200B Managerial Accounting (Units:3)
Focuses on the use of accounting information for better managerial decision-making and creating value for organizations. Topics include product costing, cost allocation, incremental analysis, budgeting, variance analysis, and performance evaluation. Methods for learning include: lectures, problem-solving, case presentations and discussion. Prerequisite: 200A.
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200BV Managerial Accounting (Units:4)
Information managers should know to be effective, including: product costing, motivating people, and differential analysis for decision making. Includes team projects and written and oral presentations.
PREREQUISITE: MGV 400AV
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201 Financial Reporting (Units:4)
Coverage includes the fundamentals of accounting and reporting economic events and transactions. The course emphasizes the preparation of balance sheets, income statements, statements of cash flow, and statements of stockholders equity.Prerequisite: Must be admitted into the Masters of Professional Accountancy Program. Not open for credit to students who have completed Management 200A.
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201AV The Individual and Group Dynamics (Units:4)
Examines basic psychological and social psychological processes shaping human behavior and applies knowledge of these processes to the following organizational problems: motivation, job design, commitment, socialization, culture, individual and group decision making, and team building.
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201BV Organizational Strategy & Structure (Units:4)
Strategic management of organizations, including analysis of industries, firm resources and capabilities and corporate strategy. Strategy formulation, implementation and strategic decision-making. Firm and industry life cycles and change. Analysis of organizational design and structure including differentiation and integration.
PREREQUISITE: MGV 202AV RECOMMENDED
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202AV Markets & the Firm (Units:4)
Examines the interaction of consumers, firms and government, and the effect this interaction has on the use of resources and firm profitability. Fundamental economic concepts such as marginal analysis, opportunity cost, pricing, and externalities are introduced and applied.
PREREQUISITE: MGV 438V
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202B Business, Government and the International Economy (Units:3)
Examines the influence of government and international factors on the business environment. Topics include business cycles, inflation and interest rates, the federal debt, monetary policy and international trade and finance. Prerequisite: 202A.
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203 Intermediate Financial Reporting (Units:4)
Focuses on the Preparation of complex financial statements. Topics include accounting recognition, measurement, and disclosure, as well as the theoretical foundations of and motivations for financial reporting choices. Examines the standard setting process and the effects of international standards.Prerequisite: Must be admitted into the Masters of Professional Accountancy Program; ACC 201 or MGT 200A.
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203B Statistical Foundations for Business Analytics (Units:3)
The course covers practical statistical methods which prepare the ground for data analytics in the areas of marketing, finance, accounting, operations, economics, healthcare, and management. Emphasis is placed on using statistical results obtained from software to draw insights for making better business decisions. Topics covered include analysis of variance, contingency table analysis, and topics in predictive analytics which include regression modeling and analysis and forecasting of the time series data. This course prepares students well to pursue other analytics courses in the program. After completing this class, students will be able to describe how findings from statistical analysis learned in the class are used to assess business performance and formulate business strategies.
PREREQUISITES: 203A/403A
- Previously, "203B, Intermediate Statistics for Managers".
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203BV Statistical Foundations for Business Analytics (Units:4)
The course covers practical statistical methods which prepare the ground for data analytics in the areas of marketing, finance, accounting, operations, economics, healthcare, and management. Emphasis is placed on using statistical results obtained from software to draw insights for making better business decisions. Topics covered include analysis of variance, contingency table analysis, and topics in predictive analytics which include regression modeling and analysis and forecasting of the time series data. This course prepares students well to pursue other analytics courses in the program. After completing this class, students will be able to describe how findings from statistical analysis learned in the class are used to assess business performance and formulate business strategies.
note: Previously, "203BV, Intermediate Statistics for Managers".
PREREQUISITES: MGV 403AV
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204V Marketing Management (Units:4)
Analysis of market opportunities, elements of market research, development of marketing strategies, marketing planning and implementations, and control systems. Consumer and industrial markets, market segmentation, pricing strategies, distribution channels, promotions, and sales.
PREREQUISITES: MGV 202AV, 403AV
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205 Advanced Financial Reporting (Units:4)
An advanced treatment of recognition, measurement, and disclosure including pensions, accounting for income taxes, mergers and acquisitions, consolidations, special-purpose entities, and foreign subsidiaries. Also includes accounting for governmental and nonprofit entities, as well as advanced treatment of international accounting standards.Prerequisite: Must be admitted into the Masters of Professional Accountancy Program; ACC 203.
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205V Financial Theory and Policy (Units:4)
Covers the fundamental principles of corporate financial management and capital markets. Major topics include general valuation methods for risky cash flow streams, capital budgeting, asset pricing models, risk management, equity financing, debt financing, and deb policy.
PREREQUISITES: MGV 400AV, 403AV; 202AV recommended
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206 Decision Analytics (Units:3)
Considers management science for decision makers. Topics include an introduction to modeling and decision analysis, an introduction to optimization and linear programming, modeling and solving linear programming problems in a spread sheet, sensitivity analysis and the simplex method, networks, integer linear programming, project management and decision analysis.
*Formerly Decision Making and Management Science
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206V Decision Analytics (Units:4)
Considers management science for decision makers. Topics include an introduction to modeling and decision analysis, an introduction to optimization and linear programming, modeling and solving linear programming problems in a spreadsheet, sensitivity analysis and the simplex method, networks, integer linear programming, project management and decision analysis.
*Formerly Decision Making and Management Science
PREREQUISITE: 403AV
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207 Management Information Systems (Units:3)
This course gets at the heart of business model transformation (when firms want to transform the way they do business) through the lens of people, process and technology frameworks (up to 40+) that allow a leader to lead teams through automating business functions while achieving key outcomes for the customer. The is a seminar style course that requires a rigorous real life project application of the content.
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211 Tax Reporting and Analysis (Units:4)
An introduction to the taxation of business entities and their related transactions, with an emphasis on the details of tax law and tax reporting requirements. Topics include individual, partnership, and corporate taxation, as well as tax theory.Prerequisite: Must be admitted into the Masters of Professional Accountancy Program Not open for credit to students who have completed Management 264.
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213 Intermediate Tax Reporting and Analysis (Units:4)
Detailed analysis of federal taxation of individuals. Topics include the timing of income recognition, deductions and credits for tax purposes, as well as the basics of property transactions.Prerequisite: Must be admitted into the Masters of Professional Accountancy Program; ACC 211 or Management 264.
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215 Business Law (Units:3)
Covers the study of the legal environment of business. Subject matter includes an introduction to the American legal system, legal reasoning, contracts, agency, business organizations, and government regulation. Provides students with a basic understanding of the significant legal issues that confront managers and executives.
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215 Advanced Tax Reporting and Analysis (Units:4)
Advanced treatment of complex tax transactions and entities. Topics include aspects of federal taxation of entities and the applicable impact upon individual taxpayers. Coverage includes basis analysis as applicable to pass through entities and an introduction to professional responsibilities.Prerequisite: Must be admitted into the Masters of Professional Accountancy Program; ACC 213
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217 Taxation of Individuals, Property, and Estates (Units:4)
Advanced treatment of complex tax transactions and entities. Topics include aspects of federal taxation of entities and the applicable impact upon individual taxpayers. Coverage includes basis analysis as applicable to pass through entities and an introduction to professional responsibilities.Prerequisite: Must be admitted into the Masters of Professional Accountancy Program; ACC 213
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219 Taxation of Business Entities (Units:4)
Analysis of detailed business entity tax issues including basis calculations, alternative minimum taxation, multistate and multinational taxation, stock transactions, and mergers and acquisitions. Tax planning for entities and relationships between business entities and their owners.Prerequisite: Must be admitted into the Masters of Professional Accountancy Program; ACC 213
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223 Power and Influence in Management (Units:3)
Most social scientists define power as "the capacity to get what you want over the resistance of others" and influence as "the translation of power into action". Power and Influence in Management examines the bases of subunit and individual power in organizations and the means by which subunit and individual power is translated into influence. The course assumes that leaders sometimes must acquire power to be effective, but recognizes that leaders do not always use power in the interests of the organization. Thus, the course explores the positive and negative effects that power and its use can have on organizational effectiveness and in the process considers the ethics of power and influence. Power and Influence in Management also recognizes that leaders are not the only organizational participants who acquire power and exercise influence in organizations. Thus the course focuses not just on leaders but also middle level managers and lower level employees. The course's most basic premise is that managers at all levels of the organization can improve their effectiveness (both in pursuit of their own and their organization's interests) if they better understand how power is accumulated and used in organizations. Class sessions are devoted to discussing case studies in light of theoretical arguments advanced in readings.
Prerequisite: 201A.
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223V Power and Influence in Management (Units:4)
Most social scientists define power as "the capacity to get what you want over the resistance of others" and influence as "the translation of power into action". Power and Influence examines the bases of subunit and individual power in organizations and the means by which subunit and individual power is translated into influence. The course assumes that leaders sometimes must acquire power to be effective, but recognizes that leaders do not always use power in the interests of the organization. Thus, the course explores the positive and negative effects that power and its use can have an organizational effectiveness and in the process considers the ethics of power and influence. The course also recognizes that leaders are not the only organization participants who acquire power and exercise influence in organizations. Thus, the course focuses not just on leaders but also middle level managers and lower level employees. The course's most basic premise is that managers at all levels of the organization can improve their effectiveness (both in pursuit of their own and their organization's interests) if they better understand how power is accumulated and used in organizations. Class sessions are devoted to discussing case studies in light of theoretical arguments advanced in readings.
PREREQUISITE: MGV 201AV
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224 Managing People in High Performance Organizations (Units:3)
Strategic approach to the management of people within organization. Explore choices firms make in managing people--decisions as to selection, performance evaluation, compensation, and other management policies and practices. Analyze employment systems' fit with firms' environments and strategies and the consequences of choices managers make regarding policies and practices.
Prerequisite: 201A
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224V Managing People in High Performance Organizations (Units:4)
Strategic approach to the management of people within organizations. Explore choices firms make in managing people-- decisions as to selection, performance evaluation, compensation, and other management policies and practices. Analyze employment systems' fit with firms' environments and strategies; and the consequences of choices managers make regarding policies and practices.
PREREQUISITE: MGV 201AV
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231 Analysis and Use of Accounting Reports (Units:4)
Perform financial statement analysis on publicly traded companies by leveraging accounting data from the SEC and advanced data analytics techniques. Efficiently manage and synthesize vast volumes of data to formulate a distinctive investment thesis concerning the company's prospective financial performance.
Prerequisite: Must be admitted into the Masters of Professional Accountancy Program; Not open for credit to students who have completed Management 272
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234 Pricing (Units:3)
Combines lectures, cases and homework to teach students tools and skills necessary to analyze pricing situations, make pricing decisions, and implement them, in a systematic manner.
Prerequisite: 203A/403A
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239 Digital Marketing (Units:3)
Course equips students for a career in digital marketing and social media. Topics include online advertising, search engine optimization, interactive mktg, online privacy issues, e-commerce, social influence, social network theory, measurement of social influence and integrating social and traditional media.
Prerequisite: 204
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239V Digital Marketing (Units:4)
This course equips students for a career in digital marketing and social media. Topics include online advertising, search engine optimization, interactive marketing, online privacy issues, e-commerce, social influence, social network theory, measurement of social influence and integrating social and traditional media.
PREREQUISITE: MGV 204V recommended
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240 Management Policy and Strategy (Units:3)
Examines the scope of objectives, strategies, structures, measurements and incentives which bear on the management of an organization. An integrative, experiential management simulation comprises a key part of the learning experience.
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240A Management Policy and Strategy (Units:3)
Examines the scope of objectives, strategies, structures, measurements and incentives which bear on the
management of an organization. An integrative, experiential management simulation comprises a key part of
the learning experience.
