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MBF-501 [MF01]___1
Credit
Introduction to Computer Skills
Description: Introduction
to Computer Applications is designed as
an MBA foundation course for a student to
learn or reinforce skills in the fundamental
productivity applications listed under the
course Objectives.
Students will work at their own pace but
must complete all assignments within 8 weeks
after registering. Completed assignments
will be e-mailed to the instructor, as an
attachment, in whatever file format the
computer application or the instructions
require.
Objectives: To give the prospective
Manager, in any area, an understanding of
the fundamental computer software applications
for Data and Information processing as they
relate to meeting the needs of an organization
in both immediate and long run operations.
At this time, hands-on computer experience
will cover introductions to: Word processing
with Microsoft Word2000, Spreadsheet concepts
using Microsoft Excel2000, Presentations
with Microsoft PowerPoint2000, Databases
using Microsoft Access2000.
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MBF-503 [MF03]___3
Credits
Foundations of Economic Analysis
Description: The goal of this
course is to develop economic sensibility,
that is, an enforced reasonableness that
provides insight into complicated issues.
An economic perspective will provide the
intellectual context within which economic
models are developed and the institutional
context to which these models are applied.
This is an accelerated course. Two semesters
of undergraduate work are collapsed into
one graduate level course. As a result,
the pace of the course is relatively intense. In
order to encourage success and avoid procrastination
and delays that are endemic, each chapter
is to be completed within a specified time
range. The period should be long enough
to allow for other scheduling needs, such
as work and family obligations, but short
enough to maintain the momentum of the work.
Twenty-five chapters will be covered in
fifteen weeks. Fortunately, you do not need
to spend time commuting to class or sitting
through lectures, thus there should be sufficient
time to read the chapters and demonstrate
competence through a twenty-minute exam
at the end of each chapter.
Objectives: Upon the completion
of the course the student will be able to:
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Analyze
economic trade-offs using a Production
Possibility Curve as a tool of analysis.
- Evaluate
the impact of various factors on markets
using supply & demand analysis.
- Contrast
& compare socialist & capitalist
economic systems.
- Debate
issues in international trade with regard
to comparative advantage, competitive
advantage & the re-distributive
effects of tariffs, quotas, and VERs.
- Enumerate
monetary & fiscal policy prescriptions
along with the strengths & weaknesses
of the various policy options.
- Understand
the workings of the Federal Reserve
Bank and the conduct of monetary policy,
including the impact on the exchange
rate and trade deficit.
- Determine
optimal consumption and consumer choice.
- Understand
firm strategies under various types
of industrial organization with regard
to price, production, and competition.
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MBF-504 [MF04]___3
Credits
Introduction to Financial & Managerial
Accounting
Description: A course designed
to introduce students to the fundamentals
of financial and managerial accounting.
The course introduces the use of accounting
information as a basis for planning, control,
and managerial decisions.
Objectives: Students should
be able to read and interpret formal financial
statements of for-profit organizations
(Balance Sheet, Income Statement, Statement
of Cash Flows). For decision-making purposes,
students should also be able to read and
interpret an entity's financial information
for managerial and control purposes using,
for example, financial statement ratios,
budgets, and cost-volume-profit analyses
including analysis of cost behavior as
fixed or variable.
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MBF-505 [MF05]___3
Credits
Financial Management
Description: Financial Management
is a course in which students will develop
a conceptual understanding of the financial
making process while being introduced to
the tools and techniques of finance. Financial
decision making is presented through current
financial theory using up-to-date world
economic situations.
Finance is being presented in a unique learning
environment that offers students the opportunity
to be an active participant in an on-line
environment. Students can access the course
information page, lecture, and help resources.
They can participate on-line through the
communication and search tools while having
the ability to check their progress periodically
throughout the course. The lecture resources
consist of: lecture objectives, readiness
assessment quizzes, lecture notes, in-line
exercises, discussion questions, hyperlinked
summaries, lecture homework assignments,
practice exams and sample tests.
Objectives: The objective
of the course is to teach students how to
approach and solve the fundamental financial
problems facing all businesses including
non-profit and government. Each topic explored
in the course represents a real-life financial
problem facing the "firm". Much
of what the students will learn currently
is in use in firms across the state and
nation.
