This course helps students develop an effective approach to analyzing and managing the negotiation process. The class is highly interactive and provides hands-on experience through a series of simulation exercises. An examination of concepts and principles of communication central to the managerial function. Communication skills in interviewing, giving assignments to subordinates, clarifying misunderstanding, presenting briefings and conducting small group meetings will be developed through classroom exercises with feedback from student colleagues, faculty and videotape replay when possible. Application will focus on the manger-subordinate relationship and the practice of team building in the workplace.
Emphasis is on the relationship between thinking and writing.
Although the course includes business-related writing, it is not a business writing course. Introduction to the underlying concepts, language, and reporting methods of accounting and financial analysis. The emphasis in this course is on understanding and using accounting and financial statements, rather than producing them. Topics include budgeting, working with accountants and financial analysts to achieve organizational goals, and managing financial resources. This course expands on the topics covered in NPM 531 by adding scenario and sensitivity analysis to the finance topics through the development of more analytical models.