CHAIR: ROGER
D. ABSHIRE (936) 294-1256
NAVIGATION: Management
Major | Management Minor | Human
Resource Management Major | Management
Course Descriptions
FACULTY: Capps,
Duffy, Earl,
Kilbourne, Kohers,
Lewis, Lilly,
Maddux, Mehta,
Newbold, Reed,
Sower, Taylor,
Van Over, Wayhan
The mission of the Department of Management
and Marketing is to advance the mission of the College
of Business Administration. The Department's mission is
to furnish students the requisite knowledge and skills
to be successful in management, human resource management,
management information systems, and marketing, or related
careers and to pursue graduate studies. The department
is committed to excellence in teaching, intellectual contributions,
and service.
The Management program is designed to prepare
students for positions and careers requiring leadership
and managerial skills. The Marketing program is designed
to prepare students to make marketing decisions that facilitate
the organization in achieving its objectives. The Human
Resource Management program is intended to prepare students
to manage an organization's human resources in an effective
and efficient manner. The Management Information Systems
curriculum is designed to provide students with the skills
necessary to function in entry level information systems
positions with a basis for continued career growth. All
programs will prepare students for graduate studies.
Curriculum: Major In
Management 1
BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION |
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| First Year |
Credit |
Second Year |
Credit |
| ENG 164, 165 |
6 |
ECO 233, 234 |
6 |
| HIS 163, 164 |
6 |
POL 261, 200-level Political Science |
6 |
| MTH 199 |
3 |
ACC 231, 232 |
6 |
| Laboratory Science 2 |
8 |
ENG 265, 266, or 267 |
3 |
| MIS 188, CS 133, 143 |
3 |
SCM 282 |
3 |
| Visual and Performing Arts Elective 3 |
3 |
BAN 232 |
3 |
| KIN 215 |
1 |
GBA 281 |
3 |
| PSY 131 or SOC 261 |
3 |
Cultural Studies Electives 4 |
3 |
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33 |
|
33 |
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|
| Third Year |
Credit |
Fourth Year |
Credit |
| MGT 380, 381, 474 |
9 |
MGT 476, 471, 480 |
9 |
| FIN 367, MKT 371 |
6 |
MGT 334, 466, 472, 477, 478, 479, or 481 |
6 |
| GBA 389, BAN 363 |
6 |
ECO 367, 467 |
6 |
| ACC 369 |
3 |
MGT 475 |
3 |
| MIS 388 |
3 |
Electives |
8 |
| Electives |
3 |
|
32 |
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30 |
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EMPHASIS IN OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT: Students
interested in the field of Operations Management are advised
to select this area of study. Additional course requirements
are: MGT 477, MGT 481, and BAN 364. This emphasis reduces
the hours of electives available in the fourth year from
eight to five.
CURRICULUM: MINOR
IN MANAGEMENT
A minor in Management (21 hours) is available
to all bachelor degree programs that permit a minor. The
minor in Management requires MGT 334, 380, 381; and 12 additional
advanced hours in MGT courses; or MIS 388 and 9 additional
advanced hours of MGT courses.
Curriculum:
Major In Human Resource Management 1
BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION |
| The first and second years
are the same as stated above for a major in Management. |
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|
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| Third Year |
Credit |
Fourth Year |
Credit |
| MGT 380, 381, 474, 480 |
12 |
MGT 472, 478, 479 |
9 |
| FIN 367, MKT 371 |
6 |
MGT 475, 476 |
6 |
| BAN 363 |
3 |
ECO 361, 367 |
6 |
| MIS 388 |
3 |
ACC 369 |
3 |
| GBA 363, 389 |
6 |
Electives |
8 |
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30 |
|
32 |
1 No more than 50% (excluding
nine hours of ECO and six hours of statistics, BAN 232,
363, and 364) of the required curriculum may come from
the College of Business Administration. Transfer students
must take at least 50% of the required business curriculum
for the B.B.A. degree in residence at Sam Houston State
University.
2 Two four-hour laboratory science courses must
be taken from two different departments: Biology (including
ESC 147), Chemistry, Geography/Geology (the only geography
course that satisfies a laboratory science requirement
is GEO 131/111), or Physics.
3 Select from ART 160, 161, 163, 260, DNC 131,
176, MUS 161, 264, 265, or THR 160, 164, 166, 230, 231.
Satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts requirement of
Component Area 4 of the Core Curriculum (see General Information
section of this catalogue).
