Courses
Business Administration
0510. Managing People
and Organizations (3 s.h.)
Focuses on basic issues concerning the management of organizations
and human resources, with major emphasis on critical analysis,
problem solving and performance evaluation. Provides opportunities
to improve managerial and leadership skills through verbal
presentations, group work, and specific case analysis.
0511. Globalization (1.5
s.h.)
Gives students an understanding of the nature and complexity
of the dynamic global environment that serves as the external
context for the operations of international companies and that
is an integral part of understanding international business.
Explores the phenomena of globalization and the interdependence
of nation states as they impact companies and industries throughout
the world.
0512. Managing Risk (1.5
s.h.)
Examines in detail the holistic risk management process from
the perspective of an international corporation and defines
what risk management is and why organizations have risk managers.
Class discussion topics include ethical risk and insurance
management practices, as well as administrative and strategic
aspects of global corporate risk management such as drafting
risk management policy statements, setting risk management
goals, and examining how a risk manager operates within a complex
international organization.
0513. The Valuation of
Firms (1.5 s.h.)
Introduces the use of accounting numbers for valuation for
both external purposes, including investor models of firm value
and credit risk assessment, as well as internal purposes, including
project assessment and performance evaluation. Focuses specifically
on an accounting review of fundamentals, firm valuation, cash
flows, earnings, modeling financial distress, and using residual
income to evaluate performance.
0514. Entrepreneurial
Thinking and Innovation (1.5 s.h.)
Prerequisite: BA 513. .
Examines issues relevant for entrepreneurs engaged in start-up
or early stage ventures as well as those important to managers
and stakeholders of new ventures within established organizations,
including concepts, skills, know-how, information, attitudes
and alternatives. Focuses on two key success factors in new
enterprise formation: the entrepreneur and his/her ability
to create and recognize opportunities.
0515. Law and Ethics
in Business (1.5 s.h.)
Imparts a sense of when and how the legal system may affect
business, particularly in the areas of contract, tort, and
government regulation. Develops an appreciation of the fact
that law and ethics seem many times in business to converge,
while in other instances what is legal may not be ethically
correct. Explores through discussion of business ethics case
studies how such situations arise and how they might be resolved
or prevented. Includes training for online research, especially
in legal areas using Lexis-Nexis database, and practice in
the art of making well-reasoned written and oral arguments.
0516. Information Technology
Perspectives (1.5 s.h.)
Provides through discussions of technological and organizational
issues an overview of the basic concepts underlying the development
and implementation of emerging information technologies that
are reshaping businesses and business practices. Culminates
in a case study development project.
0541. IMBA Practicum:
Corporate Visits and Mentoring. (1
s.h.)
Prerequisite: Limited to students matriculated in the
International MBA-Tri Continent program.
This practicum is established on a pass/fail basis. It consists
of selected visits to a variety of multinational corporations
in the Paris region. Students are exposed senior officials
who outline the factors that go into their international strategic
decision making. These interactive sessions, which include
question and answer periods, are designed to provide real world
insights to corporate behavior and to highlight faactors that
are important in the international arena. In addition, mentoring
visits both in France and the U.S. are coordinated through
this vehicle, as are several special seminars on cross cultural
awareness and other selected topics.
0600. Seminar in Instructional
Techniques (3 s.h.)
This course provides an intensive videotaping/ classroom experience.
The course is taught by faculty in the College of Education
and is required for graduate students who have classroom teaching
responsibilities in SBM.
0601. Organizations and
Management Theories (3 s.h.)
Macro perspective of organization theory and micro perspectives
of motivation, group processes, and employee issues. Examines
the role of professional managers in modern corporate enterprise.
Surveys administrative theory from classical to modern thought.
Primary emphasis on managerial capitalism and strategic management.
0602. Scientific Inquiry
in Management Research (3 s.h.)
Prerequisite: doctoral standing or permission of the
instructor.
Prepares students to critically evaluate and eventually conduct
sound research. Not a statistics course; it develops an appreciation
of the business research process.
0603. Foundations in
Managerial Economics (3 s.h.)
Applications of economic theory to planning and decision making
in the firm. Designed primarily for, but not limited to, Ph.D.
in Business Administration students. Not to be taken in addition
to Econ 503.
0610. Statistical Methods
for Business Research I. (3 s.h.)
Cross-listed with Stat 555.
0611. Statistical Methods
for Business Research II. (3 s.h.)
Cross-listed with Stat 556.
