Organization and Human Resource Management Course Descriptions

330. Human Resources Management (I or II; 3, 0; U)

Focus is on how human resource management practices can create competitive advantages for organizations. Topics include employment discrimination, managing diversity, managing the size of the workforce, job analysis, recruitment, selection, training, compensation, performance evaluation, union-management relations, career management, employer and employee rights, and expatriate management. Prerequisite: MGMT 101.

335. Seminar in Organization Studies (II; 3, 0; U)

Special topics in organizational behavior, organization theory and design organization development, human resources management, and related topics. Seminar discussions of current theory and research. Fulfills BSBA distribution requirements in organization studies. Prerequisites: MGMT 101 (or equivalent) and permission of the instructor.

336. Organizational Behavior (I or II; 3, 0; U)

Focus is on explaining, predicting, and influencing the behavior of individuals and groups in organizations. Topics include challenges of managing in the "new" organization, integrating multiple perspectives, perception, and attribution, motivation, making teams work, internal and external team processes, leadership, power and politics, communication, conflict, organizational culture, managing organizational change, stress management, and individual career management. Prerequisite: MGMT 101 or permission of the instructor.

339. Organization Theory (II; 3, 0; U)

Organization design, goals and effectiveness, technology, organization change and development, decision making and leadership, power and authority, conflict management, agency theory, systems. Case discussions and team presentations. Prerequisite: MGMT 101.

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