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Graduate courses
MGT 204 - International Business and Strategy
Examines common trade theories and how these affect government policy and regulation. Considers alternative strategies for the conduct of multinational and global business. Explores the different international configurations of business-government -society relationship systems and how these affect international business strategies. Considers policy, strategy and management challenges in marketing, finance, production and personnel faced by multinational and global corporations.
Credit: 3 Units
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Summer 2009
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Fall 2009
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Spring 2010
MGT 210 - Management Theory and Communications
Teaches the application in formal organizations of the principles of management, staffing, planning, organizing, controlling, leading, and communicating, as well as management concepts of motivation, morale and communications. Students are encouraged to develop individual evaluative criteria for communications style with the aid of the instructor and peers.
Credit: 3 Units
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Summer 2009
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Fall 2009
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Spring 2010
MGT 300 - Managerial Analysis and Team Dynamics
Develops skills needed for individual effectiveness as a manager, including business analysis and problem-solving, leadership, group dynamics and teamwork. Must be taken in the first 6 units of the MBA Advanced Program.
Credit: 3 Units
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Summer 2009
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Fall 2009
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Spring 2010
MGT 301 - Entrepreneurship
Studies the underlying principles and theories of entrepreneurship, exploring its how tos and pitfalls. Entrepreneurial strategies and management alternatives will be examined. Emphasis on starting new ventures, acquiring other businesses and making existing enterprises profitable. You will be able to work on projects while learning the ins and outs of being successful and happy entrepreneurs. Both academic and practical considerations will be emphasized.
Credit: 3 Units
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Fall 2009
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Spring 2010
MGT 305 - Managing People in International Settings
Presents issues and challenges for managing a multinational work force in light of an organizations strategic objectives and the larger global environment in which multinational organizations operate. Discusses techniques and strategies for managing performance in multinational settings to insure effective and efficient performance. Topics include cross-cultural teams and leadership and international dimensions of human resource management.
Credit: 3 Units
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Summer 2009
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Fall 2009
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Spring 2010
MGT 306 - Legal Aspects of International Business Transactions
Reviews the origin, nature and scope of international law; examines the bases for jurisdiction; sovereign immunity; dispute resolution; US export controls; trade regulation; and extraterritorial application of US laws governing international business transactions. Also examines the legal aspects of establishing an overseas operation; joint venturing abroad; using a foreign distributor; exporting technology; and the Export Administration Act, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and relevant antitrust laws .
Credit: 3 Units
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Fall 2009
MGT 320 - Management Leadership: Theory and Practice
Examines theories of leadership, their history and their application to current management theory and practice. Uses lectures, case methods and discussions in review of classic models and emerging trends; compares entrepreneurial, hierarchical and team management. Examination of ones own leadership styles and those of others. Prerequisite: MGT 140 or MGT 141.
Credit: 3 Units
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Fall 2009
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Spring 2010
MGT 338 - The Manager as Communicator
Examines professional communication skills in a variety of interpersonal and group situations. Develops an understanding of the communication process and allows you to evaluate your skills critically. Practices, analyzes ineffective communication behavior, efficient interpretation of meanings and developing listening skills. Stresses nonverbal communication and persuasive skills.
Credit: 3 Units
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Summer 2009
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Fall 2009
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Spring 2010
MGT 341 - Benefits Administration
Reviews the health/welfare and retirement-plan management fields. Examines benefit planning and negotiation; controlling benefit costs; administering benefit programs; legal issues, including ERISA impact; future trends. Corequisite: MGT 346.
Credit: 3 Units
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Summer 2009
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Fall 2009
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Spring 2010
MGT 342 - Compensation Administration
Examines procedures and strategies for determining compensation systems in contemporary organizations, considering both traditional and more innovative methods of compensation. Addresses the need for strategically focused compensation systems and examines the related variables that impact employee motivation and performance in a variety of organizational settings. Corequisite: MGT 346.
