The student will understand and be able to apply basic management principles in solving problems encountered by first-line supervisors. A working knowledge of the law and social and ethical issues will be required of the students. Students will obtain knowledge of the components of human resource management. Major areas of focus will be human behavior, human resource planning, job analysis and design, employee assistance programs, wage and salary administration, performance appraisal system, collective bargaining, and labor law. Topics include individual and small group behavior, design and structure of organizations, the relationship between the organization and its environment, ethics, communication, and international management.
Students learn to apply quantitative skills in examining management processes.
Prepared topics include business decision-making models for use with PCs, small business IRS tax planning, entrepreneur's financial plan, labor laws, performance appraisal system, and employee development programs. May be repeated for up to six hours of credit. Students will be provided the opportunity to apply learned theory under the supervision of a professional manager in a cooperating organization. The student, professional manager, and advisor will develop a project with appropriate educational objectives for the student to apply his or her knowledge in completing an actual business management project. Three to six semester hours of credit will be granted based on the ratio of 150 hours of work per semester equalling one credit hour.