Management
ENTR 81E. Introduction to Entrepreneurship
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. (Formerly MGT 81)
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
ENTR 151E. Opportunity Assessment
Presents tools and techniques for evaluation and assessment of opportunities for new businesses are presented. Idea assessment, market and competitive analysis, trends, distribution systems and customer needs are evaluated to determine if launching a business is feasible. Assessments will be made across industries including retail, manufacturing, distribution, services, and technology. The course provides the foundation for writing a business plan.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
ENTR 153E. Business Plan Model
Prerequisite: ENTR 81, ENTR 151; MGT 110. Provides the student with both (1) an understanding of what is required to launch a new firm and (2) the skills needed to craft a business model that will meet the standards for attracting funding by an investor or financial institution. (Formerly MGT 153)
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
ENTR 155E. Managing the New Venture
Prerequisite: ENTR 81 and ENTR 153. Special problems of small businesses: initiation, financing, operations. Class projects: studying local business operations; preparing business plans and financial requests. (Formerly MGT 155)
Units: 3
ENTR 157E. New Venture Laboratory
Prerequisites: ENTR 151, ENTR 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. (Formerly MGT 157)
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Spring
ENTR 161E. Urban Entrepreneurship
Prerequisites: ENTR 81. Urban environments have their own special planning, psychology, economics, design and politics. Opportunities abound, but require a different skill set 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 will conclude the course.
Units: 3
ENTR 163E. Social Entrepreneurship
Explores current thoughts, and trends, and challenges in the emerging field of social entrepreneurship. Guest lectures and site visits. (Formerly INOV 191T)
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall
ENTR 165E. Corporate Entrepreneurship
Prerequisite: ENTR 81. This course is about entrepreneurship in established companies, or entrepreneurship. The course will address the emerging theories and practices of entrepreneurship and apply them to a corporate setting. Issues of how to establish corporate entrepreneurial vision, strategy, and direction are presented. Methods for relating entrepreneurship to other functions such as human resource management, new product development, research and development, and corporate venturing are discussed.
Units: 3
ENTR 167E. Franchising
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)
Units: 3
ENTR 169E. Family Business Management
Prerequisite: ENTR 81. The course addresses aspects of managing an established family business, on a day-to-day basis and planning for succession to the next generation.
Units: 3
ENTR 170E. Entrepreneurship Mentor Program I
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor only. The development of professional networks and mentoring relationships are critical for professional success, especially here in the Central Valley. This two-course, two-semester program takes a mentorship approach to promote the entrepreneurial mindset by introducing students to successful members of the community who provide mentorship and develop relationships that help the mentees understand and integrate into the business community of the Greater Fresno Area. (Formerly ENTR 189T)
Units: 2
ENTR 171E. Entrepreneurship Mentor Program II
Prerequisites: ENTR 170E; permission of instructor. The development of professional networks and mentoring relationships are critical for professional success, especially here in the Central Valley. This two-course, two-semester program takes a mentorship approach to promote the entrepreneurial mindset by introducing students to successful members of the community who provide mentorship and develop relationships that help the mentees understand and integrate into the business community of the Greater Fresno Area. (Formerly ENTR 189T)
Units: 2
ENTR 189T. Topics in Entrepreneurship
Studies in entrepreneurship, business plan writing, and problems in small business management.
Units: 1-3, Repeatable up to 9 units
ENTR 190E. Independent Study
See Academic Placement -- Independent Study. Approved for SP grading.
Units: 1-3, Repeatable up to 6 units
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
ENTR 193E. Supv Work Exper
Units: 1
ENTR 195IE. Internship
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.
