Seminar Course Descriptions
Course Descriptions for 507s and 510s
The following course descriptions are for 507s and 510s. To view the course descriptions for other SBA elective courses, see the PSU Catalog.
MGMT 507 Sem: Spring Leadership Seminar
This seminar on leadership will consist of five industry executives leading a discussion on a different aspect of leadership during each of the five meetings. Patrick Lencioni's book "The Five Temptations of a CEO" will provide the starting point for the discussions. Executives leading the discussions include: Steve Babson, Principal, Endeavor Capital Ron King, President and CEO, Western Family Foods Dudley Slater, President and CEO, Integra Telecom Judy Johansen, President and CEO, PacifiCorp Carolyn McKnight, Vice President, Planar A short paper will be required for this class, which is open to undergraduate honors and graduate students. This class may substitute for BA 531. Contact Scott Dawson (dawsons@pdx.edu ) for more information.
MGMT 507 Sem: Strategic Alliance
Alliances have become an essential growth element for any organization. A successful alliance can give organizations improved access to markets, technologies, the reduction of risk, or other capabilities.
This course will provide each student with an opportunity to explore the theory and practice of creating and managing different types of strategic alliances such as joint ventures, buyer-supplier partnerships and licensing. We will examine alliance practices using class materials, discussion and industry speakers. We will take a broad perspective, looking at alliances from different industries, various geographies and cultures, as well as different company sizes. Students will develop a working knowledge of how to design a successful alliance structure while avoiding many of the pitfalls of these complex relationships.
MGMT 507 Sem: Business & Intellectual Property
This class is eligible as an MIT elective if you need it--of course it will work as an elective for the "regular" MBA as well. The student will learn the basics of intellectual property and its management as required for the Corporate Business Development person, Entrepreneur and General Manager. This primarily case-based course will enable the student to create a competent Licensing Term Sheet, both as a licensor and a licensee.
MGMT 507S Sem: Doing Business in the European Union
This course introduces students to the business aspects of the European Union and its relationship to the U.S., including the institutions that make up the EU and some of the trade disputes between the EU and the U.S., functions of an International Currency and the Euro-dollar rivalry.
MGMT 507 Sem: Law and Entrepreneurship Seminar
This seminar for MBA students from PSU and law students from Lewis & Clark's School of Law is part of the Interdisciplinary Center for Law and Entrepreneurship, a newly launched joint venture between the two universities designed to enhance the effectiveness of relationships between legal and business professionals. The seminar will be followed winter and spring terms by a course that will include teams of law and MBA students working together on BA 506 projects.
The fall seminar will address effective use of counsel, negotiation, business and legal ethics, board composition and governance, commercial real estate transactions, and formation of technology business entities. Dave Ellis, Associate Dean at LC School of Law and Scott Dawson, Dean of the SBA will jointly teach this heavily case-based course. Representatives from the legal, venture capital and business communities will play an active role throughout. Completion of Mgmt 562 preferred.
Approximately equal numbers
of law and business students will be enrolled. The course follows a semester
schedule, with sessions from August 26 to September 23 located in the
SBA and September 30 to November 25 located at Lewis
and Clark.
If you have any questions regarding the Interdisciplinary Center for Law and Entrepreneurship, please contact Scott Dawson Ph.D., Dean of the School of Business, by phone at 503 725-3757 or by e-mail at scottd@sba.pdx.edu .
MGMT 510 Sem: Past Practices and Current Issues in Management
This course provides a historical baseline for appreciating the current state of development of management and business thought. Topics are introduced from a historical perspective and placed in the context of contemporary practice. The follies and triumphs of business and management personalities, trends, fads, and practices are discussed. General topic areas will include management history, advertising history, and business history. Developments in applied psychology, human resource management, and strategic management will also be discussed.
Mgmt 510S TOP: Soul and Spirit in Business
What would it be like to work in an organization where authentic self-expression, autonomy, real community, and creativity were alive and thriving? How would this feel? What would this workplace be like? How would people be acting? What exciting things would be happening? Are there actually workplaces like this? How might I find one? If any of these questions sound intriguing to you, consider enrolling in “The Power of Soul and Spirit in Business”. We’ll be looking at what “soul and spirit” means in the context of the workplace; how we might inject more “soul and spirit” into our own working environments; and how we might develop sensitivity toward this dynamic approach to being in the business world.
