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Sauder School of Business > University of British Columbia

BABS 500 Applied Business Statistics I

Prerequisite
MBA Core

This course is an introduction to regression analysis. Topics covered include the general linear model and its many ramifications including analysis of variance, covariance analysis, indicator variables, experimental design, applying the linear model, econometric issues, and elementary time series analysis.

Sauder School of Business > University of British Columbia

BAAC 500 Financial Reporting

Prerequisite
MBA Core

Accounting is a system for measuring and communicating the outcomes of business activities. The focus of financial accounting is the preparation of accounting reports by individuals within a firm for individuals outside the firm. The purpose of the course is to:

provide the student with a basic understanding of the concepts, principles, and economic motivations underlying financial accounting practices;
provide the student with the technical tools and references to analyze how a particular transaction affects a firm’s financial statements;
make the student comfortable with financial data;
make the student aware of the care that must be taken when using accounting data as a source of information for making decisions.

Sauder School of Business > University of British Columbia

BAAC 501 Financial Statement Analysis I

Prerequisite
BAAC 500 or a prior course in financial accounting approved by the instructor.

The focus of this course is on using the information contained in financial statements to evaluate a firm’s profitability and risk. Topics covered:
relative role of earnings and cash flow;
understanding financial disclosure and its link to events within the firm;
options available to management to manipulate accounting numbers;
modifying accounting numbers for comparison;

incorporating financial information that is typically excluded from financial statements.

Sauder School of Business > University of British Columbia

BAHR 505 Leadership

Prerequisite
MBA Core

In this course we examine what effective leadership means and how it can be practiced. We will find, if we did not know it already, that leadership does not reside in one single individual but can be found in the actions of many different people in organizations. As present and future leaders you need to know about effective leadership and it makes sense to do so by exploring and assessing your own strengths, weaknesses, hopes and aspirations as leaders. This course is designed to address both these levels: learning about leadership and learning about oneself as a leader.

Sauder School of Business > University of British Columbia

BAMA 508 Marketing Research

Prerequisite
MBA Core

The objective of this course is to help you recognize the role of systematic information gathering and analysis in making better business decisions. The course is designed primarily for the users of marketing research rather than producers of marketing research. Thus the emphasis is on the interpretation and the use of the results rather than mathematical derivations.

Sauder School of Business > University of British Columbia

BAHR 507 - Two-Party Negotiations

Prerequisite
MBA Core

Managers negotiate everyday. They negotiate about contracts, leases, purchases, salaries and other material issues as well as about less tangible issues like expectations, ideas, and responsibilities. Managers need analytical skills to discover superior solutions to organizational challenges, but they need negotiation skills to get others to accept and implement these solutions. Unfortunately, many managers negotiate poorly. They compromise, give in, or force others to give in when creative problem solving could lead to a deal that would be better for everyone involved.

The goal of this course is to help managers become better negotiators. The course focuses on two-party negotiation. In it, you will learn how you and other people act in negotiations and how to avoid common mistakes. You will also have a chance to assess your negotiation style and develop an approach to negotiating that is consistent with your personality and values. This class is about learning by doing and so it uses a series of negotiation simulation exercises to help improve negotiation skills. You will act out roles that are assigned and distributed in class. After each exercise, the class will discuss all class members’ performances. The purpose of the discussion is to discover which negotiation approaches worked well and which didn’t. They will also give you a chance to reflect on your own approach to negotiations.

Sauder School of Business > University of British Columbia

BAMS 500 Management Sciences - Best Practices

Prerequisite
MBA Core

Advanced methods of improving operations have been having some dramatic successes in recent years in organizations both large and small. This is a course that studies some recent successful applications of Management Science, also known as Operations Research. The purpose is not to delve too deeply into the methodologies but to concentrate on understanding what was done, why and how. The course is targeted at both consumers (e.g. MBAs) and practitioners (MM/OR). This course will acquaint students with a variety of case studies based on actual applications. These are prize winning studies from the Franz Edelmann Practice of Management Science Competition that are based on well documented applications. We will briefly study the underlying techniques that have been employed in each application so students are introduced to various modelling methodologies in the context of real applications.

The application areas allow students to:
1. assimilate what is important in a decision situation;
2. assess and prioritize the options available;
3. understand the data that is needed or available and evaluate the data used;
4. understand the technical analyses sufficiently to criticize weaknesses and to make an informed judgment about what to do;
5. evaluate the results, conclusions and weaknesses of the study.

Sauder School of Business > University of British Columbia

BAMS 517 Decision Analysis

Prerequisite
MBA Core

The module will address some basic ideas of decision analysis and how they can be extended into a more general Markov Decision Process (MDP) model. These methods will be applied to a wide range of disciplines including management science, economics, telecommunications, and computer science. The objectives of the course are to teach students to formulate and solve MDP models under several optimality criteria.

Sauder School of Business > University of British Columbia

COMM 589 Consulting Applications I and II

Prerequisite
MBA Core

COMM 589 is a 3-credit course.

Practicing consultants almost exclusively carry out project work. This course will prepare students to manage smaller consulting projects according to sound project management principles.The course will present accepted traditional approaches to project management including defining, planning, executing, controlling and closing consulting projects. In addition, the more recent approach of adaptive project management will be presented. Throughout, the course will emphasize effective communication and leadership skills, two crucial aspects of project management.

This seminar course will be presented with a combination of lectures, group discussions, case studies and role playing exercises. As well students will be asked to research project management topics and give presentations.

Applications to register for COMM 589
Students seeking to register in this course must submit a paragraph of maximum 100 words to explain why you want to take this course and what you think you have to offer to the class. The deadline for submission of your paragraph is 26 November 2007.

Sauder School of Business > University of British Columbia

BAHR 502 Business Ethics

Prerequisite
MBA Core

This course is an introduction to the theory and practice of business ethics. Most of the sessions will be built around discussion of both theoretical articles and case studies. The aim of the course is to help students to understand the potential ethical issues that arise in business, and to sharpen their skills for avoiding or resolving ethical dilemmas and for justifying these solutions to appropriate stakeholders.