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Class ListsHere is a listing of some of the classes I have taken as well as classes I am registered for in the near future. This list is intended to to provide a more detailed description of the skills and knowledge I have acquired or will acquire during my academic pursuits. Courses already taken Business Policy & Strategy - Intended as a capstone policy class for students. This course gives students a view of business problems from the perspective of the CEO. Comprehensive case studies, which force the student to deal with wide-ranging and complex issues are the primary tools by which this integration is accomplished. Gives the student an appreciation for and understanding of the policy formation process. Giving students knowledge about the "big picture" makes them better managers. Marketing Management - Develops an understanding of the nature and role of marketing in the firm and in society. Topics include: basic marketing orientations, operational meanings of quality and value, analysis of marketing opportunities, and marketing planning, organization and control. Special emphasis is given to management decision - making in terms of product design, channels of distribution, pricing, and advertising and promotion Determining Optimization Models - Gives the student a thorough understanding of linear programming and classical optimization techniques. Model formulation, computer interaction, and analytical solution techniques are emphasized. Statistical Analysis - Introduces estimation and testing problems using simple and multiple regression models. These techniques are applied to model building involving quantitative and/or qualitative independent variables. Topics in experimental design and analysis of variance, piecewise linear regression, weighted least squares, and logistic regression are introduced. Transformation of data, multicolinearity, partial correlation, and residual and influence analysis are discussed. Also included is an introduction to the analysis of contingency tables and survey methods. Computers are used extensively in the statistical analysis of data using the techniques covered in this course. Financial Management - Provides a general survey of the field, including the basic principles of corporate finance, financial markets and institutions, and investment theory. Corporate finance topics covered include: the objective of financial management, valuation of assets and associated problems in the valuation of the firm, acquisition of long-trimester assets (capital budgeting), management of short-trimester assets, capital structure and financial statement analysis. Financial markets and institutions studied include money markets, stock and bond markets, derivatives and the banking system. Investment analysis topics include portfolio theory and asset pricing models. International Business Environment - Introduces potential managers in both domestic U.S. and multinational firms to the major international environment influences on their future decisions, and to basic analytical tools such as country risk assessment, hedging of foreign exchange risk, and analysis of international alliances. Over one-sixth of the American economy is now accounted for by the foreign sector. Imports and investment decisions by U.S. and other firms affect jobs and economics far removed from the locus of the decisions. Even simple actions such as executing import and export orders denominated in foreign currency, require hedging decisions to minimize foreign exchange risk. Managers in overseas environments must make decisions, not based on economics alone, but should also incorporate social and political factors into their judgments. The course is based on concepts and tools which every manager needs to know in today’s globally competitive environment. Aggregate Economic Analysis - Introduces theory and empirical estimation of aggregate economic relationships, including the general price level, income, output, employment, and wages. Covers national income accounting and other economic data sources, consumption, investment, the banking system and the supply of and demand for money, interest rates, prices, wages and employment, business fluctuations, and international economics. Legal Environment - Introduces the legal environment in which management functions. Studies the law of corporations as a system for affecting relationships among the corporation, its shareholders, employees, managers, and society. Exposes student to managerial aspects of antitrust and securities law as well as to current questions regarding business's role in society. Computers & Information Systems - Provides an understanding of the hardware, software, and other components of computer systems; it surveys file and database management systems, telecommunications and networks, analysis, design and development of computer-based information systems, and evaluation of computer acquisitions. Interfunctional Team Consulting - Students consult with a private or public corporation or government agency on a business problem under a contract with the client institution. Requires students working with a faculty member to undertake, analyze, and report on the assignment and present recommendations to executive managers from the client organization. Consulting assignments are completed in teams. E-commerce Strategy - The growth of the Internet and the advances in the underlying computing and telecommunication technologies are causing discontinuous changes in the way business is conducted and driving a restructuring of the world economy, industries, and individual firms. Starting with an exploration of the basic notions of disruptive changes in technology and business models, we will use case studies and current developments to examine strategic alternatives and management, looking at internal as well as external factors. This course is not a technology course; we assume general familiarity with the application of the Internet and its elements, but not the technologies of their realization. Courses planned to take Business-to-Business Marketing - Introduces business-to-business marketing from the perspective of both the seller and the buyer. Covers marketing strategy and product/market planning systems; selling and management of the sales force; marketing research and competitive intelligence; pricing and promotion; management of auxiliary services; and industrial buying behavior. Introduction to E-commerce - Introduction to electronic commerce: business, technology and policy; components and services; business applications, principles of security for commerce; policy and legal issues and social and cultural issues.
Class descriptions are from the Rutgers Business web site, www.business.rutgers.edu
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