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CIS 5113. Managing Information Systems. Studies the management and use of information and technology as a resource to create competitive businesses, manage global operations, provide useful products and provide quality services to customers, whether public or private. Examines information systems management, intellectual property, privacy, organizational and societal impact, legal issues, ethics, security issues, decision making, strategic information systems, and organizational support systems. Prerequisite: CIS 5013 or approval of department head. Lab fee $15.

MGMT 5013. Organizational Behavior. Behavioral theory in organizational context. A study of individual and group dynamics in the business environment. Specific emphasis is given to leadership, motivation, communication, employee supervision, and morale.

MGMT 5083. Analysis & Design of Organizations. Examines theories, processes and “fit” models of organization design. Emphasizes alignment of structure, technology, information systems, reward systems, people and culture, and management processes with organizational goals. Compares and contrasts the flexible, adaptive learning organization with the traditional centralized, standardized, and formalized organization.

MGMT 5093. Seminar on Management and Leadership. Examines and explores the distinctions between management and leadership. Emphasis is on the case study method for examining the applications of leadership principles and theoretical models to varied organizational situations. This course focuses on developing leaders who can effectively deal with the rapidly changing leadership challenges that modern organizations face. MS, Management students must take this course as their integrating capstone course having completed or be concurrently completing the core courses for the program.

MGMT 5113. Managing Operations and Services. A study of concepts, models and methods used to effectively manage the manufacturing and/or service operations of for-profit and not–for-profit organizations. Emphasis will be placed on the design and use of cross-functional operations planning, control, and support systems. Topics of contemporary relevance will be examined to include supply chain management, enterprise resource planning, time-based competition, and quality improvement.

MGMT 5683. Organizational Development and Change. Study, research and analysis of pro-active strategies for organizational change using the theories and techniques of applied behavioral science. Examines the phases of consulting, strategies, intervention decisions and actions, multiple roles, skills and phases of internal and external consultants, ethical dilemmas and guidelines and the implementation of action research. A complete, step-by-step, intervention strategy is developed during this course.

GB 5983. Business Research Methods. Nature, scope, and significance of business research and research methodology; primary research methods with applications to specific problems, place of quantitative methods in research and individual investigation and report on current problems in student's field of interest.

GB 5653. Managerial Statistics. Review of applied descriptive and inferential statistical calculations. Examination of statistics as a decision-making tool under uncertainty; focusing on probability, univariate/inferential and multivariate statistics. Emphasis is on interpretation of statistical information. Student will evaluate and interpret data, and report on current problems in the student’s field of study. Prerequisite: PC based or undergraduate statistics. MS, Management and MS, HRM majors must have completed G B 5983 or have permission of the instructor.

For additional course descriptions, please consult the online catalog.

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Online/Waco campuses can contact Dr. David Deviney at (972) 449-3114, (254) 299-8361 or e-mail deviney@tarleton.edu

Stephenville campus can contact Dr. Randy McCamey at (254) 968-9311 or e-mail rmccamey@tarleton.edu

Central Texas campus can contact Dr. Jody Fry at (254) 519-5476 or e-mail fry@tarleton.edu