Organizational Management and Leadership

This course provides the practical and theoretical knowledge that forms the decision-making process involved in the management and leadership of an organization. The course is designed to introduce the student to the scientific bases for decision-making including research methods and designs, qualitative and quantitative research, and descriptive and inferential statistics. The course focuses on the techniques of decision making, the issues involved in decision making, reporting the analytical processes undertaken, and the formal presentation of analysis and decision. In addition the course provides the student of leadership an introduction to the basic methods, techniques, and procedures of applied research. Emphasis will be placed on both quantitative and qualitative methods employed in conducting applied research projects. A minimal background in mathematics or statistics is recommended. An expected outcome of this course will be the preparation of the students’ organizational leadership research project proposal.

This course gives students a theoretical and practical understanding of managerial leadership, organization theory, organizational behavior and managerial leadership styles and effectiveness. Additional discussion topics include, but are not limited to, effective leadership qualities.

This course provides both practical and theoretical knowledge needed by management for communicating in an environment of cultural change in a diverse and evolving organization and marketplace. The course provides students with a firm knowledge of principles of communication theory, method, and application especially as they are relevant to successful business operations.

This course surveys the field of human resource management and its functional areas: manpower planning, staffing, compensation, performance appraisal and training and development. This course includes an introduction to equal employment law and regulatory agencies at both the state and federal levels.

This course develops managerial leadership skills in crisis avoidance, management, and recovery. Students learn how to respond to situations creating danger to organizations, their employees, and the public, including how to deal with the media, as well as the importance of negotiation and mediation in crisis. The student's learning experience will include examining potential crisis management scenarios to determine the ethical implications of personal and organizational business decisions.

This course examines conceptualizations of diversity including gender, race, ethnicity, class, religious, family structure and sexuality and how those identities impact organizations as they function to navigate a changing social landscape through developments in technology, politics and beliefs.

This course is designed to explore the processes management uses to operate an organization. The course also explores the impact of social, legal, and governmental environments on organizations. Related to the strategic marketing leadership process is a detailed discussion of the markets within which a business must operate and the processes an organization must undertake to analyze its markets. This includes discussions of market analysis, market selection criteria, and an introduction to strategic market planning and decision making. The course provides the student with the knowledge to prepare a strategic marketing plan for a profit or non-profit organization.

Focus will be on the philosophies, values, missions, development and evaluation of the delivery of public safety services in the community, and the impact on these services of policy, public option, and constituent dynamics.

This course analyzes, first, the resource allocation process, focusing on supply and demand's impact on market price and the importance of marginal revenue and marginal cost to price and output determination. Secondly, the course analyzes the value of macroeconomic variables and the firm's use of such information. Lastly, the course conveys the understanding to the student of why firms need budget and forecasts and how these concepts enable a manager or leader to effectively manage and lead the firm. The course will describe various budgeting and forecasting techniques that firms use today and will enable students to develop their own forecasts using this information.

This course will explore emerging issues associated with managing and leading organizations in a dynamic and global environment. Topics to be discussed include: customer service relationships, forecasting demand for organization’s products and services, leadership issues in the budgeting and financial management, diversity as a strategic initiative, leading cultural change in 21st century organizations, global economic issues from a top management leadership perspective, and future trends in global managerial leadership practices.

The course “Ethics, Values, and the Law” focuses upon changing organizations. As organizations change, they are impacted by numerous ethical and legal considerations, as well as unethical behaviors. The course will provide an overview which involves attention to the broader context of the changing organization, the various traditional modes of ethical reasoning, relevant terminology and considerations, and appropriate responses to the selected issues in changing organizations. The course will culminate in an application of these factors to specific organizations via case studies and research papers and reports.

This course will explore emerging issues associated with managing and leading organizations in a dynamic and global environment. Topics to be discussed include customer service relationships, forecasting demand for organization's products and services, leadership issues in the budgeting and financial management, diversity as a strategic initiative, leading cultural change in the 21st century organizations, global economic issues from a top management leadership perspective, and future trends in global managerial leadership practices.