0612. Applied Multivariate
Analysis I. (3 s.h.)
Multivariate normal distribution; marginal and conditional
distributions; estimation of population mean vector and dispersion
matrix; correlation, partial correlation, and multiple correlation
coefficients; Hotelling's T2; MANOVA; discriminant function;
repeated measurements analysis; principal components and canonical
correlation; factor analysis; and multidimensional scaling.
0613. Seminar in Behavioral
Research Methods II. (3 s.h.)
Investigates the theory underlying the measurement process
and the alternative measurement models while relating different
measurement models to analytic models. See description for
Business Administration 616.
0614. Probability and
Statistics Theory I. (3 s.h.)
Prerequisite: calculus.
Topics include basic probability theory and combinatorial problems,
generating functions, random variables, probability distributions,
law of large numbers, and limit theorems. See description for
Stat 501.
0615. Probability and
Statistics Theory II. (3 s.h.)
Prerequisite: calculus and Statistics 501.
A comprehensive development of the theory of statistics,including
standard distributions, sampling distributions, general theory
of estimation, testing of hypotheses, statistical decision
theory, order statistics, linear statistical estimation. See
course description for Stat 502.
0616. Econometrics I. (3
s.h.)
Prerequisite: Stat 550.
First course in a two semester sequence. Covers classical linear
multiple regression model, including hypothesis testing. Considers
traditional topics: testing and correcting for multicollinearity,
heteroscedassticity, and autocorrelation, as well as problems
of pooled data and simultaneous equations. Cross-listed with
Econ 615.
0617. Econometrics II. (3
s.h.)
Prerequisite: Econ 615.
The second course in a two semester sequence. Topics include
nonlinear regression, the analysis of economic time series,
and models with discrete or limited dependent variables. Cross-listed
with Econ 616 course.
0701. Financial Theory
I. (3 s.h.)
Prerequisite: Econ. 501 and 502, or Econ. 601 and
602.
First course in two-course sequence for doctoral students in
business and economics. Provides a thorough understanding of
the analytical techniques of modern finance theory and present
a complete overview of the major theoretical topics in finance.
Analyzes an agent's optimal decision making process regarding
alternatives that have either certain or uncertain outcomes
over multiple time periods. Required of all finance doctoral
students. Cross-listed with Finance 605.
0702. Financial Theory
II. (3 s.h.)
Prerequisite: Fin 605.
The second course in two-course sequence for doctoral students
in business and economics. Provide a thorough understanding
of the analytical techniques of modern finance theory and present
a complete overview of the major theoretical topics in finance.
Crosslisted with Finance 606 which examines efficient capital
markets and the theory of corporate finance. Required for all
finance doctoral students.
0703. Theory of Financial
Markets (3 s.h.)
Prerequisite: Econ. 501 or 502.
Intended for students enrolled in doctoral programs in business
or economics. Focus is on the theory of rates of return in
financial markets and the effect of taxes and costs. Effects
of the real economy, price levels, and international flows
on rates and yields. Cross-listed with Finance 601.
0704. Seminar in International
Finance (3 s.h.)
Prerequisite: Finance 605, and permission of instructor.
Intended for doctoral students. Rigorous discussion of both
managerial and economic aspects of international finance. Course
is cross-listed with Finance 635.
0705. Seminar in Finance (3
s.h.)
Prerequisite: three graduate courses in finance
at 500-level or above.
Selected advanced topics in areas of finance other than monetary
theory and policy. Intended primarily for in-depth studies
of interest to doctoral students majoring or minoring in finance.
Cross-listed with Finance 715.
0711. Seminar in Financial
Accounting Theory (3 s.h.)
Prerequisite: Accounting 501 or equivalent, admission
into Ph.D. program in Accounting, and permission from instructor.
Financial accounting theory and its historical development.
Current issues given special emphasis. Cross-listed with Accounting
601.
0712. Seminar in Managerial
Accounting Theory (3 s.h.)
Prerequisite: Accounting 521, admission into Ph.D.
program in Accounting, and permission of instructor.
Techniques used to analyze managerial accounting information
for decision making and control emphasized: regression analysis,
linear programming, C.V.P. analysis under uncertainty, variance
analysis, and performance evaluation. Capital expenditure analysis
also covered. Cross-listed with Accounting 622.
0713. Interdisciplinary
Accounting Research Seminar (3 s.h.)
Prerequisite: Acct. 501, BA 615, and permission of
instructor.
