Management (Ph.D.)
Courses
MGT 600 Models of Organizational Excellence: Ideal Principles of Management for a Sustainable World
Organizational excellence means integrated, balanced success in all the specific areas of business. This course presents a variety of frameworks for understanding organizational excellence: students become familiar with contemporary models and with the vision of perfection presented by Maharishi Master ManagementSM. Topics include origins of the organizational excellence movement, current models of excellence, stakeholder perceptions of excellence, stage models of organizations, principles and practices of visionary organizations, and perfection through Maharishi Vedic Management. (4 credits)
MGT 601 Organizational Behavior Theory and Research: Engaging the Managing Intelligence of Nature for Perfection in Management
A review of the classic works in the Organizational Behavior (OB) literature, this course examines the main issues and questions addressed by OB since its inception in the late 1930s, including motivation, small group behavior, leadership, power, and organizational culture and change. Students will develop hypotheses for how expansion of consciousness influences OB. (2–4 credits)
MGT 605 Advanced Seminar in Management: Perceiving Subtler Knowledge Through Refined Awareness
Topics will be chosen according to current research interests of students and teachers. This seminar features in-depth exploration of advanced topics to prepare students for dissertation research. (2–4 credits)
MGT 607 Assessment and Evaluation: Measuring Growth of Self-Actualization and Enlightenment
Assessment and evaluation are important skills for science and business. In this class, students will master the fundamental principles of assessment and evaluation and gain experience in administering tests. The class project will feature a practicum in which all will contribute to developing a measure of states of consciousness. Topics include: reliability, validity, intellectual tests, abilities tests, vocational tests, personality tests, test administration, and ethical standards in testing. (4 credits)
MGT 630 Analysis of Variance: Finding Order in Diversity
This course provides an applied introduction to the most widely used statistical procedures in management research for analyzing data obtained from experiments. Applications will be emphasized that involve computer analysis of real data sets using state-of-the-art software. Topics include review of one-sample and two-sample t-test procedures, single and multi-factor analysis of variance (ANOVA), multiple comparison of group means, analysis of covariance, tests of model assumptions, power and required sample size, and introduction to regression analysis. (4 credits) Prerequisites: MGT 517 or MGT 524 (or equivalent) and permission of instructor
MGT 631 Multiple Regression Analysis: Discovering the Order and Precision of Nature’s Intelligence
This course examines contemporary procedures of multiple regression analysis for business data, primarily cross-sectional data from observational studies. Topics include review of simple regression, hypothesis tests and confidence intervals in multiple regression, modeling nonlinear regression relationships, model specification strategies, diagnostic testing of model inadequacy, analysis of interactions between variables, heteroskedasticity-robust regression, binary explanatory variables, outliers and influential observations, omitted variable bias, and assessing internal and external validity in multiple regression studies. (4 credits) Prerequisites: MGT 630 (or equivalent) and permission of instructor
MGT 632 Causal Inference in Non-Experimental Designs: Discovering the Order at the Basis of All Diversity and Change
This course will examine advanced procedures of multiple regression analysis used in contemporary management research. Special emphasis will be given to the evaluation of program effectiveness using data from quasi-experimental or non-experimental research designs. Topics include: quasi-experimental and observational designs; testing for selection bias; adjusting parameter estimates for selection bias; panel regression methods; logit and probit regression methods for regression with binary dependent variables; instrumental variables regression to correct for omitted-variable bias, simultaneous causality, and measurement error; introduction to regression analysis for time series data; estimation of dynamic causal effects. Prerequisite: MGT 631 (4 credits)
MGT 635 Experimental Research Design: Unified Knowledge through Subjective and Objective Approaches
This introductory course begins with the logic of causation and correlation in social science. We review the steps of scientific inquiry: literature review, theory development, operationalization and measurement of variables, data collection and analysis, interpretation, and write-up. Experimental and quasi-experimental research designs are treated specifically. Topics include the types of validity, the “control” of extraneous influences by design or by statistical methods, and the relationship between research design and statistical testing. (4 credits)
MGT 636 Qualitative Research Methods: Researching from the Field of Pure Subjectivity
Qualitative research is often used in research on complex behavioral systems and in the exploration of a new field of study. Using methods such as participant observation, unstructured interviewing, and the examination of documents, a scholar can form theories that may be later tested by quantitative methods or validated on other samples. Particular attention is given in this course to the methodology of grounded theorizing in multiple case studies and problems of data analysis, interpretation, and generalization. (4 credits)
MGT 689 Preparation for the Comprehensive Examination: From Broad Comprehension to Sharp Focus — Calling upon the Brain’s Total Potential
The comprehensive examination assesses the student’s ability to express and apply the knowledge from the courses in the Ph.D. program. Students are registered for this course while preparing for and writing the comprehensive examination. (4 credits)
MGT 690 Preparation for the Qualifying Examination: Effective Planning from the Field of All Possibilities
This course provides the time necessary to prepare for the qualifying examination, which demonstrates research competence. It may be in the form of a research proposal, or in another form at the discretion of the program faculty. After successful completion of this examination, students advance to the status of Ph.D. Candidate. (2–4 credits — may be repeated) Prerequisites: completion of all core curriculum and consent of the graduate faculty
MGT 692 Seminar on Writing: Communicating Knowledge in Terms of Wholeness
This course prepares doctoral students to be competent in the conception, organization, writing, and presentation of scholarly works. (4 credits)
MGT 693 Seminar on Teaching: Creating a Frictionless Flow of Knowledge
This course prepares doctoral students to be competent teachers. Topics include curriculum design; effective use of lecture, questioning, class discussion, and team-based learning; appropriate and effective use of supporting materials; and construction of effective means to assess student learning outcomes. (4 credits)
MGT 698 Research Practicum: Stabilizing Knowledge through Practical Action
Students develop research skills through hands-on experience in research activities such as literature review, instrumentation, data collection, data analysis, and report writing. (4 credits)
MGT 700 Preparing the Dissertation Proposal: Elaborating the Seed Idea from Wholeness to Point Using Nature’s Sequential Steps of Progress
Having gained doctoral candidacy by completing the comprehensive and qualifying examinations, students prepare a proposal for a doctoral dissertation that is acceptable to their major professor and dissertation committee. (2–4 credits — may be repeated) Prerequisites: Ph.D. candidate status and consent of the dissertation advisor
MGT 701 Dissertation Research: Research into the Transcendental Field of Consciousness as the Basis of Personal, Business, and Academic Success
Students conduct original research and prepare their dissertations. (2–4 credits — may be repeated) Prerequisites: approved dissertation proposal and permission of the dissertation committee
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