Post Graduate Program in Management

(2010 -11)
Tentative Course Outlines of Electives

IT/OPS ELECTIVES

e - Business for Global Enterprises

Introduction to E-Commerce: Definition – Forces Fueling E- Commerce- Industry

framework –types – Internet Service Providers – Internet Access providers – Internet
Vs. Online Services; WWW: Concepts – Technology – Applications – Electronic
Payment Systems: Electronic Payment Technology – Digital Cash – Electronic check –
On –Line Credit Card; Electronic Commerce and Banking: Changing dynamics in the
Banking Industry – Home Banking Implementation Approaches – Open Vs Closed
Models – Management issues in online Banking Electronic Commerce and Retailing –
changing retail Industry Dynamics – Online publishing Strategies – Approaches –
Advertising and online publishing – Digital Copyrights and Electronic publishing;
Intranets and Supply Chain Management: Supply chain Management – Managing retail
Supply Chains – Supply Chain application Software – Internets and customer asset
Management – Customer asset management basics – online sales force – online
customer service and support – Technology and Marketing Strategy; Internets and
Manufacturing: Integrated Logistics, - agile Manufacturing – Emerging Business
requirements – Manufacturing Information Systems – Intranet Based Manufacturing
logistics management; Internets and Corporate Finance: Financial Systems – Financial
Intranets – Software modules in Financial Information System – Transaction Accounting
– Inventory Accounting Payment Management – Treasury and Cash Management –
Human Resource Management System – Size – structure of Financial software Markets
– The Corporate Digital Library – Intelligent Agents.
Knowledge Management
Course Description
In the quest for sustainable competitive advantage, companies have finally come to
realize that technology alone is not sufficient. With technology, knowledge is also a vital
element. It is in unchaining knowledge that lies in the company’s people, processes,
and experience which is essential for survival. This course teaches you the essential
principles of knowledge management. It illustrates how KM and CRM technologies
work, and how they impact the IT infrastructure. It also shows the path to use team-
building and goal-setting exercises to create excellent KM/CRM projects and how to
align ebusiness strategy and technology choices. The Knowledge Management is an
advanced training program and requires proper preparation before conducting the
class.

Introduction to Knowledge Management

 Defining Knowledge Management
 Three pillars of Knowledge Management
 Objectives of knowledge management
 Knowledge management perspectives
 Essential Terms
 Principles of Knowledge
 Business Environment
 KM and the e-Business Space
 Significance of Knowledge Management
 Evolution of Knowledge Management
 Methods
 Thrust
 Focus
 Knowledge Management Technology Scene
 Management Challenges
 Critical Success Factors
Information Security and Risk Management

Outline -

Introduction To Security Risk Analysis and Risk Assessment

Introduction To The COBRA Approach

COBRA Risk Consultant Features

The COBRA Security Risk Assessment Process

COBRA Module Manager

COBRA Risk Assessment & Security Risk Analysis Knowledge Bases

Other COBRA Products

Strategic Management of Information Technology

Objectives:

This course is aimed at developing an understanding of use of information technology

as a strategic tool for business management. The course focuses on development of
information technology leadership.

Course Contents:

Key Issues in Information Systems Management and the Role of the CIO; Analytical
Framework for Strategic IT Initiatives; Sustaining Competitive Advantage by use of IT;
Creativity, Learning Organizations and Role of Information Technology in Business
Transformation. Information Partnerships; Managing in the Market space; National
Information Infrastructure and IT Policy at the National Level; Planning for Strategic IT
Resource; Managing the IT Function; Outsourcing IT Function.

Enterprise Information Systems

This course is designed to provide an advanced introduction to the management of
enterprise information systems - with a specific focus on issues related to the interaction
between organization design and the design of enterprise information systems. We will
explore the relationship between the strategic intents of firms and their design of the
enterprise information infrastructure. The course will be executed with an instructor
guided self-learning philosophy, and by design, attempts to strike a balance between
conceptual learning and exposure to practical issues through a case-based pedagogy.

