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Business Administration 79 Business Administration applications. Some modules may involve the hands-on use of personal computers. 3 Lect Hrs, 3 Credits MBAMGT 651 (MGT) Personnel Management and Human Resources Planning MBAMGT 641L (PUBPOL 641L) Organizations, Institutions, and Social Change Organizations are at the heart of societal governance; profit-seeking corporations mobilize and allocate economic resources, governmental agencies deliver services and regulate other organizations, while numerous nongovernmental organizations, from unions to churches to advocacy groups, constitute the realm of civil society. In structuring our society in particular ways, organizations represent a form of structural power; some groups systematically benefit relative to others as a result of how organizations function. Organizations are frequently the target of public policy, as they are sites that generate and reproduce inequality, discrimination, pollution, and other social and economic problems. Organizations can also serve as agents of resistance and change; they are thus the vehicles of public policy. Policy regimes emerge through the interaction of many organizations of different types, with conflicting interests and differential access to power and resources. An understanding of organizations, their sources of power, their role in governance, and their structures and processes, is therefore highly relevant for policy analysts, for activists, and for publicand private-sector managers. Prerequisites: MGT 650 and 660 (for management students); PPOL 601 and 611 (for public policy students). 3 Lect Hrs, 3 Credits This course familiarizes students with concepts of human resources management and the principles of planning and forecasting for human resources needs. Issues to be addressed include career planning and internal labor market analysis, equal employment opportunity and affirmative action practices. Students examine job design and pay systems, methods of personnel selection and training, issues of productivity and hours of work, the effect of government regulations on working conditions, and personnel administration. Prerequisite: MBAMGT 650. 3 Lect Hrs, 3 Credits advantages—drive sustained growth of the “bottom line”—a company’s net income. Students will study how, in this competitive world, these new high-performance methods will achieve stellar “bottom line” business results in an accelerated time frame under dynamically changing competitive circumstances. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. 3 Lect Hrs, 3 Credits MBAMGT 653 (MGT) Organizational Diagnosis and Change MBAMGT 652 (MGT) Labor-Management Relations and the Collective Bargaining Process This course focuses on the theory, research, and techniques of organizational diagnosis and change. Students learn how to engage in systematic structural and behavioral analyses and to design effective strategies for intervention and change. Prerequisite: MBAMGT 650. 3 Lect Hrs, 3 Credits This course familiarizes students with the practice of labor-management relations in the United States. The nature of labor-management conflict, the development of the US labor movement, and a comparison to other Western labor movements provide the theoretical and historical framework needed to assess the effectiveness of current practice and trends in the development of new practices and institutions. The major areas of study are the tactics and strategies of management and union representatives and the legal and economic constraints on their behavior in the organization of unions, contract negotiation, and contract administration and interpretation. Prerequisite: MBAMGT 650. 3 Lect Hrs, 3 Credits MBAMGT 660 (CORE) Business and Its Environment This course looks at the relationship of business to the external environment and considers business in relation to legal, social, political, and economic systems, focusing in particular on the impact of governmental regulation on business. The course also addresses the functioning of the US business enterprise in the context of the international business environment. Finally, through an examination of the role of ethics in management decisionmaking, the course explores how business organizations can operate effectively and responsibly in the context of the external environment. 3 Lect Hrs, 3 Credits MBAMGT 650 (CORE) Organizational Analysis and Skills This course focuses on the organization of the future, identifying its characteristics and exploring the strategic design and political and cultural implications for working in and managing such an organization. It examines the impact of the new organization on the roles and careers of individual managers, the functioning of groups, the processes that exist within organizations, the relationships of organizations with their environments, and the learning and change practices needed to enhance global performance. First-semester MBA students are introduced to a variety of skills that they will be called upon to use throughout their MBA experience (case analysis, analytical writing, self-awareness, team-building, and oral communication). 3 Lect Hrs, 3 Credits MBAMS 652 (MIS) Lean and Six Sigma Management MBAMGT 664 (MGT) The Legal Environment of Business A revolution in management methods is moving through the global economy at breakneck speed. High-performance Six Sigma, Lean, and IS management methods are among them. The new methods aim to create the competitive advantage that every enterprise needs to create sustained growth of its net income. In this course students study how to use the new leadingedge methods for creating the required competitive advantages. The course focuses on how a company can create and deliver high value and quality to end users, how it can design products and services so they start their lives as growth products when launched, how the company can manage its value chains so they become capable of operating with a productivity advantage at competitively low costs, how the two—the value and the productivity This course seeks to help students broaden their understanding of our legal and regulatory system and how it affects them as business managers. Businesses have become increasingly subject to laws and regulations. Legal and regulatory provisions pervade such aspects of business as the sale of securities; marketing practices; product liability; and business relationships with employees, customers, and other interested parties. This course assists students in developing their ability to meet the legal and regulatory demands and responsibilities of contemporary business. Prerequisite: MBAMGT 660. 3 Lect Hrs, 3 Credits

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UMass Boston - Graduate Studies 2011
Table of Contents
Graduate Program Affiliations
UMass Boston at a Glance
Foreword
Mission Statement
Trustees of the University
Administrative Officers of the University
Academic Calendar, 2010-2012
Admissions
Tuition, Fees, and Payments
Payment Information
Residency Status
Assistantships and Financial Aid
Facilities and Services
Regulations, Procedures, and Degree Requirements
Graduate Programs
Accounting
American Studies
Biology
Biology
Environmental Biology
Molecular, Cellular, and Organismal Biology
Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology (Multicampus Joint Program)
Biotechnology and Biomedical Science
Business Administration
Chemistry
Green Chemistry
Clinical Psychology
Computer Science
Database Technology
Counseling: Degree Programs
Counseling: Family Therapy
Counseling: Mental Health Counseling
Counseling: Rehabilitation Counseling
Counseling: School Counseling
Creative Writing
Critical and Creative Thinking
Dispute Resolution
Education
Higher Education Administration
Leadership in Urban Schools
Education: Educational Administration
Education: Special Education
Special Education
Orientation and Mobility
Teaching of the Visually Impaired
Vision Studies
Education: Teacher Education
Education: Applied Behavioral Analysis for Special Populations
Education: Technology, Learning, and Leadership
Education: Teaching Writing in the Schools
English
Environmental Sciences
Environmental, Earth, and Ocean Sciences
Environmental Sciences
Geographic Information Science
Professional Science Master’s™
Finance
Forensic Services
Gerontology
Management of Aging Services
Historical Archaeology
History
Human Services
Information Technology
Instructional Design
Instructional Technology Design
International Management
Latin and Classical Humanities
Applied Linguistics
Applied Linguistics
School of Marine Sciences: Intercampus Graduate School
Mathematics
Nursing
Health Policy
Population Health
Acute/Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist
Adult/Gerontological Nurse Practitioner
Family Nurse Practitioner
Applied Physics
Public Affairs
Public Affairs
International Relations
Women in Politics and Public Policy
Public Policy
School Psychology
Applied Sociology
Spanish and Hispanic Studies
Graduate Consortium in Women’s Studies
Road Map and Directions to Campus
Campus Map
Telephone Directory
Index

UMass Boston - Graduate Studies 2011