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MBF-506 [MF06]___1.5
Credits
Marketing Foundations
Description: Marketing is
an essential element in all organizations.
Marketing is not a single function but rather
everything that an organization tries to
accomplish. This course will enable the
student to look at common everyday events
in a new light. At the completion of the
course students should be able to think
of the marketing implications of the events,
which surround their lives. In this course
the student will investigate the marketing
concept in our world as a marketplace. Various
marketing practices, through which businesses
adapt to the international environment,
are studied. The student will give attention
to comparative marketing systems, and the
planning and organizing for global marketing
operations. It is essential that the student
read the text material.
Objectives: The course is
designed to provide the student with a solid
understanding of concepts and terms required
for advanced study in global marketing.:
- The
student will become familiar with theoretical
bases and concepts of international
marketing.
- The
student will gain an understanding of
the role of marketing in organizations.
- The
student will learn the importance of
international marketing in the world
economy.
- The
students will also gain an insight into
potentialcareers in marketing.
- The
student will begin to think about ethical
considerations in marketing.
- The
student will learn to think marketing.
Upon
completion of this course the student
will realize the potential impact of the
various environmental factors on the marketing
of products. The student will learn how
to adapt the marketing strategy to cope
with constraints and how to take advantage
of the opportunities in a global marketplace.
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MBF-508 [MF08]___3
Credits
Statistical Analysis for Business Decisions
Description: This course provides
students with a basic background in statistics
that will enable them to apply statistical
techniques to solve real world problems
and to make informed decisions. Basic descriptive
statistics include frequency and relative
frequency distributions, graphical methods,
measures of central tendency and dispersion.
Basic probability concepts are introduced
with applications to business situations.
Inferential statistical concepts (confidence
intervals and hypothesis tests) for single
samples, two-samples, and more than two
samples are presented, as are basic regression
analysis and correlation. Tests of significance
include, but not limited to, Normal distribution,
t-distribution, F-distribution, Chi-square
and other Non-parametric distributions.
Objectives: Students should
be able to describe statistical data using
graphs (e.g. histograms, pie charts, scatter
plots) and numerical methods (e.g. mean,
variance, standard deviation). Use statistical
methods to interpret data and conduct tests,
and use them to make decisions. This includes
understanding the concept of sampling distributions,
normal curve, confidence intervals, hypothesis
testing, and using them to make inferences.
Use regression models to estimate the relationships
between variables and make predictions.
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MBF-509 [MF09]___1.5
Credits
Management Concepts
Description: Management Concepts
introduces students to management concepts
and practices, including decision-making,
motivating, leading, managing organizational
change, and understanding global business
and diversity issues.
Objectives:
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Students
will have an understanding of the major
concepts and practices of management.
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Students
will have the ability to recognize and
apply management concepts and practices
in contemporary organizations, as well
as the ability to recognize their limits.
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MBF-510 [MF10]___3
Credits
Operations Management
Description: This course will
focus on the understanding and working knowledge
of the latest quantitative tools needed
to participate in, contribute to, and enhance
the corporate decision making process. The
focus of the material will be on the use
and application of quantitative skills.
Areas of study will include decision theory,
inventory management, scheduling problems
in manufacturing and service sectors, learning
curves, queuing models used in service industry,
allocation of scarce resources using linear
programming techniques, aggregate planning,
material requirements planning (MRP) and
just-in-time systems (JIT).
Objectives: An introduction
to the terminology, problems, tools, and
methods used in operations management. The
focus will be on understanding the basic
concepts and to discuss how these concepts
translate into practice. Emphasis will be
placed on the various quantitative techniques
and models used in Operations Management
and hence will include plenty of problem
solving exercises.
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MBF-511 [MF11] ___3
Credits
Decision Making in the Legal Environment
of Business
Description: The course is
intended to cover the basic concepts of
business law, with a strong emphasis on
the e-commerce environment. All of us have
had to grapple with the intricacies of business
law at some stage of our lives, often with
little or no knowledge of the dangers and
pitfalls involved. This course addresses
these concerns. Course flow will be based
upon the text Business Law and the course
web site. Subjects include the history,
structure and functions of the American
Legal System, Ethics, Business Torts, Contracts,
Business Organizations, Agency, Employment
Protection and Bankruptcy. An SBA Professional
Skills Development project requirement is
included in this course.