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240B Projects Course (Units:3)
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241 Auditing and the Accounting Profession (Units:4)
Introduction to the audit environment, professional standards, the accounting profession, and the professional responsibilities of accountants. The course will integrate audit topics across the areas of financial, cost, tax and systems accounting.
Prerequisite: Must be admitted into the Masters of Professional Accountancy Program; ACC 201 or Management 200A (may be taken concurrently).
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241 New Product Development (Units:3)
Why do some companies consistently outperform other companies in developing successful new products and services? Why do so many new products fail in the marketplace? This course introduces students to the major activities involved in developing new products and services. Emphasis is on learning practical skills and techniques that can help students be successful in a product development environment. Students will learn how to understand customer and user needs, and translate them into meaningful product concepts; manage product development programs and teams across multiple functions. Do financial analysis of programs and make economic tradeoffs in the development effort. Choose product development methodologies appropriate for the business and products. As part of the course, students may work on a new product development project. More details available in the syllabus.
Prerequisite: 204
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241V New Product Development (Units:4)
Why do some companies consistently outperform other companies in developing successful new products and services? Why do so many new products fail in the marketplace? This course introduces students to the major activities involved in developing new products and services. Emphasis is on learning practical skills and techniques that can help students be successful in a product development environment. Students will learn how to understand customer and user needs, and translate them into meaningful product concepts; manage product development programs and teams across multiple functions. Do financial analysis of programs and make economic tradeoffs in the development effort. Choose product development methodologies appropriate for the business and products. As part of the course, students may work on a new product development project. More details available in the syllabus.
PREREQUISITE: MGV 204V
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243 Auditing and Attestation Services (Units:4)
Advanced treatment of the audit process and environment. Topics include audit planning and performance, evidence, internal controls, professional standards, and audit reports. Reviews, compilations and attestation services are examined, as are governmental agency audits. Prerequisite: Must be admitted into the Masters of Professional Accountancy Advanced treatment of the audit process and environment. Topics include audit planning and performance, evidence, internal controls, professional standards, and audit reports. Reviews, compilations and attestation services are examined, as are governmental agency audits.
Requirement: Must be admitted into the Masters of Professional Accountancy Program
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243 Customer Analytics (Units:3)
Teaches students how to use customer analytics to learn about and market to individual customers. Examines the different types of data analytics and how they fit into the customer relationship management world.
Prerequisite: 204/404/404V
Formally, "Customer Relationship Management"
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244 New and Small Business Ventures (Units:3)
Student teams develop complete business plans for their own start-up ventures. Process includes: elevator pitch, business strategy, comprehensive bottoms-up financial projections, capital requirements, product differentiation, competitive, alliance, and go-to-market strategy development, investor presentation, and comprehensive written business plan.
Prerequisite: 204
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246 Negotiation in Organizations (Units:3)
This course is designed to help students develop the ability to effectively negotiate in a competitive business environment. It focuses on negotiation skill-building in the areas of individual conflict management, team management, performance appraisal, corporate impression management and inter-organizational project management. The course will be taught largely through in-class simulations to provide an opportunity for experiential learning. The simulations will also allow students to develop a personal style of negotiation by discovering what works best for them in different situations.
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246V Negotiations in Organizations (Units:4)
Basic theory of negotiation; applies theory to process of building teams to achieve business purposes. Covers integrative and distributive strategies of claiming value, how to recognize bargaining tricks, uncovering hidden agendas, brainstorming to extend Pareto frontier.
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248 Marketing Strategies (Units:3)
Examines process by which organizations develop strategic marketing plans. Includes definition of activities and products, marketing audits, appraising market opportunities, design of new activities and products, and organizing marketing planning function. Applications to problems in private and public sector marketing
Prerequisite: 202A and 204
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249 Marketing Research (Units:3)
Course addresses the managerial issues and problems of systematically gathering and analyzing information for making private and public marketing decisions. Covers the cost and value of information, research design, information collection, measuring instruments, data analysis, and marketing research applications.
Prerequisite: 202A, 203A, 204
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251 Management of Innovation (Units:3)
This course focuses on the management of technology-based innovation. Topics include the impact of new technologies on industries, dominant designs, incremental and transformative innovations, and the life-cycle of products. The class will examine the organization of highly innovative firms, and the relationship of core competencies to both innovation and rigidity. Addresses the relationship of innovation to management practices such as leadership, competitive strategic planning and teamwork by using cases and field studies. Students perform an innovation audit of an area firm.
Prerequisite: 201A
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251 Managerial Accounting and Controls (Units:4)
This course will cover in-depth the cost and management accounting concepts that will enable you to make decisions, including interpreting business situations, identifying available options, interpreting their impacts on financial statements and stakeholders, and clearly and articulately recommending a course of action.
Prerequisite: Must be admitted into the Masters of Professional Accountancy Program; ACC 201 or Management 200A (may be taken concurrently)
Not open for credit to students who have completed Management 271
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251V Management of Innovation (Units:4)
This course focuses on the management of technology-based innovation. Topics include the impact of new technologies on industries, dominant designs, incremental and transformative innovations, and the life-cycle of products. The class will examine the organization of highly innovative firms, and the relationship of core competencies to both innovation and rigidity. Addresses the relationship of innovation to management practices such as leadership, competitive strategic planning and teamwork by using cases and field studies. Students perform an innovation audit of an area firm.
Prerequisite: 201AV
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252V Managing for Operational Excellence (Units:4)
Explores operations in manufacturing and service sectors from both inside and outside a company. Quantitative methods and their organizational implications are also examined.
PREREQUISITE: MGV 403AV
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253 Accounting Information and Control Systems (Units:4)
An analysis of information systems used for accounting, recordkeeping, and control. Topics include the regulatory requirements of accounting control systems as well as their implementation and auditing considerations.
Prerequisite: Must be admitted into the Masters of Professional Accountancy Program; ACC 201 or Management 200A (may be taken concurrently)
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253 Corporate Social Responsibility (Units:3)
Goal in this course will be to develop a thought process and approach to corporate social responsibility that students will be able to build on during their post-school leadership roles, whether as corporate executives, entrepreneurs, or NGO leaders.
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254V Marketing Analytics (Units:4)
This coures will teach students how to leverage data to derive actionable insights. The primary objectives of this course are to (1) train students how to recognize what variation in data identifies the answer to a question and (2) help students build their marketing analytics knowledge base. In service of these objectives, this course will survey several analytical tools and data types commonly used by marketers
PREREQUISITES: 203A/403A or equivalent
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255 Entrepreneurship Clinic (Units:3)
Provides the necessary analytical and design tools to create and evaluate business ideas and refine potential business models based on emerging technologies. Students learn to work closely in small, interdisciplinary teams to synthesize technical, strategic, and marketing needs and resources into designs for new ventures. Topics include rapid market research, financial modeling, prototyping, and venture investment. Throughout the course, students will work in teams to develop and refine a set of new venture concepts, culminating with a well-developed venture pitch for investors. Instruction and experimentation are integrated and overseen by both faculty and practicing professionals (investors, entrepreneurs, and executives).
This course was formerly named, "Entrepreneurship and Venture Investment Clinic". If you've taken his course in the past, you cannot take it again.
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258 Mergers and Acquisitions (Units:3)
Course focuses on the market for corporate acquisitions and restructuring activity. Topics include: sources of value creation; takeovers; anti-takeover provisions; bidding strategies; use of leverage in buyouts; regulatory risk and hurdles; and, valuation approaches for highly leveraged transactions.
Prerequisite: 205
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259 Banking and the Financial System (Units:3)
Analyzes the role of financial markets and institutions in allocating capital. Focuses on: bank lending; debt securities; financial market innovations; regulation; functions of commercial banks and other financial intermediaries. Utilizes case studies.
Prerequisite: 205 and 201A
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260 Corporate Finance (Units:3)
Bridges the gap between concepts in corporate finance learned in Management 205 and corporate finance as it is currently applied by top management of U.S. firms. Questions to be addressed: Do managers practice what MBA programs teach? If not, why not? Which theories that MBAs have learned are recognized by managers? Which theories seem to fit the facts best? The course is highly recommended for students interested in corporate or nonprofit finance.
Prerequisite: 200A, 202A, 205
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260V Corporate Finance (Units:4)
Bridges the gap between concepts in corporate finance learned in MGV 205V and corporate finance as it is currently applied by top management of U.S. firms. Questions to be addressed: Do managers practice what MBA programs teach? If not, why not? Which theories that MBAs have learned are recognized by managers? Which theories esem to fit the facts best? The course is highly recommended for students interested in corporate or nonprofit finance.
PREREQUISITES: MGV 202AV, 400AV, 205V
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261 Investment Analysis (Units:3)
Examines models of asset pricing and the actual performance of U.S. and foreign investments, with an emphasis on equity investments. The class will look at the factors affecting stock and bond returns, the success of different investment strategies, and the ability of individual investors and institutional players to "beat the market." Other topics include diversification, market crashes, fixed-income analysis, the organization and performance of mutual funds.
Prerequisite: 203A, 205
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261 Communications for Professional Accountants (Units:4)
An overview of written and oral professional communications with an emphasis on structuring and documenting audits and reports, understanding audiences (investors, creditors, regulators, and other stakeholders), and consideration of ethical and regulatory responsibilities.
Prerequisite: Must be admitted into the Masters of Professional Accountancy Program; ACC 201 or Management 200A (may be taken concurrently)
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261V Investment Analysis (Units:4)
Examines models of asset pricing and the actual performance of U.S. and foreign investments, with an emphasis on equity investments. The class will look at factors affecting stock and bond returns, the success of different investment strategies, and the ability of individual investors and institutional players to "beat the market." Other topics include diversification, market crashes, fixed-income analysis, the organization and performance of mutual funds.
PREREQUISITE: MGV 205V
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263 Derivative Securities (Units:3)
The behavior of options, futures, and other derivative securities markets and how public agencies, business and others use those markets. Trading strategies involving options, swaps, and financial futures contracts. Pricing of derivative securities, primarily by arbitrage methods.
Prerequisites: 203A, 205
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264 Business Taxation (Units:3)
Develops and applies a framework for analyzing how income taxes affect business decisions and company strategy. Applications include the role of taxes in management compensation, multinational decision- making, corporate restructuring transactions, and succession planning. Emphasizes tax planning concepts and their application rather than the detail of the federal code.
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264V Business Taxation (Units:4)
Develops and applies a framework for analyzing how income taxes affect business decisions and company strategy. Applications include the role of taxes in management compensation, multinational decision- making, corporate restructuring transactions, and succession planning. Emphasizes tax planning concepts and their application rather than the detail of the federal code.
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265 Technology Finance and Valuation (Units:3)
This course examines VC finance and the related practice of Research and Development finance. The goal of the course is to apply finance tools and framework to the world of venture capital and financing of projects in high-growth industries.
Prerequisite: 205
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265V Technology Finance and Valuation (Units:4)
Examines venture capital finance and the related practice of R&D finance. Goal is to apply finance tools and framework to the world of venture capital and financing of projects in high-growth industries.
PREREQUISITE: MGV 205V
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266 International Finance (Units:3)
Studies fixed and floating exchange-rate systems. Topics include determinants of a nation's balance of international payments; macroeconomic interdependence of nations under various exchange-rate regimes and its implications for domestic stabilization policies; and the international coordination of monetary and stabilization policies.
