Management & Organizations
To ensure a continued focus on shared goals and values, responsible decision-making, coordinated action and wise and sustainable resource use, organizations need individuals who have learned to lead and manage a wide variety of organizational activities.
Bucknell students majoring in management and organizations (MORS) will have numerous opportunities to apply theories of managing and organizing to real-world challenges similar to those they will encounter in their lives after graduation. Through experiential and reflective means, MORS majors will gain a broad perspective on organizational forms in various sectors (i.e., private, public, nonprofit, cross-sectoral and hybrid). They will learn to think in an integrated, systemic and strategic manner, and will gain skills in communication and coordination, stakeholder management, organizational politics, leadership, negotiations and employee motivation and behavior.
MORS graduates will be well-prepared to establish and lead organizations or organizational units; they will have further developed their abilities to empathize and to creatively conceive of productive approaches to dealing with challenges. Moreover, MORS students will learn about sustainability, as managers of all kinds of organizations need to understand sustainability challenges so that they can be prepared to lead their organizations.
In addition to completing the MORS Core Curriculum (MORS 201, MORS 202 and MORS 400), MORS majors can complete the requirements of the major via two different paths:
- In consultation with their academic adviser, a MORS major can self-define a bundle of five MORS electives that constitutes an intellectual identity in the Management & Organizations Major.
- Or, a MORS major can complete one of the five defined concentrations listed below.
No later than the beginning of the spring semester of their sophomore year, all BSBA students will, in consultation with their advisers, select a major from among the Freeman College of Management departments and will complete the specific major requirements in addition to the Freeman College core curriculum requirements. Transferring between majors within the Freeman College of Management is possible as long as the student will be able to meet all degree requirements of the new major and still graduate on schedule.
Management & Organizations Requirements
Beyond completion of the Freeman College core curriculum requirements, all MORS majors must complete the following courses:
MORS Core Requirements
| MORS 201 | Organizational Forms, Strategy and Structure | 1 |
| MORS 202 | People in Organizations | 1 |
| MORS 400 | Management Consulting CE | 1 |
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Qualifies for the Culminating Experience if taken spring of junior year or either semester of senior year. All BSBA majors must satisfy the Culminating Experience component of the Freeman College of Management General Education Curriculum. MORS majors fulfill this requirement by successfully completing MORS 400 Management Consulting.
In addition to completing the MORS core requirements, MORS majors can complete the remaining requirements of the major via two different paths: a self-designed concentration or a prescribed concentration.
Management & Organizations Major with a Self-Designed Concentration
In consultation with their academic adviser, a student can self-design a MORS concentration by completing five MORS electives1 that constitute an intellectual identity in Management & Organizations.
Any course with a MORS prefix that is not included in the BSBA or MORS core requirements may count as an elective.
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With prior approval of the academic adviser, some of these electives may come from departments across the University.
Management & Organizations Major with a Prescribed Concentration
A MORS major can complete one of the following five prescribed concentrations:
- Entrepreneurship
- Global Management
- Human Resource Management
- Management Consulting
- Managing for Sustainability
Entrepreneurship
In addition to completion of the MORS core requirements, the entrepreneurship concentration includes completion of five courses, as follows:
Foundational Knowledge
| MORS 240 | Entrepreneurship | 1 |
Entrepreneurship Breadth Courses
| MORS 241 | Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship | 1 |
| MORS 340 | Advanced Entrepreneurship | 1 |
Complementary Courses1 – choose two from the list below:
| MORS 210 | Human Resource Management | 1 |
| MORS 220 | Leadership Theory & Development | 1 |
| MORS 221 | Management Research and Analysis | 1 |
| MORS 222 | Strategic Management | 1 |
| MORS 242 | Social & Environmental Entrepreneurship in a Global Context 3 | 1 |
| MORS 299 | Management Internship 4 | 1 |
| MORS 330 | Managing Global Innovation | 1 |
| ACFM 252 | Negotiations & Conflict Management | 1 |
| ACFM 280 | Entrepreneurial Finance | 1 |
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With prior approval of the academic adviser, some of these electives may come from departments across the University.
