Management Courses – Learning Goals and Objectives
Course List
| MGT101 | MGT325 | MGT334 | MGT335 | MGT336 |
| MGT350* | MGT360 | MGT364 | MGT370 | MGT380* |
| MGT380B* | MGT430 | MGT436 | MGT437 | MGT439 |
| MGT440 | MGT446 | MGT460* | MGT475 | MGT496* |
| MGT472 |
Courses with an asterisk* do not have individual college, program, or major learning goals. However, each course has specific course goals listed on the class syllabi provided by the professor.
MGT101 – Introduction to Management
Program (BS/BA) Level Learning Goals and Objectives
The Introduction to Management course satisfies the following learning goals and objectives associated with the Bachelor’s degree in Business:
Goal 1: BSBA graduates will have a fundamental knowledge and understanding of operations, management, and marketing.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
A. Understand the creation of value through business processes integrating production and distribution of goods, services, and information.
Goal 2: BSBA graduates will have fundamental skills in accounting, finance, statistics, and management science.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
A. Demonstrate critical thinking and argumentation skills with emphasis on problem identification from various viewpoints, causal diagnosis, and solution development.
Major Level Learning Goals and Objectives
The Introduction to Management course satisfies the following Management major level learning goals and objectives:
Goal 1: Management Majors will be able to solve problems in operations management.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
A. Analyze the transformation of inputs into outputs through value-added processes.
Goal 2: Management Majors will be knowledgeable about leadership and organizations.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
A. Understand major theories of leadership.
B. Evaluate theories of motivation in the workplace.
C. Understand principles of organizational structure and design.
Goal 3: Management majors will be knowledgeable about issues of fairness and equity in the workplace.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
A. Students will understand concepts and practices of justice in organizations.
B. Students will evaluate managerial practices pertaining to employment discrimination.
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MGT325 – Operational Analysis for Business
Program (BS/BA) Level Learning Goals and Objectives
The Operational Analysis for Business course satisfies the following learning goals and objectives associated with the Bachelor’s degree in Business:
Goal 1: BSBA graduates will have a fundamental knowledge and understanding of operations, management, and marketing.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
A. Understand the creation of value through business processes integrating production and distribution of goods, services, and information.
Goal 2: BSBA graduates will have fundamental skills in accounting, finance, statistics, and management science.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
A. Demonstrate critical thinking and argumentation skills with emphasis on problem identification from various viewpoints, causal diagnosis, and solution development.
C. Have sufficient mastery of management science applications to conduct and interpret analyses.
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MGT334 – Strategic Sourcing
Major Level Learning Goals and Objectives
The Strategic Sourcing course satisfies the following Management major level learning goals and objectives:
Goal 1: Management Majors will be able to solve problems in operations management.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
A. Analyze the transformation of inputs into outputs through value-added processes.
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MGT335 – Management Science
Major Level Learning Goals and Objectives
The Management Science course satisfies the following Management major level learning goals and objectives:
Goal 1: Management Majors will be able to solve problems in operations management.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
B. Apply management science techniques and interpret results from such applications
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MGT336 – Operations Management
Major Level Learning Goals and Objectives
The Operations Management course satisfies the following Management major level learning goals and objectives:
Goal 1: Management Majors will be able to solve problems in operations management.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
A. Analyze the transformation of inputs into outputs through value-added processes.
B. Apply management science techniques and interpret results from such applications
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MGT360 – Organizational Behavior
Major Level Learning Goals and Objectives
The Organizational Behavior course satisfies the following Management major level learning goals and objectives:
Goal 2: Management Majors will be knowledgeable about leadership and organizations.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
A. Understand major theories of leadership.
B. Evaluate theories of motivation in the workplace.
C. Understand principles of organizational structure and design.
Goal 3: Management majors will be knowledgeable about issues of fairness and equity in the workplace.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
A. Understand concepts and practices of justice in organizations.
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MGT364 – Human Resource Management
Major Level Learning Goals and Objectives
The Human Resource Management course satisfies the following Management major level learning goals and objectives:
Goal 2: Management Majors will be knowledgeable about leadership and organizations.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
B. Evaluate theories of motivation in the workplace.
Goal 3: Management majors will be knowledgeable about issues of fairness and equity in the workplace.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
A. Understand concepts and practices of justice in organizations.
B. Evaluate managerial practices pertaining to employment discrimination.
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MGT370 – Managerial Environment
Program (BS/BA) Level Learning Goals and Objectives
The Managerial Environment course satisfies the following learning goals and objectives associated with the Bachelor’s degree in Business:
Goal 2: BSBA graduates will have fundamental skills in accounting, finance, statistics, and management science.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
A. Demonstrate critical thinking and argumentation skills with emphasis on problem identification from various viewpoints, causal diagnosis, and solution development.
