Classes in BUMO
| BUMO720 | Organizational Change (3 credits) | |
| Prerequisite: BUSI664. For BMGT majors only. Develops the fundamental change knowledge and skills of MBA students who plan to work with organizations as change agents, whether internally as managerial employees or externally as outside consultants. Draws on literatures from organizational behavior, human resource management and strategic management to identify models as prescriptions of change. | ||
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| BUMO721 | Managing Organizational Change (2 credits) | |
| Prerequisite: BUMO720. For majors only. Develops the advanced knowledge and skills of MBA students who plan to work with organizations as change agents. Concrete and useful strategies, tools, and interventions for diagnosing organizational change situations, analyzing problems, and designing and implementing organizational change. Diverse approaches to leading and managing various types of organizational change. | ||
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| BUMO725 | Networks and Influence (2 credits) | |
| For MBA majors only. Focuses on networks, social capital, and influence as they relate to operating effectively in organizations. It draws heavily on emerging literature related to social capital and networks, but also integrates concepts from persuasion, communication, and motivation literatures to aid your efforts to build a successful track record for yourself and your organization. | ||
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| BUMO752 | Strategic Growth for Emerging Companies (3 credits) | |
| For MBA majors only. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: BMGT 791 and BUMO 752. Formerly BMGT 791. Explores the key elements of mastering the move from being a successful small company to achieving industry significance. Supplemented by readings, video and guest speakers, the course highlights the application of practical lessons leading to strategic growth and subsequentemergence as a player. Non-majors should review their registration eligibility in the statement preceding the BUMO courses. | ||
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| BUMO756 | Industry and Competitor Analysis (3 credits) | |
| Recommended: BUSI 690. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: BMGT 792 or BUMO 756. Formerly BMGT 792. This industry and competitor analysis seminar provides students with the conceptual framework and analytical tools for understanding the dynamics of industry structure and how competitors actually interact in the marketplace. An understanding of the dynamics of competition and industry evolution is an important input in the development of an effective competitive strategy. Non-majors should review their registration eligibility in the statement preceding the BUMO courses. | ||
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| BUMO757 | Competitor Analysis (2 credits) | |
| For majors only. Recommended: BUSI690. Understanding of the dynamics of how competitors interact in the marketplace. Understanding economic and behavioral motivations of industry players to design more effective strategies. | ||
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| BUMO777 | Technology Commercialization (3 credits) | |
| For majors only. Students will build commercialization plans for University of Maryland Technologies protected by the Office of Technology Commercialization. Students will learn different mechanisms for successful technology transfer and work closely with the instructor, the Dingman Center managing director and affiliated professionals. Successful students may pursue additional funding through the Dingman Center to support further commercialization efforts. | ||
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| BUMO794 | Essentials of Negotiation (2 credits) | |
| Restricted to BMSB program. This highly experiential course will improve students' negotiation skills and capacity to acquire and effectively use bargaining power. By using a variety of assessment tools, feedback sources, skill-building exercises, and exercise debriefings, the class will increase students' negotiating self-confidence and improve their capacity to claim value and achieve win-win solutions to individual, team, and organizational problems. The course is designed to enhance students' negotiating self-confidence and improve students' analytical and decision-making skills (e.g., understanding bargaining zones, knowing when an agreement can be made and when to walk away; learning how to prepare for negotiations), interpersonal skills, creativity (e.g., identifying creative solutions to conflict), and persuasive abilities. | ||
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| BUMO796 | Leadership and Human Resource Management for Accountants and Auditors (3 credits) | |
| Restricted to BMSB program. Develops the concepts, frameworks, and skills that are important to be effective leaders and to successfully manage human resources. Topics for discussion include: Creating a motivating and empowering environment; leadership attributes, power and effective influence; building effective decision-making; strategic management of human resources; specification of the skills and competencies requisite for job success; recruiting and selecting employees to fit the job and the organization; measuring, appraising and improving performance. All of the topics selected for discussion are critical ones that every professional needs to know, regardless of functional area (not just HR professionals), and will help students become more effective consultants, managers and leaders. | ||
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