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MORS 242 is currently only taught in the summer session.
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MORS 299 may be taken as a summer course with a MORS professor or an abroad course that has a 1.0 academic experience supervised by a professor. It must be an entrepreneurship internship to count in this concentration.
Global Management
In addition to completion of the MORS core requirements, the global management concentration includes completion of five courses, as follows:
Foundational Knowledge
| MORS 230 | Global Management | 1 |
Global Management Breadth Courses – choose at least one from the list below:
| MORS 232 | Global Grand Challenges | 1 |
| MORS 330 | Managing Global Innovation | 1 |
Complementary Courses1 – choose no more than three from the list below:
| MORS 221 | Management Research and Analysis | 1 |
| MORS 222 | Strategic Management | 1 |
| MORS 231 | Crisis Management | 1 |
| MORS 242 | Social & Environmental Entrepreneurship in a Global Context 3 | 1 |
| MORS 299 | Management Internship 4 | 1 |
| ACFM 267 | The Global Flow of Capital | 1 |
| ANOP 301 | Global Supply Chain Management | 1 |
| UNIV 200 | Integrated Perspectives Course ‡, 5 | 1 |
| UNIV 270 | Winter Study Abroad Pre-Departure 6 | .25 |
| UNIV 271 | In Country Immersion 6 | .5 |
| UNIV 272 | Winter Study Abroad Reflection 6 | .25 |
| MGMT 290 | Management in a Global, Societal & Cultural Context 7 | 1 |
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With prior approval of the academic adviser, some of these electives may come from departments across the University.
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MORS 242 is currently only taught during the summer session.
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MORS 299 may be taken as a summer course with a MORS professor or an abroad internship course that has a 1.0 credit academic experience supervised by a professor. It must be a global management internship to count in this concentration.
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UNIV 200 is Sustainable Management & Technology in a Global Context (in Scotland during the May term).
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UNIV 270, UNIV 271, UNIV 272 is Sustainable Management & Technology in a Global Context (in Costa Rica over winter break). These three courses must be completed as a bundle to receive 1.0 credit.
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MGMT 290 is currently offered during our Asia-Pacific & Dublin study-abroad programs.
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Only when offered as Sustainable Management & Technology in a Global Context (offered in winter or May term).
Human Resource Management
In addition to completion of the MORS core requirements, the human resource management concentration includes completion of five courses, as follows:
Foundational Knowledge
| MORS 210 | Human Resource Management | 1 |
Human Resource Management Breadth Courses
| MORS 310 | Talent Acquisition & Development | 1 |
| MORS 311 | Total Rewards & Performance Management | 1 |
Complementary Courses1 – choose two from the list below:
| MORS 220 | Leadership Theory & Development | 1 |
| MORS 221 | Management Research and Analysis | 1 |
| MORS 222 | Strategic Management | 1 |
| MORS 299 | Management Internship 4 | 1 |
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With prior approval of the academic adviser, some of these electives may come from departments across the University.
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MORS 299 may be taken as a summer course with a MORS professor or an abroad internship course that has a 1.0 credit academic experience supervised by a professor. It must be a human resource management internship to count in this concentration.
Management Consulting
In addition to completion of the MORS core requirements, the management consulting concentration includes completion of five courses, as follows:
Foundational Knowledge
| MORS 221 | Management Research and Analysis | 1 |
Management Consulting Breadth Courses1 – choose four from the list below2:
| MORS 210 | Human Resource Management | 1 |
| MORS 222 | Strategic Management | 1 |
| MORS 230 | Global Management | 1 |
| MORS 240 | Entrepreneurship | 1 |
| MORS 340 | Advanced Entrepreneurship | 1 |
| MORS 299 | Management Internship 4 | 1 |
| ANOP 270 | Data Visualization for Business Analytics | 1 |
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With prior approval of the academic adviser, some of the breadth courses may be substituted with other appropriate MORS courses or courses from other departments across the University.
