Student Catalog - Thunderbird School of Global Management

COURSE NUMBERING SYSTEMTHUNDERBIRD COURSES1000-Level CoursesNon-credit/professional development courses4000-Level CoursesProvide a common foundation for students to move to the 5000-level courses5000-level coursesAdvanced coursesINDIANA UNIVERSITY-KELLEY DIRECT COURSES300- through 900-level courses—The University Graduate SchoolCOURSE DESCRIPTIONSTHUNDERBIRD COURSESBC 4001 BUSINESS AND MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATIONS(1.5 hours) This course focuses on effective management communication for personal andcorporate leadership development and illustrates how core concepts of communication strategyinform the various channels of management. Students analyze the components of effectivecommunication with regard to theme, audience, style, clarity, cross-cultural sensitivity, structureand organization in both oral and written forms. Its thematic approach includes leadership,ethics, mergers and acquisitions, e-commerce, public language and corporate culture, teaming,and project management. The course includes instruction on oral presentation, careermanagement and interviewing techniques.Prerequisites: NoneGF 5490 GLOBAL MANAGEMENT FOR THE 21 ST CENTURY(3.0) An integrative capstone seminar led by a team of Thunderbird faculty. It is intended toexamine issues related to management strategies, human resource management, servicesmanagement, and the relationship to economic decision making.Prerequisites: NoneGM 4000 GLOBAL POLITICAL ECONOMY(3 hours) This course offers an introduction to the fundamentals of the international businessenvironment and its three major aspects: (1) the institutional framework and policy managementof international economic relations, (2) risk assessment and strategic analysis of nation-states,and (3) the operational and organizational concerns of the transnational enterprise. The purposeof the course is to provide the international manager with (a) an informed perspective on theinstitutions and policy processes that shape economic relations between international andnational factors and among economic blocs as a foundation for further study in the Thunderbirdprogram, and (b) the substantive base and analytical tools necessary for acquiring an informedperspective.Prerequisites: None13