Credit: 3 Units
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Summer 2009
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Fall 2009
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Spring 2010
MGT 343 - Labor Relations
Examines issues and trends in the relationship between organized labor and management in a variety of organizational settings. Provides an in depth understanding of the National Labor Relations Act and the role of the National Labor Relations Board. Addresses the negotiation and collective bargaining process as well as forms of alternative dispute resolution. Corequisite: MGT 346.
Credit: 3 Units
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Summer 2009
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Fall 2009
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Spring 2010
MGT 344 - Training and Development
Provides a rigorous study of the functions and roles of individual employee and team training and development to insure effective performance. Examines the role of training from a strategic perspective including planning and assessment, design and delivery, evaluation of training and integration of training with performance management and compensation systems. Includes study of technology applications in training. Corequisite: MGT 346.
Credit: 3 Units
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Fall 2009
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Spring 2010
MGT 345 - Contextual Environment of Business
Effective 2/17/09 Examines the critical impact of non-market forces including the international, legal, political, social, environmental and cultural roles played by the business enterprise in conducting global business. In addition to purely legal concerns, a major emphasis of the course is the ethical, social and environmental obligations of both the individual manager and the corporation as a whole.
Credit: 3 Units
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Fall 2009
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Spring 2010
MGT 346 - Human Resource Management
Provides an overview of the critical functions and activities of human resource management from the perspective of the general manager. Illustrates the need for an integrated approach towards human resource planning, staffing, training, performance management, compensation and benefits, labor relations and employee separation. Special attention paid to the role of HR in assuring compliance with legal regulation of the employment relationship.
Credit: 3 Units
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Summer 2009
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Fall 2009
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Spring 2010
MGT 348 - Negotiating in Business
Examines the knowledge and skills needed to be an effective negotiator. Applications include employment and salary negotiations; negotiating with employees/employers; sales negotiations; and negotiating with colleagues. Stresses knowledge, discipline and skill that you need to achieve your objectives during negotiations.
Credit: 3 Units
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Fall 2009
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Spring 2010
MGT 353 - Organizational Development
Applies behavioral science theory to corporate change and problem solving through the organizational development method; examines the role of the facilitator and client, data collection, climate studies, diagnosis, interventions such as data feedback and confrontation; planning and institutionalizing change. You will practice the techniques of the facilitator.
Credit: 3 Units
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Fall 2009
MGT 356 - Management Development Methods and Strategies
Surveys management development within and outside of organizations. Focuses on career-management systems: the recruiting, selection, and assessment process; training techniques; appraisal; career planning; exit programs; examines in-house practices and programs; and additional resources for education and development.
Credit: 3 Units
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Summer 2009
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Fall 2009
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Spring 2010
MGT 358 - Employment Law
Surveys federal and state laws and their impact on the employment relationship, with particular emphasis on Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and other laws that regulate the terms and conditions of employment. Emphasis placed on the role of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and on judicial interpretation of newer laws whose terms are ambiguous and hence present special challenges to organizations. Discusses the roles of the employer, federal government and public and private interest groups and their impact on employer/ employee relations. Corequisite: MGT 346.
Credit: 3 Units
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Summer 2009
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Fall 2009
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Spring 2010
MGT 359 - Managing the Employment Function
Examines techniques and strategies for recruiting, selecting, motivating and retaining a high quality work force. Considers alternative forms of work organization and their impact on employee careers as well as organizational efficiency and effectiveness. Studies techniques of human resource planning and strategies for managing employee separation, including termination, retirement and layoffs to insure smooth personal and organizational transitions while maintaining compliance with relevant employment laws. Corequisite: MGT 346.
