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Rensselaer Catalog 2014-2015 [Archived Catalog]
Courses
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MGMT 2100 - Statistical Methods
This course develops an understanding of concepts in business statistics and focuses on application of concepts in problem-solving situations. In particular, students learn to present and describe data, analyze probability distributions, make statistical inferences based on data samples, and develop models for prediction and forecasting.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: MATH 1500 and MATH 1520.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MGMT 2300 - Fundamentals of Accounting for Decision Making
An introduction to financial accounting and managerial accounting. The financial accounting includes preparation of the three primary financial statements: the income statement, the balance sheet, and the cash flow statement. The introduction to managerial accounting includes profit-volume relationships, cost systems, evaluation and control, and budgeting.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MGMT 2320 - Managerial Finance
An introduction to corporate financial analysis and decision making. This course covers the following topics: financial statement analysis, valuation principles, risk and return analysis, working capital management, capital budgeting, cost of capital, capital structure, and dividend policy.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MGMT 2300 or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MGMT 2430 - Marketing Principles
This course provides students with an understanding of marketing principles and the role of the marketing discipline. The course is intended to help students learn the basic concepts and practices of marketing and to familiarize them with the terminology and techniques for properly framing and analyzing marketing problems. In addition to marketing concepts, processes, and strategy, issues such as the social consequences of marketing are discussed.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MGMT 2510 - Microcomputers and Applications
An introduction to the fundamentals of microcomputer technology and its application in management and information systems. Through hands-on exercises students will develop competencies in working with data through spreadsheets applications and relational databases. Topics include foundational concepts in information systems, spreadsheets and basic data modeling and database design.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Credit Hours: 4
Contact, Lecture or Lab Hours: 5 contact hours
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MGMT 2600 - International Business
The course provides an introduction and an overview of international business. Topics in the course include (a) globalization of markets and firms, (b) political, economic, and cultural differences across countries, (c) theories and trends in international trade and investment, (d) strategies and operations of firms in international markets, and (e) global aspects of marketing, R&D, human resource management, accounting, and finance.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MGMT 2940 - Studies in Management
Student plans a course of selected topics in management theory or practice not listed in this catalog. The instructor who will supervise and grade the student must approve the plan. Lectures, discussions, conferences, or seminars may be used in conjunction with the independent study.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Credit Hours: 1 to 4 per course, not to exceed 12 for this course number
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MGMT 2960 - Topics in Management
Credit Hours: 4
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MGMT 4040 - Mathematical and Statistical Foundation for Finance
This course is designed to strengthen students’ ability to prepare for the graduate finance courses, especially the ones with quantitative applications. The course will provide basic learning in mathematical and statistical skills necessary for the required and elective courses in the finance program. It will provide an understanding of the fundamental process of applying statistical techniques to business problems involving uncertainty. The course will introduce basic calculus (derivative, optimization), matrix algebra (multiplication, inversion), power function (compounding, power series), probability theory, multiple linear regressions (model fitting, forecasting) applied to financial theories. The focus of the course, in general, is on integrating quantitative skills with key concepts in finance and economics. The ultimate goal is to prepare students to apply these lessons in financial decision-making.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 4070 - Personal Finance
The course takes a comprehensive look at financial planning at the individual level. As such, it provides guidelines and principles for credit management, debt management, investment management, risk management. Taxes, insurance, and retirement strategies also receive prominent attention. Financial planning will be couched in terms of the current state of markets and economies and potential changes in them. The course will be useful across the spectrum of the tactical to the strategic; across that of the short-term to the long-term; that of accumulation of wealth to ultimate disposition of assets and wealth; that of investment to lifestyle; and that of good deals to scams.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Cross Listed: MGMT 6070. Students cannot receive credit for both courses.