Business Analytics
Introduction to Business Analysis
• Role of a Business Analyst
• Ingredients of a Business Analyst
• Why a Business Analyst?
• Structure of Development Team
• Position of a Business Analyst in the development team

Social Media, Online Advertising and Web Analytics

Online advertising is a form of promotion that uses internet and worldwide web for the
expressed purpose of delivering marketing messages to attract the customers.Web
analytics tools make it possible to track everything from page hits to visitor
demographics to advertising ROI. However, the key to success is not just obtaining
accurate and plentiful data — it knows how to use that information to your advantage. If
you’re not making optimal use of your findings, it could be costing you money,
customers and your competitive edge. Advanced Web Analytics goes beyond the
platform and empowers you to master the discipline. Not only will you learn what to
measure and how to measure it, but you’ll also discover how to analyze the data and
use it to optimize your website and campaigns.
Process Reengineering & Management
Business Process Reengineering is a discipline in which extensive research has been
carried out and numerous methodologies churned out. But what seems to be lacking is
a structured approach. In this paper we provide a review of BPR and present ‘best of
breed ‘ methodologies from contemporary literature and introduce a consolidated,
systematic approach to the redesign of a business enterprise..

Logistics & Supply Chain Management

Introduction to Supply Chain Management

If your company makes a product from parts purchased from suppliers, and those
products are sold to customers, then you have a supply chain. Some supply chains are
simple, while others are rather complicated. The complexity of the supply chain will vary
with the size of the business and the intricacy and numbers of items that are
manufactured

Course Contents

Evolution, Definition & Importance of Supply chain management in overall

organization’s value chain; Customer focus in supply chain; Developing supply chain as
competitive focus by customer satisfaction & corporate profitability; Role, objectives &
policies of purchasing in supply chain; Strategic Decision in Supply chain – Facility
decision, Transportation decision, Supplier decision, Distribution channel design
decision, Communication flow decision & inter-functional & inter-organizational
cooperation decision; Managing the supply chain; Role of IT in SCM; Global supply
chain management; Performance measurement in SCM.
BI ELECTIVES

Business Intelligence Concepts

"The ability to apprehend the interrelationships of presented facts in such a way as to

guide action towards a desired goal."BI – as an umbrella term used to describe
"concepts and methods to improve business decision-making by using fact-based
support systems."In short, business intelligence is about taking all of the data in your
organization and presenting it in a way that connects various facts to one another. You
drill through those facts, constrained by their real-world relationships, so that you can
make smarter decisions about how to manage your company. There are really two main
goals behind modern BI:

1. Put as many facts as possible in front of decision-makers, but organize and

connect those facts so that their relationships are obvious and can be explored.
2. Make these facts available to as many people as possible, since ultimately every
employee in a business makes decisions that affect the organization.

Data Analysis (Spreadsheet based modelling)

It is an introductory course in spreadsheet-based modeling and data analysis that
focuses on developing practical spreadsheet models to evaluate situations and support
decision making. The primary objective is to enable you to use your analytical skills
quickly and effectively in a typical business environment.
A variety of data analysis and decision problems will be introduced that span a broad
range of business applications. To address these problems, we will develop
spreadsheet models via active learning exercises that incorporate relevant concepts
from probability, statistics, and constrained optimization. This course is largely hands-
on, with the majority of class time spent actively in the computer lab. Microsoft Excel
(Office 2007 version) is the tool we will use.

BI Strategy & Roadmap concepts with exercises

BI Roadmap Lifecycle

A BI Roadmap describes a proposed path of BI evolution in pursuit of implementation of

an information delivery strategy. A BI Roadmap is often the end result of conducting a
comprehensive BI program assessment, which qualitatively and quantitatively
describes: first the Current State of an existing information delivery environment
(“Where are we today”), then is followed by the Future State vision of what the
organization would like their information delivery environment to be (“Where do we want
to be tomorrow”). In essence, the BI Roadmap life cycle begins with the Current State
assessment, followed by the Future State assessment, and then ends with the
Roadmap that describes how the organization plans to proceed from Current State to
Future State.

Figure 1: The BI Roadmap lifecycle consists of three sections depicting

the logical flow throughout the entire BI Roadmap lifecycle -- Current
State assessment, Future State assessment, and Roadmap. A BI Roadmap charts the
“how-to” path toward establishing or improving all of the necessary BI “moving-parts” to
achieve the Future Vision. These BI moving-parts are many -- including architecture,
processes, data, teams, vendors, budgets, technologies, meta-data, training, sponsors,
models, users, governance, dashboards, etc. Once fully inventoried, the complete list
of moving-parts is usually long and extensive, which can easily make a comprehensive
BI Roadmap cumbersome, overly complex, and difficult to manage.

