2026-2027 Graduate Catalog

MGMT 589. Organizational Behavior. 3 Credits.

A micro organizational behavior course examining motivation, leadership, job satisfaction, learning, group dynamics, and stress in the organizational setting.
P: graduate status
Fall and Spring.

MGMT 603. The Learning Organization. 3 Credits.

This course explores various perspectives on how participants can build learning organizations. The course begins with Senge's 5th Discipline, which states that learning organizations depend upon the mastery of five dimensions: systems thinking, personal mastery, mental models, building a shared vision, and team learning. Next, the class will explore a model of a learning organization which includes a learning environment, learning processes, and leadership support of learning along with an organizational assessment tool. Finally, the class will discover how the iterative processes involved in the systematic approach to problem-solving of design thinking fosters learning and innovation within organizations.
P: Min GPA of 2.5
Spring.

MGMT 652. Teams. 3 Credits.

The course explores the design and management of organizational teams and work groups. It examines the components of effective teams and enhances teamwork skills and expertise. Topics include group composition, goals, processes, team behaviors, team leadership, team performance and technological tools
Spring.

MGMT 705. Evidence Based Decision Making. 3 Credits.

This course develops the skills managers need to make sound, data-informed, and ethically responsible decisions in complex organizational settings. Students learn to integrate research evidence, organizational data, professional expertise, and stakeholder perspectives to solve practical business problems. Emphasis is placed on critical thinking, strategic application, and effective written communication of decisions and recommendations. Through case analysis, simulations, and applied projects, students will strengthen their ability to lead with evidence and influence organizational outcomes.
P: Admission into the MS Management Program
Spring.

MGMT 730. Leading the Self. 3 Credits.

This course provides a framework for lifelong leadership development based on two perspectives: values-based leadership and competency-based leadership.
P: graduate status
Fall Only.

MGMT 746. Strategic Management. 3 Credits.

This course equips students to analyze, formulate, and implement strategy at both business- and corporate-levels. Students learn to diagnose competitive environments, evaluate internal capabilities, and lead strategic change in global organizations. The emphasis is on managerial insight and integrative decision-making rather than quantitative modeling.
P: Admission into the MS MGMT Program
Spring.

MGMT 759. Sustainable Management. 3 Credits.

This course will focus on leading, building, and maintaining sustainable organizations. The course provides students with the knowledge, tools and skills to become responsible managers with insights into how sustainability, responsibility and ethics can be incorporated into the traditional functions of business such as strategic management, entrepreneurship, IT, operations, supply chain management, human resources and marketing.
P: graduate status
Fall Only.

MGMT 796. Professional Project. 4 Credits.

Intense application experience in which students will learn management strategies and work on an extensive hands-on project. At the end of the course students should be able to demonstrate knowledge of management principles as well as develop and complete an applied project that will utilize material learned fromprior masters coursework.
P: Graduate standing with 12 credits of graduate coursework completed
Fall and Spring.

MGMT 797. Internship. 1-6 Credits.

P: graduate status
Fall and Spring.

MGMT 798. Independent Study. 1-3 Credits.

P: graduate status
Fall and Spring.