Prerequisite: 205
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267 Managing Teams and Projects (Units:3)
This course teaches the theory and processes of group and team behavior so that you can successfully manage groups and work effectively in a variety of group settings. The first goal of the course is to provide conceptual guidelines for analyzing and diagnosing group dynamics and determining one's strategic options as a manager. The second goal is to understand how technological change affects team processes in organizations. Finally, this course will impart practical interpersonal skills for implementing effective strategies for group situations. The course is intended for students who seek greater understanding of teams and who wish to increase their competence in managing and working effectively in these contexts. - Enrollment Priority given to second year students.
- Prerequisite: 201A The Individual and Group Dynamics
Formally, "Teams and Technology"
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267V Managing Teams and Projects (Units:4)
This course teaches the theory and processes of group and team behavior so that you can successfully manage groups and work effectively in a variety of group settings. The first goal of the course is to provide conceptual guidelines for analyzing and diagnosing group dynamics and determining one's strategic options as a manager. The second goal is to understand how technological change affects team processes in organizations. Finally, this course will impart practical interpersonal skills for implementing effective strategies for group situations. The course is intended for students who seek greater understanding of teams and who wish to increase their competence in managing and working effectively in these contexts.
Prerequisite: 201AV - Individual and Group Dynamics
Formally, "Teams and Technology"
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268V Articulation and Critical Thinking (Units:4)
Develop competency in business writing and oral presentations. Build critical thinking skills. Topics include behavioral economics, false claims, deductive and inductive reasoning, correlation/causality, business ethics. Formerly titled "Management Communications."
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269 Machine Learning with Python (Units:3)
This course introduces popular machine learning methods to address big data problems businesses face. It covers topics in clustering, association rules for market basket analysis, classification, numeric prediction, model evaluation, etc. This course provides an entry point for students to use Python to apply machine learning models to analyze various types of data. This is a very hands-on class. You will be learning Python to process data and perform data mining and machine learning tasks on different types of data. The course is recommended for students interested in understanding the techniques and applications of using data mining and machine learning methods to process data, and also for students who are interested in learning Python from scratch and using it to program and analyze data. After taking this class, the students should be able to understand the data mining process, comprehend several popular machine learning and data mining methods, use Python to apply data mining and machines learning methods on different types of data, and also formulate problems for a given data set.
*This course was previoulsy called, "Data Mining".
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270 Corporate Financial Reporting (Units:3)
Critically analyzes and evaluates contemporary issues in corporate accounting and financial reporting, and develops implications of those issues for managers, investors, independent accountants, and policy makers. Focuses on the underlying accounting concepts and the motivations for and consequences of accounting and disclosure alternatives. Discusses research findings and legal implications where relevant. Covers generally accepted accounting principles for industrials, banks, and other organizations.
Prerequisite: 200A
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271 Strategic Cost Management (Units:3)
This class examines how firms use organizational design and cost management to achieve a sustainable cost structure as a basis for superior profit performance. A value chain framework is used to explore how firms design and structure business processes for strategic advantage. We start with an overview of how modern product costing systems work and their limitations as a basis for strategic cost management. We then study how firms manage costs during product design and development, production and/or service delivery, and after the sale. Competitive cost structures are increasingly obtained, not through technical efficiencies of a single firm, but through innovative collaboration among firms ---- what has been termed the 'extended enterprise.' Thus more than half of the course examines cost management at the boundaries of the firm --- where the firm interacts with suppliers, strategic alliance partners, customers and society.
Prerequisite: 202A
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271 Accounting Ethics (Units:4)
Analysis of accountants' professional responsibilities and ethics. Topics include the behavioral foundations of ethics in a business environment, as well as how those elements affect accountants' integrity, objectivity, and independence. Professional standards related to accountants' conduct are also covered.
Prerequisite: Must be admitted into the Masters of Professional Accountancy Program; ACC 201 or Management 200A (may be taken concurrently)
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272 Financial Statement Analysis (Units:3)
Perform financial statement analysis on publicly traded companies by leveraging accounting data from the SEC and advanced data analytics techniques. Efficiently manage and synthesize vast volumes of data to formulate a distinctive investment thesis concerning the company's prospective financial performance.
Prerequisite: 400A
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276 Real Estate Finance and Development (Units:3)
Focuses on single-family, attached, detached, multi-family, and light commercial development. Studies factors that make up successful real estate developments. Considers the financial aspects of land acquisition, land development, construction, project lending and management. The course will have special lectures on Wetlands and the political process, forces, moratoriums and controls.
Prerequisite: 205 and 201A
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282 Supply Chain Management (Units:3)
Matching supply with demand is a primary challenge for a firm: excess supply is too costly, inadequate supply irritates customers. Matching supply to demand is easiest when a firm has a flexible supply process, but flexibility is generally expensive. In this course we will learn(1) how to assess the appropriate level of supply flexibility for a given industry and (2) explore strategies for economically increasing a firm’s supply flexibility. Lastly we will study coordination and incentives across multiple firms in a supply chain. While tactical models and decisions are part of this course, the emphasis is on the qualitative insights needed by general managers or management consultants.
Prerequisite: 203A
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285 Time Series Analysis and Forecasting (Units:3)
Helps managers face problems of forecasting the future value of external and internal factors such as product demand, input prices, inventory levels, interest rates, advertising budgets, etc. Covers techniques to aid in this task, including time series analysis, which is the statistical analysis of past data series to produce forecasts for future values of the series. Covers methods such as exponential smoothing, Box-Jenkins modeling, seasonal adjustment, decomposition, curve fitting and multiple regression. Both the statistical principles and the practical details of these methods will be addressed. In addition, business studies homework and a project are assigned to enhance the abilities of empirical data analysis.
Prerequisite: 203B
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287 Database Management with SQL (Units:3)
This course aims to provide a practical introduction to the fundamental principles of database management systems. After taking this course, students will be able to transform daily business activities into a database system from which information can be extracted, write SQL queries to extract information from the database, and understand some concepts of database marketing. Students will design and deploy a database solution using database software. A business database will be provided for students to design queries to answer business questions. Students will also learn how to connect databases to a data visualization tool and visualize database query results. The course is designed mainly for students who have no or very limited database background and are eager to learn how to set up his/her own database from scratch, write SQL queries to answer questions. No prerequisite is required for taking this course.
Formally, "Business Database & Database Marketing"
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290 Managing Sustainability (Units:3)
This course introduces fundamental sustainability concepts and language, discusses current events, and explores how innovation and new technologies can be used to better manage sustainability.
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290 Scientific Discovery and Innovation at Scale in the Food and Agriculture Sector (Units:3)
Scientific discovery and business innovation within the food and agriculture sector profoundly influences the sustainability of society and enterprise competitiveness. Students will learn how business innovation models co-exist antagonistically or synergistically with scientific discovery and its influence on enterprise competitiveness.
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290 Sustainable Energy Industry Immersion (Units:3)
This industry immersion brings together graduate students from multiple departments and exposes them to significant managerial problems being faced in the energy industry.
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290 Innovation Finance Industry Immersion (Units:3)
This industry immersion brings together graduate students from multiple departments and exposes them to significant managerial problems being faced by CFOS in the technology industry.
*Formally, "CFO Tech Immersion"
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290 Food and Agriculture Industry Immersion (Units:3)
This industry immersion brings together graduate students from multiple departments and exposes them to significant managerial problems being faced in the food and agriculture industry.
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290 Business Analytics Immersion (Units:3)
This industry immersion brings industry leaders from multiple functional areas and confronts students with significant real-world managerial problems being faced in business analytics
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290 Biotechnology Industry Immersion (Units:3)
This industry immersion brings together graduate students from multiple departments and exposes them to significant managerial problems being faced in the biotechnology industry.
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290 The Business of Politics (Units:3)
This class is for students who want to better understand the relationship between politics and business. Students of this class will be better prepared to understand business as a political actor, the regulation of business by government, business participation in the policy making process, and constraints on business as a political power, among other topics. Students taking this class will hopefully be better prepared to help manage their organization through the policy and political landscape in a manner that is advantageous to their business.
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290 Strategic Innovations for Energy Efficiency (Units:3)
This course examines energy efficiency as a strategic solution to corporate financial, competitive, and sustainability goals. The course covers three topics: 1. energy fundamentals for non-experts, 2. corporate strategies for reducing energy consumption, and 3. energy efficiency as a new market opportunity. Although there will be some technical materials this is a strategy course and does not presume expertise in energy nor the intention of entering the energy industry. Rather, we will focus on energy as a critical business input-much like financial inputs-to examine how efficiency strategies can manage this resource wisely to meet corporate goals.
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290 Corporate Social Responsibility (Units:3)
The goal in 290 is to develop a thought process and approach to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in its various forms, ranging from a public relations tool to a platform for creating market value that students will be able to build upon during their post-school leadership roles as corporate executives, entrepreneurs, or NGO leaders. The class exposes students to a broad set of CSR issues and cross-functional business challenges together with the analysis and critical decisions managers must make to move a business and social agenda forward. Using case studies and guest speakers, the class will assess CSR from diverse business situations and points of view. Students will lead their own field study of a major company to observe, assess and design innovative CSR initiatives for real business. Indicative topics covered in the class include: What is CSR, its history and how important is it to a business? Can and should CSR be aligned with brand, and why? What happens when companies use their CSR agenda as a basis for creating market value? Can CSR move from a cost center to a profit center?
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290 Bay Area MBA Executive Leadership Seminar (Units:3)
This seminar brings successful corporate leaders to the Bay Area MBA program to teach important lessons from the frontlines of industry. Executives share their first-hand experiences of the complexities of today's business world, inspiring students to seek new ways to meet the challenges of tomorrow.
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291 Strategic Implementation (Units:3)
This course will focus on strategic implementation as an important theoretical and practical concern of managers and leaders.
Prerequisite: 201B
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291 Corporate Strategy (Units:3)
This course is about the evaluation and formulation of corporate strategy. It examines the possibilities and realities of creating value through the management of multiple business units in a single firm. Topics covered include integration and organization of multiple business units, corporate innovation, mergers and acquisitions, and the cultural, cognitive and political problems of formulating and implementing strategy at the corporate level.
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291 The Causes of Organizational Wrongdoing (Units:3)
"The Causes of Organizational Wrongdoing" is motivated by the implicit contradiction between two personal observations. My experience suggests that the overwhelming majority of managers (and management students) aspire to manage in ethical, socially responsible, and law-abiding ways and embrace socially acceptable ideas about the difference between right and wrong. But media reports and academic studies suggest that unethical, socially irresponsible, and illegal behavior is common in organizations. This raises the question, why do otherwise ethical, socially responsible, and law-abiding people become involved in wrongful courses of action. This course will attempt to answer this question by examining classic and recent theories about why people cross the line between right and wrong, focusing more specifically on research that has been conducted on wrongdoing in and of organizations. The hope is that if we can develop a good understanding of organizational wrongdoing, we can reduce the chance that we, those we manage, and those who manage us will engage in wrongful behavior.
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291 Leadership (Units:3)
This course will focus on effective strategies for leading and managing companies. CEOs and business leaders are scheduled to speak in class and share their experiences in leadership. The course will include strategies and tools applicable for managers at all organizational levels.
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292 Multi Asset Class Portfolio Management (Units:3)
Examines management of alternative investment and multi-asset-class portfolios from a practitioner perspective. Emphasizes drivers of asset class risk / return and the interconnectedness of asset classes. Topics include portfolio concepts, cash equivalents, bonds, stocks, hedge funds, private equity, real estate, credit cycles, financial crises and asset allocation.
Prerequisites: 402A, 403A, 405.
Course Overview: https://clipchamp.com/watch/NO7dY2j4R1l
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293 Marketing Analytics (Units:3)
This course will teach students how to leverage data to derive actionable insights. The primary objectives of this course are to (1) train students to how to recognize what variation in data identifies the answer to a question, and (2) help students build their marketing analytics knowledge base. In service of these objectives, this course will survey several analytical tools and data types commonly used by marketers.
