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COURSES
ENTR 81. Introduction to Entrepreneurship
(3 units)
Develops an understanding of the complex tasks faced by individuals engaged
in entrepreneurial activities. Identifies the methods for developing a business
idea, the process of starting a business, how to acquire resources, and
the key parts of a business plan.
ENTR 151. Opportunity Assessment (3 units)
Prerequisite: ENTR 81 with a B or better. Presents tools and techniques
for evaluation and assessment of opportunities for new businesses. Evaluates
idea assessment, market and competitive analysis, trends, distribution systems,
and customer needs to determine if launching a business is feasible. Assessments
are made across industries, including retail, manufacturing, distribution,
services, and technology. Provides the foundation for writing a business
plan.
ENTR 153. Business Plan Writing (3 units)
Prerequisites: ENTR 81, 151; MGT 110. This course is designed to provide
the student with both (1) an understanding of what is required to start
a new firm and (2) the skills needed to write a business plan that will
meet the standards for funding by an investor or financial institution.
ENTR 155. Managing the New Venture (3
units)
Prerequisites: ENTR 81 and 153. Special problems of small businesses: initiation,
financing, operations. Class projects: studying local business operations;
preparing business plans and financial requests.
ENTR 157. New Venture Laboratory (3 units)
Prerequisite: ENTR 151, 153. Students develop a business idea that results
in a business plan. In a laboratory setting, students interact with entrepreneurs,
suppliers, customers, and experts in order to create a new venture that
may become viable.
ENTR 161. Urban Entrepreneurship (3 units)
Prerequisite: ENTR 81. Examines urban environments and their own special
planning, psychology, economics, design, and politics. Develops different
skill set required for the entrepreneur. Students will participate in urban
space, identify opportunities, and develop projects that may lead to successful
launches of new enterprises. Presentation of a business concept for urban
space concludes the course. (Formerly INOV 191T)
ENTR 163S. Social Entrepreneurship (3
units)
Explores current thoughts, trends, and challenges in social entrepreneurship.
Special attention is placed on service-learning and measuring social impact.
Students gain hands-on experience working with supporting social ventures.
Guest lectures and site visits. (Formerly INOV 191T, ENTR 163)
ENTR 165. Corporate Entrepreneurship (3
units)
Prerequisite: ENTR 81. Covers entrepreneurship in established companies,
or intrapreneurship. Addresses the emerging theories and practices of entrepreneurship
and applies them to a corporate setting. Presents issues of how to establish
corporate entrepreneurial vision, strategy, and direction. Students discuss
methods for relating intrapreneurship to other functions such as human resource
management, new product development, research and development, and corporate
venturing.
ENTR 167. Franchising (3 units)
Prerequisite: ENTR 81. Students examine franchising from both the franchisor
and franchisee perspectives. Topics include the evaluation of franchising
opportunities; legal concerns of franchising; the development of appropriate
franchising strategies; and the successful planning, implementation, and
launching of franchise networks and franchised outlets. (Formerly ENTR 189T)
ENTR 169. Family Business Management (3
units)
Prerequisite: ENTR 81. Addresses aspects of managing an established family
business (on a day-to-day basis) and planning for succession to the next
generation.
ENTR 189T. Topics in Entrepreneurship
(1-3; max total 9 units if no topic repeated)
Studies in entrepreneurship, business plan writing, and problems in small
business management.
ENTR 190. Independent Study (1-3; max
total 6 units if no topic repeated)
See Academic Placement -- Independent
Study. Approved for RP grading.
ENTR 195. Internship (3; max total 6 units)
Prerequisites: permission of internship coordinator. Requires 150 hours
of work at a pre-qualified, academically related work station (business,
government, or nonprofit agency). Reflective journal, final report, and
work station evaluation. Prior department approval is required for course
substitutions. Only one internship may count toward option requirements.
CR/NC grading only.
Human Resource Management (HRM)
HRM 150. Administration of Personnel (3
units)
Prerequisites: MGT 110, and BA 105W or ENGL 160W (may be taken concurrently).
Composition of labor force; acquisition and utilization of human resources;
recruitment; selection; performance appraisal; motivation; compensation;
communications; social issues and government influence. Individual and group
projects; written and oral reports.
HRM 152. Labor Relations and Collective
Bargaining (3 units)
Prerequisites: HRM 150 and BA 105W or ENGL 160W. Relations between employers
and organized employee groups; organization, election, and certification
procedures; techniques of collective bargaining; labor agreements; grievance
handling; settlement of industrial disputes. Class discussion, student presentations.
HRM 153. The Staffing of Organizations
(3 units)
Prerequisites: HRM 150 and BA 105W or ENGL 160W. In-depth study of major
staffing issues such as recruitment and selection of employees. Emphasis
on practical application of issues for future managers and HRM professionals.
Group projects, class discussion, guest lecturers, and experimental exercises.
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HRM 154. Compensation Administration (3
units)
Prerequisite: HRM 150 and BA 105W or ENGL 160W. Analysis of compensation
programs for organizations. Special attention given to job evaluation programs,
motivation-to-work theory, micro and macro forces influencing compensation
decisions. Case analysis; individual and group reports. S
HRM 157. Legal Aspects of Human Resource
Management (3 units)
Prerequisites: HRM 150 and BA 105W or ENGL 160W. Survey of law related to
employment, including discrimination, wrongful discharge, safety and health
requirements, and other government regulations. Attention given to prevention
and resolution of legal complaints and to emerging public policy issues.
Oral presentations, discussions.
