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Syllabus
How Chapter Topics in This Book Track the Core MBA Curriculum
If one were to review the core curriculum for first-year students offered by most of the major MBA
programs, one would find, in one form or another, the following courses:
• Financial Accounting
• Management Accounting
• Financial Management
• Business Law and Business Entities
• Planning and Strategy
• Information Systems
• Operations Management
• Decision Support or Management Sciences
• Marketing
• Managerial Economics
• Organizational Behavior
• Entrepreneurial Thinking
Of course this varies from school to school; however, the vast majority follow this pattern, including
Harvard University, the University of Michigan, Babson College, Stanford University, Columbia
University, and many others.
While this book makes no attempt to cover the entire core curriculum, it does cover most, if not all,
of the accounting and finance topics, as well as several others. The following table compares the
chapter topics with the typical courses that would be in an MBA program.