Stephen F. Austin State University

100.

Overview of Management: Trends and Functional Specialties - One semester hour. Specialized course designed to provide students with: 1) and overview of the functional specialties of the management profession; 2) trends and current events within management; and 3) general qualifications and responsibilities required within the management profession to meet the changing environment of modern organizations. (May not be used to fulfill major or minor requirements in management).

370.

Management Principles - Management philosophy; functions of management; behavioral approaches to management, including the impact of demographic diversity on organizations. Presentation of management as a discipline and as a process. Prerequisite: junior standing.

371.

Operations Management - Concepts and techniques in management of productive activity in service systems and in manufacturing systems. Prerequisites: MTH 220 or equivalent and junior standing.

372.

Supply Chain Management - Overview of supply chain management, a total systems approach to managing the entire flow of information, materials and services from raw materials through suppliers, operations, factories, warehouses and distribution to the end customers. Prerequisites: MGT 370 and 371 (371 may be taken concurrently).

373.

Human Resource Management - Introduction to human resource management; employment, placement and human resource planning; training and development; compensation and benefits; employee and labor relations; health, safety and security; human resource research. Prerequisite: junior standing.

377.

Organizational Behavior - Study of human behavior in organizational settings; the interface between human behavior and the organization; structure and process of the organization itself. Prerequisite: MGT 370.

379.

Employee and Labor Relations - Employee-employer relationships in non-unionized and unionized settings; problems and theories of union organizing, collective bargaining and contract administration. Prerequisite: MGT 370.

380.

Quantitative Management Methods - Introduction to quantitative techniques for decision-making, including linear programming, goal programming, integer programming, non-linear programming, transportation, assignment method programming and network flow models. Prerequisite: MGT 371.

383.

Purchasing and Materials Management - Purchasing function and its integration as a subsystem into material planning, procurement, movement, and storage activities within an organization. Includes purchasing management, purchasing policy and procedures, and material and logistic system components. Prerequisite: Junior standing.

390.

Principles of Entrepreneurship - Study of special circumstances surrounding starting and managing a small business. Special emphasis on service and retailing as well as small-scale manufacturing operations.

395.

Career Planning - One semester hour. Preparation for job search; interviewing techniques; development of resumes and letters of application; career planning. Pass/fail. (May not be used to fulfil major or minor requirements in management.)

422.

International Management - Management processes and practices in international business operations. Examination of managerial functions, such as planning, organizing, communicating, staffing, motivating and controlling, in terms of the international business environment. Prerequisites: MGT 370 and senior standing.

461.

Supervisory Management - Techniques involved in supervision; cases in handling morale, discipline, communication, grievances, and other phases of employee and labor relations. Prerequisites: MGT 370 and senior standing.

463.

Business Policy and Strategy - Formulation and implementation of strategy in the organization, emphasizing the integration of decisions in functional areas. Prerequisites: completion of all junior level business foundation courses (BLW 335, ECO 339, GBU 325, FIN 333, MGT 370, MGT 371, and MKT 351).

464.

Entrepreneurial Field Studies - Student teams, drawing from basic concepts developed in class and lectures, act as consultants to entrepreneurial firms facing problems associated with growth or the pursuit of opportunity. Prerequisites: ACC 231 and CSC 121; MGT 370, MKT 351.

466.

Entrepreneurial Family Firms - Students starting or continuing a family business must be aware of the intricate dynamics of handling the interactions between family and business systems, and this course suggests how to integrate the entrepreneurial mindset into these dynamics for firm survival. Prerequisite: MGT 390.

470.

Topics in Management - In-depth study of selected topics in management. Titles and topics will vary. Prerequisite: MGT 370 or consent of instructor. May be repeated with a change of topic up to a maximum of three hours total credit.

471.

Services Management - Concepts and issues in the management of services. Prerequisites: MGT 371 and senior standing.

472.

Management Information Systems - Overview of organizational and technological issues involved in information systems from a management perspective. Prerequisites: MGT 371, CSC 121 and senior standing. MGT 371 may be taken concurrently.

475.

Special Problems in Management - One to three semester hours. Individual instruction in management. Prerequisites: Senior standing, 15 hours of management and approval of supervising instructor and department chair.

476.

Internship in Management - One to three semester hours. Supervised on-the-job application of management skills. Prerequisites: junior standing as a major or minor in management or international business; GPA 2.5 overall and 2.5 in management; sufficient course work to address internship requirements as determined by supervising instructor; and consent of department chair and supervising instructor.

477.

Current Business Topics - One semester hour. Specialized course designed to provide students with the opportunity to meet and discuss business topics with executives from various industries and companies. Executives will address key business management issues from their unique positional and organizational perspectives. Prerequisite: Senior standing. Pass/fail. (May not be used to fulfil major or minor requirements in management.)

484.

Compensation and Benefits - Wage and salary administration in private and public organizations; total compensation systems; interrelationships among employee performance, intrinsic and extrinsic rewards, perceived equitable payments, and employee satisfaction; employee benefits; employee incentive programs. Prerequisites: MGT 373 and senior standing.

485.

Entrepreneurship: Opportunity Assessment - An extension and application of the skills and knowledge developed in MGT 390, including preparation of a feasibility study for a new or substantially changed business. Prerequisite: MGT 390 or consent of instructor.