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The courses listed in the breadth section constitute areas of subject matter consulting (i.e., human resources, strategy, global management and entrepreneurial ventures), and analytic techniques used by consultants (i.e., Data Visualization [ANOP 270] and AGILE / Prototyping / Design Process, which is covered in MORS 340).
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MORS 299 may be taken as a summer course with a MORS professor or an abroad internship course that has a 1.0 credit academic experience supervised by a professor. It must be a management consulting internship to count in this concentration.
Managing for Sustainability
In addition to completion of the MORS core requirements, the managing for sustainability concentration includes completion of five courses, as follows:
Foundational Knowledge
| MORS 232 | Global Grand Challenges | 1 |
| MORS 241 | Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship | 1 |
Managing for Sustainability Breadth Courses1 – choose three from the list below:
| MORS 221 | Management Research and Analysis | 1 |
| MORS 222 | Strategic Management | 1 |
| MORS 231 | Crisis Management | 1 |
| MORS 242 | Social & Environmental Entrepreneurship in a Global Context 3 | 1 |
| MORS 250 | Poverty and Organizations | 1 |
| MORS 251 | Environmental Social & Governance Reporting | 1 |
| MORS 299 | Management Internship 4 | 1 |
| ACFM 281 | Fundamentals of ESG Investing | 1 |
| UNIV 200 | Integrated Perspectives Course ‡, 5 | 1 |
| UNIV 270 | Winter Study Abroad Pre-Departure 6 | .25 |
| UNIV 271 | In Country Immersion 6 | .5 |
| UNIV 272 | Winter Study Abroad Reflection 6 | .25 |
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With prior approval of the academic adviser, some of these electives may come from departments across the University.
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MORS 242 is currently only taught in the summer session.
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MORS 299 may be taken as a summer course with a MORS professor or an internship course that has a 1.0 credit academic experience supervised by a professor. It must be a sustainability-related internship to count in this concentration.
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UNIV 200 is Sustainable Management & Technology in a Global Context (in Scotland during the May term).
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UNIV 270, UNIV 271, UNIV 272 is Sustainable Management & Technology in a Global Context (in Costa Rica over winter break). These three courses must be completed as a bundle to receive 1.0 credit.
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Only when offered as Sustainable Management & Technology in a Global Context (offered in winter or May term).
Management & Organizations Department
Suggested Plan of Study
Below is a general guide of when you should consider taking the courses that count toward the Freeman College core and your major requirements. Suggested term(s) of study are denoted in parentheses. These are a general guide and other sequences are possible. Consult the Bucknell course schedule for course availability in each semester. Refer to your catalog year for specific information about your major and related prerequisites.
| Abbreviation Key: | ||
| FY = First Year | ||
| SO = Sophomore Year | ||
| JR = Junior Year | ||
| SR = Senior Year | ||
| FREEMAN COLLEGE CORE COURSES = 8.5 credits | ||
| MGMT 100 | Exploring Management (FY first semester) | .5 |
| ANOP 102 | Spreadsheet Modeling & Data Analysis (FY either semester) | 1 |
| ECON 101 | Economic Principles/Problems (FY either semester) | 1 |
| MGMT 101 | Introduction to Organization and Management (FY second semester or SO first semester) W2 | 1 |
| ACFM 104 | Foundations of Accounting I (SO either semester) | 1 |
| ACFM 124 | Corporate Finance (SO either semester) p | 1 |
| ANOP 202 | Operations Management (SO or JR either semester) | 1 |
| MIDE 201 | Marketing (SO or JR either semester) | 1 |
| MORS 302 | Responsible Management (JR either semester, SR either semester) p, ◊, w2 | 1 |