Goal 3: BSBA graduates will have a fundamental knowledge of global human behaviors and market structures.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
A. Demonstrate awareness of how cultural differences and human diversity impact business decisions.
Goal 4: BSBA graduates will know ethical frameworks in managerial decision-making and leadership.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
A. Demonstrate knowledge of different approaches to ethical decision making, and how they apply to different business situations in a socially responsible manner.
B. Demonstrate an understanding of fundamental issues such as conflicts that may arise among the stakeholders of a firm, management's fiduciary responsibility and issues of corporate governance
C. Describe issues pertaining to social responsibility.
D. Identify situations when ethical leadership is required
Goal 6: BSBA graduates will know basic frameworks of leading individuals in organizations.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
A. Identify situations when ethical leadership is required.
Major Level Learning Goals and Objectives
The Managerial Environment course satisfies the following Management major level learning goals and objectives:
Goal 3: Management majors will be knowledgeable about issues of fairness and equity in the workplace.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
B. Evaluate managerial practices pertaining to employment discrimination.
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MGT430 – Sustainability and Supply Chains
Major Level Learning Goals and Objectives (Mangement)
The Sustainability and Supply Chains course satisfies the following Management major level learning goals and objectives:
Goal 1: Management Majors will be able to solve problems in operations management.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
A. Analyze the transformation of inputs into outputs through value-added processes.
Major Level Learning Goals and Objectives (International Business)
The Sustainability and Supply Chains course satisfies the following International Business major level learning goals and objectives:
Goal 1: Students will analyze the international environments in which businesses operate
Objectives: Students will be able to:
A. Examine the elements of societal culture, especially ethics and social responsibility
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MGT436 – Quality Management
Major Level Learning Goals and Objectives
The Quality Management course satisfies the following Management major level learning goals and objectives:
Goal 1: Management Majors will be able to solve problems in operations management.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
A. Analyze the transformation of inputs into outputs through value-added processes.
B. Apply management science techniques and interpret results from such applications
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MGT437 – Project Management
Major Level Learning Goals and Objectives
The Project Management course satisfies the following Management major level learning goals and objectives:
Goal 1: Management Majors will be able to solve problems in operations management.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
B. Apply management science techniques and interpret results from such applications
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MGT439 – Operations Planning and Control
Major Level Learning Goals and Objectives
The Operations Planning and Control course satisfies the following Management major level learning goals and objectives:
Goal 1: Management Majors will be able to solve problems in operations management.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
B. Apply management science techniques and interpret results from such applications
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MGT440 – Supply Chain Management
College Level Learning Goals and Objectives
The Supply Chain Management course is a designated ‘ Global Awareness’ course that enables students to develop an understanding of geographical regions other than the United States with a focus on their history, culture, and/or political systems.
Content:
Goal 1: Students will demonstrate knowledge of the history, culture, and/or political systems of societies, states, and peoples other than the United States.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
A. Identify and describe the history, social structures, political institutions, and/or patterns of cultural expression that characterize specific societies, states, and peoples outside the United States.
B. Identify the various factors that have contributed to the history and development of social structures, political institutions, and patterns of cultural expression that characterize specific societies, states, peoples, and cultures outside the United States.
Skills:
Goal 2: Students will demonstrate how their knowledge of geographical regions other than the United States fosters greater awareness of the world in which the students live.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
A. Critically analyze how the history, culture, and/or political systems of geographical regions other than the United States inform the way people outside the United States view themselves.
B. Critically analyze and reflect on how their knowledge of the history, culture, and/or political systems of geographical regions other than the United States inform the way in which the students understand their relationship to the world.
