2008-2009 UNIVERSITY CATALOGUE

MBA - Masters Business Administration

711 Managing Ongoing Operations
4 crs. F.
P: Limited to MBA students
Special course fee required
The study of management issues involved in the day-to-day operations of an on-going business. Basic skills critical for successful completion of the MBA program as well as for management of an organization.

712 Developing New Products and Services
4 crs. Sp.
P: MBA 711
P: Limited to MBA students
Special course fee required
Development of knowledge and skills used in understanding the complexities involved in launching a new product or service, a new business venture, subsidiary, or division.

713 Strategic Competitiveness in a Global Environment
4 crs. F.
P: MBA 711
P: Limited to MBA students
Special course fee required
Students develop the skills to analyze and position an organization for strategic competitiveness in a global marketplace. The challenges of determining corporate and business strategies, global marketing entry strategies, and the implications of mergers and acquisitions on global competition are addressed.

714 Leading the Organization of the Future
4 crs. Sp.
P: MBA 711, 712, and 713
P: Limited to MBA students
Special course fee required
The dynamics of change and the importance of corporate strategies in leading the organization of the future are investigated. Students explore how to effectively integrate information technology, human resource issues, and organizational change practices.

715 Leadership
1 cr (1-0). Sp.
P: Limited to MBA students
P: Successful completion of pre-entry requirements
Must be taken with MBA 712
Special course fee required
This course creates a learning environment in which students will examine their effectiveness and potential as leaders from both a personal and professional standpoint. Students will explore the idea of “leader” from multiple perspectives; the leader as strategist, coach, mentor, facilitator, director, and change agent.

720 Electives
0.5-3 crs. V.
P: MBA 711 or consent of MBA Program Director
P: Limited to MBA students
May be repeated - additional restrictions may apply
Special course fee required
Electives are short courses that are designed to develop general skills and/or address specific current issues. They allow students brief exploration into topics that are relevant to their particular needs and interests.

721 Electives
0.5-3 crs. V.
P: MBA 711 or consent of MBA Program Director
P: Limited to MBA students
May be repeated - additional restrictions may apply
Special course fee required
Electives are short courses that are designed to develop general skills and/or address specific current issues. They allow students brief exploration into topics that are relevant to their particular needs and interests.

722 Electives
0.5-3 crs. V.
P: MBA 711 or consent of MBA Program Director
P: Limited to MBA students
May be repeated - additional restrictions may apply
Special course fee required
Electives are short courses that are designed to develop general skills and/or address specific current issues. They allow students brief exploration into topics that are relevant to their particular needs and interests.

723 Electives
0.5-3 crs. V.
P: MBA 711 or consent of MBA Program Director
P: Limited to MBA students
May be repeated - additional restrictions may apply
Special course fee required
Electives are short courses that are designed to develop general skills and/or address specific current issues. They allow students brief exploration into topics that are relevant to their particular needs and interests.

724 Electives
0.5-3 crs. V.
P: MBA 711 or consent of MBA Program Director
P: Limited to MBA students
May be repeated - additional restrictions may apply
Special course fee required
Electives are short courses that are designed to develop general skills and/or address specific current issues. They allow students brief exploration into topics that are relevant to their particular needs and interests.

725 Electives
0.5-3 crs. V.
P: MBA 711 or consent of MBA Program Director
P: Limited to MBA students
May be repeated - additional restrictions may apply
Special course fee required
Electives are short courses that are designed to develop general skills and/or address specific current issues. They allow students brief exploration into topics that are relevant to their particular needs and interests.

726 Electives
0.5-3 crs. V.
P: MBA 711 or consent of MBA Program Director
P: Limited to MBA students
May be repeated - additional restrictions may apply
Special course fee required
Electives are short courses that are designed to develop general skills and/or address specific current issues. They allow students brief exploration into topics that are relevant to their particular needs and interests.

727 Electives
0.5-3 crs. V.
P: MBA 711 or consent of MBA Program Director
P: Limited to MBA students
May be repeated - additional restrictions may apply
Special course fee required
Electives are short courses that are designed to develop general skills and/or address specific current issues. They allow students brief exploration into topics that are relevant to their particular needs and interests.

728 Electives
0.5-3 crs. V.
P: MBA 711 or consent of MBA Program Director
P: Limited to MBA students
May be repeated - additional restrictions may apply
Special course fee required
Electives are short courses that are designed to develop general skills and/or address specific current issues. They allow students brief exploration into topics that are relevant to their particular needs and interests.