HRM 159. Seminar in Human Resource Management
(3 units)
Prerequisites: last-semester senior status; HRM 150, BA 105W or ENGL 160W,
and completion of at least three of the following classes: HRM 152, 153,
154, 157. Integration of human resource management knowledge. Case analysis
and discussion. Students will be required to take the PHR certification
exam and to independently pay a mandatory test fee.
HRM 189T. Topics in Human Resource Management
(1-3; max total 9 units if no topic repeated)
Prerequisite: senior standing. Studies in personnel and labor relations,
recruitment, selection, retention, compensation, employment law, and business
ethics.
HRM 190. Independent Study (1-3; max total
6 units)
See Academic Placement - Independent
Study. Approved for RP grading.
HRM 195. Internship (3; max total 6 units)
Prerequisite: permission of internship coordinator. Requires 150 hours of
work at a pre-qualified, academically-related work station (business, government
or nonprofit agency). Reflective journal, final report, and work station
evaluation. As a course substitution, prior department approval is required.
Only one internship may count toward option requirements. CR/NC grading
only.
HRM 200 Series Courses
Graduate courses are listed under Business --
Graduate Program.
MGT 104. Administrative Principles of Management
(3 units)
Prerequisite: BA 105W or ENGL 160W (may be taken concurrently). Not open
to students with credit in MGT 110. Business majors need department consent
to take this course. Focus on planning techniques, organization theory,
and ethical control processes in domestic and international business. Case
analysis, management simulations, and written projects.
MGT 106. Behavioral Principles of Management
(3 units)
Prerequisite: BA 105W or ENGL 160W (may be taken concurrently). Not open
to students with credit in MGT 110. Business majors need department consent
to take this course. Focus upon the human dimensions and interpersonal skills
of management, including motivation, job design, leadership, conflict, communication
networks, and organizational change. Case analysis, written projects, small
group exercises, and development of communication and interpersonal skills.
MGT 110. Administration and Organizational
Behavior (6 units)
Prerequisite: BA 105W or ENGL 160W (may be taken concurrently). Not open
to students with credit in MGT 104 or MGT 106. Development of management
skills with emphasis on organization, communication networks, leadership,
reward systems, conflict management, change, ethics, and stress. Case analysis,
written projects, small group exercises.
MGT 124. Production/Operations Management
(4 units)
Prerequisites: DS 123 (may be taken concurrently); BA 105W or ENGL 160W;
MGT 110. Production/operations systems and problems in manufacturing and
service organizations, including product development and process selection;
facility location and design; operations planning and control; materials
handling; inventory and quality control; project management. Lecture discussion;
computer simulation.
MGT 127. Contemporary Leadership (3 units)
Prerequisites: MGT 1110 and BA 105W or ENGL 160W (may be taken concurrently).
Individual and team leadership development. Leadership potential assessment,
contemporary leadership theories, and oral and written communications skill
development. Guest speakers, experiential exercises, and case studies.
MGT 131. International Management (3 units)
Prerequisites: MGT 110. A review of the unique issues, problems, and challenges
of managing enterprises in an international environment. Comparative analysis
of management styles and cultures, managerial processes and strategy formulation.
Focuses on American, European, and Japanese enterprises. Seminar discussion
and cases.
MGT 133S. Managing Nonprofit Organizations
(3 units)
Prerequisites: MGT 104 and 106, or 110 and BA 105W or ENGL 160W (may be
taken concurrently). Examination and analysis of the critical features of
nonprofit and socially responsible, sustainable organizations in the private
sector. Topics include ethics issues in management, governance, managing
and motivating volunteers and employees in nonprofit context, sustainability
approaches, and practices. Lecture, case studies, field experience (including
service learning), and research. (Formerly MGT 133)
MGT 158. Project Management (3 units)
(See IS 186.)
MGT 180. Seminar in Management Theory and
Organization Design (3 units)
Prerequisites: MGT 110 and BA 105W or ENGL 160W (may be taken concurrently).
Organizations as open systems functioning in the external environment; organization
development as a planned intervention emphasizing effective implementation
of system changes, integrating mechanisms in response to perceived contingencies;
and strategic issues of organizational life cycles.
MGT 182. Seminar in Applied Conflict Management
Techniques (3 units)
Prerequisites: MGT 110 and BA 105W or ENGL 160W (may be taken concurrently).
Sources of conflicts and how to resolve them in organizations; theory and
practice of negotiation, alternative conflict resolution techniques, mediation,
employee voice, and employee deviance. Experiential exercises and case analyses
are used to enhance the application of the course material. (Formerly MGT
182S)
MGT 187. Seminar in Strategic Management
(3 units)
Prerequisites: last-semester senior, completion of all CSB core requirements
(only MGT 124 may be taken concurrently), and BA 105W or ENGL 160W. Focuses
on strategic management, industry analysis, global competitive environment,
formulation and implementation of strategy, ethical issues, mergers and
acquisitions, and management of strategic alliances. Case analysis/computer
simulations included.
MGT 189T. Topics in Management (1-3; max
total 9 if no topic repeated)
Prerequisite: senior standing. Studies in management, organizational theory,
organizational behavior, production, transportation, business administration,
special management and organizational problems.
MGT 190. Independent Study (1-3; max total
6 units)
See Academic Placement - Independent
Study. Approved for RP grading.
MGT 195. Internship (3; max total 6 units)
Prerequisite: permission of internship coordinator. Requires 150 hours of
work at a pre-qualified, academically-related work station (business, government
or nonprofit agency). Reflective journal, final report, and work station
evaluation. Prior department approval is required for course substitutions.
Only one internship may count toward option requirements. CR/NC grading
only.
MGT 200 Series Courses
Graduate courses are listed under Business --
Graduate Program.
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