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An introductory course utilizing the case method of instruction to develop skills in marketing decision making. Topics include marketing planning and strategy; buyer behavior; product distribution, promotion and pricing strategies; and the development of integrated marketing programs.

This course teaches students basic concepts in the behavioral sciences that can improve their abilities to lead and manage in organizations. Frameworks for individual, team, and organizational behavior are presented and discussed in the context of real-world cases. Group projects provide practice in problem-based teamwork and in applying the frameworks in practice.

This course provides a comprehensive overview of the essentials of fixed income securities. In particular, the course introduces the principal classes of fixed income securities; money market instruments, Treasury securities, agency securities, corporate debentures, and mortgage-related instruments. In particular, we focus on the institutions, pricing, risks, and hedging of these securities. The course begins with Treasuries, securities affected primarily by interest rate risk. We discuss the me...

A comprehensive list of Bloomberg Functions as well as Bloomberg Market Concepts overview.

The development of analytical tools and their application to important economic issues. Refines central concepts concerning competition, economic efficiency and the function of property rights, and discusses the effects of the regulation and the rationale for government intervention in the economy. Other topics include the analysis of capital, uncertainty and monopoly.

This is an integrated course focusing on the nature of the general management function: management of the entire business rather than any particular functional area (accounting, finance, marketing, production, etc.). The course is taught by the case method, from the perspective of a general manager, and is intended to provide a structure for integrating analytic concepts and techniques and an opportunity to "experience" a wide variety of strategic and organizational problems in businesses of all...

This introductory course surveys the field's four subdisciplines (biological, archaeological, cultural, and linguistic anthropology), providing a first glimpse of the field's overall context, history, present status, and importance. The principal aim of the course is to help students develop a coherent view of the essential concepts, structures, and intellectual methods that typify the discipline. It stresses unifying principles that link the subdisciplines and thereby create anthropology's comp...

This course focuses on the role of law in positive leadership development and organizational success. The course has two main goals: (1) to develop legally savvy leaders who are able to achieve career success by understanding the legal and ethical aspects of their business responsibilities and (2) to show how organizations can achieve competitive advantage by reducing legal risk and using the law to create economic value, while also encouraging responsible conduct. The course examines legal and ...

Accounting case on the issues within the financial statements for Lear Corporation as well as a recommendation on buy/sell.

This course provides a quant and action-based learning approach to quant/value active portfolio management, using a practical teaching approach with the resources located in trading floors. The first part of the course will focus on developing a systematic approach to choosing/analyzing stocks from a quant/value perspective. The second half of the course will focus on 'leading in thought and action,' as participants will critique and analyze stocks, risk, and holdings in existing mutual funds. S...