Management

This course represents an introduction to pertinent topics related to entrepreneurship and innovation. Students will be exposed to numerous topics through guest speakers supplemented by readings and class discussion. Topics include conceptualization, creativity, patents, capitalization, venture formation, commercialization, market assessment, project management, and launch. A multidisciplinary perspective is emphasized.

This course will broaden students' views of careers and work in an increasingly global and diverse world. It provides students intellectual perspectives of entrepreneurship, and engages students in the search for knowledge regarding opportunity value and resource management. Basic analytical and critical thinking skills are developed for making reasoned judgments concerning organization creation.

This course is designed for students interested in learning about entrepreneurship. It examines entrepreneurship from different perspectives, and engages students in opportunity recognition, value creation and resource management. Basic analytical and critical thinking skills are developed for making reasoned judgments concerning venture creation. Students will learn how to improve the likelihood of success of business start-ups. Course will also be valuable for students interested in consulting with small businesses or launching new divisions in large businesses.

Students complete an entrepreneurial project or assignment for a business, non-profit agency, or other organization. Students should work 50 hours for each credit and complete course assignments integrating coursework and entrepreneurial experiences.

This course investigates the risks and challenges of small businesses with particular emphasis on family businesses. It focuses on knowledge necessary to support the continuity of such businesses. Topics may include: the entrepreneurial life, types of small businesses, getting started, financing and ownership, professionalizing and growth, and change, adaptation, and innovation to stay in business.

This course provides students with a unique cross-disciplinary, team-based course experience in the area of innovation. The focal point will be a real-life innovation problem sponsored by a company (or organization) on which students will provide presentations and a final report. The course is directed through ODU’s Strome Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

The class draws students from all disciplines to collaborate with each other, faculty and community members as they co-design project-based solutions to pertinent social issues. Topics related to social entrepreneurship vary each year. Guided by distinguished faculty, students analyze their topic through in-depth classroom and field research, readings and off-campus trips.

Design thinking is a human-centered approach to innovation that uses design methods and tools to integrate the needs of people and organizations, the opportunities of technology, and the requirements for personal, organizational, and business success. The design thinking course introduces students to a robust process for understanding problems, ideation, innovation, and entrepreneurship. This course is facilitated using workshops where students will work in project teams in a design thinking innovation challenge.

The Entrepreneurship Capstone emphasizes practicing entrepreneurship through experiential learning, focusing on start-up activities. Drawing on a broad range of business disciplines, including Marketing, Management, Finance, and Accounting, students identify an opportunity and develop an industry analysis, marketing and finance plans, and a business pitch they present to investors and serial entrepreneurs.

This course is designed to help students enhance their personal and professional development through innovation guided by faculty members and professionals. It offers students an opportunity to integrate disciplinary theory and knowledge through developing a nonprofit program, product, business, or other initiative. The real-world experiences that entrepreneurships provide will help students understand how academic knowledge leads to transformations, innovations, and solutions to different types of problems. The course can be delivered either as an independent project for individual students or as group projects similar to those sometimes offered in topics courses.

Independent reading and study on a topic to be selected under the direction of an instructor. The study should lead to presentation of a paper at a conference or publication as appropriate.

May be repeated for credit. Supervised experience in the international business work place requiring written statement of objectives and evaluation of experience. Pass/fail grading only.

Supervised experience in the international business work place requiring written statement of objectives and evaluation of experience. Pass/fail grading only.

A survey course to provide an overview of the contemporary business environment in Europe, with a focus on the European Union. Topics will include an examination of the social, political, and economic forces which affect business in Europe.

A survey to provide an overview of the contemporary business environment in Latin America. Topics will include an examination of the social, political and economic forces which affect business in Latin America.

An analysis of business practices in Asia. Emphasis will be on business, government relations, business strategy, structure, organizational processes, and human resource management.

An applied field research study to develop an export trade plan which involves market analysis, risk analysis, financing and distribution decisions in overseas markets.

This course examines the sources of international business law, the relationship between such law and the U.S. legal system, the choice of law in international business disputes, the special issues that arise when doing business with foreign governments, the law governing international sales and the shipment of goods, and international intellectual property protection. In addition, the relationships between law and culture involved in international business transactions will be examined.

