Management (MGMT) Courses
MGMT 142 Project Management Techniques and Software
- Same As:CISA 160
- Units:3
- Hours:54 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:None.
- Advisory:ENGWR 102 or 103, and ENGRD 116; OR ESLR 320 and ESLW 320; CISC 300
- Catalog Date:January 1, 2023
This introductory course covers the responsibilities of a project manager. It includes the knowledge needed to manage a project, control costs, and schedule resources. It also introduces the use of project management software to track project resources, tasks, and milestones. This course is not open to students who have taken CISA 160.
MGMT 230 Introduction to Purchasing Contracts
- Units:3
- Hours:54 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:None.
- Catalog Date:January 1, 2023
This course introduces students to purchasing contract theory and practice. Topics include Uniform Commercial Code, contractual business and legal risk mitigation, contract development for goods and services purchases, scope of work and specification development, and contract breach.
MGMT 231 Negotiation Planning
- Units:3
- Hours:54 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:None.
- Catalog Date:January 1, 2023
This course introduces students to the concept of “total cost," and covers the skills to perform cost analysis in support of supplier selection and effective supplier negotiations. It also includes participatory exercises in mock negotiations using the techniques learned in this course.
MGMT 233 Purchasing Organization Management
- Units:3
- Hours:54 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:None.
- Catalog Date:January 1, 2023
This course focuses on the management of a global or regional purchasing operation within a corporation. Concepts covered include organizational structure, hiring, success metrics, tactical and strategic purchasing focus areas, community and environmental obligations, purchasing code of ethics, purchasing policies and procedures, and eCommerce tools and applications.
MGMT 295 Independent Studies in Management
- Units:1 - 3
- Hours:54 - 162 hours LAB
- Prerequisite:None.
- Catalog Date:January 1, 2023
Independent Study is an opportunity for the student to extend classroom experience in this subject, while working independently of a formal classroom situation. Independent study is an extension of work offered in a specific class in the college catalog. To be eligible for independent study, students must have completed the basic regular catalog course at American River College. They must also discuss the study with a professor in this subject and secure approval. Only one independent study for each catalog course will be allowed.
MGMT 299 Experimental Offering in Management
- Units:0.5 - 4
- Prerequisite:None.
- Catalog Date:January 1, 2023
This is the experimental courses description.
MGMT 300 Introduction to Leadership in Action
- Units:3
- Hours:54 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:None.
- Transferable:CSU
- Catalog Date:January 1, 2023
This course examines the underlying principles and practices of leadership and their implementation by both individuals and organizations. Topics include leadership traits, motivation, empowerment, communication, continuous process improvement, customer-focused management, and leading change.
MGMT 304 Principles of Management
- Units:3
- Hours:54 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:None.
- Transferable:CSU
- Catalog Date:January 1, 2023
This survey course covers a multitude of management subject areas, such as planning, organization, staffing, leadership and control, team development, communication, business ethics, and global management perspectives. It is a core requirement for management majors. This course provides an overview that is helpful for selecting a specific career and/or major in the field of management.
MGMT 308 Personnel and Human Resources Management
- Units:3
- Hours:54 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:None.
- Transferable:CSU
- Catalog Date:January 1, 2023
This course is an introduction to the study and analysis of personnel and human resource management. It covers essential topics, such as civil rights, labor law, and various management theories foundational to both public and private sector organizations. This course provides an overview that is helpful for selecting a specific career and/or major in the field of business or management.
MGMT 350 Leadership in Action: Organizational Learning
- Units:3
- Hours:54 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:None.
- Transferable:CSU
- Catalog Date:January 1, 2023
This course covers basic knowledge of organizational learning with a focus on the practical application of the concepts of theory and prediction, creating learning environments for structured organizational cultures, and the importance of courage, faith, and justice. Emphasis is placed on the immediate application of the tools to the work place.
MGMT 360 Management Communication
- Units:3
- Hours:54 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:None.
- Advisory:ENGWR 102 or 103, and ENGRD 116 with a grade of "C" or better; OR ESLR 320 and ESLW 320 with a grade of "C" or better; and SPEECH 301 or 302 with a grade of "C" or better; OR placement through assessment process.
- Transferable:CSU
- General Education:AA/AS Area II(b)
- Catalog Date:January 1, 2023
This course provides skill training in coping with communication problems in organizations. It includes the study of the communication process, the analysis of the barriers to effective oral and written communication, and the development of guidelines to improve interpersonal relations within organizations through the use of effective methods of communication.
MGMT 362 Techniques of Management
- Units:3
- Hours:54 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:None.
- Advisory:ENGWR 102 or 103, and ENGRD 116 with a grade of "C" or better; OR ESLR 320 and ESLW 320 with a grade of "C" or better; OR placement through assessment process.
- Transferable:CSU
- Catalog Date:January 1, 2023
This course is designed for supervisors and other entry level managers as well as those entering mid-management positions. It focuses on primary management functions of planning, organizing, controlling, and leading. Related skills, such as time management, cost control, performance evaluation, motivation, communication techniques, and the social responsibility of managers, are also emphasized.
MGMT 372 Human Relations and Organizational Behavior
- Units:3
- Hours:54 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:None.
- Transferable:CSU
- Catalog Date:January 1, 2023
This course emphasizes the psychology of human relations management. It covers human interaction principles that build confidence, competence, and positive attitudes in work organizations. Topics include the basis for human behavior, perception, communication, motivation, performance improvement, group behavior, ethics, and social responsibility.
MGMT 374 Social Responsibility and Ethics in Management
- Units:3
- Hours:54 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:None.
- Advisory:ENGWR 102 or 103, and ENGRD 116 with a grade of “C” or better; OR ESLR 320 and ESLW 320 with a grade of “C” or better.
- Transferable:CSU
- General Education:AA/AS Area V(b)
- Catalog Date:January 1, 2023
This course examines the ethical climate, management problems which need to be confronted and analyzed, the role integrity plays in the survival and productivity of American organizations, and social responsibility as it relates to management.
MGMT 495 Independent Studies in Management
- Units:1 - 3
- Hours:18 - 54 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:None.
- Transferable:CSU
- Catalog Date:January 1, 2023
This course provides the opportunity for students and faculty to design a learning environment around an area of management study as defined in a proposal and approved by the Management department for each individual area of study.
MGMT 499 Experimental Offering in Management
- Units:0.5 - 4
- Prerequisite:None.
- Transferable:CSU
- Catalog Date:January 1, 2023
This is the experimental courses description.