Organizational structure

The purpose of this course is to explore the nature of organization theory and organization design. The course deals with issues in organizational technologies and the relationship between technology and organizational structure. We will also examine how the environment influences organization design.

Seminar in Human Resource Management

The course provides graduate students with an overview of human resource management theories and practices. Objectives of this course are to encourage an understanding of issues in human resource development, recruitment and selection, career development programs, and compensation policies and schemes.

Compensation management

The course is designed to provide graduate students with an overview of compsation strategies and schemes in business organizations. The course covers issues in seniority-based, skill-based, competency-based, and performance-based pay and management of fringe benefits. We explore reward objectives, advantages, and disadvantages of the current pay plans implemented in organizations.

Organizational Change and Development

The course explores how organizations change and how managers direct and innovation and change process. The course focuses on organization development interventions using knowledge and techniques from the behavioral sciences to improve performance through trust, problem-solving, employee empowerment and participation, team building, sensitivity training.

Personal Management for International Corporation

The course deals with the role of Human Resource Management in different cultural contexts and the dimensions along which cultures may differ. The course covers issues regarding the management of international employees, levels of global participation, managing expatriates in global markets: recruiting and selection, training and development, compensation and reacculturation of expatriates.

Organization and Cognitive Psychology

The course provides graduate students with an understanding of cognitive psychology and related issues. The course deals with issues in social perception, behavioral self-management, modern motivation theories, and decision-making styles.

Organizational Environment

The purpose of this course is to develop a framework for assessing environments and how organizations can respond to them. We will identify the organizational domain and the sectors that influence the organization. The course covers two major environmental forces on the organization-the need for information and the need for resources.