Management Undergraduate Department 
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Chair of the Management and Marketing Departments and Professor of Strategic Management 603.862.3352 mmerenda@christa.unh.edu |
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Key Dates:
February 13 - Information Session (McConnell Hall Reading Room, 5:00-7:00 p.m.)
February 22 - Registration Deadline (4:00 p.m.)
February 22 - Two-Page (Stage I) Summary Due (4:00 p.m.)
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Assistant Professor, Strategic Management & Entrepreneurship 603.862.2944 Dev.Dutta@unh.edu |
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Assistant Professor of Management 603.862.3301 paul.harvey@unh.edu |
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These are the courses taught by faculty in the Department of Management. For specific courses required by a particular program, please refer to the program pages.
Course Title:
Introduction to Business
Minimum Credits:
4
This course will introduce students to business organizations, the business disciplines and critical issues in contemporary business. The priority will be in having students develop strong intellectual foundations in business, knowledge of core disciplines of business, and an awareness of businesses' role in the economy and in the larger society. The course will include once a week lectures and also small group discussion sessions. The lectures will be organized by the lead Whittemore School faculty person and include visits and discussions with executives from New Hampshire companies. Writing intensive.
Course Title:
Behavior in Organizations
Minimum Credits:
4
Behavioral science concepts applied to work settings. Focus on understanding and analyzing individual beliefs, values, goals, perceptions, motivation, commitment, and decision making; group structures and processes (interpersonal skills, communication, conflict resolution, leadership, and team work); organizational control systems (rewards, task design, performance appraisal); outcomes (satisfaction and development of the person as well as the organization); and organizational change. Open to Whittemore School majors only. No credit for students who have had MGT 580. Prereq: ADMN 400; ADMN 410. Pre- or Coreq: ADMN 503. Writing intensive.
Course Title:
Strategic Management: Decision Making
Minimum Credits:
4
Capstone course: Problem-solving, decision-making, and strategic thinking relative to managerial, economic, ethical, legal, political, social, and technological aspects of an organization's environment. Integrates the functional discipline skills within the role of the general manager as leader and chief strategist, organizational builder and doer. Case discussion and analysis, industry and competitive analysis, environmental scanning, industry simulation, strategic audit, stakeholder analysis, values, ethics and social issues management within the public policy process are important course components. Open to Whittemore School majors only. Prereq: ADMN 601; ADMN 611; ADMN 640; ADMN 651 and senior standing.
Class Prerequisite:
SR
Course Title:
Introduction to Organizational Behavior
Minimum Credits:
4
Application of behavioral science concepts to work settings in profit and nonprofit organizations. Individual behavior, interpersonal relations, work groups, relations among groups studied in the context of organizational goals and structure. Experiential focus. For non-business administration majors and minors. No credit for students who have had ADMN 611. Prereq: ECON 401 or 402.
Course Title:
Organization Leadership and Structure
Minimum Credits:
4
How structural characteristics in an organization (e.g., the design of roles, reporting relationships, coordinating mechanisms, communication systems, and processes, etc.) affect whether leader actions and choices enable or prevent high performance. An open systems framework is used to assess how reactions to change occurring inside and outside an organization determine whether individuals, groups, and organizations position themselves to adapt, grow and develop, or decline. Examination of individual roles in organizations. Prereq: ADMN 611.
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Course Title:
Business Law I
Minimum Credits:
4
Law of contracts, agency, sales, negotiable instruments, real and personal property, partnership and corporations, with application of the Uniform Commercial Code. Prereq: Junior standing, ECON 401, ECON 402, and ADMN 420.
Class Prerequisite:
JR
Course Title:
Business Law II
Minimum Credits:
4
Law of contracts, agency, sales, negotiable instruments, real and personal property, partnership and corporations, with application of the Uniform Commercial Code. Prereq: MGT 647.
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Course Title:
Business, Government, and Society
Minimum Credits:
4
Managerial problem solving and decision making relative to economic, ethical, legal, political, social, and technological aspects of an organization's environment. Case discussion, stakeholder analysis, managerial values and ethics, and social issues management are important course components. Open to Whittemore School majors only. Prereq: ADMN 611; At least two of ADMN 601, 640, and 651.
Course Title:
Leadership Assessment and Development
Minimum Credits:
4
Activities and exercises to help students determine their ideal job upon graduation as well as their career goals for the next 3-5 years. Students learn a matrix of key leadership behaviors and skills that distinguish high-performing managers and executives. Each student's behavior is assessed using this model so that students can determine the leadership behaviors and skills they most need to develop to meet their early career goals. Faculty assist students in developing a personal leadership development plan to focus professional energy, efforts, and achievements over the next 3-5 years. Prereq; ADMN 611.
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Course Title:
Exploration in Entrepreneurial Management
Minimum Credits:
4
Examines the management of change and innovation, especially the role of entrepreneur in managing new ventures. Uses case analysis, guest speakers, and business plan preparation to study the characteristic behavioral, organizational, financial, and marketing problems of entrepreneurs and new enterprises. Prereq: ADMN 601, 611, and 651. Writing intensive.
Course Title:
Internship in Entrepreneurial and Management Practice
Minimum Credits:
4
The course involves working for leading companies and dynamic entrepreneurs, as well as classroom instruction. The priority experiential, real-world, and real-time learning in the high growth environment of entrepreneurial ventures. The course focuses on several topic areas, including Venture Capital. Prereq: senior standing; permission. (Also listed as DS 742.)
Class Prerequisite:
SR
Course Title:
International Management
Minimum Credits:
4
Develops an understanding of international ventures and partnerships from the viewpoint of management, leadership, human resource management, and organizational structure and strategy. Emphasis on the impact of culture on business practices and on interpersonal skills and global perspectives needed for personal effectiveness in international and multicultural environments. Prereq: junior or senior standing. Writing intensive.
Class Prerequisite:
JR
Course Title:
Topics in Management
Minimum Credits:
4
Special topics; may be repeated. Prereq: permission.
Undergraduate Degree Programs:
The Whittemore School offers bachelor of science degree programs in business administration, economics and hospitality management. Students majoring in business administration can choose to complete one of the following options below.
Students Interested in Growth, Networking, and Leadership (SIGNAL) host networking events, alumni visits, and informal discussion throughout the year. Contact Professor Tuck Pescosolido at 603.862.3367 for more information.
Research Statement
(Revised October 21, 2004)
STATEMENT OF SCHOLARSHIP
I. Mission of the Department of Management's Scholarship and Research
The Department of Management is committed to excellence in research and scholarship. Its mission is to develop knowledge in those disciplines represented by the department and disseminate it to professional colleagues in these fields, to practitioners who use that knowledge and to students who will bring that knowledge into their future careers.