Credit: 3 Units
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Summer 2009
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Fall 2009
MGT 362 - Developing Strategies for Competitive Advantage
Effective 01/20/09 Covers the development and implementation of strategies for gaining competitive advantage. You will consider the strategic problems encountered by top-level managers in a competitive global market from an integrated perspective. You will learn varied approaches to analyzing strategic situations, developing a competitive strategy and managing policies to implement these strategies including: controlling organization-wide policies, leading organizational change and the allocation and leverage of resources. You will consider such emerging topics as competitive dynamics, technology-based competition, business-governmental relationships, corporate social responsibility and cooperative strategy.This is the Capstone MBA class and should be taken in the last term of the MBA program. Prerequisites: MGT 300, OP 300, MKT 300, FI 300A
Credit: 3 Units
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Summer 2009
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Fall 2009
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Spring 2010
MGT 364 - Technology Applications in Human Resource Management
Investigates various technological applications to assist an organization in managing its employees. Examines system requirements and available standard or customized software options for processing HR-related information, including Internet and intranet development, and usage for human resource planning, staffing, training, compensation, career management and legal compliance. Prerequisite: MGT 346
Credit: 3 Units
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Summer 2009
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Fall 2009
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Spring 2010
MGT 366 - Methods of Action Research and Consultation
Applies both classical and contemporary organization theory to complex organizations. Examines diagnostic and analytic research skills and assessment of organizational phenomena that need to react to external conditions. You will practice methods and skills for consulting together with action research methods. A major field-based research project, which can include an action intervention component, is required. Prerequisites: MGT 140 or MGT 141; CIS 10 or CIS 17; and MATH 40 or consent of the instructor.
Credit: 3 Units
MGT 370 - Strategic Human Resource Management
Analyzes the critical role of human resource management in achieving an organizations strategic objectives. Examines techniques for developing a holistic, integrated approach toward the various human resource functions that is aligned with the organizations strategy. Compares and contrasts models of traditional human resource management with strategic human resource management and the application of strategic HR in a variety of traditional and nontraditional organizational settings. Prerequisite: MGT 346
Credit: 3 Units
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Summer 2009
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Fall 2009
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Spring 2010
MGT 396CR - Conflict Resolution: Skills and Techniques
Explores the skills and techniques necessary for conflict mediation. You will learn communication techniques, problem identification and management skills, techniques for achieving agreement or settlement and intake skills. Also offered as PSYCH 353.
Credit: 3 Units
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Spring 2010
MGT 396GD - Group Dynamics and Social Processes
Explores the dynamics that occur in small groups. In addition to learning how to lead and facilitate groups, you will acquire an advanced understanding of theoretical constructs such as membership, norms, communication and leadership. Group research methodologies and the principles on which they are based are also covered. Also offered as PSYCH 306.
Credit: 3 Units
MGT 396IO - Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Explores the theory and practice of industrial and organizational psychology. You will examine the dynamics of organizational life and develop an understanding of the individual, interpersonal and group behaviors in work settings. Methods of assessment and intervention will be covered. Also offered as PSYCH 340.
Credit: 3 Units
MGT 396N - Coaching
Explores the growing field of business, organizational and personal coaching as both a profession and also for the personal development of the student. Topics will include: the unique communication skills of a coach, assessment and coaching tools, developmental models of change, common coaching issues, the stages and structures of coaching, and coaching as a profession. Class structure will include: demonstrations, experiential practice and learning, and guest lectures from successful coaches. May be used as a management, industrial/organizational psychology or conflict resolution certificate elective option.
Credit: 3 Units
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Summer 2009
MGT 396OB - Organizational Behavior & Process
Examines the structure, function and performance of organizations and the impact of psychological and sociological variables on the behavior of groups and their members. You will learn the key relationships between organizational culture, behavior and processes. Also offered as PSYCH 341.
Credit: 3 Units
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Fall 2009
MGT 396PM - Performance Management
Provides effective methods and techniques for developing specific and measurable individual and organizational performance objectives including setting goals and standards. Concepts and tools are presented for HR professionals, as business partners, to drive the design and implementation of fully-integrated performance management systems across their entire organization. This includes performance development and feedback in addition to various ways of designing and writing performance evaluations and appraisals.
