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Degree Completion Program | Degree Concentrations

Degree Concentrations: Business Administration

Business Administration

  • BL 407 Business Law I (1 Unit). A first course in business law with an emphasis on the areas of contracts, sales, agency, and real property.
  • BL 408 Business Law II (1 Unit). A second course in business law with an emphasis on the law for corporations, partnerships, commercial paper, personal property, insurance, bankruptcy, and government regulations.
  • BN 250 Business Internship (1 Unit). The objective of this course is to give the student the opportunity to learn business principles and concepts in a “real world” context. Specific course requirements and course deliverables will be determined by the sponsoring department and/or faculty member. Prerequisites: Sophomore Standing, documented faculty sponsor, permission of Department Chair.

Entrepreneurship

  • ENTP 451 Entrepreneurial Management (1 Unit). This course offers students the tools to manage the growth process of a start-up company. Strategic, financial, marketing and personnel problems common to small start-up companies are investigated using the case method. This course is a part of the Joseph C. Prince Entrepreneurship Program. Prerequisite: FIN 311 or Permission of Instructor.

Management

  • MGT 305 Human Relations, Leadership and Teamwork (REQUIRED 1 Unit). This course will introduce students to the significance of human relations and interpersonal dynamics in organizational management, leadership and teamwork contexts. Additionally, significant focus will address the characteristics and practices that define effective leadership in multiple and varied organization contexts. Lastly, students will learn the centrality of teamwork to organizational effectiveness and through team activities learn how to be productive team leaders and members. Pre-requisite: Junior Standing or Permission of Instructor.
  • MGT 306 Advanced Studies in Organizational Behavior (1 Unit). This highly experiential course will challenge students to understand the nature of complex individual, group and systemic behavior in organizations. Through the use of self-directed learning, team and class projects and other actively engaging, cutting-edge teaching methods students will experience what is entailed in creating a viable organization where differences of motivation, skill and typological orientation vary. Pre-requisite: MGT 305 or Permission of Instructor.
  • MGT 307 Designing and Empowering Organizational Cultures (1 Unit). In this course, students will be engaged in learning about organizations from a macro perspective with consideration of the different ways that organizations define and structure themselves. Consideration will be given to evaluating the various pros and cons of the different types of organizational design. Particular attention will focus on the “classroom as a learning organization” and students will be actively involved in creating a positive learning experience for themselves. Pre-requisite: MGT 305 or Permission of Instructor.
  • MGT 308 Human Resource Processes and Practices (1 Unit). This course will focus on the multiple functions involved in Human Resource Management and the development of personnel through the functions of HRM. Among many topics, attention will be given to legal issues in HRM, global HRM management, recruiting/selection of employees, employee training and management development, and performance management systems. Students will learn the centrality of effective human resource management to employee satisfaction and productivity as well as to organizational success and profitability. Pre-requisite: MGT 305 or Permission of Instructor.
  • MGT 400 Enhancing Organizational Creativity and Innovation (1 Unit). This class will focus on helping students understand the established concepts that serve as foundation for individual and organizational creativity, while giving them multiple tools to enhance their own personal creativity. Study will also focus on how individuals and organizations inhibit creative expression, on liberating personal creativity, and on building organizational cultures where “out of the box” thinking and innovation are encouraged, rewarded, and appreciated. Class materials will be drawn from “cutting edge” sources on creativity and innovation. Pre-requisite: MGT 305 or Permission of Instructor.
  • MGT 405 Cross-Cultural Dynamics and Management (1 Unit). The management of firms with international operations differs significantly from those doing business in a single country. This course addresses managerial concerns peculiar to international, multinational, and global business organizations. Focus is on the issues confronting managers, especially top management, as they strive to plan, organize, staff, and control global business operations. Pre-requisite: MGT 305 or Permission of Instructor.
  • MGT 409 Managerial Ethics, Sustainability and the Future (1 Unit). This highly experiential class will use a modular structure to study four key arenas that directly to effective, ethical and responsible individual and managerial decision-making: 1) High levels of self-awareness; 2) Understanding of functional and dysfunctional organizational patterns; 3) Appreciation of “big picture, futurist” thinking and practice; and 4) Sensitivity to technological advance and its consequences. Focus will all consider the differences between the traditional paradigm of management and the new paradigm that is emerging in the world’s best organizations. Pre-requisite: MGT 305 or Permission of Instructor.
  • MGT 430 Advanced Leadership Development (1 Unit). In this course, students will be introduced to leadership “best practices” that promote optimal performance in those that they lead. Consideration will be given to transformational and servant leadership approaches, the relationship between personal effectiveness and leadership, social intelligence and leadership, and how leaders’ assumptions and behaviors affect the motivation, satisfaction, commitment and performance of employees. Pre-requisite: MGT 305 or Permission of Instructor.
  • MGT 465 Leading Organizational Change and Development (1 Unit). As all organizations are challenged to manage change, managers who successfully address change can lead their organizations to higher productivity levels and success. This course will offer students multiple “frames” and mental models to “see and understand” organizational dynamics and change processes. Study will also address effective ways to create change energy and ways to overcome resistance to change. Pre-requisite: MGT 305 or Permission of Instructor.
  • MGT 495 Strategic Management (REQUIRED 1 Unit). An integrated concept of Business Administration that will relate and integrate the principles and problems studied in the various “functional” fields from a corporate management perspective. Case studies. Prerequisites: Senior Standing and ATG 211, FIN 311, MIS 350, MKT 315, MGT 305. Capstone course. Must be taken at Stetson University.