Topics include job analysis, KSA determination, job evaluation, wage structure development, incentive pay systems, legal aspects of compensation and new developments in compensation. Comprehensive course project required. MGT 455 Collective Bargaining 3 cr Course covers the organizing, negotiation, and contract administration phases of union-management relations. An analysis of current labor-management relations issues and a major collective bargaining simulation are involved. Assignments include at least one major paper based on library research and oral presentations in class.
Students work closely with the professor in the preparation of both written and oral communications.
It bridges the gap between theory and practice and emphasizes the process of improving both organizations and individuals. An overview of the strategic management function in the business firm with emphasis on challenges, opportunities and threats created by today's interdependent world economy for all firms, multinational and domestic. Topics include methodologies for identifying and assessing customer requirements, developing customer focus, and measuring quality performance. The foundation of modern quality starts with the concept of total quality management and the common goal of quality for all parts of an organization. This course is aimed at learning to use and create process control charts for variables and attributes.