Students also must demonstrate oral and written competency with respect to their chosen topic area. Under the direction of a member of the research faculty in management, students learn the craft of publishing empirical research. Students must demonstrate an ability to generate a research question, develop and test hypotheses, and write up the results of an empirical study. An overview of the field of strategic management. This course reviews different viewpoints concerning how strategies are formed in organizations.
Special emphasis is placed on environmental and firm-level determinants of overall firm performance.
Common research methods in the field also are discussed. An examination of advanced topics and current research affecting human resource management. Research techniques in human resource management will be emphasized. Advanced study of government regulation of human resource management. MGMT 527 or consent of instructor.