This course examines the elements of entrepreneurship including: the foundations of entrepreneurship, sources for funding the business, acquisition practices in purchasing an existing business and understanding the essential components of a business plan. Intrapreneurship foundations will examine how business leaders capture their followers initiative in trying new ideas and developing internal markets for their business organization. Restricted to students in the MBA program.

This course provides an in-depth examination of the issues facing the leader and his or her employees. Through text readings, case studies, experiential exercises, speakers, and research, students will learn to integrate theory and application in managing human resources effectively, lawfully, and ethically in their organization. Restricted to students in the MBA program.

This course focuses on how leaders can practically create culture and systems that allow people to accomplish, grow, produce, and thrive at work. Topics taught can include hiring, fostering culture, performance management, benefits and pay, coaching, and effective organizational structures among others. The course emphasizes case examples and troubleshooting issues in human capital development, with specific attention to human resources law and ethics.

The Dahl School of Business partners with Dale Carnegie to bring MBA learners this course in advanced interpersonal skills. Learners will study and apply tested leadership practices in order to further develop their networking and communication skill sets, manage stress, and handle fast-changing workplace conditions. Learners will develop a "take-charge" attitude that enhances their ability to lead initiatives with confidence and enthusiasm.

This course helps prospective and practicing business leaders assess and develop their communication skills relating to managing and leading others. Students will look at communication strategically and practically studying topics that will enhance their management and leadership skills. Communication topics such as presentation development and delivery, conflict management, performance reviews and employee feedback, employee motivation and professional writing skill development will be addressed.

The purpose of this course is to develop skills necessary for students to conduct original quantitative and qualitative research. This course teaches students to design a research question, find literature to motivate and support new research, and develop testable hypotheses. Furthermore, this course develops students quantitative skills in order to apply appropriate statistical methods to answer research questions. Topics in statistics include hypothesis testing, nonparametric methods, analysis of variance, and multiple regression analysis.

This course is focused on Compression Planning, a planning process developed by McNellis Company and based on the storyboarding model originally conceived by the Disney Company. Students will learn how Compression Planning can transform the concepts of creative brainstorming and storyboarding into a simple, easily understood process and will leave students with actionable items with which to move forward.

A course, on a special topic in the discipline at the post-baccalaureate or master degree level, offered on the basis of need, interest, or time lines. May be repeated for credit. See registrars office current class schedules Web page for specific semester description.

The dark side of leadership explores the different types of leadership and behaviors found that stray away from the traditional models of leadership. This course will examine the different types of leadership behaviors that can be deemed dysfunctional and how to address these behaviors. We will review history and analyze leaders that have been destructive and identify their impact on followership, societies and history as well.

This course is designed to provide a general foundation of leadership theory and skills for students to understand their leadership behaviors and leadership in organizations. Students will be exposed to leadership research, engage in self-assessment of leadership, and study the ethics of leadership in organizational decision-making.