| Dr. Lawrence
Ettkin, Head
(423) 425-4123 or email at Lawrence-Ettkin@utc.edu
Only students
admitted to UTC as degree, conditional, or transient graduate students
may take 500-level business management courses. Graduate business
courses are offered in the evening each semester including the summer.
511
Business Research Methods (3)
An introduction to research methodology with emphasis upon the compilation,
analysis and interpretation of data. Experiment design, research
instruments and resources, sample theory and design, parametric
and nonparametric tests for significance, statistical inference.
Research reports. Prerequisite: BMGT 571.
514
Business Database Systems Management
Discussions of various business database system management issues
such as relative advantages and disadvantages of database approach
and file approach to data management, database planning, database
design methodology, logical database design, physical database design,
and the other database administration functions. Survey of database
technology applications trends as related to business domains, including
coupling of expert systems and database management systems and using
database for decision support. Prerequisite: BMGT 581 or consent
of the instructor.
515
Business Knowledge-Based Systems Management
Survey of principles, concepts, and techniques for knowledge-based
systems management from the business perspective. Exploration of
strategic significance of knowledge-based systems in the effort
to gain and sustain competitive advantage. Introduction to knowledge
representation mechanisms and issues relating to knowledge-base
verification and validation. Hands-on experience with knowledge
engineering using user-friendly expert system development tools.
Prerequisite: BMGT 581 or consent of the instructor.
516 Business Data Communications (3)
Survey of technical aspects of data communications and the related
managerial issues concerning computer network management. Discussion
of layered network architectures and communication protocols at
various abstraction levels. Overview of features of local area networks
and wide area networks. Examination of system analysis techniques
for business computer network design. Prerequisite: BMGT 581 or
consent of the instructor.
517
Business Information Systems Development (3)
Survey of techniques and methodologies for user requirements analysis
and systems design in development of business information systems.
Examination of strategies for improvement of systems development
productivity. Introduction of directions of new technological development,
such as object-oriented paradigm and knowledge-based approach, from
the business applications perspective. Discussion of various practical
issues including controls and security, implementation strategies,
integration with other systems, and system maintenance problems,
etc. Prerequisite: BMGT 584 or consent of the instructor.
525
Organizational Behavior Theory and Practice (3)
An examination of the theoretical and research foundations that
explain behavior within the context of formal organizations. Topics
covered include perception, attitude, motivation, personality, stress,
group behavior, leadership, and organizational development. Summer semester.
526 Leadership
In-depth coverage of the theories, skills and issues related to
effective leadership practice in business organizations. Exploration
of individual leadership strengths and weaknesses, ethical issues
for leaders, and the roles leaders play in organizations. Spring semester. Prerequisite:
BMGT 584 or consent of instructor.
527
Organizational Theory
Advanced concepts of organizing, structuring, and managing an organization
are addressed within both a profit and a not-for-profit environment.
Topical material presented in lecture format will be combined with
case oriented seminars to involve the student in practical concepts
of organizational design.
528
Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management (3)
A course designed to acquaint the student with the general principles
of personnel management and industrial relations including the legal
aspects of employment and union management relations. Course will
use lecture, cases, readings, and a term paper. Fall semester.
529
EEO Management (3)
The aim of this course is to provide students with knowledge of
equal employment opportunity requirements and their impact on personnel
and management practices. Emphasis on laws and regulations pertaining
to race, sex, religion, national origin, age, and handicap discrimination. Spring semester.
530
Communication Across Cultural Boundaries (3)
This course is designed to improve communication skills for the
student’s self-development and for communicating in business.
It is primarily concerned with the following three areas: The process
of communication, oral reports, briefings, presentations to groups
as well as conferences and meetings, and business letters. Students
will be introduced to the international aspects of communication
by conducting a short report by interviewing workers in multinational
companies as to barriers related to business communication. Fall semester.
538 International Management
This course is designed to provide fundamental knowledge of contemporary
managerial problems as presented in foreign-influenced environments.
Uniqueness of problems in planning, control, choosing foreign associates,
plant locations, labor bureaucracy, legal constraints, and trade
with foreign governments will be highlighted by text and through
discussion of articles from current business periodicals. Fall semester. Prerequisite
BMGT 584 or consent of instructor.
540
Managing Innovation (3)
An in-depth study of the phenomenon of innovation—its nature,
process, and typology. Examination of the innovation process in
its varied manifestations. Skills related to innovation will be
studied along with the case histories of successful innovators.
The creation and nurturing of new organizations around innovative
product ideas will be examined. Discussion of various issues including
corporate culture, team based participation, strategy, entrepreneurship,
and marketing as they impinge on the innovative phenomenon. Prerequisites:
All core requirements must be met or consent of the instructor.
555
Management Science (3)
A quantitative approach to business decision-making. Model construction,
algebraic models, E.O.Q. and break even. Certainty models, linear,
integer and dynamic programming. Statistical models, simulations,
stochastic processes, P.E.R.T. and network analysis. Game theory
and elementary queuing theory. Spring semester. Prerequisites: BMGT 571.
570
Problems in Operations Management (3)
This case study course should strengthen the skills and abilities
of the student in three areas: (1) describing and understanding
the operating process, (2) measuring and analyzing this process,
and (3) developing and evaluating plans for changing the operating
process within the context of the entire organization and its strategies.
Prerequisite: BMGT 583.
597r
Individual Studies (2-4)
Designed to enable students to study selected topics in depth. Requires
a written outline of work to be done, a statement describing the
competencies to be developed and the method of assessment to be
used in evaluation. Prerequisites: approval of adviser, faculty member, and department head.
598r Research (3)
Designed to enable students to conduct independent research. Prerequisites:
admission to candidacy and approval of adviser, faculty member, and department head.
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