It addresses practical business problems, including analysis of industries within national and international contexts. Among the topics examined are consumer demand, production decisions, cost analysis and industrial structure and strategies. The course also familiarizes students with basic forecasting techniques, and shows how forecasts are used in the business decision-making process. The management of corporate assets and liabilities from the viewpoint of the corporate financial officer. Topics include raising and employment of corporate funds, corporate equity and debt structure, management of working capital, corporate cash flow and conservation of assets.
Special consideration is given to the financial problems arising from corporate welfare programs.
Management An advanced seminar course designed to identify and explore forces of contemporary significance in managing organizations as they develop and compete within increasingly global and turbulent markets. This course will examine the integrative impact of strategic, tactical, human, and ethical factors upon the modern organization making extensive use of the case study method. MKT 200 Marketing Seminar Seminar focusing on current marketing issues such as strategy development, environmental marketing, ethics and social responsibility in marketing, and the role of government regulation through an analysis of real-world cases. Lectures and readings provide the basis for translating the cases into marketing concepts. MGT 224 Seminar in Business Policy Formulation Students study the development of business objectives and strategies, as well as how these objectives are translated into company policies, through weekly written case studies and oral class presentation.