Master of Science in Organizational Management (MSOM)
Complete List of Course Descriptions and Learning Outcomes/Objectives
ADM 5000 – Masters Level Success 1 CREDIT
To be successful in the online, masters level degree programs at Apollos University, students need to possess a core
set of skills. This course provides new students with an overview of these core skills, focusing on 4 specific items:
navigating the AU systems and expectations; AU policies and procedures; AU student services and resources; and
the LIRN Library Database.
Course Learning Outcomes (CLO)
CLO1. Assess the core set of skills individuals need to be successful in a Masters level, online degree
program
CLO2. Complete a practice, essay exam
CLO3. Conduct academic research and reporting
CLO4. Examine the Apollos online systems including ATLAS, Moodle, and the LIRN Library database
Course Learning Objectives (LO)
LO1. Examine the online learning systems at Apollos University and practice basic navigation techniques
LO2. Differentiate between the various types of classroom assignments and requirements one will
encounter during their studies and identify the university expectations for students in relation to each type
of activity
LO3. Examine Apollos University policies and procedures that relate to student progress, classroom
activities, and degree completion
LO4. Evaluate the various student services and resources available to students 24 hours a day through the
Apollos University Online system.
LO5. Rate the importance of emailing info@apollos.edu for questions and support
LO6. Assess the LIRN Library Database and practice selecting peer-reviewed articles from the database
LO7. Assess academic writing style and techniques
BUS 5310 Survey of Business Topics 3 CREDITS (Prerequisite course and does not count toward degree
credit requirements)
This course is designed for the student that does not hold a bachelors or masters degree in business. It explores the
various disciplines of today’s business environment and provides the student with a detailed overview of the field of
business management and how each one is related to the other. The disciplines that are surveyed include:
management, finance, accounting, economics, marketing, business law, procurement/contracts, human resources,
and international business. The course is required for students that did not major in business in their applicable
undergraduate or graduate programs.
Course Learning Outcomes (CLO)
CLO1. Assess general approaches to areas of today’s business environment.
CLO2. Compare various disciplines of today’s business environment including management, finance,
accounting, economics marketing, business law, procurement/contracts, human resources, and international
business.
CLO3. Analyze leadership, motivational styles, and leadership best practices at all levels of the
organization
Course Learning Objectives (LO)
LO1: Analyze the nature of present day business organizations and the environment in which they operate
LO2: Compare the roles of entrepreneurs, managers, and employees within the local, national, and global
business environments
LO3: Examine the problems facing today's businesses in the fields of international trade, government
regulations, and societal issues
LO4: Analyze the ethical and legal nature of business practices and the cultural expectations and barriers
associated with such practices
LO5: Assess the fundamentals of organizations and explore the relationship of organizations to their
business environments
LO6: Compare and contrast various best-leadership practices
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LO7: Compare and contrast the operations of the various functions of business and how these functions are
interrelated
LO8: Evaluate the management implications of business strategy and operations
LO9: Assess the importance of timely and accurate information in decision making
LO10: Examine e-commerce systems and information technology management techniques and practices
LO11: Examine various human resource management practices and techniques
LO12: Analyze managerial accounting concepts and their relationship to creating value and profit in
organizations
LO13: Evaluate the relationship between risk and return and how organizations increase profitability
through sound financial decision making.
BUS 5331 - Ethical Issues in Business 3 CREDITS
The course provides the student with information on the legal and ethical challenges found in today’s business
environment. The course is an analytical exploration of the global, organizational, and personal factors of making
legal and ethical decisions. It includes an introduction to the western legal system and its effect on current business
entities and practices. The student explores current issues and trends in the ethical dealings of the business
environment and provides the student with the opportunity to explore their own company’s legal and ethical
dilemmas.
