Spring 2016 Course Listings (Weekend)

Accounting/Taxation
Core Courses
Economics
Finance
Management Communication
Management and Organizations
Marketing
Operations Management
Professional Responsibility

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Accounting/Taxation

ACCT-GB.2303 An Integrated Approach to Financial Statement Analysis (3)

Course Description:

This course describes financial reporting objectives and methods used by corporations. Focuses on the analysis of the information in corporate financial statements, including the impact of alternative accounting procedures and assumptions. Offers ways to adjust for selected reporting differences. Discusses applications using cross-sectional and time series analysis. Case studies (including firms with international operations), computer databases, and computer-based assignments may be used. An understanding of basic financial concepts is recommended.

Section	Meeting Times	Dates	Instructor	Notes
00	SA 09:00 am - 12:00 pm	02/13-05/07	Dryer,L	Saturdays

Pre/Corequisite:

Pre-requisite - COR1-GB.1306 ( B01.1306 ) - Financial Accounting and Reporting

OR LAW-LW.12337 -

Specializations:

Accounting

Core Courses

COR1-GB.2303 The Global Economy (3)

Course Description:

We use the tools of international macroeconomics to explore the economic environment facing firms operating around the globe. Central issues include the role of economic policy and institutions in the performance of firms and nations; economic indicators and forecasting; employment and unemployment; interest rates, inflation, and monetary policy; global trade in goods and capital; foreign exchange rates; and emerging market crises. These issues are considered from the perspectives of both firms and countries.

Section	Meeting Times	Dates	Instructor	Notes
00	SA 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm	02/13-05/07	Venkateswaran,V	Saturdays

Equivalencies:

COR1-GB.2113 ( B01.2113 ) -

COR1-GB.2123 ( B01.2123 ) - Global Business Environment I

COR1-GB.2125 ( B01.2125 ) - Global Business Environment II

COR9-GB.2317 ( B09.2317 ) -

COR1-GB.2314 Operations Management (3)

Course Description:

This course serves as an introduction to operations, viewed from the perspective of the general manager, rather than from that of the operations specialist. The coverage is very selective; the course concentrates on a small number of themes from the areas of operations management and information technology that have emerged as the central building blocks of world-class operations. It also presents a sample of key tools and techniques that have proven extremely useful. The topics covered are equally relevant to the manufacturing and service sectors.

Section	Meeting Times	Dates	Instructor	Notes
00	SA 09:00 am - 12:00 pm	02/13-05/07	Grushka-Cockayne,Y	Saturdays

Equivalencies:

COR1-GB.2114 ( B01.2114 ) -

COR9-GB.2314 ( B09.2314 ) -

Economics

ECON-GB.2355 Behavioral Economics: Decisions and Strategies (3)

Course Description:

Behavioral economics is an emerging sub-field that integrates insights from psychology into economic models of behavior. This MBA elective course is intended to inform managers, analysts, and consultants, of the psychological processes and biases underlying our decision-making, with an emphasis on how to incorporate such insights into business strategies. Successful business strategies depend on a thorough understanding of how consumers and producers make decisions. However, traditional models, which are founded on the assumption of perfect rationality, have serious limitations. Rather than making decisions in the manner predicted by these models, consumers and producers often use myriad rules and processes that result in (sometimes counterintuitive) decisions. For instance, consumers have an exaggerated tendency to select compromise or middle options when making choices, overpay for warranties, buy products they do not use, and do not buy products that they later wish they had. Similarly, producers overpay for acquisitions, persist in investing in losing projects, hire the wrong people, and design products that result in consumer dissatisfaction. The fact many of these decision errors and biases are systematic has powerful business implications because, as this course illustrates, it is possible to address them. This course will provide a broad overview of important results from behavioral economics that clarify how consumers and producers really make decisions, and investigate how these results can be leveraged to design original and more effective business strategies.