Prerequisite: 204, 203A
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293 Consumer Behavior (Units:3)
Consumers and customers (current consumers/customers and prospects) are the focus of all marketing activity. Starting with this simple proposition, this course examines a wide range of behavioral science concepts and their application to marketing situations,the cognitive, affective, and behavioral responses of consumers to products and services, and to the marketing of those products and services. Significant attention will be paid to how B2C consumers and B2B customers make decisions, and how marketers can influence those decisions. Changes in consumer behavior in the internet age will be addressed.
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293 Product Management (Units:3)
The course is designed to provide an in-depth understanding of the requirements, issues, and tools involved in marketing existing products/services. The major topic areas covered include: The product management system, market planning, and control. Unifying and integrating marketing concepts from the core and the marketing electives (through the use of a marketing simulation).
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293 Strategic Branding (Units:3)
This course will provide students with a comprehensive understanding of branding strategies and implementation.
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297 International Study Trip (Units:3)
This class is designed to help develop knowledge, skills and desire to do business in the international marketplace. Each time, we pick a new part of the world to study that reflects some special opportunity. The course will begin with discussion of importance of international business and theory of Comparative Advantage and the continued trend towards globalization. The class will follow up with appreciation of spectrum of key cultural parameters: individual independence or group conformity; hierarchical or flat societies; feeling or thinking decision-making; implicit or explicit communication styles; legal contracts or personal relationships; etc. We will discuss how these cultural tendencies shape business practices. Next we’ll build an appreciation for international risk by discussing corporate governance, foreign exchange fluctuations, political/economic infrastructure, taxation policies, and sovereign credit ratings. We’ll use case studies to enhance discussion of theories.
Note: Students who have previously taken IST may register for a second time, but they will have the lowest priority in terms of registration. That is, even if you are in your third year in the program, and can register early, if you have taken the course previously, you will be put on the end of the line in terms of registration priority.
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298 Pre-Immersion: Food and Agriculture (Units:2)
Students will be exposed to the latest technologies and practices being employed in the food/ag industry, develop an understanding of the business context within which companies operate in the food/ag industry and prepare them for the Food/Ag immersion course offered in the Winter quarter of 2023.
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298 Directed Group Study (Units:0)
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (S/U grading only.)
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298 Seminar: Food & Agriculture (Units:1)
Students will be exposed to the latest technologies and practices being employed in the food/ag industry, develop an understanding of the business context within which companies operate in the food/ag industry and build on the Food/Ag immersion course offered in the Winter quarter.
Prerequisite: 290 Food and Agriculture Industry Immersion, or Permission of instructor.
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298 Seminar: Pathways in Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Units:0)
This course covers the different paths into and through innovation and entrepreneurship, with emphasis on new ventures and UC Davis alumni. The course is case-based and involves readings, case preparation, and participation in the case discussions, as well as two exercises and an individual final report.
Prerequisite: 251, Management of Innovation
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298 Analysis of Financial Statements (Units:0)
Evaluation of complex financial accounting reports by managers and persons outside the firm, such as investors, creditors, and financial analysts. Topics include cash flow vs. income measurement, ratio and valuation analysis, and the effects of international accounting standards.
Prerequisite: Must be admitted into the Masters of Professional Accountancy Program; ACC 203 Not open for credit to students who have completed Management 272
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299 Individual Study (Units:0)
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (S/U grading only.)
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400 Foundations of Analytics (Units:4)
Focuses on teaching the fundamentals of R and SQL. Introduces the topic of numerical optimization, and review the concepts of linear algebra and calculus.
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400A Financial Accounting (Units:4)
Introduces the concepts and objectives underlying the preparation of financial statements. Topics include understanding the accounting cycle, measurement and valuation problems associated with financial statement components, consideration of the usefulness of financial statements in the analysis of a corporation's operations.
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400AV Financial Accounting (Units:4)
Introduction to the concepts and objectives underlying the preparation of financial statements. Topics include understanding the accounting cycle, measurement and valuation problems associated with financial statement components, consideration of the usefulness of financial statements in the analysis of a corporation’s operations.
PREREQUISITE: MGV 438V
ONLINE MBA PROGRAM
Course Overview Video
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400AY Financial Accounting (Units:4)
Introduces the concepts and objectives underlying the preparation of financial statements. Topics include understanding the accounting cycle, measurement and valuation problems associated with financial statement components, consideration of the usefulness of financial statements in the analysis of a corporation's operations.
-Hybrid
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401 Crisis Management (Units:1)
Establish and explore the defining characteristics of crises. Will learn to anchor crisis management firmly within overall strategic management and also acquire a set of useful tools and techniques for planning for and handling actual crises.
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401 Information, Insight and Impact (Units:3)
This course explores the role of analytics in business. It aims to teach the basic principles involved in the applications of analytics to various aspects of business processes. The specific objectives are outlined below:
a. Introduce basic applications of business analytics across multiple sectors
b. Discuss the ethical implications of business analytics and understand its limits
c. Introduce methodologies used in business analytics
d. Understand how to collect, process and quantify data
e. Discuss the role of descriptive, predictive and prescriptive analytics
f. Topics also include modelling uncertainty, dealing with multiple objectives, and consensus building.
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401A The Individual and Group Dynamics (Units:4)
Examines basic psychological and social psychological processes shaping human behavior and applies knowledge of these processes to the problem of working with and managing others in organizations. Topics include: motivation, job design, commitment, socialization, culture, individual and group decision making and team building.
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401AY The Individual and Group Dynamics (Units:4)
Examines basic psychological and social psychological processes shaping human behavior and applies knowledge of these processes to the problem of working with and managing others in organizations. Topics include: motivation, job design, commitment, socialization, culture, individual and group decision making and team building.
-Hybrid
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401B Organizational Strategy and Structure (Units:4)
Strategic management of organizations, including analysis of industries, firm resources and capabilities and corporate strategy. Strategy formulation, implementation and strategic decision-making. Firm and industry life cycles and change. Analysis of organizational design and structure including differentiation and integration.
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401BY Organizational Strategy and Structure (Units:4)
Strategic management of organizations, including analysis of industries, firm resources and capabilities and corporate strategy. Strategy formulation, implementation and strategic decision-making. Firm and industry life cycles and change. Analysis of organizational design and structure including differentiation and integration.
-Hybrid
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402 Organizational Issues in Implementing Analytics (Units:3)
The objective of this course is to help students develop skills to analyze and address issues that arise in enabling the use of analytics in organizations. Students will learn strategic and organizational analysis tools, including models and frameworks to diagnose organizational issues and anticipate barriers to smooth implementation. Students will also learn basic theory about why people resist change. Students will become more knowledgeable about where analytics fits into overall organizational objectives and functioning, and about organizational and individual-level factors that can impede or enhance the use of analytics for business performance.
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402A Markets and the Firm (Units:4)
Examines the interaction of consumers, firms and government, and the effect this interaction has on the use of resources and firm profitability. Fundamental economic concepts such as marginal analysis, opportunity cost, pricing, and externalities are introduced and applied.
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402AY Markets and the Firm (Units:4)
Examines the interaction of consumers, firms and government, and the effect this interaction has on the use of resources and firm profitability. Fundamental economic concepts such as marginal analysis, opportunity cost, pricing, and externalities are introduced and applied.
-Hybrid
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403 Organizational Effectiveness Workshop (Units:2)
In this course, students will learn about leadership and working successfully in teams and organizations. Particular emphasis is placed on developing skills for presenting ideas clearly and communicating effectively with people across the organization.
Restricted to students enrolled in MSBA program
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403A Data Analysis for Managers (Units:4)
Introduces statistics and data analysis for managerial decision-making. Descriptive statistics, principles of data collection, sampling, quality control, statistical inference. Application of data-analytic methods to problems in marketing, finance, accounting, production, operations and public policy.
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403AV Data Analysis for Managers (MoM) (Units:4)
Introduction to statistics and data analysis for managerial decision making. Descriptive statistics, principles of data collection, sampling, quality control, statistical inference. Application of data analytic methods to problems in marketing, finance, accounting, production, operations, and public policy.
Master of Management Program
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403AV Data Analysis for Managers (Units:4)
Introduction to statistics and data analysis for managerial decision making. Descriptive statistics, principles of data collection, sampling, quality control, statistical inference. Application of data analytic methods to problems in marketing, finance, accounting, production, operations, and public policy.
PREREQUISITE: MGV 438V
ONLINE MBA PROGRAM
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403AY Data Analysis for Managers (Units:4)
Introduces statistics and data analysis for managerial decision-making. Descriptive statistics, principles of data collection, sampling, quality control, statistical inference. Application of data-analytic methods to problems in marketing, finance, accounting, production, operations and public policy.
-Hybrid
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404 Marketing Management (Units:4)
Analysis of market opportunities, elements of market research, development of marketing strategies, market planning and implementations, and control systems. Consumer and industrial markets, market segmentation, pricing strategies, distribution channels, promotion, and sales.
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404 Organizational Change Management (Units:1)
In this dynamic world businesses need to continuously change to deliver new services to customers, reduce costs of existing services or create an entirely new paradigm of business itself. Getting such changes implemented is a challenge. There are several cases where companies fail to achieve the desired change! They fail to get acceptance, they fail to get adoption and their grand vision remains unfulfilled. The problems are traced back to human nature, to why employees will not implement a change even though it appears a definitely better way to do business, and how bosses fail to address the micro-environment around impacted employees. If they had some OCM training, their business success would be significantly better.
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404Y Marketing Management (Units:4)
Analysis of market opportunities, elements of market research, development of marketing strategies, market planning and implementations, and control systems. Consumer and industrial markets, market segmentation, pricing strategies, distribution channels, promotion, and sales.
-Hybrid
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405 Financial Theory and Policy (Units:4)
Covers the fundamental principles of corporate financial management and capital markets. Major topics include general valuation methods for risky cash flow streams, capital budgeting, asset pricing models, risk management, equity financing, debt financing, and dividend policy.
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405Y Financial Theory and Policy (Units:4)
Covers the fundamental principles of corporate financial management and capital markets. Major topics include general valuation methods for risky cash flow streams, capital budgeting, asset pricing models, risk management, equity financing, debt financing, and dividend policy.
- Hybrid
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406A Decision Analytics: Spreadsheet Based (Units:2)
Develops decision-making and problem-solving skills in conjunction with a quantitative model-building approach.
Not open for credit to students who have taken 206V.
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406AV Decision Analytics: Spreadsheet Based (Units:2)
Develops decision-making and problem-solving skills in conjunction with a quantitative model-building approach.
Not open for credit to students who have taken 206.
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406B Decision Analytics: Scalable (Units:2)
Builds on concepts learned in 406A to develop techniques for describing and implementing models that can scale in all dimensions.
Prerequisite: 406A.
Students who have taken 206, may also take this course for credit.
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406BV Decision Analytics: Scalable (Units:2)
Builds on concepts learned in 406A to develop techniques for describing and implementing models that can scale in all dimensions.
Prerequisite: 406AV.
Students who have taken 206V, may also take this course for credit.
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407 Storytelling for Leadership (Units:1)
Internalize the fundamental principles behind stories that educate, influence, motivate, inspire, persuade and connect.
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408 The Business of the Media (Units:1)
Focuses on the media industries and how emerging digital technologies are disrupting the way media consumption, distribution and business models work. Course will highlight the economics of several media- both news and entertainment - including newspapers, magazines, radio, television, cable television, motion pictures, video gaming, and social media. The course will include guest speakers from the different media industries studied, highlight innovative start-ups through case studies.
