Management Concentration Requirements
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Management Consulting Concentration
Management Consulting
Organizations regularly engage management consultants in an effort to maintain their competitive edge and improve performance. Students who complete the Management Consulting Concentration are prepared to contribute to performance improvement initiatives inside many types of organizations, including corporations, professional services firms, and governmental and non-profit organizations. Students who complete this concentration develop proficiency to:
Measure and interpret an organization's performance
Diagnose an organization's threats and opportunities
Recommend activities for the organization to address threats or opportunities
Carry out those activities as a member of a project team
Communicate clearly the purpose, scope, and benefits of their work
In addition to satisfying the B.S.B.A. degree requirements, students in the Management Consulting concentration are required to take five units of courses as noted below.
Two classes, chosen from:
Two classes, chosen from:
One class, chosen from:
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Management Entrepreneurship Concentration
Management Entrepreneurship
Innovation and Entrepreneurship has become a driving force in economic and societal change. The proliferation of new ventures and small businesses stimulates many new career and professional opportunities. Even large, established organizations today recognize the value creation potential of innovative and entrepreneurial opportunities. The Entrepreneurship Concentration provides students with the skills and mindset needed to succeed in fast-moving environments. Students engage in new concept creation from idea generation, to validation, and execution. Students also acquire knowledge and training in applied creativity through innovation for organizations of all types and sizes.
In addition to satisfying the B.S.B.A. degree requirements, students in the Entrepreneurship concentration are required to take four units of MGMT courses as noted below.
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MGMT 225 IT DATA & ANALYTICS
Units: 1
DescriptionDevelops the skills to prepare raw data for analysis of business problems and development of evidence-based recommendations. Work with relational databases to import, structure, cleanse, and transform data. Apply data analysis tools and techniques, data visualization platforms, simulation strategies, and data mining to raw data to develop insights and business recommendations.
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MGMT 247 INTRODUCTN TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Units: 1
DescriptionAn overview of new venture formation processes with the objective of providing students with the skills needed to recognize innovative ideas and develop them into value-creating initiatives (i.e., starting businesses). Emphasis is on developing plans related to new venture exploration, as well as effectively communicating (i.e., pitching) ideas to stakeholders who can provide necessary resources for firm formation and growth
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MGMT 259 SPECIAL TOPICS IN MANAGEMENT
Units: 0.5-1
DescriptionManagement topics not covered in other courses.
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MGMT 330 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
Units: 1
DescriptionBehavioral science concepts and their application to analysis of individual and group behavior in an organizational setting. Conceptual areas include organizational culture, personality, motivation, learning, perception, communications, attitudes, and small groups.
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MGMT 331 PERSONNEL/HR MANAGEMENT
Units: 1
DescriptionHuman resources decisions made by managers in general, and personnel managers in particular. Steps in employment relationship including job design, human resources requirements, staffing, training, goal setting, performance assessment, rewards, and human resource planning and development.
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MGMT 332 MANAGING GROUPS & TEAMS
Units: 1
DescriptionOverview of how to effectively manage groups and teams in organizations. Topics focus on internal and external dynamics of groups and teams. Emphasis is on developing a theoretical grasp of issues and problems as well as an understanding of the practical implications concerning covered topics.
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MGMT 333 CROSS-CULTURAL MGMT
Units: 1
DescriptionIntroduction to challenges and opportunities associated with organizational management in the international context. Focuses on key cultural dimensions and differences across countries, and how management principles and concepts (e.g., motivation, leadership, communication, teams) can be applied and adapted to an international, cross-cultural environment.
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MGMT 339 DIRECTED INDEPENDENT STUDY
Units: 0.5-1
DescriptionIndependent research on a management topic conducted under the direct supervision of an instructor.
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MGMT 340 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
Units: 1
DescriptionIntroduces a variety of common operations issues that frequently are dealt with both in manufacturing and services industries and that affect other functions of the business. Specific topics include inventory systems, process design and control, quality, and forecasting.
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MGMT 341 GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
Units: 1
DescriptionSupply chain from a managerial perspective. Topics will include supply chain network, inventory and distribution systems, globalization and outsourcing. Analytical tools and models to evaluate and improve supply chains’ performance will be introduced.
