EMBA 7010.
Economic Analysis for Business Leaders.
3 hours.
Oasis Title: ECONOMIC ANALYSIS.
Not open to students with credit in EMBA 8010.
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.
Offered fall semester every year.
EMBA 7010E.
Economic Analysis for Business Leaders.
3 hours.
Oasis Title: ECONOMIC ANALYSIS.
Not open to students with credit in EMBA 7010 or EMBA 8010.
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.
EMBA 7100E.
Analytical Tools for Decision Making.
3 hours.
Oasis Title: DECISION MAKING.
Not open to students with credit in EMBA 7100 or EMBA 8100.
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.
EMBA 7100.
Analytical Tools for Decision Making.
3 hours.
Oasis Title: DECISION MAKING.
Not open to students with credit in EMBA 8100.
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.
Offered fall semester every year.
EMBA 7150.
Financial Accounting and Reporting.
3 hours.
Oasis Title: FINANCIAL ACCNTING.
Not open to students with credit in EMBA 8150.
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.
Offered spring semester every year.
EMBA 7150E.
Financial Accounting and Reporting.
3 hours.
Oasis Title: FINANCIAL ACCNTING.
Not open to students with credit in EMBA 7150 or EMBA 8150.
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.
Offered spring semester every year.
EMBA 7200E.
Managerial Finance.
3 hours.
Oasis Title: MANAGERIAL FINANCE.
Not open to students with credit in EMBA 7200 or EMBA 8200.
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.
Offered spring semester every year.
EMBA 7200.
Managerial Finance.
3 hours.
Oasis Title: MANAGERIAL FINANCE.
Not open to students with credit in EMBA 8200.
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.
Offered spring semester every year.
EMBA 7250.
Marketing Management.
3 hours.
Oasis Title: MARKETING MGT.
Not open to students with credit in EMBA 8250.
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.
Offered spring semester every year.
EMBA 7250E.
Marketing Management.
3 hours.
Oasis Title: MARKETING MGT.
Not open to students with credit in EMBA 7250 or EMBA 8250.
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.
Offered spring semester every year.
EMBA 7310E.
Operations Management.
3 hours.
Oasis Title: OPERATIONS MGT.
Not open to students with credit in EMBA 7310 or EMBA 8300.
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.
Offered spring semester every year.
EMBA 7310.
Operations Management.
3 hours.
Oasis Title: OPERATIONS MGT.
Not open to students with credit in EMBA 8300.
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.
Offered spring semester every year.
EMBA 7350.
Business Ethics.
2 hours.
Oasis Title: BUSINESS ETHICS.
Not open to students with credit in EMBA 8350.
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.
Offered summer semester every year.
EMBA 7400.
Bargaining and Negotiations.
2 hours.
Oasis Title: NEGOTIATIONS.
Not open to students with credit in EMBA 8400.
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.
Offered summer semester every year.
EMBA 7410.
Skills and Perspectives for Effective Leadership.
3 hours.
Oasis Title: LEADERSHIP SKILLS.
Not open to students with credit in EMBA 8000.
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.
Offered fall semester every year.
EMBA 7410E.
Skills and Perspectives for Effective Leadership.
3 hours.
Oasis Title: LEADERSHIP SKILLS.
Not open to students with credit in EMBA 7410 or EMBA 8000.
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.
EMBA 7450.
Information Technology and Strategy.
3 hours.
Oasis Title: INFO TECH STRAT.
Not open to students with credit in EMBA 8450.
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.
Offered summer semester every year.
EMBA 7500.
Enterprise Risk Management.
3 hours.
Oasis Title: ENTERPRISE RISK MGT.
Not open to students with credit in EMBA 8500.
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.
Offered summer semester every year.
EMBA 7500E.
Enterprise Risk Management.
3 hours.
Oasis Title: ENTERPRISE RISK MGT.
Not open to students with credit in EMBA 7500 or EMBA 8500.
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.
EMBA 7550E.
Strategic Management.
3 hours.
Oasis Title: STRATEGIC MGT.
Not open to students with credit in EMBA 7550 or EMBA 8550.
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.
EMBA 7550.
Strategic Management.
3 hours.
Oasis Title: STRATEGIC MGT.
Not open to students with credit in EMBA 8550.
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.
Offered fall semester every year.
EMBA 7600.
Financial Analysis and Cost Management.
3 hours.
Oasis Title: FIN ANAL & COST MGT.
Not open to students with credit in EMBA 8600.
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.
Offered fall semester every year.
EMBA 7600E.
Financial Analysis and Cost Management.
3 hours.
Oasis Title: FIN ANAL & COST MGT.
Not open to students with credit in EMBA 7600 or EMBA 8600.
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.
EMBA 7650.
Marketing Strategy.
3 hours.
Oasis Title: MARKETING STRATEGY.
Not open to students with credit in EMBA 8650.
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.
Offered fall semester every year.
EMBA 7650E.
Marketing Strategy.
3 hours.
Oasis Title: MARKETING STRATEGY.
Not open to students with credit in EMBA 7650 or EMBA 8650.
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.
Offered fall semester every year.
EMBA 7700.
E-Commerce Systems.
3 hours.
Oasis Title: E-COMMERCE SYSTEMS.
Not open to students with credit in EMBA 8700.
A comprehensive treatment of the key Internet-based technologies
that support electronic commerce systems. Issues important in
designing, marketing, and delivering information services.
Topics include virtual integration, B2B systems, customer service
systems, business intelligence technology, mass customization
technology, mobile commerce, and virtual communities.
Offered fall semester every year.
EMBA 7710.
Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business.
3 hours.
Oasis Title: LEGAL ENVIRONMENT.
Not open to students with credit in EMBA 8710.
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.
Offered fall semester every year.
EMBA 7750E.
Service Operations Management.
3 hours.
Oasis Title: SERVICE OPS MGT.
Not open to students with credit in EMBA 7750 or EMBA 8750.
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.
Offered spring semester every year.
EMBA 7750.
Service Operations Management.
3 hours.
Oasis Title: SERVICE OPS MGT.
Not open to students with credit in EMBA 8750.
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.
Offered spring semester every year.
EMBA 7800E.
Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation.
3 hours.
Oasis Title: ENTREPRENEURSHIP.
Not open to students with credit in EMBA 7800 or EMBA 8800.
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.
Offered spring semester every year.
EMBA 7800.
Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation.
3 hours.
Oasis Title: ENTREPRENEURSHIP.
Not open to students with credit in EMBA 8800.
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.
Offered spring semester every year.
EMBA 7850.
International Residency.
3 hours.
Oasis Title: INTERNATIONAL RES.
Not open to students with credit in EMBA 8850.
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.
Offered spring semester every year.
EMBA 7850E.
International Residency.
3 hours.
Oasis Title: INTERNATIONAL RES.
Not open to students with credit in EMBA 7850 or EMBA 8850.
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.
Offered spring semester every year.
EMBA 7990E.
Executive MBA Directed Study.
1-6 hours.
Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit.
Oasis Title: DIRECTED STUDY.
Not open to students with credit in EMBA 7990.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
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.
Non-traditional format: Directed study.
Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.
EMBA 7990.
Executive MBA Directed Study.
1-6 hours.
Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit.
Oasis Title: DIRECTED STUDY.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
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.
Non-traditional format: Directed study.
Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.