MBA-700 [AC-41]___3
Credits
Accounting Theory & Applications
I
An in-depth study of current accounting
issues and pronouncements, including long-term
debt and troubled debt restructuring, accounting
for leases, pension and post retirement,
income tax accounting, price-level adjusted
financial statement reporting, and accounting
for partnerships (equity, admission, profit
and loss sharing, and liquidation). Prerequisite:
MB28.
MBA701 [AC-42]___3
Credits
Accounting Theory & Applications
II
A continuation of Accounting Theory &
Applications I including the study of accounting
for business combinations (purchases and
pooling of interests), accounting for the
translation or remeasurement of foreign
subsidiary financial statements into dollars
to meet business combination reporting requirements,
accounting for transactions denominated
in a foreign currency (including purchases,
sales, and hedges), and analysis of financial
statements. Prerequisite: AC41.
MBA-702 [AC-50]___3
Credits
Accounting Information Systems
Examines the principles of computer-based
accounting information systems and their
role in the business firm. This course provides
an overview of information systems, designing
and implementing new system controls and
their impact on the decision making process.
Prerequisite: AC42.
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MBA-703 [AC-51]___3
Credits
Auditing Theory and Philosophy
A study of the development of financial
compliance and operational auditing techniques,
including analysis of current issues in
the auditing profession such as audit risk,
ethical conduct, materiality, audit sampling
procedures, and reporting issues. These
areas will be studied with reference to
pronouncements of the accounting profession
and current literature. The study of operational,
as well as financial compliance auditing,
will be enhanced using case studies and
examples. Prerequisite: AC42.
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MBA-704 [AC-52]___3
Credits
International Accounting Issues
Examines financial accounting, reporting,
and auditing requirements and issues in
foreign environments on a comparative basis;
current literature on the development of
international accounting and auditing standards;
and managerial planning and control of multinational
firms. The study of international accounting,
reporting, and auditing standards will be
enhanced through the use of case studies
comparing the development of these standards
in different countries. Prerequisite:
AC42.
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MBA-705 [AC-53]___3
Credits
Issues in Advanced Accounting
An in-depth study of selected accounting
topics, including bankruptcies; estates
and trust; SEC reporting; and non-profit
accounting for state and local governments,
colleges and universities, hospitals and
other non-profit entities. Course includes
case studies, using pronouncements of the
Financial Accounting Standards Board, the
Governmental Accounting Standard Board,
and the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants. Prerequisite: AC42.
MBA-720 [HS41]___3
Credits
Accounting and Financial Management for
Health Care Institutions
This course examines accounting and financial
concepts as they apply to health care institutions.
Financial reporting, cost accounting, fund
accounting budgeting, and cost benefit analysis
are analyzed in the context of health care
institutions. Prerequisites: MF04
and MF05 or equivalents.
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MBA-721 [HS42]___3
Credits
Legal Aspects of Health Care Management
This course examines the growing importance
of legal matters in health care management
from the administrator's perspective. Topics
include negligence law, medical staff organization,
discipline, peer review, patients' rights,
labor law, contract law, legal structure
of health maintenance organizations, and
a legal view of social issues in the health
field.
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MBA-722 [HS-46]___3
Credits
Marketing of Health Care Institutions
This course examines the ever-increasing
need to apply marketing strategies to health
care institutions. Specific areas of investigation
include an examination of the differences
between the marketing services provided
by health care organizations versus traditional
product marketing and the application of
marketing theories and concepts to the development
of successful strategies for health care
organizations.
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MBA723 [HS-47]___3
Credits
Managed Health Care
This course explores the organization and
management of health maintenance organizations
and other types of managed care systems,
and looks at alternatives to hospitalization
such as HMOs, community-based services,
and out-patient clinics.
