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This is the list of Seminars offered for the IEMBA program. You can click on each seminar title to see the details.
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Business Applications of Information Technology
This multi-media course covers the basic and advanced applications of information technology (IT) in business. Its focus is on managing IT applications and using IT to create business competitive advantages. Efforts will be made to study some best performance cases and some of the newest IT application trends. The framework we will use during the seminar is the IT Management Cycle, through which we will address such issues as business-IT alignment, IT economics, and IT driven organizational change. The format is informative introduction in combination with interactive discussion and group projects. At the end, each student will write a short paper on the business value of IT for his or her business.
Corporate finance
This course describes the theory and practice of finance. It's true that managers learn from experience on how to cope with routine problems, but the best managers are also able to respond rapidly to change. This requires a sound knowledge of current financial theory. Throughout the course we use sound financial theory to solve practical everyday business problems which we face as managers, not just as financial managers but also managers from other corporate functions. It is centered on looking at ways to deal with the financial decisions facing today's corporations. Good financial theory helps us understand "how" businesses function and how to make better decisions at work regardless of the functional area in which we work.
Emperical Research and Statistics
This seminar will focus on the fundamental methods of data collection and data analysis as they apply to managers in all functional areas. This seminar will emphasize conceptual thinking and reasoning, leaving the mathematical aspects to statistical software. Various methods of empirical research will be discussed and critiqued including Quantitative and Qualitative studies, Sampling, surveys, and experiments. Methods of data analysis will include informal (descriptive) and formal (inferential) statistical techniques for qualitative and quantitative data, and univariate, bivariate, and multivariate data. Extensive use of data sets will be utilized.
Entrepreneurship & Innovation
The purpose of this course is to discover the world of international entrepreneurs today through practical, real cases and to find out if you have entrepreneurial potential that can be developed. Students are exposed to various real-world entrepreneurial ventures. Students will learn to identify "aspects of success" for new ventures as well as "aspects that may impede success." By the end of the course, students should be able to analyze new entrepreneurial ventures and determine important factors that will help contribute to their success or failure. Students will learn about business plans and how a Business plan can contribute to the success of a new entrepreneurial venture.
Executive Leadership
This interactive seminar provides participants with an opportunity to explore the concept of executive leadership in the 21st century. Seminar participants are introduced to a variety of leadership concepts ranging from taking charge to leading change in organizations. Case studies give participants an excellent opportunity to discuss leadership dilemmas confronting leaders in dynamic organizational environments, while experiential exercises offer participants hands-on approaches to solve leadership problems from various perspectives.
Financial Market Trading
This course has been developed to provide participants with the knowledge and experience in dealing with the complexities of the international capital markets. With the increasing array of markets, instruments and players in the international Capital Market arena, and with additional ‘emerging’ markets now opening up, it is critical that every international business executive has a good fundamental knowledge of international capital markets and understands the latest developments. Even for those business executives involved in only one area of business or finance, a thorough understanding of international capital markets and how they operate and interrelate is becoming imperative. Aimed at an international audience and assuming no prior finance knowledge, fundamental concepts are rigorously examined and clarified before advanced theories and practices are considered at each stage of the course.
Financial Management
The course begins our Coursework based on the application of financial theory to the solving of everyday, current problems in international business. It begins with an introduction to the terminology, concepts, problem solving, and techniques used in financial decision making within an organization. Important areas to be discussed include the time value of money, corporate bonds or Debt instruments, the concept of Risk and Return, and determining the weighted average cost of capital for firms – cost of Equity and the cost of debt.
Financial Statement Analysis
The course is an introduction to terminology, concepts, problem solving, and techniques in accounting and in analyzing financial statements of a firm. Important areas to be discussed include understanding financial statements, basic analysis of financial statements, budgeting, working capital management, Capital budgeting, long-term debt, equity funding, and working capital management.
The course has 4 primary objectives:
- To instill a basic understanding of accounting and finance terminology and concepts.
- To develop skills necessary to complete problem solving exercises using basic accounting and finance skills.
- To review how accounting and finance functions interact with the management team.
- To develop an understanding of the application of accounting and finance principles to decision-making situations in a business environment.
Human Resource Management
This seminar focuses on performance management in today's competitive global workplace through the Acquisition, retention, development and improved utilization of the firm's human assets.
It has three major objectives:
- To introduce the student to selected theories, models, and concepts from the discipline of organizational behavior that serve as the foundation for human resource management.
- To increase the student's capacity to observe, understand/explain, predict, and control behavior in the workplace.
- To help the student understand the human resource requirements for organizational effectiveness and efficiency.
International Finance
The objective of this course is to introduce the students to theory, problems and practices involving international financial management. The course will discuss the forces which help to determine currency exchange rates, and how to forecast and manage exchange rate risk. The course will also cover financing of international trade, and the role of banking in international trade. Learning methods will include lecture, problems and presentations by groups.