Restricted to students enrolled in MBA program
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408V The Business of the Media (Units:1)
Focuses on the media industries and how emerging digital technologies are disrupting the way media consumption, distribution and business models work. Course will highlight the economics of several media- both news and entertainment - including newspapers, magazines, radio, television, cable television, motion pictures, video gaming, and social media. The course will include guest speakers from the different media industries studied, highlight innovative start-ups through case studies.
Offered Online. Equivalent to 408
Restricted to students enrolled in MBA program
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411 Problem Structuring (Units:2)
Overview of vocabulary, concepts and methods for mapping business problems into an analytical framework. Specific topics include influence diagrams, modelling uncertainty, dealing with multiple objectives, and consensus building.
Restricted to students enrolled in MSBA program
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412 International Marketing (Units:1)
Understanding basic concepts of international marketing. Understanding and managing heterogeneous, dynamic, and interdependent environments across countries. How to develop and implement an international marketing strategy: where and how to compete how to adapt your marketing mix.
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414 Multi-Channel Marketing (Units:1)
Multi-Channel Marketing strategies empower managers to create value for different customer segments. This class covers the necessary concepts to evaluate and select go-to market strategies in order to capitalize on the ubiquity of modern customers.
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415 Climate Risks and Opportunities (Units:1)
The objective of this course is to provide a working knowledge of the risks and opportunities arising from climate change and climate policy for businesses. This course focuses on how climate change may change the way we do business, looking at the physical, operational and financial impact of climate change, as well as the emerging tools to foster business resilience.
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415V Business Law (Units:3)
Covers the study of the legal environment of business. Subject matter includes an introduction to the American legal system, legal reasoning, contracts, agency, business organizations, and government regulation. Provides students with a basic understanding of the significant legal issues that confront managers and executives.
Online
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416 Topics in Private Equity and Mergers & Acquisitions (Units:2)
Focuses on the finance principles related to the risk and return of the private equity (PE) industry, valuation of PE target companies, the structuring of leveraged buyouts (LBOs), and the management of portfolio companies.
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419 Business Strategy Consulting (Units:1)
In this course, students will learn practical business consulting skills which will help you apply strategy theories in the workplace. You will learn and practice tools to frame and analyze problems, conduct research, communicate findings and navigate client relationships.
Recommended: 201B & 204
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419V Business Strategy Consulting (Units:1)
In this course, students will learn practical business consulting skills which will help you apply strategy theories in the workplace. You will learn and practice tools to frame and analyze problems, conduct research, communicate findings and navigate client relationships.
Recommended: 201B & 204
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420 Advanced Optimization in a Python-based Modeling Language (Units:1)
Covers advanced optimization modeling techniques and practical application of a modern, scalable modeling language. Techniques will be developed using examples from production planning in a supply chain, but students may explore other areas of application of optimization for their final project.
Prerequisites: 252 and 206
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421 Data Management (Units:2)
Introduction to the extraction, assembly, storage and organization of data in IT systems.
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422 Data Design & Representation (Units:2)
Introduction to business applications involving standard, streaming, and network data. Emphasis on scalable technologies for processing and analyzing big data for diverse applications.
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423 Leader as Coach: An Introduction to Coaching Skills for Leaders (Units:1)
This course develops the skills for managers, business leaders and people leaders to coach their people. Leaders who can coach have the ability to motivate and develop their employees by enabling them to develop themselves and unleash their full potential. The course covers fundamental coaching skills and coaching model that leaders can apply to their day-to-day interactions with their team, direct reports, as well as their peers. Occasionally, the coaching skills can also be applied to situations when people need to manage up to more effectively engage with their supervisors.
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423 Big Data Analytics (Units:3)
The goal of this class is to equip you with the state of the art big data skills to become an effective data scientist in this evolving data landscape. Topics include Distributed Computing, Streaming, Text/Social Network Analytics, and Deep Learning.
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423V Power & Influence in Management (Units:3)
Most social scientists define power as "the capacity to get what you want over the resistance of others" and influence as "the translation of power into action". Power and Influence in Management examines the bases of subunit and individual power in organizations and the means by which subunit and individual power is translated into influence. The course assumes that leaders sometimes must acquire power to be effective, but recognizes that leaders do not always use power in the interests of the organization. Thus, the course explores the positive and negative effects that power and its use can have on organizational effectiveness and in the process considers the ethics of power and influence. Power and Influence in Management also recognizes that leaders are not the only organizational participants who acquire power and exercise influence in organizations. Thus the course focuses not just on leaders but also middle level managers and lower level employees. The course's most basic premise is that managers at all levels of the organization can improve their effectiveness (both in pursuit of their own and their organization's interests) if they better understand how power is accumulated and used in organizations. Class sessions are devoted to discussing case studies in light of theoretical arguments advanced in readings.Prerequisite: 201A.
Online
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424 Analytics for Logistics & Supply Chain Management (Units:3)
Introduction to various optimization methods in the domain of logistics and supply chains.
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428 Renewable Energy Ventures (Units:1)
This advanced innovation lab will introduce students to issues addressed by entrepreneurs and investors in renewable ventures. Lectures, simulations, case studies and practical experience of the presenters will be delivered.
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429 Detection and Prevention of Asset Misappropriation Fraud in the Workplace (Units:1)
This course will discuss the fundamentals of fraud detection and prevention in the workplace. Students will learn the major schemes involving workplace fraud, how management can detect fraud and what policies and procedures can be implemented to prevent fraud.
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431 Project Management (Units:1)
This class is designed to enable participants to understand how to manage the scope, time and cost of projects
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431 Data Visualization (Units:2)
Extract insights using visualization tools in R, Python, ManyEyes, HTML/CSS, etc. Standard (histograms, boxplots, and dashboards) and specialized (3D, animation, word clouds) formats are covered.
*Prior knowledge of R is required for MBA students
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432 Project Management with Applications in Healthcare (Units:1)
This course will focus on the heart of healthcare administration and how project management can be applied as a key lever to increase efficiency, decrease costs and improve the patient experience.
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432V Project Management with Applications in Healthcare (Units:1)
This course will focus on the heart of healthcare administration and how project management can be applied as a key lever to increase efficiency, decrease costs and improve the patient experience.
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433 Corporate Sustainability (Units:1)
Learn practical information that will help students understand the basics of designing, managing and evaluating an effective CSR program. Expose students to a basic set of CSR issues in the context of cross-purpose business challenges and then focus on the analysis and critical decisions that managers must make to move their business and their social agenda forward. **Note, this is a one unit version of 290-Corporate Social Responsibility**
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434Y Pricing (Units:3)
Combines lectures, cases and homework to teach students tools and skills necessary to analyze pricing situations, make pricing decisions, and implement them, in a systematic manner.
Prerequisite: 203A/403A
Hybrid Course
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435 Data Wrangling (Units:1)
The course will develop practical skills to pre-process data. This tidied raw data can then be used for downstream data analysis, modeling, and visualization.
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436 Introduction to Derivative Securities (Units:1)
The objective of this course is to introduce students to derivative securities and other forms of financial innovations. Various characteristics of futures, options, and other derivative securities markets and how public agencies, businesses, and others use these markets are discussed.
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437 Healthcare Analytics (Units:1)
Introduction to advanced analytics framework, key Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning concepts, and modeling techniques towards solving high-value and high-impact healthcare business problems.
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437V Healthcare Analytics (Units:1)
Introduction to advanced analytics framework, key Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning concepts, and modeling techniques towards solving high-value and high-impact healthcare business problems.
Online
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438V Quantitative Tools for Business (Units:4)
Quantitative analysis and business storytelling through practical quantitative frameworks, descriptive procedures and real life case studies.
ONLINE MBA PROGRAM.
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440 Integrated Management Project (Units:6)
Applies classroom learning to solve complex business challenges for real world clients. Student teams learn practical consulting skills while their clients benefit from the student's experience, insights, and work product.
Prerequisite: Completion of all core courses.
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440A International Management Project (Units:6)
The course will take place over a period of a ten-week quarter and culminate with MBA students making a trip to the target destination. During the quarter, students will be assigned to work on a consulting project in teams of 5 to 6 students, with guidance from a faculty advisor. On the trip, the teams will have an opportunity to meet with the companies sponsoring the projects and present the results of their work, providing them with recommendations and solutions to a business challenge posed by the sponsor. In addition, students will also have an opportunity to visit various businesses and organizations in the selected destination.
Prerequisite: Completion of all core courses.
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440B Integrated Management Project (Units:3)
Course applies classroom learning to solve complex business challenges for real world clients. Student teams learn practical consulting skills while their clients benefit from the student's experience, insights, and work product.
Prerequisite: Completion of all core courses.
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440C Integrated Management Project Team Lead (Units:1)
The student lead will work directly with the sponsor lead to; coordinate schedule, requirements, data requests, etc., and support connections between client personnel and other team members.
Prerequisite: Completion of all core courses.
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440S Integrated Management Simulation (Units:4)
Apply theory and concepts from marketing, finance, organizational behavior, accounting, and strategy in order to manage a simulated corporation.
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440V Integrated Management Simulation (Units:4)
In this course, you will simulate being a member of the executive team of a start-up organization and make decisions typical for this level in an organization. You will formulate and defend a strategic vision for your firm and integrate the various functional areas to implement this vision successfully. Importantly, you will need to achieve your objectives within a set of financial constraints and imperatives, which will require you to make trade-offs to optimize your firm’s performance. Your start-up organization will be competing in a dynamic market and competitive environment.
PREREQUISITE: Completion of all core courses
ONLINE MBA PROGRAM
Formally "Intergrated Management Project"
Curriculum Overview Video
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441 Statistical Exploration and Reasoning (Units:3)
Students use statistical reasoning and techniques to draw appropriate inferences regarding the meaning of data. Students learn to obtain preliminary insights and form initial hypotheses through exploratory data analysis (EDA). Topics include descriptive statistics, critical statistical thinking, sampling, probability, and basic statistical methods (e.g. OLS). The course also covers empirical strategies for applied micro-econometric research questions that include econometric applications of regressions and diff-in-diff. Restricted to students enrolled in MSBA program.
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442 Advanced Statistics (Units:3)
Continue exploring statistical reasoning using maximum likelihood estimation, Bayesian models, nonparametric models, Monte Carlo Markov Chain, time series, model specification, model selection, and dimension reduction.
Restricted to students enrolled in MSBA program
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443 Customer Analytics (Units:3)
Teaches students how to use customer analytics to learn about and market to individual customers. Examines the different types of data analytics and how they fit into the customer relationship management world.
Prereq: 204/404/404V
Formally, "Customer Relationship Management"
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443 Analytic Decision Making (Units:3)
Using spreadsheets and specialized modeling tools, explore structured problem solution through meta-heuristics, Monte Carlo simulation, and mathematical optimization.
Restricted to students enrolled in MSBA program
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443V Customer Analytics (Units:3)
Teaches students how to use customer analytics to learn about and market to individual customers. Examines the different types of data analytics and how they fit into the customer relationship management world.
Online Course
Prereq: 204/404/404V
Formally, "Customer Relationship Management"
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445 Product Management (Units:4)
Overview of the requirements, issues, and tools involved in marketing of products and services via lectures, case studies, and a hands-on, quarter-long competitive simulation.
Prerequisite: 404/204
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445V Product Management (Units:4)
The course is designed to provide an in-depth understanding of the requirements, issues, and tools involved in marketing existing products/services. The major topic areas covered include: The product management system, market planning, and control. Unifying and integrating marketing concepts from the core and the marketing electives (through the use of a marketing simulation).