Adopts a broad approach to research methods and is not limited
to hypothesis testing and statistical analysis. Examines a
general structure for methodology, which includes: problem
finding as well as problem solving; generating theory as well
as testing theory; different research strategies: opinion,
empirical, archival and analytic research; criteria for selecting
and evaluating research methods. Cross-listed with Accounting
740.
0714. Market Archival
Research Seminar in Accounting (3
s.h.)
Prerequisite: Accounting 601 and approval of the department.
Current methodological issues in financial accounting research.
In-depth analysis of empirical tests of financial accounting
theories. Implications for future research are emphasized.
Cross-listed with Acct 750.
0715. Behavioral Research
Seminar in Accounting (3 s.h.)
Prerequisite: Accounting 622 and approval of department.
Current research techniques as applied to topics in managerial
accounting. In-depth analysis of scholarly work in this area.
Interrelationship of managerial accounting and other academic
disciplines also covered. Cross-listed with Acct 760.
0721. Medical Care Organization (3
s.h.)
History/development of the financing, delivery, and organization
of personal health services. Needs, demands, costs, supply
and distribution of professional/physical resources, and current
legislation are evaluated. Cross-listed with Hlth Adm 500/600.
0722. Seminar in Health
Services Research: Issues and Resources (3
s.h.)
The purpose of this seminar is to acquaint students with the
rich array of data available and potential support for research
both within the region and nationally. It alsoexplores the
problems which these resources can assist in addressing. Cross-listed
with Hlth Adm 610.
0723. Seminar in Health
Services Management (3 s.h.)
Live problems from area organizations are utilized in conjunction
with student "consulting" teams. Cross-listed with Hlth Adm
541.
0734. Contemporary Topics (3
s.h.)
Topics in International Business and Strategic Management that
are of interest to the instructors and students. Cross-listed
with Hlth Adm 541.
0741. Seminar in Marketing
Research (3 s.h.)
An introduction to all aspects of academic research in marketing.
Topics include: i) nature and purpose of academic research
in marketing, ii) examination of differences between academic
and practitioner based research, iii) introduction to research
process and review process, iv) exposure to the base disciplines
that academic marketing research draws on, vi) exploration
of the domains of marketing research and the kinds of research
that are performed, vii) introduction to the methodologies
that are used in academic marketing research, and viii) exposure
to the research currently being done by the Temple faculty.
Cross-listed with Hlth Adm 541.
0742. Seminar in Marketing
Theory Development (3 s.h.)
Examines the philosophical underpinnings of theories and theory
development. Focuses on how theoretical and conceptual models
are developed to explain or predict marketing phenomena. Exposes
students to the literature in marketing on theory and marketing
theory. Cross-listed with Mkt 601.
0743. Seminar in Behavioral
Research in Marketing (3 s.h.)
Introduction to research in marketing based on the behavioral
social science disciplines: Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology,
and Behavioral Decision Research. Emphasis on the domain of
consumer and buyer behavior and the domain of managerial/sales
person behavior. Focuses on psychology based theorization and
on consumer behavior applications; provides a broad introduction
to the gamut of behavioral research in marketing. Introduces
existing and applied behavioral research in marketing, as well
as current and historical approaches. Cross-listed with Mkt
602.
0744. Seminar in Quantitative
Research in Marketing (3 s.h.)
Introduction to research in marketing that is based on the
quantitative disciplines, Economics, Operations Research, and
Statistics. Course has two purposes: to introduce students
to current quantitatively based research in marketing and to
introduce students to how to do quantitatively based research
in marketing. Cross-listed with Mkt 701.
0745. Seminar in Selected
Topics in Marketing (3 s.h.)
Builds on the previous courses, theory development, behavioral
research, and quantitative research to examine substantive
areas in marketing. Topic areas include: segmentation, strategy,
advertising, promotion, pricing, product development and management,
distribution channels, sales force, and retailing. Designed
to offer exposure to the substantive issues of marketing theoreticians
and an opportunity to delve more deeply into one or more areas
of special interest. Cross-listed with Mkt 603.
0745. Seminar in International
Marketing (or Special Topics Course) (3
s.h.)
Prerequisite: six hours of course work in 500-level
courses in marketing and/or international business administration..
Analysis of domestic marketing systems in different countries
and economic systems. Role of economic development levels,
and institutional, cultural, and social forces in conditioning
performance of the marketing function. Run as needed for international
business Ph.D. students and as an elective for marketing Ph.D.
students, this course examines what is similar and what is
different about marketing systems and processes across cultures
and nation-states. Cross-listed with Mkt 605.