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MGMT 341U PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
Units: 3
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MGMT 342 MANAGING PROCESSES & PROJECTS
Units: 1
DescriptionThe study of systems for the purpose of project management, process management, and consulting. Topics include: systems analysis process, measurement of goals and performance within organizations, decision analysis, project management, and the integration of modern analytics software. Of interest to students preparing to work on the analysis of complex systems, such as business consulting, finance, policy, health care, and others.
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MGMT 342U MANAGING BUSINESS PROCESSES
Units: 4
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MGMT 344 BARGAINING/NEGOTIATION IN ORG
Units: 1
DescriptionMulti-disciplinary study of concepts related to bargaining and negotiations. Situations involving interpersonal behavior and group conflict will be examined, using research findings from several academic disciplines including psychology, communications, and organizational behavior. A primary objective is to have students discover and improve their own bargaining styles through participation in role-plays and simulations based on real-life scenarios.
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MGMT 345U BUSINESS LITERACY
Units: 6
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MGMT 348 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Units: 1
DescriptionStudy of various challenges being faced by today's organizations created by heightened concern for the protection of our natural environment. Topics studied include such issues as air and water pollution, waste management, and global warming.
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MGMT 351 MANAGING INNOVATION
Units: 1
DescriptionExplores paths to growth through innovation in existing companies (rather than in a startup environment) with a focus on organizational effectiveness. The theory and practice of promoting and managing innovation are considered in the context of case studies and the most recent academic thinking on topics like organizational design, resource allocation, culture development, and “managing clever people.” The goal of the course is to prepare students to participate in, lead, and advise innovation teams to increase the likelihood of a desired corporate outcome.
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MGMT 352 NEW VENTURE CREATION
Units: 1
DescriptionDesigned to provide students with theoretical and practical understanding of new ventures. Examines the start-up-, operational-, and growth-related issues that the aforementioned entrepreneurial ventures typically encounter. Teaches how a new venture opportunity is developed through hands-on problem solving and organizational development. Students are required to participate in an immersive new venture experience, subject to approval.
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MGMT 353 SUSTAIN/ ACCOUNTABILITY IN BUS
Units: 1
DescriptionDiscussion and analysis of sustainability and accountability challenges in business. Current sustainable business cases are used to highlight those challenges and potential solutions and to examine how organizations can measure their environmental and societal impact and report on their sustainability activities.
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MGMT 355 HEALTH SECTOR ANALYSIS
Units: 1
DescriptionOverview and technical analysis of major sectors within the U.S. healthcare industry. Sectors such as pharmaceuticals, inpatient care, biotechnology, and health information technology will be analyzed in the context of Medicare, commercial insurance, and regulatory trends. Includes the development of spreadsheet and database models.
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MGMT 359 SPECIAL TOPICS IN MANAGEMENT
Units: 0.5-1
DescriptionManagement topics not covered in other courses to enhance the Management concentration.
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MGMT 398U SPECIAL TOPICS
Units: 1-6
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MGMT 399U INDEPENDENT STUDY
Units: 1-4
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MGMT 406 SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH
Units: 0
DescriptionDocumentation of the work of students who receive summer fellowships to conduct research [or produce a creative arts project] in the summer. The work must take place over a minimum of 6 weeks, the student must engage in the project full-time (at least 40 hours per week) during this period, and the student must be the recipient of a fellowship through the university. Graded S/U.
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MGMT 450 CONSULTING PROCESS & PRACTICUM
Units: 1
DescriptionIntended to aid top senior students with the knowledge and experience to achieve successful full-time positions with leading consulting firms. Taught collaboratively and includes accounting, operations and strategy faculty. Consulting-related topics in class with team project to perform an actual consulting project for a local organization.