Section	Meeting Times	Dates	Instructor	Notes
00	SA 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm	02/13-05/07	Bowmaker,S	Saturdays

Pre/Corequisite:

Pre-requisite - COR1-GB.1303 ( B01.1303 ) - Firms and Markets

Equivalencies:

MKTG-GB.2335 ( B70.2335 ) - Judgment and Decision Making

Specializations:

Economics

Finance

FINC-GB.2302 Corporate Finance (3)

Course Description:

This course helps students develop an analytical framework for understanding how organizations make investment and financing decisions. Students also learn the theory and practice of various valuation techniques. There is an emphasis on understanding the theory and its applications to the real world as well as appreciating the limitations of the tools in practical settings. Specific topics include capital budgeting, investment decision rules, discounted cash flow valuation, real options, cost of capital, capital structure, dividend policy, and valuation methods such as WACC and APV.

Section	Meeting Times	Dates	Instructor	Notes
00	SA 09:00 am - 12:00 pm	02/13-05/07	Schmeits,A	Saturdays

Pre/Corequisite:

Pre-requisite - COR1-GB.2311 ( B01.2311 ) - Foundations of Finance

OR COR1-GB.2302 - Foundations of Corporate Finance

OR LAW-LW.11461 -

OR PADM-GP.2147 -

Specializations:

Corporate Finance

Finance

FINC-GB.2334 Financial Service Industry (3)

Course Description:

This course presents a broad overview of the role of investment banking in modern societies. What functions are performed? How are these tasks carried out in competitive and noncompetitive environments? Topics covered include concepts such as origination, syndication, distribution of security issues; pricing of new issues and the management of issues in the after markets; and the role of investment bankers in restructuring industry, financing governments, and facilitating saving and investment. Ethical issues investment bankers must face are considered.

Section	Meeting Times	Dates	Instructor	Notes
00	SA 09:00 am - 12:00 pm	02/13-05/07	Militello,F	Saturdays

Pre/Corequisite:

Pre-requisite - COR1-GB.2311 ( B01.2311 ) - Foundations of Finance

OR COR1-GB.2302 - Foundations of Corporate Finance

OR LAW-LW.11461 -

OR PADM-GP.2147 -

Co-requisite - FINC-GB.2302 ( B40.2302 ) - Corporate Finance

OR LAW-LW.11461 -

OR COR1-GB.2302 - Foundations of Corporate Finance

Specializations:

Banking

Corporate Finance

Finance

Financial Instruments and Markets

FINC-GB.3173 Venture Capital Financing (1.5)

Course Description:

This course provides institutional background and details necessary to deal with the venture capital and new issues markets. Examines basic valuation issues, appropriate capital structure, the value of liquidity, and the value of control. Also considers the intangible aspects of entrepreneurship and venture capital forms of financing.

Section	Meeting Times	Dates	Instructor	Notes
00	SA 09:00 am - 12:00 pm	02/13-03/26	Okun,G	Saturdays

Equivalencies:

FINC-GB.3373 ( B40.3373 ) - New Venture Financing

FINC-GB.3361 ( B40.3361 ) - Entrepreneurial Finance

Specializations:

Entrepreneurship&Innovation

Banking

Corporate Finance

Finance

Financial Instruments and Markets

FINC-GB.3333 Debt Instruments and Markets (3)

Course Description:

Covers the valuation of fixed income securities and investment strategies utilizing them. Topics include the mathematics of bond valuation, immunization, history of interest rate structures, varieties of debt instruments, default, and country risk considerations. The role of financial futures and options on bond portfolio strategies is analyzed, as well as more traditional approaches to debt portfolio strategies.

Section	Meeting Times	Dates	Instructor	Notes
00	SA 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm	02/13-05/07	Bandyopadhyay,A	Saturdays

Pre/Corequisite:

Pre-requisite - COR1-GB.2311 ( B01.2311 ) - Foundations of Finance

OR COR1-GB.2302 - Foundations of Corporate Finance

OR LAW-LW.11461 -

OR PADM-GP.2147 -

Specializations:

Banking

Finance

Financial Instruments and Markets

Quantitative Finance

FINC-GB.3361 Entrepreneurial Finance (3)

Course Description:

This course identifies and follows the wealth creation cycle that begins with company start-ups, passes through successive stages of various kinds of private equity financing, and ends with the harvesting of the created wealth through a sale or merger or initial public offering. Emphasis is placed on how entrepreneurial firms adapt financing and financial contracts to the information asymmetry problems, the high degree of uncertainty, and the conflicts of interest associated with start-ups.

