Undergraduate Catalogue - UPRM

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION
ADMINISTRATION
ADMI 3007. INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER
DATA PROCESSING. Three credit hours. Two
hours of lecture and one two-hour laboratory per
week.
Introductory microcomputer course that provides a
basic understanding of what a computer is, what it
can do, and how it can serve the manager in his or
her professional endeavors. The components of a
computerized information system will be studied.
The integration and application of MIS
(Management Information Systems) concepts to a
business environment will be explored. The
students will acquire practical experience in the use
of microcomputers and software packages for
various applications such as work processing,
electronic spreadsheets and graphics as a tool to
solve managerial problems.
ADMI 3015. INTRODUCTION TO
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS. Three credit
hours. Three hours of lecture per week.
Problems and possibilities of doing business in an
international context. Provides perspectives
required for successful management and planning
of international enterprises. Identification of
opportunities and difficulties inherent in
international business. Major features of the world
economy, of the Multinational Corporation (MNC),
of current international economic issues, and how
international business deals with these problems.
ADMI 3100. NEW BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT.
Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per
week. Prerequisite: Authorization of the Dean of
the Faculty.
Theory and practice of establishing a small
business. Topics include, among others:
developing a business plan, and buying a franchise
or an established business.
ADMI 3125. TECHNOLOGY BASED
ENTREPRENEURSHIP. Three credit hours.
Three hours of lecture per week.
Process of starting a business based on technology,
emphasizing the management of existing
enterprises. It includes topics such as: market
analysis, proposal preparation product design
specification (PDS), prototype design, product cost,
strategic management, manufacturing facilities
design, and business plan.
ADMI 3155. CREATIVITY AND
ENTREPRENEURIAL INNOVATION. Three
credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.
Describe the process of creativity and compare
ways to use it as a tool for entrepreneurial
innovation. Create and innovate products and
services that could be developed into a business.
Evaluate creative and innovative ideas of products
and services in terms of the risks and opportunities
involved.
ADMI 4001. BUSINESS LAW I. Three credit
hours. Three hours of lecture per week.
Prerequisite: CISO 3122.
An introduction to legal obligations. Comprises the
formation, essentials, and the rescission of
contracts, including contracts for the sale of goods
under the Civil and Commerce Codes of Puerto
Rico, leases (with due attention to the statutory
provisions of the Reasonable Rent Acts), suretyship,
personal and commercial loans, conditional
sales, retail sales on credit loans, and factors' liens.
The course also includes agency law, as well as
basic notions of homestead law and the law of real
property.
ADMI 4002. BUSINESS LAW II. Three credit
hours. Three hours of lecture per week.
Prerequisite: ADMI 4001.
This course covers the organization and operation
of business associations. It includes partnerships
under the Civil Code, and commercial companies;
joint accounts, joint ventures, and corporations. It
covers the principle of the artificial personality
(Artificial Persons) and the concept of limited
liability. The course also covers "Bills and Notes"
and other negotiable instruments, with emphasis
placed on the concept of negotiability, the
definition of a holder in due course, the
answerability of makers, drawers, and endorsers,
bills of exchange, and the protest of bills of
exchange, criminal liability of the forgery of
negotiable instruments and for the issue of checks
without sufficient funds. The course also contains
a brief survey bankruptcy law, covering voluntary
and involuntary bankruptcy, acts of bankruptcy,
and discharge in bankruptcy.
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