Online Master of Science in Management and Organizational Behavior Curriculum

The online Master of Science in Management and Organizational Behavior curriculum at Benedictine University provides you with the breadth and depth of knowledge to lead effectively in a company or organization. You will gain a solid foundation and comprehensive understanding of issues in strategic planning, labor relations, managerial accounting, information management, global interdependence, workforce diversity, change management, and ethical leadership. You will learn from professors and top national academicians who are experts in their field and teach from their own experience in organizational behavior and organization development.

The organizational behavior degree and training at Benedictine will provide you with excellent academic preparation to lead organizations and manage change in a rapidly evolving, global business environment.

To earn the Master of Science in Management and Organizational Behavior (MSMOB), students are required to complete 64 credit-hours as described below.

* - To Be Determined Lecture Series in Fall & Spring.

** - Lectures with exceptional guest speakers addressing topics relevant to the program will be offered on-campus every spring and fall. Students must attend two one day events, or one two day event to meet the 2-credit Lecture Series requirement.

Master of Science in Management and Organizational Behavior Course Descriptions

MGMT 530 Organizational Behavior (4 credits)
Students learn appropriate theory and application of administration and management. The course emphasizes organizational behavior, including motivation, leadership, and organization design.

MGMT 581 Team Building (2 credits)
The focus of this course is on the theoretical basis of team building and its strengths and weaknesses as an organization development intervention.

MGMT 582 Conflict Management (2 credits)
Students gain an understanding of interpersonal and intra-group conflict and conflict management. The course examines underlying causes, participant strategies and outcomes, and effective management strategies.

MBA 541 Analytical Tools for Management Decisions (4 credits)
In this course, students acquire an understanding of what a previously obtained data set implies and, if appropriate, develop meaningful forecasts with a reasonable sense of confidence. Specific topics include data analysis and statistical description, sampling and statistical inference, time series and regression analysis.

MGMT 612 Methods of Organizational Research (4 credits)
The focus of this course is on learning alternative methods of research design for organizational studies. The emphasis is on academic and practitioner research issues and skill-building in the logic and practice of organizational research. Topics include qualitative and quantitative research design, data collection, analysis and report writing.

MBA 683 Project Management (4 credits)
The class is an examination of the art and science of project management as applied to a variety of business and technology settings. Students will study how to initiate, plan, execute, control and close projects within budget and on schedule. Advanced topics may include critical chains, adaptive and agile project management and portfolio management. A project planning software tool is used, usually MS Project. This course is appropriate for technology and non-technology managers alike.

MGMT 532 Organization Development (4 credits)
Students gain mastery in the theory and practice of organizational change and organization development (O.D.), including skills for analysis, planning, implementation, and evaluation of change programs. Topics include the learning process, O.D. interventions, consultant skills, employee participation, monitoring success, reinforcement and ethical issues.

MGMT 583 Organizational Assessment (2 credits)
This course emphasizes understanding theories, models, tools, and best practices for assessing organizational performance. Students learn to use assessment as a diagnostic intervention. Practical applications provide frameworks for analyzing and applying the course material.

MGMT 584 Strategies for Change (2 credits)
In this course, students learn how to develop and implement successful change by developing diagnostic skills and selecting appropriate change methods. Other topics are the role of the change agent, employee involvement and political issues.

MBA 500 Financial Accounting (4 credits)
This course provides an understanding of financial techniques applied to business and organizational problems. Its emphasis is on understanding and the interpretation and analysis of problems rather than mathematical rigor.

MGMT 521 Career Planning (2 credits)
Students gain mastery in the theory and research used in career and manpower planning, including techniques of career planning and individual organization. Affirmative action, career choice and change, mid-career crisis, dual-career couples and retirement are considered.

MGMT 570 Human Resource Planning (2 credits)
The focus of this course is on strategic human resource management. Students learn the relationship of business and human resource planning and the changing character of the work force. Topics include a systemic overview of recruiting, training, compensation, affirmative action and employee relations.

MGMT 634 Strategy, Structure, Decision Making (4 credits)
Students explore the role of management in the development of organizational strategy, decision-making processes, and development of appropriate organizational structure and control systems. Coursework uses case analysis for understanding of the application of macro-behavioral and management science concepts to managerial and organizational problems.

MGMT 522 Ethics and Social Responsibility in Management (2 credits)
Coursework focuses on ethical theories and the need for social responsibility in business and other organizations. Topics cover ethical dilemmas in marketing, product safety, the environment, job discrimination and dealing with people in an organization.

MGMT 558 Service Management (2 credits)
Students gain an understanding of the management and delivery of effective service. Coursework covers service strategy, development of service systems, human resource strategy and implementation of the service management concept.

MGMT 553 Organization Design (2 credits)
The course presents information about how to design organizations for optimum performance for various environments and purposes, and how to move organizations toward a desired structure.

MGMT 557 Organizational Culture (2 credits)
Students gain an understanding and analysis of corporate culture and its relationship to behavior and organizational performance. Coursework includes learning management techniques to use culture more effectively. Students will explore the concept of culture as it applies to international values and norms in management.

MGMT 571 Labor Relations (2 credits)
Coursework covers the basic concepts relevant to laws governing labor relations. Discussion focuses on contracts, including recognition of the union, negotiation and administration, patterns of contracts currently in existence, and issues that can arise during contract administration.

MGMT 579 Training and Development (2 credits)
Students will learn steps in the training and management development process from needs assessment to training evaluation. Topics will explore the role of training in strategic human resource planning and organizational career management.

MGMT 552 Leadership (2 credits)
This course examines alternative models of leadership and their effects on employee and organizational performance. Key topics include leadership skills and strategies for effective performance.

MGMT 555 Power Strategies (2 credits)
An examination of contemporary perspectives and measures of power, influence, and control related to motivation, interpersonal relations, and organizational climate.

MBA 671 Strategic Management (4 credits)
In this course, students will master strategy formulation and implementation concepts using cases and readings. This course is to be taken as the last core class or with permission from the program director.

MGMT 586 International Organization Development (2 credits)
The course is an exploration of organization development (O.D.) values and their relationship with national and cultural values in countries around the world. Coursework will provide an overview and case studies involving the application and adaptation of management and O.D. practices to situations with different organizational and national cultures.

MGMT 591 Lecture Series (2 credits)
Lectures with exceptional guest speakers addressing topics relevant to the program will be offered on-campus every spring and fall. Students must attend two one day events, or one two day event to meet the 2-credit Lecture Series requirement.

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