Master in Management
- Course Syllabi:
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MM 512
Budget and Finance -
MM 513
Strategic Management -
MM 514
Practical Research, Analysis & Decision Making -
MM 515
Management Information Systems -
MM 516
Organizational Leadership & Communication -
MM 517
Human Resource Environment -
MM 518
Marketing for Private & Nonprofit Organizations -
MM 519
Legal Issues in Management -
MM 520
Orientation to Graduate Study for the Management Professional -
MM 521
Business, Government & Society -
MM 598
Capstone Project - Electives
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Course Syllabus
Legal Issues in Management
MM 519
Winter 2007
Kurt Knudsen
552-9944
KnudsenKB@sou.edu
Required Text:
Business Law Today, Miller and Jentz, Sixth Edition, West Publishing (ITP)
Course Description:
This course will acquaint the participant with fundamental organizational legal concepts. These concepts will be discussed within a general managerial framework with distinctions made at times between profit, nonprofit, and governmental entity applications. Major topics covered will include tort liability, contracts and legal agreements, organizational forms, intellectual property rights, administrative law, employment and agency law, individual liability, and legal economics/ADR use. Where applicable, the Internet and cyberspace with its cyberlaw developments will be discussed within each topical area. Each session will utilize case studies, critical thinking, and class participation; guest speakers and class handouts will be used to complement class assignments.
Course Objectives:
This course will cover general organizational legal concepts and is designed so participants will learn how to use these concepts when making decisions under different fact situations and circumstances. This decision-making outcome orientation is designed to be helpful when analyzing business legal problems that may develop after the course, including being able to:
- Demonstrate an understanding of general legal concepts and an ability to use these concepts when making managerial/legal decisions
- Analyze management issues involving legal compliance
- Know how to avoid certain potentially damaging legal situations and
- Know what to ask of an attorney.
Class Attendance and Participation:
Legal issues in management is a subject that requires continual, attentive classroom time to learn and understand what can be challenging concepts, especially as participants experience situations with legal implications after completing this course. Only material that is discussed in class will be tested on the examinations; class participation will be assessed each session. Positive preparation, attendance, and participation result in better understanding and normally in better grades.
Grading:
Course grading will consist of a take-home midterm (30%) and final examination (70%). Oral participation will have an impact on close grading cases.
