose beyond profit maximization, fostering positive impacts on all stakeholders, including employees, customers, communities, and the environment. The course will delve into the four tenets of Conscious Capitalism- Higher Purpose, Stakeholder Orientation, Conscious Leadership, and Conscious Culture-while encouraging students to apply these concepts in real-world business scenarios. This course is designed for doctoral students seeking to integrate ethical considerations into strategic leadership and develop a deep understanding of purpose- driven business models in the modern global economy.
MNGT 6203 Industrial/Organizational Psy
This course studies the application of psychological principles and research methods to workplace settings, focusing on improving organizational effectiveness and employee well-being. Students explore topics such as personnel selection, training and development, performance appraisal, motivation, job satisfaction, leadership, and organizational culture. The course emphasizes evidence-based approaches to solving organizational problems, including the design and implementation of interventions to enhance productivity and employee engagement.
MNGT 6303 Foundations Doctoral Research
This course provides an in-depth exploration of the fundamental principles and methodologies essential for conducting rigorous doctoral-level research. Students will engage with advanced research design, including qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-method approaches. The curriculum emphasizes critical analysis of existing literature, developing research questions, and formulating hypotheses. Through projects and peer collaboration, students will refine their skills in data collection, analysis, and scholarly writing, preparing them for successful dissertation work and future academic contributions.
MNGT 6403 Applied Research Design
Examining the practical application of research design strategies in actual contexts, students learn to craft comprehensive research proposals that incorporate both theoretical underpinnings and practical methodologies. The course covers experimental designs, case study analysis, longitudinal studies, ethnographic studies, and issues related to validity, reliability, and generalizability in research. Through a combination of lectures, workshops, and project-based learning, students gain hands-on experience in designing and executing research studies that address complex questions in their respective fields.
MNGT 6503 Research Methodologies
This course is a comprehensive examination of advanced research methodologies. Students will explore qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches, learning to design and implement robust research studies. The curriculum covers data collection techniques, statistical analysis, and the ethical considerations involved in conducting research. Emphasis is placed on developing a critical understanding of methodological frameworks and their application in addressing complex research questions across various disciplines.
MNGT 6603 Stategic Managerial Comm
An examination of the exchange and construction of messages to achieve goals and manage uncertainty in organizations, this course explores the roles of organizational structure, relationships, power, control, leadership, discourse, meanings, symbols, and information flow. Students will study the interactive oral and interpersonal communication skills critical for leaders, including strategies for presenting to hostile audiences, running effective meetings, and active listening. Students demonstrate the ability to effectively deliver professional presentations and construct well-written executive summaries for business and professional settings.
MNGT 7203 Conflict Management and Negotiation
Focusing on the dynamics of conflict and negotiation, this course examines theories and practical strategies for managing and resolving conflicts in organizational and interpersonal contexts. Students study negotiation techniques, conflict resolution models, and the psychological aspects of conflict. Through simulations, role-playing, and case studies, students enhance their skills in negotiation, mediation, and conflict resolution, preparing them to handle disputes effectively in professional settings.
MNGT 7403 Conscious Leadership & Change
Management An advanced exploration of strategies for applying leadership and management skills to overcome complex problems and challenges through the understanding of emotional intelligence, the characteristics of effective and high-performing teams, and through the identification of team development stages and diagnosis of team dysfunctions. Emphasizing organizational health and conscious leadership strategies consistent with the philosophy of conscious capitalism, students will learn and apply relevant theory for effective leadership and change management practice and demonstrate that ability through a research project design for their own organization or an assigned organization.
MNGT 7603 Creativity and Problem Solving
This course investigates processes and methodologies that underpin creative thinking and problem-solving in organizational and academic settings. Students explore theories of creativity, cognitive processes, and innovation, examining how these elements contribute to effective problem-solving. The curriculum emphasizes identifying and overcoming cognitive biases, fostering a creative organizational culture, and applying these skills to overcome challenges. Through interactive workshops, case studies, and collaborative projects, this course aims to equip students with the tools to foster creativity and innovation essential for leadership roles in dynamic and evolving environments.
MNGT 7803 Strategic and Purpose Driven Leadership
This course equips students as future business leaders with the skills and insights necessary to develop and implement effective strategies that align with organizational purpose and values. It combines theoretical frameworks with practical applications to explore how leaders can drive sustainable success through purpose-driven initiatives. Students will hone their sense of higher purpose as leaders while developing new tools and strategies for growing their power and influence. Through an empirical research component, students contribute to the academic and practical understanding of strategic and purpose-driven leadership.
MNGT 7903 Strategic and Purpose Driven Decision-
Making This course prepares students as future business leaders with the expertise and insights required to formulate and execute decisions that align with organizational purpose and values. By integrating theoretical frameworks with hands-on applications, the course delves into how leaders can achieve sustainable success through purpose-driven decision-making. Students develop a heightened sense of purpose as leaders while gaining new tools and strategies to enhance their authority and impact. An empirical research component will allow students to contribute to the academic and practical knowledge of strategic and purpose-driven decision making.
MNGT 8103 Research Design and Proposal
In this seminar, students will begin developing their dissertation research proposals. The course emphasizes the formulation of research questions, literature review, and the design of an appropriate methodological approach. Students work closely with faculty to refine their proposals, ensuring a strong theoretical foundation and a feasible research plan. The seminar also covers ethical considerations and the approval process for conducting research involving human subjects.
MNGT 8903 Doctorial Research Project
In this culminating course, students will prepare for and complete their dissertation defense. This involves presenting their research findings to a panel of faculty members and external experts, defending their methodology, and discussing the implications of their work. The course provides guidance on effective presentation techniques, addressing critical feedback, and demonstrating the significance of the research contributions. Successful completion of the defense marks the final requirement for the doctoral degree. Repeatable up to 15 hours.