Postgraduate Courses
- MGMT 5110Managerial Communication[2-0-0:2]Previous Course Code(s)MGMT 511, SBMT 511DescriptionCommunication skill ranks at the top of contributors to job effectiveness, satisfaction and success. Managerial communication gives students an opportunity to improve students' ability to communicate efficiently and effectively as a manager and to develop those critical communication capabilities that students will need as a business leader.Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.Communicate more effectively in business environments as managers and leaders.
- 2.Continue practicing their communication skills for continuous improvement in the future.
- MGMT 5210Preparing to Lead[2-0-0:2]Previous Course Code(s)MGMT 521, MGTO 521Exclusion(s)IMBA 5010DescriptionThe practical study of managerial work. Examines communication skills and offers the opportunity for assessment and feedback. Organizational contexts, teambuilding and case work. This is a core course for MBA. Graded P or F.Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.Define the concept of leadership in organizations.
- 2.Develop skills and competencies that enable effective leadership.
- 3.Develop a plan that will enable an immediate and noticeable impact on how they lead at work.
- MGMT 5230Management of Organizations[2-0-0:2]Previous Course Code(s)MGMT 523, MGTO 523Exclusion(s)IMBA 5090DescriptionInclude motivation theories, leadership, group dynamics, job design, decision making, power and politics, organizational structure and design, and organizational change. This is a core course for MBA.Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.Improve general decision making and managerial decision making.
- 2.Lead a team and work within a group.
- 3.Motivate and manage others at work.
- 4.Negotiate effectively.
- 5.Identify ethical challenges in oneself and others.
- MGMT 5250Corporate Entrepreneurship and New Business Venturing[2-4 credits]Previous Course Code(s)MGMT 525, MGTO 525Prerequisite(s)MGMT 5230DescriptionProblems faced by small firms and basic skills needed for developing new business, including entrepreneurial strategies, legal and financial considerations and effective new venture management.
- MGMT 5410Strategic Management[2-0-0:2]Previous Course Code(s)MGMT 541, MGTO 541Exclusion(s)IMBA 5020DescriptionMajor techniques and approaches to the development and implementation of corporate strategies. Underlying concepts, analytical techniques, internal and external competitor analysis and evaluation of strategic options. This is a core course for MBA.Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.Apply theories/frameworks (e.g. SWOT Analysis and Porter’s Five Forces) for in-depth industry analysis, for anticipating and predicting future industry development.
- 2.Examine some of the firm's specific underpinnings of competitive advantage and growth in both domestic and international settings.
- 3.Evaluate some of the challenges in implementing the strategy that has been formulated.
- MGMT 5470Strategic Management of Human Assets[2-0-0:2]Previous Course Code(s)MGMT 547, MGTO 547, MGTO 630DCorequisite(s)MGMT 5230Exclusion(s)MGMT 6500DDescriptionThis course is designed to help managers build an effective workforce. First, students will take the perspective of the general manager. They will see how an effective general manager aligns people with other organizational processes to execute business strategy. Second, they will take the human resource executive's point of view by seeing how top human resource executives develop strategy. Third, they will see how managers throughout the company contribute to the development of an effective workforce.
- MGMT 5480Strategic Management in China[2-0-0:2]Previous Course Code(s)MGMT 548, MGTO 548, MGTO 650UExclusion(s)MIMT 5120DescriptionThe primary topic of this course is strategic management in the Chinese context. This course has three major objectives: 1) to help students understand the conditions under which different kinds of strategy have the potential to create economic value and competitive advantage for Chinese context; 2) to help students who plan to work in Chinese companies understand their roles and responsibilities in helping the companies to achieve competitive advantage; and 3)to help those, who work in foreign companies that either already have or will have operations in China, obtain the knowledge necessary to compete or cooperate with companies in Chinese context more successfully.
- MGMT 5490Irrational and Rational Thinking and Judgment in Management[2-0-0:2]Previous Course Code(s)MGMT 549, MGTO 549, MGTO 651EDescriptionThis is a course with an in-depth discussion on the nature of human thinking and judgment. The overall emphasis of this course will be on illustrating errors and biases in thinking and judgment and their managerial implications. In other words, the class is designed to give you a "rational mind". The concepts we will discuss are key to remove the obstacles in thinking, solving problems, and making decisions. Topics that we will focus on include Common Biases, Experts and Novices, Heuristics, Judgment under Uncertainty, Nonrational Escalation of Commitment, and the Psychology of Delaying Decisions.