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MGMT 505 DESCRIPTIVE STAT BUS PROBLEMS
Units: 4
DescriptionAddresses the theory, methodology, and application of statistics to contemporary business problems. Topics include descriptive statistics, basic probability theory, statistical inference, correlation and selected other topics. Comprehensive review of a common analytical and data visualization tool to be used throughout the program. -
MGMT 510 LDRSHP, TEAMS, MGMT OF CHANGE
Units: 2
DescriptionAnalysis of individual workplace behaviors and organizational psychology as they relate to the management of employees, teams, and other key organizational constituents. Understanding of basic management issues such as motivation, individual differences, leadership, teams, and managing change, provides students with a foundation needed for enhancing individual and team performance and attitudes at work. Topics related to organizational change management will be addressed also. -
MGMT 520 PREP AND UNDRSTND FIN STATMNTS
Units: 3
DescriptionInstruction on external financial reporting including a basic understanding of the income statement, balance sheet, and statement of cash flows, along with their major financial components. Emphasis on understanding the business impact of the statements rather than preparation of statements. Also includes instruction on internal financial reporting including ratio analysis, determination of appropriate executive reporting content and design of performance dashboards. Data visualization will be discussed. -
MGMT 530 STRTG CUST CNTRCTY, INNV & MKT
Units: 3
DescriptionStudy of the marketing process in which marketing decisions are made. Areas of concentration: pricing decisions, consumer wants, motivation and purchasing power, distribution channels, product and service market offerings, a global approach, and management of the firms marketing effort. Use of algorithms and data to support marketing decisions. Understanding the implications of analytics for the formulation and implementation of business strategy. Use of analytic methods to solve business problems such as market segmentation, brand positioning, customer satisfaction, ethical decision-making, financial decisions and/or product pricing all with a focus on innovation. -
MGMT 540 ECON BUS DEC-MKNG & GLBL ECONO
Units: 3
DescriptionExamines fundamentals of macroeconomics including analysis of business cycles and macroeconomic policy and the microeconomic issues faced by firms of all kinds. Explores economic methodologies to solve business-oriented problems, with a focus on the role that economic analysis plays in business decision making. -
MGMT 550 ANALYTICS AND INFORMATION
Units: 3
DescriptionIntroduces data analysis methods that assist in discovery of reliable, understandable and useful patterns in structured, semi-structured and unstructured data. Practice with core data analysis methods, analyze cases, and explore real world applications and issues. Manipulation of very large data sets, analysis of complex business problems, and development of evidence-based recommendations to improve company performance. Work with relational databases and spreadsheet software to import, structure, cleanse, transform, filter, and analyze data. -
MGMT 560 FINANCE & MODELING THE CORP
Units: 3
DescriptionExamines financial statement analysis, ratio analysis, project analysis, capital budgeting, and forecasting. Study of theory and practice of corporate finance with special emphasis on the evaluation and financing of capital expenditures. Covers debt versus equity financing. Development of evidence-based recommendations to improve a firm's financial performance; applicaiton of analytic techniques to extract insights from data converting it to information for decision-making. Makes extensive use of Microsoft Excel. -
MGMT 570 STRTG DEC-MKNG WRLD OF INNOV
Units: 3
DescriptionExamines strategic alternatives and choices to be made by companies in light of opportunities and threats within the external environment. Also examines how companies should create core competencies to enhance the strategic choice and to create sustainable competitive advantage. Different levels of strategic management emphasized, all viewed through the lens of innovation. -
MGMT 580 OPERATIONS & SUPPLY CHAIN
Units: 3
DescriptionAnalysis of the processes related to the production of goods or the delivery of services with a focus on optimization. Includes a deep dive into the current issues related to the global supply chain. -
MGMT 585 GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS
Units: 2
DescriptionIntroduction to the field of international business with a focus on national economic and cultural differences. Student teams complete a project related to a relevant company or institutional strategic issue based in a specific country or region. Projects can focus on topics such as international trade policies and institutions; foreign direct investment; regional economic integration; international monetary system; global competition; current international business trends and developments, or other relevant topics. Presentation of the final project report is required. -
MGMT 590 BUS COMM & CAPSTONE CONSLT PRJ
Units: 3
DescriptionPractical learning experiences designed to sharpen written and oral communications skills. Addresses various forms of written and oral communications designed to inform, convince, and persuade: professionalism of written communications, communications planning, and the appropriateness of various media for conveying information. Capstone Consulting Project is a field-based project in which students create recommendations to address a strategic challenge facing a host organization. Presentation of analysis and recommendations both orally and in writing and an implementation plan including implications of recommendations for the host organization.