| or MIDE 345 | The Dark Side of Innovation | |
| MORS CORE COURSES = 3 credits | ||
| MORS 201 | Organizational Forms, Strategy and Structure (FY second semester or SO either semester) | 1 |
| MORS 202 | People in Organizations (FY second semester or SO either semester) | 1 |
| MORS 400 | Management Consulting (JR second semester, SR either semester) p, CE | 1 |
| MORS CONCENTRATIONS | ||
| In addition to completing the MORS Core Curriculum, majors can complete the rest of the major requirements through either the self-designed concentration or one of the five prescribed concentrations below. | ||
Self-Designed Concentration = 5 credits | ||
| Five MORS electives. Any course with a MORS prefix that is not included in the BSBA or MORS core requirements may count as an elective. (FY second semester or after) p, 1 | ||
Entrepreneurship = 5 credits | ||
| MORS 240 | Entrepreneurship (FY second semester or SO either semester) | 1 |
| MORS 241 | Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship (FY second semester or SO either semester) | 1 |
| MORS 340 | Advanced Entrepreneurship (JR either semester, SR either semester) | 1 |
Choose two of the following: 1 | ||
| MORS 210 | Human Resource Management (SO first semester or after) p | 1 |
| MORS 220 | Leadership Theory & Development (SO first semester or after) | 1 |
| MORS 221 | Management Research and Analysis (SO first semester or after) | 1 |
| MORS 222 | Strategic Management (SO first semester or after) | 1 |
| MORS 242 | Social & Environmental Entrepreneurship in a Global Context (Summer only) 3 | 1 |
| MORS 299 | Management Internship (Summer or Abroad) 4 | 1 |
| MORS 330 | Managing Global Innovation (JR either semester, SR either semester) | 1 |
| ACFM 252 | Negotiations & Conflict Management (SO second semester or after) | 1 |
| ACFM 280 | Entrepreneurial Finance (JR or SR either semester) p | 1 |
Global Management = 5 credits | ||
| MORS 230 | Global Management (FY second semester or SO either semester) p | 1 |
| Choose at least one of the following: | ||
| MORS 232 | Global Grand Challenges (SO first semester or after) | 1 |
| MORS 330 | Managing Global Innovation (JR either semester, SR either semester) | 1 |
| Choose up to three of the following: 1 | ||
| MORS 231 | Crisis Management (FY spring semester, SO or JR either semester) | 1 |
| MORS 242 | Social & Environmental Entrepreneurship in a Global Context (Summer only) 3 | 1 |
| MORS 299 | Management Internship (Summer or Abroad) 4 | 1 |
| MGMT 290 | Management in a Global, Societal & Cultural Context (Asia-Pacific or Dublin Program) 7 | 1 |
| ACFM 267 | The Global Flow of Capital (SO or JR either semester) | 1 |
| ANOP 301 | Global Supply Chain Management (SO or JR either semester) p | 1 |
| UNIV 200 | Integrated Perspectives Course (May Term) ‡, 5 | 1 |
| UNIV 270 | Winter Study Abroad Pre-Departure (Winter Term) 6 | .25 |
| UNIV 271 | In Country Immersion (Winter Term) 6 | .5 |
| UNIV 272 | Winter Study Abroad Reflection (Winter Term) 6 | .25 |
Human Resource Management = 5 credits | ||
| MORS 210 | Human Resource Management (SO either semester, JR first semester) p | 1 |
Choose two of the following: 1 | ||
| MORS 310 | Talent Acquisition & Development (JR or SR either semester) p | 1 |
| MORS 311 | Total Rewards & Performance Management (JR or SR either semester) p | 1 |
| Choose two from the following (FY second semester or after): 1 | ||
| MORS 220 | Leadership Theory & Development (FY second semester or SO either semester) | 1 |
| MORS 221 | Management Research and Analysis (FY second semester or SO either semester) | 1 |
| MORS 222 | Strategic Management (FY second semester or SO either semester) | 1 |
| MORS 299 | Management Internship (Summer or Abroad) 4 | 1 |
Management Consulting = 5 credits | ||
| MORS 221 | Management Research and Analysis (FY second semester or SO either semester) | 1 |
Choose four of the following: 1 | ||
| MORS 210 | Human Resource Management (SO first semester or after) | 1 |
| MORS 222 | Strategic Management (FY second semester or after) | 1 |
| MORS 230 | Global Management (FY second semester or after) | 1 |
| MORS 240 | Entrepreneurship (FY second semester or after) | 1 |