Credit Hours: 4
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MGMT 4100 - Quantitative Methods for Business
This course introduces the student to the business management of production and operations systems. The concepts are related to inventory control, forecasting, scheduling, man-powers, and facilities planning. Computer usage includes Excel and specialized packages.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MGMT 4110 - Operations Management
This course introduces the student to the operations function in services and manufacturing-oriented firms. Students develop an appreciation of the concepts, principles, and techniques used for decision making in the operations function. The course takes a managerial perspective.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MGMT 2100.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MGMT 4130 - Enterprise IT Integration
This course provides a capstone and professional experience through an in-depth study of major issues in enterprise information architecture. The course emphasizes both management and technical issues. Topics include information architecture evaluation, strategic information technology alignment, information technology valuation techniques, application interfaces, system and data integration, data warehousing, and decision support systems. Course concepts are developed through case studies and projects.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: CSCI 2300 or equivalent or MGMT 4240 or equivalent, or permission of the instructor.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MGMT 4140 - Computer Information Systems
This course provides the undergraduate management student with an introduction to the concept and components of computer-based “management information systems” (MIS) and their integration into organizational processes to gain competitive advantage. This course will examine approaches for developing and using information systems in support of business processes. Topics include: the impact of computer-based information systems on organizations; the basic technology components of modern information systems; the process by which information systems are created and changed; and selected management and technology issues.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms anually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MGMT 4150 - IT Project Management
This capstone concentration course provides the student with conceptual and applied material focusing on the effective implementation of information. A central theme underlying this course is that information system implementation is best thought of as a bridge between systems design and utilization and that it must be understood in the context of the development process as a whole. The course examines a wide array of interrelated issues not generally covered in a systems analysis and design course including: process development life cycle; project management and systems engineering; process reengineering and maturity; organizational learning and evaluation.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MGMT 4160 - Telecommunications for Business
Rapid advancements in telecommunications technology and the convergence of computing and telecommunications have created unique opportunities for organizations to derive competitive advantage. Telecommunications technology has become an essential feature of the business environment and is embodied in both operations and products/services of organizations. This course aims to analyze how telecommunications can be employed to enhance the benefits and reduce the costs through the value web. A wide variety of telecommunications technologies ranging from narrowband to broadband and from wired to wireless will be examined in detail. The primary emphasis will be on issues related to their application in different business contexts.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MGMT 4170 - Data Resource Management
This course introduces both technical and managerial aspects of a wide range of data-driven technologies used by modern organizations to solve business problems. This course provides the fundamental technical data management skills expected of any MIS professional as well as improved knowledge and understanding of the managerial issues that arise in applying different data management technologies to business problems.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MGMT 4140 or permission from instructor.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MGMT 4220 - Accounting Information Systems
This course provides the background for understanding how the accounting system works and also how the accounting system fits into the overall information system of the firm.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MGMT 2300.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 4
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MGMT 4230 - Cost Accounting
This course is the upper level of managerial accounting course. Cost accounting provides information for both managerial accounting and financial accounting. It is useful for managers for planning and controlling, as well as costing products, services, and customers.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: MGMT 2300 with at least a grade of C.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MGMT 4240 - Systems Analysis and Design
This course presents conceptual material on the analysis and design of business information systems. The focus is on understanding business information processing requirements and developing information systems solutions to meet these requirements. Key stages of the systems development life cycle including planning, analysis, and design are the focus of this course. Models and procedures for understanding and modeling an organization’s existing and planned information systems are presented. Computer-aided software engineering tools are used to provide hands-on experience in designing information systems.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MGMT 4250 - Managerial Accounting
This course focuses on the principles of managerial accounting, in three major areas: 1) how managerial behavior influences costs; 2) how managers use accounting information to make strategic decisions; and 3) how to evaluate and control managerial actions.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MGMT 2300.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Cross Listed: MGMT 6210.
Credit Hours: 4
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MGMT 4260 - Financial Statement Analysis
This course is designed to strengthen students’ ability to correctly analyze, interpret, and evaluate financial statements and their accompanying disclosures. The course is aimed at anyone whose career might involve working with accounting data, and should be especially useful for those interested in consulting and financial analysis. Throughout the semester we will discuss how to use financial accounting information for evaluating past performance and predicting future performance of a company or division. The course revolves around a number of topics of recent interest to the business community including accounting and financial analysis, performance forecasting, the quality of earnings, mergers and acquisitions, purchased R&D, post-employment benefits, executive compensation, and intangible assets. This course assumes that you have a basic knowledge of accounting, finance, economics, and business strategy. The focus is on integrating key concepts from each of these areas and applying them to financial decision-making. Half of the course time will be devoted to case analysis. Students are responsible for reading each case thoroughly, and familiarizing themselves with the relevant accounting issues, before the class.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 4270 - Intermediate Accounting I
This is the first intermediate course on the theory and practice of accounting and financial reporting. Designed for both accounting and finance majors, this course combines a study of the theory, rationale, and objectives of corporate financial reporting with an examination of current reporting principles. The aim is to develop a realistic understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of corporate financial reporting, particularly from the viewpoint of the consumer of such financial information.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: MGMT 2300 with at least a grade of C.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MGMT 4280 - Intermediate Accounting II
As the second course in the Intermediate Accounting sequence, this course is designed for both accounting and finance majors. This course combines a study of the theory, rationale, and objectives of corporate financial reporting with an examination of current reporting principles. The aim is to develop a realistic understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of corporate financial reporting, particularly from the viewpoint of the consumer of such financial information.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Completion of MGMT 4270 Intermediate Accounting I with a grade of C or better.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MGMT 4300 - Emerging Markets
This course heightens students understanding of global business by viewing it through the lens emerging markets. Topics include: the entry of firms from OECD markets into emerging markets; corruption and intellectual property risks in emerging markets; competing in developed markets against firms from emerging markets; unique corporate structures that thrive in emerging markets; and the entrance of emerging market firms into less developed African markets.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MGMT 1110.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Cross Listed: MGMT 6300. Students cannot receive credit for both courses.
