Management Degree Plan

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Develops basic to intermediate spreadsheet skills using Excel and then further expands on these skills through business discipline-specific assignments. (Pass/Fail.)

Introduces students to the BBA in Management program and the fundamentals of online learning. Includes a self-paced foundation or refresher in basic quantitative skills, financial accounting, microeconomics, statistics, and spreadsheets. (Pass/Fail.)

PREREQ: Admitted to the BBA in Management program.

Provides opportunities to enhance skills in delivering clear, concise, and compelling messages through written and oral communication. This includes meetings and persuasive formal presentations. Students will also develop proficiency in the use of digital media for presentation, collaboration, and interpersonal interaction.

PREREQ: Admitted to the BBA in Management program, ENGL 102.

Introduces critical management skills involved in planning, structuring, leading, and controlling in an organization. Emphasizes the analysis and understanding of human behavior in organizations, including teamwork, motivation leadership, power and communication. Additional topics include strategic and operational planning, decision making, and designing adaptive organizations.

PREREQ: Admitted to the BBA in Management program.

Examines information technology resources such as database systems and enterprise systems explained in their role of supporting decision-makers. Emphasizes a hands-on-experience using spreadsheets, relational databases, and business intelligence software.

PREREQ: Admitted to the BBA in Management program.

Introduces future managers to the major legal issues involved in the business environment. Emphasizes the implication of these legal issues for business decision-making. Covers legal reasoning and the legal system, agency and business associations, torts, contracts and sales, intellectual property, employment law, and product liability.

PREREQ: Admitted to the BBA in Management program.

Develops an understanding of leadership concepts and principles. Emphasizes leadership skills and the ability to facilitate work in high-performing teams. Coursework includes applied learning within a business development context.

PREREQ: Admitted to the BBA in Management program.

Explores management of the core operations in manufacturing and services firms. Includes planning and control, scheduling, facility location, quality management, supply chain management, and inventory analysis.

PREREQ: Admitted to the BBA in Management program.

Examines the tools and concepts required to make value-added financial decisions. Emphasis on interpretation and analysis of financial reports and data. Topics include financial statement analysis, budgeting, cash flow, time value of money, and capital investment decisions.

PREREQ: Admitted to the BBA in Management program.

Develops analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills in situations dealing with complex organizations, with the ultimate objective of formulating policies and strategies, both domestic and worldwide. Builds upon and integrates the knowledge and methods acquired throughout the program to examine all functional areas of the organization.

PREREQ: Admitted to the BBA in Management program and permission from the department chair.

Introduces hands-on, technique-based training in the process of creating new, market-viable products and services. Focuses on disruptive thinking, reconstructing market boundaries, ethnographic research, and needs-based product positioning strategies. A mini business plan is developed using a collaborative, structured innovation process.

PREREQ: Admitted to the BBA in Management program.

Provides techniques for driving innovation and implementing ensuing business changes into an organization. Explores the role of managers and organizational design in balancing current operations with innovation during the change process.

PREREQ: Admitted to the BBA in Management program.

This course introduces students to the foundations of entrepreneurship. Topics include how to recognize business opportunities, develop business models and plans, and identify and locate sources of funding for business opportunities. Students will practice communicating business ideas to others.

PREREQ: Admission to any non-COBE major or BBA in Management; sophomore standing; one Foundations of Mathematics (FM) course.

Introduces the major human resource management functions: planning and recruitment, selection and placement, compensation and benefits, training and development, employee and labor relations, and health, safety, and security.

PREREQ: Admitted to the BBA in Management program.

Examines negotiation planning, processes, third-party interventions, and conflict management techniques applied in interpersonal, intergroup, organizational, and community settings. Introduces and applies skill development through discussion forums and negotiation role plays.

PREREQ: Admitted to the BBA in Management program.

Examines international business practices, as well as the influence of culture and ethics within the context of the global business environment. Addresses decisions about strategy and entry into overseas markets. Explores functional areas including marketing, finance, and human resource management.

PREREQ: Admitted to the BBA in Management program.

Explores the role of business in a global society. Includes ethical reasoning and decision-making, business responsibility in social and environmental contexts, and best practices in sustainability.