| MORS 299 | Management Internship (Summer or Abroad) 4 | 1 |
| MORS 340 | Advanced Entrepreneurship (JR either semester, SR either semester) | 1 |
| ANOP 270 | Data Visualization for Business Analytics (SO either semester or after) | 1 |
Managing For Sustainability = 5 credits | ||
| MORS 232 | Global Grand Challenges (FY second semester or SO either semester) | 1 |
| MORS 241 | Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship (FY second semester or SO either semester) | 1 |
Choose three of the following: 1 | ||
| MORS 221 | Management Research and Analysis (FY second semester or after) | 1 |
| MORS 222 | Strategic Management (FY second semester or after) | 1 |
| MORS 231 | Crisis Management (FY second semester or after) | 1 |
| MORS 242 | Social & Environmental Entrepreneurship in a Global Context (Summer only) 3 | 1 |
| MORS 250 | Poverty and Organizations (FY second semester or after) | 1 |
| MORS 251 | Environmental Social & Governance Reporting (FY second semester or after) | 1 |
| MORS 299 | Management Internship (Summer or Abroad) 4 | 1 |
| ACFM 281 | Fundamentals of ESG Investing (SO either semester or after) | 1 |
| UNIV 200 | Integrated Perspectives Course (May Term) ‡, 5 | 1 |
| UNIV 270 | Winter Study Abroad Pre-Departure (Winter Term) 6 | .25 |
| UNIV 271 | In Country Immersion (Winter Term) 6 | .5 |
| UNIV 272 | Winter Study Abroad Reflection (Winter Term) 6 | .25 |
- W2
Satisfies W2 requirement when offered by the instructor.
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Consult the course catalog for possible prerequisite(s) required for this course.
- CE
Qualifies for the culminating experience if taken spring of junior year or either semester of senior year.
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Only when offered as Sustainable Management & Technology in a Global Context (offered in winter or May term).
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It is expected that MORS majors will complete MORS 302 as their BSBA core requirement.
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With prior approval of the academic adviser, some of these electives may come from departments across the University.
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The courses listed in the breadth section constitute areas of subject matter consulting (i.e., human resources, strategy, global management, and entrepreneurial ventures), and analytic techniques used by consultants (i.e., Data Visualization – ANOP 270, and AGILE / Prototyping / Design Process – which is covered in MORS 340).
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MORS 242 is currently only taught during the summer session.
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MORS 299 can be taken as a summer course with a MORS professor or an internship course that has a 1.0 credit academic experience supervised by a professor. It must be a concentration-related internship to count in the respective concentration.
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UNIV 200 is Sustainable Management & Technology in a Global Context (in Scotland during the May term).
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UNIV 270, UNIV 271, UNIV 272 is Sustainable Management & Technology in a Global Context (in Costa Rica over winter break). These three courses must be completed as a bundle to receive 1.0 credit.
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MGMT 290 is currently offered during our Asia-Pacific & Dublin study-abroad programs.
NOTE: Many lab science courses are restricted to first and second year students. You might want to consider taking a lab science course in your first two years, but you are able to enroll anytime during your tenure at Bucknell.
Entrepreneurship Minor
The entrepreneurship minor is intended for students who are interested in developing an entrepreneurial mindset and knowledge, skills and abilities that can lead to entrepreneurial ideas in private, non-profit, public, hybrid, cross-sectoral, socially-oriented or sustainability-oriented organizations.
The minor in entrepreneurship consists of five courses as follows.