Credit Hours: 4
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MGMT 4310 - Financial Trading and Investing
This course introduces interactive trading in financial instruments. Students learn the principles of asset price discovery through real-time trading in a variety of markets, including equities, bonds, options, derivatives. Topics addressed include asset valuation, portfolio management, and risk management in the context of real-time trading of financial instruments. The course uses the facilities of the Lally School’s Virtual Trading Room.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: MGMT 2320 and two upper-level finance courses or permission of the instructor.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MGMT 4320 - Investments I
Introduction to financial markets, financial instruments, and basic investment principles. The course provides students with an understanding of how to value securities, how to assess risk and return tradeoffs, how to make investment decisions, and how to measure investment performance. Topics include market microstructure and impact of technology on securities markets, principles of investment banking, valuation of stocks and bonds and hybrid instruments, portfolio theory, asset pricing models, bond portfolio management, and derivative securities.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MGMT 2320.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MGMT 4330 - Investments II
Advanced course in investment decision making. Analysis of investment strategies in national and international equity markets including emerging markets. Other topics include arbitrage pricing principles, portfolio insurance, study of the term structure of interest rates and interest rate forecasts, duration analysis, and bond portfolio management, including immunization and active strategies. Principles of option and futures pricing and strategies in options and futures markets.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: MGMT 2320 and MGMT 4320.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MGMT 4340 - Advanced Corporate Finance
Advanced topics in financial theory and corporate policy as they are applied to the modern corporation. Emphasis in blending theory with application. Case studies are used to illustrate relevance of theoretical concepts. Topics include corporate financial decision making under uncertainty, financial forecasting, application of option pricing principles to capital budgeting decision making, mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts and takeovers, leasing, financial engineering.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: MGMT 2320 and MGMT 4320 or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MGMT 4350 - Financial Markets and Institutions
This course investigates the roles financial markets and financial intermediaries play in the flow of funds in the world economy. The course provides a conceptual framework for why markets exist and the important functions of intermediaries in the global markets. Major topics include interest rates; roles of Central Bank; debt, equity, and derivatives; commercial banking; and the increasing importance of non-bank financial intermediaries such as pension funds, insurance companies and mutual funds.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MGMT 2320.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Cross Listed: Students cannot receive credit for both this course and MGMT 6340.
Credit Hours: 4
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MGMT 4360 - International Financial Management
The objective of this course is to provide a conceptual understanding of the international financial markets and instruments and how corporations and investors use them in their financial decision-making process. The course coverage includes the international financial environment, foreign exchange markets, offshore financial markets, derivative securities markets, and international capital markets. Class sessions will be devoted to lectures and case discussions on topics outlined in the class schedule. Equipped with the background provided in the classroom, students solve problems and analyze cases representing real-life situations.
Credit Hours: 4
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MGMT 4370 - Risk Management
Overview of risk management, and the concept and measurement of risk; types of risks (market, credit, liquidity, operational, business, strategic). Concepts, tools, and instruments available for risk management. Specific issues related with managing specific risk types — market, credit, interest-rate, liquidity risk, and operational risk. Securitization, asset-liability management. Concepts underlying insurance and role of insurance for risk management.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MGMT 2320 or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MGMT 4380 - Derivatives Markets
This course introduces the institutional structure of the financial markets for derivatives. It also covers hedging and basis risk, interest rate, and stock-index derivatives with financial management applications. Other topics covered include an introduction to options, rational option pricing restrictions, binomial option pricing model, and put and call option strategies.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: MGMT 2320 and MGMT 4320 or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Cross Listed: Cross listed with MGMT 6370.
Credit Hours: 4
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MGMT 4440 - Financial Simulation
Knowledge of basics of simulation - random variable generation, statistical analysis of simulation output, and variance reduction methods. Basic understanding of stochastic processes, stochastic calculus, and statistical estimation. Introduction to financial markets, financial instruments and financial asset pricing models. Simulation for valuation of securities, estimation of the “Greeks”, and assess risk management strategies. Simulation to assess interest rate dependent claims and credit risk. Simulation to make investment decisions and to measure investment performance.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: MGMT 2320, MGMT 4040.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MGMT 4450 - Internet Marketing
Technology is a vital link in how modern corporations identify, acquire, transact with, and keep their customers. This course provides an introduction to both the technology infrastructure most relevant to the customer relationship as well marketing issues that result from the application of computers and communication networks. Topics include issues related to social media, search, online advertising, blogging, customer relationship management, online market segmentation, and marketing of IT products.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: MGMT 4430 or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MGMT 4460 - Consumer Behavior and Product Design
This course introduces the motivations and related factors that shape consumers’ purchasing decisions. Also considered is the consumer perceptual process and how it affects purchasing behavior and consumer reaction to product designs. The relationship between perception and product design is extended to topics such as design for understanding, universal product design, aesthetics, and industrial design.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: MGMT 4430 or permission of the instructor.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MGMT 4470 - Marketing Research
A course on identifying and solving marketing problems through the systematic gathering and analysis of market information. Course focuses on careful definition of marketing problems, specification of information needs, sampling theory, research design, statistical methods, and marketing management implications. A major project involving marketing research for an off-campus “client” is a key part of the final grade.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MGMT 4430.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MGMT 4490 - Advertising Strategy and Promotions
Development of branding strategies to accomplish marketing objectives. The development of media plans and schedules to deliver advertising promotions element in the marketing mix.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MGMT 4430 or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MGMT 4510 - Invention, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship
This course focuses on three key goals: providing increased insight into the cognitive foundations of entrepreneurship, offering practice in applying creative thinking to the task of formulating ideas for new products or services, and presenting basic information about the organizational process of commercializing such innovations. These goals will be achieved through a combination of assigned readings, in-class exercises, and individual and team projects. In addition, the course will include contributions from guest speakers who will share with the class their own experiences and expertise.
