About the
College of Business
About the Certificate in
Team Management
The Team Management
Certificate focuses on:
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Interpersonal Group
Dynamics
Organizational Behavior
Managerial Principles
Team Processes
Structure Team Leadership
This Certificate is
available to
ALL FIU students.
FIU’s College of Business is
one of South Florida’s most vital
sources for business education.
As the largest of FIU’s
professional schools, the
College of Business has:
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6,000 Undergraduate students
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1,000 Graduate students
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AACSB Accreditation
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The College of Business’s
International Business
program was NATIONALLY
ranked #8 by US News and
World Report!
Open to ALL
FIU Students
(only given to 5% of the world’s
13,000 business schools)
OFFERED BY THE
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Certificate in
Team Management
Dept. of Management &
International Business
Department of
Management &
International Business
Modesto A. Maidique Campus
11200 S.W. 8th Street,
MANGO 457
Miami, FL 33199
PHONE: (305) 348-2791
FAX:
(305) 348-6146
management.fiu.edu
EFFECTIVE
2014
Certificate in
Team Management
For Business & Non-Business Students
All courses must be taken at FIU and
must be taken concurrently with a
Bachelor's degree at FIU. Students must
apply for admission to the Certificate
program with College of Business (COB)
advisors. Students are advised to visit COB
before taking any of the Certificate
courses. The student must take six
courses, 18 credit hours, and earn a minimum
grade of "C" in each course.
Required Courses:
Five courses required (15 credit hours)
MAN 3022
(Introduction to Management)
or
MAN 3025
MAN 4054
(Organization and
Management)
Managing Innovation
MAN 4120
Managing Virtual Teams
MAN 4151
Organizational Behavior
MAN 4164
Leadership
Elective Courses:
One course required (3 credit hours)
MAN 3100
Happiness at Work
MAN 4102
Managing Diversity
MAN 4152
Facilitating Activities for
Team Building
MAN 4442
International Business
Negotiations
MAN 4583
Productivity and Project
Management
MAR 4643
Decision Making and
Negotiations
COURSE
DESCRIPTIONS
MAN 4151 Organizational Behavior (3). An
analysis of selected concepts in behavioral
science, their interaction and application to
management. Topics include perception,
motivation, and group behavior.
MAN 4152 Facilitating Activities for
Teambuilding (3). This experimental and webassisted course will teach students to facilitate
activities to improve group communication,
trust, decision-making, problem solving and
interpersonal skills.
MAN 4164 Leadership (3). Designed to provide a
clear understanding of current thinking in the
area of leadership. Topics include general
leadership issues such as leader integrity and
authenticity, managing people and effecting
change and chairing effective meetings.
MAN 4442 International Business Negotiations
(3). Developing expertise in negotiations across
cultural borders, working with various suppliers,
developing multicultural project teams and
sensitivity, and developing counter proposals.
MAN 4583 Productivity and Project Management
(3). Methods and cases to measure, evaluate,
plan and improve productivity in business and
service organizations; also methods on how to
manage projects.
MAR 4643 Decision Making and Negotiations
(3). The course explores individual and group
level judgment and decision-making and
methods for de-biasing these processes. It also
presents techniques for maximizing one's
negotiating effectiveness.
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MORE INFORMATION & PRE-REQUISITES
MAN 3022 Introduction to Management (3).
Introduction to management processes:
planning, organizing, directing and controlling for
non-business majors. This course cannot be
taken by students enrolled in the College of
Business.
MAN 3025 Organization and Management (3). An
analysis of organizations and the management
processes in the context of socio-technical systems.
Only open to Business students.
MAN 3100 Happiness at Work (3). This course
emphasizes the psychological aspects of a
meaningful, fulfilling and thriving work life. It
includes theories and applications of behavioral
sciences as they relate to happiness at work.
MAN 4054 Managing Innovation (3). Addresses
managing creative people, projects and
departments. Emphasis is on motivating,
evaluating, and rewarding creative people, and
creating an environment that enhances innovation
productivity.
MAN 4102 Managing Diversity (3). Examines how
workforce diversity can lead to competitive
advantage and ethical, fair-minded decision
making. Includes topics of gender, race, ethnicity,
and other areas of diversity. Covers perception and
stereotyping, sexual harassment, the “glass ceiling,”
and legal issues.
MAN 4120 Managing Virtual Teams (3). Centers on
the analysis of selected concepts in intergroup
relations and introduces the strategies, tools and
techniques necessary for success in virtual team
environments.