Complete Roadmap Cycle -

BI Project Management
This course is intended to introduce you to the essentials of Project management from
IT industry perspective: how IT projects are planned and monitored and what strategies
and methods project managers can use to successfully manage projects in today’s
dynamic environment. Specifically the course goals are:

To define the strategic goals of IT project management.

To introduce you to the key elements of Project Management.
To provide a sound conceptual and theoretical “tool kit” for planning, organizing and
controlling projects.
To advance your understanding of the Project Management processes and framework.

Introduction to RDBMS
A relational DBMS is special system software that is used to manage the organization,
storage, access, security and integrity of data. This specialized software allows
application systems to focus on the user interface, data validation and screen
navigation. When there is a need to add, modify, delete or display data, the application
system simply makes a "call" to the RDBMS.

To learn concepts and implementation of Database Management Systems. Participants

should be able to design for any business application:

§ Logical Data Model

§ ER Diagram

§ Physical Data Model

Participants should be able to manage large volume of data using complex SQL
statements.

Introduction to Datawarehousing
A data warehouse is a subject-oriented integrated time-varying non-volatile collection of
data that is used primarily in organizational decision making.

Outline
_Introduction to Data Warehousing
_Star schema
_Snowflake schema
_Galaxy Schema – Fact Constellation
_OLAP: Online Analytical Processing
_Multidimensional Data Model
_Roll-up & Drill-down
_I3 Demo

Knowledge Management

An organization's true competitive edge is the knowledge it holds—knowledge that is

often contained in the minds of individuals where it can't be shared or improved and,
frequently, is lost when those individuals leave the organization. A well-designed and
implemented Knowledge Management program is essential for aggregating
disconnected pockets of information to strengthen the effectiveness of an organization.
In this course, you develop the skills and processes to build KM solutions that leverage
organizational and individual knowledge.

Strategic Management of IT
 Types of IT applications & management implications
 Value chain approach towards IS/ IT strategy formulation
 Business Process Reengineering and implications for technology planning
 Infrastructure-led approaches for IT planning
 Technological innovation: Strategy and implementation
 Strategic Grid and implications for IS/ IT management
 Information Architecture

Enterprise Systems
Enterprise systems (ES) are large-scale, integrated application-software packages
that use the computational, data storage, and data transmission power of modern
information technology to support information flows, reporting, and data analytics within
and between complex organizations.

Enterprise Systems provides real-world business and technology information for

managers of large, high-performance computer systems, data centers etc...
BI Reporting using BO, OBIEE, or Cognos
The Essentials for Cognos 8 BI (v8.4) course is a bundled offering that provides
participants with knowledge on how to get started with building IBM Cognos 8 BI
applications. The bundle includes a 5-day instructor led training (ILT) section and a 4-
day required post-classroom eLearning section. Fundamental topics on Report
Authoring, Metadata Modeling, and Administration are covered during the ILT portion,
and additional topics are provided as required post-classroom eLearning in the form of
Vignettes or Computer Based Training (CBTs).
Throughout the ILT, participants will be guided to further training offerings and paths
leading to certification.

Prerequisites
• Knowledge of your business requirements
• Experience using the Windows operating system
• Experience using a web browser

MARKETING ELECTIVES

Sales & Distribution Management

Objectives

The program has been designed keeping in mind the following objectives:
• Appreciating the inter-dependence and relationship amongst channels of distribution;
• Understanding how sales and distribution fits into the big picture of marketing and how
these aspects
can be combined to achieve organizational goals;
• To analyze decision alternatives and planning and implementation of Sales and
marketing programs;
• To analyze selection, motivation of channel members and managing conflict.

Contents
• Issues and Challenges in the area of Sales and distribution in India today;
• Designing the Channel Structure;
• Motivating and Building Partnership with Channel partners;
• Role of First Line Sales Managers;
• Improving the productivity of Sales Efforts.
Advertising and Sales Promotion
Adverting is only one element of the promotion mix, but it often considered prominent in
the overall marketing mix design. Its high visibility and pervasiveness made it as an
important social and encomia topic in Indian society. Promotion may be defined as “the
co-ordination of all seller initiated efforts to set up channels of information and
persuasion to facilitate the scale of a good or service. Promotion is most often intended
to be a supporting component in a marketing mix. Promotion decision must be
integrated and co-ordinated with the rest of the marketing mix, particularly
product/brand decisions, so that it may effectively support an entire marketing mix
strategy. The promotion mix consists of four basic elements. They are:-
1. Advertising
2. Personal Selling
3. Sales Promotion & Publicity

Services Marketing

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course will introduce the core principles, concepts and marketing strategies
specific to the services sector. It will explore service processes and delivery, customer
loyalty, pricing, communications, and capacity by studying businesses in a variety of
service industries. We will also expand the 4 Ps concept to represent 8 Ps for the
services sector. The course uses extensive individual work, both inside and outside of
the class, with an emphasis on application to provide a strong understanding of the
fundamentals of services marketing.

