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  • 3.00 Credits

    This course develops an understanding of the futures and options markets. The use of these markets for arbitrage and risk reduction in portfolio management is discussed. Basic models for option pricing are covered. Pricing of future contracts is covered in considerable detail. Students will comprehend the effects of hedging and speculative activity on the efficiency of the markets.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is designed to provide a basic understanding of the philosophy, tools and framework involved in implementing a quality management system. Student will be exposed to the evolution of the quality management movement, related quality and performance measurement systems, the teaching of W. Edwards Deming, the concept of Six Sigma, as well as other organizational change strategies related to quality. The Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award and various regional and state quality recognition criteria will be emphasized, studied and discussed. Case studies of organizations that have successfully implemented the techniques will be an integral part of the classroom discussion. Students will be introduced to the American Society for Quality and its mission and roles in leading and promoting quality management. Class projects will be used to emphasize the Malcolm Baldridge National Award for Performance in excellence.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Through lectures, discussions and readings the course will expose the student to an understanding of health care delivery as a system composed of diverse policies, agencies, institutions and professions. The course will focus upon developing intervention strategies for various problems in health care delivery such as rational allocation in planning of services, coordination of services, cost containment, and ethical dilemmas inherent to the growth of medical technology in managing inter-professional conflict.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course focuses on culture, vision, strategy and implementation, all as derived from leaders. The emphasis is on top managers of modern organizations.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course will present an overview of the East Asian economy and Japan¿s role in East Asia. Given Japan's influence in the region, this course will focus on the historical and cultural foundations of Japanese business and management practices. Business-government relations and Japan¿s approach to capitalism will be analyzed. The specific strategies of the successful Japanese corporations, including their approaches to marketing, operations management, finance, human resources management will be considered. Comparisons of Japanese and American management will be made and the issue of the "transportability" of Japanese management practices will be discussed.
  • 3.00 Credits

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  • 3.00 Credits

    This is the final course in the graduate marketing concentration. It is a review and integration of all marketing concepts, tools and techniques. This course enables students to apply their acquired marketing knowledge and skills to real world problems and situations. Utilizing the case study method, students analyze business problems from a managerial perspective and suggest practical marketing strategies.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Basic concepts of investment policy, analytic techniques, valuation theory and financial markets are examined and models developed for determining the worth of a security.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course will focus on helping students identify a marketing problem, develop a research plan including some basic methods to get information from customers, and master research methods. The degree of learning will range from less detailed problem assessment in the marketing mix and project management to more detailed statistical methods. Concepts and their connection to marketing decisions are emphasized. This course is recommended as an elective for students who are concentrating in marketing and need preparation for marketing research.
  • 3.00 Credits

    A study of the motivation and behavior of the individual consumer, the industrial purchaser, the government and institutional buyer; problems and ramifications of entering and operating successfully in the international market; relation and effect of marketing activities to the successful operation of the firm. Also, consideration of such aspects of the marketing function as pricing, product planning and promotion, market research and analysis.
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