Irene Goll, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Management/Marketing Department
School of Management
University of Scranton
(717) 941-7612
Courses I Teach
Employee-Management Relations
(Prerequisite: Mgt. 351) This course will focus on the employee-management practices in contemporary society. It examines participation in unions and their spill-over effect on nonunion settings. Course topics include unions, the collective bargaining process, wages and benefits, seniority, grievance procedures, and arbitration. Discrimination in employment and equal employement opportunity will be discussed, as well as future issues in union and nonunion settings and international employee-management relations.
MGT. 460
Organization Theory
(Prerequisites: Mgt. 351) Study of the forces both within and outside the organization. Topics to be covered will include technology and size influences, conflict, boundary roles, matrix structure, political factors and sociotechnical systems.
MGT. 455
Business Policy and Strategy
(Prerequisites: Seniors only, Fin. 351, OIM 352, Mgt. 352, Mkt. 351) This is the capstone course for all business majors. Concepts and skills developed in the prerequisite courses are integrated and applied to the overall management of an organization. Topics will include setting objectives, designing strategic plans, allocating resources, organizational structuring and controlling performance.
MGT. 509
Business Policy
(Prerequisite: all other core courses) This course introduces the student to methodologies for examining strategic policy issues within organizations, primarily business organizations. In providing the student with opportunities to devise solutions, the course draws on all of the functional areas in the MBA curriculum. The course also provides the student with the opportunity to present and defend policy solutions.