Credit Hours: 4
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MGMT 4520 - Introduction to Technological Entrepreneurship
An introductory course for initiating a new business venture and developing it into a self-sustaining and profitable enterprise. Provides understanding of the process whereby a person decides to become an entrepreneur, screens opportunities, selects an appropriate product/market target, and obtains the necessary resources. Also, provides the theoretical and practical knowledge for the preparation of formal business plans for the development of new products, processes, and services and for the financing of new enterprises.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MGMT 4530 - Starting Up a New Venture
An understanding of the critical issues related to starting up a new business is gained through team-based experiential learning. Small teams of students develop a comprehensive business plan that can be used to raise money for a new or relatively new venture. The business plans are eligible for submission to the Rensselaer Business Plan Competition. The experiential learning process is enhanced through team meetings with faculty and/or course advisers and through oral presentations to the entire class.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MGMT 4540 - Venture Capital Finance
This course covers the theory and practice of venture capital financing of entrepreneurial firms. Topics to be discussed include the structure and governance of venture capital funds, venture capital financial contracting, valuation of entrepreneurial firms, staging, syndication, capital structure, and exits (IPOs, acquisitions, secondary sales, buybacks, and liquidations). International differences in venture capital markets will also be studied.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MGMT 2320.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MGMT 4590 - Commercializing Advanced Technologies
This course views potential breakthrough innovation from the perspective of the project manager, either in the firm or as a start up organization. The course offers methods and frameworks for commercializing nascent technologies that offer potentially breakthrough value to the market and, therefore, enormous reward for the firm. Additionally, legal and ethical consequences are considered.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: MGMT 1100 or ENGR 4100.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MGMT 4640 - Hedge Funds and Financial Markets
The topics covered include an overview of the hedge fund industry; legal and regulatory issues; in depth analysis of a number of hedge fund trading and investment strategies including equity long/short, fixed income arbitrage, credit and high yield fixed income arbitrage, commodity and currency trend-following strategies, and private equity “crossover” hedge funds. The course will also cover the role of hedge funds in an overall investment portfolio and in asset allocation framework.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: MGMT 2300, MGMT 2320, MGMT 4320/4330.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Cross Listed: Cross listed with MGMT 7640; students cannot obtain credit for both courses.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 4650 - Advanced Hedge Funds and Financial Markets
This course is designed to advance the skills and knowledge gained in the Hedge Funds and Financial Markets by applying these to in-depth exploration of specific hedge fund trading and investment strategies, including trend following quantitative models; long/short equity analysis and market neutral quantitative strategies; fixed income and credit derivatives hedge funds. For each broad topic, advanced financial and market techniques, including relevant quantitative and computer models are used, to gain a thorough understanding of the techniques, assumptions, models, and risks of each strategy.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: MGMT 4640, MGMT 2300, MGMT 4320/4330 or equivalent.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Cross Listed: Cross listed with MGMT 7650; students cannot obtain credit for both courses.
Credit Hours: 4
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MGMT 4700 - Corporate Entrepreneurship
In order to survive corporations need to renew themselves. This requires instilling an entrepreneurial mindset which is often a challenge for large established corporations. Corporations caught up in the web of commoditization, stagnation, down-sizing, cost-cutting, re-engineering and the fast pace of globalization and technical change have come to realize that boosting their entrepreneurial capabilities, can improve their competitive positions through creating new markets and even transforming their industries. Yet overall, these efforts have produced uneven success. Although entrepreneurs in organizations can benefit from the knowledge resources, experience, and financial assets and networks of the large firm, they are constrained by the firm’s inertial structure and entrenched management practices, as well as by the influence of current customers. This course helps students understand these challenges and how to cope with them through developing appropriate corporate competencies, structures , systems and talent management practices.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MGMT 4850 - Organizational Behavior in High Performance Organizations
This course provides an overview of basic processes in human behavior that influence the effectiveness of individuals, groups and organizations. Its focus is on understanding what happens during interpersonal interactions in work situations, and what can be done to make employees more effective. Topics covered include organizational socialization, motivation, decision-making, team dynamics, virtual teams, influence, and conflict management. Numerous exercises and case analyses are used in class to help provide students with insights into these processes.
When Offered: Fall and spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MGMT 4870 - Strategy and Policy
This is a course that integrates the functional fields of management. The first part of the course focuses on the tools and discipline commonly used in strategy formulation. The second part focuses on the implementation of strategy in a variety of contexts.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MGMT 4860; recommended senior standing.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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MGMT 4900 - Practicum in Management
A problem-solving experience in a business enterprise or public organization in which the student works individually or in a team project. Prior to the start of the internship a list of the learning objectives for this internship will be provided by the student to the faculty mentor. Upon completion of the internship, a written report of the outcomes of the internship and a detailed description of how the learning objectives were met will be provided by the student to the faculty mentor.
Graded: Course to be graded on an S/U basis.
Credit Hours: 1 to 4, this course can be taken multiple times with a maximum of 8 credit hours applied toward a student’s degree.
