Course #
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Course Name (Click for description)
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| COMM |
800 |
Foundations of Organizational Communication
This course will examine fundamental principles and theories of organizational communication. Students will analyze the effects of communication on organizational quality; discuss specific skill sets necessary for effective internal communication; analyze methods of managing information; discuss the value and methods used to create organizational networks; and study the influence of organizational culture on organizational communication. Crisis communication, intercultural communication, and communication assessment will be introduced.
3 credits
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Availability |
| LD |
820 |
Cultivating Your Leadership Capabilities
In this course the student is introduced a variety of unique perspectives about leadership, which will be drawn from different traditions in the literature and from which the student will select to develop his or her own model of leadership. An action –based learning approach will be conducted by each student to connect personal experiences with the theoretical construct.
3 credits
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Availability |
| LD |
821 |
Ethical Decision-Making
The course will focus on the conflicts which arise when an individual's ethics are counter to the organization's practices. A historical review of various leader's actions taken and consequences faced when confronted with an ethical dilemma will be conducted. Each student will assess their ethical framework in context to an effective leadership model.
3 credits
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Availability |
| LD |
822 |
Maximizing Your Organization's Potential
This course will focus on the choices that are important for cultivating and sustaining an effective and efficient organization. A company's profitability and success, the engagement of the employees, and consumer satisfaction are all impacted by the leadership's actions. Therefore, in order to ensure long term growth it is necessary for a company to create a healthy organizational identity. This is predicated on the pipeline of leadership talent within the organization. Succession planning requires a proactive approach. This class will focus on the best practices for developing and coaching leaders as well as the creation of organizational systems that will ensure the company has strong leadership talent for future success.
3 credits
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Availability |
| LD |
823 |
Emergence of a Strategic Leader
This course will focus on the strategy making process. Strategic leaders must consider multiple aspects when developing a strategic approach. Strategic leaders must evaluate the external and internal environment to determine the right course of action. Students will investigate core concepts of strategy-making to aid in their development of a strategic mindset.
3 credits
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Availability |
| LD |
850 |
Leadership Integrative Capstone
This integrative course is the final course in the Master of Science in Leadership. All other required coursework must have been completed prior to receiving approval to register for this course.
Students during the capstone experience will form e-learning teams of approximately 6-9 participants who will contract to support each other in their workplace project activity. Learning teams members, often assisted by a facilitator or coach, help each other make sense of their action learning project experiences in light of relevant theory. Set members become skilled in the art of questioning in order to challenge the assumptions underlying planned interventions in members' projects. Subsequent analysis and actions taken tend to be clearer, better informed, and more defensible as a result of the team dialogue.
After documenting the above, students will discuss and defend their project orally.
Prerequisite: All prior required coursework must be completed.
3 credits
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Availability |
| MGMT |
824 |
Financial Management
This course will focus on managerial finance from both domestic and international perspectives. Topics include valuation, capital budgeting, capital structure and financial leverage, long-term financing decisions, cost of capital, mergers and acquisitions, international finance, and risk management. Students will use spreadsheets and financial calculators to apply course concepts to real world examples.
3 credits
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Availability |
| MGMT |
825 |
Corporate and Social Accountability
This course will examine the social responsibilities of corporations and individuals in the global twenty-first century. Topics may include outsourcing, off-shoring, international labor laws, global environmental responsibility, global human rights, global citizenship, and sustainable development.
3 credits
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Availability |
| PM |
800 |
Project Management Seminar
Project Management Seminar is a survey course introducing project management as a profession and an academic field of study. It provides the foundation for more advanced project management courses.
In this course, the student is introduced to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, (PMBOK® Guide), published by the Project Management Institute (PMI), the primary professional organization in the project management profession. This course will examine key tools and methodologies currently in use to manage large, complex projects; explore how these tools and techniques can be used to assess the overall status of a project and its variance from the project plan; and evaluate alternative recovery scenarios. Students will be introduced to the roles of project and program managers in current business enterprises and to the triple constraints of scope, time and cost.
3 credits
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Availability |
| PM |
801 |
Project Planning and Scheduling
Project Planning and Scheduling will address project scheduling challenges in the current economic environment. Studies have shown that nearly 75% of commercial projects are deemed to have not met the expectations of their funding sponsors. One reason is the inability to achieve the committed schedule. This course will examine state of the art planning and scheduling tools and techniques. It will also explore the application of the Earned Value methodology as a tool to determine and quantify current project status and as a tool to predict future project team performance. Specific emphasis will be given to current deterministic and probabilistic scheduling techniques.
Students will learn the interrelationship and planning dependency between scheduling and risk assessment, project constraint analysis and the application of diverse scheduling methodologies. The course explores the impact that proprietary technologies; limited resources, competition and bargaining agreements might have on the planning and scheduling decision making processes. Dependency management, particularly discretionary dependencies and their impact on the scheduling process will be discussed in detail.
3 credits
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Availability |
| PM |
804 |
Leading Teams
Project leadership is the process of motivating people to achieve project goals, usually in a dotted-line organizational setting. The success or failure of the project, and by extension the project manager, is dependent upon the project manager's ability to assess the team as a whole (strengths and weaknesses), and then apply that analysis to the individual team members and to the project. Within the course, students will survey and discuss multiple methodologies used to evaluate project teams. Students will analyze how organizational dynamics and structure impact the project manager, limit or increase their power, and influence their ability to perform their job.
3 credits
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Availability |
| PM |
810 |
Change Management and Communication
This course provides students with an understanding of the principles of assessing change, managing change and employing the communication tools necessary to implement change effectively. Issues regarding client satisfaction, morale and relationships will be explored. The effective project manager must possess skills in adaptability to ensure that projects are responsive to changing conditions and that all stakeholders receive appropriate communication. This course develops a thorough understanding of strategic change and communication within organizations.
3 credits
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