TMGT 3302 Business and Economic Statistics
3 Hours (3-0)
An introduction to descriptive statistics and statistical inference for technical managers. Topics include sampling techniques, estimation, hypothesis testing, and simple regression.

TMGT 3303 Managerial Communications
3 Hours (3-0)
A study of the skills necessary to communicate effectively in the workplace. Topics include selection of the proper channel and medium for information delivery, team building, business etiquette, and professionalism. Students will analyze and prepare correspondence, proposals, and reports. Students are required to deliver industry-related oral presentations of each student’s choosing. Prerequisite: ENGL 1301.

TMGT 3305 Organizational Theory and Practice
3 Hours (3-0)
A comprehensive analysis of individual and group behavior in organizations. Its purpose is to provide an understanding of how organizations can be managed more effectively and at the same time enhance the quality of employee work life. Topics include motivation, goal setting and rewards, job design, group dynamics, work stress, power and politics, international aspects of organizations, organizational structure, communication and organizational change and development.

TMGT 3310 Decision Making
3 Hours (3-0)
Analytic and systematic approach to the study of decision making through management science processes and techniques. Topics include quantitative analysis and decision-making relationships, simulation and risk analysis, and decision analysis using various criteria. Prerequisite: TMGT 3302 or MATH elective.

TMGT 3311 Human Resources Management
3 Hours (3-0)
This course examines the major trends in human resources management, including problems and issues faced by organizations and individuals in times of change. Responsibilities of the human resources department and the roles that every manager plays, both as a supervisor and as a client of the human resources department, are studied. Topics include human resources forecasting and planning, job design, employee selection, equal employment opportunity laws and judicial rulings, performance appraisal, compensation and benefits, career development, and labor relations.

TMGT 3336 Legal Issues for Managers
3 Hours (3-0)
This course explores the State and federal laws that affect management behavior and organizational practices including contracts, business organizations, employment law, products liability, safety issues, and environmental regulation.

TMGT 3337 Economics for Managers
3 Hours (3-0)
A study of economics and its role in managerial decision making. The course is focused on modern economic thinking and its relevance to business and management. Topics include market structure, production and cost, and public policy towards business.

TMGT 3338 Accounting for Managers
3 Hours (3-0)
The use of accounting information by non-financial managers. Emphasis is placed on the interpretation, rather than the construction, of accounting information. The course will examine the technical managerial skills required to sustain and enhance the organizations performance through the accounting and finance processes of reporting, compliance, research, analysis, interpretation and application. Topics such as activity-based costing, cost accounting, break-even and decision analysis, and budgeting and control are covered.

TMGT 3347 Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
3 Hours (3-0)
This course will examine the role of ethics and social responsibility in the management of public and private sector organizations. An emphasis will be on contemporary trends in corporate responsibilities with respect to ethical, legal, economic and regulatory conditions in the global marketplace.

TMGT 3352 Entrepreneurship
3 Hours (3-0)
This course presents a comprehensive study of the various factors of production in meeting the needs of consumers in creative and profitable ways. Topics include market segment research, starting a new enterprise, forming an entrepreneurial team, venture capital sources, and formulation of a business plan.

TMGT 3353 International Business
3 Hours (3-0)
This course provides an overview of the international business environment and conditions affecting firms conducting business overseas. Special emphasis will be placed on managerial functions and elements of the management process in a firm operating under foreign economic, technological and political, social, and cultural environments.

TMGT 3354 Leadership
3 Hours (3-0)
This course examines the nature and scope of leadership as it relates to applied technology and workforce training environments; the techniques for leadership, empowerment and team building are emphasized.

TMGT 3355 Mediation and Negotiation
3 Hours (3-0)
This course examines the nature of conflict and the methods to resolve conflict with an emphasis on collaborative problem solving and mediation. The theory and practice of negotiations are also studied, and students are given the opportunity to practice negotiation and mediation techniques through case study. Ethical decision making throughout these processes is addressed.

TMGT 3356 Oil and Gas Industry
3 Hours (3-0)
This course introduces the student to the development of multiple-use resource management strategies and the role of public policy in energy resource management. Topics include legal, regulatory, and operational requirements of energy production, refining, and transportation enterprises.

TMGT 3357 Introduction to Public Administration
3 Hours (3-0)
This course examines the origin and development of public administration as a discipline and profession. The purpose of this course is to provide students with a broad introduction to the field of Public Administration by providing introductory knowledge of the public sector, its practices, and its tools. Students will learn some of the concepts, issues, and challenges facing public administrators in federal, state, and local governments.

TMGT 3358 Network Security Management
3 Hours (3-0)
This course provides a strategic overview of network security management, including a review of the types of network security problems, best practices, cost analysis of different types of network security and network security policies.

TMGT 3359 Bank Operations
3 Hours (3-0)
This course introduces the system of bank accounting. Topics include the deposit operations of banks in the context of their regulatory environment; bank payment systems, with emphasis on check clearing operations and electronic funds transfer systems; audit and internal control systems in computerized banking operations; bank examination processes; and operational planning.

TMGT 3360 Credit Administration
3 Hours (3-0)
This course examines the decision process of issuing credit as well as collection techniques in dealing with delinquent accounts will be studied. Principles of credit evaluation, opened credit, marketing bank services, collection policies and procedures, legal aspects, financial statements analysis, direct and indirect installment lending, leasing and other special situations, installment credit department management, insurance, and rate structure and yields are discussed.

TMGT 3361 Principles of Banking
3 Hours (3-0)
This course presents principles, practices, and theories used in commercial banking, credit unions, savings and loans, finance companies, and other financial intermediaries will be compared to domestic bank operations. Various financial regulatory institutions will also be studied.

TMGT 3362 Government Regulation of Banking
3 Hours (3-0)
This course examines federal and state laws and regulations pertaining to banking with emphasis on deposit, lending, information reporting, operations, and establishing a compliance program.

TMGT 3391 Information Technology in Enterprise Management
3 Hours (3-0)
The use of information technology in commercial and industrial enterprises. Topics include the use of computers and software in communication, accounting, inventory management, production, automation, sales, and financial forecasting.

TMGT 4303 Electronic Commerce
3 Hours (3-0)
This course addresses issues including the digital economy, electronic commerce (EC) marketing, EC models and applications, and building and implementing EC systems. The course will cover the underlying technologies used in the implementation of electronic commerce systems. It identifies the practical skills needed and tools to design and develop effective systems and interfaces. Architectures and interdependence of systems and software that support EC and the state of the art in successful EC systems will also be discussed.

TMGT 4320 Organizational Design and Management Seminar
3 Hours (3-0)
Students work in teams on instructor-approved industry-specific projects; teams will formulate an implementation plan using technology management skills to identify problems and formulate solutions. Each team will make a formal presentation for peer review. Prerequisite(s): Senior classification or approval of program director.

TMGT 4385 Organizational Management Internship
3 Hours (0-0-18)
This internship course is designed to provide organizational management students a broad exposure to the operations of a company or public service agency and knowledge of the structure, goals, and work procedures of the organization by participating in planned and supervised activities. Students will have the opportunity to combine academic learning with practical experience while pursuing their organizational management degree. Prerequisite(s): Senior classification or approval of program director.

TMGT 4396 Project Management
3 Hours (3-0)
A study of risk assessment and management techniques, methods, and models used in industry to minimize and control risks in a high technology industrial environment. Instructional topics include project management risks, program schedule, and cost risks. Prerequisite(s): Senior classification or approval of program director.