Fundamental principles underlying the management of business enterprises, based on planning, organizing, supervising, and controlling various functional activities.

A practical tutorial on procurement and logistics. Procumement topics include materials, sourcing matrices, demand planning, and supplier certifications. Logistics topics include containerization, international trade, transportation, materials handling systems, ERP, inventory management, distribution center design, and warehouse designs and operations.

A practical tutorial on the effective mangement of factors of production, design and delivery of goods and services. Topics iinclude design paradigms, materials selection models, production design and management, lean, end-of-life strategies and quality strategies and standares.

An examination of strategic human capital advantage. Topics include: job analyses, job design, recruitment, training and development, EEOC, ADA, and other legal, practical and competitive issues and constraints relevant to a firm’s HR practices and policies.

An in-depth examination of contemporary strategic logistics management. Topics include: logistics partnering, integrated logistics systems, and global materials sourcing.

An analysis of the behavior of persons in organizational settings, including personality, values, motivation, leadership, authority in groups, and informal groups.

A study of small/business management, entrepreneurship and problems of organizing and operating a small business.

A study of the international business arena, including environmental forces (economic, cultural, technological, political, legal, physical) and their implications for developing effective management and marketing strategies.

Off-campus, on-the-job employment related to the discipline of management.

  Capstone course:  Examines firm-level competitive and collaborative advantages within the context of industry, strategic-group, and global competition.  Students will apply analytical, communication, team and management skills and functional content-knowledge to the investigation of a real-world business.  Senior Exit Examination required.

An exploration of contempory topics in business management. MAy be repeated for credit for different topics (maximum of 9 credit hours). Examples of topics include lean, green, and sigma; global competitiveness; sustainable business practice; team management; leadership; or other current issues.

Research and in/depth study of a particular management concept or problem under the direction of a faculty member.