Course Learning Outcomes (CLO)
CLO1. Examine legal and ethical issues that relate to professional life
CLO2. Interpret the global, organizational, and personal factors that influence legal and ethical decisions
CLO3. Analyze and apply effective, ethical decision making and critical evaluation processes
Course Learning Objectives (LO)
LO1. Debate the concepts of the legal and ethical issues in the world’s business environment.
LO2. Differentiate the difference between ethical values and other values.
LO3. Distinguish between personal morality, virtues, and social ethics
LO4. Evaluate factors that lead to ethical decisions.
LO5. Employ the categories and concepts of ethical theory.
LO6.Compare the ethical theory of utilitarianism and how it supports market economics and business
policy.
LO7. Apply the concepts of virtue ethics.
LO8. Demonstrate standard understandings of corporate environmental responsibility.
LO9. Analyze arguments supporting a model for sustainable business.
LO10. Categorize the nature and range of managerial responsibilities.
LO11. Explain and examine the concepts of conflicts of interest.
LO12. Describe the stakeholder model of corporate social responsibility.
LO13. Debate the ethical foundations of the stakeholder model.
LO14. Assess ethical issues that arise in marketing.
LO15. Argue the ethical dimensions for product liability law ranging from caveat emptor to strict products
liability.
LO16. Appraise ethical issues raised by a diverse workforce.
LO17. Distinguish between equal opportunity, affirmative action, and preferential treatment.
LO18. Describe the issue of workplace discrimination and sexual harassment.
LO19. Analyze the range of ethical issues arising in a global business context.
LO20. Examine ethical issues involved in globalization.
LO21. Analyze business’ role and ethical responsibilities in an increasingly global economy.
BUS 7390 – Strategy and Policy 3 CREDITS
This course is taken as one of the final courses in the program. It provides the student with the opportunity to
consolidate and utilize the knowledge, tools and concepts that the program provides. In this course the student will
complete a detailed case analysis while developing a business strategy which includes concepts and tools such as
macro environmental scanning, industry and competitive analysis, value chain analysis, SWOT analysis,
identification of critical success factors and driving forces, and development of strategic alternatives and
recommendations. Throughout the course the student applies these concepts and tools as they develop the strategic
profile for the company or industry that is described in the case study. (Prerequisite: Final term in program or
permission from the Academic Dean).
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Course Learning Outcomes (CLO)
CLO1. Design a business strategy/strategic profile for a company or industry utilizing the knowledge, tools,
and concepts covered in the program
CLO2. Create key business practice models including macro environmental scanning, industry and
competitive analysis, value chain analysis, SWOT analysis, identification of critical success factors and
driving forces, and development of strategic alternatives and recommendations
Course Learning Objectives (LO)
LO1. Evaluate a company, its present business position, its long-term direction, its resources and
competitive capabilities, the caliber of its strategy, and its opportunities for gaining sustainable competitive
advantage.
LO2. Assemble skills in conducting strategic analysis in a variety of industries and competitive situations.
LO3. Estimate the competitive challenges of a global market environment.
LO4. Formulate business strategy, reason carefully about strategic options, use “what-if” analysis to
evaluate action alternatives, and make sound strategic decisions.
LO5. Synthesize the managerial tasks associated with implementing and executing company strategies by
analyzing the range of actions managers can take to promote competent strategy execution.
LO6. Apply knowledge gained in earlier core curriculum in addressing strategies for organizations.
LO7. Evaluate why the different parts of a business need to be managed in strategic harmony for the
organization to operate in winning fashion.
LO8. Debate how and why ethical principles, core values, and socially responsible management practices
matter greatly in the conduct of a company’s business.
HIS 6340 – History of American Business 3 CREDITS
This course provides with business professional with a survey of the historical aspects of American business, its
leaders, and the events of the world environment that helped mold the business world of the United States. The
course places an emphasis on the historical aspects of the forces, both internal and external to the United States,
create these opportunities and threats in which the businesses operated.