Section	Meeting Times	Dates	Instructor	Notes
00	SU 09:00 am - 4:00 pm	04/03-05/08	Okun,G	Sundays

Equivalencies:

FINC-GB.3173 ( B40.3173 ) - Venture Capital Financing

FINC-GB.3373 ( B40.3373 ) - New Venture Financing

Specializations:

Entrepreneurship&Innovation

Banking

Corporate Finance

Finance

For more courses that count toward Finance click here.

Management Communication

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
00	SU 09:00 am - 4:00 pm	02/14-03/06	Shi,Y	4 Sun: Feb 14,21,28 Mar 6

Equivalencies:

COR1-GB.2105 ( B01.2105 ) - Business Communication

MCOM-GB.2122 On Your Feet: Think, Speak, Lead (1.5)

Course Description:

Former CEO of ITT and NYU alum Harold Geneen famously said that,&#8216Leadership cannot be taught but it can be learned.' Over three full-day sessions, this course will provide you with learning opportunities to develop your leadership presence, drawing on best practices from both business and the arts. You will learn how to tell concise and evocative stories, which build trust and inspire action. Using improvisation and innovative thinking techniques, you will develop your collaborative and interpersonal communication abilities. Lastly, you will learn best practices for argument development and persuasive techniques in preparation for a final presentation. As with all the exercises, feedback will be provided by the professor and your peers.

Section	Meeting Times	Dates	Instructor	Notes
00	SU 09:00 am - 4:00 pm	02/14-02/28	Purdy,D	3 Sun: Feb 14, 21, 28
0A	SU 09:00 am - 4:00 pm	04/10-04/24	Purdy,D	3 Sun: April 10, 17, 24

Pre/Corequisite:

Pre-requisite - MCOM-GB.2105 ( B45.2105 ) - Business Communication

Management and Organizations

MGMT-GB.3321 Developing Managerial Skills (3)

Course Description:

Many companies bestow a management title on key talent and expect appropriate behavior to follow. That is not the most effective way to develop future business leaders. Increasing self-awareness and being open to feedback are important first steps in leading today's business for tomorrow's results. This course focuses primarily on the practical aspects of managing. While based on solid research, it stresses a hands-on approach to improving students' management skills. Each session focuses on (a) developing personal skills: self-awareness, managing stress, solving problems, and creativity; (b) interpersonal skills: coaching, counseling, supportive communication, gaining power and influence, motivating self and others, and managing conflict; and (c) group skills: empowering, delegating, and building effective teams. Class sessions also give students an opportunity to assess, learn, analyze, practice, and "apply" the above skills to their own work situations so that they can turn good ideas into accepted practice. Students learn not just about management skills but also how to apply those skills to get results

Section	Meeting Times	Dates	Instructor	Notes
00	SA 09:00 am - 12:00 pm	02/13-05/07	Mazzarese,M	Saturdays

Pre/Corequisite:

Pre-requisite - COR1-GB.1302 ( B01.1302 ) - Leadership in Organizations

OR CORE-GP.1020 -

Specializations:

Leadership and Change Management

Management

MGMT-GB.3335 Foundations of Entrepreneurship (3)

Course Description:

This course offers a framework for understanding the entrepreneurial process and exposes the student to most problems and issues faced by entrepreneurs who start new ventures. Case study is the principal teaching method, supplemented by lectures, a venture planning exercise, and guest speakers. Major objectives are for students to learn how to identify and evaluate market opportunities; develop a venture concept and marketing plan; assess and obtain the required resources; and manage the launch of a new venture.

