ACC 503 Accounting for Management. A study of accounting as related to problems of making business and economic decisions. Includes both financial and managerial accounting. Readings, problems, and cases requiring use of accounting data. Prerequisite: FIN 500 or approval of instructor.

CIS 511 Managing Information Systems. Studies the management and use of information and technology as a resource to create competitive businesses, manage global operations, provide useful products and provide quality services to customers, whether public or private. Examines information systems management, intellectual property, privacy, organizational and societal impact, legal issues, ethics, security issues, decision making, strategic information systems, and organizational support systems. Prerequisite: CIS 501 or approval of department head. Lab fee $15.

FIN 500 Foundations of Financial Systems. An interdisciplinary course that examines principles of accounting, economics, and finance as applied to the contemporary business organization operating in a global market place. Focuses on integration of theory and practice to develop framework for measuring, analyzing, and improving financial performance.

FIN 507 Financial Management. Course focuses on financial decision making in the modern corporation. Basic issues include capital budgeting, capital structure, corporate sources of funding, dividend policy, financial risk management, standard theories of risk and return, and valuation of assets. Prerequisite: FIN 500 or approval of instructor.

GB 588 Seminar in Business Strategy. An integrated view of the business functions addressed in the MBA core curriculum. Applies case analysis methodology for evaluating complex business situations, developing strategic alternatives, and recommending effective solutions. Prerequisites: FIN 503 and MKTG 508. Pre- or corequisites: the remaining MBA core courses.

GB 598 Business Research Methods. Nature, scope, and significance of business research and research methodology; primary research methods with applications to specific problems, place of quantitative methods in research and individual investigation and report on current problems in student's field of interest.

MGMT 500 Foundations of Management. Students develop an integrated strategic, operational, and process view of the organization. Focus is on operations, marketing, information systems, research processes and statistical techniques for decision making, management, leadership and ethics, and human resource management. Students demonstrate mastery of secondary research techniques, case analysis methodology, communication skills, and hands-on computer skills. Prerequisite: For MBA, MS HRM, and MS ML majors: Course must be taken within the first 12 graduate hours OR with the approval of the department head. Prerequisite for all other majors: Approval of the instructor.

MGMT 511 Managing Operations and Services. A study of concepts, models and methods used to effectively manage the manufacturing and/or service operations of for-profit and not–for-profit organizations. Emphasis will be placed on the design and use of cross-functional operations planning, control, and support systems. Topics of contemporary relevance will be examined to include supply chain management, enterprise resource planning, time-based competition, and quality improvement.

MGMT 568 Organizational Development and Change. Study, research and analysis of pro-active strategies for organizational change using the theories and techniques of applied behavioral science. Examines the phases of consulting, strategies, intervention decisions and actions, multiple roles, skills and phases of internal and external consultants, ethical dilemmas and guidelines and the implementation of action research. A complete, step-by-step, intervention strategy is developed during this course.

MKTG 508 Marketing Management. Study of the planning and coordination of marketing functions specifically related to product, pricing, promotion, and distribution strategies. Includes case analysis and presentation of results. Prerequisite: MGMT 500 or approval of department head.