Mgmt 510S TOP: Meeting and Management Facilitation
This course focuses on the role and skills of facilitation in running effective team meetings and in leading project management. It provides a process and tools for facilitating an effective meeting, with an emphasis on inclusion and consensus building. The course delineates the strategic principles of facilitation and emphasizes the personal skills needed for effective facilitation and facilitative leadership.
Mgmt 510 TOP: Storytelling in Business
This 2-credit hour graduate workshop / seminar is held four evenings between June 17 and July 8. Following the success of the Business Briefings on this topic, Will Hornyak returns to offer this very popular class.
In this course students develop an appreciation for and a facility with storytelling as a repository of cultural belief, wisdom,knowledge and fact. Consideration is given to the relevance of age-old stories speaking through the universal language of symbol and metaphor to modern issues in business and management. Students will build skills in developing a repertoire of story, anecdote, image and metaphor.
MGMT 507S SEM: E-Marketing
This course examines how the Internet and related technologies are transforming the ways in which firms market their products and services to provide greater customer value and make money in the process. Topics covered will include examination of emerging business models, customer relationship management (CRM), role of data mining, personalization, branding issues, dynamic pricing, distribution through the internet and e-tailing, legal and ethical issues. The role of new technologies such as wireless applications and the potential for "e-commerce" will also be discussed. This course will NOT have a required textbook. Course materials would primarily consist of articles appearing in business magazines and journals (available on-line for free), and notes from the instructor.
Mgmt 510 TOP: Conducting Employment Interviews
This 2-credit hour graduate workshop / seminar is held four evenings (MTWR) and Sunday afternoon during the week between Spring and Summer terms (June 16-22). The seminar portion of the course will cover the latest research on how to conduct effective employment interviews with an emphasis on designing more structured interviews and understanding the nuances of the interviewer's decision-making process. The workshop part of the course will give students the opportunity to apply and practice state-of-the-art interviewing techniques from the perspective of the employing organization.
Required Text:
Eder, R .W., & Harris, M. M. (Eds.) 1999. The Employment Interview
Handbook, Thousand Oaks, CA, SAGE Publications
Grade determined by assigned application papers and class participation.
Mgmt 510 TOP: Human Resource Management for Generalists
How do managers help their subordinates
achieve great and sustainable performance? This course focuses on the
daily strategies of generalists as they lead their subordinates to high
long-term productivity. It studies all aspects of the employee life cycle
from selection through separation, including employee development, rewards
systems, performance
management, and employee relations. There will be an emphasis on problem
solving for practicing managers.
Excerpts from the Syllabus:
In any organization, the most important human resource officer does NOT reside in the human resource department. The key human resource managers are the first line supervisor and the mid-level executive. These people perform the daily selection, appraisal, compensation, training, and counseling functions so vital to an organization's continued strength. These individuals either develop and utilize their human resources effectively, or create problems for their organization. The human resource department develops the appropriate HR systems, performing the critical service of enabling all other managers to become more effective at their job of managing people.
Although the prospective HRM Manager will benefit from the material provided herein, this course is designed for managers and executives throughout the organization. It assumes that all MBA and other Masters level (or higher) students, whether or not they become HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGERS in an HR department, will need HUMAN RESOURCE SKILLS in their daily activities. This class is structured to provide those skills, and to assist both parties in working with each other.
Method: "Theory, practical applications, case analyses, role plays, tool development and usage, and 'war stories' will be utilized in an attempt to see what works best in managing human resources, and improve skill levels. There are few right or wrong ways to manage people; contingency theory tells us that certain activities work better in certain situations, but that few global 'truths' exist. This course allow us to see what tools and techniques are most effective in managing people."
Evaluation includes the writing of an HRM scenario, a take home exam, and a project/paper/HRM analysis.
Contact Alan Cabelly, 715-3789, alanc@sba.pdx.edu for more information.
SYSC 529 Business Process Modeling and Simulation
Software Development is a critical industry in the US and in Oregon. In this class, students will learn about the software industry, the processes used to develop software, and generally broaden their knowledge of Technology Management. The student will also utilize simulation software to model the software development process with the intent of using the simulation model as a decision making tool for predicting software development project performance. Some key skills that students will acquire include Business Process Modeling, Process Analysis and Improvement, and using simulation as a Quantitative Decision Tool.
Instructors:
David Raffo, Associate Professor, Information Systems and Technology Management,
SBA
Wayne Wakeland, Associate Professor, Systems Science
Schedule: Fall 03, Tuesdays
5:45 - 9:00PM
Credit hours: 4, MIT Elective
Questions: Please call David Raffo 725-8508 or Wayne Wakeland 725-4975
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