Organization & Management

Students can choose from the following Organization & Management electives. To view a complete description of the course, simply select the course title or print a list of all Organization & Management Elective descriptions.

536 - Public Policy & Business Strategy (Washington Campus)

This class is held in Washington DC for one week. The Washington Campus is an organization sponsored by several MBA programs around the country. The goal is to prepare MBA students, both as individuals and in their professional careers as managers and leaders, for more active and effective participation in the democratic process. > More

539 - Healthcare Management and Markets

Through this class, students will develop an understanding of how contemporary features of healthcare industries have evolved in order to help predict how they will likely change in the coming years. > More

630 - Industry and Competitor Analysis

The broad focus of the course is on strategic management in uncertain and turbulent environments. It emphasizes strategy formulation under uncertainty, corporate/multi-business strategy and competitive interaction. > More

632 – Negotiations

This course is designed to offer students the opportunity to develop their ability to effectively negotiate in a global business environment.  The objective is to help students increase their abilities to manage conflicts as a constructive force that enhances organizational learning and change. > More

633 - Leading and Management Change

The main course objective is that students will walk away from this semester feeling that although there are few easy answers, they are more prepared than ever before to engage in change as an organizational manager and leader. > More

635 - Multinational Firms and Strategy

This course explores the development and performance of multinational enterprise in global economic, political, and cultural environments. > More

636 – Entrepreneurship

This course is designed for future entrepreneurs, consultants, investment bankers, private equity investors or advisors.  The course will take a business idea from its inception to its exit, the value-creation life-cycle, focusing on the practical aspects of discriminating between good and bad business ideas; raising growth capital; and at the right time, exiting through a sale or IPO. > More

639 - Ethics for Leaders

The course objectives include increasing awareness of the ethical dimension of business conduct, developing analytical skills for identifying and resolving ethical issues in business, and practicing decision making about ethical issues. > More

663 - Principled Leadership

The aims of this course are twofold:  to give a broader theoretical grounding and practical, hands-on understanding of leadership. This course focuses on how leadership involves creating and institutionalizing organizational change, acting with integrity and cultivating relationships and networks. > More

664 - Advanced Topics in Human Resource Management

The course has been designed to be high energy, high content, and high involvement.  We will use a variety of techniques, including self-assessments, team assessments, simulations, videos, and discussions to help make the learning from this course stick. > More

665 - Entrepreneurial Leadership

In this course we will explore many leadership issues including the following: What is leadership? Can you lead? What do leaders do? Can a leader build a successful business and still be a good ethical and moral person? Why should anyone follow you? > More