2008–2009 - Florida Institute of Technology

BUS 5440 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT (3 credits). Studies the concepts and
tools of corporate financial management and financial planning, including capital
budgeting, capital structure and net working capital. Considers the importance of
ethics in financial decision-making.
BUS 5446 INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT (3 credits). Investigates the
concepts, theories and techniques underlying the development of investment policies
and strategies.
BUS 5447 ENTREPRENEURIAL FINANCE (3 credits). Explores both the
capital structure and financial needs of a start-up company. In addition, students gain
an understanding of intellectual property, as well as the techniques used to value
nonpublicly traded companies. Prerequisites: BUS 5440.
BUS 5450 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR (3 credits). Presents existing
research, theories and models explaining how individual and group behavior and
processes shape the internal dynamics of organizations. Provides the foundation to
understand contemporary debates concerning alternative organizational designs and
management practices.
BUS 5455 PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (3 credits). Surveys personnel
management practices and procedures, including wage and salary considerations,
employee benefits and incentives, and labor-management relations. Emphasizes the
individual within the organization and the development of the human resource.
BUS 5456 EMPLOYMENT LAW (3 credits). Examines federal regulations
governing the relationship between employees and employers, and emphasizes their
respective rights and responsibilities. Includes discrimination, sexual harassment,
affirmative action, privacy, terminating employees, compensation and benefit regulations,
family leave, and safety and health. Prerequisites: BUS 5400.
BUS 5457 NEGOTIATION AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION (3 credits).
Examines the management of conflict in organizations at the level of the individual
and the group. Provides a background in alternatives to litigation models including
negotiation, mediation, peer-review systems and arbitration. Uses simulation exercises
to develop the student’s skills in applying various forms of dispute resolution.
BUS 5458 LEADERSHIP THEORY AND EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT
(3 credits). Teaches the leadership process and techniques used to train leaders by
reading the literature, analyzing cases of corporate leadership and participation in
experiential exercises that are used in leadership training. Also reinforces leadership
skills of interpersonal interaction, written analysis and oral presentation. Prerequisites:
BUS 5450.
BUS 5460 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS (3 credits).
Addresses policy and management issues surrounding information systems in today’s
enterprises: strategic use, organizational impact, project management, human
resource issues and other topics germane to understanding management information
systems.
BUS 5461 PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT (3 credits).
Covers the translation of product and service requirements into facilities, procedures
and operating organizations. Includes product design, production alternatives, facilities
location and layout, resource requirements planning, quality control and project
management. Uses live case analyses. Prerequisites: BUS 5411.
BUS 5462 INFORMATION SECURITY (3 credits). Covers information security
techniques from a managerial perspective. Includes network and host security,
cryptography, authentication, security policies, intrusion detection and forensics, and
related managerial responsibilities. Prepares the student for the Center for Immigration
and National Security (CINCS) Level-1 examination.
BUS 5465 MANAGING INFORMATION (3 credits). Explores how organizations
gather, represent, process and distribute information and knowledge to
employees and customers. Includes knowledge management, knowledge workers
productivity, data and process modeling and data mining. Examines major issues
relating to information processing and its management at the individual, group, and
organizational levels.
BUS 5466 MANAGING SYSTEMS (3 credits). Provides a foundation of critical
issues in the design and implementation of business and information systems
change. Focuses on the interdependence of information technologies and organizational
characteristics by examining managing business redesign, IT leadership,
managing projects and changes, and managing enterprise information systems.
BUS 5467 MANAGING ELECTRONIC COMMERCE (3 credits). Examines
the use of electronic commerce from business to consumer, business to business
and intra-organizational perspectives to reflect the Internet and global communications
networks that have emerged as powerful strategic assets, providing increased
opportunity and uncertainty for business leaders.
BUS 5470 MARKETING MANAGEMENT (3 credits). Examines the tools and
techniques of managing marketing activities as well as an analysis of the marketing
process. Emphasizes decision-making, the refinement of skills needed to recognize
and solve marketing problems, and effective communication of recommendations.
Uses case analysis extensively. Prerequisites: BUS 5421, BUS 5431.
