Principles of Management (3) Study of the processes of planning, organizing, directing, and controlling in the context of demographic diversity, globalization, and ethical decision making. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: 60 semester credit hours completed.

Policies, procedures, and strategies for human resource management. Topics include recruitment, selection and utilization, employee appraisal, compensation systems, and career planning.

Organizational Behavior (3) Applications for managing people in modern organizations. Topics include decision-making, motivation, leadership, power, conflict, stress, understanding individual differences, and diversity. Prerequisite: 60 semester credit hours completed.

Critical thinking skills and the decision-making process with an emphasis on understanding and improving how we make effective and creative decisions.

Effective group dynamics and understanding behavior in groups with attention to planning and managing change; individual, group, and system interventions; transformation; and re-engineering processes.

Organizational and administrative problems of the small business manager with emphasis on the inner-city business person and urban development.

Development of management skills, self-assessment for organizational settings, and the nature of leadership and motivation in theory and practice.

Management processes as they apply within different cultural environments with emphasis on contrasts among values, beliefs, perceptions, attitudes, and behavior, including consideration of their effects upon business.

Historical and contemporary views of business as a social institution with a focus on social responsibility, environmental/ecological issues, and ethics.

Employment laws relevant to human resources professionals, as well as how to apply the laws in various circumstances.

Managing human resources in global settings and distinguishing international HR practices from domestic HR practices.

Human resources internet based and software applications. Students also learn contexts in which to apply the software and the importance of securing information.