Undergraduate Bulletin - Loyola Marymount University

270 / MANAGEMENT, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
ENTR 458
Small Business Management
3 Semester Hours
An integrative course combining skills in all business
disciplines. The focus is on the identification and analysis
of operating problems confronting the small business
manager.
Prerequisites: MGMT 355 and MRKT 365.
ENTR 461
Technology Ventures
3 Semester Hours
Explores emerging trends and opportunities arising from
innovations in science and technology and examines
strategies that ventures utilize to exploit them.
Prerequisite: MGMT 355.
ENTR 476
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Marketing
3 Semester Hours
Whereas traditional marketing courses often assume that
marketers are operating in a predictable environment with
generous budgets, this course examines shoestring methods
to be used under conditions of considerable uncertainty.
Prerequisite: MRKT 365.
ENTR 498
Special Studies
1-3 Semester Hours
ENTR 499
Independent Studies
1-3 Semester Hours
International Business Studies
INBA 340
Introduction to International Business
3 Semester Hours
This course will introduce students to the international
business environments: political, economic, financial, and
socio-cultural. As the global economy becomes closely
integrated, the need for understanding its driving forces
as well as its impacts on the domestic economy becomes
critical. To help students prepare for this challenge, areas
such as international trade and investment policies, crosscultural
differences, foreign exchange market, and business
strategies in manufacturing, marketing, and human
resources will be examined.
INBA 381
Internship
1 Semester Hour
The objective of this one-semester-hour course is to help
the student achieve a worthwhile learning experience which
is relevant to the program of study in the student’s major
or area of emphasis. The internship, conducted with an offcampus
operating organization, will help the student gain
insights relative to his/her strengths and weaknesses in the
job environment.
INBA 440
International Management
3 Semester Hours
This course will examine various managerial issues
facing multinational companies operating in international
business environments. Building upon the comprehensive
understanding of the global economy, students will study
various factors that affect the success of global business.
These include the extent of globalization strategy,
organization structure, mode of entry and control, managing
government intervention, human resource management
practices, ethics, and social responsibility.
Prerequisites: INBA 340 and MGMT 355.
INBA 441
International Entrepreneurship
(See MGMT 441)
INBA 442
Multinationals and the Third World
(See FNCE 442)
INBA 443
International Investments
(See FNCE 443)