Major Level Learning Goals and Objectives (Management)
The Supply Chain Management course satisfies the following Management major level learning goals and objectives:
Goal 1: Management Majors will be able to solve problems in operations management.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
A. Analyze the transformation of inputs into outputs through value-added processes.
B. Apply management science techniques and interpret results from such application
Major Level Learning Goals and Objectives (International Business)
The Global Supply Chain course satisfies the following International Business major level learning goals and objectives:
Goal 1: Students will analyze the international environments in which businesses operate
Objectives: Students will be able to:
A. Examine the elements of societal culture, especially ethics and social responsibility
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MGT446 – Strategic Management
Program (BS/BA) Level Learning Goals and Objectives
The Strategic Management course satisfies the following learning goals and objectives associated with the Bachelor’s degree in Business:
Goal 1: BSBA graduates will have a fundamental knowledge and understanding of operations, management, and marketing.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
A. Understand the creation of value through business processes integrating production and distribution of goods, services, and information.
Goal 2: BSBA graduates will have fundamental skills in accounting, finance, statistics, and management science.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
A. Demonstrate critical thinking and argumentation skills with emphasis on problem identification from various viewpoints, causal diagnosis, and solution development.
B. Have sufficient mastery of statistical applications to conduct and interpret statistical analyses.
C. Have sufficient mastery of management science applications to conduct and interpret analyses.
D. Perform and interpret standard accounting and financial computations, including cash flow and time-value-of-money calculations, cost-benefit analysis, and capital budgeting to evaluate the merits of a proposed investment.
Goal 3: BSBA graduates will have a fundamental knowledge of global human behaviors and market structures.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
A. Demonstrate awareness of how cultural differences and human diversity impact business decisions;
B. Demonstrate an understanding of the market structure, macroeconomic, and international environments within which businesses operate, including the roles of financial institutions, the central bank, and the government.
Goal 4: BSBA graduates will know ethical frameworks in managerial decision-making and leadership.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
A. Demonstrate knowledge of different approaches to ethical decision making, and how they apply to different business situations in a socially responsible manner.
B. Demonstrate an understanding of fundamental issues such as conflicts that may arise among the stakeholders of a firm, management's fiduciary responsibility and issues of corporate governance
C. Describe issues pertaining to social responsibility.
D. Identify situations when ethical leadership is required
Goal 5: BSBA graduates will know and understand appropriate uses of Information Technology
Objectives: Students will be able to:
A. Use information technology as a tool for communication, management, and business problem solving
B. Use applications software to effectively locate, extract, generate and organize the needed information to assist in management decision-making.
C. Effectively research, locate, extract, structure, and organize the information needed to assist in management decision making.
Goal 6: BSBA graduates will know basic frameworks of leading individuals in organizations.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
B. Demonstrate teamwork and communication
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MGT472 – Comparative Management
Major Level Learning Goals and Objectives (International Business)
The Comparative Management course satisfies the following International Business major level learning goals and objectives:
Goal 1: Students will analyze the international environments in which businesses operate
Objectives: Students will be able to:
A. Examine the elements of societal culture, especially ethics and social responsibility
B. Identify the critical aspects of the external environment that must be modified when expanding from a domestic to an international market
Goal 2: Students will model the data from the international environments to support decision making
Objectives: Students will be able to:
A. Integrate the complex aspects of the international environment into a cohesive decision model
B. Find, analyze, and apply international data
Goal 3: Students will solve problems related to international competition
Objectives: Students will be able to:
A. Perform international marketing screening processes
B. Apply models for analyzing competitive positioning in order to develop international market opportunities
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MGT475 – International Management
Major Level Learning Goals and Objectives (International Business)
The International Management course satisfies the following International Business major level learning goals and objectives:
Goal 1: Students will analyze the international environments in which businesses operate
Objectives: Students will be able to:
A. Examine the elements of societal culture, especially ethics and social responsibility
B. Identify the critical aspects of the external environment that must be modified when expanding from a domestic to an international market
Goal 2: Students will model the data from the international environments to support decision making
Objectives: Students will be able to:
A. Integrate the complex aspects of the international environment into a cohesive decision model
B. Find, analyze, and apply international data
Goal 3: Students will solve problems related to international competition
Objectives: Students will be able to:
A. Perform international marketing screening processes
B. Apply models for analyzing competitive positioning in order to develop international market opportunities