 | | Course ID: | EMBA 7010. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Economic Analysis for Business Leaders | Course
Description: | Introduction of the basic tools of microeconomics and
macroeconomics. Microeconomic concepts of supply and demand,
production, cost, and market structure are combined with
macroeconomic issues concerning fiscal and monetary policy to
develop an understanding of the relationship between an
enterprise and the economic environment in which it exists. | | Athena Title: | ECONOMIC ANALYSIS | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in EMBA 8010 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EMBA 7100. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Analytical Tools for Decision Making | Course
Description: | This course is designed to enhance the analytical skills of
business managers who must make decisions based on quantitative
data, in particular in environments characterized by significant
uncertainty. Topics of study include sampling, estimation and
inference, regression, simulation, decision analysis, and
constrained optimization. | | Athena Title: | DECISION MAKING | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in EMBA 8100 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EMBA 7150. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Financial Accounting and Reporting | Course
Description: | This course addresses the concepts that underlie the utilization
of accounting information in the preparation of financial
statements for shareholders and other external users. Topics of
study include accounting approaches (such as cash vs. accrual),
the format and content of financial statements, and
interpretation of corporate annual reports. | | Athena Title: | FINANCIAL ACCNTING | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in EMBA 8150 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EMBA 7200. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Managerial Finance | Course
Description: | The responsibilities, concerns, and methods of analysis employed
by corporate financial managers, and the role of financial
markets and institutions in the modern economy. Topics of study
include capital structure, dividend policy, asset evaluation,
capital budgeting, risk analysis, and portfolio theory. | | Athena Title: | MANAGERIAL FINANCE | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in EMBA 8200 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EMBA 7250. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Marketing Management | Course
Description: | An exploration of the foundation of strategic and tactical
decision making in marketing through intelligence gathering,
environmental analysis, positioning of market offerings, and
market segmentation. Topics of study include developing
organizational focus on customers and markets, analyzing
customers and competition, positioning strategy, product
development, relationship logistics, and integrated marketing
communications. | | Athena Title: | MARKETING MGT | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in EMBA 8250 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EMBA 7310. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Operations Management | Course
Description: | How operational processes can be designed and managed to ensure
that goods and services are produced and delivered to customers
with the required cost and quality characteristics. Emphasis is
placed on decisions that determine how people, facilities,
inventories, and information can be utilized to maintain
competitive advantage. | | Athena Title: | OPERATIONS MGT | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in EMBA 8300 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EMBA 7350. 2-3 hours. | | Course Title: | Business Ethics | Course
Description: | Processes for resolving practical and ethical conflicts in
business environments. Several approaches to ethical theory are
presented to provide the groundwork for negotiating ethical
concerns. Topics include sexual harrassment, product and
workplace safety, affirmative action, employee privacy,
comparable worth, corporate due process, downsizing, and
whistleblowing. | | Athena Title: | BUSINESS ETHICS | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in EMBA 8350 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EMBA 7400. 2-3 hours. | | Course Title: | Bargaining and Negotiations | Course
Description: | Approaches for negotiating practical conflicts that arise in
business settings. Emphasis is placed on achieving outcomes that
are based on legitimate data, satisfy all parties' interests, and
include realistic and operational commitments. The role of
effective communications in building the desired relationship is
also stressed. | | Athena Title: | NEGOTIATIONS | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in EMBA 8400 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EMBA 7410. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Organizational Behavior and Leadership | Course
Description: | Fundamental leadership skills, including strategic thinking,
creating a motivating environment, employee empowerment, managing
change, and team processing. Students are provided with a
complete evaluation of their leadership style, and interact with
a personal leadership coach to generate an individualized action
plan for developing their leadership potential. | | Athena Title: | ORG BEHAVIOR | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in EMBA 8000 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EMBA 7450. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Information Technology and Strategy | Course
Description: | An exploration of the strategic use of Internet technology to
support organizational goals and increase organizational
performance. A guide to Internet technology and network
computing, as well as models for identifying strategic
opportunities. Issues important in creating and implementing an
Internet strategy. | | Athena Title: | INFO TECH STRAT | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in EMBA 8450 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EMBA 7500. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Enterprise Risk Management | Course
Description: | Investigation of the impact of the cultural, economic,
regulatory, and organizational environment in which a business
operates on enterprise risk. Emphasis is placed on appreciating
the various sources of risk, and how they interact to form an
overall risk profile for the firm. | | Athena Title: | ENTERPRISE RISK MGT | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in EMBA 8500 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EMBA 7550. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Strategic Management | Course
Description: | Traditional corporate strategy combined with principles of
large-scale organizational change to produce an overview of
strategic management as a process for adapting the firm to its
changing environment. Topics include practical issues related to
mental frameworks and human behavior, environmental and
competitor analysis, and change implementation. | | Athena Title: | STRATEGIC MGT | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in EMBA 8550 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EMBA 7600. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Financial Analysis and Cost Management | Course
Description: | The application of basic principles of finance and accounting to
a broad array of management activities. Topics of study include
financial forecasting with an emphasis on cash flows and
financial needs, valuation of ongoing operations, evaluation of
production alternatives, cost accounting systems, and advanced
capital budgeting. | | Athena Title: | Finan Analysis and Cost Manage | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in EMBA 8600 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EMBA 7650. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Marketing Strategy | Course
Description: | The integration of marketing concepts and their application to
strategic decision making. Topics of study include marketing in
the knowledge economy, developing a market-focused organization,
understanding customers and competitors, relationship management,
and the impact of organizational variables on customer satisfaction. | | Athena Title: | MARKETING STRATEGY | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in EMBA 8650 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EMBA 7710. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business | Course
Description: | Provides an understanding of legal and regulatory topics and
fosters an appreciation for the role of effective
business/government relationships. Topics of study include legal
institutions, contracts, public law, employment, and
international law. | | Athena Title: | LEGAL ENVIRONMENT | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in EMBA 8710 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EMBA 7750. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Service Operations Management | Course
Description: | An exploration of best practices in the service sector by
analysis of leading-edge firms and the strategies they employ to
create and maintain competitive advantage. Emphasis is placed on
the close coordination of marketing and operations in the design
and implementation of service delivery processes. | | Athena Title: | SERVICE OPS MGT | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in EMBA 8750 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EMBA 7800. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation | Course
Description: | Examination of the new venture process, from idea generation to
startup to harvest. Emphasis is placed on the generation of a
complete business plan for a new product or service. Topics
include entrepreneurial leadership and infrastructure, assessment
of viability, business plan development and presentation, and
entrepreneurial finance. | | Athena Title: | ENTREPRENEURSHIP | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in EMBA 8800 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EMBA 7850. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | International Residency | Course
Description: | The course exposes participants to the business challenges and
opportunities in selected countries. The program incorporates
economic, political, social, cultural, and organization issues
through a mix of lectures, guest speakers, site visits, and
cultural excursions. | | Athena Title: | INTERNATIONAL RES | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in EMBA 8850 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | EMBA 7990. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Executive MBA Directed Study | Course
Description: | Directed study in business topics for Executive MBA students,
giving particular attention to specialized problems in an area
related to a student's academic interests. | | Athena Title: | DIRECTED STUDY | | Nontraditional Format: | Directed study. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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