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MBA-724 [HS-51]___3
Credits
Long-Term Care Administration
This course explores the administrative
and operational issues of services provided
in long-term health care facilities. Issues
associated with the care of the elderly
population in the U.S., including in-patient
and outpatient care, as well as community-based
programs, will also be covered. There will
be an emphasis on services for elderly,
chronically ill and disabled. Differences
between acute and long-term levels of care,
types of long-term care facilities, and
special concerns of the long-term care resident
will be covered.
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MBA-725 [HS-53]___3
Credits
Emerging Health Issues
This course provides an in-depth study of
current topics in health care. Topics to
be explored will be announced when the course
is offered and may include health care reform,
ethical issues in health care, world-wide
and local social gerontology issues, and
labor relations in health care.
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MBA-726 [HS-55]___3
Credits
Health Care Risk Management
This course provides students with an overall
understanding of the various responsibilities
and issues important to health care risk
managers. The course will explore the elements
of an effective risk management program
and specific risk management areas, including
learning how to identify and control risk
from a variety of perspectives. Course content
will include legislative and regulatory
concerns; risk management; interaction with
the board of trustees, medical staff, nursing
staff, and others within and external to
the health care setting; contract review;
employment issues; and record keeping.
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MBA-623 [MB25]___1.5
Credits
Management Communications
This course covers the concepts and art
of effective management communications and
negotiations.
The total communications process - verbal,
nonverbal, presentation, written and electronic
- is reviewed in the context of today's
work environment. The perspectives and needs
of top management, interactive teams, individual
contributors, and clients are examined and
translated into professional practices. (This 1.5 credit course is restricted to students admitted into the Day MBA program; students will also take MBA624. Completing both MBA623 and MBA624 is intended to be equivalent to MBA625.)
Prerequisite: all MBF courses or equivalents.
MBA-624 [MB25]___1.5 Credits
Management Negotiations
This course covers the concepts and art of effective management negotiations in the business environment. Experiential exercises and class discussions will build participant's understanding of styles and skills in negotiating. Coursework will focus on the uses of power and influence, negotiating styles, methods of conflict resolution and means of influencing others. (This 1.5 credit course is restricted to students admitted into the Day MBA program; students will also take MBA623. Completing both MBA623 and MBA624 is intended to be equivalent to MBA625.)
Prerequisite: all MBF courses or equivalents.
MBA-625 [MB25]___3 Credits
Management Communications & Negotiations
This course covers the concepts and art of effective management communications and negotiations in the business environment. The total communcations process - verbal, nonverbal, presentation, written and electronic - is reviewed in the context of today's work environment. The perspectives and needs of top management, interactive teams, individual contributors, and clients are examined and translated into professional practices. Experiential exercises and class discussions will build participant's understanding of styles and skills in negotiating. Coursework will focus on the uses of power, influence, and negotiating styles, methods of conflict resolution and means of influencing others.
Prerequisite: all MBF courses or equivalents.
MB26___3
Credits
Global Managing in the 21st Century
This course will examine the many evolving
topics which affect the practice of
management in the 21st Century. Managers
will need to understand the human behavior
and motivational implications of the varied
aspirations and attitudes of a culturally
diverse work force. In addition to focusing
on the issue of managing diversity and change,
this course will also cover the legal aspects
of management, technological change, participative
management, empowerment, total quality management,
and managing in a dynamic global environment.
The managerial issues surrounding "green
marketing" and other environmental
concerns will be investigated. This course
will utilize current readings and cases
to illustrate the new and ever-changing
forces impacting the manager’s decision
making process and the profitability of
the corporation.
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MB27___3
Credits
Management of Information Through Technology
This course will focus on the latest technological
advances for managing data and communications
effectively. Students will acquire the skills
and concepts necessary to use a system to
handle data efficiently for large and small
organizations, national or international
in scope. Network technology and usage of
computer networks as well as ethical and
security issues will also be addressed.
The concepts of telecommunications and the
costs and benefits associated with this
transmission of information will be explored.
Methods of instruction include hands on/application
orientation. Prerequisites: MF01
or equivalent.
