This foundation course prepares students for working in those courses that require the use of mathematics and /or statistics. The material includes an examination of four functions: a) linear, b) power, c) exponential, and d) log. It also includes an introduction to calculus and basic descriptive and experiential statistics.

Managerial economics is the study of how to use economic theory and methods to make management decisions that affect the growth, management, and strategy of businesses and nonprofit organizations. In order to be effective managers, you must comprehend how economic factors like output, interest rates, unemployment, pricing, production efficiency, and exchange rates impact businesses and organizations in order to find the best strategies for expansion and profitability. The evaluation of options and alternatives, profit measurement, economic optimization, demand and supply estimation, profitability forecasts, production and competitive markets, competition, and long-term investment decisions are the specific subjects that will be covered in this course.

Our economic system is essential to the way our country is organized. Every day we engage in or witness commercial transactions, whether they be as basic and evident as buying a cup of coffee, as subtle and passive as watching a television commercial, or as engaging as ordering a product made halfway around the world online. The rules and legislation that constrain how firms conduct their operations are fundamental to this economic structure. The secret to running a successful business is understanding how the legal system affects business. Understanding how to conduct business ethically within the legal system is crucial for the student or business owner. This course will introduce the student to the fundamental ideas of our system of jurisprudence, legal processes and procedures, the ways to start and end business relationships, and the laws governing our business transactions, drawing on a review of the fundamentals of our legal system. We will discuss ethical and legal issues in each class so that the student learns how to conduct business to succeed rather than only to avoid legal problems.

This advanced project management and leadership training focus on strategic change. The course places a strong emphasis on the application of project management software and sound management practices in cost management, resource, and staffing planning, project financial management, and scheduling

This module focuses on building skills in a variety of negotiation aspects applicable to numerous business scenarios thanks to this course. A working issue will inevitably need to be managed by business owners, executives, officers, managers, supervisors, salespeople, and anyone else who has influence over staff or

interacts with employees, customers,suppliers, retailers, wholesalers, or any other third parties. In this course, we will examine negotiation theory as well as the benefits and drawbacks of various negotiation techniques. The following section of the course will look at how a knowledgeable businessperson can use

dispute prevention strategies and, if those efforts are unsuccessful, compare those possibilities to more conventional litigation. The advantages and disadvantages of litigation, as well as the process of trials and appeals involving individuals, numerous parties, coalitions, or teams, will all be examined. Additional ADR techniques such as arbitration and mediation will also be looked into. Students will learn pre-negotiation planning and tactics, how to create a unique negotiating style, how to negotiate across cultural boundaries, and how to establish trust and productive professional relationships.

Digital technologies have permeated every aspect of modern business. The capacity to execute any business model rests heavily on the approach taken by firms in organizing their information architecture. This course  will explore the role of information architecture on Supply Chain and Logistics functions. We will discuss the dominant technologies traditionally used in planning, forecasting, scheduling and managing supply chains. We will then explore the emerging new technologies such as SOA ( Service Oriented Architecture) that enable firms to innovate in their business models through dynamic engagement with their supply partners in evolving global supply networks. Class discussions and case studies will include technology and business process choices in new product development, design, MRP, ERP, distribution and logistics.

Transformation processes create all value in society. This course provides a framework for systematically examining, understanding, and optimizing such processes. Through a mixture of lectures, case discussions, and hands-on simulations you will learn tools and approaches that are critical for success in a wide variety

of service and production settings.

