General Catalog - John F. Kennedy University

School of ManagementGraduate CoursesBUS _____________________________________________________________________5000 Management Communications 3Analyzes business needs for managerial communication includingmeetings, conferences, and general information disseminationand reporting and determines appropriate methods. Coursecovers business proposals, reports, and executive summaries andprovides practice in oral presentation.BUS 5008 Operations andSupply _____________________________________________________________________Chain Management 3This course provides an introduction to operations managementand explains how to deal with the challenges in these areas. Thiscourse covers issues in supply chain management, the balancedscorecard, and yield management. It covers basics including corecompetency, mass customization, benchmarking, business processdesign, and enterprise resource planning. It emphasizes the criticalrole operations management will play in the career paths studentschoose. Also includes new material on ERP, Lean, Six Sigma, servicedesign, and other critical topics. Examines outsourcing andthe impact that it has on operations management decisions.BUS _____________________________________________________________________5020 Financial Management 3This course explores the financial function of the contemporarybusiness enterprise. Introduction to theories of financial managementincluding cost of capital, financial leverage, capital structure,dividend policy, long-term capital, working capital, and financialanalysis and planning. Prerequisite: BUS 3020 or BUS 5096.BUS _____________________________________________________________________5025 Human Resources Management 3Introduction to human resources management including theoriesof motivation, functions of manager and staff, techniques forimproving the match between individuals and the organization,and encouraging individual growth and development.BUS _____________________________________________________________________5030 Power, Leadership, and Integrity 3Understanding organizational power and exemplifying professionalintegrity are critical to effective leadership. Organizationsseek leaders who inspire confidence, evoke loyalty, empower,motivate, and use resources effectively and efficiently. This coursediscusses the characteristics and dynamics of organizationalpower and politics and explores the ethical use of power byleaders when managing employees, creating alliances, makingcomplex decisions, delegating responsibilities, making changes,and resolving conflict.BUS _____________________________________________________________________5035 Visionary Leadership and Sustainability 3Great leaders possess a variety of competencies. Organizationaleffectiveness is grounded in professionals who have vision,continuously learn, take risks, are decisive and ethical, understandand care about their coworkers, empower the organization’s workforceto be creative, and employees take ownership of their jobs.Distinguishing leadership from management approaches, thiscourse critically analyzes the core qualities and skills that allleaders possess, plus explores the characteristics of various leadershipstyles, assessing strengths and limitations.BUS _____________________________________________________________________5040 Marketing Management 3Overview of marketing strategies, objectives, and policiesincluding managing sales and marketing organizations, marketresearch and site location, advertising and promotion, and analysisof buying processes of consumer and industrial markets. Prerequisite:BUS 5000.BUS _____________________________________________________________________5052 Managerial Economics 3The purpose of this course is to provide students with a basicunderstanding of economic theory—both microeconomics andmacroeconomics. Examines the impact of domestic and internationaleconomic policies and major issues for business economics.Topics include the effects of monetary policy, fiscal policy andtaxation, forces of supply and demand, theories of cost and production,and analysis of consumer behavior. In addition, thiscourse evaluates the response of markets to the forces of supplyand demand by using different quantitative and qualitativemeasures.BUS 5055 MBA Capstone:Business _____________________________________________________________________Strategy and Planning 3Integrates the key learning disciplines represented by the MBAexperience—including organizational leadership, finance, andmarketing—to build and enhance individual competencies indecision making and taking action. Topics include systems thinking,benchmarking, modeling and scenario building to exploreinnovative solutions for complex business challenges. Courseworkis focused on the practicum project. Prerequisites: BUS 5020, BUS5040, BUS 5052, BUS 5099, and BUS 5151.BUS _____________________________________________________________________5096 Accounting for Managers 3Introduces financial and managerial accounting to define the basicstructure of any business organized for managers who are nonaccountants.Areas of study include financial statement analysis,financial accounting concepts and principles, and managerial costsystems.School ofManagementJohn F. Kennedy UniversitySchool of Management 87