Business and Economics Department

• Mission Statement
• Faculty and Staff
• Degrees
• Course Descriptions
• Business and Economics Department Contact Information

Mission Statement

The Department of Business and Economics works toward developing effective decision-makers and leaders in both the private and public sectors through a strong practical business education as well as a comprehensive liberal arts education. Academic programs instill excellence, build confidence, and develop strong leadership skills that graduates can use throughout their careers.

Faculty and Staff

Biga, Kay - Assistant Professor

Butler, Rebecca - Senior Lecturer, Accounting

Cao, Mei - Associate Professor, Transportation & Logistics

Carlson, Diek - Senior Lecturer, Economics

Christensen, Ethan - Assistant Professor, Marketing

Derick, Kathleen - Academic Department Associate, Transportation & Logistics

Dorin, Patrick - Senior Lecturer, Transportation & Logistics

Hembd, Jerry - Professor

Johnson, David - Associate Professor, Finance

Kibler, Bruce - Senior Lecturer, Management

Laughlin, Jill - Lecturer

Mahjabeen, Rubana - Asst Professor

Mahmud, Sakib - Assistant Professor

McCoon, Mark - Assistant Professor

Mokashi, Amit - Assistant Professor

Moran, Richard - Senior Lecturer

Nys, Anne - Senior Lecturer, Accounting

Opall, Brent - Assistant Professor

Osell, Shawn - Senior Lecturer, Economics

Pettingill, Kathryn - Academic Department Associate

Plasch, Edith - Senior Lecturer, Accounting

Roemhildt, Cassandra - Research Specialist, Transportation & Logistics

Simkins, Zamira - Assistant Professor, Economics

Spott, Patrick - Senior Lecturer, Business

Stewart, Richard - Professor

Degrees

• Master of Science in Sustainable Management

Course Descriptions

Go to: BUS - BusinessSMGT - Sustainable Management

BUS - Business
Catalog Nbr.	Course Title/Course Topics	Credits
BUS 583	Organization Behavior and Development	3.00
	Advanced study of organizations, the impact of human factors and management principles, and organization development is used to direct and manage change. Course is designed to build one's understanding of the theories and concepts for managing human behavior in organizations. Focus on case analysis and class exercises. Prerequisites: BUS 380.
SMGT - Sustainable Management
Catalog Nbr.	Course Title/Course Topics	Credits
SMGT 700	Cultural and Historical Foundations of Sustainability	3.00
	The changing relationships of humans to the natural environment; changes in dominant scientific perspectives and the process of scientific debate. The quest for understanding, manipulating, and dominating the natural world. Cultural and organizational structures; the role and impact of technology; the systems approach to problem solving and its implications for the future.
	Prerequisites: Admission to M.S. in SMGT Program.
	Typically Offered: Fall and Spring Terms
SMGT 710	The Natural Environment	3.00
	Natural cycles, climate, water, energy, bio-systems, eco-systems, the role of humans in the biosphere; human impacts on natural systems. Use of case studies; some pre-reading, carbon cycle as a unifying theme. Disturbance pollution and toxicity; carrying capacity; natural capital.
	Prerequisites: Admission to M.S. in SMGT Program.
	Typically Offered: Fall and Spring Terms
SMGT 720	Applied Research and the Triple Bottom Line	3.00
	Document and project internal and external costs resulting from the inseparability of the natural, social and economic environments. Assess sustainability issues using basic modeling techniques; cause and effect, root cause analysis, regression analysis and business scenario based cases.
	Prerequisites: Admission to M.S. in SMGT Program.
	Typically Offered: Fall and Spring Terms
SMGT 730	Policy, Law and Ethics of Sustainability	3.00
	The Law and Ethics regarding sustainability of Economic development and emerging environmental challenges at national and international levels; including National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Carbon Footprints, Kyoto protocol, and Brundtland Commission. The policy and role of government and its agencies such as Army Corps of Engineers; Department of Interior, etc., in building a more just, prosperous, and secure environmental common future.
	Prerequisites: Admission to M.S. in SMGT Program.
	Typically Offered: Fall and Spring Terms
SMGT 740	Economics of Sustainability	3.00
	Understand the economy as a component of the ecosystem within which it resides, with natural capital added to the typical analysis of human, social, built, and financial capital. Explore traditional micro, macro, and international trade theory and policy and the implications of sustainability. Topics include: history of economic systems and thought; globalization and localization; distinguishing between growth and development; the nature and causes of market failure; consumption, consumerism, and human well-being; emerging markets; technological change; business organization and financial market alternatives; demographic change; and the global food economy.
