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Introduction to Business |
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This course is designed to introduce students to the academic disciplines offered in the School of Business by requiring short essays, utilizing research, and providing guest speakers in accounting, finance, marketing, management, and international business. Speakers will provide advice on how students can get the most out of their college years and what the business world expects of new hires. Students will also learn how to develop a degree plan that will help track their progression through their years at MSUM. |
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Introduction to International Business |
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The purpose of this course is to provide an introduction to the area of international business. The aim is to sensitize students to the complexities of managing an organization in the changing international environment. The instructor will focus on the diversity of international cultures and economies. Additionally, the course will focus on the unique international dimensions of organizational concerns such as leading, organizational culture, planning, and staffing in the international business environment. |
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Seminar on Doing Business in China |
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This course will provide the conceptual framework for doing business in China. The course provides an overview of doing business in China, including an introduction to the Chinese economy, history and culture. China's economic growth phenomenon over the past three decades and the uniqueness of the Chinese market, organizations, and social structure will be examined in terms of the challenges and opportunities they bring to a foreign firm doing business in China. |
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China Business Trip |
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Students in this class will travel to China for a first-hand experience of Chinese culture, business environment, financial system and the challenges and opportunities each of these bring to conducting foreign business in mainland China. |
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Introduction to Business Analytics |
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MATH 234, MATH 235, MGMT 260 |
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Business analytics refers to techniques used by enterprises to gain insights and make better decisions using data. It has applications in all the functional areas of an enterprise including accounting, finance, marketing, operations and strategic planning. This class is made up of three parts: i) descriptive analytics to focus on analysis of historical data; ii) predictive analytics to focus on data mining and forecasting to develop insights; and iii) prescriptive analytics to focus on optimization and simulation to select from business alternatives under constraints. |
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Topics in Business Administration |
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This is a junior level topics course and may be repeated as topic varies. |
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Executive Mentorship |
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I. Students will be assigned an executive mentor based on their completion of a personal profile. Students will meet with their mentor for 2-4 hours per month to explore their own career choices in light of the mentor’s experiences and insights. Students are responsible for contacting their mentor.
II. Students are expected to attend and contribute to brown bag lunches and social gatherings where both mentors and students are present. Students will have the opportunity and responsibility to represent themselves and MSUM professionally and courteously.
III. Students will attend scheduled class sessions, participating actively in conversation, completing homework, and sharing insight and feedback from their interactions with their mentors.
IV. Students will prepare a minimum of three 10-point reflection papers and a final 30-point summary paper based on their course/mentorship experiences. This course may be taken up to two times.
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Internship |
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Internship in Business |
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Dragon Consulting |
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Students will work on project teams to apply their academic knowledge to real life business problems in real time. Through the Center for Innovative Business Solutions (CIBS) students will provide consulting services for clients and real-world experience for themselves. Businesses that have identified a project and work with student teams to find solutions and recommendations the business can implement. Students will have the opportunity and responsibility to represent themselves and MSUM professionally and courteously. Students will attend scheduled class sessions students to think critically about business issues and to be creative problem solvers as they navigate challenging projects. |
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Topics in Business Administration |
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This is a senior level topics course and may be repeated as topic varies. |
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Business Analytics Capstone |
| Prerequisite |
BUS 371, MGMT/MKTG 433, MGMT 480 |
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All Analytics students will participate in the Capstone course typically during their final semester at MSUM. The purpose of the capstone is for students to undertake a group project(s) that applies and synthesizes what they have learned in their major (including but not limited to database management, data analysis techniques and business decisions making) to real life analytics problems. By allowing small teams of students to work collaboratively throughout the class, the Capstone course emphasizes teamwork and encourages the kind of cooperation needed to flourish in today's current professional managerial environment. The course will be taught by a multi-disciplinary faculty team drawn from different areas of expertise in Analytics. Students will attend scheduled class sessions to think critically about analytical and decision making issues and to be creative problem solvers as they navigate challenging project(s). This capstone will culminate with a written project report and an oral presentation of their work to the students and faculty of the Analytics program, usually during the last two weeks of the semester. |
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Independent Study in Business |
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Independent reading or research allowing an individual student to explore a specific business topic under faculty supervision. |
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Business Policy and Strategy |
| Prerequisite |
ACCT 231 and ACCT 280 and FINC 340 and MKTG 270 and MGMT 260 and MGMT 370 and MGMT 380 |
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Students take a top management perspective in studying strategic management principles, concepts and analytical techniques. Strategic management entails the analysis of internal and external environments of a firm to maximize the utilization of resources in relation to objectives. This capstone course will be taken after completion of all other business core courses. |
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