Credit: 3 Units
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Summer 2009
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Fall 2009
MGT 396SI - Executing Strategic Initiatives
This course covers the development of a strategy and its execution. You will be asked to develop ideas and determine which one best fits a viable opportunity. you will be expected to craft a workable strategy and communicate this strategy to funtional areas within an organization. You will be challenged to engage and succeed in a functional environment and to align functional plans with an oganization strategy. A final element of the course is the presentation of an organization strategy, supported by functional plans, which have generated a real product or service.
Credit: 3 Units
MGT 396ST - Structure, Theory and Ethics of Conflict Resolution
Explores professional conflict resolution and mediation as an emerging means of problem solving in family, industrial, environmental and business law. You will examine the theoretical framework of dispute resolution and its relationship to the traditional justice system, and explore related ethical issues. Also offered as PSYCH 352.
Credit: 3 Units
MGT 398 - Internship: Management
Offers you the opportunity to receive graduate-level work experience in management. You are responsible for your own placement in an internship approved by the department chair. A written internship proposal is required before consideration for this course. A written report is required upon completion of the internship. Prerequisite: Consent of the department chair.
Credit: 3 Units
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Summer 2009
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Fall 2009
MGT 399 - Directed Study
Provides an opportunity for the advanced student with a specific project in mind to do reading in a focused area and to prepare a substantial paper under the direction of a faculty member. Only one directed study course may be taken for credit toward a masters degree. Prerequisite: Completion of six graduate seminars in the Advanced Program; consent of the instructor and the department chair.
Credit: 1 - 3 Units
MGT 399A - DIRECTED STUDY
Credit: 1 - 3 Units
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Undergraduate courses
MGT 100 - The Manager as Communicator
Seeks to improve communication skills in various management situations such as interviewing, oral presentation, group leadership and decision making. You are encouraged to develop individual evaluative criteria with the aid of the instructor and fellow students. Prerequisites: ENGL 1A, ENGL 1B; one Management (MGT) or Marketing (MKT) course.
Credit: 3 Units
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Summer 2009
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Fall 2009
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Spring 2010
MGT 140 - Management Principles
Teaches the application in formal organizations of the principles of management, staffing, planning, organizing, controlling and leading as well as management concepts of motivation, morale and communications. Case studies are included.
Credit: 3 Units
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Summer 2009
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Fall 2009
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Spring 2010
MGT 141 - Organizational Behavior
Studies the impact that individuals, groups and organizational structure and processes have on behavior within organizations. Examines the foundations of individual and small group behavior and how this behavior affects organizational processes and performance. Utilizes case studies, role plays, and experiential exercises and requires extensive student participation.
Credit: 3 Units
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Summer 2009
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Fall 2009
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Spring 2010
MGT 145 - Law of Contracts, Sales & Commercial Transactions
Reviews law and legal theory relating to business; essentials of a binding contract; law of sales; nature and use of negotiable instruments; and Uniform Commercial Code.
Credit: 3 Units
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Summer 2009
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Fall 2009
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Spring 2010
MGT 156 - Management Policy and Strategy
Focuses on the development of company policy and strategy, examines the impact of a companys internal and external environment on strategic decisions and assigns case practice in analyzing and formulating business policy and strategy. Lower-division requirements must be satisfied. To be taken in the last 12 units of the BBA degree and Bridge programs. Prerequisites: FI 100, MGT 140 and MKT 100.
Credit: 3 Units
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Summer 2009
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Fall 2009
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Spring 2010
MGT 173 - Human Resource Management
Surveys the principles and practices in managing personnel; human resource planning, recruiting, selection, training; development of personnel policies; government regulation including EOC, OSHA, wage-and-hour laws; introduces labor relations and collective bargaining.
Credit: 3 Units
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Summer 2009
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Fall 2009
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Spring 2010
MGT 174 - Labor-Management Relations
Traces the growth of the labor movement and management reactions and policies; examines the role of government, contemporary problems, current practices in collective bargaining, grievance handling, state and federal labor legislation. Prerequisite: MGT 173.
