International
Organization
Development
Examines and
analyzes
organization
development (O.D.)
values and their
relationship
with national
and cultural
values in
countries around
the world.
Consists of an
overview and
case studies
involving
application and
adaptation of
management and
O.D. practices
to local
situations
differing by
organizational
and national
culture.
Performance
management
Systems
Examines
motivation and
performance
theory relevant
to performance
appraisal. ODM
team will
examine issues
relating to
existing
practices,
policies and
forms of
performance
appraisal,
conduct
performance
review
interviews and
develop an
appraisal
system.
Strategy,
Structure and
Decision Making
Focuses on the
role of
management in
the development
of
organizational
strategy, the
decision-making
process and
development of
appropriate
organizational
structure and
control systems.
Uses case
analysis as a
major method for
understanding
and applying
macro behavioral
and Management
science concepts
to the
resolution of
Managerial and
organizational
problems.
Team
Building
Develops a
working
knowledge of
team building,
its theoretical
basis and its
strengths and
weaknesses as an
organization
development
intervention.
Managing
Diversity
Focuses on the
cultural shift
required in
organizations to
move from equal
employment
opportunities,
Affirmative
Action and
understanding
diversity to
truly manage
diversity in the
workplace.
Examines the
issues from
personal,
interpersonal
and
organizational
perspectives.
Case material
and exercises
provide
experience in
acting as a
change agent in
an organization.
Global Human
Resource Issues
Surveys the
human resource
issues involved
in managing
multinational
organizations.
Focuses on
cultural
differences and
comparisons of
planning,
staffing,
compensation,
training and
performance
evaluation with
corresponding
U.S. systems.
Training and
Development
Overview
Covers the steps
in the
training/management
development
process from
needs assessment
to training
evaluation.
Examines the
role of training
in strategic
human resource
planning and
organizational
career
management.
Recruitment
and Selection
Examines the
steps in the
recruitment and
selection
process from the
perspectives of
the human
resource
manager, line
manager and job
applicant.
Focuses on skill
building and
understanding of
issues,
including
cost/benefit
analysis and
integration of
the process with
strategic human
resource
planning and
career
management.
High
Performance Work
Systems & Large
Group
Interventions
Covers the
development of
appropriate
levels of
employee
participation,
increasing the
psychological
rewards of the
employee and the
quality and
productivity of
the
organization.
Emphasizes the
design of
high-performance
work systems
using large
group
interventions.
Strategies
for Change
Reviews the
development and
implementation
of successful
change. Focuses
on the
development of
diagnostic
skills and the
selection of
appropriate
change methods.
Includes
exploration of
the role of the
change agent,
employee
involvement and
political issues
Organizational
Assessment
Explores a
variety of
theories,
models, tools
and best
practices for
assessing
organizational
performance.
Consideration is
given to
assessment as a
diagnostic
organization
development
intervention.
Practical
applications
provide students
with frameworks
for analyzing
and applying the
course material.
Conflict
Management
Explores
interpersonal
and intragroup
conflict and
conflict
management.
Examines
underlying
causes,
participant
strategies and
outcomes and
effective
management
strategies.
Compensation
and Benefits
Examines the
importance of
benefits and
compensation to
the U.S.
employer.
Focuses on the
elements of
total
compensation,
including
welfare and
qualified
retirement
benefits, salary
administration,
performance
management,
executive
compensation and
incentive pay
plans.
Labor
Relations
Covers the basic
concepts
relevant to laws
governing labor
relations.
Focuses on
contracts,
including
recognition of
the union,
negotiation and
administration,
patterns of
contracts
currently in
existence and
their
negotiation
process and
issues that
arise during
contract
administration.
Organization
Development
Considers the
theory and
practice of
organizational
change and
organization
development (O.D.).
Discusses
analysis,
planning,
implementation
and evaluation
of change
programs. Covers
the learning
process, O.D.
interventions,
consultant
skills, employee
participation,
monitoring
success,
reinforcement
and ethical
issues.
Strategy and
Implementation
Develops the
theory, practice
and application
of management by
objectives.
Examines the
implementation
and introduction
of an MBO system
as it applies to
for-profit and
not-for-profit
organizations.
Organizational
Culture
Covers the
understanding
and analysis of
corporate
culture and its
relationship to
behavior and
organizational
performance.
Examines
management
techniques to
use culture more
effectively.
Explores the
concept of
culture as it
applies to
international
values and norms
in management.
Career and
Human Resource
Planning
Covers current
theory and
research in
career and
manpower
planning,
including
techniques of
career planning
and individual
organization,
Affirmative
Action and
career planning,
career choice
and change,
age-30 crisis,
mid-career
crisis,
dual-career
couples and
retirement.
Leadership
and Motivation
Covers the basic
theory and
application of
administration
and management.
Emphasizes
organizational
behavior,
including
problems of
motivation and
leadership.
Training and
Performance
Issues
Explores
educational/training
issues by
conducting a
needs assessment
and performance
audit. Students
will plan
solutions to
training
problems,
including
various
instructional
designs and
delivery
formats, job
aids,
organizational
communication
strategies
Organization
Design
Focuses on the
design of
organizations to
perform
optimally for
various
environments and
purposes.
Reviews ways to
move
organizations
toward a desired
structure.
Power
Strategies
Surveys
contemporary
perspectives and
measures of
power, influence
and control as
they relate to
motivation,
interpersonal
relations and
organizational
climate.
Service
Management
Focuses on the
management and
delivery of
effective
service. Covers
service
strategy,
development of
service systems,
human resource
strategy and
implementation
of the service
management
concept.
Strategic
Management for
Small
Organizations
Explores the
strategic
management
process in small
organizations
and the
adaptation of
systems thinking
and planning to
organizational
missions and
operational
issues. Human
resource
utilization,
policies and
procedures
unique to small
organizations
will be
discussed
in-depth. | 
