Courses & Syllabi

Provides fundamental understanding of applying microeconomics concepts to managerial decision making. Explores principles of microeconomic theory, including market supply and demand, production and cost functions, industry structure, and product and resource pricing.

MBA 603 001,002 (Spring 2013)
MBA 603 001 (Fall 2012)
MBA 603 002 (Fall 2012)

MBA 603 002 (Spring 2012)

MBA 603 001 (Spring 2012)

MBA 603 001 (Fall 2011) 

MBA 603 002 (Fall 2011)

Examines impact of cost and cost allocation on performance and evaluation.

MBA 612-002 (Spring 2011)

MBA 612-X03 (Summer 2011)

Foundation course focusing on economics and analysis of business transactions and related financial reporting issues. Topics include introduction to accounting framework used in financial reporting; and analysis of financial statements, economic events and their impact on financial reports, and impact of accounting methods on financial reports.

MBA 613-001 (Spring 2011)
MBA 613-002 (Spring 2011)

MBA 613-001 (Fall 2011)

MBA 613-003 (Fall 2011)

MBA 613-001 (Spring 2012) 

MBA 613-002 (Spring 2012)   
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Develops market-based knowledge and skills for effective marketing decision making, strategy design, implementation, and evaluation in wide variety of institutional and competitive situations. Addresses the importance of companies being market-driven and customer-focused. Emphasis on case studies, team work, and projects.

MBA 623 (Spring 2011)
MBA 623 001 (Spring 2012)
MBA 623 002 (Spring 2012)
MBA 623 605 (Spring 2012)

MBA 623 001 (Fall 2012)
MBA 623 002 (Fall 2012)

MBA 623 001 (Spring 2013)
MBA 623 002 (Spring 2013)  

Uses statistical methods as analytical tools for understanding and solving business problems and supporting business decision making. Includes descriptive statistics, sampling, inferencing and regression. Extensive use of applied business scenarios to illustrate concepts and computer software for data analysis.

MBA 633 (Spring 2011)
MBA 633 002 (Fall 2011)
MBA 633 001 (Fall 2011)
MBA 633 003 (Fall 2011)
MBA 633 001 (Spring 2012)
MBA 633 606 (Spring 2012)
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MBA 633 001 Spring 2013   

Focuses on design, planning, and control activities to produce and deliver goods and services in modern organizations. Introduces wide range of operations management decisions, such as operations strategy, process analysis and design, capacity planning, supply chain management, total quality management, and project management. Uses quantitative modeling, case studies, and computer software to analyze and solve operations management problems.

MBA 638-001 (Spring 2011)
MBA 638-002 (Spring 2011)
MBA 638-003 (Spring 2011)
MBA 638 002 (Fall 2011)
MBA 638 001 (Spring 2012)
MBA 638 003 (Spring 2012)
MBA 638 002 (Spring 2012)
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MBA 638 002 Spring 2013
MBA 638 001 Spring 2013
MBA 638 003 Spring 2013     

Introduces theory and practice of finance within corporations. Topics include intertemporal choice, valuation, capital budgeting and structure, working capital management, and risk and return analysis.

MBA 643 002 (Spring 2013)
MBA 643 001 (Spring 2013)
MBA 643 002 (Fall 2012)
MBA 643 001 (Fall 2012)
MBA 643 002 (Spring 2012)
MBA 643 001 (Spring 2012)
MBA 643 001 (Fall 2011)
MBA 643 002 (Fall 2011)
MBA 643-001 (Spring 2011)
MBA 643-002 (Spring 2011)

Emphasizes development of conceptual tools for understanding and analyzing individual and group behavior in organizations and organizational processes. Considerable focus on developing relevant skills for working in groups and teams. Lectures, discussions, case analyses, and class exercises.

MBA 653 (Spring 2011)
MBA 653-004 (Fall 2011)
MBA653-001 & 002 (Fall 2011)
MBA653-001-(Spring2012)
MBA653-003-(Fall 2012)
MBA653-001 (FAll 2012)
MBA653-002 (Fall 2012)
MBA653-001 (Spring 2013) 

The strategic, economic and managerial aspects of managing an organization’s IT assets are covered. The business value of IT is understood and assessed in context of its impact on the organization’s structure and strategy. The course includes discussion on major issues pertaining management of IT infrastructure.

