Management and Leadership - Major Management Theories

Catalog description

This course provides an advanced survey of the essential theories about organizations and people that comprise contemporary Management theory. As such, it covers topics from diverse Management fields such as Organizational Theory, Strategy, Human Resource Management, Organizational Behavior, and Ethics. In doing so, this course also covers the historical evolution of evidence and theory in Management research as well as describing current debates and emphases in these various specific streams of research as well as opportunities for cross-fertilization. The intent is to prepare students to create a base level of knowledge that will enable doctoral students to effectively participate in the research conversations in Management as both consumers and producers of research. Students are expected to write a major research paper as part of this course. This course is primarily for School of Business Ph.D. students, but other advanced graduate students may enroll with the permission of the instructor. Prerequisite: Doctoral standing or masters students with at least one undergraduate or M.B.A. level behavioral science course or consent of instructor.