International HRM focuses on the management of human resources in an international context. The course will focus on policies, programs and practice characteristics of organizational efforts to manage human assets worldwide, including an overview of cross-national team dynamics and communication systems, leadership techniques, and national employment laws. It will also explore the critical impact that these policies have on the success of firms in doing business abroad.

This course provides an economic overview of international trade and the theories that support globalization and international trade policies. The course introduces students to the global value chain and its stakeholders, with an emphasis on costs, transportation, infrastructure, and technology. Students will examine supply chain management processes that organizations use to successfully manage import and export operations.

Lecture, discussion and case studies. A capstone course to integrate and apply the theories and concepts learned in required international business courses to the operations of international business organizations.

A study tour abroad arranged in cooperation with a foreign university, including lectures on international business topics and visits to international firms and economic/business organizations. Written work required.

A study of selected topics, the title of which will appear in the course schedule.

A study of selected topics, the title of which will appear in the course schedule.

Affords students the opportunity to undertake independent study under the direction of a faculty member.

The fundamentals of the managerial process (planning, organizing, leading and controlling) are considered in the context of 21st century organizations. Topics are almost evenly split between macro and micro perspectives

This course is an introduction to the importance and centrality of communication in business. Students will learn the application of business communication principles by working both individually and collaboratively on communicating through effective business documents, presentations, professional written and oral correspondence, and use of digital media. Attention will be given to both interpersonal and group audiences, as well as formal and informal delivery.

This class examines theories and concepts pertaining to people at work. Topics include personality differences, motivation principles, high-performing work teams, and leadership development.

This course provides students knowledge of fundamental issues and opportunities facing entrepreneurial ventures on the global stage. Students are exposed to core theories, contemporary trends, and cutting-edge research in international entrepreneurship. Students will examine what motivates entrepreneurs to seek foreign markets, and how to leverage cultural differences. The course discusses frameworks to analyze key factors and risks involved with venturing abroad, and assessing the strategies and resources needed for international success.

This class examines all issues pertaining to managing people in an organization. Topics include strategic planning for Human Resources, recruitment and selection systems, performance evaluation and development programs, Equal Employment Opportunity, and diversity management.

Examines personnel topics such as absenteeism, substance abuse, theft, gambling and counseling problem employees. Policies and practices used by organizations to anticipate and resolve these problems are explored and evaluated.

A contextual study of the trade union movement and its development, structure and processes. Emphasizes the impact of union organization on management practice and effectiveness in both private and public sector organizations.

An examination of the environment of multinational business, foreign trade, and the operation of multinational enterprises. Management, marketing, accounting, and financial problems unique to enterprises operating in varying economic, cultural, and political legal environments are investigated. This course includes a CAP experience. International business majors may not take MGMT 361 for credit.

May be repeated for credit. Available for pass/fail grading only. Student participation for credit based on the academic relevance of the work experience, criteria, and evaluative procedures as formally determined by the department and Career Development Services prior to the semester in which the work experience is to take place.

Approval for enrollment and allowable credits is determined by the department and the Career Development Services in the semester prior to enrollment. Available for pass/fail grading only. (qualifies as a CAP experience)

Approval for enrollment is determined by the Management CAP advisor and the Career Development Services in the semester prior to enrollment. Student will participate in a relevant work setting. (qualifies as a CAP experience)

This course is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of leadership as a phenomenon impacting individuals, organizations, and the larger society. Major leadership theories are examined along with processes through which leadership influences various internal and external organizational factors. Leadership traits, behaviors, styles, communication, and the dynamic nature of leader-follower developments will be addressed. Methods of instruction include case studies, experiential exercises, and simulations.

An analysis of how the federal and state governments may regulate the employer-employee relationship. Topics include labor relations law, equal employment opportunity law, other current statutory employment law and common law employment issues.

An in-depth analysis of current issues and concerns within human resources management. The course will focus on specific issues and problems associated with the law and equal employment opportunity, employee selection, training and development, performance management/appraisal, and compensation. Methods of instruction include cases, exercises and PC applications.