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MBA 662 001 Spring 2013

Examines the managerial impact of the law upon decision-making processes in business organizations. Lectures as well as discussions of judicial opinions and readings.

MBA 673-002 Spring 2011
MBA 673-X01 Summer 2011
MBA 673-X02 Summer 2011 
MBA673-X04 Summer 2011 
MBA673-001 (Spring 2012)
MBA673-B01 (Summer 2012)
MBA673-B02 (Summer 2012)
MBA673-B03 (Summer 2012)
MBA673-615 (Fall 2012)
MBA673-001 (Spring 2013)  

Strengthens the student’s ability to identify, critically analyze, appropriately respond to, and provide leadership regarding the issues of ethical and socially responsible behavior which they may confront as employees and eventually as managers of people, objects, and organizations.

MBA674-B01 (Summer 2012)
MBA674-B02 (Summer 2012)
MBA674-B03 (Summer 2012)
MBA674-001 (Fall 2012)
MBA674-002 (Fall 2012)
MBA674-614 (Spring 2013) 
MBA674-002 (Spring 2013) 

Capstone course focusing on strategy development at business unit and corporate level. Cases, readings, and project format familiarize students with strategic management function and help them develop analytical, organizational, and managerial skills to analyze complex business situations. Provides opportunities to integrate knowledge gained in prior course work.

MBA 678-001 (Spring 2011)
MBA 678-002 (Spring 2011)
MBA678-001 (Fall 2011)
MBA678-002 (Fall 2011)
MBA678-001(Spring 2012)  
MBA678-002 (Spring 2012)
MBA678-001 (Fall 2012)
MBA678-002 (FAll 2012)
MBA678-002 (Spring 2013)  
 

Develops framework for business analysis and valuation using financial statement data. Analyzes management decisions such as equity valuation, creditworthiness, merger valuation, corporate financial structure, and management communication strategy.

MBA 702-X02-(Summer 2011)

Applies theories and methods of corporate financial management to series of complex cases. Topics include capital projects as real options, cost of capital and capital structure, firm valuation, project finance, and merger and acquisition analysis.

Explores relationship among financial markets including global equity markets, U.S. Treasury securities, and exchange-traded and over-the-counter financial derivative instruments such as futures, options, swaps, and asset-backed securities.

MBA 703 002 (Fall 2012)


MBA 703 001 (Fall 2011)

Considers how to identify, measure, and manage financial risk using innovative financial instruments and diversification strategies. Focuses on derivatives as tools in risk-management plans.

MBA 704-001 (Fall 2011)

Considers market microstructure of venture capital and private finance: costs and benefits from employing private financing, interaction between the financiers and entrepreneurs, financial analysis of potential ventures, and investor exit strategies.

MBA 705 001 (Fall 2012)
MBA 705-001 (Fall 2011)

Focuses on analyzing equity securities and debt instruments given implications of efficient market hypothesis and modern capital market theory.

MBA 706 001(Spring 2013)
MBA 706 001 (Fall 2012)

MBA 706 001 (Spring 2012)

MBA 706 (Spring 2011)

Provides framework for making managerial decisions in global tax environment. Examines business decisions such as location of facilities, employee compensation, mergers and acquisitions, capital and asset structure, and business form.

MBA 708-002 (Spring 2011)

MBA 708-002 (Spring 2012)  

Considers fundamental aspects of entrepreneurship and process of new venture creation. Draws on broad range of business disciplines including management, marketing, finance, and accounting to develop evaluation and execution skills.

MBA711-001 (Fall 2011)
MBA711-001 (Fall 2012)
MBA711-001 (Spring 2013)  
 

Focuses on designing, planning, monitoring, and controlling projects. Involves practical examination of how projects should be managed from start to finish, including specific emphasis on how to avoid common pitfalls. Includes hands-on experience with a common project management software package.

MBA 712 001 (Fall 2011)
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MBA 712 001 Spring 2013   

Strategic human resource functions from both a general manager and HR perspective. Students become acquainted with current talent management matters facing organizations in today’s business environment and are challenged to generate and debate creative solutions to prevalent issues. Topics include hiring, firing, rewarding, compensating, managing performance, career development, global HR issues, and workplace security.