729 Electives
0.5-3 crs. V.
P: MBA 711 or consent of MBA Program Director
P: Limited to MBA students
May be repeated - additional restrictions may apply
Special course fee required
Electives are short courses that are designed to develop general skills and/or address specific current issues. They allow students brief exploration into topics that are relevant to their particular needs and interests.

730 Pacific Rim
0.5-3 crs. V.
P: MBA 711 or consent of MBA Program Director
P: Limited to MBA students
Special course fee required
No credit if taken after MBA Mini-Module/Elective with the same title.
The Pacific Rim is quickly becoming an important region in the world. This elective explores past historical developments and their impact on politics and cultures in the region, development patterns, economic resources and power, and business practices.

733 Understanding a Diverse Workforce
1 cr. Wi.
P: MBA 711 or consent of MBA Program Director
P: Limited to MBA students
Special course fee required
Prepares students to deal with managing a diverse workforce.

735 Labor Scheduling for Service Operations
0.5-3 crs. V.
P: MBA 711 or consent of MBA Program Director
P: Limited to MBA students
Special course fee required
No credit if taken after MBA Mini-Module/Elective with the same title.
A survey of tools and managerial issues related to workforce scheduling for service operations. Forecasting of customer arrival rates, analysis of customer queuing implications under alternative staffing levels, shift scheduling techniques.

736 Performance Appraisal and Employee Relations
0.5-3 crs. V.
P: MBA 711 or consent of MBA Program Director
P: Limited to MBA students
Special course fee required
No credit if taken after MBA Mini-Module/Elective with the same title.
This course will examine the performance appraisal process, an analysis of appraisal errors that commonly occur as well as steps to take to improve the effectiveness of this process.

737 Managerial Law
0.5-3 crs. V.
P: MBA 711 or consent of MBA Program Director
P: Limited to MBA students
Special course fee required
No credit if taken after MBA Mini-Module/Elective with the same title.
This course covers a variety of legal topics and issues that managers are exposed to. Topics covered include: ethics, judicial process intellectual law, business entity formation and transfers, contract law, including sales and construction issues.

738 Industrial Relations
0.5-3 crs. V.
P: MBA 711 or consent of MBA Program Director
P: Limited to MBA students
Special course fee required
No credit if taken after MBA Mini-Module/Elective with the same title.
This course will examine problems, hazards, and procedures which will be of assistance in establishing and maintaining good union-management relationships.

740 Introduction to Assurance Services
0.5-3 crs. V.
P: MBA 711 or consent of MBA Program Director
P: Limited to MBA students
Special course fee required
No credit if taken after MBA Mini-Module/Elective with the same title.
This course helps students identify situations in which assurance services are necessary, evaluate different types of assurance services and assess the quality of assurance services companies and investment funds provide.

741 Strategic Cost Management
0.5-3 crs. V.
P: MBA 711 or consent of MBA Program Director
P: Limited to MBA students
Special course fee required
No credit if taken after MBA Mini-Module/Elective with the same title.
Strategic Cost Management is the managerial use of cost information explicitly directed at strategic management. Three key elements to be studied are value chain analysis, strategic positioning analysis, and cost driver analysis.

742 Computer Fraud Fundamentals
0.5-3 crs. V.
P: MBA 711 or consent of MBA Program Director
P: Limited to MBA students
Special course fee required
No credit if taken after MBA Mini-Module/Elective with the same title.
This course will look at computer fraud issues from a manager’s perspective and implementation of various computer controls and security measures.

743 Reengineering Financial Performance
0.5-3 crs. V.
P: MBA 711 or consent of MBA Program Director
P: Limited to MBA students
Special course fee required
No credit if taken after MBA Mini-Module/Elective with the same title.
Traditional accounting practices may not accurately reflect the true value of organizations undergoing reengineering. This course investigates using a “balanced scorecard” approach in analyzing performance.

744 Tax Impact of Business Decisions
0.5-3 crs. V.
P: MBA 711 or consent of MBA Program Director
P: Limited to MBA students
Special course fee required
No credit if taken after MBA Mini-Module/Elective with the same title.
This course introduces the student to an overall framework for evaluating the impact that taxes have on business decisions. While the course concentrates on the impact of federal income taxes, the concepts are general and can apply to a variety of taxing jurisdictions.

745 Data Mining
0.5-3 crs. V.
P: MBA 711 or consent of MBA Program Director
P: Limited to MBA students
Special course fee required
No credit if taken after MBA Mini-Module/Elective with the same title.
Data mining develops techniques to assist managers in the intelligent use of databases and data warehouses for decision-making. This course examines methods of recognizing patterns and making predictions, surveys, applications and case studies, and provides hands-on experimentation with easy-to-use software and public domain data.

