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Accountancy
This course is a study of the concepts and applications of financial and managerial accounting. The course emphasizes the use of accounting information and the analysis of accounting statements rather than the recording of transactions and the preparation of accounting statements.
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Corporate Finance
This course provides a foundation of managerial economics and covers financial principles and techniques which are essential for understanding the financial management function of a firm.
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Business Policy and the Social and Ethical Environment
This course focuses on the concepts of social responsibility and ethics in strategic business settings, within the context of business law. Coverage includes strategic business concepts and associated legal issues. An examination of a firm's mission, goals, and business strategy will be considered within an ethical and legal framework. Diverse viewpoints regarding the nature and limits of corporate social responsibility will be explored in the context of alternative strategic choices for the firm. The emphasis will be on understanding the conceptual tools to analyze behaviors in the context of business decision making.
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Global Business and Intercultural Communication
This course enables participants to explore how business practices and policies are affected by international, cultural, political, legal, social, and economic environments. Viewed from the perspective of corporate managers and entrepreneurs, this course provides a global foundation for other business work; for example, in accounting, information management, finance, management, and marketing. Additionally, intercultural communication skills required to conduct business successfully in a global environment will be examined. Written and oral reports will be incorporated to provide practical knowledge about intercultural business communication.
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Managerial Accounting
This course emphasizes the use of accounting information for planning, control, and decision making. The managerial accounting topics covered include job order costing, cost allocation, service costing, activity-based costing, standard costing, transfer pricing, and global accounting issues.
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Financial Management
This course will focus on a contemporary study of issues and problems in financial management. Issues to be examined include short-term financing, capital budgeting, asset pricing theory, sources of long-term capital, optimal capital structure, corporate restructuring and international dimensions of corporate financial management.
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Customer-Driven Marketing Management
Participants consider marketing theory, concepts, and processes used by organizations to create customer value, achieve and sustain competitive advantage and accomplish their strategic mission and objectives. The course emphasizes planning, implementing, and evaluating customer-driven marketing strategies to respond effectively to complex global, cultural, technological, competitive, and other market or environmental factors.
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Business Process Management
Improving business processes is fundamental to competitive organizations and their significant supply chain partners. The increasingly integrated areas of purchasing, operations, and logistics are examined. Participants will either develop and simulate new systems or improve existing systems within the supply chain of an organization.
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Managing Human Resources and Behavior
Work is a dominant theme in the lives of most people. The way people are managed and relate to one another affects the quality of their lives and the effectiveness of their organizations. Understanding individual differences, sources of behavior, choices people make, and how issues come together in groups and organizations is imperative for today's managers. The course instructional technology ranges from lecture to self-directed work. There is an emphasis on participative and experiential learning.
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Technology for Business Innovations
This course is focused on information technologies for business innovations. Emphasis is placed on the understanding of emerging IT and how it has been innovatively used to support a variety of business processes through value-generating activities. The role of information technology in facilitating business innovations is examined through real-world cases and hands-on projects.
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International Finance
Participants will study contemporary issues in the areas of multinational financial management and international investments with emphasis on the management of currency risk. The areas to be examined include international treasury cash management, multinational capital budgeting and hedging of transactions, operations and translation exposure.
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Business Venturing
This course focuses on all aspects of starting a new business, with emphasis on the critical role of recognizing and creating opportunities. Topics include evaluation of opportunities, sources of financing, and challenges of rapid growth.
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Multinational Marketing Management
Participants will analyze the global marketing environment and evaluate market entry strategies including exporting, licensing and direct investment. They will also develop and assess multinational product, pricing, promotional, and distribution strategies. There will be a critical discussion of contemporary international marketing issues.
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Business Strategy
This is an advanced examination of the tasks of formulating long-run strategy for the organization. Using strategic cases and/or simulations, the course includes methods of (1) developing opportunities from analyses of environmental and market trends, (2) understanding company strengths, weaknesses, and competencies, and (3) directing the integration of strategy with operating plans through formal and informal networks. This is an integrative capstone course designed to provide a total business perspective.
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