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Examines the main concerns in personnel administration, sound personnel policies, and procedures. Among the topics presented are the personnel management system, meeting human resources requirements, developing effectiveness in human resources, creating a productive work environment, and providing compensation and security.
Junior standing
Presents the development of the union movement; the relationship between management and unions and their varying approaches to collective bargaining; the issues in collective bargaining; public policy toward labor relations; administration and interpretation of union contracts; and the settlement of labor disputes.
Investigates the basic functions of management (planning, organizing, directing, and controlling) to provide a comprehensive familiarity with managerial literature, style, principles, and practices. It also encompasses evaluation of line, functional and line, and staff organizations, along with traditional and contemporary perspectives of management functions with emphasis on the systems approach.
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Junior standing
Employs a mathematical and statistical approach to prototype decisions in business and economics. This provides a conceptual understanding of the role management science plays in the decision-making process. Resource allocation, queuing, competitive situations, and scheduling are considered. Some quantitative methodologies studied are linear and other mathematical programming, decision theory, and Markov analysis.
Details basic principles underlying all types of selling and negotiating, together with the practical application of these principles. Principles and practices in planning, organizing, and controlling a sales force are also studied.
Analyzes basic understanding of buyer decision-making processes and psychological, sociological, and cultural factors that influence these processes. This provides a basis for marketing decisions leading to buyer satisfaction.
Examines the field of marketing communications, with emphasis on optimal decision making by marketing managers related to problem-solving situations in advertising, public relations, branding, promotions, incentives, and social media.
Seeks to enhance the student experience in the semester abroad by facilitating informed cultural awareness, enhancing appreciation of European business practices, and advancing student engagement with faculty and professionals in European businesses and governmental agencies.
Explores the macroeconomics of the global business environment, examines the factors affecting capital accumulation and economic growth and development, and considers international balance of payments, the effect that national business cycles have on international business relationships, currency exchange rate movements and their effect on international consumption, investment and unemployment rates.
Addresses who is a European and looks at both past and current cultural crises and fears. The course emphasizes sensitivity to ethnic differences and promotes leadership in creating a cultural synergy and development of best practices for managing diversity in the global work culture.
Focuses on strategies for motivating, leading, and communicating with people across different countries and cultures. The course emphasizes a global perspective on hiring, training and developing employees, dealing with international labor unions, and building an effective global workforce.
Junior standing