MSMT 500 Graduate Orientation
In this online orientation, students are introduced to the courses within the MSM program, the faculty, and fellow students. Students are also oriented to The College and the educational resources available to them. This course is 0 credits.
MSMT 502 Foundations of Management
This introductory course includes nine online learning modules designed to equip students for success in the MS in Management program. The modules are: Foundations of Communication; Foundations of Business Integration & Strategic Management; Foundations of Organizational Behavior; Foundations of Human Resource Management; Foundations of Finance; Foundations of Marketing; Foundations of Statistics; Foundations of Ethics; and Foundations of Academic Writing.
The online Foundations course is largely self-paced. An instructor provides assistance as needed. Students complete a pre-test for each module to assess their strengths and weaknesses. Our learning management system Brightspace then produces a customized learning module appropriate for their individual needs. Students use the module to master key concepts and skills. They then demonstrate mastery through post-tests. Students may repeat each post-test an unlimited number of times during the 5-week session to earn a passing grade. Students must pass every assigned module in the Foundation courses with a score of 70% in order to proceed to later courses in the MSM program. This course is only for those students who do not have a bachelor degree in business, or do not have any business experience. The course is 3 credits.
MSLS 510 Leadership Development Experience
This course examines two tracks. The first track is a foundational understanding of leadership and provides the student with information to begin their journey into leadership. The second track is a review of the challenges of graduate student work and studies which includes graduate work versus undergraduate work, time management, research challenges and basics, technology skills for the graduate student, and a discussion of academic integrity/plagiarism.
MSLS 511 Dynamic Organizational Leadership
This course is designed to help leaders understand and influence human behavior on an individual, interpersonal, and institutional level. The foundation is a knowledge of individual differences and how those unique characteristics affect each person’s thoughts, actions, and motivations. However, it is not enough to simply understand people on their own, separate from others and their environment. Teams and groups have a powerful impact on their members, and people behave differently around others than they do alone. Similarly, organizational structures, systems, and cultures have a strong, but seemingly invisible, effect on what people believe, what people say, and what people do. Effective leaders know how to analyze and manage all these complex factors in order to achieve the organization’s objectives
MSLS 512 Ethics in Leadership
Ethics in Leadership explores the following four topics: ethical awareness, ethical analysis/ethical decision-making, current ethical issues in the financial services industry, and ethical management in an organization. Throughout the course, you will learn the skills required to make reasoned responses to ethical dilemmas, navigate daily and long-term ethical challenges, and build an ethical culture in an organization. This course also explores the emotional influence on behavior and decisions and explains how you can learn from success and failure.
MSLS 513 Law, Compliance, Benefits, and Social Responsibility
This course investigates the basic legal and socio-ethical framework within which companies operate today. The course topics include (1) Ethical frameworks relating to business management and organizational effectiveness, (2) Corporate governance and stakeholder theory, (3) Government regulation of business including constitutional law, product liability, and employer/employee relations and (4) Social issues impacting corporate strategy, such as consumer protections and internet law The course enables students to place their developing leadership skills within the practical context of business law, compliance and ethics.
MSLS 514 Communications and Leadership
This course is designed to help leaders communicate effectively by developing the credibility necessary to persuade and influence others. Successful managers need to demonstrate competence in verbal communication in a variety of situations, such as individual conversations, small group meetings, and large presentations, both face-to-face and virtually, as well as written communication using text, instant messaging, email, social media, letters, proposals, and formal reports. They also must have emotional intelligence, a willingness to listen, and the courage to tackle crises and difficult conversations.
MSLS 515 Personal and Interpersonal Leadership Skills
Teamwork is an essential element of effective leadership. However, it is rarely taught and frequently overlooked in both academic and professional training for leaders. This course focuses on leading and managing teams, thereby creating teamwork throughout the organization. There are several dysfunctions of a team to include absence of trust, fear of conflict, lack of commitment, avoidance of accountability and inattention to results. Through various exercises, students learn to plan, prepare, practice, review, analyze, assess, and strategize for expected and unexpected events as a team.
MSLS 516 Management by Leadership
Students prepare and execute a project demonstrating in a real-world context the techniques learned within the program through leadership crisis management. The capstone course introduces tools and a framework to guide the leader, organization and protect the core assets of the business through a crisis. Topics include but are not limited to exploration of crisis communication techniques, research-based methods to assist in preparing, prevention of and recovery from crises. Students are equipped with a range of tools to increase competencies and confidence in an organizational crisis context. Prerequisites: All other courses in the program are prerequisites for GS 995 Leadership Capstone Experience
MSLS 517 Classic and Contemporary Leadership Studies
This course examines a wide range of leadership research and theories using a practical perspective. Students apply and practice different approaches of leadership using case studies and questionnaires to gain knowledge and measure the individual’s leadership style. Students are then challenged from their prospective as the leader, to determine how the theory contribute or fail to contribute to the leadership process or organization
MSLS 518 Leading Strategy Development
This course approaches strategic management from a practical perspective. Students develop an understanding of business strategies, formulation and implementation of major goals to better identify organizational initiatives. Real world examples communicate important stages, components and major roles of exceptional managers to gain and sustain a competitive advantage.
MSLS 519 Decision Making Leadership Skills
The ability to gather and analyze data to form a strategy is essential in management. This course examines two levels of analytics from a descriptive and predictive viewpoint. Using spreadsheets, visualizations and research, students develop a working knowledge of analytics as it applies to business decisions within the field of management. Topics include database analytics, data visualization, forecasting techniques and data mining.
MSLS 520 Leadership Capstone Experience
Students prepare and execute a project demonstrating in a real-world context the techniques learned within the program through leadership crisis management. The capstone course introduces tools and a framework to guide the leader, organization and protect the core assets of the business through a crisis. Topics include but are not limited to exploration of crisis communication techniques, research-based methods to assist in preparing, prevention of and recovery from crises. Students are equipped with a range of tools to increase competencies and confidence in an organizational crisis context.
