Business courses
BUSN 5939-1 to 3. Cooperative Education.
BUSN 6520-3. Managing Individuals and Teams. Students learn the strengths and weaknesses of their management style and how to work effectively with individual differences. Students also learn how to form teams around purpose/task, diagnose problems, identify and implement solutions by utilizing leadership skills such as setting goals, processes, measures, interpersonal communication, motivation and conflict management. Students develop an understanding of the effect of the organizational and social context on the behavior of individuals and teams.
BUSN 6521-3. Managing Individuals and Teams (Health Section). Students learn the strengths and weaknesses of their management style and how to work effectively with individual differences. Students also learn how to form teams around purpose/task, diagnose diagnose problems and identify and implement solutions by utilizing leadership skills such as setting goals, processes and measures, interpersonal communication, motivation and conflict management. Students develop an understanding of the effect of the organizational and social context on the behavior of individuals and teams. The emphasis is on health care issues and is intended for health care students.
BUSN 6530-3. Data Analysis for Managers. Fall, Spring, Summer. Provides an overview of techniques for data analysis, including multiple regression, sampling theory and applications of probabilistic inference from sample data. The emphasis is upon the applications of these techniques to management problems. Students are required to analyze data sets, present their analyses in written or oral form and defend their conclusions. Note: students cannot receive credit for both BUSN 6530 and FNCE 6290.
BUSN 6540-3. Legal and Ethical Environment of Business. Fall, Spring, Summer. Students develop a working knowledge of legal and ethical parameters for business decision making. The course addresses the legal system and mechanisms for resolving disputes. Topics include constitutional law, torts, product liability, contracts, property law, consumer protection, intellectual property, business entities and employment law. It stresses the influence of legal issues on organization decision making. Note: Health Administration students must take BUSN 6541.
BUSN 6541-3. Legal and Ethical Environment of Business (Health Section). Spring. Students develop a working knowledge of legal and ethical parameters for business decision making. Addresses the legal system and mechanisms for resolving disputes. Topics include business entities, torts, contracts, employment relationships, litigation and alternative dispute resolution. It stresses the influence of legal issues on organization and decision making. The emphasis is on health care issues and is intended for health care students.
BUSN 6550-3. Analyzing and Interpreting Accounting Information. Fall, Spring, Summer. Emphasizes the use of accounting statements and data in making business decisions. External financial accounting information and concepts are used for investment and credit decisions. Internal managerial accounting information and concepts are used for product costing, cost analysis and management control.
BUSN 6560-3. Marketing Management. Fall, Spring, Summer. Focuses on the formulation and implementation of a marketing plan in the context of the firm’s strengths, overall strategy and competitive environment. Emphasis is on understanding the marketing environment and on decision making skills regarding market selection, pricing, promotion, product configuration and management of distribution channels. Prereq: BUSN 6530 and 6550 - strictly enforced. (May be taken concurrently).
BUSN 6610-3. Information Systems Management and Strategy. Examines the strategic, technological, financial and organizational issues involved with the effective management of information technology. Topics include: (1) role and importance of IT in modern organizations (e.g., IT impact on competitiveness, alignment of corporate and IT strategies, IT infrastructures and IT-enabled organizational processes), (2) alternative methods to develop, acquire and implement information systems (e.g.) evaluation of IT investments, implementing and managing complex IT projects), (3) nature of IT management (e.g., the evolving roles of enterprise IT management, IT sourcing and contractual relationships) and (4) ethical and security issues associated with IT. Note: students cannot receive credit if they have taken BUSN 6810 or ISMG 6180. Cross-listed with ISMG 6180.
BUSN 6620-3. Applied Economics for Managers. After taking this course, students should be able to apply economic principles to make optimal decisions given firm cost, demand and market circumstances. Also, they should be able to analyze the firms interactions with its competitive market environment. Students will learn basic aspects of federal macroeconomic policy designed to achieve stable prices and economic growth. Also, they will learn to understand the measurement of output (GDP), employment and prices; the conduct of monetary and fiscal policy; and the balance of trade. Prereq: BUSN 6530 or FNCE 6290 and BUSN 6550, both may be taken concurrently.
BUSN 6621-3. Applied Economics for Managers (Health Section). After taking this course, students should be able to apply economic principles to make optimal decisions given firm cost, demand and market circumstances. Also, they should be able to analyze the firm’s interactions with its competitive market environment. Students should understand basic aspects of federal macroeconomics policy designed to achieve stable prices and economic growth. Also, they should understand basic aspects of government regulation of business. The emphasis is on healthcare issues and is intended for healthcare students. Prereq: BUSN 6530 or FNCE 6290 and BUSN 6550, both may be taken concurrently.
BUSN 6630-3. Management of Operations. Fall, Spring, Summer. This course is concerned with the production and delivery of goods and services. It provides an overview of a variety of key Operation Management issues including scheduling, capacity determination, facility location and layout, distribution and related topics. The use of model-assisted decision making is emphasized. Prereq: BUSN 6530.
