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EMBA 502 Teamwork and Managerial Effectiveness (2)
Focuses on issues of working and problem-solving effectively in small groups, with some attention to the personal and professional stress under which many general managers operate. Offered: A.
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EMBA 504 Strategic Competitive Analysis (2)
Provides an introduction to a series of core concepts and models in microeconomics and their application to managerial decision-making and firm optimization. You will gain an understanding of how markets work, and learn optimal (profit-maximizing) strategies for managers. Offered: A.
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EMBA 505 Financial Reporting and Analysis (4)
Introduces financial accounting from a management perspective. Topics include preparation and use of financial statements; measurement and reporting of assets, equities, and income; issues and implications of alternative methods of reporting. Cases based on actual corporate financial statements used to enhance the participants' understanding of the issues. Participants required to evaluate financial statements of their own or teammates' company.
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EMBA 506 Enhancing Leadership Effectiveness (1-5, max. 15)
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EMBA 510 Statistics for Management (4)
An introduction to statistical techniques useful for aiding management decisions. Emphasis is placed on use of interactive computer methods in basic business problems. Topics include summary statistics of numerical data, statistical inference, linear regression, and elementary time series analysis. Offered: W.
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EMBA 511 Dynamics of Negotiations (2)
Explores negotiations a manager is involved with both internally and externally. Topics include the nature of negotiations, the role of power in negotiations, negotiation planning and strategies for improving negotiation relationships.
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EMBA 512 Managerial Accounting (4)
Overview of the preparation and use of accounting information by managers for decision-making purposes. Topics include cost concepts, cost behavior, overhead allocation (including activity-based costing), budgeting, responsibility accounting, short-term decisions and capital budgeting. Cases based on actual management decisions used to enhance understanding of concepts and techniques.
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EMBA 520 Financial Management (4)
Introduction to corporate financial management emphasizing relevant modern theory and practical applications. Topics include financial statement analysis, financial planning, financial markets, principles of valuation, capital budgeting, capital structure, the cost of capital, dividend policy, merger analysis, and issues of financial policy.
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EMBA 521 Organizational Leadership (4)
Introduces concepts and principles fundamental to creating and leading effective organizations. Includes perception and decision-making, employee motivation, group and team process, human resource management practices, organizational design, power and politics, corporate culture, and organizational change. Special topics include creativity and innovation and managing organizational crises.
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EMBA 529 Special Topics ([1-5]-, max. 15)
Explores issues of current interest and concern to general managers and features business and community leaders recognized for their expertise in specific fields.
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EMBA 530 Decision Support Models for Management (2)
Presents and illustrates the use of techniques (such as simulation, heuristics, queuing, decision analysis and linear programming) that have been developed to help managers deal with complicated choice problems in manufacturing, service operations, marketing and other areas.
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EMBA 531 Global Economic Environment of the Firm ([2-4]-, max. 4)
Builds a framework for understanding movements in economy-wide magnitudes - such as the price level, the gross domestic product, the unemployment rate, the interest rate and the exchange rate - that affect business decisions. Analyzes contemporary economic issues that impact business, including the recent conduct of monetary and fiscal policy, growth, competitiveness, and trade.
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EMBA 532 Marketing Management (4)
Examines the tactical and strategic relationships, and effects, of product management, promotion, distribution, and pricing in both consumer and business-to-business contexts. Particular attention is given to growth strategies, to cross-functional approaches to discovering and satisfying the customer, and to creating and sustaining a market-driven learning culture in an organization.
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EMBA 533 Operations Management and Systems Analysis (4)
Explores how to continuously deliver superior value for customers in a profitable manner through the design, planning, and control of goods and services operations. Develops problem-solving skills in describing process flows, resolving bottlenecks, and measuring and improving performance.
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EMBA 534 Ethical Leadership (2)
Examines business ethics through case studies and short readings in ethical history. Emphasizes the development of a framework that helps managers make ethical decisions in a business environment.
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EMBA 540 International Finance (2)
Introduces international finance at the level of the firm. Topics includes understanding exchange rates, international parity conditions, measuring and managing exchange exposure, international financial markets, and trade financing. Emphasizes the practical implications of modern theory.
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EMBA 542 Marketing Strategy (4)
Views marketing strategy from the general manager's perspective. Builds upon the fundamental topics explored in EMBA 532 via increased emphasis on specific marketing strategies and objectives (e.g., innovation-based marketing strategies, brand-based marketing strategies) and by accentuating the integrative nature of the marketing function through the development of a strategic marketing plan.
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EMBA 551 International Management ([2/4]-, max. 4)
Studies the formulation of corporate responses to the international environment. Emphasizes understanding international economic forces and national and international policies affecting trade and investment; developing corporate strategies in the context of global competition; and exploring issues in the management of international business.
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EMBA 553 Entrepreneurship (4-)
Focuses on entrepreneurial activities in large corporations and the process of converting new ideas to new commercial products and businesses.
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EMBA 558 General Management and Strategy ([2-4]-, max. 4)
Focuses on the strategic factors that increase the probability of a firm's competitive success or failure. Topics include strategic planning, market analysis, competitive advantage, business level strategy, functional strategy, competition in technology driven industries, disruptive competition, game theory and strategy, and organizing for implementation. Enhances ability to think strategically. Offered: A.
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EMBA 560 Legal Environment of Business (2)
Focuses on legal risks and planning challenges routinely faced by businesses. Students analyze case studies and identify solutions based on the objectives and priorities of different types of businesses. Credit/no-credit only. Offered: A.
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EMBA 564 Corporate Governance and Leadership (2)
Provides first-hand accounts from CEOs, board members, and other senior management members on leadership, and how to manage risks and avoid harmful missteps. Explores the role of senior management in supporting the CEO and interacting with the board of directors. Offered: WSp.
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EMBA 590 Special Topics in General Management (1-5, max. 15)
Reviews one or more selected topics relevant to the enhancement of general management skills.
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