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Graduate Curricula
MBA 751. Investment and Portfolio
Management
3 credits
This course involves an intensive study of the theory
and practices underlying management of
investment portfolios for individuals and for
institutional investors in view of the particular
objectives of each. Risk management techniques
for portfolio management, bond portfolio techniques,
capital asset pricing theory, efficient market
hypotheses, arbitrage pricing theory, valuation
of corporate debt, and special topics are covered.
Prerequisites: MBA 675.
MBA 752. Capital Sources and Return on
Investment
3 credits
This course is designed to cover key areas of
finance in greater depth than in MBA 675
(Financial Management), to apply basic financial
analysis techniques, to investigate the latest financial
theories, and to allow students to investigate
financial topics of their choice in depth. Special
emphasis will be given to developing new skills,
techniques and viewpoints, especially as they
relate to cash flow analysis and to various
sources and forms of capital available to firms.
Prerequisites: MBA 675.
MBA 753. Security Investments, Markets and
Techniques
3 credits
The objects of the course are to give the participant
an in-depth understanding of corporate and
personal security investments. Attention will be
given to corporation earning performance and its
effect on the valuation of its common stock and
preferred securities. Equal attention will be given
to understanding the stock exchanges, personal
investment analysis, portfolio construction, trading
techniques and profit maximization.
Prerequisites: MBA 675.
Human Resource Management Concentration
MBA 760. Strategic Staffing and Career
Management
3 credits
This course will focus on people as a strategic
resource whose availability and capabilities influence
organization effectiveness. Strategies for
attracting, assessing, and acquiring personnel.
Career management from the individual and
organization perspective, with implications for
planning and executing staffing policies.
Prerequisites: MBA 685.
MBA 761. Compensation and Benefits
Management
3 credits
This course will focus on specific aspects of compensation
and benefits systems. Major topics covered
include legal issues, types of compensation
plans, job evaluation methods, wage and salary
structures, current compensation issues, types of
benefits, and benefits administration.
Prerequisites: MBA 685.
MBA 762. Training and Development 3 credits
This course is a research-based examination of
training, and development programs with emphasis
on societal, legal and organization factors
affecting relationships among training, careers
and management of organizational development.
Prerequisites: MBA 685.
MBA 763. Contemporary Labor Relations and
Dispute Resolution
3 credits
This course focuses on union and management
policies and strategies for, as well as outcomes of,
union organizing, negotiations, pressure tactics,
grievance/arbitration systems, and union-management
cooperation. Prerequisites: MBA 685.
Marketing Concentration
MBA 771. Ethical Issues in Marketing 3 credits
This course covers contemporary ethical issues in
marketing. Subjects include ethical issues that
relate to all aspects of the marketing mix: products,
pricing, promotion and distribution. The
role of the marketing manager with respect to
ethics is covered as it relates to products, markets,
consumers, society and company strategy. A
position paper is required. Prerequisites: MBA
680 or consent of instructor.
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