Courses I Teach

MGT. 351
Principles of Management I
(Prerequisite: Junior Standing) Survey course examines key aspects of organizations and their management e.g., dynamic environments and their effects, organization design and structure, roles/function of managers, managing technology and change, global management, and alternative types of organizations. This course examines the expanding role of the manager from the traditional areas of planning, organizing, controlling and directing.

MGT. 460
Organization Theory
(Prerequisites: Mgt. 351) Study of the forces both within and outside the organization that determine the structure and processes of an organization. Topics to be covered will include technology and size influences, conflict, boundary roles, matrix structure, political factors and sociotechnical systems.

MGT. 472
Women and Men in Management
(Prerequisite: Mgt. 351) This course explores the opportunities for women in management as well as the special skills and insights needed by women in order to take full advantage of such opportunities. This course will focus on the effects of having men and women acting as colleagues in the workplace and discuss the problems which may ensue. The course will prepare both men and women for the gender issues which can affect managerial performance. Topics to be covered include sexual harassment, the dual career family and male/female socialization.