Units: 3, Repeatable up to 6 units
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
HRM 150. Administration of Personnel
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.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
HRM 152. Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining
Prerequisite: HRM 150, MGT 110 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 handlings; settlement of industrial disputes. Class discussion, student presentations.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
HRM 153. The Staffing of Organizations
Prerequisite: HRM 150, MGT 110 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.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall
HRM 154. Compensation Systems and Performance Management
Prerequisite: HRM 150, MGT 110 and BA 105W or ENGL 160W (non-business majors only). This course provides a theoretical basis for understanding compensation and other reward systems, with particular emphasis on the psychological, economic, and strategic aspects of total reward systems and performance management. Reward practices and principles are learned through a series of hands-on exercises.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
HRM 155. Training and Development
Prerequisites: MGT 110, HRM 150 (Can be taken concurrently). This course is designed to examine theories, concepts, and processes of human resource training and development in modern organizations to strategically meet current and future needs. The overarching goal is to provide you with the prerequisite knowledge and skills needed to design, implement, and evaluate training and development efforts using a variety of methods.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
HRM 157. Legal Aspects of Human Resource Management
Prerequisite: HRM 150, MGT 110 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 issues. Oral presentations, discussions.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
HRM 159. Seminar in Human Resource Management
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: 90 Units completed; HRM150, BA 105W or ENGL 160W, and any two of HRM 152, HRM 153, HRM 154, HRM 155, and HRM 157. An integrative elective this course applies, reinforces, and strengthens students? academic and practical knowledge of Human Resource Management. The course uses a set of advanced topics in Human Resource Management (e.g., Corporate Social Responsibility) to integrate material. It is designed with flexibility to also incorporate timely topics related to HR. Analytical, oral, and written communication skills are sharpened to help prepare students for successful careers in business or government and grad school.
Units: 3
HRM 176. Introduction to Industrial-Organizational Psychology
Prerequisites: Students enrolled in HRM 176 must be declared business majors and have completed DS 123 or be concurrently enrolled. Introduction to the scientific study of human behavior in the workplace. Application of psychological principles and methodology to improve individual and organizational well-being including assessment, selection, fairness, work motivation, job attitudes, stress, and work-life balance. Emphasis placed on scientist-practitioner model.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
HRM 189T. Topics in Human Resource Management
Prerequisite: senior standing. Studies in personnel and labor relations, recruitment, selection, retention, compensation, employment law, and business ethics.
Units: 1-3, Repeatable up to 9 units
HRM 190. Independent Study
See Academic Placement -- Independent Study. Approved for RP grading.
Units: 1-3, Repeatable up to 6 units
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
HRM 195I. Internship
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.
Units: 3, Repeatable up to 6 units
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
MGT 104. Principles of Organizational Behavior and Administration
Prerequisite: BA 105W or ENGL 160W (may be taken concurrently). Not open to BSBA students, or those with credit in MGT 110. Explores the human and interpersonal aspects of management and administration - motivation, leadership, conflict, communication, and organizational design and change. Employs various teaching methods including case analysis, written projects, small group exercises.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
MGT 110. Administration and Organizational Behavior
Prerequisite: BA 105W or ENGL 160W (or 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. (3 unit lecture; 3 unit lab)
Units: 6
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
MGT 124. Production/Operations Management
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.
Units: 4
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
MGT 124L. Production Operations Lab
Prerequisite: Concurrent enrollment in MGT 124. MGT 124L is not required for MGT 124. Extends instruction in MGT 124, providing additional instructional support each week. Review- and practice-based instruction focused on material from the most recent lecture/seminar sessions is provided to supplement the MGT 124 curriculum. CR/NC grading only. (Does not apply to major; Formerly MGT 189T)
Units: 1
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
MGT 127. Contemporary Leadership
Prerequisite: MGT 104 or MGT 110. 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.
Units: 3
MGT 131. International Management
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.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
MGT 133S. Managing Nonprofit and Socially Responsible, Sustainable Organizations
Prerequisites: MGT 104 or MGT 110. 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, and research.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
MGT 158. Project Management
(Same as IS 186.) Fundamental concepts and techniques addressing all phases, process groups, and knowledge areas in the Project Management Body of Knowledge; software tools for planning, scheduling, and control of projects; satisfies education requirements for Project Management Institute PMP and CAPM certifications. (2 lecture, 2 lab hours)
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
MGT 180. Seminar in Management Theory and Organization Design
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.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
MGT 182. Seminar in Applied Conflict Management Techniques
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 will be used to enhance the application of the course material.
Units: 3
MGT 187. Seminar in Strategic Management
Prerequisites: last-semester senior, completion of 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.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
MGT 189T. Topics in Management
Prerequisite: senior standing. Studies in management, organizational theory, organizational behavior, production, transportation, business administration, special management and organizational problems.
Units: 1-3, Repeatable up to 9 units
MGT 190. Independent Study
See Academic Placement -- Independent Study. Approved for RP grading.
Units: 1-3, Repeatable up to 6 units
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
MGT 195I. Internship
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.
Units: 3, Repeatable up to 6 units
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
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