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The Joint MBA
Curriculum
Business is still business, even in
the Digital Economy. Solid business
fundamentals continue to form the
foundation for management decision
making. Throughout the core students
explore how IT and the Internet are
changing business practices and creating
new markets and new careers. The core
also provides focused opportunities to
develop the behavioral and cognitive
skills critical to effective management,
including leadership, teamwork,
communication, and analysis.
Core Course
Descriptions
BUSI 601 Communications Mastery
Program I; (0.5 credits).
Part I of the Communications Mastery
Program (CMP) consists of written and
oral base-line assessments. The written
assessment will occur during Orientation
and the oral assessment during the first
week of classes. Students will meet
with Program administrators to receive
feedback on these assessments and create
an individualized development plan.
Workshops and core course assignments,
Smith-related activities and CMP
assignments.
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BUSI 602 MBA Case Competition;
(0 credits).
This is the first comprehensive test of
students' thinking and analysis skills.
At the start of the 5-day competition,
teams composed of three to five MBA
students are given a general management
case that deals with broad strategy
issues facing a company. The teams
present their analyses and
recommendations in written and oral
presentations. Four teams advance to the
final round, which is judged by a panel
of business leaders who play the role of
the company's board of directors.
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BUSI 603 Communications Mastery
Program II; (0.5 credits).
Part II of the Communications Mastery
Program is a continuation of Phase I,
with the goal of assisting students in
demonstrating mastery in their
communication skills. The phase will
allow students to further integrate
these skills into the Smith curriculum,
including course electives, career
development activities and the Group
Consulting Project.
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BUSI 698 MBA Field Project; (3 credits).
Experiential research project in the
identification of management problems,
the evaluation of alternative solutions,
and the recommendation for management.
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BUSI 610 Financial Reporting and Cost
Accounting; (2 credits). Overview of financial accounting, periodic financial statements and the
financial reporting process.
Introduction to cost accounting concepts
that play a role in preparation of
financial statements. Importance of
financial statements as information
source for creditors and investors and
as a means by which managers can
communicate information about their
firms.
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BUSI 611 Managerial Accounting; (2
credits).
Use of accounting data in corporate
planning and control. Cost-volume-
profit analysis, budgeting, pricing
decisions and cost data, transfer
pricing, activity-based management,
performance measures, and standard
costing.
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BUSI
620 Strategic Information Systems; (2 credits). Use of information technology to achieve competitive advantage,
efficient operations, and effective
decision making. Analysis of functions
of information technology and its impact
on competitive strategy and
organizational operations.
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BUSI
630 Data Models and Decisions; (3
credits).
To develop probabilistic and statistical
concepts, methods and models through
examples motivated by real-life data
from business and to stress the role
that statistics plays in the managerial
decision making process.
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BUSI
640 Financial Management; (3
credits).
Analysis of major corporate financial
decisions using a market-oriented
framework. Introduction to value
techniques, capital budgeting principles
and problems, asset valuation, operation
and efficiency of financial markets,
financing decisions, dividend policy and
international finance. Additional
topics, such as mergers and acquisitions
may be covered.
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BUSI 650
Marketing Management; (2 credits).
Analysis of marketing problems and
evaluation of specific marketing efforts
regarding the organization's products
and services, pricing activities,
channel selection, and promotion
strategies in both domestic and
international markets.
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BUSI
662 Leadership and Teamwork; (2
credits).
Course examines concepts of team
building and leadership which are
critical to managerial success. Topics
include leadership, decision making,
communication and conflict, work
motivation, building effective teams,
and organizational change and culture.
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BUSI
663 Managing Human Capital; (2
credits).
Systematic approaches to human resources
management in the context of
organizational strategy, as constrained
by legal and economic factors.
Strategically aligned recruitment and
screening systems, training and
development, performance management,
career management and reward systems.
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BUSI 671
Supply Chain Logistics and Operations
Management; (2 credits). Supply chain management is an integrated approach to manage
the total flow of a distribution channel
from supplier to ultimate customer.
Students are introduced to the concept
of value-driven supply chains and its
integration with operations.
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BUSI 681 Managerial Economics and Public
Policy; (2 credits). Basic microeconomic principles used by firms, including
supply and demand, elasticities, costs,
productivity, pricing, market structure
and competitive implications of
alternative market structures. Market
failures and government intervention.
Public policy processes affecting
business operations.
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BUSI 683
The Global Economic Environment; (2 credits). Relationship between national and international economic
environments. Determinants of output,
interest rates, prices and exchange
rates. Analysis of effect of economic
policies (fiscal, monetary, trade, tax)
on the firm and the economy.
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BUSI 690 Strategic Management; (2
credits).
Integrative strategic management
focusing on strategy formulation and
implementation in domestic and global
settings. Industry and competitor
analysis, industry and firm value chain,
leadership, goal setting, organizational
structure and culture. Case study
approach to top management and
organizational problems.
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