- MGMT 5510Applied Strategic Thinking[2-0-0:2]Previous Course Code(s)MGMT 551, MGTO 651QPrerequisite(s)MGMT 5410DescriptionThis course will explore the immediate ability to contribute to top management's strategic conversations in students' current organization. It teaches how to think strategically and provides the opportunity to apply this thinking in a team environment. Students will be able to immediately apply the thinking and skills learnt to the current job.
- MGMT 5550Effective Negotiations[2-0-0:2]Previous Course Code(s)MGMT 555, MGTO 651VExclusion(s)MIMT 5340 (prior to 2017-18)DescriptionThis course focuses on two-party negotiations in a wide variety of settings ranging from simple buyer-seller bargains to complex, multiple-issue strategic relationships.
- MGMT 5570Applied Merger and Acquisition[2-0-0:2]Previous Course Code(s)MGMT 557, MGMT 650GDescriptionThis course is designed to prepare business managers to succeed as members of a merger and acquisition project team. Students will be able to work out how merger and acquisition can help to achieve the strategy, to know how merger and acquisition transactions work in practice from search to merger integration, to get insight into the particular opportunities and challenges of merger and acquisition, and to apply this thinking in a team environment.
- MGMT 5580China's External Relations and Their Economic Impact[2-0-0:2]Previous Course Code(s)MGMT 558, SBMT 541, SBMT 601DDescriptionThis course will help students have a better understanding of how China relates to the rest of the world, both historically and now. It will examine contemporary China's political and economic relations with the major countries and regions of the world, including the United States, Europe, Japan, India, Korea and Russia plus the developing countries in Africa as well as the territories of Taiwan and Hong Kong.
- MGMT 5590Responsible Leadership and Ethics[2-0-0:2]Previous Course Code(s)MGMT 559, SBMT 543DescriptionGreat leaders and corporations take greater responsibilities for its customers, employees, shareholders, and society. This class is to learn what it takes to be a responsible leader and how leaders can create responsible corporations. This course also intends to change behavior for future leaders by teaching decision making framework for making responsible and ethical decisions as they face these challenges. Maybe graded PP.Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.Recognize the differing perspectives of defining and applying ‘responsible leadership’ and ‘ethics’ by exposure to conceptual frameworks from management science (and philosophy) and from ‘everyday discourses’ from business practitioners.
- 2.Identify and apply tools, concepts, and theories to perform analyses of the different approaches to responsible leadership and ethics in practice, motives and inspiration (moral, strategic, shareholder, philanthropic, etc.) behind these differences.
- 3.Enhance personal development to consider moral reflections on how to respond to ethical dilemmas in a business environment.
- 4.Examine practical case studies relating to the applied nature of responsible leadership and ethics in relation to local and global settings and the issues and controversies that surround them.
- MGMT 5640Time to Lead[1-0-0:1]Prerequisite(s)MGMT 5210DescriptionThis course will help students reflect on their learning in the MBA program and prepare them for their leadership roles in the future. Graded P or F.Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.Develop skills and competencies that enable effective leadership.
- 2.Develop a plan that will enable an immediate and noticeable impact on how they lead at work.
- 3.Reconcile skills and competencies at the beginning of the program with skill and competency growth at the end of the program.
- MGMT 5650Venture Capital Perspective on Entrepreneurship[2-0-0:2]Previous Course Code(s)MGMT 650J, MGMT 6500HDescriptionIn this course, students will learn about the venture capital business, how venture capitalists spend their days, and how they think about business proposals. Even among the small proportion of opportunities that are possible matches for venture capital financing, very few are funded. Using actual cases and examples from venture firm portfolios, we will explore critical issues that get attention - both positive and negative - from the venture capitalist perspective.
- MGMT 5670Managing Change[2-0-0:2]Previous Course Code(s)MGMT 6500EDescriptionThis course helps you understand your strengths and development areas as a change agent. It then explores a model of change and the role of the change agent as a leader and influencer of others. An online simulation is used to help understand motivation and resistance in recipients of change. Finally, hands on practice is conducted for some key change agent competencies including creating a vision and communication.
