Leadership Concentration

This course will provide students with the opportunity to develop knowledge and strategies for leading teams, enhancing collaboration, building consensus, problem solving in teams, facilitating group processes, and designing collaborative workspaces. (Cross-listed with ACMP 4090, MGMT 4090, MGMT 8096, SCMT 4090).

Prerequisite(s): Admission to a graduate program at UNO or the STRATCOM Leader Fellow Program. Not open to non-degree graduate students.

The central objective of this course is to explore the unique opportunities and challenges that confront international managers as they navigate the complex and ever-changing global economic, political, legal, technological, and cultural environment. This course will particularly focus on people, values, and culture, better equipping students to both undertake an international career as well as effectively lead organizations with a culturally diverse workforce in any environment. (Cross-listed with MGMT 4150, MGMT 8236).

Prerequisite(s): Admission to Graduate College, MBA Program or by permission of the instructor. Not open to non-degree graduate students.

This course is designed to increase students' understanding and knowledge of how organizations are designed and structured in order to create value and competitive advantage, and how organizations can operate in an effective and efficient manner in an ever-changing environment. The course will address topics such as: organizational effectiveness, organizational structure, organizational design, organizational culture, organizational technology, the external environment, organizational change, and the organizational life cycle. The ultimate goal is for students to be able to understand how organizations should be structured as a result of both external and internal factors. (Cross-listed with MGMT 8300).

Prerequisite(s): Graduate. Not open to non-degree graduate students.

This course focuses on the systemic exploration of planning and executing complex projects to create organizational success. Using a comprehensive understanding of principles, methodologies, and tools within project management, students will learn how to initiate critical processes, plan objectives and constraints, execute management and leadership, monitor budgets and development, and close outcomes of complex projects. Skills obtained from this course enhance individuals' ability to recognize, identify, and prioritize organizations' culture and structure to lead projects across various industries efficiently. (Cross-listed with HLSC 8336, MGMT 8336, MGMT 4330, SCMT 4330, SCMT 8336)

Prerequisite(s): Admission to Graduate College, MBA Program, Healthcare Logistics and Supply Chain Management program, or by permission of the instructor. Not open to non-degree graduate students.

The course provides students with the opportunity to learn historical and modern theories of effective leadership, gain insight into their own leadership styles and aspirations, and learn how to apply leadership theories to real-world leadership cases. Along with empowering individuals' leadership capabilities, this course explores the factors that can influence leader decision-making. (Cross-listed with MGMT 4230, MGMT 8436).

Prerequisite(s): Admission to Graduate College, MBA Program or by permission of the instructor. Not open to non-degree graduate students.

This course introduces students to the theory and practice of negotiation across various organizational settings. The ability to successfully negotiate an outcome is an important aspect of management and leadership. Negotiation can be used to determine multiparty relationships, manage conflict resolution, and improve organizational outcomes. Using a combination of conceptual frameworks, roleplaying exercises, and debriefing opportunities, the design of this course is structured to help students understand the power and influence negotiation has over the successful outcomes of managers, leaders, and organizations. (Cross-listed with HLSC 8456, MGMT 4450, MGMT 8456, SCMT 4450, SCMT 8456).

Prerequisite(s): Admission to Graduate College, MBA Program, Healthcare Logistics and Supply Chain Management program, or by permission of the instructor.

This course provides theoretical and experiential knowledge about such topics as communication leadership styles and tactics, superior and subordinate interactions, power, ethical responsibilities, and diversity gender issues related to communication leadership. (Cross-listed with CMST 4180)

Prerequisite(s): Graduate Standing. Not open to non-degree graduate students.

This course will help students understand organizational communication theories, models, and processes; apply these principles in organizational communication speaking exercises; and learn management and leadership skills. (Cross-listed with CMST 4170)

Prerequisite(s): Graduate Standing. Not open to non-degree graduate students.

This is a survey course which will cover the major concepts, theories and empirical research related to organizational psychology. Specific topics will include: work motivation, leadership, decision making and job satisfaction as well as more recent trends such as cultural diversity, work teams, work-family and quality issues. (Cross-listed with PSYC 4630)

Prerequisite(s): Admission to a graduate program or graduate certificate program. Not open to non-degree graduate students.

A course focusing on theory and research in the areas of work motivation, work behavior and job satisfaction. Emphasis is placed on such topics as expectancy theory, job redesign, leadership, absenteeism, turnover, goal setting and behavior modification.

Prerequisite(s): Admission into industrial/organizational psychology graduate program and permission of instructor. Not open to non-degree graduate students.

The purpose of this course is to provide the student with a thorough review of the theories and research in the area of leadership. Theories reviewed will be those that focus on the role of the individual in effective leadership, the role of the situation, and the role of the followers. Special attention will be given to the psychological theories of leadership. The application of leadership research and theory to areas such as selection and training will also be review.

Prerequisite(s): Admission into the psychology graduate program or graduate standing and instructor permission. Not open to non-degree graduate students.