Theory and practice of human resource management. Topics include: recruitment and hiring, training and development, compensation, motivation, and employee services. Current issues in equal employment opportunity.

Overview of organizational behavior, operations management, and strategy/entrepreneurship. Topics include: Behavioral background of formal organizational life, organizational design, integrating factors in collective behavior, organizational change, systems analysis, techniques of decision making and control, the organization and its environment, and the nature of management theory. Topics grouped in modules of organizational behavior, operations management, and strategy/entrepreneurship. Prerequisite: junior standing.

Overview of law and legal systems; attention to legal aspects of management problems.

Overview of law and legal systems; attention to legal aspects of management problems.

Overview of law and legal systems; attention to legal aspects of management problems.

Overview of law and legal systems; attention to legal aspects of management problems.

Overview of law and legal systems; attention to legal aspects of management problems.

Overview of law and legal systems; attention to legal aspects of management problems.

Important mechanical properties of materials engineering such as yield strength and fracture toughness experimentally investigated with a view towards materials selection and design. Skills emphasized: experimental technique, statistical analysis of data, report writing, and oral presentation.

This course prepares engineers to be leaders in organizations of varying size by simulating the planning, decision-making, and communication needed to take an idea from germination to execution and delivery, scaling a team from a few people to a ~200 person organization. You will be the VP of Engineering of your own startup where you will pitch an idea, develop it, plan the resources needed to deliver it, hire a team, and manage the organization.