International Marketing
The mission of the course is to expose students to the intricacies of marketing globally through reading, case analysis, class discussion, presentations, and in-class exercises. Using a managerial view of the marketing process as it applies to the international field, this course introduces global marketing management and its environments. Among the environments of global marketing are the economic environment, the social/cultural environment, the political/legal environment, and the competitive environment. The course then turns to the analysis of global market opportunities and marketing strategy. Among the topics covered are opportunity identification, marketing strategy, entry strategies, and the 4P’s of marketing (price, product, promotion, and place).
The course Pedagogy centers on short lectures that cover basic theories of international marketing practices, and the consideration of how the global business environment affects marketing decisions via discussion and analysis of company case studies. Through team projects and individual assignments, students will investigate and analyze international marketing activities of specific companies, and make individual and group presentations on their findings.
Operational Risk Management
This course provides the foundations for students who will specialize in Risk management and Insurance or for students who will be general managers. Business students need an understanding of the framework of risk and the tools for treating risk. The course challenges students to develop and apply critical thinking and decision making skills to risky business situations. The course has four major objectives:
- Provide students with a risk management process to help the organization achieve their risk related goals. A key element of the course is to study in detail the steps used to efficiently manage pure risks;
- Provide students with the skills to make difficult managerial decisions. Understanding the process of making decisions and the impact of these decisions helps the student learn to make good decisions;
- Enhance the students ability to think critically and analytically in solving risky problems; and
- Acquaint students with the myriad of tools available to them to treat risks. Students may suspect insurance is the only tool available to them. This course introduces the alternative risk solutions.
Strategic Management
Strategic Management is the process of making and implementing strategic decisions in an ever changing environment. Because corporate strategy is relevant to all types of organizations the developing field of strategic management is both broad and diverse. This course has been written on the premise that the concepts discussed and the ideas analyzed are applicable to all types of organization, be they manufacturing or service driven.
Throughout the course we attempt to address a wide variety of issues associated with both the theoretical and practical development of the subject. Our aim is to get you to challenge the theory and its propositions, and to assess the course relevance to your firm and to your own managerial position. The course does not offer a set of universal perceptions for strategic management but moreover a series of frameworks and concepts for you to adapt and modify in the particular environment and competitive position of your organization.
The course seeks to be thought provoking and to develop your knowledge of organizational policy by evaluating the conceptual framework of strategic management and by integrating this academic awareness with the real world of corporate strategy in practice. However, there is no 'right way to do things' in management and thus no prescription works for all organizations.
Supply Chain Management
The 21st century requires successful businesses to be “nimble” in adapting to rapid technological changes and heightened customer expectations, both domestically and internationally. The influence of the Internet and E-commerce on Supply Chain Management has been tremendous. The topics covered include logistics strategies, strategic alliances, Outsourcing strategies, Inventory management, and customer values. Emphasis is placed upon local and global companies’ integration of supply chain components into a coordinated system that reduces system-wide cost and increases service-level improvements.
This is the list of seminars offered for the IEMBA program in New York. You can click on each seminar title to see the details.
Business Ethics
This graduate seminar in Business ethics will examine the implications of ethics on business practices and the business cost of ethical failure. Participants will cover several practical approaches to business ethics and how companies are addressing today's most pressing ethical issues. Participants will specifically:
- Examine several current American and Global ethical crises
- Determine the reasons that executives and senior managers are particularly vulnerable to ethical failure
- Identify a personal code of conduct patterned on Stephen Covey's Principle-Centered Leadership Model
- The focus of the program will be less on theory than on practical application.
Business Policy
The seminar in Business Policy/Strategic Management is designed to bring all of your previous coursework and life and business experience to bear on the issues and opportunities of leading a business organization in an environment that is competitive, uncertain, ever-changing and global.
We will review the practices of business policy development and strategic management. The seminar will focus on the practical application of these practices, especially in regard to:
- executive leadership
- business analysis/strategic development
- corporate governance
- ethics and social responsibility
- Change management
We will examine and analyze a variety of business challenges/problems, and develop business policies and strategies designed to solve them.
We will utilize: case studies, articles from business publications, experiential exercises, and our own experiences to further develop our skills in the development and implementation of business policy and strategy.
The method of learning will be discussion teaching – our norm will be active participation with a modest amount of lecture. Open discussion and debate – in a business-like manner – is the class ethic.
This is the list of seminars offered for the IEMBA program in Tokyo. You can click on each seminar title to see the details.
