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MBA
Foundation Courses
GBA 510 Financial
Accounting
Study of basic accounting concepts and methods and their significance
to management and to the financial analyst. Topics include an introduction
to financial statement analysis, the measurement of income and capital,
accounting for fixed assets, inventory costing and price level changes,
measuring and accounting for corporate debt, corporate investment
on securities and computer applications in accounting. This course
does not require previous training in accounting.
GBA 511 Corporate
Financial Management
In a risky global environment methods are studied by which firms
and individuals: (1) evaluate stocks, bonds, and investment projects;
(2) combine them in optimal portfolios; and (3) determine the best
level of debt versus equity.
GBA 512 Principles
of Management and Leadership
Analysis of current management theory and practice. Discussion of
its historical foundations and investigation of various approaches
to the management discipline. Primary emphasis on the administrative
functions of planning, decision-making, organizing, leading and
controlling.
GBA 513 Marketing
Management
Survey analysis of the operations of marketing systems. The course
emphasizes strategic planning, coordination, and adaptation of marketing
operations to opportunities in profit and nonprofit organizations.
Focus is placed upon the principle decision components of national
and international marketing, including product development, promotion,
pric- ing and distribution. Case studies are extensively employed.
GBA 514 Money, Banking
and Capital Markets
The main objective is to analyze and understand the principal forces
that are shaping U.S. world money and capital markets. Money creation,
the demand for money, and the relation of money to inflation and
financial flows are each examined. Interest rates are analyzed in
the context of portfolio choice and their behavior is carefully
examined. Emphasis is also placed on the changing role of competitive
financial institutions and the effects of these changes on the flow
of funds and monetary policy.
GBA 515 Managerial
Communications
This course is concerned with improving the methods by which people
within organizations communicate. It includes the interpretation
and application of organizational commun- ication theory for the
working or aspiring manager. Topics include: personal communication
styles; media and tools for climate; one-to-one communications;
meetings and conferences; speaking before groups; written managerial
communications; planning and producing business reports.
GBA 516 Business Statistics
This course is designed to give fundamental knowledge of principles,
concepts, and techniques involved in application of probability
and statistics to business research and managerial decisions. The
range of applications cover various functional areas such as Finance,
Marketing, Accounting, Management, Economics, and Production. Topics
covered include descriptive statistics, probability concepts and
techniques applicable in risk assessment and decision theory, statistical
inference (estimation and hypothesis testing), and some basic forecasting
models, including regression. Since a strong foundation in business
statistics is increas-ingly demanded by the sophisticated modern
business, essential college-level mathematical ability is required.
GBA 517 Fundamentals
of Management Information Systems
This is a survey course analyzing the role of information systems
in business strategy. Information systems are shown to be facilitators
of market penetration, competitive advantage and organizational
change. The material is presented within an integrated framework,
portraying information systems as being composed of organization,
management, and technology elements. Topics include: organizational
and technical foundations of information systems; applications of
information systems in all levels of decision making, including
operational, tactical and strategic decision making; management
of information as an organizational resource and various information
architectures; emerging new information systems technologies; various
approaches to building information systems and issues related to
management of information systems.
MBA
Core Courses
MBA 610 Financial
Services and the New Financial World
This course is a survey of investments, real estate finance, international
finance, new corporate financing techniques and their relation to
global macroeconomic activity and financial markets. Techniques
of investment, speculation, arbitrage, and financial leverage are
examined. Consistent with the mission and objective of offering
a broad-based introduction to the financial world, this course examines
a major part of the global business environment.
MBA 611 Global Economic
Environment of Business
The main goal of this course is to analyze and understand the global
economy in which business operates today. Attention, therefore,
centers on the key policy issues and major economic forces that
affect business activity and on the tools necessary to evaluate
these issues and forces. The former include unemployment, inflation,
fiscal policy and the true nature of budget deficits, monetary policy
and the changing financial environment, and the roles of the U.S.
dollar, productivity, and international trade. The tools of analysis
include the portfolio approach, post Keynesian and modern monetarist
approaches, rational expectations, and state-of-the-art analysis
of saving and investment. The course also explores the role played
by U.S. and world financial markets in influencing the domestic
and global economic environment.
MBA 612 Marketing
Strategy
This course focuses on marketing planning processes, concepts, methods
and strategies with global orientation at the product level as well
as the corporate level. It emphasizes the relationship between marketing
and other functions and draws upon perspectives from industrial
economics, corporate finance and strategic management literature.
Marketing strategies and contemporary firms are discussed as they
relate to industrial and consumer products and services. The overall
objective of the course is to help students incorporate and apply
the skills, methods and insights they have acquired in prior marketing
and other business courses in the design and implementation of marketing
strategies.
MBA 613 Organizational
Behavior
This course analyzes both the formal and informal aspects of the
management process. Topics include: human behavior in an organizational
environment, individual behavior patterns, superior/subordinate
relationships, group dynamics, communication, motivation and decision-making,
and the impact of innovation and change on the organization.
MBA 614 Operations
Management
Analysis and synthesis of important problems encountered in the
management of operations in a business organization. Analytical
methods employed in solving problems such as inventory, queuing,
network models, linear programming and PERT are explored. Emphasis
is on problem solving and decision-making in such areas as investment
in operations, production planning, scheduling and control, reliability
and maintenance.
MBA 615 Management
in a Global Society
Explores the global environment in which business is conducted,
with emphasis on legal, social, and political dimensions. The demands
for ethical responsibility in business are explored and evaluated.
International
MBA Concentration Courses
IBU 701 International
Business
An introduction to international business and examination of those
aspects of economics, finance, investment, and trade that have an
international dimension. Topics include: historical development
of multinational enterprises, relations between multinational corporations
and host countries, and special problems associated with international
operations.
IBU 702 International
Financial Markets
Analysis of financial opportunities and risks resulting in global
market investment, with a focus on international portfolio diversification
and management. Topics include determinants of foreign exchange
rate and international capital flows; balance of payment analysis
techniques; foreign exchange risk management, especially hedging
and speculation strategies; the reasons for and impact from official
intervention; a study of the Eurocurrency and Eurobond markets as
well as a review of leading indicators for the various international
stock markets.
IBU 703 International
Trade
Includes a review of the principles of international trade, its
magnitude, direction and industrial classification, as well as the
institutions (GATT, etc.) facilitating it. The course focuses on
practical techniques and problems of exporting and importing with
special attention to small business. Topics include: sources of
marketing information; techniques of payment and collections; currency
fluctuation problems and hence balance of payment analysis; sources
and uses of funds to finance foreign trade; and government assistance.
IBU 706 Comparative
International Management
Comparisons among national managerial systems are made to emphasize
contrasts and similarities. The functional interrelationships between
managers and their international environments as well as the problems
of cross-national cooperation are highlighted.
IBU 750 International
Business Seminar
Analysis of the decision-making processes and methods for defining,
analyzing, and resolving contemporary international financial and
trade problems. Emphasis is upon assessing international developments
and trade relating to business.
Capstone:
3 Credits
MBA 800 Business Policy
Course covers the development and implementation of corporate and
business strategy, building upon and integrating the work of the
other courses, and providing insight into the key components of
successful strategies. As an integrating experience, students are
expected to bring their overall acquired business knowledge to bear
on the intricacies of strategy development and decision-making.
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