2008–2009 - Florida Institute of Technology

pollution control, population growth, sustainable development, ecotourism and
environmental justice. (Requirement: Senior standing.) Prerequisites: MTH 1001 or
MTH 1702.
BUS 4501 PRODUCTION/OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT (3 credits).
Introduces current theory and practice in production and operations management.
Includes forecasting, quality, product/service design, work methods, facility layout and
location, scheduling, inventory and project management. Prerequisites: BUS 3704.
BUS 4502 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR AND THEORY (3 credits). Overviews
classical and contemporary approaches to organizational behavior and theory.
Focus progresses from the micro (individual behavior) to macro (organizational
processes, effectiveness and change). Special attention is given to group behavior.
Prerequisites: BUS 3501.
BUS 4503 BUSINESS ETHICS (3 credits). Applies moral reasoning to workrelated
challenges encountered in modern organizations. Students consider personal
values and organizational values in examining organizational culture as a metaphor
for the moral environment of organization. Uses cases from business and government
to help students practice. Prerequisites: BUS 3501.
BUS 4504 SPECIAL TOPICS IN MANAGEMENT (3 credits). Includes subjects
or issues that are of current concern to business and government organizations.
Also provides students with an opportunity to study in greater depth, topics that may
have been just surveyed in other courses. Normally requires a research paper. May be
repeated for a maximum of nine credits. Prerequisites: BUS 3501.
BUS 4508 WEB-BASED TECHNOLOGIES (3 credits). Explores concepts and
practice of the implementation and delivery of Web-enabled information systems.
Combines concepts and principles from database design, programming and Internet
technology. Focuses on implementation, emphasizing hands-on design and development
of Web-based information systems. Prerequisites: BUS 3504.
BUS 4509 MANAGEMENT OF DATABASE SYSTEMS (3 credits). Concepts
of database systems in a relational database management software (RDBMS)
environment, emphasizing data modeling, design and implementation. The entityrelationship
model is used for conceptual design and an RDBMS is used for the
physical design. Students are required to design a functional database. Prerequisites:
BUS 3512.
BUS 4516 GLOBAL STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT OF TECHNOLOGY
(3 credits). Emphasizes technology, strategy and global competitive advantage.
Develops the practical tools of strategy, planning and implementation at business
and corporate levels. Investigates the strategies of technology-intensive international
companies. Requires student teams to develop a five-year strategic plan for a global
company or business unit. Prerequisites: BUS 3516, BUS 3517.
BUS 4518 eBUSINESS DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION (3 credits).
Examines e-commerce from business-to-consumer, business-to-business and intraorganizational
perspectives. Also includes ERP, ASP, CRM, auctions and exchanges,
data mining, ethics and security concerns. Requires group and final projects on the
design and development of working e-commerce systems. Prerequisites: BUS 3516,
BUS 3518.
BUS 4583 SENIOR PROJECT (3 credits). Provides the experience of applying
the concepts, tools and techniques introduced in previous courses. Project teams
analyze, develop and reengineer the requirements for solving a real world management
information system problem. Prerequisites: BUS 4509 or CSE 4020.
BUS 4584 MIS PRACTICUM (3 credits). Real-world MIS managerial experience
complements the varied academic disciplines covered in the curriculum. Minimum
requirements include written and oral presentations, weekly summary reports and
150 hours working at a host employer’s location. Must be taken in the final semester
before graduation. For business management information systems majors only.
Prerequisites: BUS 4783. Corequisites: BUS 4702.
BUS 4585 INFORMATION MANAGEMENT PRACTICUM (3 credits). Provides
real-world business experience to complement the varied academic disciplines
covered in the information management curriculum. Minimum requirements include
written and oral presentations, biweekly activity reports, group meetings and 150
work hours at a host employer’s location. Must be taken in the final semester before
graduation. For information management majors only. Prerequisites: BUS 4783.
Corequisites: BUS 4702.
BUS 4601 MARKETING ANALYSIS AND STRATEGY (3 credits). Advanced
study of the managerial aspects of marketing to include the decision areas pertaining
to the marketing environment, opportunity analysis, marketing strategy and product,
channel, price and promotional decisions. Uses cases to aid the student in experiencing
real-life business situations. Prerequisites: BUS 3601.
BUS 4605 RETAIL MANAGEMENT (3 credits). Presents the point of view of
a potential manager. Provides a foundation for management decision-making in a
rapidly changing retail environment. Includes retail strategy, service retailing, legal
and ethical issues, information systems, buyer behavior, merchandise management
and international retailing. Prerequisites: BUS 3501, BUS 3601.