Section	Meeting Times	Dates	Instructor	Notes
00	SA 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm	02/13-05/07	Wu,G	Saturdays

Equivalencies:

MGMT-GB.3336 ( B65.3336 ) - Foundations of Social Entrepreneurship

MGMT-GB.3337 ( B65.3337 ) - Foundations of Technology Entrepreneurship

Specializations:

Entrepreneurship&Innovation

Management

MGMT-GB.3356 Managing by Design (3)

Course Description:

Technological innovation and new product development (NPD) are critically important to the creation of business opportunities and sustenance of wealth. This course offers perspectives and frameworks that seek to understand technological innovation and NPD at different levels of analysis, including the firm, industry, and national levels. It addresses issues pertaining to the discovery, development, and diffusion of technological advances. For example, we attempt to understand the innovation process in both start-up and established firms, and when established firms have an easier (or more difficult) time bringing a new product to market and appropriating profits from it. We also provide frameworks for assessing new technological and business opportunities. Students are expected to analyze and evaluate technological opportunities using the frameworks and techniques presented in the course. Most students who take the course have career interests in consulting (operations or management), general management, entrepreneurship, technology/new media, or marketing, but students from all disciplines are welcome.

Section	Meeting Times	Dates	Instructor	Notes
00		02/13-05/07		Saturdays

Pre/Corequisite:

Pre-requisite - COR1-GB.2103 ( B01.2103 ) - Strategy I

Specializations:

Leadership and Change Management

Management

Strategy

Marketing

MKTG-GB.2109 Advertising (1.5)

Section	Meeting Times	Dates	Instructor	Notes
00	SA 09:00 am - 12:00 pm	02/13-03/26	Cohen,D	Saturdays

Pre/Corequisite:

Pre-requisite - COR1-GB.2310 ( B01.2310 ) - Marketing

Specializations:

Digital Marketing

Marketing

Product Management

MKTG-GB.2180 Marketing Metrics (1.5)

Course Description:

The marketing metrics in this course fall into three broad categories: capabilities, inputs, and outputs. Capabilities are the strength and resources possessed by an organization. Inputs refer to the effort and budget put into various marketing resources/activities. Outputs refer to the impact of those activities on the customer, product market, and financial market levels. This course focuses on providing you with the tools and approaches to gauge the impact of marketing expenditures. More specifically, you will learn the currently available marketing metrics, determine the most appropriate marketing measures for a company, determine whether data is available or needs to be created, and learn how to construct a marketing measurement system or dashboard to enable return on marketing Investment (ROMI)-driven decisions. At the conclusion of this course you will be better able to evaluate the effectiveness of marketing spending/value investing.

Section	Meeting Times	Dates	Instructor	Notes
00	SA 09:00 am - 12:00 pm	04/02-05/07	Eberhardt,J	Saturdays

Pre/Corequisite:

Pre-requisite - COR1-GB.2310 ( B01.2310 ) - Marketing

Specializations:

Marketing

Product Management

MKTG-GB.2350 Marketing Planning&Strategy (3)

Course Description:

Approximately 95 percent of a brand manager's responsibilities involve the development, execution, evaluation, and refinement of marketing plans. In this tremendously practical, semester-long course, developed based on best practices at top marketing companies, students are guided through the entire marketing plan process. Teams then apply the learning to create comprehensive plans for "real" brands at "real" companies, in the industry of their choice. The course covers the ins and outs of brand positioning, marketing plan budget setting, pricing strategy development, and volume forecasting. Media plans and ads are created, as well as consumer promotion, trade promotion, direct marketing, Internet marketing and viral/buzz marketing plans.

Section	Meeting Times	Dates	Instructor	Notes
00	SA 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm	02/13-05/07	Krentzman,S	Saturdays

Pre/Corequisite:

Pre-requisite - COR1-GB.2310 ( B01.2310 ) - Marketing

Specializations:

Marketing

Product Management

For more courses that count toward Marketing click here.

