Management

Managing the Firm

For any enterprise to accomplish its goals - whether it be one of the world's largest companies, a small entrepreneurial storefront, or a Little League baseball team - effective management is crucial. Our courses focus on the perspective of a general manager making strategic decisions critical to an organization's success in a competitive environment.

Is a Career in Management for You?


Careers in management vary across a wide spectrum of diverse, yet related, fields.  Crosby MBA graduates often work in:

  • General management 
  •  Consulting
  • Human resources
  • Operations management and quality control
  • Information systems
  • Organizational development and change


Explore management careers further.....

Preparation for a career in management might follow one or more of these paths:

  • Managing people and their work environments - includes course work such as organizational behavior and management, strategic human resource management, current issues in human resource management, negotiations, and organization theory and design. Strategic management and entrepreneurship – creating and directing entrepreneurial ventures and the capstone course in business environment and policy.
  • Managing information systems and operations - introduction to MIS, database management, decision support systems, information resource management, Web development, business-applications development, e-commerce, business telecommunications, and production/operations management. Management

 

Faculty


The management faculty  have a strong commitment to teaching and have received many teaching and advising awards. They are also active in research, book authorship and other scholarly work which not only makes scientific contributions, but also contributes to the richness and timeliness of Crosby MBA course offerings. Recently published work includes a diverse set of topics such as the recruiting processes in Asian countries, the impact of mentors on managers' career success, factors influencing firms' acceptance of information technology, alternative mediation strategies for resolving disputes, corporate governance practices, the role of "time" in organizational behavior, and the effects of national culture on a firm's culture. 
  
 
Courses:

  • 8001 Topics in Management Selected current topics in management. Recent topics have included E-Commerce, Negotiations, Entrepreneurship, Organizational Change and Redesign, Organizational Culture, Theories of Decision Making, and Decision Support Methods and Tools.
  • 8310 Advanced Human Resource Management Analysis of research and practice in planning for attracting, selecting, developing, and disciplining of employees at work.
  • 8320 Management of Labor Relations Managerial approaches to collective bargaining. Negotiation, grievances, agreement administration; emphasis on recent developments.
  • 8330 Current Issues in Human Resource Management Exploration of current trends, issues, and controversies involving the management of human resources in organizations, with an emphasis on how human resources can provide competitive advantage. Considers multiple perspectives, including that of employers, employees, and other stakeholders.
  • 8340 Organizational Theory and Design Organization design; relationships to technical, cultural, and environmental factors, problems of effecting change.
  • 8420 Decision Support Systems An examination of the role of Decision Support Systems (DSS) in organizations from both a theoretical and applied viewpoint. The components of the database, model base and the user system interface are applied in the context of both the mainframe and microcomputer.
  • 8430 Database Management Data management, including database development, access, and administration. A focus on key issues and principles of managing organizational data, such as developing data models, creating relational databases, and formulating and executing queries.
  • 8450 Information Resource Management Management issues and techniques involving information system/resource activities, with a focus on computer-based resources and IS development activities. Includes management of IS professionals and project teams, user relationships, emerging technologies, and planning processes.
  • 8460 Systems Approach to Business Application Development Design and implementation of transaction-based business application systems, utilizing structure analysis and design concepts. Course will emphasize database development and implementation and computer programming.
  • 8540 Entrepreneurial Ventures: Creation & Management of High Growth Firms Analysis of management challenges facing entrepreneurial startups and alternative strategic responses to those challenges. Views issues from multiple functional perspectives to design cross-functional solutions to entrepreneurial problems.

 
 
 
 
 

Last Edited: 8/9/2007