PREREQ: Admitted to the BBA in Management program.

Students will analyze the management and organization issues faced by new business ventures. Concepts include managing early-stage businesses for growth and sustainability. Students will also evaluate legal issues and considerations for business growth.

COREQ: ENTBUS 327.

Introduces methods of identifying and meeting the wants and needs of people and organizations. Focuses on decisions related to product, price, promotion, and distribution channels, including e-commerce.

PREREQ: Admitted to the BBA in Management program.

Entrepreneurial Marketing applies key marketing strategies to new businesses and/or new product launches. Students will focus on the marketing concepts associated with many of the business challenges facing new ventures. Students will develop comprehensive marketing plans for a new business or product.

COREQ: ENTBUS 327.

Examines frameworks and tools used by managers for the strategic analysis and assessment of their competitive environments. Emphasizes developing a working knowledge of application and interpretation of frameworks, tools, and techniques.

PREREQ: Admitted to the BBA in Management program.

Students will use the business model canvas to evaluate and assess business sustainability through an applied project. Additional topics include funding mechanisms for early-stage companies, and identifying team skills needed to launch a new business.

PREREQ: ENTBUS 327. COREQ: ENTBUS 327 or ENTBUS 387.

This course introduces students to the foundations of entrepreneurship. Topics include how to recognize business opportunities, develop business models and plans, and identify and locate sources of funding for business opportunities. Students will practice communicating business ideas to others.

PREREQ: Admission to any non-COBE major or Management BBA; sophomore standing; one Foundations of Mathematics (FM) course.

Students will analyze the management and organization issues faced by new business ventures. Concepts include managing early-stage businesses for growth and sustainability. Students will also evaluate legal issues and considerations for business growth.

COREQ: ENTBUS 327.

Entrepreneurial Marketing applies key marketing strategies to new businesses and/or new product launches. Students will focus on the marketing concepts associated with many of the business challenges facing new ventures. Students will develop comprehensive marketing plans for a new business or product.

COREQ: ENTBUS 327.

Students will use the business model canvas to evaluate and assess business sustainability through an applied project. Additional topics include funding mechanisms for early-stage companies, and identifying team skills needed to launch a new business.

PREREQ: ENTBUS 327. COREQ: ENTBUS 327 or ENTBUS 387.

Introduction to financial reporting. The primary objective is to make the student aware of the importance of accounting information as a powerful tool in the business decision-making process. Emphasis of the course is on the uses of financial information in making investment and credit decisions rather than the preparation of the information.

COREQ: ITM105 or satisfactory completion of computer competency exam covering basic spreadsheet skills or an alternate instructor-approved course.

Introduction to sales and marketing theory and principles as applied to resort and hospitality management. The course emphasizes methods of identifying and meeting the wants and needs of people and organizations. The relationship between sales and marketing management techniques is addressed. May be taken for MKTG or ROHM credit, but not both.

PREREQ: Admitted to the BBA in Management or Certificate in Resort and Hospitality Management.

Introduces students to the major legal issues and risks involved in the resort and hospitality industry. Emphasizes the implication of legal issues for business decision-making, developing policies to mitigate risk, compliance and prevention of liabilities. Covers legal reasoning and the legal system, agency and business associations, torts, contracts and sales, intellectual property, employment law, and product liability.

PREREQ: Admitted to the BBA in Management or Certificate in Resort and Hospitality Management.

Covers the skills and knowledge needed to develop and maintain a competent staff. Examines current trends and the strategic role of training. Includes decision-making in hiring, training, promoting, and dismissal; evaluation of HRM processes and systems; and training program design and effectiveness.

PREREQ: Admitted to the BBA in Management or Certificate in Resort and Hospitality Management.

Internship credits are earned in supervised fieldwork specifically related to resort operations and hospitality management. No more than 12 internship credits may be used to meet degree requirements or university graduation requirements. Recommended cumulative GPA of 2.5 and approval of faculty advisor. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits. Must be admitted to the BBA in Management or Certificate in Resort and Hospitality Management.

PREREQ: Permission from the instructor.