This course provides the learner with the basic skills needed to be successful in the MBA program. It focuses on expectations of graduate level work including correct documentation and use of scholarly resources, an introduction to basic business and management principles and functions and addresses ethical theories and challenges related to modern business and management.
This course approaches and envisions leadership as a complex system requiring constant adaptation and reflection as a leader. The course explains levels of leadership as well as lenses through which to view organizational life. The course also focuses on traditional strategic management topics including analysis of the internal and external environment, as well as decisions and actions that an organization undertakes to gain and maintain a competitive advantage.
This course addresses traditional concepts and themes in the field of Organizational Behavior. It focuses on development of theoretical challenges in organizational management and how to develop practical solutions to issues and problems in the modern global workplace. Specific topics include leadership, motivation, employee participation, teamwork, job enrichment and work integration.
Provides an introduction to the role of information systems in support of businesses and organizations. Special focus is placed on how information systems support and enhance administrative operations, decision-making, new strategic endeavors, organizational structure, financial accounting, situational awareness, and facilitation of corporate leadership. Emphasis is placed on developing a managerial perspective regarding the development, use and management of information systems.
Builds on BUSA 510 Organizational Behavior and BUSA 520 Strategic Leadership, by intensely focusing on techniques for managing groups and work teams in a team-oriented culture. This course examines internal group processes such as: cohesion, communication, conflict, feedback & motivation. It also addresses composition issues in teams such as: diversity, globalism, and social loafing; and dynamics of teamwork such as: team-building, cross-functional integration, leadership roles & responsibilities, and team-interdependence.