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MGMT 4940 - Studies in Management
Credit Hours: 1 to 8
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MGMT 4960 - Networks, Innovation, and Value Creation
This course considers the evolving new models of value creation and business growth being introduced across different industries and examines such critical issues as product and process technology strategy, operational innovation, IT strategies and infrastructures, networks and organization, and finance. Utilizing a series of case studies from across a range of industry networks, students will have a chance to learn how companies can participate in such networks and what unique business resources and capabilities they can employ to enhance their probability of commercial success.
Credit Hours: 4
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MGMT 4960 - Topics in Management
Credit Hours: 4
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MGMT 6010 - Heroes, Leaders, and Innovators
This course provides an introduction to the “heart and soul” of managerial leadership, teamwork, and innovation by focusing on the behavior and characteristics of those exceptional individuals whose impact extends far beyond their own persona—inside and outside of business. Leaders/innovators are those whose vision, creativity, and charisma allow them to transform their organizations and to change the lives of large numbers of people. Using a combination of case studies and simulations, the course offers a week-long immersion experience into the mindset, actions, and concerns of true business innovators.
Credit Hours: 0
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MGMT 6020 - Financial Management I
The purpose of this course is to develop a working understanding of the major investment and financial decisions of the firm. Emphasis will be placed upon identifying and solving the problems commonly faced by financial managers. The course presents the needed theory and develops financial problem solving skills through individualized problem solving, structured case analysis, and industry and company analysis using Internet sources.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MGMT 7740.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6030 - Financial Management II
This course, built on Economic & Financial Analysis I, provides a conceptual framework whereby accounting, corporate finance, and investment decisions can be viewed and understood in a unified context of risk and return as it is applicable to all types of businesses and organizations. The course prepares students for future specialized courses in advanced accounting, corporate finance, financial institutions and markets, investment theory, and entrepreneurial finance. The contemporary issues covered in this course include risk and diversification; asset pricing models; capital structure and financing alternatives; dividend and stock repurchases; corporate governance; mergers, acquisitions, and takeovers; financial distress and reorganization; and different international financial topics.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6040 - Talent Management
This course is designed to develop skills in understanding human behavior in organizations and how to effectively manage the talent that resides within employees. Students will learn about essential aspects of managing and developing talent, including individual differences, employee hiring, motivation, team dynamics, leadership, and influencing others. Through a discussion of concepts in human behavior students will learn useful analytical frameworks for understanding the complexities of managing talent in order to best achieve organizational success.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6060 - Business Implications of Emerging Technologies
This course investigates the business dimensions of major technological advances, highlighting how industry structures an organization, the dynamics of competition, patterns of innovation, operational decisions, and financial investment are all influenced by various types of technical breakthrough. Students also get to explore the interplay between emerging technology development and commercialization. The challenges associated with intellectual property protection and utilization, as well as the socio-economic and ethical dimensions of new technology adoption, are explored. Each year, a different set of key technologies will be examined and analyzed.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6070 - Personal Finance
The course takes a comprehensive look at financial planning at the individual level. As such, it provides guidelines and principles for credit management, debt management, investment management, risk management. Taxes, insurance, and retirement strategies also receive prominent attention. Financial planning will be couched in terms of the current state of markets and economies and potential changes in them. The course will be useful across the spectrum of the tactical to the strategic; across that of the short-term to the long-term; that of accumulation of wealth to ultimate disposition of assets and wealth; that of investment to lifestyle; and that of good deals to scams.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Cross Listed: Prerequisite: MGMT 4070.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6090 - Networks, Innovation, and Value Creation II
This course focuses on the execution and implementation issues arising from the growing role of networks as the organizing concept for business value creation. Topics include analyzing the different opportunities, how and where value can be created, the alternate value creation roles a firm can assume in the value creation process, an examination of the varying economic rents that can be generated, the organizational resources and capabilities that are needed to be effective, and the implications for the overall strategy of the firm.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6100 - Statistics and Operations Management I
Management, finance, technology, operations, general business operations, and statistical topics are integrated from the point of view of extracting, interpreting, and communicating information. One- and higher dimensional graphical methods and tabular arrays are used to show that statistical models are natural consequences of business and technology management. Design of investigations and time-related phenomena are covered in depth throughout the course. Statistical simulation of service and production facilities are principal tools for developing information for system design and improvement. Regression methodologies are used for summarization and improvement. Multidimensional techniques are heavily utilized.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Familiarity with calculus. (Limited to part-time MBA and M.S. students).
When Offered: Summer term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6110 - Statistics and Operations Management II
This course continues the study of collection, analysis, and use of information in a technologically advanced setting. This course shifts focus from statistical methods to other problem-solving approaches, including linear programming, network models, queuing systems, and simulation. The emphasis is on integration of analysis techniques to address the management issues at hand, with application drawn from production, finance, project management, and system design. Case studies are used to supplement traditional homework assignments.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MGMT 6100. (Limited to part-time MBA and M.S. students).