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MB28___3
Credits
Accounting for Management Decisions
This course provides students previously
exposed to financial and managerial accounting
principles an opportunity to study the structure
and use of accounting systems designed to
aid management in controlling costs and
profits. The course stresses the following:
financial statement interpretation as a
basis for decision making, cash flow analysis,
cash budgeting, cost volume profit analysis,
costing and interpretation of manufacturing
systems and the impact of international
competition, responsibility accounting and
the impact of inflation. Prerequisites:
MF01 and MF04
or equivalents.
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MB29___3
Credits
Financial Policy and Planning
This course focuses on the investment and
financing decisions of firms. Topics include
capital budgeting, cash management and cash
flow analysis, capital structure, dividends,
and international operations. Financial
policy making is considered within the context
of contemporary valuation and risk management
theories. Various financial planning models
are analyzed in the course. Prerequisites:
MF01 and MF05
or equivalents.
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MB30___3
Credits
Quantitative Methods in Decision Making
This course will focus on the mathematical
models and methods available for use in
formulating and analyzing business decision-making
problems in industry. Areas of study include
probability theory, decision analysis, game
theory, forecasting techniques, project
management, queuing models, and allocation
of scarce resources using linear programming
and integer programming techniques, deterministic
and probabilistic inventory models. Prerequisite:
MF10 or equivalent.
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MB32___3
Credits
Strategic Marketing Management
This course allows students to develop
skills in dealing with strategic marketing
problems found in both profit and nonprofit
settings. The course presents a framework
for developing a strategic marketing plan
over the product life cycle with emphasis
on consumer and environmental analysis.
Market segmentation, product positioning,
marketing responsiveness, and competitive
reaction will be explored.
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MB40___6
Credits
International Business
By focusing on all aspects of conducting
business in a global environment, this course
will acquaint students with the theories,
concepts, practices, and techniques in conducting
business abroad. A strong emphasis is placed
on cultural, ethical, and political issues
as they impact on managing multinational
operations. A required overseas trip will
expose students to a number of foreign cultures
and businesses. Students will spend approximately
two weeks meeting with business, government,
and labor leaders as well as academicians
in European countries. Teaching methods
include lectures, case analysis, simulations,
role playing, and significant current outside
readings. Offered in spring semester only.
Prerequisites: All foundation courses.
Operational details: If a student misses
the scheduled trip, the student will receive
an 'I' for the course and must go on the
next available trip. If the trip is completed
but the course is failed, a student must
repeat MB40 (excluding the trip) for three
credits and take another elective, or repeat
the entire course including the trip. The
cost of overseas trip is not included in
the tuition for this course. Pictures and
information on the
International Business Trips.
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MB42___3
Credits
Strategic Planning in a Global Environment
This course will focus on the design
and implementation of a strategic plan in
global industries and the importance of
such a plan in dealing with the many challenges
facing organizations in the years ahead.
Strategic planning models and research findings
will be investigated. During the semester,
students will analyze strategic threats
and opportunities which confront corporate
level executives as well as managers of
business units. Students will work in teams
on the development of a strategic plan for
a local profit or nonprofit organization.
The focus will be on developing effective
strategies which clarify the future direction
of the chosen organization and deal with
the rapidly changing environment, Strategic
plans will be presented in oral and written
form to the organization. This is a capstone
course and students will draw from the knowledge
they have gained throughout the M.B.A. program.
Extensive written individual and team assignments
and oral presentations are included. Prerequisite:
Must be taken during the last semester.
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MB43___3
Credits
Global Licensing and Sourcing for the
Textile and Apparel Industries
This course investigates the global perspective
of today's textile and apparel industries.
It is intended to prepare the student to
make critical souring and licensing decisions
within a complex series of economic environments.
The student will explore the major forces
that occur across international boundaries.
The course will examine the behavior of
business within marketing and manufacturing
contexts and consider the factors involved
in making effective global sourcing decisions
and licensing decisions.
MB51___3
Credits
Management of Technological Change
Technological change is widespread within
and among today's organizations. This course
will examine the effects of that change
on organizations and their members. The
academic and professional literature describing
the influence of technological change on
organization structure, group processes
and individual workers will be reviewed
and analyzed. Participants will examine
an assortment of techniques for avoiding
the productivity declines sometimes associated
with the introduction of new technology.
