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Business and Society
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BSPA-GB.2314 Business Law (3)Course Description:
The objective of this course is to help develop an ability to recognize and understand legal issues in business. This course focuses on the body of law governing the types of issues that students can expect to encounter in their roles as managers of public and private companies, consultants, and entrepreneurs. Topics for discussion include, but are not limited to contract and cyber laws; the various forms of business structures (e.g., partnerships, corporations, and limited liability companies); business torts; product liability; and specific issues regarding entrepreneurs and employment law.Section Meeting Times Dates Instructor Notes 91 MW 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm06/29-08/05 Kowal,R Westchester Specializations:
Law&Business
Core Courses
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COR1-GB.2310 Marketing (3)Course Description:
This course provides an overall view of marketing in a customer-driven firm, focusing on essential marketing skills needed by successful managers in all business functions. Topics include how individual and organizational consumers make decisions, segment markets, estimate the economic value of customers to the firm, position the firm's offering, effective marketing research, new product development and pricing strategies, communicate with consumers, estimate advertising's effectiveness, and manage relationships with sales force and distribution partners. The course also studies how firms must coordinate these different elements of the marketing mix to insure that all marketing activities collectively forge a coherent strategy. The importance of combining qualitative and quantitative concepts in effective marketing analysis is also examined. The course uses a combination of lectures, class discussion, and case analysis. Marketing is a core course and assumes no prior knowledge of marketing. However, there are certain concepts from Firms&Markets that students should have mastered, including: price elasticity of demand, price discrimination, marginal cost, marginal revenue, efficient scale for production capacity, diminishing returns, utility functions and utility curves.Section Meeting Times Dates Instructor Notes 91 MW 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm05/13-06/24 Buchanan,B Westchester Equivalencies:
COR9-GB.2313 ( B09.2313 ) -
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COR1-GB.2311 Foundations of Finance (3)Course Description:
This is a quantitative course introducing the fundamental principles of asset valuation within the framework of modern portfolio theory. The key analytical concepts are present value, option value, risk/diversification and arbitrage. These tools are used to value stocks, bonds, options, and other derivatives, with applications to the structure of financial markets, portfolio selection, and risk management.Section Meeting Times Dates Instructor Notes 91 MW 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm06/29-08/05 Sade Ben-Ami,O Westchester Equivalencies:
COR9-GB.2316 ( B09.2316 ) -
Management Communication
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MCOM-GB.2105 Business Communication (1.5)Course Description:
Persuasive communication is a vital component to many aspects of business life. This course introduces the basics of communication strategy and persuasion: audience analysis, communicator credibility, and message construction and delivery. Written and oral presentation assignments derive from cases that focus on communication strategy. Students receive feedback to improve presentation effectiveness. Additional coaching is available for students who want to work on professional written communication. This course is required for all Langone Program students.Section Meeting Times Dates Instructor Notes 9U alternate schedule Rubin,J Westchester Equivalencies:
COR1-GB.2105 ( B01.2105 ) - Business Communication
Management and Organizations
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MGMT-GB.2159 Collaboration, Conflict, and Negotiation (1.5)Course Description:
Successful managers know how to collaborate with other people effectively and how to resolve conflicts constructively. The goal of this course is to teach students the fundamentals of managing collaboration and conflict in one-on-one and small group settings. Our objective is to enhance students' interpersonal skills at their jobs. Drawing from the latest findings in managerial psychology, we cover the fundamentals of effective negotiation, communication, and persuasion. Special topics include getting buy-in, coping with resistance, and building coalitions.Section Meeting Times Dates Instructor Notes 9U alternate schedule Howard,E Westchester Equivalencies:
MGMT-GB.2358 ( B65.2358 ) - Conflict and NegotiationSpecializations:
Leadership and Change Management
Management
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MGMT-GB.2327 Managing the Growing Company (3)Course Description:
This course exposes students to the unique challenges of managing the growth of small businesses. It concentrates on building the company issues rather than start-up issues, although some cases and lectures explore start-up as well. Included are studies of family businesses that have acute growth issues because of succession and family dynamics. It is designed for students interested in understanding the opportunities and problems involved in the management or operation of their own business; and it is also aimed at students considering employment in a small or midsized firm. The differences between small firms and large organizations, management needs, practices, and financial resources are examined.Section Meeting Times Dates Instructor Notes 91 TR 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm05/12-06/23 Okun,G Westchester Pre/Corequisite:
Pre-requisite - COR1-GB.1302 ( B01.1302 ) - Leadership in Organizations
OR CORE-GP.1020 -Specializations:
Entrepreneurship&Innovation
Leadership and Change Management
Management
Strategy