Operations' major impact on global business performance. Focus on the process by which managers sense and respond to change. Emphasis on proactive, planned, and managed change that may involve adaptation of structure and policy, as well as influencing the underlying system of beliefs, values, and attitudes. Examination of leadership climate, organizational culture, and individual resistance as limiting factors. Topics include models for predicting business failures, mergers and acquisitions, evaluating consumer and business loans, estimation of portfolio inputs, evaluation of portfolio performance, sales and earnings forecasting, and time-series analysis of financial data.
Topics vary from term to term.
Consult the director of the M.B.A. program for specific content each term. Students may enroll in more than one special topics course.