Operations Management

OPMG-GB.2350 Decision Models and Analytics (3)

Course Description:

This course introduces the basic principles and techniques of applied mathematical modeling for managerial decision making. Students learn to use some of the more important analytic methods (e.g., spreadsheet modeling, optimization, Monte Carlo simulation) to recognize their assumptions and limitations and to employ them in decision making. Students learn to: develop mathematical models that can be used to improve decision making within an organization, sharpen their ability to structure problems and to perform logical analyses, translate descriptions of decision problems into formal models and investigate those models in an organized fashion, identify settings in which models can be used effectively, and apply modeling concepts in practical situations. Students also strengthen their computer skills, focusing on how to use the computer to support decision making. The emphasis is on model formulation and interpretation of results, not on mathematical theory. This course is aimed at M.B.A. students with little prior exposure to modeling and quantitative analysis, but it is appropriate for all students who wish to strengthen their quantitative skills. The emphasis is on models that are widely used in diverse industries and functional areas, including finance, operations, and marketing. For more information, visit sterndma.com.

Section	Meeting Times	Dates	Instructor	Notes
00	SA 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm	02/13-05/07	Grushka-Cockayne,Y	Saturdays

Specializations:

Business Analytics [formerly Data, Models&Decisions]

Financial Systems&Analytics

Supply Chain Management&Global Sourcing

Management of Technology&Operations

Professional Responsibility

COR2-GB.3101 Professional Responsibility (1.5)

Course Description:

The purpose of this interdisciplinary course is twofold: First, it is designed to build the student's awareness of the interplay among a society's laws, ethical norms, and markets. Second, through case analyses, it provides the student with a chance to exercise his or her own ethical judgment in business situations. The overall goal is to help the student to realize that ethical assumptions, choices, and conflicts are inherent in virtually all business decisions, and to develop a greater understanding of the manager's professional responsibilities. All sections of the course use the same book of readings and cases, and all will cover the same set of essential topics, including fiduciary responsibilities, product liability, ethical issues in the workplace (such as preferential hiring, sexual harassment, drug testing, or whistle blowing) and ethical conflicts in international business. Yet, by the instructor's selection of specific cases or readings, each section of the course will differ slightly in emphasis. Course instructors come from every department in the Stern School and reflect a broad range of interests and orientation. For each session, students will be required to study readings, either essays in business ethics or judicial opinions, and to prepare one or more cases for analysis in class. Class discussion is an essential part of the course. Students will explore in actual business contexts the fundamental concepts that underlie professional responsibility. In order to bring different perspectives to the classroom, each section of the course will host at least one outside speaker during the term. Professional Responsibility is a second year core course and part of the capstone program. Every student in the course should have a working knowledge of economics and the various functional areas of business, and this knowledge should be applied to the cases, readings, and class discussions. Students should complete or place out of all of the first-year core courses prior to enrolling.

Section	Meeting Times	Dates	Instructor	Notes
00	SU 09:00 am - 4:00 pm	02/14-02/28	Haidt,J	3 Sun: Feb 14, 21, 28
0B	FRSASU 09:00 am - 4:00 pm	02/19-02/21	Statler,M
0C	FRSASU 09:00 am - 4:00 pm	02/26-02/28	Buchanan,B
0E	FRSASU 09:00 am - 4:00 pm	02/19-02/21	Kowal,R

Pre/Corequisite:

Pre-requisite - COR1-GB.1302 ( B01.1302 ) - Leadership in Organizations

Pre-requisite - COR1-GB.1303 ( B01.1303 ) - Firms and Markets

Pre-requisite - COR1-GB.1305 ( B01.1305 ) - Statistics and Data Analysis

Pre-requisite - COR1-GB.1306 ( B01.1306 ) - Financial Accounting and Reporting

Pre-requisite - COR1-GB.2103 ( B01.2103 ) - Strategy I

Pre-requisite - COR1-GB.2104 ( B01.2104 ) - Strategy II

Pre-requisite - COR1-GB.2303 ( B01.2303 ) - The Global Economy

Pre-requisite - COR1-GB.2310 ( B01.2310 ) - Marketing

Pre-requisite - COR1-GB.2311 ( B01.2311 ) - Foundations of Finance

Pre-requisite - COR1-GB.2314 ( B01.2314 ) - Operations Management

Equivalencies:

BSPA-GB.3301 ( B75.3301 ) - Ethical and Legal Challenges of the Modern Corporation