When Offered: Summer term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6130 - Information Technology and Organizations
This doctoral seminar examines the major streams of theory and research in information management and information systems. The course will explore the major issues, theories, and research methods in information systems, research through classic readings, information management, and reference disciplines. Key areas in information systems research will be covered, such as strategic and economic perspectives of information management, adoption and diffusion theory, information technology and organizational design, and how research methods are employed in information systems research. Students will gain an understanding of what theory is and how to develop and evaluate theory in the area of information management and information systems.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: Doctoral student standing or permission of the instructor.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6140 - Information Systems for Management
Analyzes the use of information and communications technology to improve performance and to achieve organizational goals. Examines information systems in sales, marketing, finance, and operations. Provides a framework for understanding and evaluating IS contributions to product services and managerial effectiveness. Focuses upon implementation of information technology as a strategic weapon for productivity and competitive advantage. Lectures, case discussion, projects, and technical supplements.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: Familiarity with spreadsheet and database software.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6170 - Advanced Systems Analysis and Design
This is an advanced course in systems analysis and design that presents conceptual material about both traditional approaches to systems development such as process oriented and data-oriented methodologies and evolving approaches such as object-oriented development methods. Key stages of the systems development life cycle including planning, analysis, and design are the focus of this course. Models and procedures for understanding and modeling an organization’s existing and planned information systems are presented. Computer-aided software engineering tools are used to provide hands-on experience in designing information systems. A case-based approach is used to provide students an opportunity to apply the analytical and design techniques covered in the course. In addition, students are expected to do a real-life systems development project. The course also focuses on the issues and challenges in managing systems development.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MGMT 6140 or equivalent.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6180 - Strategic Information Systems Management
Information technology (IT) is a strategic asset that is being used to mold competitive strategies and change organizational processes. As IT and its uses become more complex, developing strategies and systems to deliver the technology has become more difficult. The net result is a growing need for guidance on the issues, strategies, and tactics for managing the use of information technology. This course is designed to partially fulfill this need and to enable students to integrate concepts and theories learned in previous IT courses.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MGMT 6140.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6190 - Introduction to Accounting and Financial Management
This course introduces accounting and financial management to first-semester M.S. students. The interpretation and preparation of basic financial statements such as the balance sheet and income statement are introduced along with relevant regulation and practice. In addition, the course introduces the student to basic financial concepts and techniques such as time value, risk, equilibrium asset pricing models, capital budgeting, cost of capital, and capital structure and discusses their applications in practice.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: MGMT 4040 or undergraduate courses in statistics and calculus.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6200 - Advanced Financial and Managerial Accounting
This course teaches students advanced theory and practice of contemporary accounting issues. The course deals with advanced financial accounting, inter-corporate investments, business combinations, financial statements, foreign currency translation, leases, pensions, and stock options. Advanced managerial accounting, accounting information systems, advanced costing models, activity-based costing, balanced scorecard, and economic value added (EVA) will also be studied.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MGMT 6020 or equivalent.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6210 - Managerial Accounting
This course focuses on the principles of managerial accounting, in three major areas: 1) how managerial behavior influences costs; 2) how managers use accounting information to make strategic decisions; and 3) how to evaluate and control managerial actions.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MGMT 6190 or 7740.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Cross Listed: MGMT 4250. Students cannot receive credit for both courses.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6240 - Financial Trading and Investing
This course introduces interactive trading in financial instruments. Students learn the principles of asset price discovery through real-time trading in a variety of markets, including equities, bonds, options, derivatives. Topics addressed include asset valuation, portfolio management and risk management in the context of real-time trading of financial instruments. The course uses the facilities of the Lally School’s Virtual Trading Room. Students will work in teams of two in many trading assignments.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: MGMT 6020 and MGMT 6030; or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6250 - Financial Theory and Its Links to Behavioral Sciences
This course addresses the behavioral sciences background of modern finance theory; the inclusion of risk and future uncertainty in general economic equilibrium; efficient markets; investor utility, objectives, and behavior; rational expectations and prospect theory; asset pricing in the context of general economic equilibrium; transaction costs, markets and institutions; information asymmetry and agency theory; capital structure and corporate finance. Other topics will be selected from corporate governance; futures and options; international exchange and risk management. The topics dealt with in depth will vary as the content responds to important issues in the field.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: Doctoral student standing or permission of the instructor.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6260 - Entrepreneurial Finance
The overall objective of this course is to understand how entrepreneurs and investors create value, noting that their interests do not always coincide. This involves learning about topics which trace out the “venture capital cycle”: opportunity recognition; valuation and evaluation; negotiation; structuring financing contract; managing investment; exit strategy. This course is structured into three modules: valuation, private equity market, and harvesting entrepreneurial value.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6270 - Microeconomic Theory for Management
This doctoral-level course introduces microeconomics to first-semester doctoral students in management. Rather than provide formal training for professional research economists, this course seeks to provide a theoretical introduction to microeconomic methods for academics and researchers in business, management, and finance. Topics covered in the course include consumer theory; theory of production, markets, and equilibrium; decision-making under uncertainty; theory of information; agency theory; and game theory.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Enrollment in the doctoral program in management or economics at Renssealaer (or permission form the course instructor), calculus, and matrix mathematics.