Course focuses on assessing the strategies, tactics, dilemmas, processes and solutions associated with developing a new business. Emphasis is devoted to how new ventures should raise rates (sales, prices, productivity), decrease costs, promote and execute while pursuing innovation. The course explores a wide variety of actual small business case studies to illuminate the critical strategic, operational and behavioral considerations necessary to build a successful enterprise, including rollouts (duplicating a business model in multiple locations), rollups (acquiring similar businesses to accelerate growth), and franchises.

This course focuses on three core elements of managing innovation and technology in small and large organizations. First, it teaches in-depth analysis of how innovations can transform companies and industries, including who gains and loses from such developments. Second, it explains how organizations can organize to create innovations internally and externally, and how they can take advantage of opportunities while mitigating threats in technology and innovation development. Third, it discusses how firms benefit and prosper by using various methods of commercialization and protecting new technologies and innovation.

A study of the essential elements leading to entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial success with emphasis on the creation, structure and management of new ventures. A recommended elective for business students.

An examination of the relationship between business (usually the individual firm, but occasionally a group of firms in an industry or a set of headline-makers in different industries) and society (an individual, group of people, the general public, or government entity representing the interests of this individual or group or the public). Emphasizes stakeholders and ethics. The course material is both philosophical and practical for executives and informative and practical for citizens.

This class examines issues pertaining to developing, evaluating, and re-designing an organization's direct and indirect compensation systems. Topics include pay structure, incentive plans, benefit programs, and special cases such as executive compensation.

This course examines both research and practice regarding the strategic recruitment, selection, and development of top talent in organizations. Discussion topics include understanding and planning for talent needs, use of current recruitment methods and selection techniques, development of both internal and external talent pools, and the influences of external and internal changes due to competitive business environments and job design/redesign initiatives. The strategic and legal context of employment decision making is emphasized.

The role of performance management (PM) systems (performance measurement, appraisal, and development) is critical to organizational and workers success. This course focuses on how an effective PM system created in alignment with an organization’s strategy, mission, values, and product or services, can attract, develop, and retain top-performers. We will discuss how PM systems are tied to reward systems and will examine the legal regulations to which an organization must adhere. Topics include performance appraisals, coaching, feedback, reward systems, and related management activities.

This course focuses on negotiations and change. Students will develop analytical, interpersonal, and communication skills, with an emphasis placed on experiential learning through case studies, role playing, and simulations.

This course provides an introduction to the use of people analytics to optimize HR processes. Students will learn about human resource analytics tools, technologies, and tasks. Topics include: modeling employee turnover, optimizing training and development, evaluating recruitment strategies, and identifying sources of pay inequity. Students will also receive training on ADP’s Workforce Now cloud-based Human Resource information system.

The course examines organizational structure and functioning from cross-cultural and cross-national perspectives. Compares how management practices differ from one society to another. Comparisons are made between the U.S., Western Europe, Japan, the USSR, China, and the Third World nations.

A study tour abroad under the direction of a faculty member including on-site visits and management lectures designed to provide insight into differences in management practices in foreign countries. Offered summers only and when available.

This is a course based on the SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management) Learning System® for SHRM-CP/SHRM-SCP. Comprised of comprehensive learning modules teaching the SHRM Body of Applied Skills and Knowledge™ (SHRM BASK™), and advanced online multimedia resources, these study materials streamline study time, accelerate learning and build confidence for passing the SHRM-CP/SHRM-SCP exam. The course tuition includes all books, including one year access to the SHRM online learning resources, but does not include registration for the SHRM-CP/SHRM-SCP examinations.

Strategic management addresses the concerns of the high level executive or general manager, who must use a perspective that is qualitatively different from that of the lower-level functional manager or operations manager. Strategic decisions cut across functional lines. Whereas other courses focus on competency at a functional level (Are we doing things right?), this course deals with the overall effectiveness of the total organization (Are we doing the right things?). This is a writing intensive course.

An exploration of the consulting industry and its role in driving improvements across various types of organizations. Students will learn problem-solving frameworks used to direct decision making as well as real-world communication and project management skills.

Designed to provide advanced students in management an opportunity to study administration in highly specialized areas under the guidance of a faculty member.

Designed to provide advanced students in management an opportunity for independent study of selected areas under the guidance of a faculty member.