2014-2015 Graduate Academic Catalog

Page 50 2014–15 Graduate and Adult Programs Academic Catalog Graduate-Level Course Descriptions MGMT-6300 – NSG-5020 Management (MGMT) MGMT-6300 Project Management 3 hours This course seeks to lay a foundation for understanding and applying effective project management processes. Project management deals with changes within an organization. Therefore, project management processes seek to effectively minimize risks, efficiently align resources and costs, and maximize accountability. The course will examine principles, processes, and tools project managers have developed to achieve these objectives. You can view project management as a toolkit containing a number of tools that a project manager can use to create a completed project. Some of these tools are technical in nature. Others are tools to increase people skills and team building. Both the technical and people sides of project management will be explored. MGMT-6310 Supply Chain Management 3 hours This course focuses on the development and application of decision models in supply chains, with an operation emphasis. Some of the topics discussed include demand forecasting, aggregate planning, inventory management (cycle and safety), supply network design, transportation, coordination, and sourcing. There is extensive use of spreadsheet-based tools and techniques to build various decision models for effective decision-making in supply chains. Students who take this course must have access to and knowledge of how to use Microsoft Excel . MGMT-6320 Lean Manufacturing Management 3 hours This course focuses on the development and application of lean manufacturing and operations. We discuss operational topics in today’s volatile workplace environment such as 6s, VSM, 6 Sigma, FMEA, DOE, Kaizen, TPS, A3s, SMED, KanBan, Poka yoke, and TPM. There is an integrated design and common purpose throughout the course to inform about actual practices as well as development of an understanding of relevant theories. MGMT-6700 3 hours Legal and Ethical Environment of Business This course examines individual and corporate character development, the legal and regulatory environment of business, and the ethical decision-making dilemmas faced by organizational leaders from a Christian context. Ethical models and decision- making approaches will be applied to contemporary business issues. Key legal terms and scenarios for organizational leaders will be addressed as well, including employment law, contracts and negotiations, and organizational structures. MGMT-6710 Organizational Design and Behavior 3 hours This course examines the influence of organizational design, change management and organizational behavior on business success. The course identifies the strengths, weaknesses, and situations for organizational structures such as networked, flat, and matrix. Organizational change, transformation, and leadership are also addressed. MGMT-6720 Applied Leadership 3 hours This course will prepare students to succeed as leaders in a variety of workplaces by providing principles of applied Christian leadership. Students will be challenged to build upon their current understanding of leadership by correlating principles, traits, and practices of effective practitioners in the public and private sectors and by integrating biblical models into an informed, personalized model of leadership. MGMT-6790 Organizational Management Strategy 3 hours This is the capstone course that integrates previous business knowledge by focusing on the strategic challenges and decisions facing organizational leaders. This course uses case studies to experientially involve the student in analyzing complex information and then determining the best strategy for the company. The cases will emphasize different aspects of the strategic management process, including selection, implementation, and evaluation. Marketing (MRKT) MRKT-6200 Strategic Marketing Planning 3 hours This course examines how managers from across any business or nonprofit organization are impacted by, and have impact on, the marketing activities of the organization. Strategic planning for marketing will be highlighted throughout the course. Specifically, environmental analysis, market segmentation, and positioning analysis will be examined as the pathway to the ultimate development of strategies in the four key decision areas of marketing: product, pricing, distribution, and integrated marketing communications. The ethical and spiritual implications of various marketing practices will also be discussed. MRKT-6250 Responding to the Marketplace 3 hours This course examines what it means to be a “market driven” organization and how to position an organization to properly hear and respond to the market(s) it serves. Managers must lead in listening to the “voice of the market” in identifying needs and preferences of the market and in building strategies to respond in a relevant way. Strategies for developing an effective communication strategy are emphasized. Prerequisites: MRKT- 6200 Strategic Marketing Planning. Nursing (NSG) NSG-5000 Theoretical Foundations of Nursing Practice 3 hours The focus of this course is on analysis and critique of selected theories from nursing, related disciplines and organizational leadership for application to health care delivery and to advanced nursing practice. (Fee: $50) NSG-5010 Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology 3 hours The focus of this course is on in-depth analysis of normal physiologic and pathologic mechanisms of diseases as the foundation for clinical assessment, decision-making, and management for clients across the lifespan. Synthesis and application of current research-based knowledge regarding pathological changes are also addressed. (Fee: $50) NSG-5020 Advanced Health/Physical Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning 3 hours The focus of this course is on utilization of diagnostic reasoning in analyzing data from comprehensive health assessments of clients across the lifespan in order to determine appropriate and effective health care, including health promotion strategies. Risk reduction, health promotion and prevention, early detection of physical and common emotional illnesses, and clinical decision making are addressed. On-site laboratory practice of 50 hours is required for the Family Nurse Practitioner students. Prerequisite: NSG-5010 Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology and evidence of undergraduate instruction in health assessment. (Fee: $200)