747 Financial Statement Analysis
0.5-3 crs. V.
P: MBA 711 or consent of MBA Program Director
P: Limited to MBA students
Special course fee required
No credit if taken after MBA Mini-Module/Elective with the same title.
Analysis and interpretation of financial statements. Skills taught include: how to interpret financial statements, analyze cash flows, evaluate earnings quality, uncover hidden assets and liabilities, and forecasting financial statements.

748 Investment Analysis and Management
0.5-3 crs. V.
P: MBA 711 or consent of MBA Program Director
P: Limited to MBA students
Special course fee required
No credit if taken after MBA Mini-Module/Elective with the title, Portfolio Construction and Management.
This course will develop a thorough understanding of the portfolio construction thought process. Students will discover how to manage a portfolio by examining the logic and potential of using options and futures to enhance return and minimize risk.

749 Incorporation of Exchange Rates in Strategic Decision-Making
0.5-3 crs. V.
P: MBA 711 or consent of MBA Program Director
P: Limited to MBA students
Special course fee required
No credit if taken after MBA Mini-Module/Elective with the same title.
Students will acquire competency with the terminology, strategies, and practices needed to interact with confidence in business settings that require working within the global currency market.

750 Impact of Marketing Agreements and Emerging Markets on Global Business
0.5-3 crs. V.
P: MBA 711 or consent of MBA Program Director
P: Limited to MBA students
Special course fee required
No credit if taken after MBA Mini-Module/Elective with the same title.
This course is an introduction to current issues relating to regional marketing agreements (trading blocs). Special attention is given to the European Union and the North American Free Trade Agreement and to assessing the business potential of emerging markets in Europe and Latin America.

751 International Marketing Research
0.5-3 crs. V.
P: MBA 711 or consent of MBA Program Director
P: Limited to MBA students
Special course fee required
No credit if taken after MBA Mini-Module/Elective with the same title.
This course focuses on the principles of international marketing research and illustrates the practice of international marketing research with specific examples from different regions of the world.

752 Business in East Asia
0.5-3 crs. V.
P: MBA 711 or consent of MBA Program Director
P: Limited to MBA students
Special course fee required
No credit if taken after MBA Mini-Module/Elective with the same title.
This course provides perspective on business in Japan, South Korea, and China by looking at the historical backgrounds of each market and examining how those backgrounds impact present economic and business relations. Students focus on understanding of each country’s business practices and learn strategies to build successful East Asian partnerships and to succeed in business in East Asia.

753 Corporate Venturing
0.5-3 crs. V.
P: MBA 711 or consent of MBA Program Director
P: Limited to MBA students
Special course fee required
This course teaches students to encourage entrepreneurship, identify opportunities, locate potential new business within the firm, select the right managers, and set up planning processes.

758 Strategies and Tactics of Pricing
0.5-3 crs. V.
P: MBA 711 or consent of MBA Program Director
P: Limited to MBA students
Special course fee required
No credit if taken after MBA Mini-Module/Elective with the same title.
This course presents a framework for evaluating pricing decisions. Pricing is examined from the perspective of customers, competitors and costs; in a variety of contexts, including business-to-business markets, consumer goods markets, services, and not-for-profit companies.

759 Selling Ideas at Work
0.5-3 crs. V.
P: MBA 711 or consent of MBA Program Director
P: Limited to MBA students
Special course fee required
No credit if taken after MBA Mini-Module/Elective with the same title.
This course provides students with an understanding of how business people make decisions. It teaches students to utilize developed skills to sell ideas at work to both individuals and to groups.

760 Employee Training and Development
0.5-3 crs. V.
P: MBA 711 or consent of MBA Program Director
P: Limited to MBA students
Special course fee required
No credit if taken after MBA Mini-Module/Elective with the same title.
This course focuses on human resource development’s role in maintaining an organization's competitive position; identifying training needs, transferring training to the workplace, and assessing training.

761 Project Management
0.5-3 crs. V.
P: MBA 711 or consent of MBA Program Director
P: Limited to MBA students
Special course fee required
No credit if taken after MBA Mini-Module/Elective with the same title.
This course examines project identification, selection, and planning. It will be organized along two major phases of the project management process: project selection and definition and project planning.

762 Organizational Leadership and Change
0.5-3 crs. V.
P: MBA 711 or consent of MBA Program Director
P: Limited to MBA students
Special course fee required
No credit if taken after MBA Mini-Module/Elective with the same title.
This course examines how change can be accomplished within organizations–who is responsible for change and how people can be helped to change.