BUSN 6631-3. Management of Operations (Health Section). This course focuses on managing and evaluating the processes that produce and deliver health services. Particular emphasis is on quantitative techniques to support health care operations including Monte Carlo simulation, decision analysis, quality improvement methods, forecasting, capacity planning, project management and inventory and supply chain management. While this course is intended for health care students, it is open to all. Prereq: BUSN 6530.
BUSN 6640-3. Financial Management. This course is concerned with the business firm’s decisions to make investments and to finance its operations. Students learn to use the tools and theories underlying cost of capital, capital budgeting and capital structure. Students will learn to evaluate a firm’s financial position through the examination of its financial statements and to prepare pro forma statements for the firm. Prereq: BUSN 6530 or FNCE 6290, BUSN 6620 (both may be taken concurrently) and BUSN 6550 completed prior and strictly enforced.
BUSN 6710-3. Strategic Management. Fall, Spring, Summer. Concerned with the development of a general management perspective in establishing the strategic direction for an enterprise. Students gain an understanding of strategy formulation and implementation within the context of the global environment. Emphasis is on the integration of knowledge acquired in the previous functional area courses. Note: This course is intended as a final semester capstone course. Prereq: BUSN 6560 and 6640 -strictly enforced; BUSN 6630 strongly recommended.
BUSN 6711-3. Strategic Management (Health Section). Spring. Concerned with the development of a general management perspective in establishing the strategic direction for a health delivery organization. Students gain an understanding of strategy formulation and implementation within the context of the managed care environment. Emphasis is on the integration of knowledge acquired in the previous functional area courses. Note: This course is intended as a final semester course. Required of Health Administration majors; open to others. Prereq: BUSN 6560 and 6640 - strictly enforced; BUSN 6630 strongly recommended.
BUSN 6800-3. Topics in Business. Current topics in business are occasionally offered. Prerequisites vary depending on the material covered. Consult the current ‘schedule planner’ for specific offerings and prerequisites.
BUSN 6811-3. IT and New Business Paradigms. Introduces graduate students to the relationship between information technology and the other functional areas of the business. During the course, students have an opportunity to listen and learn from guest speakers who have been involved with either guiding or interpreting the impact of information technology among functional areas of existing or new business. Through the use of current readings, guest lectures and case analysis, students examine various models of IT and new business paradigms to determine the decisions and success criteria for integrating IT in ongoing business. A unique feature of the class will be the opportunity for students to present proposals and projects to be critiqued by individuals with IT or business experience. Those individuals provide feedback and perspectives regarding potential IT or new business paradigm activities. Prereq: permission of instructor.
BUSN 6820-3. Project Management. Introduces the knowledge and skills of Project Management (PM) in a business environment. Emphasis will be on the entire project life cycle, the project management process groups and the knowledge areas as presented in the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) from the Project Management Institute (PMI). Managerial aspects, quantitative tools and traditional techniques of Project Management will be covered. Application to various industries will be included. Cross-listed with DSCI 6820.
BUSN 6822-3. Services Operations. Examines the unique issues involved in the management of service operations. Operations Management principles specific to service industries are given in depth coverage. In addition, simulation is introduced as a technique for studying service industries. Prereq: BUSN 6530. Cross-listed with DSCI 6822.
BUSN 6824-3. Business Forecasting. Modern businesses use forecasts in marketing, finance, accounting, human resources management and supply chain and production management decision making. This course focuses on practical application of forecasting techniques, choosing and comparing appropriate methods and applying the results to the business application. Prereq: BUSN 6530 or FNCE 6290. Crosslisted with DSCI 6230 and FNCE 6372.
BUSN 6826-3. Supply Chain Management. Introduces the application of purchasing, operations and logistics to the entire supply chain of an organization. Because of globalization and the rapid advancement of information technology, emphasis is placed on integration management of processes and systems, relationship management of upstream and downstream players and strategies that incorporate current and future trends. Prereq: BUSN 6530 and 6630. Cross-listed with DSCI 6826.
BUSN 6828-3. Business Applications of Data Mining. Addresses statistical approaches to the very large data sets increasingly common in business applications such as Internet-based business, fraud detection, credit scoring and market segmentation. Topics include limitations of classical statistical when applied to large data sets, alternative approaches and applications of key data mining algorithms such as logistic regression, decision trees and cluster analysis. Emphasis is placed on proper choice of method, interpretation of the results and understanding of the strengths and limitations of the methods. Students are expected to analyze and report on a variety of data sets drawn from business applications areas. Prereq: BUSN 6530 or permission of instructor. Cross-listed with DSCI 6828.
BUSN 6830-3. Business and the Natural Environment. Class considers the impact of economic activity on the natural environment and the regulatory, market and corporate voluntary responses to reducing this impact. Topics include externalities, life cycle assessment, environmental accounting, corporate environmental reporting, ISP 14000 certification and sustainability.
BUSN 6832-3. Quality and Process Improvement. This course studies various techniques to identify, measure and improve quality and productivity in organizations and the practical issues related to quality management. Topics include historic and contemporary views of quality, including Six-Sigma, statistical quality control tools and methods and process flow and design. Prereq: BUSN 6530 or permission of instructor. Cross-listed with DSCI 6440.
