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Effective Supply Chain Management (SCM) has become increasingly important to businesses. This course will provide an overview of the major concepts associated with SCM. Topics include logistics, transportation, procurement, demand forecasting, supply chain operations, information technology and global SCM.
This course introduces students to common marketing problems encountered by marketing managers and general managers. Emphasis is placed on the analysis, development, and implementation of the organization’s marketing policy, strategy, and tactics. The goal of this course is to develop an overall framework for addressing marking issues and problems in a variety of business settings.
Price and output determination in free markets is covered first. Then the relationship between the firm’s production function and its cost structure is described. Costs and industry market structure and its importance to pricing strategies are discussed in detail. Public policy, such as anti-trust legislation and government price supports that affect firm/industry behavior are covered throughout the course. Actual business examples will be used to illustrate application of theory.
This course teaches quantitative methods used in data analysis and business decision-making with an orientation towards regression analysis. This course presents the basic topics in regression including statistical inference from regression output, limitations of regression models and the pitfalls involved in their use. Analysis of both cross-sectional data and time-series data will be discussed. Additional topics include aspects of statistical process control, ANOVA, chi-square tests and logistic regression. The course is taught from an applied perspective using computer software (Excel and Minitab) to perform statistical analyses.
Develops concepts and analytical skills to address issues related to the efficient and effective management of work. Emphasizes the role of integrated processes as competitive weapons, including product and service development, and examines alignment of operational capabilities with firm strategy. Discusses the increasingly important role of process choice, design, analysis, integration, synchronization, and improvement, including lean and six sigma.
A study of the fundamental concepts of financial accounting and reporting by business entities in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The course approaches the material from the perspective of the financial statement user rather than the financial statement preparer. Therefore, emphasis is placed on the use and interpretation of information contained in business financial statements by managers, investors, and creditors.
This course is about people working in organizations and how to help them align their efforts with organizational goals. Far from authority- or coercion-based approaches, the management skills we will explore in this course focus on connecting with people–the vital and necessary first step in influencing others–and on creating work experiences that people are likely to find motivating. The more motivated people are, the more likely they are to strive toward the goals awaiting them. In addition to exploring the theories behind what motivates people to engage in certain workplace behaviors we will discuss the motivational differences that exist among different sub-groups of employees and key factors to consider in motivating teams.
A study of the basic concepts, measures, techniques, and approaches of managerial accounting. The emphasis is on understanding and developing accounting and economic concepts for decision making within profit-making and not-for-profit organizations related to such topics as short-term and long-term planning, performance measurement, transfer pricing, and traditional and contemporary product costing systems. The application of the basic concepts and approaches to small and large-sized domestic and global organizations is emphasized. Where appropriate, contemporary managerial accounting issues are stressed.
This course is designed an as introduction to international business and covers strategic, managerial, organizational and/or legal implications of doing business overseas. In addition, the course considers those international institutions and cultural differences that impact the conduct of the global firm.
A study of the acquisition and management of the financial resources of the firm. The emphasis is on developing and understanding decision making concepts related to such topics as valuation, cost of capital, capital budgeting, dividend policy, debt policy, and corporate control. The interaction between investment and financing decisions in the marketplace is emphasized in the context of risk-return considerations, and the obligation of management to security holders is considered. Where appropriate, the global environment of decisions is stressed.
This course examines the main issues involved in company strategic management, including how to formulate strategies for achieving competitive advantage in a single industry, and when and how to consider expansion through related and unrelated diversification, vertical integration or international expansion. Topics include: industry analysis, strategic positioning, business portfolio composition and portfolio change via alliances, mergers and acquisitions, or internal development.
Many sound company strategies fail in their implementation. This course examines the building blocks of successful strategy implementation, include: interactive formulation and implementation; broad participation; appropriate organization structures, integrating devises and incentives; effective evaluation and control mechanisms; and frequent feedback for course correction. Topics include the difficulty of changing an organization, typical structure and control changes as organizations grow, managing in different structures, plus turnarounds and strategic renewal.
An investigation of information technology as a facilitator of organizational strategy and business process redesign. The role of information in the evaluation and control of corporate uncertainty at the organizational and interorganizational levels is examined. Particular emphasis is placed on the successful design, implementation, and use of information technologies in both national and international organizations. Technology is emphasized.
Managing Business Ethics addresses moral reasoning and decision making in a business context. Tools for addressing ethical dilemmas are addressed from a personal, managerial, and organizational framework. Case studies are used to develop moral reasoning skills.
This course helps students integrate concepts from the different business disciplines by involving them in a complex computer simulation of realistic business situations. Teams of students are required to make business decisions involving a diverse set of business functions and activities over a series of rounds in which conditions change. Through successive phases of the simulation, students must respond to the actions of competing company teams represented by their classmates and are exposed to the consequences of their previous decisions. The course, which is taught at the end of the required core courses, requires students to draw on the material from those courses in making their decisions. Student performance in the simulation is reflected in a balance scorecard of multiple metrics. At the end of the simulation, students present their rationales for their decisions.
The primary focus of this course will be to examine the laws, policies, regulations, and norms that influence decision making for entrepreneurs and managers. Specifically, the course will examine the legal environments of new and established businesses including contract law, intellectual property law, and employment discrimination law.
This course is an introduction to the fundamentals of business analytics. Business analytics are enabled by business intelligence (BI) tools for the purpose of analytic decision making. BI systems combine gathering data, storing it, and analyzing it to present complicated company and competitive information to planners and decision makers. By providing wider visibility to plans and supporting data, analytical tools increase the return on existing organizational planning applications because they help companies understand where and how they deviate from their plan objectives. In addition, they provide shared data availability that encourages a global perspective on business performance. Real-world case studies will show students the ways organizations are using analytics to support both tactical and strategic decision-making.
