Contemporary theoretical and institutional developments in finance and their implications for decision making and policy formation. Strategies for studying organizations. Behavioral research, theory, and business examples dealing with organization structure, goal formation, human and social factors, communication, and control. Theory, strategy, and planning. Research into changing international patterns and agreements.
Research reports, case studies, discussion of international problems.
Apply principles of business administration and economics to analysis, evaluation, and strategic management of organizations. Applied research provides integrative learning experience. Required paper evaluated for originality, organization, clarity of purpose, critical analysis, accuracy, completeness of documentation, and general scholarly approach. Real business consulting project to integrate analysis skills. Open to grad students with consent of MBA director.