EMB (Executive MBA)

Classes

EMB 1003 : Marketing Essentials

Marketing techniques with emphasis on applying concepts to real-worldsituations. Analysis of how decisions work in changing environments. Balance relationships between financial, customer, and human resources. Topics: Market segmentation, product positioning, conjoint analysis, competitive analysis, pricing strategy, perceptual mapping, marketing research and development.

Credits

3

EMB 1006 : Economic Analysis

Overview of micro and macroeconomic principles to create a framework for applying systemic thinking to business models. Basis for valuation metrics and value creation. Topics: price theory, production and transaction costs, government regulation, overview of the macro-economy, banking and monetary policy, fiscal policy, international economics, and market structures.

Credits

3

EMB 1007 : Financial Analysis

Financial analysis as the framework for value-based management. Topics: financial statements, cash flows, flow of cash from capital markets through the firm, financial markets in relation to current business conditions, discounting cash flow, capital expenditure decisions, risk/expected return trade-off, relation between cost of capital and hurdle rate.

Credits

3

EMB 1013 : Negotiation

Psychological aspects of bargaining, perceptions and personal differences, negotiating within the organization and multi-issue negotiations and bargaining terms.

Credits

1.5

EMB 1017 : Valuation Techniques & Apps

Economic value measure such as EVA, Net Present Value and Internal Rate of Return; Compensation, incentives and performance; knowledge capital and valuation; and integrative performance metrics such as the Balanced Scorecard.

Credits

3

EMB 1036 : Global Management/Immersion

First hand observation of how business is conducted in a foreign venue; immersion in a foreign operating culture; understanding of international differences; exposure to the challenges/unique risks of international business relationships.

Credits

4

EMB 1039 : Value Creation through Technol

The course examines the relationship between business models and processes and computing and communications technology. Through lectures, in-class discussions, group projects and presentation, and min- and full cases, a variety of topics will be addressed, inluding emerging collaborative business models, technology integration, business technology management best practices, technology organizattions and technology people management. The course is intended to ground students in opportunities for full business techology convergence. The learning objectives include knowlege about predominant business models and processes, the range of available data, applications and communications technology, business technology management best practices including total-cost-of-ownership (TCO) and return-on-investment (ROI) modeling, business case development and project management.

Credits

3

EMB 1040 : Financial Reporting & Analysis

Understand and analyze an annual report including the three primary financial statements and selected key footnotes. Understanding financial statements requires a grasp of accounting terminology, business transactions and fundamental accounting concepts. Ratios and other means will be used to analyze financial statements and measure performance. The class sessions will be highly interactive and case-based. Proficiency with excel is helpful.

Credits

3

EMB 1042 : Performance Measurement

Analysis of performance measurement systems and how they relate to implementing strategy. Issues such as balancing organizational tensions, building a profit plan, methods for evaluating performance, capital budgeting, cost of capital, activity based costing and the balanced scorecard will all be discussed.

Credits

3

EMB 1051 : Innovation & Entrepreneurship

The course is about innovation, commercialization and entrepreneurialism. Innovation methodologies are described and debated. Innovation is treated as a purposeful activity.

Credits

3

EMB 1060 : Manage Yourself & Your Career

Managing career changes and challenges in today's career landscape in conjunction with executive coaching. Understanding professional transition strategies, high performance in the work world, shifting career paths, networking, sustainable professional identity, personal brand, self awareness, individual assets, and overall individual purpose.

Credits

1.5

EMB 1061 : Ethics & Corporate Governance

Overview of respective roles/responsibilities of shareholders in corporate governance and exploration of how corporate governance is evolving in the post Global Financial Crisis world. Additional focus on principles of business ethics and ethical decision-making.

Credits

1.5

EMB 1064 : Applied Analytics

Using data to drive business decisions. Managers are experiencing dramatic results through techniques such as data mining and predictive modeling. Learn how these practices are used to solve real-world problems faced in business today.

