An integrated examination of competencies needed to transform innovations into profitable market opportunities. Focus on processes to generate ideas, assess which ones are viable business opportunities, and evolve them into products and businesses. Letter grades only. 

Provides an understanding of relationships among shareholders, managers, and boards. Focuses on the office of the chief executive officer and on the board of directors, including the roles and responsibilities of directors, and the legal, economic, managerial, and psychological issues they confront. Students may not earn credit for both MGT 421 and MGT 211. They are course equivalents. 

Provides a business overview of the life science industry, its major market segments, financial structure, and financing strategies. Develops an understanding of major industry issues and strategies, including business development, financing, partnering and alliances, emerging trends, ethical and policy issues. Students may not earn credit for both MGT 430 and MGT 250. They are course equivalents.

Organizations are fundamentally political entities, and power and influence are key mechanisms by which things are accomplished. This course will encourage you to think about and develop your own personal path to power which can, of course, include a path away from power. Power is a topic that can make people uncomfortable, but it is a critical part of organizational life and this course will provide a safe space to work through this discomfort. 

Outlines tools for formulating and evaluating technology strategy, including an introduction to the economics of technical change, models of technological evolution, and models of organizational dynamics and innovation. Provides an understanding of how technology firms gain and sustain competitive advantage. Students may not earn credit for both MGT 451 and MGT 451R. 

Provides comprehensive analytical coverage of the new product development process, focusing on the basic tools, methods, and organizational structures used in new product development and management. 

Describes the systems approach to managing the entire flow of information, materials, and services from raw materials suppliers through factories and warehouses to the end customer, which is the key to productivity and competitiveness of manufacturing and service enterprises. Letter grades only. 

Many firms have extensive information about customers’ choices and how they respond to business initiatives. In this course, you will learn to leverage AI and machine learning to collect, analyze, and act on such customer data. The course is hands-on, uses real-world data, and will equip students with skills that produce immediate value on the job. Python, Radiant for Python, ChatGPT with code interpreter, and Copilot are the key analytical tools used in the class. Letter grade only. Students may not earn credit for both MGTA 455 and MGTA 455R. 

The goals of the course are for students to understand: the role of experiments in business, how insights from behavioral economics can be incorporated into experimental interventions, and how to design and run an experiment in a company. Letter grade only. 

The course identifies the factors that influence the selection and usage of products and services. Students will be introduced to problems/decisions that include evaluating behavior; understanding the consumers’ decision process, and strategies to create desirable consumer behavior. Students may not earn credit for both MGT 477 and MGT 477R. They are course equivalents. 

Examination of real estate capital markets, both debt and equity. Covered topics include real estate valuation, real options applied to real estate, real estate equity markets, and the place of real estate within a diversified investor’s portfolio. Letter grades only. Students may not receive credit for both MGT 486 and MGTF 408. 

Explains how to identify, measure, and analyze investment risks associated with interest rates, currency exchange, and equity markets and acquire techniques to manage and control risk through the use of over-the-counter and exchange-traded derivatives. Letter grades only. Students will not receive credit for both MGT 492R and MGT 492. This is a distance education course. 

Focuses on the financing of new ventures and technological innovation. Includes perspectives of both the entrepreneur and the investor, including the venture capital process and methods of financial valuation useful in the venture capital industry and for other technology investments. Students may not receive credit for both MGT 493 and MGTF 410. 

Advanced topics in finance. Instructional methods include face-to-face lecture and case discussion. May be taken for credit four times, for a maximum of sixteen units if the topics are significantly different. Students may not earn credit for both MGT 495 and MGT 282 when the course subtitles are the same.