PREREQUISITES: 404/204
ONLINE MBA PROGRAM
Curriculum Overview Video
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445Y Product Management (Units:4)
Overview of the requirements, issues, and tools involved in marketing of products and services via lectures, case studies, and a hands-on, quarter-long competitive simulation.
Prerequisite: 404/204
Hybrid Course
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448V Marketing Strategies (Units:3)
Examines process by which organizations develop strategic marketing plans. Includes definition of activities and products, marketing audits, appraising market opportunities, design of new activities and products, and organizing marketing planning function. Applications to problems in private and public sector marketing
Prerequisite: 202A and 204
Online
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450 Technology Competition & Strategy (Units:4)
This course provides you a framework for thinking about technology competition and strategy. More contemporarily, this course is about a business revolution that we are in the middle of, a platform revolution. Platform-enabled marketplaces, and other Internet-based goods and products with digital components and network effects, have stormed at the head of economic activity. Platform-mediated networks produce over half the revenue for over half of the world's 100 largest companies (e.g., Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Google, American Express, Time Warner). Technology entrepreneurship is commonplace. But this class of goods has very different, almost weird, characteristics, with distinctive economic forces that affect supply (e.g., supply and cost structures), demand (e.g., how value is created) and markets (e.g., industry organization, alliances, and competition). Managing and responding to these forces requires distinctive competitive strategies. Conversely, strategic errors can be devastating. What are these forces? How do they impact market outcomes in technology industries? And how should firms shape their competitive strategy?
Prerequisites: 402A, 403A
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450Y Technology Competition & Strategy (Units:4)
This course provides you a framework for thinking about technology competition and strategy. More contemporarily, this course is about a business revolution that we are in the middle of, a platform revolution. Platform-enabled marketplaces, and other Internet-based goods and products with digital components and network effects, have stormed at the head of economic activity. Platform-mediated networks produce over half the revenue for over half of the world's 100 largest companies (e.g., Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Google, American Express, Time Warner). Technology entrepreneurship is commonplace. But this class of goods has very different, almost weird, characteristics, with distinctive economic forces that affect supply (e.g., supply and cost structures), demand (e.g., how value is created) and markets (e.g., industry organization, alliances, and competition). Managing and responding to these forces requires distinctive competitive strategies. Conversely, strategic errors can be devastating. What are these forces? How do they impact market outcomes in technology industries? And how should firms shape their competitive strategy?
Prerequisites: 402A, 403A
*Hybrid Course
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452 Machine Learning (Units:3)
Construct algorithms for learning from data and analyze the process for deriving business intelligence. Coverage of supervised and unsupervised learning, neural networks, etc.
Restricted to students enrolled in MSBA program
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452 Managing for Operational Excellence (Units:4)
Explores operations in manufacturing and service sectors from both inside and outside a company. Quantitative methods and their organizational implications are also examined.
Prerequisite: 403A
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452Y Managing for Operational Excellence (Units:4)
Explores operations in manufacturing and service sectors from both inside and outside a company. Quantitative methods and their organizational implications are also examined.
-Hybrid
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453 Application Domains (Units:3)
Students explore contemporary and emerging domains for high-yield applications of analytics. Topics: social network analytics, search analytics, health care analytics, internet of things, supply chain/operations analytics, and marketing analytics.
Restricted to students enrolled in MSBA program
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454A Causal Inference and Statistical Experiments (Units:2)
Surveys causal inference methods with applications in business settings, especially marketing. Covers both primary data approaches such as A/B testing and secondary data approaches such as difference-in-differences.
Prerequsite: 203A/403A
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454B Marketing Analytics (Units:2)
Surveys a variety of marketing analytics applications, training students to identify (i) what questions data can answer, and, conversely, (ii) what data is needed to answer a question.
Prerequisite:454A
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455 Audit Data Analytics (Units:4)
Analytical techniques and methods as related to the practice of financial statement auditing. Combines theory and the application of auditing professional standards including diagnosing problems and issues, analyzing relevant information, and reporting decision results and recommendations.
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460A Corporate Finance: Part A (Units:2)
This course will study valuation techniques in applied settings, study a variety of investment decisions, and analyze how capital structure considerations play a role in firm’s investment policies.
Prerequisite: 205 Financial Policy and Theory
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460B Corporate Finance: Part B (Units:2)
Advanced course in corporate finance that builds on 460A, with an aim to extend knowledge of the theory and practice of corporate finance.
Prerequistie: 460A Corporate Finance: Fundamentals
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461 Practicum Initiation (Units:3)
Skill development around opportunity assessment, research methods, partner engagement, project management, team performance, needs elicitation, and oral and written communication. Restricted to students enrolled in MSBA program
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462 Practicum Elaboration (Units:2)
Managing an analytics consulting engagement with emphasis on appropriate scope and definitions, data management and data engineering, statistical and technical analysis, and solution engineering. Knowledge development of analytics implementation practices across industries and professional roles. Restricted to students enrolled in MSBA program.
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463 Practicum Analysis & Implementation (Units:3)
Focus on completing promised project deliverables by polishing statistical and non-statistical quantitative analysis, generating insights for technical and business stakeholders, integrating proposed solutions into partner workflows and organizations, and disseminating the findings and outcomes through presentations and publications. This course culminates in a project presentation to key partner stakeholders. Restricted to students enrolled in MSBA program
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464 Practicum Implementation (Units:4)
Project teams complete analysis, plan deployment and obtain client buy-in. The course culminates in a project presentation, preferably including representatives from the client organization.
Restricted to students enrolled in MSBA program
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466 Leading Teams (Units:2)
This course teaches the theory and processes of group and team behavior so that you can successfully manage groups and work effectively in a variety of group settings. The first goal of the course is to provide conceptual guidelines for analyzing and diagnosing group dynamics and determining one's strategic options as a manager. The second goal is to understand how technological change affects team processes in organizations. Finally, this course will impart practical interpersonal skills for implementing effective strategies for group situations. The course is intended for students who seek greater understanding of teams and who wish to increase their competence in managing and working effectively in these contexts.
note: Not open for credit for students who have 490B, "Leading Teams".
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467V Managing Teams and Projects (Units:3)
This course teaches the theory and processes of group and team behavior so that you can successfully manage groups and work effectively in a variety of group settings. The first goal of the course is to provide conceptual guidelines for analyzing and diagnosing group dynamics and determining one's strategic options as a manager. The second goal is to understand how technological change affects team processes in organizations. Finally, this course will impart practical interpersonal skills for implementing effective strategies for group situations. The course is intended for students who seek greater understanding of teams and who wish to increase their competence in managing and working effectively in these contexts. - Enrollment Priority given to second year students.
- Prerequisite: 201A The Individual and Group Dynamics
Formally, "Teams and Technology"
Online
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468 Articulation and Critical Thinking (Units:4)
Develop competency in business writing and oral presentations. Build critical thinking skills. Topics include behavioral economics, false claims, deductive and inductive reasoning, correlation/causality, business ethics. Formerly titled "Management Communications". Course name/description change under review by Academic Senate.
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468Y Articulation and Critical Thinking (Units:4)
Develop competency in business writing and oral presentations. Build critical thinking skills. Topics include behavioral economics, false claims, deductive and inductive reasoning, correlation/causality, business ethics. Formerly titled "Management Communications". Course name/description change under review by Academic Senate.
-Hybrid
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469 Introduction to Machine Learning with Python (Units:4)
This course introduces popular machine learning methods to address big data problems businesses face. It covers topics in clustering, association rules for market basket analysis, classification, numeric prediction, model evaluation, etc. This course provides an entry point for students to use Python to apply machine learning models to analyze various types of data. This is a very hands-on class. You will be learning Python to process data and perform data mining and machine learning tasks on different types of data. The course is recommended for students interested in understanding the techniques and applications of using data mining and machine learning methods to process data, and also for students who are interested in learning Python from scratch and using it to program and analyze data. After taking this class, the students should be able to understand the data mining process, comprehend several popular machine learning and data mining methods, use Python to apply data mining and machines learning methods on different types of data, and also formulate problems for a given data set.
*This course was previoulsy called, "Data Mining".
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469V Introduction to Machine Learning with Python (Units:4)
This course introduces popular machine learning methods to address big data problems businesses face. It covers topics in clustering, association rules for market basket analysis, classification, numeric prediction, model evaluation, etc. This course provides an entry point for students to use Python to apply machine learning models to analyze various types of data. This is a very hands-on class. You will be learning Python to process data and perform data mining and machine learning tasks on different types of data. The course is recommended for students interested in understanding the techniques and applications of using data mining and machine learning methods to process data, and also for students who are interested in learning Python from scratch and using it to program and analyze data. After taking this class, the students should be able to understand the data mining process, comprehend several popular machine learning and data mining methods, use Python to apply data mining and machines learning methods on different types of data, and also formulate problems for a given data set.
ONLINE MBA PROGRAM
Curriculum Overview Video
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473 Managerial Cost Accounting (Units:2)
Covers in-depth the cost and management accounting concepts that will enable students to make decisions, including interpreting business situations, identifying available options, interpreting impacts on financial statements and stakeholders, and clearly and articulately recommending a course of action.
Note: Equivalent to 200B/V.
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474 Managerial Budgeting (Units:2)
Covers in-depth the management accounting budgeting concepts that will enable students to make decisions, including interpreting business situations, identifying available options, interpreting impacts on financial statements and stakeholders, and clearly and articulately recommending a course of action.
Note: Equivalent to 200B/V.
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474V Managerial Budgeting (Units:2)
Covers in-depth the management accounting budgeting concepts that will enable students to make decisions, including interpreting business situations, identifying available options, interpreting impacts on financial statements and stakeholders, and clearly and articulately recommending a course of action.
*Online Course
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475V R for Business Analytics (Units:4)
Introduces programming concepts and how they can be applied to derive insights from data and make management decisions.
Curriculum Overview Video
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476V Real Estate Finance and Development (Units:3)
Focuses on single-family, attached, detached, multi-family, and light commercial development. Studies factors that make up successful real estate developments. Considers the financial aspects of land acquisition, land development, construction, project lending and management. The course will have special lectures on Wetlands and the political process, forces, moratoriums and controls
Online Course
Prerequisite: 205 and 201A
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480 Professional English for Multilingual Business Students (Units:2)
Workshop-style course hones English writing and presentation skills. Learn techniques to improve professional communication, and practice with weekly assignments.
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480V Professional English for Multilingual Business Students (Units:2)
Workshop-style course hones English writing and presentation skills. Learn techniques to improve professional communication, and practice with weekly assignments.
*Online Course
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490 Articulation and Critical Thinking: Presenting in-Person (Units:1)
This course provides opportunities for students to apply the speaking skills they learned last fall in a live, in-person setting. Certain skills require more attention in this context than they do in a virtual space: posture, hand gestures, eye contact, volume. Each student will work on specific personal needs, drawing constructive guidance from the instructor and listening classmates. Students will gather in very small cohorts for highly personalized coaching.
This class is exclusively for students who took the virtual Articulation and Critical Thinking class (ACT) during the Fall 2020 Quarter. Normally this would have been a regular part of ACT, prior to COVID and Zoom classes.
If the mask mandate is still in effect during the 2021 fall quarter, this course will be postponed.
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490 Game Theory (Units:1)
The goal of the course is to teach you how to use structured thinking based on theory to enable your intuition about competition so that you increase your odds of making better and more focused strategic decisions
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490 Careers in Product Management (Units:1)
This course is designed to provide an overview of the roles and responsibilities of the product manager and for related roles such as brand manager and product marketing manager in both non-technology and technology firms.