Foundation Courses
| MORS 201 | Organizational Forms, Strategy and Structure | 1 |
| MORS 240 | Entrepreneurship | 1 |
Entrepreneurship Breadth Courses
| MORS 241 | Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship | 1 |
| MORS 340 | Advanced Entrepreneurship | 1 |
Complementary Courses - choose one from
| MORS 202 | People in Organizations | 1 |
| MORS 210 | Human Resource Management | 1 |
| MORS 220 | Leadership Theory & Development | 1 |
| MORS 221 | Management Research and Analysis | 1 |
| MORS 222 | Strategic Management | 1 |
| MORS 299 | Management Internship | 1 |
| MORS 400 | Management Consulting | 1 |
| ACFM 252 | Negotiations & Conflict Management | 1 |
| ACFM 280 | Entrepreneurial Finance | 1 |
Note: MORS majors who elect the entrepreneurship concentration are not permitted to declare the entrepreneurship minor. Other MORS majors who want to complete the entrepreneurship minor will need to replace the MORS 201 minor requirement with an additional elective course that complements the study of entrepreneurship so that a total of five minor course credits remain. MORS 299 can be taken as a summer course with a MORS professor or an abroad internship course that has a 1.0-credit academic experience supervised by a professor. It must be an entrepreneurship internship to count for the minor.
Human Resource Management Minor
The human resource management minor is intended for students who are interested in studying people in organizations and the field of human resource management.
The minor in human resource management consists of five courses as follows:
Foundational Knowledge
| MORS 201 | Organizational Forms, Strategy and Structure | 1 |
| MORS 202 | People in Organizations | 1 |
| MORS 210 | Human Resource Management | 1 |
Human Resource Breadth Courses
| MORS 310 | Talent Acquisition & Development | 1 |
| MORS 311 | Total Rewards & Performance Management | 1 |
Note: MORS majors who choose the human resource management concentration are not permitted to declare the HR minor. Other MORS majors will need to replace the MORS 201 and MORS 202 minor requirements with an additional two elective courses that complement the study of HR, so that the minor course total remains five. MORS majors should consult their faculty academic adviser for approval of substitute courses. MORS 220, MORS 221, MORS 222 and MORS 299 are HR-related courses that students should first consider as substitutions. Note: MORS 299 can be taken as a summer course with a MORS professor or an abroad internship course that has an 1.0 credit academic experience supervised by a professor. It must be a human resource management internship to count for the minor.
Management Consulting Minor
The Management Consulting Minor is intended for students who are interested in developing knowledge and skills that help organizations plan and implement future strategy, structure and process initiatives. The skills and abilities acquired can be applied in work roles and internal and external consulting positions within private, nonprofit, public, hybrid, cross-sectoral, socially-oriented or sustainability-oriented organizations.
The minor in management consulting consists of five courses as follows.
Foundation Courses
| MORS 201 | Organizational Forms, Strategy and Structure | 1 |
| MORS 202 | People in Organizations | 1 |
| MORS 221 | Management Research and Analysis | 1 |
| MORS 400 | Management Consulting | 1 |
Breadth Courses - choose one from
| MORS 210 | Human Resource Management | 1 |
| MORS 222 | Strategic Management | 1 |
| MORS 230 | Global Management | 1 |
| MORS 240 | Entrepreneurship | 1 |
| MORS 299 | Management Internship | 1 |
| MORS 302 | Responsible Management 1 | 1 |
| MORS 340 | Advanced Entrepreneurship | 1 |
| ANOP 102 | Spreadsheet Modeling & Data Analysis 1 | 1 |
| ANOP 270 | Data Visualization for Business Analytics 2 | 1 |
Note: MORS majors who elect the management consulting concentration are not permitted to declare the Management Consulting Minor. Other MORS majors who want to complete the Management Consulting Minor will need to replace the MORS 201, MORS 202 and MORS 400 courses with three other MORS courses that complement the study of management consulting so that the minor course total remains five.
MORS 299 may be taken as a summer course with a MORS professor or an abroad internship course that has an 1.0 credit academic experience supervised by a professor. It must be a management consulting internship to count toward the minor.
1 Not available to students completing a BSBA degree.
2 Not available to students majoring in business analytics.
Drawing upon their professional and liberal education, Freeman College of Management students will be able to collaboratively create positive societal impacts through:
Analysis
- Students will demonstrate the ability to understand organizations and analyze them rigorously.
Integrity
- Students will possess the judgment, vision and integrity necessary to serve society and their professions.
Morality
- Students will identify creative and morally responsible solutions to organizational and societal issues.
