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SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS (BA5060)

In the last decades, the market economy has started an evolutionary journey that has now reached a level requiring fundamental changes in corporations. This course is designed in response to these changes. It introduces business students to sustainable business management practices and to the role of the private sector in global sustainability development and environmental initiatives.

SUSTAINABILITY MANAGEMENT (BA5061)

This is a “big .picture” comprehensive course covering sustainability management topics. It cuts across the whole spectrum of business and management with a focus on sustainability (economic, social, ethical and ecological returns). Climate Change, the greatest unmet challenge facing contemporary managers and organizations, is a particular focus. We will look at sustainability issues presenting “wicked” and untamed (complex) contexts for managers and evaluate how current theories and practices perform and fail to perform in these contexts. May be taken twice for credit.

MANAGEMENT OF COMPLEXITY (BA5062)

This course explores and elaborates on complexity and emergence in the context of contemporary management and the practices of managing. The course engages students with advanced interdisciplinary ‘Management of Complexity’ themes in strategy, organizational behavior and leadership. In this theory and case-driven course, students examine the management of complexity in terms of specific cultural and organizational contexts and management frameworks.May be taken twice for credit.

INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT & LEADERSHIP (BA5070)

This course introduces students to a broader understanding of strategies pursued by companies, countries, and regional groups in a global business and economic environment. The linkages between the global economic environment and the strategic options open to key stakeholders such as countries, and multinational enterprises (MNEs) are explored through case studies. Also, “topical” issues that affect the global economy and the strategic options pursued by key stakeholders are discussed. The course also addresses how specific international leaders play a key role as developers and implementers of strategic options.

STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT (BA5071)

The course engages students with advanced themes in international management strategy, both in theory and in practice. Students will take a critical approach to understand how theory influences practice and how our perceptions of strategy evolve over time and circumstance. Furthermore, students will examine strategy in terms of specific cultural, international and organizational elements given specific sustainability and mission-based frameworks.

LEADERSHIP IN CONTEMPORARY ORGANIZATIONS (BA5072)

This course introduces students to leadership theory and practices from multiple perspectives, taking a critical approach to understand how leadership theory influences leadership practices and how our perceptions of leadership evolve over time and circumstance. Furthermore, students will examine leadership in terms of specific cultural, international and organizational elements.

GLOBAL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (BA5080)

This course explores the changing nature of the global business environment and its impact on both domestic and foreign multinational corporations. It examines international business finance, marketing and market-entry in international markets, and product policies. It addresses diverse economic, cultural, political and regulatory aspects that may influence market conditions. This course focuses on multinational enterprises (MNEs), opportunities of the global economy, the implications of various exchange rate arrangements, the opportunities and risks of international business, especially foreign exchange risk, foreign direct investment and the attendant economic, financial, and political risks.

OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT (BA5081)

This course offers an overview of business operations and logistics concepts, principles, problems, and practices of operations management. Topics include operations strategy, supply chain management, process design, capacity planning, facilities location and design, forecasting, production scheduling, inventory control, and quality assurance. Special attention in the case studies will be given to service-oriented, mission-based, and complex operating environments.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT (BA5082)

This course introduces the tasks and challenges fundamental to project management with an emphasis on organizations focused on innovation, creativity and fluidity (such as mission-based organizations, creative enterprises, and entrepreneurial organizations).

BUSINESS OPERATIONS & PROJECT MANAGEMENT (BA5085)

This course introduces the tasks and challenges fundamental to project and operations management with an emphasis on organizations focused on innovation, creativity and fluidity (such as mission-based organizations, creative enterprises, and entrepreneurial organizations). Students will learn the vital skills of managing complex projects across multiple functions. Successful project managers possess the skills necessary to manage their
teams, schedules, risks, and resources to produce a desired outcome. Students will learn the skills and tools of project management by using both practical “hands-on” approaches as well as by applying theory to practice.

A key and often overlooked challenge for project managers is the ability to manage without influence or authority in order to gain the support of stakeholders and access to resources not directly under their control. This course guides students through many of the fundamental operations and project management tools and behavioral skills required in both private sector organizations as well as with NGOs and governmental organizations. There is a special emphasis on causes of project failure and how to mitigate these issues through proper planning in the early phases of a news initiative.