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.

A hands-on practicum that aims to equip students with the training and knowledge to assess the viability of a venture idea or early-stage venture. Student teams will specifically support the potential or in-progress commercialization of innovation(s) discovered by a UC San Diego or external innovator. Includes methods for conducting customer discovery and business case development, hypothesis-driven lean business model development, and market, financial, and risk evaluation.

Explores current issues in business law, emphasizing concerns faced by new companies. Students learn how the law regulates and shapes businesses; examine the legal role in business formations, operations, and dissolutions; and gain knowledge of contract and intellectual property law.

• Letter grades only
  
• Students may not earn credit for both MGT 417 and MGT 212. Also, students may not receive credit for both MGT 417 and MGT 219 with the course subtitle Current Business Law Issues.

Examines methods of conflict resolution needed for effective management in a constantly changing business environment. Applies these tools to the broad spectrum of negotiation problems faced by the manager and professional. Includes simulations, role playing, and cases.

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.

Effective decision-making requires savvy analysis of the uncertainty prevalent in today’s business environments and the conflicting objectives attendant to any meaningful engagement. Of course, savvy analysis is not enough. You must also be adept at engaging others and obtain buy-in for insights you draw from any analysis. This course aims to improve understanding of the psychology of uncertainty and conflict, and improve understanding of how to best exert influence to achieve goals. Letter grade only.

Introduces advanced topics of special interest in corporate governance. May be repeated for a maximum of eight credits if the topics are substantially different. Instructional methods include face-to-face lectures, case presentations, assigned readings, and online group discussions.

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. 

Introduces advanced topics of special interest in management and organizational behavior. May be repeated for a maximum of eight credits if the topics are substantially different. Instructional methods include face-to-face lectures, case presentations, assigned readings, and online group discussions.

Introduces advanced topics of special interest in management and operations. May be repeated for a maximum of eight credits if the topics are substantially different. Instructional methods include face-to-face lectures, case presentations, assigned readings, and online group discussions.

Provides management concepts and tools to enable the more effective design, planning, and control of projects. Includes both the qualitative and quantitative aspects of project management.

Outlines tools for formulating and evaluating technology strategy. Includes 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.

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.

Advanced topics in business innovation, delivered by lecture, case discussion, and online instruction.

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.

Introduces advanced topics of special interest in marketing. May be repeated for a maximum of eight credits if the topics are substantially different. Instructional methods include face-to-face lectures, case presentations, assigned readings, and online group discussions.

Examines financial theory and empirical evidence useful for making investment decisions. Topics include: portfolio theory, equilibrium models of security prices, the empirical behavior of security prices, market efficiency, and fixed-income markets and behavioral finance.

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.

Advanced topics in finance. Instructional methods include face-to-face lectures and case discussions, as well as online instruction.

The course offers a comprehensive, hands‐on practice around how venture capital (VC) funds operate across three core phases: Pre‐Investment Theses, Investment Process, and Post-investment Oversight.