Faculty Booklet - The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine ...

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P O S T G R A D U A T E R E G U L A T I O N S & S Y L L A B U S E S 2 0 1 2 - 2 0 1 3
THE FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
SEMESTEr: 1
COUrSE CODE: MgMT 6006 (MS67B)
COUrSE TITLE: ADVANCED rEADINg IN ACCOUNTINg AND
CONTrOL
NO. OF CrEDITS: 4
COUrSE DESCrIPTION: This course is designed to provide a
comprehensive overview of the literature within the areas of
financial accounting, management accounting and auditing. The
course includes group meetings, topic proposal development,
weekly presentations, and individual research reports, submitted
bi-monthly. Students will be required to discuss the theoretical
foundations of at least five selected areas, and to prepare short
papers showing how the theories reviewed may be applied
to significant business challenges. Course participants are
encouraged to draw on the expertise of faculty members both
inside and beyond the Department, during the development of
their papers.
SEMESTEr: 2
COUrSE CODE: MgMT 6009 (MS67C)
COUrSE TITLE: ADVANCED rEADINg IN HUMAN rESOUrCE
MANAgEMENT
NO. OF CrEDITS: 4
COUrSE DESCrIPTION: Advanced readings in Human Resource
Management is geared towards students with an interest in the
Human Resource Management field and provides pertinent
flexibility in its year to year offering. Readings covered in this
course vary from year to year and may focus on one or more
of the following topics: human resource planning, recruitment,
selection, compensation, training and development and
performance appraisal. As such employers’ needs, students’
interests and business trends will influence the topic selected
by the lecturer.
SEMESTEr: 2
COUrSE CODE: MgMT 6011 (MS67E)
COUrSE TITLE: ADVANCED rEADINg IN INTErNATIONAL
MArKETINg
NO. OF CrEDITS: 4
COUrSE DESCrIPTION: This course assumes prior exposure
to the concepts and tools of marketing management, such
as database marketing, perception-gap analysis, the strategic
manipulation of product, pricing, promotion and location
variables, and the requisites for the creation of market driving
enterprises. The course is aimed at providing an in-depth
exploration of the key challenges confronting the international
marketing manager, in marketing across customs jurisdictions
and cultures. Students will address environmental, internal
and external strategic dimensions of international marketing,
including implementation issues. Special attention will be given
to the export relationships and development initiatives of small
and medium-sized enterprises. This course will encourage both
the theoretical knowledge needed for normative understanding,
and the development of a pragmatic perspective, noting and
applying best practice. Students are expected to engage in case
study presentation, fieldwork, and the preparation of a research
paper on a topic approved by the instructor. By the completion
of this exploration, students should be much better positioned
to become successful and resourceful international marketing
managers or senior market researchers.
Topics to be addressed include: the Environmental Factors
Affecting International Marketing; International Marketing
Research; Global Market Entry Strategies; Grey Marketing; Pricing
and Price Escalation; Counter trade; Country of Origin Effects;
Global Branding and Product Decisions; the Standardisation
vs. Adoption Debate; International Service Sector Exports; the
Role of Governments in Promoting Exports; Export Promotion
and International Competitiveness; Managerial Motivation as
a Determinant of Export Behaviour; and Global Logistics and
Distribution.
SEMESTEr: 1
COUrSE CODE: MgMT 6012 (MS67F)
COUrSE TITLE: ADVANCED rEADINg IN FINANCIAL
MANAgEMENT
NO. OF CrEDITS: 4
COUrSE DESCrIPTION: This is an advanced seminar on
financial management. It is intended to deepen and broaden
the knowledge base acquired in all related courses taken earlier,
in terms of its coverage, analytical content, and relevance to
real life in the corporate structure of finance and financial
management. Students will re-examine the basic foundations of
corporate finance, as well as issues involving corporate decisionmaking,
strategy and policy. Topics to be addressed include the
time value of money, capital budgeting, risks and returns, the
cost of equity, debt and preferred stock, the weighted average
cost of capital, tax-related Modigliani-Miller propositions, the
meaning and measures of leverage and capital structure, effects
of dividend payout, mergers and acquisitions, and financial
derivatives. At the completion of the seminar, students should
fully understand and appreciate most of the challenges involved
in financial management.
SEMESTEr: 2
COUrSE CODE: MgMT 6013 (MS67g)
COUrSE TITLE: ADVANCED rEADINg IN MANAgEMENT
INFOrMATION SYSTEMS
NO. OF CrEDITS: 4
COUrSE DESCrIPTION: Research in Management Information
Systems is practiced by the Information Systems Community,
a typically flexible collection of academics and practitioners
attempting to advance the state of knowledge in Information
Systems. This course provides the student with a deeper level of
insight into MIS Research and assists in the process of selecting and
implementing a valid research proposal. The course will include
the fundamental aspects of epistemology, including knowledge
acquisition and management. The historical development of
MIS research will be considered, including research in traditions
of positivism, anti-positivism, logical positivism, post positivism,
and methodological pluralism. The research literature will also
be presented through specific frameworks and classifications.
These will provide a range of perspectives on MIS, highlighting
interesting current areas of research to provide students with
guidance in developing their own research interests. The Internet
will be used extensively for the sourcing and dissemination of
information and for data gathering and analysis.