Spring 2010 Course Announcements
Accounting/Taxation
Taxes and Business Strategy
B95.2305.30 (3.0 Credits)
Prof. Dhananjay Gode
Tuesdays, 6:00pm - 9:00pm
This is a newly revised course introducing a general knowledge of tax rules. It is designed for MBA students who need to know the following for their jobs:
- A general knowledge of tax rules.
- Understand accounting and disclosures of taxes in financial statements. Deferred tax disclosures are particularly baffling to students. This course will provide an in-depth understanding of such disclosures.
- Understand how corporate structure affects taxes to understand the structuring of M&A transactions.
- Understand how to incorporate taxes into valuation.
- Understand how taxes influence the design and marketing of tax-management products such as tax shelters; design of compensation program to optimize taxes.
Economics
The Economy & Financial Markets
B30.2344.30 (3.0 Credits)
Prof. Anthony Karydakis
Thursdays, 6:00pm - 9:00pm
This course will examine the interaction between the performance of the economy and key financial markets: bonds, equities, foreign exchange, and commodities. To differentiate it from other courses at Stern that focus on the financial crisis, this course will adopt a much broader approach to the relationship between the economy and markets, and its connection with the current financial crisis will be only tangential. The course should have a strong appeal to MBA students majoring in finance, and especially to those who have a job-related involvement in the financial services industry.
Sports Economics
B30.2360.00 (3.0 Credits)
Prof. Simon Bowmaker
Saturdays, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
This MBA elective course applies microeconomic theory and econometric analysis to sport and explores some public policy issues that have arisen in the design of sports competitions. In addition, it applies the tools of behavioral finance to sports betting markets. This is a unique opportunity to understand why there has been a recent explosion in economists looking both at the market of sports and using sports data to explain or test theories about the wider business world.
Management Communications
Communication for Consultants
B45.3311.30 (3.0 Credits)
Prof. Susan Stehlik
Thursdays, 6:00pm - 9:00pm
In this course, the classroom will become a student based consulting firm for a number of NYC based agencies and not-for-profit organizations. Working in teams, students will consult with the targeted organizations in framing key issues and recommending alternatives and/or strategies. Students will examine and participate in all the critical communication touch-points of a client engagement, beginning with the initial meeting and going through data collection and final presentation.
The course content will be taught within the context of the projects coordinated by Stern’s NY Initiatives office. By engaging in a real-time project, students will be introduced to all the communication tools commonly used by consultants in design and project work.
Interarea
Innovative Thinking in Turbulent Times
B55.2112.30 (1.5 Credits)
Prof. Aline Wolff
Mondays, 6:00pm - 9:00pm
This course will introduce ways to consider social, global, and business issues from the perspective of innovative, design and creative thinking. Topics include Design Thinking, Biomimicry, Visual Thinking, Disruptive Innovation, and Creative Collaboration – which all address how businesses can innovate dynamically to meet the challenges of the 21st Century. In this class, students will learn and practice Design Thinking which integrates form and function holistically, using techniques like brainstorming and rapid prototyping.
The course will apply innovative thinking methods and techniques to a range of business concerns, and will emphasize the use of original thinking strategies to create multiple possible responses to business issues. To make the most use of these strategies the course will also focus on ways to transform them into business opportunities.
Corporate Turnarounds
B55.3150.30 (1.5 Credits)
Prof. Edwaard Altman & Prof. Karen Brenner
Wednesdays, 6:00pm - 9:00pm
This course examines the following question: how does Senior Level Management effectively change organizations in response to dramatic changes in circumstances? All too often, managers and corporate boards fail to recognize factors that threaten the firm's business until its very survival is in doubt. In such cases, Management may need to implement drastic and sudden changes in several aspects of the firm.
The course draws on several of the core disciplines in the MBA program, and provides an opportunity to apply them to organizations in the midst of major transitions. Students should come into this course ready to apply both quantitative and qualitative tools drawn from accounting, corporate finance, cash flow modeling, debt restructuring, negotiation, marketing, management, leadership and communication. The perspective is from the office of the CEO. Financial, market, and organizational aspects of transformation will be explored through case studies, articles, texts and class discussion.
The course is relevant for students who anticipate working in any operating company or in a firm advising and/or interacting with such a company- including consultants, turnaround specialists, venture capital and private equity professionals, and bankers.
Marketing
Luxury Marketing 2.0
B70.2127.30 (1.5 Credits)
Prof. Scott Galloway
Tuesdays, 6:00pm - 9:00pm
The changing consumer, developing markets, changes in media consumption and emerging technologies all represent tremendous opportunity and challenges for luxury goods. This course aims to provide students with a deeper understanding of the industry and grasp of the technologies and platforms reshaping the business. Specifically we will:
- explore the history and evolution of luxury
- gain insight into product development and the creative process
- better understand the forces re-shaping the industry and
- develop a robust understanding of the role digital aptitude plays in luxury brands’ future.
This course is especially useful for students who are considering a career in luxury, brand management, consulting or services focusing on emerging technologies (e.g., Social Media, Search, Online Marketing, e-commerce).
New Media in Marketing
B70.2173.30 (1.5 Credits)
Prof. Jamyn Edis
Mondays, 6:00pm - 9:00pm
This course will look to provide a framework for understanding the various technologies impacting the media in the marketplace today – using subjects both ripped from the headlines and grounded in near-term history – as well as provide a structure for assessing the opportunities and challenges of innovations in the 3-5 year time horizon. It is designed to help students become effective marketers in the 21st century.