COURSE OUTCOMES

1. Understand key principles, concepts and terms associated with services marketing –
including the differences between services and goods marketing, and the concept of the
8 Ps.
2. Construct a flowchart identifying the service processes from the customer and
provider perspectives.
3. Distinguish between levels of customer contact; and core versus supplementary
service elements.
4. Understand the value of customer loyalty, customer retention and service recovery.
5. Explain concepts of competitive positioning and service marketing strategies.
6. Understand and apply aspects of productivity, quality and service delivery.
7. Understand elements of costs and service pricing strategy.
8. Explain the role and components of communication for services.
9. Apply concepts of balancing service demand and capacity.
10. Understand the role of human services and technology in relation to services
marketing.

International Marketing

Course Description

International Marketing students will develop an appreciation for the elements involved
in global marketing which includes cultural, economics, political, and social aspect. The
course focuses on e-commerce, entrepreneurship, and international business.

INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL MARKETING

o Marketing: Concepts & Criteria

o Marketing Mix
o Industrial Product Marketing and Consumer Product Marketing
o Services Marketing.
o The International Marketing Plan

Consumer Behaviour

Customer behavior study is based on consumer buying behaviour, with the customer
playing the three distinct roles of user, payer and buyer. Relationship marketing is an
influential asset for customer behavior analysis as it has a keen interest in the re-
discovery of the true meaning of marketing through the re-affirmation of the importance
of the customer or buyer. A greater importance is also placed on consumer retention,
customer relationship management, personalization, customization and one-to-one
marketing. Social functions can be categorized into social choice and welfare functions.

Business Analytics
This course provides an introduction to the field of business analytics, which has been
defined as the extensive use of data, statistical and quantitative analysis, exploratory
and predictive models, and fact-based management to drive decisions and actions.The
development and use of data warehouses and data marts to support business analytics
is discussed. The use of key performance indicators, dashboards and scorecards for
performance management and opportunity assessment are addressed.Text and web
mining are discussed, and the application of selected data mining techniques to
business decision making situations is illustrated.Students actively participate in the
delivery of this course through case and project presentations.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

To gain an understanding of how managers use business analytics to formulate and

solve business problems and to support managerial decision making.
To become familiar with the processes needed to develop, report, and analyze business
data.
To learn how to use and apply selected business analytics software.

Service Business Ventures and Franchising

Syllabus - Franchising:

Retail Industry Analysis

Overview
o Critical Issues in the way of growth
o Key Imperatives
 Indian Retailers and their Strategies
o Key players and Formats
o Strategies of:
 Future Group
 Shopper’s Stop
 Reliance Retail
 Bharati Wal-mart
 Subiksha
 Introduction to Franchising
o Importance of Franchising
o Franchising arrangements
o Franchisor’s perspective
o Benefits to the franchisee
o Dynamic business models
 o Franchise-a business expansion model
 Operating a Franchising Business
o The system
o Franchising Tripod
o Marketing Wheel and Franchising Wheel
 Developing a Franchise Business
o Making business ready for Franchising
o Steps in franchising
o Tips on franchising
 International Franchising
o Impact on global economy
o Structure of global expansion
o Guidelines for international expansion
 Franchise Regulation
o Franchise law
o Code of best practices
o Provisions relating to franchisors and franchisees
o Enforcement mechanism
 Some Success Stories

International Marketing

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Students will be introduced to concepts and practices in international marketing, with a

particular emphasis on the globalization and how it affects the marketing activities of a
firm. Topics range from global marketing to foreign environment to global marketing
strategy. Students will get an outlook on major trends in today’s international business.
Rural Marketing
Definition, scope of rural marketing, concepts, components of rural markets,
classification of rural markets, rural vs. urban markets.