BUS 4684 SENIOR BUSINESS RESEARCH (3 credits). Familiarizes the
student with research methodologies commonly used in the social sciences. The
essential goals are to enable students to conduct research and interpret research findings
and assess the quality of published research. (Requirement: Senior standing.)
Prerequisites: BUS 2703.
BUS 4686 INTERNATIONAL MARKETING (3 credits). Addresses the
importance of gathering, analyzing, disseminating and responding to international
sources of marketing intelligence. Students learn to analyze environmental forces,
make marketing mix decisions, and plan and implement international market entry
strategies. Prerequisites: BUS 3601.
BUS 4687 CONSUMER BEHAVIOR (3 credits). Examines the consumer decision-making
process and its societal, cultural, environmental, group and economic
determinants. Gives particular attention to the consumer motivations, values, wants
and needs in determining consumer behavior. Prerequisites: BUS 3601.
BUS 4701 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS (3 credits). Introduces the environmental
factors confronting managers in international operations: cultural, economic,
legal, political and institutional determinants. Examines problems associated with
managing organizational, financial, marketing and production policies in a global
marketplace. Prerequisites: BUS 3401, BUS 3501.
BUS 4702 BUSINESS STRATEGY AND POLICY (3 credits). Reviews basic
concepts and techniques used in formulating competitive strategy at the corporate,
business and functional levels. Introduces business models to provide a learning
experience in quantitative aspects of strategy formulation in a competitive environment.
Must be taken in the final semester before graduation. Prerequisites: BUS 4501.
Corequisites: BUS 4284 or BUS 4584 or BUS 4782 or BUS 4784.
BUS 4705 FINANCE IN PRIVATELY OWNED COMPANIES (3 credits).
Explores alternative capital structures and financial structures of private companies,
managing cash balances and cash flow to sustain company growth, questions of intellectual
property and the valuation of non-publicly traded companies. Prerequisites:
BUS 3401.
BUS 4782 PRACTICUM IN BUSINESS (6 credits). Real-world business
experience complements the varied academic disciplines covered in the business
curriculum. Minimum requirements include written and oral presentations, weekly
summary reports and 240 hours working at a host employer’s location. Must be taken
in the final semester before graduation. (Requirement: Senior standing in College of
Business.) Corequisites: BUS 4702.
BUS 4783 PRACTICUM PLANNING (0 credits). Allows the student real-world
business experience that complements the varied academic disciplines covered in
the business curriculum. The planning process must be taken in the second to last
semester before graduation. (Requirement: Senior standing in business.)
BUS 4784 BUSINESS PRACTICUM (3 credits). Real-world business
experience complements the varied academic disciplines covered in the business
curriculum. Minimum requirements include written and oral presentations, weekly
summary reports and 150 hours working at a host employer’s location. Must be taken
in the final semester before graduation. For business majors only. Prerequisites:
BUS 4783. Corequisites: BUS 4702.
BUS 4785 eCOMMERCE TECHNOLOGY PRACTICUM (3 credits). Provides
real-world business experience to complement the varied academic disciplines
covered in the e-commerce technology curriculum. Minimum requirements include
written and oral presentations, biweekly activity reports, group meetings and 150
work hours at a host employer’s location. Must be taken in the final semester before
graduation. For e-commerce technology majors only. Prerequisites: BUS 4783.
Corequisites: BUS 4702 or BUS 4516.
BUS 4790 DIRECTED BUSINESS STUDY (3 credits). Studies in depth the
topics or problems of current interest to practicing managers. Requires students to
develop and present a formal report that includes a statement of the objectives of the
study effort, survey of the literature, methodology, analysis, results, conclusions and,
if appropriate, recommendations. (Requirement: Associate dean approval.)
BUS 4801 INTERNATIONAL TRADE (3 credits). Investigates why nations
trade, what they trade and how they benefit from exchange. Includes topics on
classical, neoclassical, modern and post-modern theories of trade; commercial policy
instruments and their welfare effects; economic integration; international factor
movements; and trade development. Prerequisites: BUS 3802.
BUS 4802 GLOBAL ACCOUNTING AND TAX (3 credits). Integrates the
functional areas of accounting with business administration in a global decision-making
framework. Provides business managers with an understanding of the numerous
differences that exist between countries and the problems multinational companies
face in interpreting international accounting information. Prerequisites: BUS 2211,
BUS 2212.
BUS 4803 GLOBAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT (3 credits). Extends the
principles of finance to an international context. Emphasizes currency fluctuation,
measuring and hedging exchange rate risk, comparative capital structure, multinational
investment, international capital budgeting and taxes. Prerequisites: BUS 3401,
BUS 3802.
Course Descriptions 171