MBA713-001 (Spring 2012)
MBA713-002 (Spring 2013) 

Focuses on unique challenges faced by small and entrepreneurial firms that seek long-term growth. Builds on concepts and knowledge of creating start-up company, and introduces processes and strategies required to become significant player in industry segment. Designed for students interested in understanding opportunities and problems in their own businesses, employment in small or entrepreneurial businesses, or exploring corporate entrepreneurship within large firms.

MBA714-001 (Spring 2012)
MBA714-001 (Spring 2013)

Examines advanced topics in project and program management with specific attention to issues and skills that managers needs to effectively manage multiple projects and programs. Topics include project selection, multiple project resource allocation, and organization of project office.

MBA 715 (Spring 2011)
MBA 715 001 (Spring 2012)
MBA 715 001 Spring 2013 

Focuses on the globalization of business activities, the strategic challenges faced by companies in global competition, and how companies strategically respond to these new competitive challenges.

MBA716-001 (Fall 2011)

Advanced analysis of managing firm’s international financial operations. Topics include currency risk, political risk, returns and funding of international projects, international markets and accounting, and cost of capital. Lecture, discussion, readings, and cases.

MBA 717 001 (Spring 2013
MBA717-002 (Spring 2012)

Addresses marketing process for products and services within major international markets. Topics include marketing mix strategies using standardization, localization, or globalization approaches. Emphasizes the introduction of service innovations and new products in the global market.

Permits MBA students to work with entrepreneurial community to gain first-hand knowledge of process of soliciting second-stage funding for new businesses, evaluating applications for second-stage funding, consulting for entities seeking funding, and negotiations for obtaining second-stage funding. (Note: May be repeated three times in different semesters.)

MBA719-DL1 (Spring2012)
MBA719-DL1 (Spring 2013) 

Develops skills to plan and implement effective marketing research studies. Topics include research design, data collection, statistical analysis, and use of database systems. Offers perspective on how managers can use market data to develop successful product or service strategies.

MBA 721 001 Spring 2012


MBA 721 001 Spring 2013

An integrated analysis of internal and external influences on consumer decision making, purchase, and consumption behaviors with attention to marketing strategy implications. Emphasizes demographics, lifestyle, situation, perception, learning, and attitude formation and change, focusing on customer segmentation, satisfaction, loyalty, and product-person relationships.

Examines logistics of supply chain systems, including inventory management, distribution channels, and information systems. Emphasizes strategic alliances and international issues.

MBA 723-002 (Spring 2011)
MBA 723 002 (Spring 2012)

Examines all forms of communication and sources of brand or company contacts as potential message channels in building relationship with customers. Focuses on integrated planning process for all communication elements, including consumer and trade advertising, public relations, direct and database marketing, promotions, and sales presentations to achieve synergy in communicating with various constituencies.

MBA 724 Spring 2011

MBA 724 Spring 2012

MBA 724 Spring 2013

Overview of major conceptualizations of leadership and motivation in organizations. Integrates theory, research, and applications. Students apply principles of leadership and motivation to their own work situations and case evaluation.

MBA725-001 (Fall 2011)
MBA725-001 (Fall 2012)
MBA725-002 (Spring 2013)
 

Focuses on theory, processes, and practice of negotiation within and across organizations, including attention to ethical issues. Explores systematic ways to increase quality of negotiated agreements, including methods of preparation, effective communication, and various strategies to increase power. Format includes negotiation exercises, lecture, and discussion.

MBA 726 (Spring 2011)
MBA 726 (Spring 2012) 

Students will develop a strong conceptual foundation for managing technological innovation. It introduces frameworks for analyzing how firms can create, commercialize and capture value from products and services. Topics covered comprise the formulation of innovation strategies, the process of developing new products and services, and how to create and manage an innovative organization to drive revenue growth.

Studies methods and tools for analyzing and designing business information systems with emphasis on business processes. Topics include data modeling, process modeling, interaction analysis, and user interface.

Examines firms that use knowledge management principles and approaches: intellectual capital, human capital, customer capital, tacit and explicit knowledge, new role of chief knowledge officer, leveraging of knowledge management.

