BA 710: Foundations of Management Science

Overview

This course is designed to give the incoming doctoral student a comprehensive understanding of both historical and current perspectives of management science theory and practice.  While the focus is on the growth of U.S. business science, students will also be exposed to pertinent international trends and research.  The course approach will combine reading the seminal works (or recent summaries or synthesis) along with individual in-depth research by the students to explore their specific field of interest in management science.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Develop both a historical and current perspective of management science theory: the evolution of management science, seminal works of theory and research, how theoretical perspectives have or continue to impact management practice, and to understand the application of theoretical findings in a business enterprise.
• Review, analyze, and integrate the major theoretical underpinnings of management science to help understand how these theories contribute to managerial strategies necessary for meeting the needs of the organization, the shareholders, customers and the business community.
• Analyze the current body of knowledge of management science research pertaining to technology, globalization and application of such findings in the current business environment.
• Apply research theories and identify methodological insights in beginning to build individual annotated bibliographic citations for use in the doctoral program.
• Identify applicable seminal research, theory, and/or methods from this course relevant to individual research question(s); and contribute to the field of study by extending previous knowledge.

Course Requirements

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Required Texts
BA 710 texts are available from the JIU/MBS bookstore