Business Law is a forward thinking course that will provide the student with the tools to understand the legal dimensions of doing business by the corporation. With these tools, the student will be prepared to go forward in the business world with an understanding of legal limits and responsibilities that are present in the business world. The course also engages the student in the overlap between legal and ethical responsibly and provides a sense of current views on corporate responsibility. The main goal of the course is to provide students with the knowledge needed to operate in business with a sense of the legal structure and responsibilities around them.
- Professor: Barbara Son
Intercultural communication is international communication across national boundaries involving many different cultures. There is a wide range of communication problems that naturally appear when one moves across national boundaries, and within organizations which are made up of individuals from different countries representing different religious, social, ethnic, and educational backgrounds. Intercultural communication seeks to understand how people from different countries and cultures behave, communicate and perceive the world around them quite differently. From a management perspective, it studies situations where people from different cultures interact in a business environment. The purpose of this course is to gain an understanding of the variations in language, customs, social attributes, thought patterns, and other aspects of cultures of different groups of people. An understanding of intercultural communication is essential for the conduct of international businesses. It is the purpose of this course to provide this understanding.
- Professor: Robert Robertson
The world we share is becoming increasingly interconnected in complex and interesting ways. This course discusses the nature and scope of international business and introduces the three environments in which international business managers must operate. Specifically, this course discusses what international business is and also presents the concepts of the three environments and their forces. The dynamic growth and the magnitude of both international trade and foreign investment is analyzed, while examining the role of the institutions that operate in the international environment and discuss the ways in which they may affect international businesses in fundamental ways.
- Professor: Barbara Son
Supply Chain Management (SCM) introduces high-level strategy and concepts while providing the practical tools necessary to solve supply chain problems. This course weaves in compelling case study examples, providing students with clear insight into how good supply chain management offers a competitive advantage. On the flip side, students also learn the dangers of poor supply chain management, and how it can damage an organization’s overall health and performance.
- Professor: John Wang
- Professor: Robert Robertson