These tools include task design, training,
reward system, worker participation, leadership
development, and other techniques. Prerequisite:
MF01 or equivalent.
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MB52___3
Credits
Total Quality Management
Total Quality Management (TQM) embraces
a certain philosophy, practices, tools,
and standards for continuous improvements
of process, product and people. Lecture
and discussion topics include the following:
- Introduction
to Quality Control and the Total Quality
System
- Some
philosophies and their impact on quality
- Quality
Management: Practices, tools and standards
- Fundamentals
of statistical concepts and techniques
- Graphical
methods of data presentation
- Statistical
process control
- Acceptance
sampling
- Reliability
- Experimental
design and the Tagucki Method
- Quality
in the service sector.
Assignments
include problems and reports. Prerequisite:
MB30 or equivalent.
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MB57___3
Credits
Management of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
This interdisciplinary seminar focuses
on the sources of change and innovation
in the business environment, and strategies
for managing change, especially in dynamic
environments. The seminar will review
the impacts of technological innovation
as well as social, economic, and cultural
change on management strategy. Topics
include a systems framework for understanding
the types of change, purposeful entrepreneurship,
reframing as a change management tool,
and the practice of innovative leadership
in diverse organizational settings. Prerequisite:
MB26.
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MB58___3
Credits
International Perspectives of Human Resource
Management
This course introduces students to
the key principles, concepts and techniques
involved in identifying and solving people-related
business problems in international enterprises.
Strategic thinking and environmental scanning
skills will be developed and applied beyond
national borders through lectures, discussions,
interactive exercises, cases and projects.
The impact on management practices and
strategies of culturally-based differences
in values and attitudes will also be examined.
The course will focus on critical human
resource issues of special interest to
today's transnational careers, selection
of expatriates, repatriation, and global
succession planning, management education,
training and development. Prerequisite:
MB26.
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MB59___3
Credits
Entrepreneurship
This course will provide an overview
of the major elements of entrepreneurial
activity including planning and evaluation
of the business, financing, typical operating
and administrative issues and alternatives
for growth and sale. Entrepreneurial opportunities
and challenges will be examined and a
variety of venture opportunities will
be analyzed. The course will give students
a realistic look at the challenges involved
in starting a viable business and help
students in a personal evaluation of their
own skills, talents and career potential.
Utilizing business planning software,
each student will prepare a comprehensive
business plan for a business opportunity
the student selects and perceives to be
viable and practical. The plan may be
utilized for presentation to potential
investors. Prerequisite: All foundation
courses.
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MB61___3
Credits
Promotion Management
This course focuses on the promotion
and communication decisions of corporations
and how to employ promotion strategy to
solve marketing problems and enhance opportunities.
Advertising, sales promotions, publicity,
public relations, and personal selling
are investigated. Prerequisite: MB32
or HS46 or MT31.
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MB62___3
Credits
Marketing Research
This course focuses on the collection
and use of data to support marketing decisions.
Students will learn how to formulate the
research problem, design the research,
and collect the data. Various techniques
used for analyzing data will be examined.
Students will be required to conduct a
research study during the semester. Prerequisites:
MF08 or equivalent
and MB32 or HS46
or MT31.
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MB64___3
Credits
Global Marketing
This course examines the challenge
of entering and operating effectively
and efficiently in international markets.
The impact of macroenvironmental factors
(cultural, legal, political, etc.) on
the development of marketing strategies
for both consumer and industrial products
will be discussed. Students will explore
to what extent an organization should
follow a country-specific marketing strategy
as opposed to a global strategy. Prerequisite:
MB32 or HS46
or MT31.
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MB66___3
Credits
Business-to-Business Marketing
Marketing of goods and services to
organizations, including industrial firms,
service organizations, producers of consumer
goods, government, institution, and retail
trade, is explored. Characteristics of
these markets, and techniques and processes
to effectively reach these markets are
investigated. The course focuses on organization
buying behavior, buyer and seller relationships,
market analysis and planning, and the
development of marketing strategies.
Prerequisite: MB32
or HS46 or MT31.
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MB71___3
Credits
Financial Markets and Institutions
In this course, students will study money
and capital markets and the managerial
and environmental problems facing these
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