Presented through competing viewpoints of management, managers, and managerial criticism, learners examine and reimagine traditional management functions of planning, organizing, leading as well as the paradoxes these ideas present when applied to the complex invironmental faced by today's organizations. Resources and assignments facilitate both the comprehension and application of management theories to contemporary situations as students develop strong scholarship habits that form the basis of the program. Must be taken within the first 9 credits of the program. [ 3 credits ]