BUS 5476 STRATEGIC MARKETING (3 credits). Includes strategic analysis
of a firm’s activities from the marketer’s point of view. Gives attention to marketing
strategy formulation, implementation and control. Assesses strategies for the
functional areas of marketing (product, pricing, distribution and promotion) and their
relevant application to e-commerce. Prerequisites: BUS 5470.
BUS 5480 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT (3 credits). In-depth analysis of
industries and competitors, and how to build and defend competitive advantages in
forming a successful competitive strategy. Case analysis and management simulation
convey the multifunctional nature of decision making at the top management level.
Augmented by live-case analyses. Must be taken in the final semester prior to
graduation.
BUS 5486 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS (3 credits). Emphasizes economic,
social, cultural, legal and environmental influences on the formulation and execution
of the business policy of firms engaged in multinational business. Students explore
the functions, problems and decision-making processes of multinational business
organizations. Prerequisites: BUS 5440.
BUS 5487 NEW VENTURE DEVELOPMENT (3 credits). Students examine
the critical elements of creating and nurturing new business ventures; screen and
evaluate ideas in the formulation phase, identify sources of funds and determine
means to obtain financing; select a start-up activity and prepare a business plan that
represents the basis for forming a company.
BUS 5488 CORPORATE INNOVATION AND NEW VENTURES (3 credits).
Covers the discovery and identification of new business opportunities, the process
of creation within the context of a mature company, the processes of growth through
acquisition, and the absorption, discontinuance or spinning out of businesses.
BUS 5499 INTERNSHIP (3 credits). Students must register with the director of
industry/education programs in the College of Business at least two months prior to
the start of the semester. Minimum requirements include formal written and oral
presentations, weekly summary reports and a minimum of 120 hours working at a
host employer’s location. (Requirement: Associate dean approval.)
BUS 5840 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT POLICY (3 credits). Introduces the
three primary areas of concern to financial policy makers (capital budgeting, capital
structure and working capital) and integrates this framework with a range of international
financial concepts. Also explores the profound effect that foreign operations
can have on financial statements.
BUS 5858 LEADING IN THE TECHNOLOGY-ORIENTED ENTERPRISE
(3 credits). Examines the leadership challenges inherent in managing a technologyoriented
enterprise. Presents various leadership approaches and describes their application
in managing innovation and technology. Also addresses the role of leadership
in system design and development in integrated product teams.
BUS 5870 GLOBAL MARKETING MANAGEMENT (3 credits). Emphasizes
the global nature of marketing and the factors that shape it, including analysis of
the multilateral environment in which firms operate, global marketing research and
alternative strategies for market entry and development. Contemporary topics
may include relationship marketing, sourcing strategy and business-to-business
marketing.
BUS 5880 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT IN TECHNOLOGY BUSI-
NESSES (3 credits). Includes the difference between major strategy concepts and
analytical techniques, and their application to businesses in rapidly changing hightech
industries that span the globe.
BUS 5899 FINAL SEMESTER THESIS (0–2 credits). Variable registration for
thesis completion after satisfaction of minimum registration requirements. (Requirements:
Accepted petition to graduate and approval by Office of Graduate Programs.)
BUS 5999 THESIS (3–6 credits). Students must register with the director of
industry/education programs at least two months prior to the start of the semester.
Minimum requirements include formal written and oral presentations, weekly summary
reports and a minimum of 120 hours working at a host employer’s location.
(Requirement: Associate dean approval.)
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
CHE 1091 NANOSCIENCE/NANOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORY
(1 credit). Introduces science/engineering freshmen interested in careers in nanoscience
research/nanotechnology to techniques of nanomaterial fabrication by thin
film deposition and chemical synthesis, and sample characterization techniques like
atomic force and scanning tunneling microscopes. (Requirement: Freshman status or
instructor approval.) Prerequisites: CHM 1101.
CHE 1101 INTRODUCTION TO CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 1 (2 credits).
Introduces the chemical engineering profession. Discusses the role of an engineer as a
problem solver dealing with multiple constraints. Covers process flowsheets, and piping
and instrumentation diagrams in Microsoft PowerPoint. (Requirement: Must be
enrolled in the chemical engineering program.) (CL)
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