763 Business and Ethics
0.5-3 crs. V.
P: MBA 711 or consent of MBA Program Director
P: Limited to MBA students
Special course fee required
No credit if taken after MBA Mini-Module/Elective with the same title.
Does a company have any obligation to help solve social problems? What about a manufacturer’s obligation to the consumer with respect to product defects and safety? This course examines economic activity in an ethical framework.

764 Work-Family Issues in Contemporary Times
0.5-3 crs. V.
P: MBA 711 or consent of MBA Program Director
P: Limited to MBA students
Special course fee required
This course will critically examine and analyze issues of work and family life from both employee and employer perspectives.

767 Project Execution and Control
0.5-3 crs. V.
P: MBA 761
P: MBA 711 or consent of MBA Program Director
P: Limited to MBA students
Special course fee required
No credit if taken after MBA Mini-Module/Elective with the same title.
The primary focus of this course is identifying and managing challenges commonly seen in doing the work in projects after the project baseline has been approved.

768 Classic and Contemporary Literature in Business
0.5-3 crs. V.
P: MBA 711 or consent of MBA Program Director
P: Limited to MBA students
Special course fee required
No credit if taken after MBA Mini-Module/Elective with the same title.
This class takes the student on a reflective tour of a classic business book and three others that address contemporary business issues. The course is designed to be a discussion group similar to a book club in which instructor and students critically review the authors' comments in light of their experiences and other sources.

769 Project Portfolio Management
0.5-3 crs. V.
P: MBA 761
P: MBA 711 or consent of MBA Program Director
P: Limited to MBA students
Special course fee required
No credit if taken after MBA Mini-Module/Elective with the same title.
This course is designed to clarify ways to manage the project portfolio which involves tracking and managing all of an organization’s projects, keep an eye on costs and resources, comply with deadlines and ensure the projects are in line with the company’s overall mission.

770 E-Business Fundamentals for Managers
0.5-3 crs. V.
P: MBA 711 or consent of MBA Program Director
P: Limited to MBA students
Special course fee required
No credit if taken after MBA Mini-Module/Elective with the same title.
This course provides an overview of the fast-growing Internet-based economy and asks, from a management point of view, “How may e-business contribute to the operational, tactical and strategic goals of an organization?”

771 Introduction to Enterprise Resource Planning Systems
0.5-3 crs. V.
P: MBA 711 or consent of MBA Program Director
P: Limited to MBA students
Special course fee required
No credit if taken after MBA Mini-Module/Elective with the same title.
This course describes the principal functions of ERP software and emphasizes the business impacts of such.

772 IS Security Policy Development
0.5-3 crs. V.
P: MBA 711 or consent of MBA Program Director
P: Limited to MBA students
Special course fee required
No credit if taken after MBA Mini-Module/Elective with the same title.
This course is designed for managers who have or would like to have responsibilities for security. The technical aspects of information security are not covered in-depth in this course - the emphasis is on the managerial aspects and planning for the continuation of the business in the face of catastrophic events.

778 Managing Technology in Turbulent Times
0.5-3 crs. V.
P: MBA 711 or consent of MBA Program Director
P: Limited to MBA students
Special course fee required
No credit if taken after MBA Mini-Module/Elective with the same title.
The intent of this course is to show the synergy that exists between the introduction of technologies into an organization and the shift in management strategy and decision making that is essential to receive full value from the technology investment.

779 E-Business Website Development
0.5-3 crs. V.
P: MBA 711 or consent of MBA Program Director
P: Limited to MBA students
Special course fee required
No credit if taken after MBA Mini-Module/Elective with the same title.
This course provides students with skills to develop a simple and effective E-business website. It examines design factors and the development process and focuses on facilitation of intra-organizational and inter- organizational communication and extra-organizational relationships.

790 Decision Analysis
0.5-3 crs. V.
P: MBA 711 or consent of MBA Program Director
P: Limited to MBA students
Special course fee required
No credit if taken after MBA Mini-Module/Elective with the same title.
Students will learn decision-analysis techniques such as structuring a problem, use of decision trees and influence diagrams, application of utility theory, analysis of multi-attribute decision problems and simulation.

794 Business Process Simulation
0.5-3 crs. V.
P: MBA 711 or consent of MBA Program Director
P: Limited to MBA students
Special course fee required
No credit if taken after MBA Mini-Module/Elective with the same title.
This course will establish basic proficiency in simulation model development, verification, validation, and analysis.

795 Research Paper
1-3 crs. F, Sp, Su.
P: MBA 711 or consent of MBA Program Director
P: Limited to MBA students
PR only grade basis
May be repeated - additional restrictions may apply
Special course fee required
Clearance by department
Development of a thesis-type paper on a topic of interest to student.