Organizational and Operations Management electives

Organizational Management

554. Human Resource Management. (3.0 hours)
Focuses upon managing human resources in business, government and non-profit organizations. Topics include job analysis, employee recruitment and selection, compensation, employee evaluation, training and development, and equal employment opportunity.

557. Leadership and Planned Change. (3.0 hours)
Examines current issues in leadership and managerial strategies for successfully implementing, institutionalizing and evaluating change initiatives.

Operations Management

562.  Project Management. (3.0 hours)
This course focuses on the management of complex projects and the rules and techniques, which have been developed in the past 25 years to assist managers with such projects. All three phases of project management - Planning, Scheduling, and Control are explored in detail. In addition to studying various scheduling techniques for projects, this course explores issues dealing with project selection methods, project risk assessment, project team dynamics, new product development projects, runaway projects, and monitoring and control of projects.