When Offered: Fall term anually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6280 - Seminar in Economic Theory
This course covers the tools and concepts used in microeconomic analysis and will study the behavior of the basic building blocks of a market – consumers and firms and different market structures and their welfare properties. These models help with understanding the functioning of a capitalist market system and provide a useful framework to analyze various policy interventions. This course also provides a foundation for studying public finance, game theory, labor economics, etc.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6290 - Macroeconomics and International Environments of Business
This course identifies major forces acting on the enterprise from the macroeconomic and international environment. Key factors include national income and output, interest rates, economic growth and business cycles, international trade and balance of payment, exchange rates, monetary and fiscal policy. Factors are analyzed in terms of their impact on the economic and technological decisions of the enterprise.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6300 - Emerging Markets
This course heightens students understanding of global business by viewing it through the lens emerging markets. Topics include: the entry of firms from OECD markets into emerging markets; corruption and intellectual property risks in emerging markets; competing in developed markets against firms from emerging markets; unique corporate structures that thrive in emerging markets; and the entrance of emerging market firms into less developed African markets.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6320 - Investment Analysis I
Introduction to investment instruments and modern methods of pricing them. Basic components of viable investment programs are outlined. Topics include expected utility theory and risk aversion, modern portfolio theory, equilibrium in capital markets (CAPM, APT), index models, futures and options, theory of active portfolio management.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MGMT 6020. This course is available to Hartford students only.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6330 - Investment Analysis II
Advanced study in investment analysis, decision making, and practice. Emphasis on bond market analysis and bond portfolio management, including asset-backed securities, high-yield bonds, venture capital, and derivative securities. Topics include bond pricing, the term structure and risk structure of interest rates, duration concepts and immunization strategies, analysis of embedded options in fixed income securities. Application of strategies to real data set.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MGMT 6320 or permission of instructor. This course is available to Hartford students only.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6340 - Financial Markets and Institutions
Focus on financial markets, new instruments and techniques for financing, risk management and its application to financial institutions. Overview of U.S. financial system, the Federal Reserve system, and monetary policy. Emphasis on impact of technology on securities markets and banks. Discussion of current issues in securities markets and banking, such as securitization, financial derivatives, junk bonds, bank failures, mergers and acquisitions, and international banking.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: MGMT 6020.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6360 - International Finance
Course analyzes trends and themes in international financial management, especially how financial management and corporate strategies are carried out in international environments. Topics include foreign exchange markets and risk management, analysis of operating and transaction exposure, international financial markets and banking, international financing and investment. Working capital management and capital budgeting of multinational corporations. Case studies are used.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: MGMT 6020 and MGMT 7730.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6370 - Options, Futures, and Derivatives Markets
The purpose of this course is to provide an introduction to second generation financial instruments including forward and futures contracts, options, futures options, and swaps on a variety of underlying instruments including fixed income securities. The fixed income markets will be integrated with the discussion of IRDs (interest rate derivatives).
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6380 - Advanced Corporate Finance
The overall objective of this course is to study advanced corporate finance issues and test empirically the stock market reaction to financing decisions and the issuance of securities. Corporate finance topics include shareholder value and economic value added concepts, as well as corporate governance issues. Financing decisions include venture capital and initial public offerings, seasoned equity offerings, stock splits, corporate bonds and bank loans, stock listings on foreign exchanges. Other topics are mergers and acquisitions, pension fund management, financial analysis, and planning. Real stock prices and case studies are used to apply the theoretical concepts.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: MGMT 6020 and MGMT 6030.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6390 - International Operations
This course provides a foundation in the facts and ideas underlying the globalization of production and delivery of goods and services. Topics include: designing global supply chains, managing risks of cross border business relationships, international logistics, establishing world class manufacturing service and R&D in developing countries, integrating superior operating practices and technologies from across the world in diverse national environments, and political and societal issues associated with global operations.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: MGMT 4100 or equivalent.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6400 - Financial Econometrics Modeling
This course addresses financial modeling as an empirical activity. Several key issues and assumptions of finance are addressed through empirical modeling. Topics may include asset pricing, event studies, exchange rate movements, term structure of interest rates, and international linkages among financial markets. Computers are used extensively both in and out of class.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Students should have taken at least two finance courses and MGMT 6100.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6410 - Investments I
The objectives of this course are: 1) to introduce the student to the most important investment instruments currently traded in U.S. financial markets, including forward and futures contracts, options, futures options and swaps on a variety of underlying instruments including fixed income securities; 2) to discuss the major distributions of modern financial economics in pricing them; 3) to discuss their uses by the investment community in practical investment strategies.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: MGMT 6020.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6420 - Financial Theory
This is an introductory course of theoretical research in corporate finance. The course will examine the fundamentals of corporate finance theory (e.g., capital structure choice, dividend policy, etc.), as well as various tool areas (e. g, moral hazard and agency problems, and adverse selection and signaling). Knowledge of corporate finance at the MBA level, or its equivalent, is required.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Doctoral student standing or permission of the instructor.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6430 - Financial Statement Analysis