Course Outline -Rural marketing environment:

Population, occupation pattern, income generation, location of rural
population, expenditure pattern, literacy level, land distribution, land use
pattern, irrigation, development programs, infrastructure facilities, rural
credit institutions, rural retail outlets, print media in rural areas, rural areas
requirement, problems in rural marketing, rural demand, rural market index

Marketing Models

Course Objectives

To familiarize students with major and contemporary issues in marketing models

ability to develop and critically evaluate marketing models, understanding of how to
evaluate research in terms of its contribution to knowledge, integrate their knowledge of
different research issues, and identify potential areas for future research activity.
To socialize doctoral students into the process of developing research ideas,
undertaking the research and publishing articles based on the research

Course Content

The primary purpose of this course is to enhance your ability to develop and critically
evaluate marketing models. The course will examine a variety of models, including
models of consumer behavior, industrial buying and firm behavior, (aggregate) market
models (e.g., competition, market entry), strategic marketing models, forecasting
methods, new product models, marketing response models (e.g., channels, pricing,
advertising, promotion), forecasting models and decision support systems. It will cover
early “classic” models, as well as recent ones. More generally, the course concerns how
to plan, design, conduct and interpret research in marketing and management. The
application context of the research issues discussed in this course need not be
restricted, so you are encouraged to apply the course material to your area of research
interest. This course is appropriate for researchers in fields of inquiry such as
organizational behavior, management and economics, as well as marketing.
FINANCE ELECTIVES

Security Analysis and Portfolio Management

The purpose of this course is to provide a conceptual and theoretical foundation for the
activities of student managers involved with the on-going operations of The MBA
Investment Fund, LLC. Using a blend of academic- and practitioner-oriented readings,
case studies, projects, and group analytical sessions, managers will be introduced to
both the conventional wisdom and state-of-the-art methods used in performing many of
the Fund's functional tasks, including security research, security trading, economic
forecasting, and organizational coordination. After establishing a background in the
technical aspects of managing a security portfolio, we will focus on developing a solid
intuition about what an investment professional in each of these positions must know to
do his or her job well. It is assumed that students have completed (or are concurrently
enrolled in) the relevant prerequisite courses in finance, accounting, and statistics.

Textbook - Security Analysis and Portfolio Management by Fischer and Jordan

Mergers & Acquisitions

The course involves analysis of corporate restructuring strategies including mergers,
acquisitions, friendly vs. hostile takeovers, financial re-capitalization, leveraged buyouts,
management buyouts, going private, and reorganization under bankruptcy. The course
integrates the corporate governance and agency dimensions, financial and strategic
management aspects, and legal and accounting considerations into a unified framework
for investigating issues such as, pre-merger planning, fact-finding, accounting and tax
implications, anti-trust problems, post-merger integration, and short-term and long-term
shareholder wealth consequences of financial and organizational restructuring
transactions. The course combines applied theoretical approach with the case study
method through detailed analysis of domestic and global restructuring cases. The focus
will be on fundamental concepts of valuation and analytical tools of corporate finance
related to restructuring.
Options, Futures and Derivatives
Course Objective:
To acquaint students with derivative securities, markets, pricing of derivative
instruments, risk measurement and management.

Course Outline:
(1) Introduction to Derivatives
(2) Futures Markets
(3) Pricing of Forwards & Futures
(4) Interest rate Futures
(5) Swaps
(6) Option Markets
(7) Properties of Option Prices
(8) Trading Strategies involving options
(9) Binomial Pricing
(10) Model of Stock Prices
(11) Black - Scholes Option Pricing Model
(12) Options on Stock Index, Currencies and Futures
(13) Management of Market Risk
(14) Value at Risk
(15) Exotic Options

Financial Markets

Course Objective:

The objective of this course is to give students a general and comparative

understanding
of the different financial markets and financial institutions in US, Singapore, and
possibly
around the world. The financial assets traded in these markets, the financial services
and instruments these institutions offer, and the mechanisms and characteristics that
influence the value of these assets and instruments. We will constantly refer to real
Examples to dig a deep understanding of the nature, design, and risks of the financial
markets.

Topics -

Introduction and a Review of the Recent Financial Crisis.

Financial Assets, Markets, and Institutions
The Debt Market
The Equity Market
The Derivatives Market
The Foreign Exchange Market
Financial Markets Looking Forward

Textbooks -1)Khan M.Y., Financial Services, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Co.

2)Machiraju H.R., Indian Financial System, Vikas Publishing House Pvt.Ltd.
3)Bhole L.M., Financial Institutions and Markets:
4)Anthony Sanders, Financial Institutions Management Tata McGraw-Hill.