4 Select from BSL 236, Foreign Languages 263,
264, GEO 265, 266, HIS 265, 266, or SOC 168. Satisfies
the Cultural Studies requirement of Component Area 4 of
the Core Curriculum (see General Information section of
this catalogue).
MANAGEMENT COURSE
DESCRIPTIONS
MGT 334 SMALL BUSINESS
MANAGEMENT. A comprehensive study of all areas of operations
and management of the small business enterprise. Topics
covered include: ownership form, site analysis, planning,
organizing, staffing, financial control, inventory control,
and marketing tactics. Credit 3.
MGT 380 PRINCIPLES
OF MANAGEMENT. This course is concerned with the principles
and methods used in managing and operating organizations,
both domestically and abroad. Course coverage includes
analysis of the organization's environment and the managerial
functions of planning, organizing, leading, motivating,
and controlling. Credit 3.
MGT 381 BEHAVIOR
DYNAMICS IN MANAGEMENT. Advanced study of individual
and group behavior in organizations and how it affects
the achievement of organizational objectives. Prerequisite:
MGT 380. Credit 3.
MGT 430 PROBLEMS
IN MANAGEMENT. The credit in this course varies according
to the work performed. The student may pursue special studies
for which a special course is not organized. Prerequisites:
30 hours in Business and Economics and consent of the instructor.
This course may be taken for the Academic Distinction Program.
Credit 1, 2, or 3.
MGT 466 SERVICES
MARKETING MANAGEMENT. This course examines the characteristics
of the service domain. The planning, organization, production,
and marketing of quality services will be the focus of
the course. Prerequisites: MGT 380 and MKT 371. Credit
3.
MGT 471 INTERNATIONAL
MANAGEMENT AND MARKETING. A study of the decisions
that managers must make in the planning, organizing, and
operating of companies in cross-cultural environments.
Prerequisite: MGT 380, MKT 371. Credit 3.
MGT 472 COMPENSATION.
A study of the design and functioning of the entire compensation
system with emphasis on wage and salary determination,
individual and group incentives, employee benefits, and
non-economic rewards. Prerequisite: MGT 380. Credit 3.
MGT 474 HUMAN RESOURCES
MANAGEMENT. Personnel policies and administration,
job classification and analysis, wage plans and employment
procedure, employment interviewing and testing, employee
training and evaluation, labor turnover, and legislation
affecting labor problems are studied. Prerequisites: MGT
380. Credit 3.
MGT 475 OPERATIONS
MANAGEMENT. This course addresses issues pertaining
to the operations function within manufacturing and service
firms competing in a global environment. The relationship
of operations to other organizational functions will be
investigated. Topics include decision making, project management,
forecasting, capacity planning, facilities design and location,
process and product design, inventory management, and quality
assurance. Prerequisites: MGT 380, BAN 363. Credit 3.
MGT 476 STRATEGIC
MANAGEMENT AND POLICY. The evaluation of external environmental
factors and internal organizational strengths and weaknesses
for the purpose of formulating organization strategies.
Prerequisites: MGT 380, MKT 371, FIN 367, and senior standing.
Credit 3.
MGT 477 SUPPLY CHAIN
MANAGEMENT. A study of the marketing channels of distribution
and the management of the integrated supply chain for products
and services. The course addresses both upstream (suppliers)
and downstream (channels of distribution) organizational
members. Topics include purchasing, supplier selection/development,
inter-organizational information systems, risk management,
physical distribution, logistics, warehousing, channel
relationships, and inventory management. Prerequisites:
MGT 380, MKT 371. Credit 3.
MGT 478 MANAGEMENT
AND LABOR RELATIONS. A study of the legal perimeter
of management labor relations, the collective bargaining
process, and problems of union contract compliance. Prerequisites:
MGT 380. Credit 3.
MGT 479 HUMAN RESOURCES
TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT. Provides an overview of the
training discipline, identifies current issues for researchers
and practitioners, and highlights coming changes in the
work place and their impact on training and development
in organizations. Prerequisite: MGT 380. Credit 3.
MGT 480 SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
OF MANAGEMENT. A study of the role business plays in
our society and the obligations and responsibility it has
to society. The course examines the ethical, environmental,
and cultural implications of industrial/technological societies
and their history. Prerequisites: MGT 380. Credit 3.
MGT 481 QUALITY ASSURANCE
MANAGEMENT. A study of current topics in quality assurance
management to include total quality control, statistical
quality control, statistical process control, quality circles,
and Deming's methods. Emphasis will be placed on the systems
approach to quality assurance. Prerequisites: MGT 475 (or
IT 478), and BAN 363. Credit 3.