This course is designed to strengthen students’ ability to correctly analyze, interpret, and evaluate financial statements and their accompanying disclosures. The course is aimed at anyone whose career might involve working with accounting data, and should be especially useful for those interested in consulting and financial analysis. Throughout the semester we will discuss how to use financial accounting information for evaluating past performance and predicting future performance of a company or division. We will also discuss the key disclosure rules in the United States, the communication methods available to managers, managers’ incentives and ability to exert discretion over reported earnings, and the interplay between a company’s corporate strategy and its financial reporting policies and practices. The course revolves around a number of topics of recent interest to the business community including accounting and financial analysis, performance forecasting, the quality of earnings, mergers and acquisitions, purchased R&D, post-employment benefits, executive compensation, and intangible assets. This course assumes that students have a basic knowledge of accounting, finance, economics, and business strategy. The focus is on integrating key concepts from each of these areas and applying them to financial decision-making. Half of the course time will be devoted to case analysis. Students are responsible for reading each case thoroughly and familiarizing themselves with the relevant accounting issues before the class.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6440 - Financial Simulation
Knowledge of basics of simulation - random variable generation, statistical analysis of simulation output, and variance reduction methods. Basic understanding of stochastic processes, stochastic calculus and statistical estimation. Introduction to financial markets, financial instruments, and financial asset pricing models. Simulation for valuation of securities, estimation of the “Greeks” and assess risk management strategies. Simulation to assess interest rate dependent claims and credit risk. Simulation to make investment decisions and to measure investment performance.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: MGMT 2320, MGMT 4040.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6450 - Manufacturing Systems Management
An overview of how product and service requirements are translated into manufacturing facilities, procedures, and organizations. The control systems considered include demand forecasting, inventory planning, production scheduling, quality control, MRP, and project control. In addition, a management perspective is used to examine decisions having a long–term manufacturing impact: capacity planning, location, and distribution, manufacturing processes, factory layout, and factory focus. The course concludes with an introduction to manufacturing policy.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6470 - Management of Quality, Processes, and Reliability
This course provides in-depth coverage of the quality management field by covering many of the qualitative, management aspects of quality, as well as some of the traditional quantitative measurement and control techniques. The emphasis is on the application of the quality principles to develop an understanding of concepts in quality and apply these concepts in problem solving situations. Six-Sigma methodology is highlighted. Some coverage of international considerations, via ISO-9000, and reliability topics is given. The aim will be to show students how companies have found solutions to problems and improved their processes, products, and services using quality management concepts.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6480 - Service Operations Management
This course discusses the role of services in an economy, managing services for competitive advantage, structuring the service enterprise, managing service operations, service productivity, quality, and growth.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6490 - Competitive Advantage and Operations Strategy
This course includes topics such as manufacturing as a competitive weapon; management of quality; manufacturing technology implementation; strategic impact of advanced manufacturing technologies; and manufacturing’s role in new product development.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6510 - Financial Computation
This course introduces computational techniques for financial analysis, with foci on risk, hedging and portfolio techniques, fixed income instruments, and derivatives analysis. The course covers computational techniques for portfolio optimization, plain vanilla and exotic derivatives valuation and replication, along with interest rate and fixed income instruments. This course will introduce numerical analysis, interpolation, Monte Carlo and finite difference methods, lattices, linear and dynamic programming, optimization and MATLAB, all in a financial computational context.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: MGMT 4040 or undergraduate courses in statistics and calculus.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6520 - Financial Modeling
This course introduces quantitative analysis for financial markets and instruments. The course covers applications of linear math to hedging and valuation, applications of calculus to valuation and risk analysis, introduces differential equations and their applications to hedging and valuation and introduces stochastic processes in a financial markets context. Course coverage will also extend to portfolio analysis and standard equilibrium asset pricing models.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: MGMT 4040 or undergraduate courses in statistics and calculus.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6530 - Making Business Happen
Analyze the process of identifying prospective markets and customers, developing channels, defining the value proposition, selling products and services, and managing a sales force. Learn about tools ranging from customized consultative sales to commodity brokering, customer relationship management systems to trade press articles. Develop the skills to effectively listen, recognize opportunity, verbally persuade, handle objections, and prospect. Develop an understanding of customer needs, approach strategies, and effective presentations.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6540 - Marketing Communication and Branding Strategies
Advanced study of the promotion management process including market situation analysis, media selection, spending plans, copy strategy, and advertising research methods. The focus is on integrating promotion strategies with buyer needs in terms of unifying brand strategies. Other brand elements include product conceptualization, distribution strategies, and new communication technologies.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6550 - Marketing Research
Marketing strategy decisions are developed in the framework of many case studies. Marketing research techniques, including questionnaire development and data analysis, are introduced and utilized in a team project.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: MGMT 6100 or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6580 - Marketing High-Tech Products
This course deals with the peculiarities of marketing products and services in high-tech environments. High-tech environments are characterized by high dynamism, high uncertainty, and compressed time cycles. The course consists of case studies, computer simulations, and a team project.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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MGMT 6590 - Commercializing Advanced Technologies
This three-credit course views potential breakthrough innovation from the perspective of the project manager, either in the firm or as a start up organization. The course offers methods and frameworks for commercializing nascent technologies that offer potentially breakthrough value to the market and, therefore, enormous reward for the firm. Additionally, legal and ethical consequences are considered.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 3
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