- MGMT 5680Politics and Socioeconomic Environment of China[2-0-0:2]Previous Course Code(s)SBMT 5400, SBMT 540, SBMT 601CDescriptionThis course will provide students with a broad overview of China's foreign policy and their economic ramifications. The country has transformed from one of the world's poorest countries into an engine of growth for the world economy. China has focused on economic development and its foreign policy is geared to further this national goal by ensuring a peaceful regional and global environment and by enhancing trade and investment between China and the rest of the world. Guest speakers will be invited to share their perspectives with students. Graded P or F.
- MGMT 5690Southeast Asia's Economies in Transition: Bubble, Crisis, and Renewal[1-0-0:1]Previous Course Code(s)SBMT 6010FDescriptionThis course will help students gain a better understanding of the dynamic economies of Southeast Asia and their potential as they achieve higher levels of economic integration through ASEAN.
- MGMT 5710Business, Environment and Sustainability[1-0-0:1]Previous Course Code(s)MGMT 6500KDescriptionThis course will address topics of: business activities and their impact on the environment; strategies firms have taken to include environment into their actions; how inclusion of environment in corporate strategy changes how we think about strategy; and the future of corporate sustainability. Additional topics may be included depending on timeliness and relevance, e.g. cleantech investment, renewable energies, mainland China policies. Graded P or F.
- MGMT 5720Business Transformation: Implementing Change In Organizations[2-0-0:2]Previous Course Code(s)MGMT 6500JDescriptionThis course focuses on the key elements in implementing business transformation programs. It is structured around a framework that links strategic objectives to their effective implementation and includes the following key elements: 1. Clarifying organizational objectives and translating these to tangible measures of success 2. Identifying major drivers of opportunity including a focus on business processes 3. Developing a future state and its impact on an organization's people, processes, technology and infrastructure 4. Managing the change process in an organization including the importance of communication, employee engagement, performance management and implementing early successes 5. Challenges and priorities when implementing change
- MGMT 5730Social Entrepreneurship and Venture Philanthropy[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)FINA 5970, SBMT 6010GExclusion(s)FINA 4929GDescriptionSocial Entrepreneurship uses business methods to address social and environmental problems, often in innovative ways. Venture Philanthropy uses venture capital funding tools to promote start-up and growth of social ventures. This course combines lectures, case studies, industry expert guest speakers and project work to involve students in social entrepreneurship and venture philanthropy with real social impact as a result. Student teams work with social enterprise partners to develop a growth plan and funding proposal for grant funding to be awarded to one of the social venture partner organizations at the end of the course. The course is multi-disciplinary and open to MBAs and other PG/UG programs. (UG students please email instructor with CV and motivation letter for course admission.)
- MGMT 5740Management of Venture Capital Fund[2-0-0:2]DescriptionThis course offers a practical, "real world" understanding of many aspects of managing a Venture Capital (VC) Fund. It provides an overview of the marketplace and includes such VC topics as: (1) VC personnel and compensation; (2) deal structuring; (3) due diligence and post-investment management; (4) valuation techniques; (5) negotiating investment term sheets; (6) going public and other divestment ("exit") strategies. Real world examples and cases, primarily from Asia, will be used to illustrate these topics. Students will see a VC Fund from several perspectives, including as the General Manager, as a promoter to the Fund of a new investment, as a potential investor, as the Head of an Investment Committee, as a prospective subsequent investor, as an entrepreneur, and as an entrepreneur seller.Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.Identify the strategy and financial model of a VC fund by certain information.
- 2.Conduct deal structuring.
- 3.Conduct due diligence of a VC fund.
- 4.Conduct valuation with required techniques.
- 5.Evaluate term sheets.
- 6.Craft exit strategies.
- MGMT 5750Deal Making across Asia and China[2-0-0:2]DescriptionThis course specifically focuses on formulating and applying practical deal-making strategies to real-world transactions in the Asia Pacific region. This is a highly participatory and interactive course instead of purely lecture-style. Participants are asked to play the roles of deal makers -- which role may be as a lead negotiator, investor, investment banker, salesman, consultant, or investment advisor -- in pioneering transactions.Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.Define different kinds of transaction structures in the Chinese and Asian contexts.
- 2.Identify the different country and cultural contexts in China and Asia.
- 3.Compare, contrast, and differentiate between different types of deals and the contexts in which they take place.
- 4.Critically analyze a new situation to identify which techniques and contextual factors are the most critical.