0751. Organization Theory (3
s.h.)
Theory and research on macro-level topics in organizational
studies. Topics covered may include organization/environment
interaction (resource dependency population ecology, institutional
and technological environment), alternate forms of organization,
organizational culture and institutional economics (agency
theory and transaction cost theory).
0752. Organizational
Behavior (3 s.h.)
Theory and research on micro-level topics in organizational
studies. Topics may include motivation, commitment, justice,
communication, satisfaction, performance, extra-role behavior,
turnover, and personality theory.
0753. Human Resource
Management Research (3 s.h.)
Focuses on state-of-the-art research on selected topics including:
recruitment and selection, socialization, planning, training
and development, performance appraisal, job analysis, compensation,
career issues. Cross-listed with HRA 605.
0754. Foundations of
Industrial Relations (3 s.h.)
Analysis of the various theories of the U.S. industrial relations
system and other systems viewed cross-culturally. Topics include
labor-management relations and collective bargaining, history
of the labor movement, and public policy. Cross-listed with
HRA 604.
0755. Special Topics
in Human Resource Administration (3
s.h.)
Prerequisite: instructor permission.
Topics to reflect special interests of the instructor and students.
Cross-listed with HRA 696.
0761. Seminar in Administration
of Strategic Decisions (3 s.h.)
Design of systems to implement decisions. Examines concepts
of organizational design and processes required to transform
strategic decisions into action and desired results. Cross-listed
with GSM 725.
0761. Seminar in Strategy
Formulation and Environmental Analysis (3
s.h.)
Prerequisite: Mgt. 505 or permission of instructor.
A critical evaluation of the paradigms, theories, and research
approaches as well as the current state of knowledge in strategic
management. Cross-listed with GSM 720.
0763. Seminar in Global
StrategicManagement (3 s.h.)
Prerequisite: Mgt. 525 or permission of the
instructor.
Focus on the design and implementation of competitive strategies
in global industries. Topics include foreign market entry and
sourcing strategies, evaluating and prioritizing foreign market
opportunities, and assessing risks in international markets.
Cross-listed with GSM 730.
0764. Seminar in Management
Control (3 s.h.)
Survey of Control Theory as it relates to organizational behavior.
Examines managerial practices and organizational processes
which have the potential effect of achieving strategic goals.
Cross-listed with GSM 735.
0765. Seminar: Topics
in Strategic Management (3 s.h.)
Examines concepts and research concerned with special topics
in strategic management. Specific topic and faculty leader
vary. Cross-listed with GSM 745.
0771. Seminar in Property
and LiabilityInsurance Markets (3
s.h.)
Prerequisite: approval of department.
A workshop approach is used to study economic and financial
research issues in property-liability insurance markets. Economic
issues explored include risk classification, adverse selection,
underwriting cycles, and individual and corporate demand for
insurance. Pricing, profits, insurance regulation and related
issues are evaluated using financial models including options
models, capital asset pricing models, and discounted cash flow
models. Students learn the steps needed to formulate a research
strategy, including writing a proposal, developing hypotheses,
and determining empirical tests of these hypotheses. Cross-listed
with GSM 700.
0772. Seminar in Life
and Employee Benefits (3 s.h.)
Prerequisite: approval of department.
A workshop approach is used to study the financial aspects
of retirement plans, the macroeconomics aspects of pensions
and health plans in the context of an aging population, and
the microeconomics of retirement and income security. Students
learn the steps needed to formulate a research strategy, including
writing a proposal, developing hypotheses, and determining
empirical tests of these hypotheses.
0773. Seminar in the
Theory of Risk (3 s.h.)
Readings will cover the basic mathematical theory of risk:
utility-theoretic foundations, finite-horizon individual and
collective risk models, infinite horizon models, and the role
of reinsurance. Students write papers on areas of current research
activity, such as: applications of diffusion processes, the
use of insurance-based securities, and the impact of risk-based
capital regulatory requirements.
0799. Preliminary Examination
Preparation (1-6 s.h.)
Prerequisite: permission of the Director of
the Ph.D. in Business Administration program..
This course maintains continuous registration for students
who are preparing for their major field examinations (aka comprehensives).
0802. Management Information
Technology (3 s.h.)
Prerequisite: Limited to students matriculated
in the Executive M.B.A. program.
