| Course | Description |
|---|---|
| Strategic IS Management – BA5200 | Focuses on management of IS/IT within the business environment. Topics include IT infrastructure and architecture, organizational impact of innovation, change management, and human-machine interaction. |
| Financial Reporting and Control – BA5300 | This class covers the collection, reporting and analysis of financial information with emphasis on the use of that information to support decision making. |
| Financial Risk Management and Decision Making – BA5400 | Explores the theory and practice of finance and capital markets. Topics include role of the financial manager and goals of the firm, financial mathematics, valuation of assets, cost of capital, project evaluation, capital structure, forecasting, financing vehicles, special topics in finance. |
| Business Process Management – BA5610 | Application and case studies focusing on contemporary issues in operations and quality management to include lean manufacturing practices, ERP, quality and environmental management systems/standards, Six Sigma, statistical process control, and other current topics. |
| Managing Behavior in Organizations – BA5700 | Discusses managing effectively within the environmental context of the organization. Topics include corporate culture, managing in a global environment, planning and strategy, organizational structure, human resources management, managing change, leadership, motivation, communication, conflict management, and teamwork. |
| Business and Corporate Strategy – BA5710 | Introduces students to a repertoire of strategies that have been found useful in the creation of competitive advantage: cost leadership, business model differentiation, vertical integration, diversification, globalization, mergers and acquisitions, tacit collusion, alliance, and flexibility-agility-adaptability strategies. |
| Launching Entrepreneurial Ventures* - BA5720 | Focuses on the development of new technology-based ideas. Topics include creativity, screening technological opportunities, analyzing markets, testing business concepts, protecting intellectual property, strategy development, entrepreneurial team selection, securing financing, and developing a business plan. |
| Managing Technology and Innovation* - BA5740 | An evolutionary strategic perspective is taken viewing how technology strategy evolves from underlying technological competencies, patterns of innovation, sources of external technological knowledge and modes of transfer. |
| Managing Change* - BA5770 | This course focuses on theory, research and practice of both ‘planned’ and ‘unplanned’ change. The course considers the dynamics of change in complex organizations, variables which facilitate or impede change, and how to lead change and motivate others to change. |
| Managing in the Global Environment – BA5780 | This course looks at the impact of international political, economic, technological, and social environmental forces, currency risks, cross-cultural management issues, strategic challenges for multinational companies, and international joint ventures and alliances. |
| Marketing, Technology and Globalization – BA5800 | This course facilitates students’ improvement of analytical skills, information processing techniques, and cultural competence in the globalized marketing environment. Focuses are placed on strategic marketing management, high-tech product marketing, global consumer behavior, branding, and online marketing. |
| Managerial Economics – EC5300 | Economic analysis of the operation of a business. Topics include optimization, demand theory and forecasting, production/cost analysis, market structure and strategic behavior, risk analysis, antitrust policy and regulation of safety and the environment, and international management. |
*Innovation and Technology Management concentration course