- 5.Design and implement strategies using the above knowledge in order to structure, negotiate, and close deals in a variety of Chinese and Asian contexts.
- 6.Present the deals effectively to potential deal partners and other members of the team.
- 7.Tackle ethical challenges conducting deals in China and Asia.
- MGMT 5760Management Consulting[2-0-0:2]Previous Course Code(s)MGMT 6500VExclusion(s)MGMT 5540DescriptionThis course is intended for students who are exploring consulting as a career option or who want to be more effective at working out and communicating recommendations. This course will teach students the key skills that management consultants use to solve business problems. This will be a demanding case-based course where students will learn the tools, skills and approaches adopted in leading management consultancies.Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.Diagnose the situation of a business problem.
- 2.Structure the business problem.
- 3.Prove a hypothesis.
- 4.Apply relevant frameworks to solve a business problem.
- 5.Apply fact-based analytical tools to identify insights.
- 6.Design compelling communications to share their thinking.
- MGMT 5770Building Effective Teams[1-0-0:1]Previous Course Code(s)MGMT 6500FDescriptionThe course will offer students very practical tools and simple models that can also be applied in a corporate environment to help transform groups into engaged, motivated and focused teams that perform. These capabilities are also highly relevant to leading virtual teams that only meet remotely.Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.Identify leading indicators of high performance or dysfunctionality in teams.
- 2.Identify successful factors on how to make teams work.
- 3.Apply the foundations to building teams.
- 4.Deal with crisis in team.
- MGMT 5780Managing Strategic Alliances in China[1-0-0:1]Previous Course Code(s)MGMT 6500BDescriptionThis course offers a practical, real world understanding of managing strategic alliances and joint ventures in China for students interested in understand the role of strategic alliances in contemporary strategic management in general and managing alliances/joint ventures in China in particular. Graded P or F.Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.Identify difficulties and risks to choose alliances and joint ventures with potential.
- 2.Design and create successful alliances and joint ventures.
- 3.Manage alliances effectively.
- 4.Identify and leverage capabilities and privileged relationships acquired to build long-term advantage in China.
- MGMT 5790Emerging Challenges in International Business for Managers[2-0-0:2]Previous Course Code(s)MGMT 6500LDescriptionThe course intends to provide students with a framework for understanding elements that will shape the global trade system over the next five years. Students should expect to have greater ability to formulate effective strategies and policies on behalf of their companies or organizations which reflect emerging realities in the global trade system upon completing the course.Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.Identify key issues, challenges and trends that are likely to shape global trade system over the next 5 years or so.
- 2.Identify the most important trade issues and initiatives currently underway.
- 3.Identify implications of China’s rise.
- 4.Recognize the ASEAN and APEC approach to trade and regional integration.
- 5.Formulate effective strategies and policies which reflect new, emerging realities in the global trade system.
- MGMT 5810Blue Ocean Strategy Innovation[1-0-0:1]Previous Course Code(s)MGMT 6500WDescriptionThe course introduces students to one of the most original ways of developing strategy to appear in business thinking in recent years known as Blue Ocean Strategy. Blue Ocean Strategy was developed by W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne, both professors of strategy and management at the INSEAD business school. Their approach to strategy innovation is widely recognized as a significant step forward in strategic thinking and has been adopted by many companies to help them develop innovative strategy.Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.Explain the Blue Ocean Strategy.
- 2.Apply the tools learnt to build innovative strategy.
- MGMT 5820Global Leadership[2-0-0:2]Previous Course Code(s)MGMT 6500RDescriptionGlobal Leadership is a course designed to inform and inspire MBA students to evolve in their development as global leaders. Drawing from the instructor’s extensive experience in researching, teaching and practicing leadership, students will be provided with actual experiences and lessons learned from the instructor.Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.Identify the important characteristics that distinguish a leader from a manager.
- 2.Recognize different leadership styles and the limitations that come with them.
- 3.Apply relevant leadership principles for effective time management and staff empowerment.
- MGMT 5850Understanding and Leading in the Sports Industry[1-0-0:1]Previous Course Code(s)MGMT 6500QDescriptionThe sports industry is interesting in many ways. In this course, some of the industry's unique aspects such as the global recognition of a few athletes, the use of sports stars in promotion messages, the increasing attention of grassroots sports, the negative media highlights associated with professional sports, etc. will be discussed. The course will focus on all these aspects while considering the key functions and issues related to the sports industry globally.Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.Recognize the nature and environment of the sports industry.