Course Learning Outcomes (CLO)
CLO1. Appraise the course of American business history from the European colonial period through to the
modern day
CLO2. Assess significant. American individuals who impacted the course of American business history
Course Learning Objectives (LO)
LO 1. Appraise the history of American business as a gradual process that ranges from the pre-industrial
societies of Europe and colonial America to the fast paced, global environment of today
LO 2. Examine the influence of European economic philosophies on the course of American business
history
LO 3. Evaluate the significance of historical developments in business, economics, and organizations
throughout the course of American history (loosely defined) and how these developments changed the
scope of American business
LO 4. Debate the importance of technological advancements, inventions, philosophical outlooks, and
leadership styles and personalities in defining the course and direction of American business
LO 5. Evaluate the importance of historical developments in understanding the state of American business
today
LO 6. Examine the significance of individual Americans who impacted the course of American business
and economic history
LO 7. Analyze the impact of domestic and foreign influences on the course of American business history
LO 8. Assess the philosophical, ethical, and diplomatic challenges facing American organizations today
LO 9. Examine the process of globalization and compare and contrast the proponents of globalization and
tribalism
MGT 5310 – Entrepreneurship and Innovation 3 CREDITS
This course explores entrepreneurship and innovation as it relates to the leadership of an organization. This is
accomplished by analyzing the entrepreneurial mind in both an individual and organizational environment. This
course takes developmental cycle of an entrepreneurial organization or organizational unit, including the stages of
resource development, launching, managing growth and evaluating progress. Approaches to problem- solving are
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developed with applications made to organizational responsibilities and personal growth. (Prerequisite: MGT 5312 –
Professional Communications and Writing)
Course Learning Outcomes (LO)
CLO1. Examine the relationships between entrepreneurship, innovation, and leadership
CLO2. Analyze entrepreneurship at both the individual and organizational levels
CLO3. Assess the lifecycle of the entrepreneurial process for an organization
CLO4. Develop problem solving skills and apply organizational and individual approaches to innovation
and growth
Course Learning Objectives (LO)
LO1. Argue the need for managerial entrepreneurship with organizations.
LO2. Evaluate the nature and driving forces of entrepreneurship and the global business plan.
LO3. Integrate functional area material as it applies to starting new ventures as a standalone enterprise or as
a part of the current organization.
LO4. Demonstrate an understanding of the role and activities of entrepreneurship in a global setting.
LO5. Evaluate personal entrepreneurial tendencies and ability to create a global business plan.
LO6. Demonstrate a working knowledge of developing and submitting a business plan.
LO7. Measure the various capital sources and the process of obtaining funding within the organization or
outside the organization.
MGT 5312 - Leadership Communications and Writing 3 CREDITS
The course provides the student with the background knowledge and guidelines that will enable them to analyze
their organizational environment and develop effective leadership communication strategies. It will provide the
skills that will allow the student to analyze their environments, develop their leadership communications strategy,
apply the strategy and formulate alternative approaches. Both oral and written communications skills are covered at
five levels: intra-personal, interpersonal, group, organizational, and intercultural. Concepts from several academic
disciplines along with actual managerial examples from a variety of organizations are examined. The course
includes current topics of concerns for ethics, increasing diversity, greater job stress, and technological advances and
how these topics affect our organizational communications.
Course Learning Outcomes (CLO)
CLO1. Formulate effective leadership communication strategies.
CLO2. Categorize best-practice, communication techniques in relation to intra- personal, inter-personal,
group, organizational, and intercultural communication exchanges.
CLO3. Appraise the effects of organizational communication and culture in relation to ethics, the diversity
of the modern workforce, and job stress.
Course Learning Objectives (LO)
LO1: Appraise how to lead and communicate with integrity.
LO2: Analyze how to communicate effectively to guide and motivate others.
LO3: Compose and implement effective communication strategies for various situations.
LO4: Analyze and design communication strategies tailored to audiences.
LO5: Plan and deliver prepared and impromptu individual and prepared team oral presentations confidently
and persuasively.