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490 Business Writing for Personal Branding (Units:1)
In this workshop, students will learn how to think about their skills and experience as a framework with which to build a larger personal brand. Students will also learn how to proficiently communicate their brands in online and traditional spaces like emails, blog posts, social media content, cover letters, resumes, website content, business letters, requests for proposals, and the like. Finally, students will be introduced to strategies to gain publicity for their personal brands within the industries they seek to work in order to create a pull-marketing effect for their job search and career growth.
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490 High Impact Presentations (Units:1)
This course focuses on how to design and deliver presentations that connects to the minds and the hearts of your audience.
Prerequisite: 407 - Storytelling for Leadership
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490 Introduction to Structured Query Language (SQL) (Units:1)
This course will introduce students to the types of data, the relational database management system (RDBMS), and how to use SQL to retrieve data to make decisions.
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490 Personal Branding (Units:1)
In this course, students will learn how to use the cornerstone principles of corporate branding and content marketing to define and create their own personal brand, allowing them to naturally stand out online in their respective industries. The course will be delivered in four phases using my E.P.I.C. Framework: ESTABLISH: Discovery and Vision; PACKAGE: Content and Packaging; INFORM: Dissemination; and CULTIVATE: Growth and Management."
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490 Introduction to Lean Sigma (Units:1)
Introduction into the science of Lean Six Sigma through quantitative, hands-on practice. Upon completion of this course, students will have a foundation that will enable a more intensive deep dive into Lean Six Sigma’s Body of Knowledge and will have taken the first step towards preparing for their Green Belt certification.
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490 Pre-Immersion: Biotechnology Industry (Units:1)
Biotech Basics will provide an introduction to the fundamentals of cell and molecular biology that underly many biotech innovations currently on the market. In addition, students will explore current trends in bioprocessing, personal genomics, precision agriculture and other biotech-related fields. This course will be designed for students without a deep knowledgebase or technical background in STEM; small group activities and discussions, in addition to lecture material, will help to build familiarity with key biotech terms and concepts.
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490 Business Communication (Units:1)
Strong verbal communication skills are critical to success in business. Business leadership relies on the ability to strategically deliver public speeches, formal presentations and impromptu remarks. Effective leaders regularly practice and receive feedback on their communication. In this seminar style course, each session will provide students with the opportunity to deliver speeches and receive feedback. Students will practice multiple styles of speaking, including speaking in different contexts, and for different audiences.
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490A Executive-in-Residence Seminar (Units:2)
Information Technology in Modern Enterprises. An overview and discussion of the information technology (IT) function in modern enterprises. The important emerging technologies, processes and skills that are needed to drive Digital Transformation in these organizations. Technical roles, skills and careers within IT. Discussion on the role of data and the importance of intelligent workflows, AI and Machine Learning to today’s organizations. Hear from leaders of IT organizations in different industries.
Srini Koushik: https://gsm.ucdavis.edu/profile/srinivas-srini-koushik
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490A Decision Making (Units:2)
Decision making is a constant task in everyday life, yet decision making is especially important in organizations as our decisions not only affect us but they also affect other members of the organization, the broader organization, outside stakeholders, and more. This course thus seeks to provide an overview of decision-making from a psychological and behavioral decision theory perspective. The content of this course relies heavily on well-established basic research, as students will learn the basics of a variety of decision and cognitive biases as well as the basics of cognition and information processing. Although many of the decision processes and mechanisms that we learn apply to many different domains, the class sessions will focus on four domains of decision making: (i) risk and decision making, (ii) persuasion and decision making, (iii) ethical decision making, and (iv) well-being and decision making. In concert with the lectures and interactive discussions, together we will learn how these various decision processes and phenomena apply to our workplace experiences and how they can inform initiatives to improve decision processes.
In-person Residential for Online MBA Program
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490A Topics in Management (3) (Units:2)
Advanced topics in general management. Various issues and topics covered in the MBA core will be more extensively discussed. Topics include: business writing, management, organizational behavior, business communications, development, and workplace processes.
IN-PERSON RESIDENTIAL COURSE
ONLINE MBA PROGRAM
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490A Topics in Management (1) (Units:2)
Advanced topics in general management. Various issues and topics covered in the MBA core will be more extensively discussed. Topics include: business writing, management, organizational behavior, business communications, development, and workplace processes.
IN-PERSON RESIDENTIAL COURSE
ONLINE MBA PROGRAM
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490A Introduction to Career Pathways in Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Units:2)
This residential provides students with a focused introduction to career pathways in Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E). This course will help students develop an entrepreneurial mindset and begin to acquire the skills and tools needed to pursue roles in innovation in established companies and entrepreneurship in new ventures.
In-person Residential for Online MBA Program
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490A Contemporary Applied Marketing (Units:2)
This course will provide students with the keys to sharing important information to large audiences of ideal customers. In other words, this course will teach students the core principles of contemporary applied marketing. This residential is open to students of all marketing levels. In the past, advanced students have discovered more efficient and streamlined strategies for marketing management and CMO roles, and beginners have built a foundation in marketing to become more well-rounded managers.
In-person Residential for Online MBA Program
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490A Personal Branding (Units:2)
In this course, students will learn how to use the cornerstone principles of corporate branding and content marketing to define and create their own personal brands in three phases: Discovery and Frameworks, Tools and Strategies, and Growth and Dissemination.
In-person Residential for Online MBA Program
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490A Situational Leadership (Units:2)
This course introduces students to a Situational Leadership Framework and tasks them with applying the framework to specific leadership scenarios. Students will learn the theoretical basis for the framework and how their individual personalities should be considered in applying it. Students will also learn to apply the framework in the contexts of collaborative leadership and organizational perspective. The course will rely on videos, case studies, and exercises to demonstrate concepts and to allow students to engage in experiential learning.
In-person Residential for Online MBA Program
***Please Note: Due to overlapping content, students who took the Strategic Leadership Residential are not allowed to enroll in this Residential.
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490A Leading Teams & Collaboration (Units:2)
The workplace today is rapidly changing. Organizations are constantly adapting to changes and uncertainty. Leaders must be adaptive and responsive to changes, while keeping a clear vision for the future of their team and organization. People look to their leaders to be role models and lead with courage, conviction, compassion, and clarity. Leaders who can effectively manage and communicate change to stakeholders are able to provide clear direction and build confidence. Given current state of the world, most teams work remotely and are not usually able to meet in-person. One of the most important skills they need is the ability to effectively communicate and engage with their people both in-person and via online platforms. They must be able to create cooperation among those who work with them, advocate ideas and visions, and represent what the organization stands for to extremal stakeholders.
Online MBA Residential
Not availble for credit for students who have taken, "Leading Teams & Collaboration in a Virtual World"
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490A Game Theory and Competitive Strategy (Units:2)
The highest-stake competitive decisions made by firms are game-theoretic: they involve asking not just “what should I do?” but also “how will my competitors respond to what I do?” questions. And the very best managerial thinking doesn’t just recognize that interdependency: it leverages it, taking forceful, forward-looking decisions that shape competitors’ actions and the very structure of the competitive environment. This residential course begins by developing new tools for decision-making, and then applies those tools in experiential exercises and cases, yielding fundamental insights for managers in a wide range of competitive settings.
In-person Residential for Online MBA Program
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490A Navigating Unpredictable Markets (Units:2)
Nearly all modern competitive markets are dynamic—they go through boom/bust periods caused by industry-level or economy-wide shocks, or intense races for valuable strategic assets, followed by shakeouts. How can you, as a manager, navigate those unpredictable dynamics? How do you make strategic investments and bets when future market conditions are unknown? When is it a good idea to exit an unprofitable market, and when should you stay the course hoping for better times ahead? What common mistakes doom firms to failure when they are evaluating contingencies, or assessing investment opportunities? This residential course will take you through a set of highly experiential exercises, each pinned to a wide range of real-world applications, drawing out impactful lessons for managers facing dynamic and competitive market environments.
In-person Residential for Online MBA Program
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490A Misconduct (Units:2)
The Causes of Organizational Wrongdoing examines the reasons why people perpetrate and participate in unethical, socially irresponsible, and illegal behavior in organizations. Wrongdoing is pervasive in organizations, so it is important to ask why so many managers behave badly in organizations, even though the vast majority of managers are good people. The objective of this residential course is to develop knowledge about the many factors that lead to wrongful behavior.
Prerequisite: MGV 201AV
In-person Residential for Online MBA Program
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490A Topics in Management (2) (Units:2)
Advanced topics in general management. Various issues and topics covered in the MBA core will be more extensively discussed. Topics include: business writing, management, organizational behavior, business communications, development, and workplace processes.
IN-PERSON RESIDENTIAL COURSE
ONLINE MBA PROGRAM
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490A Leading Teams & Collaboration in a Virtual World (Units:2)
In this course, students will learn how to authentically engage in today’s business environment with their audience and build trust with their internal teams as well as with external stakeholders. Students will explore the active communicating skills and the different ways to communicate in 1:1, small
group, and large group settings. They will increase self-confidence when communicating with others, learn how to think fast and clear under pressure, use voice and body more effectively, and learn to be deep and brief with their content.
Online MBA Residential
Not open for credit for students who have taken, "Leading Teams & Collaboration".
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490A Strategic Change: Organizational Design for Disruption (Units:2)
In the modern economy, market change is rapid as competition becomes fiercer, customers more fickle, and technology a key differentiator across industries – from automobiles to media. To compete, firms must disrupt or respond to disruption. The central tenet of this course is that effective strategic change is rooted in having entrepreneurial elements in a firm’s organization design that drives strategy discovery for successful pivots. Executives must condition employees to experiment and discover, establish pathways for novel ideas to take hold and flourish, and retain the ability to pivot even at the highest levels. Firms with entrepreneurial design for strategy discovery will develop the capacity to both cultivate new ideas and successfully integrate promising acquisitions to support strategic change.
In-person Residential for Online MBA Program
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490A Food and Agriculture Residential (Units:2)
This course introduces the students to the issues facing today’s food production system, as well as challenges it faces going forward. We look at various aspects of the food value chain and the decisions that business leaders must make in the face of an ever-changing global environment. Students will evaluate changing consumer trends for food and beverage consumption, the effects of climate change and its impact on our food supply system, and the increasing pressure on our food supply to produce in a more sustainable manner. The course will incorporate reading materials, videos, case studies, and discussions with visiting guest executives.
In-person Residential for Online MBA Program
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490A Biotechnology Residential (Units:2)
The Biotechnology Residential course introduces the students to many facets of the biotechnology industry and provides a framework for understanding the complex forces that shape and drive it. In this course, the students will be introduced to the field of Healthcare Biotechnology. Students will hear from leaders in the biotechnology industries and understand the business context within which companies operate and learn about the management and operation of these businesses.
In-person Residential for Online MBA Program
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490A Strategic Leadership (Units:2)
A strategic leader is more than a manager: strategic leadership includes the ability to navigate unpredictable situations and to draw on the informal and formal levers of strategy execution to inspire, guide, and direct groups toward the strategic goal. In this class, we will learn the principles of strategic leadership and how to apply them. This includes a deep awareness of your own personality, strengths, and values, as well as a clear understanding of your organization’s strategy and vision. We will discuss the leadership situations you are best suited for personally, where you might encounter challenges, and how to develop new leadership skills. This includes cultivating the ability to give and receive feedback to strengthen relationships. We will explore how to leverage politics to enhance strategic leadership and lead through crisis. Finally, we will draw on these lessons for strategic leadership guiding an organization in times of change.
In-person Residential for Online MBA Program
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490A Topics in Management (4) (Units:2)
Advanced topics in general management. Various issues and topics covered in the MBA core will be more extensively discussed. Topics include: business writing, management, organizational behavior, business communications, development, and workplace processes.
