302. Management and Organizational Behavior
Management 302 Prerequisites and Textbook(s)
306. Expository Writing for Administration (off and online)
Management 306 Prerequisites and Textbook(s)
350. Administrative Communication (On and offline)
Management 350 Prerequisites and Textbook(s)
405. International Management
Management 405 Prerequisites & Textbook(s)
451. Organizational Theory
Management 451 Prerequisites & Textbook(s)
455. Human Resource Management
Management 455 Prerequisites & Textbook(s)
490. Strategic Management
Management 490 Prerequisites & Textbook(s)
515. Small Business Consulting (nontraditional)
Management 515 Prerequisites & Textbook(s)
575. Internship in Management (nontraditional)
Management 575 Prerequisites & Textbook(s)
590. Seminar in Management (online)
Management 590 Prerequisites & Textbook(s)
595. Independent Study (nontraditional)
Management 595 Prerequisites & Textbook(s)
601. Organization Theory and Behavior (off and online)
Management 601 Prerequisites & Textbook(s)
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Introduction to management as if affects operations and the behavior
of people in
relation to the functional fields of administration. Selected behavioral
concepts analyzed with respect to application in management. (Also
offered as PSYC 302. Students may not receive credit for both.) (4
units).
Management 302 requires students be at a junior standing. The
textbook required for this course is Organizational Behavior: Eleventh
Edition, by Stephen P. Robbins. Please purchase the current text
edition if the Thirteenth Edition has been replaced. If available, the
study guide is optional. Blackboard is used as a supplement
resource for this course.
Writing related to business and public administration including
documented research reports, summaries and analytical papers.
Revisions and rewriting will be required. Course fulfills the
graduation requirement in writing proficiency. May not be counted for
fulfilling concentration for any degree program offered by the College
of Business and Public Administration. No more than one of the
expository writing courses (EDUC 306, ENG 306, HUM 306, MGMT
306, NSCI 306, and SSCI 306) may be taken for credit. Students who
have received a grade of no credit in any combination of the
expository writing courses two or more times must meet with the 306
coordinator or designee to design a developmental writing plan as a
condition for enrolling for a third quarter. Formerly MGMT 495.
Graded A, B, C/no credit. (4 units)
Management 306 requires students to be of junior standing.
Graduate students must receive a “B” or better in this course to
continue their educational pursuits. The textbook required for this
course is Writing That Works, Communicating Effectively on the Job:
Eight Edition, by Oliu, Brushaw, and Alred. Please purchase the
current text edition if the Eight Edition has been replaced. If available,
the study guide is optional. Students are also required to purchase a
writer’s reference manual (student's choice). The online version of
this course is taught 100% in Blackboard. The traditional format of
this course uses Blackboard as a supplemental resource.
.Introduction to communication and associated theory is the main
focus of this class. Concepts, analysis and methods of
improvement for interpersonal, organizational, internal and external
environments are studied.
Management 350 requires student be of a junior standing. The
textbooks are modules from the Managerial Communication Series
(James O'Rourke, Editor).
This course provides identification of the diverse factors, actors, and
forces that shape the global business environment. Comparative
analysis of management practices in various cultures with emphasis
on sociocultural, political and economic influences. Need for
adaptation of business practices to local environment is stressed. (4
units)
Management 405 requires students to be of a junior standing and
have completed MGMT 302 or PSYC 302. The textbook required for
this course is International Management, Culture, Strategy, and
Behavior: Sixth Edition, by Hodgetts, Luthans, and Doh. Please
purchase the current text edition if the Sixth Edition has been
replaced. If available, the study guide is optional. Blackboard is used
as a supplemental resource for this course,
Traditionally, this course ends with the festivities of International
Night.
Development and analysis of organizations and management
theory. Comparative analysis seeking patterns and systematic
explanation of differences among organizations. Dynamics of
interaction between organizations and environments. (4 units)
Management 451 requires students to be of a junior standing and
have completed MGMT 302 or PSYC 302. The textbook required for
this course is Classics of Organizational Theory: Sixth Edition, by
Shafritz, Ott, and Yang. Please purchase the current text edition if the
Sixth Edition has been replaced. If available, the study guide is
optional. Blackboard is used as a supplemental resource for this
course.
