The Department of Management

209 Business Bldg. • Box 19467 • 817-272-3166 • http://management.uta.edu

Requirements for a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree

(Management Option)

See Business Administration section of the catalog for specific degree requirements.

Human Resources Management/ Organizational Behavior

Core Track Courses

MANA 3320 - Personnel/Human Resource Management

MANA 3323 - Operations Management

MANA 4320 - Management of Industrial Relations

MANA 4324 - Organizational Behavior

BUSA 3301 - Communication: Interpersonal Behavior and Group Processes

Recommended Advanced Management and Business Electives**

MANA 4321 - Management of the Multinational Corporation

MANA 4323 - Organization Analysis and Design: Culture, Process, and Structure

MANA 4327 - Current Issues in Management

BUSA 4393 - Internship

ECON 4330 - Labor Economics

ECON 4335 - Labor Relations and the Law

MANA 4340 - Business and Society

International Management Track of International Business/Foreign Language Option***

Core Track Courses

MANA 4321 - Management of the Multinational Corporation

FINA 4324 - International Corporate Finance

MARK 4325 - International Marketing

BLAW 4310 - Basic International Law for Business

ECON 4306 or ECON 4321 or ECON 4322

Recommended Advanced Management and Business Electives**

MANA 3320 - Personnel/Human Resource Management

MANA 3323 - Operations Management

MANA 4324 - Organizational Behavior

MANA 4323 - Organizational Analysis and Design: Culture, Process, and Structure

MANA 4340 - Business and Society

BUSA 4393 - Internship

BUSA 3301 - Communication: Interpersonal Behavior and Group Processes

Entrepreneurship/Small Business

Core Track Courses

MANA 3320 - Personnel/Human Resource Management

MANA 3323 - Operations Management

MANA 3325 - Entrepreneurship and Venture Management

MANA 4338 - Small Business Analysis

MANA 4339 - Directed Studies in Entrepreneurship

MARK 4303 - Principles of Retailing

Recommended Advanced Management and Business Electives**

MANA 4327 - Current Issues in Management

MANA 4324 - Organizational Behavior

MARK 4304 - Service Marketing Management

BUSA 4393 - Internship

BUSA 3301 - Communication: Interpersonal Behavior and Group Processes

MANA 4340 - Business and Society

General Management

Core Track Courses

MANA 3320 - Personnel/Human Resource Management

MANA 3323 - Operations Management

MANA 4324 - Organizational Behavior

MANA 4323 - Organizational Analysis and Design: Culture, Process, and Structure

MANA 3325 - Entrepreneurship and Venture Management

Recommended Advanced Management and Business Electives**

MANA 4321 - Management of the Multinational Corporation

BUSA 3301 - Communication: Interpersonal Behavior and Group Processes

MANA 4338 - Small Business Analysis

BUSA 4393 - Internship

MANA 4327 - Current Issues in Management

MANA 4340 - Business and Society

* Management Track Options are suggestive; other course sets may be chosen for use by Management students.

** Students are limited to 12 hours of management beyond MANA 3319, MANA 3320, MANA 3323.

*** See requirements for International Business/Foreign Language Option.

Department of Management Faculty

Chair

Professors

Associate Professors

Assistant Professors

Senior Lecturers

Lecturers

Management (MANA)

Every Management course includes a $3 College of Business Administration multimedia fee.

3319. MANAGEMENT PROCESS THEORY (3-0) 3 hours credit. Fundamentals of the management process; principles and techniques for all organizations. The basic functions of management: planning, organizing, directing, and controlling. Social responsibilities, political influences, and ethical considerations as they affect the management of organizations. Coverage of international business, production, communications, and decision-making in terms of management activities. $3 course fee.

3320. PERSONNEL/HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (3-0) 3 hours credit. Process of effective management of human resources and those elements essential to such a process. The objectives of an adequate personnel program. Effective planning, recruitment, selection, training. Employee compensation and the nature of pay and its relative importance. The nature of union-management relationships. The impact of organized labor upon personnel management. $3 course fee.

3323. OPERATIONS AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT (3-0) 3 hours credit. An introduction to analytic and planning processes and methodologies in Operations and Project Management. Topics include forecasting, statistical process control, aggregate planning, inventory management, materials requirements planning, short-interval scheduling, learning curves, waiting lines, Theory of Constraints, project management including project definition, development of project teams, milestone planning, PERT/CPM time/cost tradeoff, and coordination of multiple projects. $3 course fee.

3325. ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND VENTURE MANAGEMENT (3-0) 3 hours credit. The fundamentals of identifying the need for and organizing a small business. Role and characteristics of the entrepreneur and problems of venture initiation. New venture creation
and its management through the first two or three years of operation. Prerequisites: junior standing and permission of the instructor. $3 course fee.

4320. MANAGEMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS (3-0) 3 hours credit. The critical issues in personnel and industrial relations. Application of behavioral science principles and concepts to problems of employee benefits and services, wage and salary administration, union and management relations, collective bargaining, and related personnel maintenance problems. Prerequisite: MANA 3319 or MANA 3320 or BUSA 2301. $3 course fee.

4321. MANAGEMENT OF THE MULTINATIONAL CORPORATION (3-0) 3 hours credit. The unique factors influencing the management of multinational enterprises. The principles of international management, the organization and administration of multinational enterprises, and examination of cultural, economic, social and political variables which influence the operation of the multinational firm. Prerequisite: BUSA 2301 or MANA 3319 or MANA 3320. $3 course fee.

4323. ORGANIZATION ANALYSIS AND DESIGN: CULTURE, PROCESS, AND STRUCTURE (3-0) 3 hours credit. Frameworks for understanding the structure and processes of complex organizations. Several analytical and design perspectives are developed to reflect the impact of environment, technology, size, and strategy on organization goals, structure, and control. Includes issues in organizational effectiveness, culture, and life cycles. Prerequisites: MANA 3319 and senior standing. $3 course fee.

4324. ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR (3-0) 3 hours credit. This course deals with theory and research from the behavioral sciences as they apply to the study of individual and group behavior in organizations. Topics include motivation, work related attitudes, stress and well-being, teams, decision making, leadership, design of work, career management, and organizational change. $3 course fee.

4327. CURRENT ISSUES IN MANAGEMENT (3-0) 3 hours credit. Seminar to consider major topics chosen for their relevance, recency, and their complexity. Prerequisites: MANA 3319 and senior standing. $3 course fee.

4338. SMALL BUSINESS ANALYSIS (3-0) 3 hours credit. Analysis of small business operations. Students will work with a number of small businesses. The integration of knowledge and application of theories across functional areas are stressed. Prerequisites: senior standing and consent of the instructor. $3 course fee.

4339. DIRECTED STUDIES IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP (3-0) 3 hours credit. Seminar that exposes students to unique challenges facing new businesses in their efforts to survive and grow. Students interact with members of the local entrepreneurial community. $3 course fee.

4340. BUSINESS AND SOCIETY (3-0) 3 hours credit. Explores the roles of business organizations and their relationships with individuals, governments, and other businesses from the perspectives of ethics, ideology, and corporate responsibility. $3 course fee.