In addition to the Freeman Core Curriculum learning goals listed above, graduates of the Management & Organizations program will complete a curriculum designed to help them achieve the following specific learning objectives:
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They will understand the importance of managing and organizing across multiple sectors to achieve economic, social and sustainable impact.
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They will understand and be able to apply management and organizational theories, frameworks and concepts toward solutions that positively impact people, organizations and the grand challenges of our world.
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They will understand the value of interdisciplinary approaches to managing and organizing.
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They will understand how to inclusively work with diverse stakeholders to create shared value.
Courses
MORS 201. Organizational Forms, Strategy and Structure. 1 Credit.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:3
This course explores forms, strategy, and structure in public, private, non-profit, hybrid, and cross-sectoral organizations. Students will be exposed to entity creation dynamics and how strategy and structure align to implement organizational mission.
MORS 202. People in Organizations. 1 Credit.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:3
This course explores how to apply theoretical frameworks for explaining, predicting, and influencing the behavior of individuals and groups in organizations. The focus will be on the challenges of managing oneself and others in ways that achieve positive organizational and individual outcomes.
MORS 210. Human Resource Management. 1 Credit.
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3
This course focuses on human resource management practices that enable members of an organization to maintain a productive and thriving workforce. Topics include recruitment, selection, training, performance evaluation, compensation, benefits, retention and separation. Prerequisite: MORS 201 or MORS 202.
MORS 211. Controversies in Human Resource Management. 1 Credit.
Offered Occasionally; Lecture hours:3
This course discusses emerging issues and debates in the field of human resource management. Emerging issues in human resource management practice are considered in the context of debates among influential thinkers regarding the effective and ethical treatment of employees.
MORS 215. Special Topics in Management & Organizations. .25-1 Credits.
Offered Either Fall or Spring,Topics course; Lecture hours:Varies; Repeatable
A course on selected topics in management and organizations.
MORS 220. Leadership Theory & Development. 1 Credit.
Offered Fall, Spring or Summer; Lecture hours:3
This course examines historical and contemporary leadership theories and their application in multifaceted industries. Students will use the foundation of these theories to explore their own personal leadership vision and create a leadership development plan.
MORS 221. Management Research and Analysis. 1 Credit.
Offered Either Fall or Spring,Topics course; Lecture hours:3
This course serves as an introduction to management & organizational research methods and design. Students will cover qualitative/quantitative methods and their analytic techniques and the spectrum of this process from idea generation, theoretical framing, data collection/analysis and reporting. Prerequisites: ANOP 102 or ENGR 226 or MATH 216 or STAT 216 or MATH 227 or STAT 227 or PSYC 215.
MORS 222. Strategic Management. 1 Credit.
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3
This course examines strategic concepts and explores the challenges of formulating and implementing organizational strategies in public, private, non-profit, hybrid and cross-sectoral organizations.
MORS 230. Global Management. 1 Credit.
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3
This course explores international business and strategic global management perspectives to help students develop the necessary skill set to become globally-oriented managers and to understand how multinational organizations navigate the challenges and opportunities in the global economy.
MORS 231. Crisis Management. 1 Credit.
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3
This course embraces an organizational perspective to explore social, economic and political change in communities and nations. We will discuss civil society and NGOs, private sector transitions and institutional reform in governments with particular emphasis on humanitarian assistance and development management during and after crises, disaster and war.
MORS 232. Global Grand Challenges. 1 Credit.
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3
This course examines how individuals, governments and organizations across all three sectors can help tackle the global grand societal challenges. Students learn how to develop humble solutions, implement robust action strategies and scale solutions from a local to a global level.
MORS 240. Entrepreneurship. 1 Credit.
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3
This course provides an overview of how to get an organization off the ground successfully from developing an initial product or service idea, to growing a startup and to a successful exit. The course provides a set of useful frameworks and tools for individuals considering a pursuit of entrepreneurship.
MORS 241. Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship. 1 Credit.
