Classes in BUSI
| BUSI611 | (PermReq)Managerial Accounting (2 credits) | |||
| Prerequisite: BMGT 610. For BMGT majors only. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: BMGT 611 or BUSI 611. Formerly BMGT 611. Use of accounting data in corporate planning and control. Cost-volume- profit analysis, budgeting, pricing decisions and cost data, transfer pricing, activity-based management, performance measures, and standard costing. Non-majors should review their registration eligibility in the statement preceding the BUSI courses. | ||||
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| BUSI621 | Strategic and Transformational IT (2 credits) | |||
| Credit will be granted for only one of the following: BUSI620 or BUSI621. Introduces students to the key issues in managing information technology (IT) and provides an overview of how major IT applications in today's firms support strategic, opertaional, and tactical decisions. Topics include: synchroizing IT and business strategy; the transformational impacts of IT; evaluating and coping with new technologies; governing, managing, and organizing the IT function including outsourcing/offshoring considerations; assessing the business value of IT and justifying IT projects; and managing IT applications in functional areas to support strategy and business process. | ||||
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| BUSI622 | Managing Digital Business Markets (2 credits) | |||
| The objective is to understand the strategic and tactical issues involved in managing digital businesses and markets. Also, some of the characteristics of digital businesses and markets that make them unique and understand how companies can bes manage them will be examined. | ||||
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| BUSI634 | Operations Management (2 credits) | |||
| Prerequisite: For majors only or permission of department. Operations management is concerned with efficient and effective design and operation of business processes for delivering products and/or services. Emphasis is given to process analysis and design, capacity management and bottlenecks, waiting lines and the impact of uncertainty in process performance, quality management, lean, six-sigma, and revenue management. | ||||
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| BUSI660 | Entrepreneurship and New Ventures (2 credits) | |||
| For BMGT majors only. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: BUMO732 or BUSI660. Provides an introduction to important tools and skills necessary to create and grow a successful new venture. Integrates research findings from a range of different practical and intellectual perspectives, including psychology, sociology, economics, strategic management, and history into practical, hands on lessons for an entrepreneur. Class projects provide the foundations for new, real businesses. | ||||
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| BUSI661 | Creativity for Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs (2 credits) | |||
| For BMGT majors only. Examines the concept of creativity as it applies in today's and tomorrow's complex business environment. An overview of the cognitive foundations of creativity, examines many of the preconceived notions about creativity in business and discusses multiple ways in which creativity can help business leaders and entrepreneurs to succeed. Topics include creativity techniques for groups and individuals, creativity as a foundation to recognize business opportunities and develop innovative products and services, selecting ideas and making them stick, mental and organizational obstacles to creativity as well as an overview of electronic tools to increase creative capability. | ||||
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| BUSI673 | International Economics for Managers (2 credits) | |||
| Focuses on understanding critical aspects of the global business environment that influence firm decisions and behavior. Globalization is present in market competition, capital markets, and managerial talent as evidenced by free trade areas and economic unions forming, the volatility in global financial markets, and the continued rise of transnational firms. With globalization, the challenge for firms is to acknowledge, understand and act when appropriate - to act by sourcing, lobbying, and relocating value chain activities internationally. | ||||
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| BUSI758K | Special Topics in Business:Capitalism: How it Works (2 credits) | |||
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| BUSI771 | New Venture Financing (3 credits) | |||
| Prerequisite: BUSI 640 or permission of department. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: BMGT 740 or BUSI 771. Formerly BMGT 740. Development of skills for financing new ventures (both small and potentially large). Exploration of various funding sources. Criteria used in evaluation and decision process, including commercial banks, venture capital companies, small business investment companies, underwriters, private placement-financial consultants, mortgage bankers, and small business innovative research grants (U.S. Government). Topics will include: methods of financing, techniques for valuing new businesses, financial structure, and evaluation methods used by investors and lenders. Non-majors should review their registration eligibility in the statement preceding the BUSI courses. | ||||
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| BUSI785 | Project Management in Dynamic Environments (3 credits) | |||
| Basics of project management as codified in the Project Management Institute's Project Management Body of Knowledge in preparation for certification. Participants gain experience using project management tools and managing projects through a project management simulation. Non-majors should review their registration eligibility in the statement preceding the BUSI courses. | ||||
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