Financial Risk Management

Objectives: This course covers the basic concepts of modeling, measuring and
managing financial risks. Topics include mean-variance portfolio theory, fixed income
securities, options pricing, Greeks, risk measures and utility functions.

Course Outline:

1: Mean-Variance Portfolio Theory

2: Random Variables, Random Vectors, Distributions
3: Fixed Income Securities: Bonds, Term Structure of Interest Rates
4: Option Pricing: Binomial Model, Black Scholes Option Pricing, Greeks
5: Risk Measures
6: Utility Functions

Commercial Banking
This subject through an analysis of the application of modern banking and finance
theory to the process of the management of financial institutions, adopts a strategic
approach to the issues of structure, regulation, policy formulation and implementation in
today’s financial institutions, including Banks, Insurance Companies and Financial
Cooperatives. Coverage is given to the areas of financial management, valuation,
performance and cost analysis, innovations and technology, asset-liability management
and strategic planning.

COURES OBJECTIVES -An understanding of the application of modern banking and

finance theory to the process of management of commercial banking organizations is
fundamental to the development of a strategic approach to banking operations
management and hence central to any study of banking, finance and risk management.

The development of an understanding of the operations and management of financial

institutions is essential to the acquisition of knowledge of the institutional framework for
financing economic activities and to analyze the effects of changes in the commercial
banking environment on corporate financing decisions both of which are fundamental
elements of banking, finance and risk management.

Financial Statement Analysis & Business Valuation

Course Overview

The objective of this course is to develop and sharpen analytical skills in using financial
information to make economic decisions and to solve economic problems. We will
focus on the role that financial statement analysis plays in the equity valuation process.
This will entail learning how to use industry analysis, profitability analysis, and
accounting analysis to develop qualitative and quantitative inferences about a
company’s past, present, and future economic condition. A firm’s historical financial
statements (including the footnotes and ancillary disclosures) are an essential source of
information for developing beliefs about the amounts, timing, and risk of future payoffs
associated with debt or equity securities. We will discuss how to convert these beliefs
into a set of pro-forma financial statements that include a schedule of forecasted payoffs
(e.g., earnings or operating free cash flows) and ultimately how to transform these
forecasted payoffs into an estimate of equity value. Various valuation diagnostics and
heuristics (e.g., multiples) will also be described.

Microfinance
Microfinance institutions (MFIs) provide financial services to the poor. Financial
services include credit, savings, and insurance. The definition of who is poor varies by
Country and region, but largely includes those who work within the informal economy in
developing countries.
This course is designed to explore and analyze the key issues associated with
microfinance and wealth creation. In the process we will address such questions as:
What is microfinance? What are the various business models for microfinance
institutions (MFI’s) and wealth creation? What are common factors among successful
MFI’s? What is the social and economic impact of MFI’s? What are the limitations of
microfinance as a path for alleviating poverty? What is social venture capitalism?
Books:
• Armendariz, Beatriz and Jonathan Morduch, The Economics of Microfinance.
• Yunus, Muhammad, Banker to the Poor: Micro‐lending and the Battle against World
Poverty, Public Affairs: New York, (1999).

Capital Raising Strategies for Corporations

Course Overview -The primary focus is on strategic issues relevant to general
managers in their efforts to select, deploy and exploit IT. Through readings, class
discussions and case studies, a variety of subjects related to the splintering of
traditional business models will be covered. The class alternates between two
perspectives: the innovator seeking to build a business around useful technologies and
the manager seeking to use technology to address business challenges.

Course Objectives:

 Analyze specific decisions faced by firms and the application of theoretical

concepts
 Use theory to generate insights useful for practical decision making

International Finance

Course Description:

International Finance will introduce students to global financial markets and operations
of multinational firms. The course will be taught on-site in London and students from
several universities will benefit from their visits to some of the world’s most important
financial institutions. Background information will be provided prior to the London trip
via Internet links and electronic correspondence. Topics to be discussed will include
foreign exchange markets, international financial markets, international banking,
currency derivative markets, Euromarkets, risk management, and investment decisions
in the global marketplace.
Course Objectives:

 Provide students with a basic knowledge of how international financial markets work.
 Provide students with an understanding of exchange rates and why currency values
fluctuate.
 Explore methods used to manage risk in the global markets.
 Support student learning through site visits to cultural and financial centers.
 Provide an in-depth understanding of the process and techniques used to make
international investment decisions.