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Dr. Arthur L. Caplan. Prerequisite(s): This course is only open to dual degree Master of Bioethics/Nurshing PhD students. Students must have the permission from both the Department of Medical Ethics and the School of Nursing to take this course. This course is intended to serve as a broad introduction to the field of bioethics. The course will focus on three of the most important areas in bioethics: Genetics & Reproduction, Human Experimentation, and End-of-Life.
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This course is only open to students in the Master of Bioethics program. This course serves the final MBE project. This course requires students to work with faculty to produce original research that is of publishable quality. Past students have published in Nature, Science, and other prominent journals.
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3.00 Credits
This course is only open to students in the Master of Bioethics program.
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As a Wharton undergraduate, you are in a position to become a future business leader. Management 100 is designed to increase your understanding of leadership and communication in teams and to help you build skills that are necessary for professional success. You will study literature on leadership, management communication, and group dynamics and also complete a field project, an integral part of the course. Your field project provides the context in which you will develop as a leader, practice communication skills, learn about the nature of group work, and enhance your sensitivity to community issues. Management 100 will enrich your Wharton experience by providing many opportunities for interaction with peers, advanced students, alumni, faculty and the community.
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Prerequisite(s): None. This course addresses contemporary management challenges stemming from changing organizational structures, complex environmental conditions, new technological developments and increasingly diverse workforces. It highlights critical management issues involved in planning, organizing, controlling and leading an organization. This course will help you understand some of the issues involved in both managing and being managed and equip you to become more effective contributors to organizations that you join. The course will cover several topics in management, organization and strategy. Each topic will span one or two weeks. Topics include combinations of the following areas: organizational structure, organizational culture, strategy, interorganizational relationships, job design, groups, reward systems, work force composition, power and politics, social responsibility, organizational change, organizational decision-making, business history. The professor will cover an overview of the topic with frameworks and examples in the lecture and the teaching assistant will lead a case discussion that integrates these frameworks in the recitation.
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Prerequisite(s): MGMT 100 & MGMT 101. The focus of Management 104 is the economic and institutional constraints on organizations in the formulation and implementation of human resources management policies and strategies in the United States and, as appropriate, internationally. The specific constraints discussed are labor markets (external and internal), labor laws (governing employment policies and employee relations), and labor unions (and the threat thereof). Particular attention is paid to the relationship of these constraints to the competitiveness of American enterprise in the global economy.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite(s): MGMT 100 & MGMT 101. Multinational management is the study of the international corporation and the global political and economic environment. This course provides an introduction to the more advanced offerings. It covers the historical origins of the multinational corporation, the economics of trade, money and investment in the world economy, and the policies and behavior of governments and international organizations. We place considerable emphasis in understanding the national and historic origins of the international firm, as well as on current issues regarding emerging economies and shifts in the political economy of global markets.
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Prerequisite(s): MGMT 100, MGMT 101, & MGMT 111. This course focuses on the creation of competitive advantage in the multinational firm. It examines the nature of global competition by exploring the characteristics of global versus non-global industries and firms. We also explore different types of international strategy and structure and examine the specific challenges of managing in multiple countries and markets. Finally, we consider the strategic allocation of resources along the value chain and the role of strategic alliances as a crucial element of an effective global strategy.
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Prerequisite(s): MGMT 100 & MGMT 101. Globalization and International Political Economy is an upper level undergraduaate course designed to provide the background necessary to understand globalization and the changes taking place in the international political-economy. The course objective is to help students develop a conceptual framework that will provide an understanding of the current international political-economic environment, provide a basis for thinking about the fundamental changes which are now taking place, and to build a solid foundation to which new material can be added throughout the students' careers.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite(s): For Wharton students: MGMT 100, MGMT 101 & MGMT 111 (recommended); For College students: A familiarity with international politcal economy. This course explores the intersection of international strategy and international relations to help students to identify and introduce sustainable and profitable business strategies in sectors with a history of or strong potential for ongoing political intervention. We will examine the identity, background, incentives and operations of relevant national and international political actors; and the process by which they generates policies that can adversely or favorably influence firm profitability. Corporations whose success depends crucially on a sophisticated analysis of the contending forces in the geopolitical arena and an ability to influence policy outcomes will serve as examples of the first-order strategic importance of incorporating the political environment in multinational strategy formulation.
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