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M.A. in Organizational Management - Human Resources Course Descriptions

OMG 500 Management Foundations (3 credits)
An introduction is given to the philosophy and methodological approach underlying the Master of Arts in Organizational Management. This course focuses on skills used throughout the curriculum including critical thinking, creative thinking, continuous learning, and the use of the Internet and other available electronic data sources.

OMG 506 Human Resource Organizational Theory and Behavior (4 credits)
This course examines the full scope of human resources activities. It covers a broad list of key functional areas such as Staffing, Human Resource Planning, HR Strategy, HR Legal, Performance Management, Training and Development, and Organizational Learning.

OMG 511 Total Compensation (3 credits)
This course provides concentrated learning in employee performance methods, pay and reward systems, employee benefits programs, and total compensation systems. Topics include the strategic role total compensation plays in organizations and the dynamics of alternative pay systems.

OMG 516 Staffing Models and Retention (4 credits)
This is an advanced course in recruitment, selection, and retention. Case studies on modern and creative recruitment strategies will be explored, along with effective retention methods. The course will also cover testing methods, applicant assessment, and employment engagement methods and the laws and regulations impacting staffing in organizations.

OMG 520 Managerial Finance (3 credits)
The practical aspects of the strategic and operational roles of accounting and finance are explored, including applications of strategic planning, budgeting, financial performance, and fiscal and ethical responsibility in a global market.

OMG 525 Productivity and Quality (3 credits)
Students will explore the concepts and theories underlying Total Quality Management and Continuous Improvement Processes in manufacturing and service environments. This course includes re-engineering, innovation, and Six Sigma as practical tools for improving productivity.

OMG 530 Managerial Research Methods and Design (4 credits)
This course examines the various research methodologies used in organizational settings. It provides an overview of quantitative and qualitative methodologies including research design, data collection and analysis, interviewing, case studies, and action science. The philosophy, ethics, and politics of management research are introduced. Students will begin work on their Capstone during this course.

OMG 535 Managing in an Information Age (3 credits)
This course focuses on the way in which business strategy is served by information technology. It also explains the tools and techniques that help to ensure that information systems strategies are in line with strategic organizational needs. Concepts introduced include maximizing the value of individual knowledge work and how it can improve personal productivity.

OMG 540 Legal Environment for Managers (3 credits)
This course covers legal issues that managers face in operating organizations in today's complex environment. The ubiquitous nature of our legal environment necessitates managers being able to recognize legal issues, understand the policy reasons behind the law, and effectively comply with governmental regulation. Students will study the foundations of the U.S. legal system, the public and international environment, the private environment, and the regulatory environment.

OMG 545 Ethical Dimension of Leading and Managing (3 credits)
Students explore the ethical dimension of organizational life from the perspective of Christian vocational ethics and values and how values and ethics are incorporated into the organizational decision-making process. This course also focuses on values formation, self-understanding in an ethical context, and the construction of a personal model of ethical decision making congruent with personal values.

OMG 551 Strategic Human Resource Management (4 credits)
This course will emphasize the strategic nature of human resources management (HRM). It will focus on the importance of Alignment of HR responsibilities with the organization?s mission and HR?s role as a partner in planning and executing the business plan.

OMG 555 Capstone Seminar (3 credits)
Provides students with an opportunity to synthesize and demonstrate mastery of the key elements introduced during the Master of Arts in Organizational Management program. Students will present the results of a self-directed capstone. This could be a case study, action research, literature review, or various other form of quantitative or qualitative research.