2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin - NMU Bulletin

MGT 412 Compensation Design and Administration 4 cr.

• Offered: Contact department for information
• Prerequisites: MGT 343, junior standing or instructor’s permission.
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Study of the administration and design of the wage and salary function of organizations, including the determinants of wages, job evaluation, compensation plans, employee evaluation and the administration of fringe benefits.

MGT 360 Controversial Issues in Marketing and Management 4 cr.

• Offered: Contact department for information
• Prerequisites: MKT 230, MGT 240, junior standing or instructor’s permission.
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Businesses and non-profit organizations are confronted with a variety of controversial issues (involving ethical and social responsibility issues), making both strategic and day-to-day decision-making difficult. The course examines contemporary and emerging critical issues facing businesses and non-profit organizations, focusing on recent developments and a review of some “best practices” of organizations who have taken leadership roles. Cross-cultural differences in analyzing ethical and social responsibility issues will also be explored. Notes:

Cross listed with MKT 360.

MGT 355 Methods of Training 4 cr.

• Offered: Winter
• Prerequisites: Junior standing.
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

This course provides an application of theories of learning and instructional development to the education and training of employees in office systems. Emphasis is on instructional design and the implementation, evaluation and management of training in an organizational environment.

MGT 344 Managerial Communication 4 cr.

• Offered: Fall Winter
• Prerequisites: Admission to the College of Business.
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Focus on developing cognitive and behavioral skills central to becoming a competent communicator in organizational settings. The role of communication in upholding such social values as mutual understanding, cooperation, and respect for diversity within the organizational community will be examined. The course is based on developing knowledge, sensitivity, skills, and ethical competencies.

MGT 343 Human Resource Management 4 cr.

• Offered: Fall Winter Summer
• Prerequisites: MGT 240, junior standing or instructor permission.
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

The principles and practices of productive employee relations with emphasis upon the selection, development and motivation of employees.

MGT 342 Event Management 2 cr.

• Offered: Winter
• Prerequisites: MGT 240 and MGT 341, or instructor permission.
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Both a practical and an academic overview approach to the business of managing events. Students will focus on the execution of previous planning required to host successful events, learning from a textbook, guest speakers, and by managing regional events.

MGT 341 Event Planning 2 cr.

• Offered: Fall
• Prerequisites: Junior standing or instructor permission.
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Both a practical and academic overview approach to the business of planning events. Students will focus on the planning required to host successful events, learning from textbook, guest speakers, and by participating in planning and organizing of regional events.

MGT 327 Random Models in Business 4 cr.

• Offered: Fall
• Prerequisites: MGT 325.
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Develops selected quantitative tools useful in operations management and managerial decision making. The focus of the course is probabilistic quantitative analysis of business systems. The course covers both development and application of selected MS/OR tools such as the decision theory, Markov chains, stochastic inventory problems, simulation, queuing theory, etc.

MGT 326 Deterministic Models in Business 4 cr.

• Offered: Winter
• Prerequisites: MGT 325.
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Develops selective quantitative tools useful in operations management and managerial decision making. The focus of the course is deterministic quantitative analysis of business systems. The course covers both development and application of selected MS/OR tools such as spreadsheet modeling, linear programming, network analysis and integer programming.

MGT 325 Operations Management 4 cr.

• Offered: Fall Winter
• Prerequisites: MA 109 and CIS 212.
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Survey of problems that production-operations managers face and the quantitative tools that are helpful in solving these problems. Spreadsheets and other software will be used to solve certain types of problems.