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This course navigates the current business environment and identifies the key legal challenges that an entrepreneur faces in starting and operating a business. It is ideal for business majors and for students who have an interest in starting their own businesses. The following topics are explored: basic legal concepts, dispute resolution, tort liability, contracts, managing risk, employment law, agent liability, legal form of business ownership, legal challenges with marketing, and intellectual property law.

This course provides an overview of how firms use distribution intermediaries to gain a competitive advantage in local and global markets through the integration of logistics and supply chain management. The management of the physical flow of products and information throughout the entire supply chain is examined, including physical distribution, transportation, warehousing, customer service, materials management, third-party and global logistics, systems planning, and operations and management of the supply chain.

The class provides an overview of the alternative modes, systems, rates, services, and regulations in global transportation. Transportation systems and providers will be examined including ocean, air, and surface carriers, as well as intermodal and special carriers.

This course is an overview of the entire supply chain and its key elements. Students are exposed to concepts, models, and terminology used in demand planning, inventory planning, material planning, distribution planning, fulfillment planning, and related components of a supply chain are examined.

Introduces concepts and techniques related to the design, planning, control, and improvement of manufacturing and service operations. The course examines operations and the coordination of product development, process management, and supply chain management. Students are exposed to topics in the areas of process analysis, materials management, production scheduling, quality management, and product design.

This course introduces students to the fundamentals of procurement. Students will learn how to improve a company’s profitability through key concepts such as negotiation, supplier sourcing and qualification, outsourcing and make-or-buy analysis. Students will learn the various steps of the order process from the generation of the purchase requisition through receiving. Students will also learn to maintain effective purchasing records, manage budgets and explore career opportunities in the Supply Chain Industry.

This course introduces students to the essential elements of project management and team leadership. Emphasis is placed on managing resources, and creating control mechanisms that minimize risk in the world of logistics and supply chain management. Students will explore the context of building effective project teams and maintaining stakeholder relationships. Students will learn and apply basic project management concepts including budgeting, planning, scheduling, work breakdown structures, monitoring and project control to move goods and services across the globe.

This course introduces students to Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS). Earned Value Management Systems is a technique that combines measures of scope, cost and schedule for evaluating project progress. EVMS utilizes defined metrics and visual analytics to help track cost and schedule performance. This course will introduce how EVMS measures accomplished efforts against the plan for management to effectively make risk assessments. EVMS are utilized on a sundry of projects in the manufacturing, pharmaceutical, and high-tech industries.

This course introduces an enterprise resource planning system such as SAP software (“Systems, Applications & Products in Data Processing”) and how it is used in a procurement office to record the day-to-day purchasing activities at major corporations. Through case studies and the review of major business processes, students will learn how SAP software records the transaction including sales, procurement, invoices, MRP (Materials Requirement Planning) and payments.

Please see “Independent Studies” section.

Please see “Independent Studies” section.

Please see “Independent Studies” section.

This course provides students with an overview of the different forms of intellectual property (IP). An emphasis is placed on analyzing the subject matter that patent, copyright, trademark and trade secret protect. In addition to learning about the different IP protections, students will also gain an appreciation of the strategies to guard against infringing upon another’s intellectual property right. Finally, the course will explore the relevance of IP to business, the arts, science, music and other arenas.

This course provides an overview of the business environment. The experience in this course will enable you to develop a better understanding of what business is all about, how a business operates and which business functions are needed in any business enterprise. The topics include Management, Accounting/Finance, Production, Distribution, Research and Development, Regulations and Labor.

In order to succeed in business, individuals need to have the right mindset. This course provides an overview of the entrepreneurial mindset that individuals often acquire in order to succeed in business and can apply to other aspects of their lives. Topics include Inside the Mindset, Mindset and Leadership and Changing Mindsets.

Please see “Internships” section.

Please see “Internships” section.

Please see “Internships” section.

This course highlights the key principles, attitudes, and techniques needed to provide excellent customer service in today’s global business environment. Major topics covered include (1) defining and understanding the importance of quality customer service to build a competitive advantage for a business and strong relationships with the business’s customers; (2) developing communication skills so that students have the knowledge, skills, and abilities to meet or exceed customers’ expectations; (3) managing one’s attitudes, motivation, stress, and time to promote positive day-to-day interactions on the job; and (4) identifying potential customer service breakdowns in order to recover the service relationship and build customer loyalty. Throughout the course attention will be given to developing students’ emotional intelligence, leadership abilities, and career opportunities.

This course highlights the key principles and techniques needed to provide excellent customer service in today’s global business environment. Major topics covered include (1) developing skills in the 5 key areas of Emotional Intelligence: Self-Awareness, Self-Regulation, Motivation, Empathy, and Social Management; (2) building positive, customer focused relationships; (3) identifying customer service breakdowns; (4) demonstrating the skills necessary to recover the customer after a breakdown; (5) communicating with customers to build their loyalty; and (6) demonstrating Cultural Intelligence when communicating with customers. Throughout the course attention will be given to building students’ emotional intelligence, leadership abilities, and career opportunities.