Focus on the impact of information technology - which includes
computer systems, telecommunications, and office automation
- on business practices and strategy. This course will provide
a strategy, organizational structure, information technology
strategy, and information systems platform. Expect active discussion
of cases and group assignments. Enrollment limited to students
in the Executive M.B.A. program.
0804. International Business
Strategy (3 s.h.)
Prerequisite: Limited to students matriculated
in the Executive M.B.A. program.
Learn about multinational business firms and the strategies
used to gain competitive advantage in international markets.
Develop G118 analytical techniques for studying problems facing
multinational firms and designing systems for managing multinational
enterprise.
0899. Pre-dissertation
Research (1-6 s.h.)
Prerequisite: permission of the Director of
the Ph.D. in Business Administration program..
This course maintains continuous registration for students
who are preparing their dissertation proposals.
0900. Strategy Formulation
and Administration (3 s.h.)
Prerequisite: Limited to students matriculated in the
Executive M.B.A. program.
Participate in an interactive learning experience while examining
the functions, role and skills of top-level executives. Knowledge
gained and analytical methods used, in prior courses will be
used in analyzing cases from the perspective of the chief executive.
Implementation of strategies will be a primary focus. Enrollment
limited to students in the Executive M.B.A. program.
0920. Healthcare and
Pharmaceuticals Industry Capstone (3
s.h.)
This capstone course focuses on the strategic factors driving
the Healthcare Services Industry and the major segments and
firms within it. This includes the interrelationships among
competitors and between the industry and its principal customers,
suppliers, distributors, and regulators. The purpose of the
capstone is to (1) build on the Advanced Management Perspectives
sequence, (2) provide the essential general knowledge and skills
of industry competitive analysis and strategic management,
and (3) provide the essential specific knowledge and skills
needed to work effectively in or with the healthcare services
industry.
0950. Policy Formulation
and Administration (3 s.h.)
(Intended to be taken in the final semester.) Policy and strategy
decision-making roles of top-level managers. Total enterprise
problems involving integration of organization objectives,
relationships between organization objectives and societal
values, policy formulation, corporate strategy, and implementation
of top management decisions.
0951. Multinational Management
and Policy (3 s.h.)
Prerequisite: Limited to students matriculated in the
International MBA-Tri Continent program.
Enhance the diagnostic and problem solving capabilities of
decision-makers when confronted with a variety of strategic
and/or operational problems in a diverse set of domestic and
international environments and situations. Integrate material
from functional and general management courses and apply it
in the diagnosis and solution of problems that require an integrated
company-wide approach. Relies heavily on the case study approach
and builds on the Fall course of Management Processes in Global
Corporations. Note: Enrollment limited to students in the IMBA
program.
0980. Capstone I Electronic
Commerce Strategy (3 s.h.)
Prerequisite: Note: This course can be taken only by
MBA/MS Day Cohort Program Students.
This course integrates material from the previous courses in
the MBA/MS program and is only available to MBA/MS students.
Integrate concepts to develop an overall understanding of the
unique challenges and opportunities faced by firms as they
organize to create value in eBusiness environments. Learn the
strategic role of information technologies in challenging and
reinventing new business models. Understand how to achieve
competitive advantage through the development of business strategies
for new organizational forms. Phase I of the multi-stage integrative
business plan will be due in this course and Phase II will
proceed
0981. Capstone II Electronic
Commerce Strategy (3 s.h.)
Prerequisite: Note: This course can be taken only by
MBA/MS Day Cohort Program Students.
This course integrates material from the previous courses in
the MBA/MS program and is only available to MBA/MS students.
Develop a business strategy in the context of a particular
industry or industry cluster and apply, in a project-oriented
context, practices, principles and theories to actual problems
for specific companies in a particular industry or cluster
with an IT prototype as a deliverable. Students in the second
seminar will interact with industry mentors and a committee
of faculty whose combined breadth of expertise will help the
students integrate the material. The students will be required
to complete Phases II and III of the multi-stage integrative
business-planning project.
0998. Dissertation Research (1-9
s.h.)
Prerequisite: permission of the Director of the Ph.D.
in Business Administration program.
This course maintains continuous registration for students
who are working on their dissertation past the proposal stage.
0999. Dissertation Research (1-6
s.h.)
Prerequisite: permission of the Director of the Ph.D.
in Business Administration program.
This course maintains continuous registration for students
who are working on their dissertation past the proposal stage.