	Prerequisites: Admission to M.S. in SMGT Program.
	Typically Offered: Fall and Spring Terms
SMGT 750	The built Environment	3.00
	Explore how the built environment came to be and the intersection of human needs: water, air, food, water, waste, transportation, healthcare and education. Evaluate community design: what does a sustainable community look like? Study related technologies and evaluate alternatives, discuss unintended consequences. Course will include case studies.
	Prerequisites: Admission to M.S. in SMGT Program.
	Typically Offered: Fall and Spring Terms
SMGT 760	Geopolitical Systems	3.00
	An examination of decision making and public policy for sustainability at the national, state, and local level, with emphasis on the social, economic, political factors affecting decisions within both the public and private sectors. Attention is given to formal American policy making processes, informal grassroots activities and consensus building, public engagement with sustainability decisions, corporate sustainability actions and reporting, the promise of public-private partnerships and collaborative decision making, and practical examples of how decision making fosters effective transitions to sustainability goals at all levels.
	Prerequisites: Admission to M.S. in SMGT Program.
	Typically Offered: Fall and Spring Terms
SMGT 770	Leading Sustainable Organizations	3.00
	A macro-level perspective on leading sustainable organizations. Topics addressed include: organizational change and transformation processes, strategic and creative thinking, organizational structures and their impacts, conflict management and negotiation, stake holder management and situational leadership styles and behaviors. Focuses on how organizational leaders develop and enable sustainable organizations, especially in times of environmental change.
	Prerequisites: Admission to M.S. in SMGT Program.
	Typically Offered: Fall and Spring Terms
SMGT 780	Corporate Social Responsibility	3.00
	Corporate social responsibility and an organization. Evaluation of risks and potential impacts in decision making recognizing the links between the success of an organization and the well being of a community. Integrating corporate social responsibility throughout an organization, creating metrics and communicating CSR policies internally and externally. Development of best practices in an organization pertaining to corporate social responsibility.
	Prerequisites: Admission to M.S. in SMGT Program.
	Typically Offered: Fall and Spring Terms
SMGT 782	Supply Chain Management	3.00
	Planning, organizing and controlling the organization's supply chain is examined in context of the triple bottom line. Total cost analyses or product and process life cycles are considered in the context of strategy and operations. Topics include: sourcing, operations, distribution, reverse logistics and service supply chains. Process measurements and the impact on organizational performance in the context of footprints (e.g. carbon, water, pollution). Discussion of existing and potential software systems.
	Prerequisites: Admission to M.S. in SMGT Program.
	Typically Offered: Fall and Spring Terms
SMGT 784	Sustainable Water Management	3.00
	This course addresses practical applications of sustainability in aquatic environments. Topics covered include water and health, water quality and quantity, governance, assessing the aquatic environment, water treatment technologies, environmental mitigation, and impacts of climate change. Emphasis will be on selected areas of interest from the perspective of public health, engineering, and municipal conservation management.
	Prerequisites: Admission to M.S. in SMGT Program.
SMGT 785	Waste Management and Resource Recovery	3.00
	Topics include the generation, processing, management and disposal of municipal, industrial and agricultural waste with an emphasis on the technical, economic and environmental aspects of various recovery processes. Additional topics will include producer responsibility, design for environment and life cycle analysis.
	Prerequisites: Admission to M.S. in SMGT Program.
	Typically Offered: Fall and Spring Terms
SMGT 790	Capstone Preparation Course	1.00
	Research, data analysis, scholarly inquiry resulting in project proposal.
	Typically Offered: Fall and Spring Terms
SMGT 792	Capstone Project	3.00
	Completion of approved project utilizing concepts from coursework.
	Typically Offered: Fall and Spring Terms
SMGT 799	Study Abroad	3.00
	Study abroad courses are conducted in various parts of the world and are led by one or more faculty members. This course may be repeated in different locations.
	Prerequisites: Admission to M.S. in SMGT Program.
	Typically Offered: Occasional by Demand

Business and Economics Department Contact Information

Business and Economics Department
University of Wisconsin - Superior
Erlanson Hall 301
Belknap and Catlin Ave.
P.O. Box 2000
Superior, WI 54880
Phone: 715-394-8206
Email: business@uwsuper.edu