- 2.Compare the cultural and sports models differences of professional and grassroots sports.
- 3.Analyze the management functions related to the sports industry such as finance, operations, marketing, IT, strategy, etc.
- 4.Identify topical sports management issues.
- 5.Assess the future of the sports industry through strategic scenario planning.
- MGMT 5860Global Business Opportunities in Africa[2-0-0:2]Previous Course Code(s)MGMT 6500PDescriptionThe continent of Africa has deeply entrenched images associated of it relating to misery, poverty, corruption, incompetence and little of value. This course attempts to challenge such perceptions by correcting this inaccurate picture and ultimately addressing how many companies and countries view Africa as a large continent that offers many opportunities, especially in industries such as banking and finance, resources, telecoms, infrastructure and manufacturing.Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.Recognize the business opportunities across Africa historically and contemporarily.
- 2.Identify the industries where most business opportunities currently lie in Africa.
- 3.Critique the entrenched perspectives that surround the African continent.
- 4.Assess the extend to which internal obstacles are limiting business opportunities in Africa.
- 5.Identify and analyze the rise of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and good corporate governance by companies based in Africa.
- MGMT 6300Special Topics in Human Resources Management[2-4 credits]Previous Course Code(s)MGMT 630, MGTO 630DescriptionAdvanced topics of current interest in human resources management.
- MGMT 6400Special Topics in Organizational Behavior[2-4 credits]Previous Course Code(s)MGMT 640, MGTO 640DescriptionAdvanced topics of current interest in organizational behavior.
- MGMT 6500-6590Special Topics in Management[1-4 credit(s)]Previous Course Code(s)MGMT 650-659, MGTO 650-659DescriptionAdvanced topics of current interest in Management.
- MGMT 6970Independent Study[1-4 credit(s)]Previous Course Code(s)MGMT 697, MGTO 697DescriptionStudy of selected issues in organizational management under the supervision of a faculty member. (Special permission from the Associate Dean is required for MBA students to take this course.)
- MGMT 6990MPhil Thesis ResearchPrevious Course Code(s)MGMT 699, MGTO 699DescriptionMaster's thesis research supervised by a faculty member. A successful defense of the thesis leads to Pass. No course credit is assigned.
- MGMT 7100Behavioral Science[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)MGMT 710, MGTO 710DescriptionIn-depth study of the foundations of behavioral science research using examples from organizational behavior and other related business disciplines.
- MGMT 7120Doctoral Seminar in Management[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)MGMT 712, MGTO 712DescriptionPresentations and discussions of current research topics in Organizational Behavior and Human Resources Management for doctoral students.
- MGMT 7130Doctoral Seminar in Organization Theory and Strategy[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)MGMT 713, MGTO 713DescriptionPresentations and discussions of current research topics in organization theory and strategic management for doctoral students.
- MGMT 7140Doctoral Seminar in Behavioral Research Methods[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)MGMT 714, MGTO 714DescriptionPresentations and discussions of current research topics in Behavioral Research Methods for doctoral students.
- MGMT 7150Doctoral Seminar in Cognition[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)MGMT 6510ADescriptionThis is a research-oriented graduate level course on cognition. It introduces to doctoral students basic/philosophical and applied/practical topics on cognition. It offers the opportunity for students to integrate concepts in basic research on cognition with applied research in business. It offers the opportunity for students to understand scientific research methodology of studying cognition.Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.Classify all possible mind-body problem structures, as well as the implications of these issues to human cognition.
- 2.Summarize the philosophical and scientific issues of human consciousness, as well as the implications of these issues to human cognition.
- 3.Analyze the philosophical and scientific issues of free-will and belief in free-will, as well as the implications of these issues to human cognition.
- 4.Explain the philosophical and scientific issues of intelligence and artificial intelligence, as well as the implications of these issues to human cognition.
- 5.Assess the key issues and scientific understanding of major topics of human cognition such as sensation and perception, attention, memory, language, learning, problem-solving, and decision making.
- 6.Develop a new research idea in the management research area on the basis of the understanding of human cognition.
- MGMT 7990Doctoral Thesis ResearchPrevious Course Code(s)MGMT 799, MGTO 799DescriptionOriginal and independent doctoral thesis research. A successful defense of the thesis leads to the grade Pass. No course credit is assigned.