2010-2011 Catalog: PDF Format - The Citadel

This course is designed to provide students with an understanding
of the issues facing international managers and the environment
of the Global Market Place. Some of the challenges include:
accommodating different currencies, dealing with a multiplicity of
governments, operating effectively in diverse legal environments,
being sensitive to and avoiding problems that may arise from
cultural differences among people, and the formulation of effective
strategies in the complex global environment.
Prerequisite: None.
BADM-774—International Business
Three Credit Hours
In this course students study the trend toward internationalization,
explore the terminology used in international business, and,
via case studies and examples, demonstrate the problems and
advantages of the internationalization process.
Prerequisite: None.
BADM-776—International Marketing
Three Credit Hours
This course examines detailed analysis of theories, issues, and
decisions facing the global marketing manager. Emphasis is on
small and large firms, innovative applications, workshops, and
original research projects.
Prerequisites: Foundations of Marketing and International
Business (BADM 707) or equivalent undergraduate coursework.
BADM-778—Investments
Three Credit Hours
This course explores the practical aspects of investment analysis
germane to evolution of market securities and derivative
instruments evaluation, portfolio analysis and performance
evaluation, sources of printed and Internet investment
information, and the formulation of investment policies and
strategies.
Prerequisite: None.
BADM-780—Research Methods
Three Credit Hours
This course provides students with the requisite knowledge
and skills necessary for carrying out the research process from
research design to the analysis and presentation of results. Many
quantitative techniques may be applied in the data analysis,
including (but not limited to) parametric and nonparametric
statistical techniques, estimation, and statistical inference.
Prerequisite: Quantitative Methods for Operations Management
(BADM 731).
BADM-782—Advanced Topics in Information Technology
Three Credit Hours
The topics covered in this course may include expert systems,
decision theory, decision support systems, artificial intelligence,
telecommunications, and/or other contemporary issues in
information technology.
Prerequisite: Information Technology Management (BADM 719).
BADM-784—Business and Economic Forecasting
Three Credit Hours
This course addresses the important function of strategic planning.
Planning requires accurate forecasts of future sales, capacity, market
size, prices, and a myriad of other variables that determine the
long-run profitability of the firm. This course will help the student
understand and create forecasts for the firm, industry and the
economy. Techniques include smoothing, time series analysis, and
regression analysis.
Prerequisites Quantitative Methods for Operations Management
(BADM 731).
BADM-786—Contemporary Accounting and Advanced
Problems
Three Credit Hours
This course explores the current issues in the field of accounting.
Particular issues covered in any given semester will be selected by
the course professor and announced at the time of registration.
Prerequisites: Accounting for Executives (BADM 728).
BADM-788—Consumer Behavior
Three Credit Hours
This course consists of the study of domestic and international
models of consumer behavior, including key variables from
the behavioral sciences. Course content includes research
methodologies, case studies, applications to decision-making, and
an original student research project.
Prerequisites: Foundations of Marketing and International
Business (BADM 707) or equivalent undergraduate coursework.
BADM-790—Production/Operations Strategies for
Manufacturing and Service Industries
Three Credit Hours
This course builds upon previous course work to provide a basis for
development of a coherent operations strategy to support the firm’s
competitive strategy. Using case studies, course content is based
upon the programs that have proved successful in global firms and
covers process choice, product development, order coordination
inside and outside the firm, and methodologies for developing
technology and operations strategies.
Prerequisites: Accounting for Executives (BADM 728), and
Quantitative Methods for Operations Management (BADM 731).
BADM-792—Financial Institutions
Three Credit Hours
This course analyzes financial markets and institutions,
emphasizing the role, structure, and activities of financial
intermediaries. The dynamic pattern of financial flows is analyzed
by flow-of-funds analysis. The decision processes and market
impact of both the suppliers of credit and the users of these funds
are examined. The nature of economic and regulatory policy and
its impact on markets and institutions are emphasized throughout.
Prerequisites: None.
BADM-795—Independent Study
Three Credit Hours
This is an advanced course that may be taken by graduate students
desiring to engage in a research/scholarly project of mutual interest
to the student and the faculty member who directs the study. The
course is intended to be rigorous. The course structure, evaluation
process, and expected outcomes should be clearly delineated by the
instructor in advance.
Prerequisite: Advanced graduate standing and permission of the
instructor, the MBA Program Director, and the Dean of The
School of Business.
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