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COURSE DESCRIPTIONSHSMN (Homeland SecurityManagement)HSMN 610 Concepts in Homeland Security (3)(Formerly ITSM 620.) An overview of the basic concepts of homelandsecurity, including infrastructure protection, jurisdiction, andissues in technical areas such as interconnectivity and interoperability.The nation’s telecommunications and information technology networksare examined as both vulnerable assets and critical solutions.HSMN 620 Physical Security (3)(Formerly ITSM 624.) A comprehensive study of the many interdependentelements involved in protecting man-made structuresfrom direct or indirect physical and cyber attacks. Various factorsthat affect physical security (including construction materials, architecturaldesign, location, function, occupancy, and life cycle management)are examined. Accessibility, access control, traffic patterns, andinternal and external communications are analyzed. Review coversmethods for protecting critical infrastructure support systems, suchas electric power, water supply, airflow, and information systems.Typical security policies and procedures for various categories ofphysical facilities (such as those involved in power generation,finance, and telecommunications) are also evaluated.HSMN 630 Business Continuity: Disaster Recovery,Planning, and Response (3)(Formerly ITSM 626.) An in-depth examination of managerialand technical strategies for maintaining enterprise resiliency in theface of man-made or natural disruptions to business operations.Emphasis is on the importance of advanced planning. Techniquesfor performing business risk assessment and potential incidentimpact analysis are explored. Discussion covers alternative modelsfor supporting contingency operations, including the use of servicelevelagreements. Key activities and processes involved in posteventbusiness resumption, including the recovery of key informationassets, are reviewed. Various formal business continuity standards,such as ISO 17799, are also introduced. Actual and hypotheticalcases are analyzed.HSMN 670 Seminar in Homeland Security (3)(Formerly ITSM 622.) An up-to-date evaluation of vulnerabilitiesand protective countermeasures regarding various aspects of thenation’s critical infrastructure, with particular emphasis on the foodand water supply. Topics include various threat profiles and actionsby government, industry, independent institutions, and private citizensthat might prevent attack from domestic or foreign sourcesand mitigate harmful consequences should such an attack occur.Discussion reviews the federal government’s organization and managementof food and water security and explores what furtherefforts might be made, building upon the nation’s health systemand engaging government at all levels. The singularly importantroles of first responders are also analyzed.IMAN (International Management)IMAN 601 Strategic Management in a Global Environment(3)(The foundation course for the international management program;should be taken as the first course.) A study of global strategic managementthat establishes a framework for analyzing the competitivestructure of industries and country environments, ascertaining thedirection of industry change, and formulating strategy within aninternational context. Theories of competition and competitive strategy,as well as methodologies for formulating strategy relevant tomajor commercial environments, are examined. Discussion coversorganizational and functional issues, including transnational companystructures, the role of marketing, finance, trade, technology innovation,and the public-private interface in the formulation of firmstrategy.IMAN 610 Economics for Global Managers (3)An economics refresher, designed to enable managers both tounderstand the complexities of the marketplace and appreciate theeconomic implications of their managerial decisions. Managersneed a working knowledge of key economic principles to fullyappreciate the issues they face in the globalizing world economy.Competitive to monopolistic market structures and the ways inwhich different economic systems (from open to closed, or protected,market economies) affect economic outcomes are examinedfrom a problem-oriented perspective. The management implicationsof a variety of economic concepts—including scarcity, opportunitycost, price and income elasticities, income distribution, marketfailures, transaction costs, the role of government, unemployment,inflation, and monetary and fiscal policy—are covered.IMAN 615 Strategic Investment and Partnering (3)An in-depth examination of major entry strategies for internationalmarkets. Case-intensive analysis is used to gain insight into howto formulate strategy, negotiate and select partners, structure andmanage business transactions, and identify legal implications over arange of market-entry vehicles. These vehicles include various typesof strategic alliances—such as outsourcing; distributorship; greenfieldinvestment and acquisitions; technology transfer; and licensing,franchising, and joint ventures—between companies based in differentcountries.92GRADUATE CATALOG | 2008–2009