Mid-Management Skills for the New Business Environment

Summer 2017 > Management & Business > MGMT.6550 > 011

Course No: MGMT.6550-011; SIS Class Nbr: 2256; SIS Term: 2640
Course Status: Registration Closed

Course Description

This reading and discussion course for advanced MBA students explores the new skill and performance requirements imposed on middle managers by globalization and technology. Particular attention is given to emerging organizational forms that expand the emphasis on such things as individual free agency, the creation and synthesis of innovations, internal entrepreneurship, influence without authority and the coordination of activities over remote work sites.

Prerequisites, Notes & Instructor

• Prerequisites: MBA, Business Certificate, Doctor of Engineering programs, or permission of MBA Coordinator.
• Section Notes: P: Matriculated MBA students, MBA Foundation Core, or permission from MBA Coordinator;
• Credits: 3; Contact Hours: 3
• Instructor: Timm Kainen
• UMass Lowell Bookstore

When Offered & Tuition

• T,Th | 6:00 PM-8:50 PM EST
• 2017 Summer: May 15 to Jun 26
• Course Level: Graduate
• Tuition: $1725
• Note: There is a $30 per semester registration fee for credit courses.

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