LO6: Prepare effective memos, letters, e-mail correspondence, and reports.
LO7: Compose and integrate high-quality graphics into oral and written reports.
LO8: Prepare effective PowerPoint presentations and present them in stand-up and round-table
presentations.
LO9: Manage work constructively in teams, manage team meetings, and evaluate peers effectively.
LO10: Demonstrate the ability to communicate coherently, correctly, clearly, concisely, and confidently.
MGT 5340 - Issues of Management 3 CREDITS
The course provides the student with information about individual behavior within the context of the business
environment. The course surveys current trends and issues that affect today’s businesses. Topics covered are group
behavior, high performance teams, goal-framing effects, perceptions, motivation, leadership, and organizational
design and change.
Course Learning Outcomes (CLO)
CLO1. Assess individual and group behavior
CLO2. Formulate an understanding of current trends and best practices related to high performance teams
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and goal-framing effects
CLO3. Compare the effects of perceptions, leadership, and organizational design effects motivation and an
organization’s ability to manage change
Course Learning Objectives (LO)
LO1. Assess how individual behavior exists within the context of the business environment.
LO2. Analyze the roles managers perform, the skills they need to execute those roles effectively and the
way new information technology is affecting these roles and skills.
LO3. Evaluate the principal challenges managers face in today’s increasingly competitive global
environment.
LO4. Compare the significance and interrelations of individualism, perceptions, motivation, and employee
behavior.
LO5. Formulate an understanding of the various dimensions of management.
LO6. Evaluate management processes and skills that influence organizational effectiveness.
LO7. Categorize different leadership styles and their impact on subordinate and organizational
performance.
LO8. Debate the influence and opportunities of team / workgroups in the workforce.
LO9. Appraise the impact that values have upon a variety of management decisions.
LO10. Construct management skills and principles that can be successfully utilized in work-related
situations.
MGT 6311 – Human Resource Management 3 CREDITS
This course focuses on organizational planning, staff acquisition, and team development. This includes assigning
project roles and responsibilities, staffing, motivating, leading, team building, and conflict resolution. The
relationship between human resource management and project management are explored along with how HR relates
to the project life cycle. You will gain an understanding of the processes required to make effective use of people
and resources on a project. Techniques are covered related to interfacing with project stakeholders, designing
effective organizational structures, dealing with conflict on projects, fostering communication, and managing stress.
Practical self-assessment exercises are used to determine learners' communication, conflict resolution, and
leadership styles in addition to power orientation, personality type, and motivations to manage.
Course Learning Outcomes (CLO)
CLO1. Analyze and develop an effective human resources programs
CLO2. Conduct academic research and reporting in the field of HR management
CLO3. Assess the overall effectiveness of HRM functions and programs
Course Learning Objectives (LO)
LO1. Synthesize the need for human resources to relate to the strategic direction and strategy formulation
of the business
LO2. Appraise how human resources practices can and should contribute to business goals and help to
improve the quality and effectiveness of the company’s product or services
LO3. Assess the characteristics of the workforce and how they influence human resource management
LO4. Formulate an appreciation for and understanding of the context of human resources management
practices that support high-performance work systems
LO5. Evaluate HRM practices as they relate to multinational, global organizations conducting business in
the international marketplace
LO6. Debate the competencies that are needed in order for the human resources manager to become a
member of the strategy planning team within the company
LO7. Differentiate the major federal laws that affect human resource management within the company
LO8. Differentiate the behaviors that constitute sexual harassment and demonstrate an understanding of
what the company can do to eliminate or minimize it.
LO9. Debate the importance of job analysis and design in strategic and human resources management.
LO10. Evaluate the trade-offs among the various approaches to designing jobs.
LO11. Examine the major functions of HRM including job analysis, recruitment and selection process,
performance evaluation, training and development needs, compensation and benefits design, and the
employee/labor relations process.