Introduces data communications and telecommunications technologies and application in business, including LANs, WANs, PBXs, voice services, network operating systems, corporate internetworking, and Internet. Analyzes data communications industry, and business applications in manufacturing and service sectors, along with regulatory issues and impact of globalization.

Examines how e-commerce and e-business affect digital economy. Discusses, compares business models, strategies for e-commerce.

MBA 734 (Spring 2011)
MBA 734 001 (Fall 2011)
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The business world is increasingly interconnected. “Systems Thinking” is a way to understand the structure of a system and its relationship to behavior, and provides a foundation for making more effective management decisions in an interconnected world. The course introduces fundamentals of systems thinking, and involves hands-on use of “systems thinking” tools and techniques to improve performance in a variety of situations spanning different industries.

Considers specific objectives of IT governance and policy, frameworks that help chart roadmap for this function, and tools and techniques used in specific areas of IT governance.

Examines how data warehouses and data mining are used to help businesses successfully gather, structure, analyze, understand and act on relevant data, both operational and contextual.
 

MBA 738 001 (Fall 2011)
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Introduces methodologies to assess security and control issues concerning accounting and other information systems. Key feature of course is applying computer-assisted audit tools and techniques to test effectiveness of application. (Equivalent to ACCT 741)

MBA 741 (Spring 2011)

Focuses on developing understanding of corporate governance issues and ethical decision-making. Topics include examination of internal and external and international governance issues, and ethical analysis in current business environment. (Equivalent to ACCT 742)

Addresses contemporary issues in corporate financial reporting. Focuses on role of financial reporting in providing decision-useful information to participants of capital market, and theoretical and empirical assessments of performance. (Equivalent to ACCT 743)

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Introduces strategies and techniques for fraud prevention and detection. Focuses on financial fraud such as bribery, contract rigging and kickbacks, embezzlement, fraudulent financial reporting, payroll fraud, and misappropriation of inventory and other assets. (Equivalent to ACCT 744)

Examines accounting from an international perspective, including the study of various functional areas of accounting across countries and the reporting requirements encountered by companies engaged in international trade and making foreign direct investments. (Equivalent to ACCT 745)

Overview of real estate assets, markets, and decisions. Emphasizes development of analytical techniques and information required for implementation. Includes legal, economic, and public policy perspectives. (Equivalent to GSOM 746)

MBA 746 001 (Fall 2012)

MBA 746 001 (Fall 2011)

MBA 746 X01 (Summer 2011)

Examines financing of residential and income-producing real estate from perspectives of both suppliers and users of funds. Focuses on financing alternatives, primary and secondary markets, and decision implications of available arrangements. (Equivalent to GSOM 747)

MBA 747 (Spring 2011)

Develops frameworks for analyzing decisions about investing in real estate assets. Focuses on acquisition and analysis of information required to evaluate potential performance of assets. Applications of theories and techniques through case studies. (Equivalent to GSOM 748)

MBA 748-001 (Fall 2012)

MBA 748-001 (Fall 2011)

An advanced course in entrepreneurship focused on discovery and development of an achievable business concept. The centerpiece of the course is development of the formal business plan and associated presentation materials. Students are assigned to teams and must hypothesize a new business, research and test their hypothesis, and develop a comprehensive written business plan. The plan must be for an actual business that the students intend to start upon the successful completion of the course. Technology-based projects are encouraged, but not required. Because the course is cross-listed with IT&E and SOM, most teams will include both engineering and business students. Weekly presentations of the team’s progress are required.

Applies MBA core courses to global business enterprise through site visits to facilities located outside the United States.

MBA 795 (Spring 2011)
MBA 795 X02 (Summer 2011)
MBA 795 X02 (Summer 2012)
MBA795 (Spring2013/Summer2013)

Approval by faculty member and MBA program director required prior to registration. Studies specialized topics in business administration not otherwise available in curriculum.

Notes: May be repeated for up to 3 credits.

Sections established as necessary to focus on various topical issues that emerge in practice of business administration.

MBA797-001 (Fall 2011)
MBA797-B02 (Summer 2012)
MBA797-B01 (Summer 2012)
MBA797-X01 (Summer 2012)