This course is designed to give students a practitioner's ability to utilize quantitative decision making tools and techniques commonly used in business. The QDM tools and techniques used in operations management, inventory management, marketing, project management and finance are covered. Topics include hypothesis testing, confidence intervals, subjective probability, decision trees, Bayes Theorem and regression.

Upon completion of the course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Utilize hypothesis testing, confidence intervals and regression to obtain a quantitative basis to make business decisions.
2. Apply decisions trees to qualitative situations in business.
3. Apply subjective probabilities to provide insight into business situations involving uncertainty and risk.
4. Utilize decision software designed to support qualitative business decision making.
    

This course investigates the international business environment and identifies the measures that a business firm must undertake in order to operate successfully in the global marketplace. An introduction is made to the political economy of international trade and investment along with the global monetary system, where emphasis is placed upon national and cultural differences that shape economic policies and business practices. Ethical issues and conflicts that arise in such a diverse environment are addressed. The strategies and structures are identified that firms must embrace in organizing their operations to effectively compete across different business environments. The proper steps firms must undertake in performing key functions and in conducting business transactions globally are covered.

Upon completion of the course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Deconstruct 21st century economic and business trends in an historic context.
2. Evaluate the impact of global institutions and their actions on the world business environment.
3. Assess the impact of economic integration on global institutions and world business trends.
4. Prepare an organization for the process of internationalization.
    

This course focuses on the application of economic theory to examine how an organization can efficiently achieve its aims or objectives. The tools and applications used by organizations to make decisions and assess their outcomes in a global context are covered. Topics include advanced supply demand analysis and estimation, production and cost analysis, market structure and price analysis, regulation and risk analysis, and global pricing practices.

Upon completion of the course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Forecast market trends in prices and industry profitability in a global context.
2. Assess the competitiveness of a firm within an industry from a production and cost perspective in a global environment.
3. Analyze market demand from a competitive and profitability perspective in a global environment.
4. Analyze the impact of global forces on market structure and firm behavior.
    

This course focuses on how legal and regulatory systems affect firms, business strategy, and the decision making process of organizational members. Topics include contracts, commercial and employment law, intellectual property and fraud. The differences between domestic and international legal systems and impact on business operations and ethical perceptions are addressed.

Upon completion of the course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Apply domestic and international legal concepts to the operation of a firm.
2. Assess the need for legal counsel in business situations.
3. Understand the principles of commercial, employment, fraud, and intellectual property law.
4. Assess the impact of legal and regulatory systems of foreign markets in the execution of business operations.
    

This course covers the tools, techniques and methodologies used by managers to plan, design, and implement control systems that create/produce services and/or goods in an organization. The decisions for which operations managers are held accountable, methods used to make those decisions, and the factors affecting productivity, effectiveness and efficiency in an organization are covered. Topics include strategic considerations in operations management, operations decision making, quality management, forecasting, just-in-time inventory management, the impact of culture on the management of operations, and facility location for an international network.

Upon completion of the course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Apply the basic terms, principles, concepts, techniques, tools and methodologies of operations management.
2. Perform representative analysis and problem solving.
3. Review and examine techniques of enterprise control and performance management.
4. Assess the impact of strategic managerial actions on the shape and direction of the operational function.
5. Develop an operations plan which integrates human, technological and economic factors.
6. Assess the impact of culture on the operations function.
7. Assess the linkage between the factors that affect the operations system.
    

This course examines human behavior and social relationships in the workplace setting from a domestic and intercultural perspective. The theories, history and practice of promoting effective individual and group behavior in organizations across cultures are covered. Topics include groups and teams, multicultural teams, power and influence, trust, gender and equality, the impact of culture on work behavior, and creating cultural synergy in a multicultural work environment.

Upon completion of the course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Deconstruct the dynamics and complexities of individual and group behavior in a workplace setting.
2. Build multicultural teams.
3. Recognize and manage issues of justice, gender, equality, ethics and trust as they arise in the workplace.
4. Design a plan to promote cultural synergy in a workplace setting.
    

This course gives students the opportunity to study effective organizational communication essential for executive and transformational leadership. Organizational communication structure, ethical communication styles, and executive summary techniques are examined. Strategies for effective leadership communication are explored at all levels of the organization.

Upon completion of the course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Apply and present effective executive communication techniques.
2. Evaluate the ethical dimension of organizational communication.
3. Apply communication theory to the analysis of case studies.
4. Articulate an executive mission and vision.
5. Analyze and compare organizational communication climates.

This course provides a theoretical framework to analyze and evaluate the ethical dimension of leadership practices. Topics include the implementation of ethical leadership models and practices, ethical considerations in multinational organizational strategy, and building and maintaining international partnerships. The case method is employed to analyze and evaluate the leaders of firms diverse in their perspective and scope.

Upon completion of the course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Apply ethical leadership techniques.
2. Evaluate the ethical dimension of organizational strategy with an emphasis on social responsibility.
3. Analyze ethical leadership models via the case study method.
4. Evaluate the impact of leadership practices on organizational climate.
5. Articulate the unique challenges of ethical leadership in international partnerships.
    

This course examines on the principles and techniques of managerial cost accounting. It covers various cost accounting techniques and the effective use of accounting information for business decision making. Topics include cost-volume-profit analysis, activity based costing, activity based management, inventory costing and capacity analysis, cost allocation, and budgeting.

Upon completion of the course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Use cost accounting techniques to support decision making in an organization.
2. Solve previously unseen problems using the concepts and techniques of managerial accounting.
3. Apply strategic cost management techniques.
4. Contribute to the management capacity of a firm by proper use of costing information.

This course examines the principles of corporate finance and the tools and practices used in financial decision making. It examines the treasury function of an organization and the decisions made by the treasurer. Topics include long term financing, capital budgeting decisions, beta, debt-equity options, dividend policy analysis, and IPOs.

Upon completion of the course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Use tools and techniques of corporate finance.
2. Support treasurer level decision making with financial information.
3. Make capital budget decision.
4. Create a divided policy.
5. Prepare financial information necessary to take a company public.

This course is the capstone for the MBA program. Students integrate knowledge from previous courses to analyze and evaluate competitive strategies used by firms. The case method is applied to a wide variety of industries and business issues. In addition, students have the live case experience of working with a sponsoring organization. Students assess the external and internal environments of the organization and develop a strategic plan.

Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Utilize appropriate tools to analyze and evaluate strategic decisions of firms.
2. Design strategies to obtain and sustain competitive advantage.
3. Create a strategic plan to address an organizational need.