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3
This course critically examines the promise, perils and achievements of social innovation and entrepreneurship in addressing the world’s complex problems. Students will utilize entrepreneurial knowledge, skills and processes in respect to social innovation and entrepreneurship ideation and action.
MORS 242. Social & Environmental Entrepreneurship in a Global Context. 1 Credit.
Offered Summer Session Only; Lecture hours:3
This course will introduce students to the theory and practice of social and environmental entrepreneurship in a global context. Students will explore how entrepreneurial processes can be mobilized to solve complex societal issues and grand challenges in specific places around the world.
MORS 250. Poverty and Organizations. 1 Credit.
Offered Occasionally; Lecture hours:3
This course will specifically focus on the role of organizations in shaping and contributing to poverty and its causes and will ask students to consider whether organizations can, or should, do anything to redress current inequities contributing to poverty while creating policy and action to prevent future inequities.
MORS 251. Environmental Social & Governance Reporting. 1 Credit.
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3
This course examines Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Reporting, and how organizations design, measure and implement Key Performance Indicators that impact various stakeholders within and in relation to organizations.
MORS 299. Management Internship. .25-1 Credits.
Topics course,Offered Fall, Spring or Summer; Lecture hours:3
This course involves an internship experience in a private, non-profit, public, hybrid or cross-sectoral organization. Students will engage in organizational tasks which are supervised by a field mentor and they will reflect on specific concepts, models and theories of management that they learned during their college experience.
MORS 302. Responsible Management. 1 Credit.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:3
This course explores ethics and sustainability challenges associated with complex decisions in a variety of organizational forms. Prerequisite: MGMT 101. Juniors and seniors only.
MORS 310. Talent Acquisition & Development. 1 Credit.
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3
This course provides an overview of the process by which organizations recruit and deploy the organization’s workforce. Students learn theories, research, policies, practices and legal considerations related to recruitment, selection, onboarding and employee development. Prerequisite: MORS 210.
MORS 311. Total Rewards & Performance Management. 1 Credit.
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3
This course aims to develop an understanding of organization wage and salary statistics, incentive systems and employee health and pension systems. The course will also address performance management methods and their strengths/weaknesses. Students will learn about practice implications on society and develop responsible approaches to implementation. Prerequisite: MORS 210.
MORS 315. Advanced Topics in Management and Organizations. .25-1 Credits.
Topics course,Offered Fall, Spring or Summer; Lecture hours:Varies; Repeatable
A seminar on advanced selected topics in Management and Organizations.
MORS 316. Independent Study. .25-1 Credits.
Offered Occasionally,Topics course; Lecture hours:Varies,Other:Varies
Individual study or projects, supervised by instructor. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
MORS 330. Managing Global Innovation. 1 Credit.
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3
This course focuses on how global private, nonprofit and governmental organizations manage innovation processes. Students will understand how these organizations develop dynamic capabilities, collaborate to foster technological development, protect intellectual property and create value through the commercialization of new products or services.
MORS 340. Advanced Entrepreneurship. 1 Credit.
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3
Course focuses on mentoring, guiding and teaching students who have a demonstrated or validated an entrepreneurial idea that could potentially result in the creation of a private, non-profit, public, hybrid, cross-sectoral, socially-oriented or sustainability-oriented organization. Course content focuses on shepherding ideas closer to a viable product/service or scaling. Prerequisite: MORS 240 or MORS 241 or MORS 335 or MORS 370.
MORS 400. Management Consulting. 1 Credit.
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:Varies,Other:3
This course exposes students to principles and practices of management consulting. Students develop, organize and manage significant community-based projects that involve multiple stakeholder groups toward reaching future goals. Students must integrate knowledge, skills, abilities and experiences that they have accumulated during their college experience. Prerequisites: MORS 201 and MORS 202.
Faculty
Professors: Neil Boyd (Chair - Fall), Vanessa Hill (Interim Chair - Spring), Eric C. Martin, William R. Meek
Associate Professor: Melissa Intindola
Assistant Professors: Leandro Bonfim, Hyeonjin Cha, Udayan Dhar, Leila Soleimani
Professor of Practice: Robyn Eversole