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MIMT 5010
Market Research for Business Applications
[2-0-0:2]
Exclusion(s)
MARK 5310
Description
This course aims to investigate the market research process and its application as a problem-solving tool for management decision making. Methods, techniques, and procedures of market research will be discussed, including topics on defining research problems, designing a research project, and in collecting, analyzing, recording and interpreting data, and report writing and presentation.
Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.
  Evaluate marketing research and identify the opportunities and potential limitations of it.
- 2.
  Identify the challenges and opportunities of executing a marketing research project in an international context.
- 3.
  Critically evaluate and analyze marketing research data.
- 4.
  Explain how new technological developments (big data, social media, mobile and physiological devices) may facilitate marketing research.
- 5.
  Design and implement a marketing research project to solve business problems.
MIMT 5020
Managerial Decision Making
[2-0-0:2]
Description
High quality managerial decisions require quality decision content and quality decision making process. This course focuses on the concepts and techniques that can develop effective decision-making skills for those who will be in management positions, both as individuals and in teams. Emphasis of topics will be put on how to facilitate and formalize the decision-making process, reveal decision-making biases and enable decision analysis to work as a powerful and flexible management tool that can address many types of business problems. It helps students understand what traps might be involved in the decision-making process and what can be done to improve the quality of decisions as a manager.
Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.
  Describe how human beings make decisions and identify the major errors and biases in thinking and judgment.
- 2.
  Increase the awareness of removing the obstacles in decision making.
- 3.
  Suggest some strategies to overcome the obstacles in decision making.
- 4.
  Apply decision making techniques and strategies in daily and managerial contexts.
MIMT 5110
Doing Business in Asia
[2-0-0:2]
Description
The course is designed to allow students to appreciate and understand the opportunities and challenges in doing business in the Asian countries. The course provides a broad introduction to key issues in the business environment including business policy, corporate governance, legal aspects, strategy, marketing and branding, services management and cross-cultural management, etc.. The implications of political, socio-economic, and cultural environment provide students with insights into how to formulate and implement strategies for competitive advantage and value creation in Asia.
Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.
  Integrate inter-disciplinary knowledge to comprehensively analyze China’s business environment at present and in the future.
- 2.
  Analyze business opportunities and threats in China.
- 3.
  Evaluate firms’ strategic decisions to do business in China.
- 4.
  Deliver a clearly written final write up based on comprehensive knowledge.
MIMT 5120
Strategic Management in Asia
[2-0-0:2]
Exclusion(s)
MGMT 5480
Description
The primary topic of this course is strategic management in the Asian context. It focuses on key theories and frameworks in strategic management, the characteristics of the specific business environment in Asia, and insights of how to apply these theories and frameworks into the Asian context. It helps students who plan to work in Asian companies understand their roles and responsibilities in helping the companies to achieve competitive advantage; and to help those who work in foreign companies that either already have or will have operations in Asia to obtain the knowledge necessary to compete or cooperate with Asian companies more successfully.
Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.
  Apply the key concepts, frameworks and techniques for dealing with business challenges in a culturally diverse setting with a global perspective.
- 2.
  Evaluate business problems as a general manager from a general management perspective connected with the corporate world.
- 3.
  Develop creative thinking skills and ethics by integrating original, innovative, and ethical approaches to strategic problems.
- 4.
  Develop comprehensive leadership skills, particularly in the Asian context.
MIMT 5200
Global Citizenship
[1-0-0:1]
Description
Global citizenship is the global exercise of ethical, values-based citizenship in the pursuit of economic and societal progress and sustainable development. It requires the vision and courage to place decision making and management practice in a global context. Nowadays, globally responsible managers at all organizational levels all over the world face ever-changing challenges and they are embedding global responsibility in their business to deal with these challenges. Topics in the course include understanding the global business environment, responsible management behaviours, corporate global responsibility and sustainable global business practices, etc..
Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.
  Identify the role-related responsibilities and the basic principles of responsible decision-making and global stakeholder management.
- 2.
  Identify and analyze ethical and social dilemmas.
- 3.
  Generate solutions to business challenges involving complex social issues.
- 4.
  Identify the importance of responsible management in society.
- 5.
  Maintain a balanced view on stakeholder management and time perspectives.
MIMT 5210
Managing Global Complexity
[2-0-0:2]
Description
This course focuses on the challenges and opportunities associated with organizational management and business strategy in the global environment. It provides a managerial overview of how different countries' cultural, social, political, technological and economic environments affect the strategic, organizational, and human resource issues that affect multinational companies. Key topics include globalization, culture, cross-cultural communication, negotiation, motivation, leadership and group dynamics. It develops a managerial mindset to practice management, encourages students to move between management concepts and their real-life applicability and ultimately adapts to the ever-changing world of management practice.
Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.
  Conduct business management exercises in a culturally diverse setting, particularly in the area of conflict management and dispute resolution.
- 2.
  Recognize, analyze, and manage disputes and conflicts in culturally diverse environments.
- 3.
  Apply advanced management principles developed from systematic analyses of cases and simulations.
- 4.
  Recognize ethical implications of different dispute resolution methods across contexts.
- 5.
  Solve problems and generate integrative solutions.
MIMT 5310
Understanding Consumers: A Strategic Approach
[2-0-0:2]
Exclusion(s)
MARK 5290
Description
Consumers react to marketing information provided about a product. The topics discussed comprise an examination of basic psychological processes in a logical sequence: i.e., exposure, attention, perception, memory, persuasion, and decision-making. Advertising - and how consumers process ads - is the major vehicle used to clarify these concepts. In addition, the course also furthers an understanding of consumer behavior by examining its social and cultural context, including the influence of group members (such as family and other important referents) on decision making and perception, and the nature and importance of cultural differences in consumer behaviour around the world. Thus, this course both a micro and macro perspective on the factors influencing a customer.
Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.
  Evaluate consumers’ buying patterns and decisions using the concepts and theories of perception, learning, motivation, personality, lifestyle, and attitudes.
- 2.
  Assess and select appropriate market segments for targeting by applying the concepts of culture, demographics, opinion leadership, and other consumer behavioral dimensions.
- 3.
  Evaluate the effectiveness of marketing and advertising programs using relevant consumer behavior concepts and frameworks.
- 4.
  Make strategic and ethical marketing mix recommendations to enhance business performance based on the application of relevant consumer behavior concepts, frameworks and theories.
MIMT 5350
Project Management
[2-0-0:2]
Exclusion(s)
ISOM 5460 AND ISOM 5770
Description
This course covers the essential project management skills to ensure successful implementation of business projects. Topics include investment decisions, resource planning, budgeting, scheduling, outsourcing, and risk assessment and control, etc.
Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.
  Analyze the core issues in project management and identify critical success factors.
- 2.
  Solve several project management problems with appropriate tools and techniques.
- 3.
  Compare and contrast different project management methodologies.
- 4.
  Identify the major project deliverables and when they are due.
MIMT 5410
Climate Change in Asia Pacific: Policies and Negotiations (Model UNFCCC)
[2-0-0:2]
Description
Climate change is one of the biggest problems of today and tomorrow. Businesses contribute to climate change but also suffer from its consequences, while for selected industries it poses great opportunities. The outcomes of global climate negotiations play a vital role for doing business, and global players are heavily invested in trying to influence these negotiations. This course discusses climate change largely from a business perspective, as well as global climate policy.
Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.
  Explain the science of climate change and its environmental impacts, on climate policy, mechanisms and the negotiation process under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
- 2.
  Identify and explain different developments in the region related to climate change and the possibilities to counteract it (Among other elements: Carbon Neutrality Proposals in the APAC region, Renewable Energy Growth Paths, Business Model Innovation for a more sustainable way of doing business).
- 3.
  Summarize the diverging interests of parties involved in global climate policy negotiations, including governments, industry associations, global companies, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
- 4.
  Apply strategic tools for assessing the impact of climate change on firms, consumers and financial markets for developing successful corporate strategies to hedge against climate risk and embrace low-carbon business opportunities.
- 5.
  Implement consensus solutions, and experience the global dimension of the climate challenge.
- 6.
  Apply the basic principles of the mutual gains approach to negotiation, gain a better understanding of bilateral and multilateral negotiation dynamics, and practice their skills in the climate negotiations.
MIMT 5780
Leveraging Personality in the Workplace
[2-0-0:2]
Description
This course covers major psychological perspectives and current research on personality. It provides an in-depth examination of how personality theories can be applied to understanding personality in the workplace.
Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.
  Recognize the major perspectives of personality psychology.
- 2.
  Demonstrate how to integrate different perspectives to analyze a subject.
- 3.
  Demonstrate the ability to read, summarize, interpret, and integrate information pertinent to personality-related topics.
- 4.
  Identify a research question, devise an action plan to conduct a study, gather and analyze the relevant information, and present the findings in a written report.
MIMT 6110
Skill Seminar I
[1-0-0:1]
Description
This skill seminar will be offered to develop the students' essential business and communication skills necessary to work in a global business environment such as communication, teamwork, negotiation and presentation skills. Some possible skill seminars include topics on time management, inter-cultural skills, group work abilities, international negotiation techniques, presentation skills, to name a few.
Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.
  Develop essential business communication skills for various business objectives in a global context.
- 2.
  Deliver well prepared and organized writing and presentation results.
MIMT 6120
Skill Seminar II
[1-0-0:1]
Description
This skill seminar will be offered to develop the students' essential business and communication skills necessary to work in a global business environment such as communication, teamwork, negotiation and presentation skills. Some possible skill seminars include topics on time management, inter-cultural skills, group work abilities, international negotiation techniques, presentation skills, to name a few. Graded P or F.
Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.
  Develop essential business communication skills for various business objectives in a global context.
- 2.
  Broaden international business prospects for various companies.
- 3.
  Discuss and interact with key managers from different firms.
MIMT 6200
Business Project
[5 credits]
Exclusion(s)
SBMT 6100
Description
This is a supervised study of a real-life issued faced by an organization, including identification of strategic questions, design of studies, collection and analysis of data, development and reporting recommendation. Students will develop consultant-client relationship with the participating sponsoring companies and work in teams to conduct a strategically focused study which results in a comprehensive report containing analyses and practical recommendations for management decision making.
Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.
  Create professional quality project deliverables including agendas, briefs, proposals, models and reports.
- 2.
  Manage a business project effectively.
- 3.
  Integrate disciplinary knowledge and apply appropriate analytical tools in formulating solutions to practical business problems in real world settings.
- 4.
  Deliver clear and engaging business presentations for a senior management audience.
MIMT 6300
International Internship
[0 credit]
Description
Students are required to work on a minimum of 10-week international internship to get practical work experience to prepare for graduate employment. The location of international internship together with students' home country, home school and exchange school must cover at least three countries. Students' performance in the internship will be assessed and evaluated by the company upon completion of the internship. Graded PP, P or F.
Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.
  Solve management problems in a real global business environment by integrating various trainings from the program.
- 2.
  Deliver good performance with evaluations from corporations.

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