Bryant University Management Degree Overview
Management Courses
The Management Department at Bryant offers various courses related to human resource, both for Management majors and those who would like to gain some knowledge of the field. Regardless of your major, these course would be very helpful electives as well.

Human Resource Courses:
Human Resource Management - MGT 312
An in-depth study of the principles of human resources management, this course emphasizes the broad functions that managers and staff personnel officers must understand in order to develop an effective working force. Junior standing is required.

Employee Relations - MGT 362
This course will begin with developing an understanding of the historic labor movement in America and its impact on the nature of conflict resolution in the workplace. Students will then examine the broader area of Employment Relations and Human Resource Management with a focus on conflict management, employee rights and responsibilities, labor relations and collective bargaining, as well as management obligations under the law. Important federal laws that influence the workplace environments will be studied. Several major Supreme Court rulings will be examined for their impact on employer-employee relationships and for the obligations they impose on management.

Compensation Management - currently under "special topics" - MGT 385
Human Resource Development - currently under "special topics" - MGT 485
Human Resource Management Internship - MGT 491

Other Recommended Management Courses:
Power and Influence - MGT. 485

Team Building and Conflict Resolution - MGT. 476 (We Hear the Instructor is Excellent for this course! ;)
The focus of this course is to develop understanding of where conflict comes from within organizations and how it can be managed effectively, and to empower students with some of the skills and strategies needed to become members and leaders of effective team units in the workplace. The successful manager of the future will be the one who knows how to create an effective team climate and how to respond to and manage organizational conflict. The focus of the course will be on the role of the manager in influencing and responding to conflict, and developing and empowering effective team units. Senior standing is required.

Project Management - Special Topics in the Spring