Policies related to human resources; human resources planning,
employee selection and development, performance appraisal,
compensation, relationships with unionized employees, and
collective bargaining. (4 units)
Management 455 requires students to be of junior standing and
have completed MGMT 302 or PSYC 302. The required textbook for
this course is Fundamentals of Human Resource Management:
Eight Edition, by Decenzo and Robbins. Please purchase the current
text edition if the Eight Edition has been replaced. If available, the
study guide is optional. Blackboard is used as a supplemental
resource for this course.
This course develops an overall general manager’s perspective of
the business and integrates knowledge from accounting, finance,
information and decision sciences, production, management,
marketing, and public society. Coverage includes competitive
strategy for global, national, and regional/local businesses and
managerial concerns regarding social and environmental issues.
Emphasis is on cases, computer applications and small-group
work. Three hours of lecture and two hours activity laboratory are
required each week. (4 units)
Management 490 requires students to be of senior standing and
have completed all the upper-division administrative core courses,
and the upper-division writing requirement. Management 490 is
sometimes taught within a service-learning environment. When
applicable, students will be assigned “real-world” entrepreneurs for
business plan development. The required textbooks for this course
are Crafting and Executing Strategy: Fourteenth Edition, by
Thompson and Strickland and Biz Plan Builder Express—JIAN and
Kapron, with the accompanying text. Please purchase the current text
edition if the Fourteenth Edition has been replaced. If available, the
study guide is optional. Blackboard is used as a supplemental
resource for this course.
Traditionally, this course ends with a senior breakfast.
Supervised group consulting assignments designed to provide
meaningful business assistance to small businesses. (4 units)
Management 515 requires students to be of junior standing and
have completed at least 12 units of upper-division business
courses. Students must subscribe to the Wall Street Journal for this
course. An application for enrollment is required before approval for
enrollment can be granted. Blackboard is used as a supplemental
resource for this course.
Supervised work and study in private, public, nonprofit, and
community organizations. May be repeated once for credit. Graded
credit/no credit. This course is offered in a Service-learning format
and uses Blackboard as a class supplement resource. (4 units)
Management 575 requires students to be of junior standing.
Students must subscribe to the Wall street Journal for this course. A
project overview and a meeting with your advisor are required before
course enrollment can be granted. Blackboard is used as a
supplemental resource for this course.
This course provides an intensive study of some phase of
management developed by the instructor. Routine course topics
include: Administrative Communication, Advanced Expository Writing,
and Women in Business. This course uses Blackboard as a
supplemental class resource. (4 units)
Management 590 requires students to be of junior standing.
Textbooks for the course will be announced as applicable.
Blackboard is used as a supplemental resource for this course.
This course researches special topics that involve library and/or field
research. A total of 10 units in any College of Business and Public
Administration may be applied towards graduation.
Management 595 requires that students be of a junior standing and
have an overall grade point average of 3.0. Consent of the
department advisor and approval by the department chair must be
granted before enrollment for this course can be approved. Students
seeking enrollment approval must prepare a written project proposal
of their study and submit one copy of the document to their advisor
and one copy of their document to the College of Business and
Public Administration. Dependent upon study objectives, required
texts are determined. Blackboard is used as a supplemental
resource for this course.
A critical analysis of theories for viewing organizations and an
examination of the common models for understanding human
behavior, including executive behavior, within the constraints of
complex social systems.
Students must be of a graduate level and have completed MGMT 302
or PSYC 302. Textbooks for this course are Classics of
Organizational Theory: Sixth Edition, by Sahfritz and Ott and
Organizations, Behavior, Structure, and Processes: Thirteenth
Edition, by Gibson, Ivancevich, Donnelly, and Konopaske. Please
purchase the current text editions of these books if the listed editions
have been replaced.. The online version of this course is taught
100% on Blackboard. The traditional course uses Blackboard as a
supplemental resource for this course.

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