This course teaches the basic tools in acquisition, management, and visualization of large data sets. Students will learn how to: store, manage, and query databases via SQL; quickly construct insightful visualizations of multi-attribute data using Tableau; use the Python programming language to manage data as well as connect to APIs to efficiently acquire public data. After taking this course, students will be able to efficiently construct large data sets that source underlying data from multiple sources, and form initial hypotheses based on visualization. This class will include a lab: after learning new material in a lecture, students will work with their teams on an assigned list of tasks to learn hands-on the tools taught. A final project will enable students to integratively apply all the covered tools to a real-world context. This material is a pre- cursor to advanced statistical analysis, which is taught in other classes

This course provides fundamental concepts and tools in accounting that business managers need to function in managing the financial resources of a company effectively and purposefully. Starting from basic concepts, including cash flow analysis, financial statement interpretation, and ratio analysis, the course builds the foundation of knowledge and progresses toward more advanced topics such as capital budgeting, Various investment decision-making techniques, Risk and returns, etc. The course concludes with a discussion about how a company funds itself in short-term and long-term horizons, and how a capital market can help in such a financing process utilizing case analysis.

This marketing course focuses on how to apply tools and techniques to deliver goods and services in a global economy as well as in a non-profit environment. This module will delve into various marketing areas including market research, consumer behavior; product planning and development; pricing; budgeting; advertising strategies and regulation; strategic planning for international markets, personal selling; media cross-marketing; public relations and publicity; special events, and sales promotion.

This course focuses on the analysis of organizational structure, corporate culture, and human behavior in these settings. Students learn strategies for creating a workplace that is highly productive, efficient, and socially sensitive. Workplace motivation, learning theory, conflict resolution, management styles, job design, performance evaluation and feedback, group dynamics, and organizational power and politics are some of the topics covered. The usage of a wide range of real-world management case studies will be used to illustrate efficient methods and tactics for addressing organizational issues and possibilities.

The digital revolution of the last twenty years has changed the nature of business in a very fundamental sense. The business function that's been perhaps affected the most by the digital revolution is marketing. The three big areas of marketing where the impact of digitization has been the highest are (a) new ways of interacting with the customer, leading to new business models (b) the change in the "balance of power" between the consumer and the marketer and (c) the emergence of data-driven marketing, including the use of algorithmic methods. The objective of this course is to bring students "up to speed" with respect to "applications" ((a) and (b) above) and (c) in order to enable them to "hit the ground running." Broadly speaking, the first half of the vocabulary and economics underlying digital marketing, the emergence of new marketing and business models and the role of technologies such a mobile and social media. The second of the course will expose students to "big data" and machine learning methods that are the driving the sue of digital marketing.

Due to the convergence of consumer interests and inclinations, businesses must function in a global economy by making their goods and services available worldwide. This course introduces students to this international setting and emphasizes the need for them to acquire the knowledge and abilities necessary to function in this dynamically changing, intensely competitive environment. The course's dual objectives are to familiarise students with the theories and practices of international business, as well as the geographic, demographic, technological, political, economic, and sociocultural forces that have an impact on cross-cultural communication and the influence of national and international media on business management. The principles and issues that people, businesses, and organizations run across when conducting business will be studied by the students. The course will provide examples of how alliances, industries, and governmental action are evolving.

This course refers to the planning, implementation and control of the efficient forward and reverse flow and storage of goods, services, and information between the point of origin and point of consumption. This course trains students in the various aspects of logistics management. Primary topics include the management of inventory, facilities, warehousing and transportation, with in-depth study of these individual elements as well as examination of integrated logistics strategy and network design. Other topics with ancillary coverage include sustainability in logistics, international logistics and globalization, competition and co-ordination, role of information flow and IT, etc. Instruction will be by a combination of lectures, case studies and numerical assignments. Students will also run computer simulations of a logistics system, as well as learn to use a commercial logistics planning software. Guest lectures and a facility tour may also be included. The aim is to train students to perform and manage logistical functions within an organization, as well as assess and design the overall logistics strategy of the organization.

This course has two interrelated components: Team dynamics and managing software development projects; presented in an integrated fashion. Team dynamics content will include such topics as the emergence of behavioral norms in project teams, team decision making, potential sources of conflict, and managing conflict constructively. Project management content will include topics such as Lean Startup principles and Minimum Viable Products, development approaches (e.g. agile, traditional, waterfall), integrating software tools and dealing with the inevitable surprise changes to timing, scope and content.