LO12. Analyze practices for managing employee discipline and promoting safe and healthy work
environments
LO13. Assess the overall effectiveness of HRM functions and programs.
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MGT 7312 - Organizational Behavior 3 CREDITS
The course provides the student with an overview of the paradigms in organizational group dynamics. It will
explore the way in which humans act and organize themselves into groups. It will explore the “norms” that are
utilized by organizations and the forces leaders exert upon those organizations. The course is designed to create an
understanding of the interactive forces that affect and influence organizations.
Course Learning Outcomes (CLO)
CLO1. Analyze and propose an organizational structure that establishes an environment that encourages
and rewards process improvement changes
CLO2. Implement motivational systems that reward achievement of goals
CLO3. Apply organizational-behavior strategies to business objectives in an appropriate scenario
Course Learning Objectives (LO)
LO1. Compare and contrast the various types of organizational behavior
LO2. Estimate the concept of an organization’s corporate culture and its effects on the behavior of
individuals and groups in organizations.
LO3. Categorize the type of environmental forces that make it necessary for organizations to initiate
changes.
LO4. Analyze several motivational models to understand how to diagnose organizational problems that are
motivation related and to successfully prescribe solutions based on the factors identified by these models.
LO5. Compare major personality, power, and need theories as they relate to individual behavior within
organizations.
LO6. Differentiate factors that determine personality and how these factors influence an employee's actions
and reactions to superiors, coworkers, subordinates, and various job-related environments.
LO7. Assess functioning of teams and measure why the norms and values of the teams, as well as the roles
assigned to team members, influence the teams' contributions to overall organizational goals.
LO8. Apply organizational-behavior strategies to business objectives in an appropriate scenario.
LO9. Debate the significance of the organizations structure to organizational survival.
MGT 7313 - Critical Thinking and Decision Making 3 CREDITS
This course provides the tools and skills each student needs to examine and fully develop their analytical skills. It
explores the skills of the critical thinking and decision-making process and provides the students with concrete skills
that can enhance their decision-making abilities. These skills will allow them to identify and solve organizational
problems and enhance their strategic thinking abilities. Topics include problem identification, critical thinking,
problem-solving, decision-making, and ethical implications.
Course Learning Outcomes (CLO)
CLO1. Demonstrate the difference between thinking and critical thinking and how the decision maker uses
critical thinking in the decision making process
CLO2. Conduct critical thinking research as part of the decision making process
CLO3. Justify decisions based upon the critical thinking decision making model
Course Learning Objectives (LO)
LO1: Differentiate between “thinking” and critical thinking.
LO2: Compare the benefits of thinking critically and costs of fallacious reasoning.
LO3: Debate the relationship between critical thinking and decision making.
LO4: Formulate decision making through the application of critical thinking.
LO5: Choose decisions using the decision making model.
MGT 7316 - Survey of High Performing Organizations 3 CREDITS
This course provides the skills and tools required by today’s leaders to move from managing yesterday’s
organizations to leading the organization to its greatest capacity. The student will participate in projects that will
allow them to understand how to move an organization through a vision into action. Focus will be placed on
evaluating and developing the students own leadership skills and how to project the appropriate leadership image
that will motivate and inspire others.
Course Learning Outcomes (CLO)
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CLO1. Analyze and design a management system that allows for transformational leadership and team
success
CLO2. Implement a system of continuous improvement processes
CLO3. Design a conflict resolution system that promotes cohesiveness and team success
Course Learning Objectives (LO)
LO 1: Analyze self-assessments, looking for patterns and consistency, to identify managerial strengths and
weaknesses.
LO 2: Choose the appropriate media for communication in various circumstances.
LO 3: Implement defenses to minimize or avoid decision making biases.
LO 4: Create a motivational work environment using goal setting and reinforcement theory.
LO 5: Use consultative coaching to help employees grow.
LO 6: Describe how bases of power and norms can be used to influence behavior.
LO 7: Lead people to performance beyond expectations using transformational leadership.
