Course Descriptions: Management
Plato S. Wilson Building
Phillips School of Business
Chair of the Department of Management and Jefferson-Pilot Professor of the Practice of Supply Chain Management, Dr. Brad Venable has been successful over the years bringing real-life experiences into the classroom. This is so students can relate to the subject matter and understand Dr. Brad Venable how it makes sense in the realworld business climate. Experiential learning is the focus at HPU, and this can be accomplished in so many ways in the ever-growing supply chain management discipline. MGT 2220. Principles of Management and Organizational Behavior. This course provides an introduction to management by emphasizing the role of human behavior in the workplace. Discussions will focus on the complex relationships between individuals, groups, and organizations, and will include the traditional topics of planning, strategy, operations, and control, as well as more contemporary topics, such as ethics, diversity, decision making, motivation, leadership, culture, and human resources. A primary goal will be to relate management theory to real life examples in order to make its relevance obvious even to students who may lack exposure to, or experience in, a “real-life” management context. Four credits.
MGT 3120. Staffing, Recruitment and Selection. This course emphasizes the staffing cycle, developing student expertise in the application of internal and external recruitment and selection systems designed to promote effective management of human capital and sustained competitive advantage. Major topics will include: employment laws governing the employment relationship, Human Resource’s (HR) role in staffing management, hiring and employee discharge practices, and applicant tracking via HR information systems. Prerequisite: MGT 2220. Four credits. MGT 3130. Training and Development. Students in this course will build the skills and understanding necessary to better leverage training and development programs aimed at helping organizations be more adaptable, innovative, competitive, and successful. Major topics will include: the design, delivery and implementation of training programs, needs assessment, job analysis, aligning organizational strategy with training and development strategy, and training as a competitive advantage. Prerequisite: MGT 2220. Four credits. MGT 3200. Project Management. This course addresses concepts and issues important in effectively managing projects. Topics include project selection, project planning, negotiation, budgeting, scheduling, resource allocation, project control, project auditing, and project