Credit: 3 Units
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Summer 2009
MGT 175 - Personnel Recruitment, Selection and Placement
Examines the personnel process of human resource planning; generating applications (internal and external); analyzing qualifications, selection methods and decisions (including test evaluation); interview methods and practice; placement and exit programs (outplacement, retirement, etc.); and legal considerations. Utilizes simulation case practice, role play etc. Prerequisite: MGT 173.
Credit: 3 Units
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Summer 2009
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Spring 2010
MGT 176 - Compensation Decision Making
Reviews the elements necessary to make sound compensation decisions. Topics include types of compensation plans, employee motivation, economic theory, labor markets, compensation surveys, job analysis and evaluation, performance assessment, compensation methods, employee benefits, non-economic rewards and compensation administration. Prerequisite: MGT 173.
Credit: 3 Units
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Summer 2009
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Spring 2010
MGT 177 - Training Methods and Administration
Examines the role of the training function within the field of Human Resource Management. You will identify performance problems related to training, practice a variety of training methods and materials and decide the methods of evaluation. You design a training package and do a brief training session in class. Demonstrations of interactive video and computer programs. Prerequisite: MGT 173.
Credit: 3 Units
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Fall 2009
MGT 179 - Introduction to International Business
Examines environmental, economic, political and social constraints on doing business abroad; effects of overseas business investments on domestic and foreign economies; foreign market analysis and operational strategy of a firm; management problems and development potential of international operations.
Credit: 3 Units
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Summer 2009
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Fall 2009
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Spring 2010
MGT 188B - Doing Business in East and Southeast Asia
Focuses on the conduct of business between the United States and our major trading partners in East and Southeast Asia. You will prepare a market analysis for one of these countries and a product or service of your choice. You will learn how to identify what products and services are in demand, how to conduct business, what barriers to trade exist and what trade assistance is available for US companies. Corequisite: MGT 179
Credit: 3 Units
MGT 188C - Doing Business in Western Europe
Focuses on the conduct of business between the United States and our major trading partners in Western Europe. You will prepare a market analysis for one of these countries and a product or service of your choice. You will learn how to identify what products and services are in demand, how to conduct business, what barriers to trade exist, and what trade assistance is available for US companies. Corequisite: MGT 179
Credit: 3 Units
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Fall 2009
MGT 188D - Doing Business in Latin America
Focuses on the conduct of business between the United States and our major trading partners in Latin America. You will prepare a market analysis for one of these countries and a product or service of your choice. You will learn how to identify what products and services are in demand, how to conduct business, what barriers to trade exist, and what trade assistance is available for US companies. Corequisite: MGT 179.
Credit: 3 Units
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Spring 2010
MGT 190 - Entrepreneurship and Small Business
Reviews the principles and practices of entrepreneurship and small businesses. Explores entrepreneurship as an alternative to regular corporate executive career paths, entrepreneurial strategies, ownership alternatives, buying/selling business, franchising, venture capital and other related subjects. Both academic and hands-on real world exercises will be included. Prerequisite: Any Accounting course.
Credit: 3 Units
MGT 197 - Internship: Management
Offers you the opportunity to receive work experience in a job directly related to your academic major and career goals. You will be responsible for your own placement in an internship approved by the department chair. A written internship proposal is required before consideration for this course. A written report is required upon completion of the internship. Prerequisite: Consent of the department chair.
Credit: 1 - 3 Units
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Summer 2009
MGT 198 - Special Topics in Management
Address significant, topical and practical problems, issues and theories in management. Topics will be selected by the department chair. This course may be taken more than once, provided the same topic is not repeated. Prerequisite: Consent of the department chair. Prerequisites will vary based on topic.
Credit: 3 Units
MGT 199 - Directed Study in Management
Provides individual study of selected topics under supervision of a faculty member. You are limited to one directed study course per trimester. Prerequisites: Consent of the instructor and department chair.
Credit: 1 - 3 Units
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