University of Michigan - Flint

Credits:   3
Category:   MBA foundation
Pre-requisites:   Admission to the MBA program
Offered:   1 NetPlus! section in Fall , 1 NetPlus! section in Spring , 1 traditional section in Fall
Instructional Format:   Traditional and NetPlus!
Description:   Survey of statistical techniques for business and economic decision making, including a review of probability, statistical inferences, and regression analysis. Also includes topics in linear programming, decision theory and project management. Computer packages are used for data analysis. The emphasis is on application of techniques for business decision making.

Credits:   3
Category:   MBA foundation
Pre-requisites:   Admission to the MBA program
Offered:   1 NetPlus! section in Winter , 1 NetPlus! section in Summer , 1 traditional section in Winter
Instructional Format:   Traditional and NetPlus!
Description:   Understanding financial statements, and the fundamental accounting principles underling their preparation and interpretation and decision making in forms where generation, analysis or reporting of financial information is involved. Understanding concepts and techniques of management planning and control systems with consideration of behavioral objectives, budgeting, setting standards for and evaluation of performance. Multidivisional organizations and problems of control, cost behavior, product costs, contribution margins, transfer pricing, capital expenditure analysis.

Credits:   3
Category:   MBA foundation
Pre-requisites:   Admission to the MBA program
Offered:   1 NetPlus! sections in Fall , 1 NetPlus! section in Spring , 1 traditional section in Fall
Instructional Format:   Traditional and NetPlus!
Description:   Research and theory based on examination of human behavior in organizations with emphasis on management of the organization's human resources. Outlines the contributions of historical and organizational theorists and contemporary trends in organizations. Examines individual elements of motivation, personality, perception, and diversity (including global/international differences). Examines group issues of power, conflict, group dynamics, and team building. Addresses personal and organizational ethics, leadership, and decision making. This course will also address the use of organizational human resource policies and how they can affect human behavior in organizations.

Credits:   3
Category:   MBA foundation
Pre-requisites:   None
Offered:   1 NetPlus! sections in Spring, 1 NetPlus! section in Fall , 1 traditional section in Winter , 1 traditional section in Fall
Instructional Format:   Traditional and NetPlus!
Description:   Analysis of the economic environment; major forces and government policies affecting business conditions. Macro and micro economic theory analyzed and applied to efficient operation. Measuring business conditions, monetary and fiscal policy, inflation, interest rates, employment, and demand analysis for the firm and industry, short- and long-run production and costs, market structures, determination of prices, and non-price aspects of competition.

Credits:   3
Category:   MBA core
Pre-requisites:   Admission to the MBA program
Offered:   1 NetPlus! section in Fall , 1 NetPlus! section in Spring , 1 traditional section in Fall
Instructional Format:   Traditional and NetPlus!
Description:   Emphasis on development of effective communication skills for the executive role. Communication proficiency, grammar review, listening, sensitivity to receivers, giving feedback, helping relationships, and diagnosing the communication health of the organization; response to the organizational environment. Emphasis on clarity, persuasiveness, performance in speaking and writing. Includes various contexts likely to be part of the organization dynamic: interpersonal, dyadic, small group, and public speaking.

Credits:   3
Category:   MBA core
Pre-requisites:   MGT 512
Offered:   1 NetPlus! section in Winter , 1 NetPlus! section in Summer , 1 traditional section in Winter
Instructional Format:   Traditional and NetPlus!
Description:   Introduction to marketing management. Marketing environment, markets, buyer behavior and characteristics, market segmentation and target marketing, consumer, industrial and international marketing, product policies, promotion strategies, distribution and pricing decisions.

Credits:   3
Category:   MBA core
Pre-requisites:   None
Offered:   1 NetPlus! section in Fall , 1 NetPlus! section in Spring , 1 traditional section in Summer
Instructional Format:   Traditional and NetPlus!
Description:   From a managerial perspective, the course focuses on the external environment (social, political, legal) within which organizations operate and includes attention to ethical and corporate social responsibility considerations. Also, the course further emphasizes public issues management within the corporation, including environmental scanning, public policy analysis, and political action.

Credits:   3
Category:   MBA core
Pre-requisites:   MGT 521; MGT 551
Offered:   1 NetPlus! section in Fall , 1 NetPlus! section in Spring , 1 traditional section in Spring
Instructional Format:   In-class
Description:   Polynomial, exponential and logarithmic functions and their graphs; the derivative and applications; the integral and applications; functions of several variables and partial derivatives.

Credits:   3
Category:   MBA core
Pre-requisites:   MGT 512
Offered:   1 NetPlus! section in Fall , 1 NetPlus! sections in Spring , 1 traditional section in Fall
Instructional Format:   Traditional and NetPlus!
Description:   Introduction to operations management; issues relevant to effective integration of human and technical elements of productive systems. Decision making framework for assessing and evaluating a wide range of operating alternatives relative to design, scheduling and control in both manufacturing and service organizations. Key characteristics, management tasks, and means of organization and control in different types of operating systems.

Credits:   3
Category:   MBA core
Pre-requisites:   None
Offered:   1 NetPlus! section in Summer, 1 NetPlus! section in Winter, 1 traditional section in Winter
Instructional Format:   Traditional and NetPlus!
Description:   Concepts, techniques and equipment required for information systems supporting management decisions. Information requirements for decisions. Systems for collecting, processing, storing, retrieving and distributing information. Critical decision in the design of a management information system.

Credits:   3
Category:   MBA core
Pre-requisites:   None
Offered:   1 NetPlus! section in Fall , 1 NetPlus! section in Spring , 1 traditional section in Fall
Instructional Format:   Traditional and NetPlus!
Description:   This course is designed to help the student understand the relationship between business strategy and structure, within the global context; including how managerial actions impact global strategy. The course will further develop the participant's skills and competencies related to information gathering, strategic analysis and interpretation, judgment, and forecasting in a global context.

Credits:   3
Category:   MBA core
Pre-requisites:   All core MBA courses

Offered:   1 NetPlus! section in Fall , 1 NetPlus! section in Spring, 1 traditional section in Fall
Instructional Format:   Traditional and NetPlus!
Description:   An examination of the macro organization issues (stages, technology, structure, culture, and environment) that influence and demonstrate the organization's strategic choices. Development of a framework for strategy formulation and implementation including identification of alternatives. Study of the total organization as viewed by top management; analysis, synthesis and presentation of policies and action plans.