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Master of Arts in Organizational Management

Today's business world is rapidly changing.  A graduate degree is a necessity for upper management employment and career advancement. 

Your accredited degree in Organizational Management will provide you with an understanding of the culture and behavior of organizations. 

The Master of Arts in Organizational Management is designed for those professionals interested in an advanced educational degree and who want to develop or intensify their management and leadership skills.  Strategic techniques and the important role that human resources managers play are featured.  The program provides an in-depth study of the elements, structure, culture and behavior in organizations.

The curriculum emphasizes how to efficaciously manage teams, systems and leadership for both the human and technical sides of organizations.

Degree Requirements
  • The requirement for the Master of Arts in Organizational Management is 36 semester hours above the Baccalaureate Degree in Business, Management, or related fields.

  • The student must complete a minimum of 27 semester hours, 9 courses, with Southwest University.
Courses

MKT 630 Marketing Management
ORG 637 Organizational Behavior Management
HR 638 Issues in Human Relations
ORG 645 Organizational Theory and Design
MGT 651 Management and Leadership
FIN 655 Financial Management
HRM 657 Human Resources Strategic Issues
MGT 659 Management the 21st Century
MGT 661  Supervision of a Diverse Workforce and Teams
HRM 663 Effective Human Resource Management
MGT 672 Strategic Management
DSC 680 Managerial Decision Processes
ORG 682 Special Topics in Organizational Management
 

 

Course Descriptions
MKT-630
Marketing Management

3 Semester Hours

This course introduces new marketing ideas, tools and practices that companies will need to successfully operate in the new millennium. Focus on strategic planning, analyzing, developing and shaping markets are of particular interest to managers. The administrative and tactical side of marketing and promotion provide an exciting and dynamic experience.  
[ Book Required ]

ORG-637
Organizational Behavior Management

3 Semester Hours

This course provides future managers and current managers with information about people and their behavior within the context of the business environment. Provides students up-to-date information on current trends in business and issues affecting businesses today. Some areas of focus are: employee support policies, reward systems, procedural justice, high-performance teams, and goal-framing effects. It also highlights the global nature of today's business world. 
[ Book Required ] 

HR-638
Issues in Human Relations

3 Semester Hours

This course offers students a comprehensive treatment of human relations in the workplace. Major issues in human relations are thoroughly defined. Students will gain understanding of what it takes to become a successful employee and manager. Focus is on quality, teamwork, diversity, productivity, ethics. The need to balance demands of family and work are addressed. Recent issues that impact business are included.  [ Book Required ]

ORG-645
Organizational Theory and Design

3 Semester Hours

This course presents comprehensive, current learning information of theoretical advances in organizational theory: restructuring and downsizing, reengineering, and network structure. The student is provided in-depth coverage of advanced information technologies and their effects on organizational design. Additional areas of interest are: managing of innovation and change, culture and ethics, decision making and organizational learning, and organization conflict.
[ Book Required ]

MGT-651
Management and Leadership

3 Semester Hours

This course presents comprehensive information of major theories and research on leadership and managerial effectiveness in formal organizations. It also presents practical suggestions for improving leadership skills.  [ Book Required ]

FIN-655
Financial Management

3 Semester Hours

This course presents practical information for corporate financial management. It defines objectives of financial decision-making and the tactics and strategies for achieving them. A global perspective is presented. An excellent course for managers and professionals facing executive challenges of financial analysis and reasoning.  [ Book Required ]

HRM-657
Human Resources Strategic Issues

3 Semester Hours

This course provides information on strategic issues that challenge human resource managers. This course enlarges on the basic knowledge students will have already learned and integrates new challenges for the human resources professional.  [ Book Required ]

MGT-659
Management:  The 21st Century

3 Semester Hours

This course combines management and organizational behavior. It presents an effective integration of theory and application and offers students a more accurate reflection of the responsibilities faced by today's managers. It introduces a new management paradigm, builds managerial competencies by focusing on knowledge areas: planning and monitoring systems; organizing tasks, people and culture; and leading and empowering people. It focuses students' attention on the changing world of management and how managing in the future may be different than managing today.  [ Book Required ]

MGT-661
Supervision of a Diverse Workforce and Teams

3 Semester Hours

This course provides outstanding information on supervision techniques as it explores principles of management, planning, staffing, organizing, leading and controlling people and operations. There is a strong emphasis on application to real on-the-job situations. It integrates teamwork, quality and ethical themes.  [ Book Required ]

HRM-663
Effective Human Resource Management

3 Semester Hours

This course provides students with the technical background needed to become a successful human resource professional, to effectively manage human resources and explains the importance of being a knowledgeable consumer of human resource services and products. The course emphasizes how managers can effectively acquire, develop, compensate and manage the internal and external environment that relates to the management of human resources.  [ Book Required ]

MGT-672
Strategic Management

3 Semester Hours

This course focuses on skill building in all the major areas of strategy formulation. The course offers three themes: global factors, information technology, and preserving the natural environment.  [ Book Required ]

DSC-680
Managerial Decision Processes

3 Semester Hours

The primary focus of this course is on strategic decision making made by middle and upper levels of management, particularly in a multi-disciplinary context. The curriculum provides a collection of theories that apply to both public and private enterprise. Strategic decisions made by top management including determinants for successful strategic choices are examined.  [ Book Required ]

ORG-682
Special Topics in Organizational Management

3 Semester Hours

Subject to faculty approval.  A project or an independent paper that will demonstrate knowledge and understanding of a specific subject.  

 

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