Concentrations
Management and Leadership or Human Resource Management
Management and Leadership – Undergraduate
The Management and Leadership concentration will help develop and enhance your ability to lead and manage people and organizations. These skills are highly desired by virtually all potential employers, making the Management and Leadership concentration beneficial to all CSOM undergraduates.
In addition to taking MB021 Organizational Behavior or MB031 Organizational Behavior - Honors, the concentration requires MB127 Leadership and three electives. Two electives in particular are highly recommended for this concentration: MB123 Negotiation and MB137 Managing Diversity.
Required of all concentrators:
MB 021 Organizational Behavior or MB 031 Organizational Behavior – Honors
MB 127 Leadership
Electives:
MB111 Ethical Leadership and Change Methods
MB119 Interpersonal Communication in Organizations
MB123 Negotiation
MB127 Leadership
MB133 Leading High Performance Teams
MB135 Career and Human Resources Planning
MB137 Managing Diversity
MB145 Environmental Management
MB299 Independent Study (by permission of instructor)
MB399 Advanced Topics in Organizational Behavior and Human Resources Management (offered periodically)
MD548 Leadership and Mindfulness
Human Resource Management – Undergraduate
The Human Resource Management concentration at Boston College gives students the opportunity to learn about various employee management functions. The development of programs to reduce turnover, forecast human resource needs, and create coherent career tracks is critical to the success of companies competing in the international arena. Just as it would be unthinkable for a modern manager to be computer illiterate, managers without a solid background in human resources management will not be as effective as those with a strong knowledge of human resources management.
The concentration is completed by taking four courses beyond the required courses in the Carroll School of Management Core, which includes MB021 Organizational Behavior or MB031 Organizational Behavior - Honors. MB110 Human Resources Management is the first course in the concentration, and MB313 Research Methods for Management is also required. Students must choose at least two electives from a variety of courses.
Required of all concentrators:
MB 021 Organizational Behavior or MB 031 Organizational Behavior – Honors
MB 110 Human Resources Management
MB 313 Research Methods for Management (normally taken in the fall, senior year)
Electives:
MB111 Ethical Leadership and Change Methods
MB119 Interpersonal Communication in Organizations
MB123 Negotiation
MB127 Leadership
MB133 Leading High Performance Teams
MB135 Career and Human Resources Planning
MB137 Managing Diversity
MB145 Environmental Management
MB299 Independent Study (by permission of instructor)
MB399 Advanced Topics in Organizational Behavior and Human Resources Management (offered periodically)
A Minor in Human Development – Undergraduate
The Lynch School of Education, in cooperation with the Carroll School of Management, offers a minor in Human Development which is open to fifteen CSOM undergraduates each year.
This minor may interest you if you wish to (1) deepen your knowledge of human behavior in the areas of psychology, human development, and learning in preparation for a career in fields such as human resource management, marketing research, or advertising; (2) gain specialized knowledge in certain specific areas of human resources management, for example: counseling, training, personnel assessment, family crisis assistance, drug, and alcohol abuse programs, and aging/elderly care; or (3) prepare for employment in a government or private sector social services organization.
The Minor in Human Development is open to all CSOM students, regardless of their concentration. In addition to the courses necessary to complete their CSOM concentration, students in the Minor in Human Development are required to take PY032 Learning and Motivation, PY041 Adolescent Psychology or PY244 Adult Psychology, and PY242 Personality Theories: Behavior in Context. They are also required to complete one upper level psychology in education course – PY230 Abnormal Psychology, PY241 Interpersonal Relations, PY243 Counseling Theories, PY244 Adult Psychologies, PY248 Gender Roles, PY348 Cultures, Community and Change, or PY397 Social Issues and Social Policy. Students are strongly urged, but not required, to take the PY 030/031 sequence (Child Growth and Development).
Leadership and Management (formerly: Change Leadership)- MBA
With rapid and dramatic change permeating today's organizational landscape the ability to lead and manage people and organizations is especially important in all sectors and industries. Leaders confront a series of challenges including globalization, outsourcing and offshoring, mergers and acquisitions, shifting market boundaries, new regulatory requirements, an increasingly diverse workforce, and pressure to innovate at an ever more rapid pace. The specialization is appropriate for people who want to 1) build on their technical/functional skills and assume greater responsibility for leadership and management in their organizations, 2) start new entrepreneurial organizations, or 3) work as consultants to other organizations. Courses in the specialization are also a powerful complement to traditional functional area expertise in corporate finance, brand and product management, financial services, and entrepreneurship or global management.
+ Required courses
Requirement - one of the following:
* MB803 Principled Leadership
* MB815 Women and Leadership
And at least 5 of the following (excluding the one taken to meet the Leadership course requirement):
* MB802 Management of Organization Change
* MB803 Principled Leadership
* MB804 Nonprofit Management
* MB811 Corporate Governance
* MB812 Negotiating
* MB815 Women and Leadership
* MB828 Strategic Human Resources
* MB830 Career Management and Work-Life Planning
* MB845 Managing Corporate Responsibility
* MD803 Management Decision Making
* MD837 Strategic Deal Making
* MD854 Management of Service Operations
* MM810 Communication Skills for Managers
With approval from the specialization advisor, relevant 600-level MB courses and 800-level courses outside of MB can also be counted towards the specialization's elective requirement.
A competency assignment will be conducted for this specialization.