IN-PERSON RESIDENTIAL COURSE
ONLINE MBA PROGRAM
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490A Digital Transformation in Business (Units:2)
This course will provide a high-level overview of the wide-ranging and deep transformations occurring in the practice of business, on account of exponential changes in digital technologies. Topics include new business models, how analytics and data are transforming enterprise decision making and processes, the future of work and workplace, how to become a modern digital enterprise and what challenges and threats that brings, and future directions for the underlying digital technologies including the world wide web and digital platforms.
IN-PERSON RESIDENTIAL COURSE
ONLINE MBA PROGRAM
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490AV Topics in Management (1) (Units:2)
Advanced topics in general management. Various issues and topics covered in the MBA core will be more extensively discussed. Topics include: business writing, management, organizational behavior, business communications, development, and workplace processes.
RESIDENTIAL COURSE
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490B Managing Strategic Change (Units:2)
Organizations are pivoting to remain competitive and relevant in many fast-paced industries. Implementing these strategic changes are difficult and prone to failure because it requires almost all facets of an organization to adapt towards a new direction. Identifying and developing a new strategy is insufficient since successful implementation requires careful analyses and planning to re-align the entire organization towards its new strategy. This course will review strategic change models and issues to better prepare managers and leaders.
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490B Organizational Politics (Units:2)
Organizations are political institutions that use power and influence to make decisions and implement initiatives. While organizational politics is often perceived negatively with many trying their best to avoid it and a few enjoying the political game, in essence we all have to manage an organization’s political environment. This course analyzes the inherent power dimension associated with politics as a means to navigate the subtleties of political situations and diagnose an organization’s political landscape by thinking and acting politically.
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490B Strategic Change: Organizational Design for Disruption (Units:2)
In the modern economy, market change is rapid as competition becomes fiercer, customers more fickle, and technology a key differentiator across industries – from automobiles to media. To compete, firms must become adept at strategic change: disrupt or be disrupted. The central tenet of this course is that effective strategic change is rooted in having entrepreneurial elements in a firm’s organization design that drives strategy discovery for successful pivots. This course teaches elements of design for strategy discovery and how to incorporate them in established firms. Lessons are uncovered through case-based analysis, hands-on exercises, lecture, video, and theoretical analyses comparing different perspectives. Evaluation is based on course contributions, a memo, and a group presentation applying lessons from the course to a case.
Please note, there is an online MBA course with the same course name that covers the same course content.
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490B Seminar: Pathways in Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Units:2)
This course covers the different paths into and through innovation and entrepreneurship, with emphasis on new ventures and UC Davis alumni. The course is case-based and involves readings, case preparation, and participation in the case discussions, as well as two exercises and an individual final report.
Prerequisite: 251, Management of Innovation
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490B Capital Investments and Budgeting (Units:2)
Corporate Finance, Investment Analysis and Capital Budgeting analyze and study how firms capitalize and finance themselves and how to value investments and projects utilizing concepts of expected cash flows, revenues, expenses, cost of capital, leasing, capital markets and more. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A 2 UNIT VERSION OF 490: CORPORATE FINANCE, INVESTMENT ANALYSIS AND CAPITAL BUDGETING.
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490B Strategic Leadership (Units:2)
A strategic leader is more than a manager: strategic leadership includes the ability to navigate unpredictable situations and to draw on the informal and formal levers of strategy execution to inspire, guide, and direct groups toward the strategic goal. In this class, we will learn the principles of strategic leadership and how to apply them. This includes a deep awareness of your own personality, strengths, and values, as well as a clear understanding of your organization’s strategy and vision. We will discuss the leadership situations you are best suited for personally, where you might encounter challenges, and how to develop new leadership skills. This includes cultivating the ability to give and receive feedback to strengthen relationships. We will explore how to leverage politics to enhance strategic leadership and lead through crisis. Finally, we will draw on these lessons for strategic leadership guiding an organization in times of change.
Please note, there is an online MBA course with the same name that covers the same course content.
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490B Leading Teams (Units:2)
This course teaches the theory and processes of group and team behavior so that you can successfully manage groups and work effectively in a variety of group settings. The first goal of the course is to provide conceptual guidelines for analyzing and diagnosing group dynamics and determining one's strategic options as a manager. The second goal is to understand how technological change affects team processes in organizations. Finally, this course will impart practical interpersonal skills for implementing effective strategies for group situations. The course is intended for students who seek greater understanding of teams and who wish to increase their competence in managing and working effectively in these contexts.
*Formally, "Teams and Technology"
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490B Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Marketing (Units:2)
Artificial Intelligence (AI) contributes the greatest value to marketing among all business functions. The course provides a strong understanding of AI tools to empower marketers to enhance their activities to gain competitive advantage.
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490B Introduction to FinTech (Units:2)
Covers the evolution of “traditional” finance methods -- namely, the disruptions and innovations that have transformed: (i) how companies and consumers access funds (borrowing); (ii) how new technologies change real estate markets; (iii) how fintech companies changed the payment services; and (iv) how cryptocurrencies challenge traditional fiat money.
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490B Financial Institutions and Banking (Units:2)
This course will analyze the role of financial markets and financial institutions in allocating capital.
Prerequisites:400A and 405.
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490B Field study: Biotechnology Industry Immersion (Units:2)
Students will visit diagnostics and pharmaceutical biotechnology industries to develop an understanding of the business context within which companies operate and learn about the management and operation of these businesses by interacting with the business leadership team and plant tour.
Prerequisite - 290 Biotechnology Industry Immersion
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490BV Capital Investments and Budgeting (Units:2)
Corporate Finance, Investment Analysis and Capital Budgeting analyze and study how firms capitalize and finance themselves and how to value investments and projects utilizing concepts of expected cash flows, revenues, expenses, cost of capital, leasing, capital markets and more.
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490BV Organizational Politics (Units:2)
Organizations are political institutions that use power and influence to make decisions and implement initiatives. While organizational politics is often perceived negatively with many trying their best to avoid it and a few enjoying the political game, in essence we all have to manage an organization’s political environment. This course analyzes the inherent power dimension associated with politics as a means to navigate the subtleties of political situations and diagnose an organization’s political landscape by thinking and acting politically.
Online
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490BV Financial Institutions and Banking (Units:2)
This course will analyze the role of financial markets and financial institutions in allocating capital.
Prerequisites:400A and 405.
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490BV Strategic Change: Organizational Design for Disruption (Units:2)
In the modern economy, market change is rapid as competition becomes fiercer, customers more fickle, and technology a key differentiator across industries – from automobiles to media. To compete, firms must become adept at strategic change: disrupt or be disrupted. The central tenet of this course is that effective strategic change is rooted in having entrepreneurial elements in a firm’s organization design that drives strategy discovery for successful pivots. This course teaches elements of design for strategy discovery and how to incorporate them in established firms. Lessons are uncovered through case-based analysis, hands-on exercises, lecture, video, and theoretical analyses comparing different perspectives. Evaluation is based on course contributions, a memo, and a group presentation applying lessons from the course to a case.
Please note, there is an online MBA course with the same name that covers the same course content.
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490BV Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Marketing (Units:2)
Artificial Intelligence (AI) contributes the greatest value to marketing among all business functions. The course provides a strong understanding of AI tools to empower marketers to enhance their activities to gain competitive advantage.
*Online course
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490BV Managing Strategic Change (Units:2)
Organizations are pivoting to remain competitive and relevant in many fast-paced industries. Implementing these strategic changes are difficult and prone to failure because it requires almost all facets of an organization to adapt towards a new direction. Identifying and developing a new strategy is insufficient since successful implementation requires careful analyses and planning to re-align the entire organization towards its new strategy. This course will review strategic change models and issues to better prepare managers and leaders.
Online
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490V Financial Statement Analysis (Units:3)
Studies how investors, creditors, others use accounting and other information in making rational investment, lending decisions. Emphasis is placed on the analysis of financial information in a variety of contexts. Where applicable, recent research in finance and economics is discussed.
Note: Not open for credit for students who have taken 472V or 272. Online version of 272.
Online course
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490V Applied Data Science for Business Leaders (Units:3)
Data science is transforming companies across industries and fueling unprecedented innovation and the “data science literacy” is becoming critical for business leadership. This course focuses on the applied side of data science in organizations across key business domains and is organized to give students a practical understanding of the WHY (business analytics value proposition), the WHAT (analytics problems in high-value business domains), and the HOW (solution framework for analytics, including artificial intelligence & machine learning). The students will also learn storytelling strategies for pitching business cases. Applying data science in organizations is a “team sport”, so the course will also cover theWHO (key cross-functional stakeholders) in an organizational context. The course will also invite industry leaders to share how leaders are applying data science in their organizations for driving data-driven insights to deliver business outcomes.
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490V The Business of Politics (Units:3)
This class is for students who want to better understand the relationship between politics and business. Students of this class will be better prepared to understand business as a political actor, the regulation of business by government, business participation in the policy making process, and constraints on business as a political power, among other topics. Students taking this class will hopefully be better prepared to help manage their organization through the policy and political landscape in a manner that is advantageous to their business.
*This course is offered online
**Not available for credit for students who have taken MGT/P/B 290 (Business of Politics)
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490V Executive Leadership Seminar (Units:3)
This seminar brings successful corporate leaders to the MBA program to teach important lessons from the frontlines of industry. Executives share their first-hand experiences of the complexities of today's business world, inspiring students to seek new ways to meet the challenges of tomorrow.
Online
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491V Re-Thinking Digital (Units:1)
This course emphasizes the need for preparing yourself and your business for the next generation of Digital. It aims to teach the principles involved in re-designing digital value chains.
*Online Course
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492V Introduction to FinTech (Units:2)
Covers the evolution of “traditional” finance methods -- namely, the disruptions and innovations that have transformed: (i) how companies and consumers access funds (borrowing); (ii) how new technologies change real estate markets; (iii) how fintech companies changed the payment services; and (iv) how cryptocurrencies challenge traditional fiat money.
Online Course
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493 People Analytics (Units:3)
People Analytics explores data-driven approaches to the management of a firm’s human resources and the consequences of choices managers make for their ability to attract, motivate, and retain top talent.
Restricted to students enrolled in MSBA program
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493A Topics in Business Analytics I (Units:1)
Learn how to analyze time series data, where the past influences the present and the present impacts the future. Such intertemporal dependency is the main difference between cross-sectional versus time-series analysis. Given any single time series variable (e.g., sales, consumer price index, GDP, temperature), the course investigates how we separate the signal from noise, and further decompose this signal into level, trend and seasonal components.
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493B Topics in Business Analytics - Implementing Machine Learning on the Cloud (Units:1)
Machine learning and cloud computing are complementary technologies. Machine learning takes advantage of larger data sets and elastic computing to create highly accurate predictions at scale. A newer trend is the democratization of AI/ML. This democratization involves creating new abstractions for ML, including pre-trained models, and higher level ML Services. This course teaches students about the four layers of ML in the cloud: AI services, ML services, ML Engines & Frameworks, and Infrastructure & Serverless Environments and how to implement solutions on all of the layers by using the best abstraction for the task at hand. Restricted to student enrolled in the MSBA program.
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493V Strategic Branding (Units:3)
This course will provide students with a comprehensive understanding of branding strategies and implementation.
Course offered Online
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498 Directed Group Study Management Practicum (Units:0)
Provides the opportunity for students to gain experience in applying business methodologies previously acquired in other GSM courses.
Prerequisite: consent of instructor; sponsorship of a GSM Academic Senate faculty member, and approval of Graduate Advisor.
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499 Directed Individual Study Management Practicum (Units:0)
Provides the opportunity for students to gain experience in applying business methodologies previously acquired in other Graduate School of Management courses. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite: consent of instructor; sponsorship of a Graduate School of Management Academic Senate faculty member and approval of graduate advisor.
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