East-West Negotiations
Participants in this course will study a variety of basic and advanced topics relating to persuasion and negotiation, especially with respect to doing business in Japan. As a corollary to the main theme for the course, participants will learn about Japanese business law and practices as they bear on commercial negotiations. In other words, negotiation theory will be examined in the context of everyday business. The course will consider universal versus local, collective versus individual, elements of negotiation theory with the end goal of becoming more effective in the art of persuasion regardless of geography and context.
Participants will be given ample opportunity to engage in one or more negotiation exercises interspersed with lectures (mainly via ppt presentations) and discussions. These exercises are based on real world scenarios and will help the participants realize how negotiations are conducted globally and in Japan.
Doing Business in Japan
This is a two day intensive course designed to provide basic background to Japanese business and culture as well as offering advice and information about Japan in general. It will include detailed discussion on marketing and distribution in Japan as well as consumer lifestyles, and will be an introduction to business practices and expectations. A self-supervised tour of various retail centers within Tokyo will form an integral part of the course.
International Intellectual Property Licensing
Participants in this course will learn the basic principles of intellectual property law, including patents, copyright, trademark and trade secrets, as well as the status of international protection of IP. IP has become an increasingly critical feature for companies across virtually every industry. Some have argued that it ranks second in importance only to Human Resources. At a minimum, it can be said that a company's success or failure can be directly or indirectly attributable to how it creates, protects and employs its intellectual property.
The first day of the course will be devoted to exploring the nature of, and legal protection afforded to, IP on the domestic (US and Japan) and international levels (WTO, TRIPS, WIPO). The second day will delve into the critical legal and strategic issues surrounding the decision to license and/or Franchise. Participants will be given ample opportunity to analyze actual case studies and contracts involving IP.
Nation Branding/Corporate Branding
This course will focus on nation Branding and corporate branding. Participants will discuss how the concepts and techniques of branding can be adapted to the context of nations- as opposed to the more usual context of products, services, or companies. Concepts grounded in the brand management literature such as brand identity, brand image, Brand Positioning, and brand equity, are transposed to the domain of nation branding and supported by country case insights that provide vivid illustrations of nation branding in practice.
This is the list of seminars offered for the IEMBA program in Shanghai. You can click on each seminar title to see the details.
Chinese Banking System
The objective of this course is for students to understand the dramatic development of the Chinese economy in the past 30 years. We will examine a wide range of hypotheses that attempt to explain the growth as well as their empirical support. The focus will be on the development of economic institutions that foster economic growth. The course will help students to develop their critical view of "the China model" or "China experience" of economic growth.
The course materials will be a collection of (mostly) academic papers, which will be supplemented with industry and firm level cases. The format of this course will consist of lectures, in-class discussions and student/group case studies.
As part of the course examination, students are required to submit a research paper to demonstrate their grasp of the main issues surrounding the Chinese economy.
There is no strict pre-requisite for this course. Previous course work in economics and statistics is definitely a plus.
Doing Business in China
In recent decades the rapid economic development of China has created increasing business opportunities for people in other countries. Engaging in the Chinese market has become a must for international companies. While every company may have its own strategies to enter the Chinese market, the success, or the level of success, depends on many factors. A fundamental issue is to know the general profile of China's business environment, where economic transactions happen, and to be able to make sense of the various business phenomena in China.
This course is designed for students from the International School of Management. Students should have some background in business management and economics. The purpose of this course is to introduce, in a stepwise way, basic knowledge and information of the business environment of China. By reading articles, attending class lectures, and doing in-class discussions and course papers, students should further develop their theoretical and practical knowledge of the Chinese business environment.
Marketing in China
The purpose of this course is to provide students with the basic understanding of marketing practice and issues in China. The course will introduce some non-traditional and Innovative approaches to marketing strategies in China. It will help develop students' marketing and management skills for doing business in China. Topics include: evolution of the Chinese market; market entry strategies and key success factors; Chinese consumer characteristics and behavior patterns; brand building in China.
The RMB Exchange Rate and Asset Bubbles
The course is composed of two seemingly separate parts: RMB exchange rate reform and asset bubbles in China. However, the monetary policy is an implied link between the two. Therefore, the purpose of this course is to, on one hand, provide students a general view of China's foreign exchange market and security market reform, and on the other hand, to disclose the internal disequilibrium of the economic development.
Either session will start with a historical review, including an introduction of the scheme, the evolvement of the markets, and some milestones. Then we propose the syndromes and try to explain them either with fundamental economic theories or specific features in China. The interrelation of foreign exchange rate regime and stock market (and real estate market) development with the economy will be addressed later. Each session will end with possible conclusions and suggestions. Monetary policy will be mentioned in both parts, but from different perspectives. Not surprisingly, there will be some issues that are so far in dispute and no ultimate answer has been given.
This course requires much class-room discussion and interaction between the lecturer and students. Students are strongly encouraged to propose questions and share their insights with others in the class. No textbook is available, so students will get readings from newspapers and academic journals.
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