LO 8: Contribute to team success, using those task and interpersonal behaviors known to be characteristic
of the most productive team members.
LO 9: Facilitate resolution of conflict situations, using superordinate goals, negotiation, and/or mediation.
LO 10: Implement interventions that have the most likelihood of creating desired change.
MGT 7340 – Organizational Leadership and Change Management 3 CREDITS
The course provides student with an overview of the theories found within the study of leadership and management
during periods of transition. The course explores and analyzes the attributes found in successful leaders and how the
leaders deal with periods of transition. The students explore current theories and strategies for leading an
organization through a period of change and the course provides them with the tools to improve their own
managerial and leadership skills.
Course Learning Outcomes (CLO)
CLO1. Evaluate leadership and management theories related to change management
CLO2. Analyze the attributes of effective leaders and how successful leaders deal with periods of transition
CLO3. Create managerial and leadership skills applicable to change management at the organizational level
Course Learning Objectives (LO)
LO1. Synthesize the traits of leadership
LO2. Compare the theories of leadership and management and how it affects the business environment
during periods of transition
LO3. Apply the personality, intelligence, and emotional intelligence theories and strategies as they pertain
to leadership and the development of best leadership practices in aspiring individuals
LO4. Compare and contrast the relationships between leaders, followers, and situations|
LO5. Debate why there is a focus on the successful leader’s values, traits, and behaviors
LO6. Evaluate leadership behaviors over time and examine strategies for changing behaviors and
developing leadership skills
LO7. Calculate the difficulties of leading across cultures and the "universality" of best leadership practices
LO8. Synthesize the characteristics of situational and contingency theories of leadership
LO9. Apply concepts from situational and contingency theories and models to decision making and leading
organizations during periods of change
LO10. Evaluate leadership approaches to guiding organizations through change
LO11. Apply transactional and transformational leadership theories
LO12. Debate how motivation, satisfaction and performance are interrelated
LO13. Appraise the various types of groups and teams and the type of leadership needed for each
MGT 7350 – Strategies in Organizational Leadership 3 CREDITS
This course builds on the leadership, business, and management concepts contained in the MSOM program. It
provides the student with the opportunity to synthesize prior learning and experiences, both personal and
professional. It will allow the student to expand personal thinking and explore the arena of leadership and how it
will impact the future of the individual, the organization, and the world. (Prerequisite: Final term in program or
permission from the Academic Dean. Taken with BUS 7390 - Strategy and Policy)
Course Learning Outcomes (CLO)
CLO1. Design a leadership strategy/strategic profile that allows the organization to be a good corporate
citizen
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CLO2. Analyze and recommend leadership skills needed to develop the organization into a good corporate
citizen
Course Learning Objectives (LO)
LO1. Evaluate the leadership actions needed for an organization to become a leading corporate citizen.
LO2. Propose the need for an organization to develop its vision and values in a way to create value for the
organization, its stakeholders, and society
LO3. Analyze the challenges leaders face from stockholders and outside sources that place demands on
performance that often times conflict with the need to be a leading corporate citizen.
LO4. Debate the leadership skills needed to cope with new and emerging issues.
LO5. Propose to lead with responsibility by making decisions that reflect sustainability while leading the
organization as a corporate citizen.
MGT 7360 – Integrative Project 3 CREDITS
This course provides the opportunity for the student to select a topic that broadens or encapsulates the MSOM
program learning goals through the use of a case study or real world project. The topic and course content will be
approved by the student’s advisor as well as by the professor that will facilitate the student’s project. Permission
from the student’s advisor is required in order to register for the class. The Department Chair will assign the
professor for the class. This course can be substituted for MGT 6311, MGT 7313, or MGT 7316.
Course Learning Outcomes (CLO)
CLO1. Developed by the learner and approved by the student’s advisor
Course Learning Objectives (LO)
LO1. Developed by the learner and approved by the student’s advisor
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