Credits

3

EMB 1067 : Leading the Changing Workplace

This course is partitioned into five General Leadership Principles, Setting Context: Management vs. Leadership, Change Management & Resistance, Communication and Trust, Execution and Career Transitions and Networking.

Credits

3

EMB 1071 : Strategic Planning

Managing an organization's long-term success versus focusing on its day-to-day operations. Defining company's mission and grand strategies, and fostering buy-in from all agents in the organization. Building on changing management principles to develop strategic planning principles for the corporate system.

Credits

4.5

EMB 1075 : Corporate Risk Management

Fundamentals of derivatives: futures, forward contracts, swaps; option pricing and related hedging strategies; developing an integrated risk management approach; and understanding and applying derivative instruments and other financial contracts to achieve the firm's objectives.

Credits

1.5

EMB 1088 : Cultivating High Perform Teams

Highly experiential course that helps leaders build and manage teams that realize their full potential and achieve extraordinary results. Frameworks, assessment tools, and simulations facilitate key outcomes including heightened student self-awareness, team resilency and emotional intelligence, and team synergy.

Credits

3

EMB 1090 : Leadership thru Systems Think

Introduces a cycle of activities that begins with a mental creation of an idealized future and ends with its approximation to it. These four phases - contemplation, desire, design, and creation - work together in a holistic fashion.

Credits

1.5

EMB 1091 : Sys Think for Decision Making

Discuss the inherent risks of playing it too safe in times of disruptive change and uncertainty as well as the factors that drive leadership timidity. Executives will learn a framework to uncover the positive and negative implications of their strategic decisions.

Credits

1.5

EMB 1092 : Systems&Design Think for Innov

Builds on the theory of systems thinking and guides students through an iterative sequence of observation, immersion, ideation, and reflection. Learn frameworks to operationalize the concepts of idealized design and create prototypes of products, services, and experiences.

Credits

1.5

EMB 1093 : Global Mgmt & Intl Engagement

Provides integrative exposure and practical application of global management issues and challenges with particular attention to managing a global project as part of a business challenge team. Covers the role of culture, political, legal, and social environment of global business.

Credits

4

EMB 1094 : Leadership Mastery

Experimental learning sessions provide cutting-edge leadership content on contemporary business topics that align with the overall mission of the EMBA curriculum.

Credits

1 - 1.5

EMB 1095 : Strategic Management

Managing an organization's capability to create and capture value. Analyzing, formulating, and implementing competitive strategies. Answering the questions of where and how organizations compete. Engaging in an integrative and multi-functional approach to organizational issues.

Credits

3

EMB 1096 : Supply Chains in 21st Century

This course will provide leaders with the quantitative foundations of supply chain management that can immediately be applied to their organizations. The topics of this course include supply chain innovation, project management, logistics, and future trends.

Credits

3

EMB 1097 : Capstone Action Learning Proj

EMBA teams exercise a multidisciplinary approach to provide measurable value to real-world organizations. Course includes problem scouting, measurement and metrics, visual display of data, team functioning, and consulting protocols.

Credits

4.5

EMB 1098 : Executive Communication I

Introduction to communication theory and business practice; persuasion and audience assessment; foundations of executive communicator personal brand development; individual speaking and presentation strategies and application.

Credits

1.5

EMB 1099 : Executive Communication II

Advanced executive communicator personal brand development; techniques in crisis management and communication; foundations of team speaking and presentation strategies and application.

Credits

1

EMB 1101 : ESG Strategies & Tactics

This course explores ESG strategies, shareholder value creation models, frameworks for data-driven ESG decisions, ESG communication strategies, and ESG planning and measurement.

Credits

1.5

EMB 1102 : Corp Risk Mgmt & Firm Value

Focus is on how risk management can affect firm value. Valuation techniques will be applied in the context of understanding the fundamentals of derivatives; developing an integrated risk management approach; and applying derivative instruments to achieve corporate strategies.

Credits

3