Business Administration

This course is about the theory and practice of leadership in organizations. It provides students with knowledge, understanding, and application of leadership theories and concepts. Through weekly workshops and participation in exercises designed to develop leadership skills, students hone their abilities in reflective practice and self-analysis.

International trade is the economic backbone of most countries in the world. The development of information technologies has accelerated trade facilitation and digitalization of cross border exchange. The digital transformation of international trade has reduced operation time and costs; facilitated the global value chain, and connected trade and logistics among communities globally.
 

Cross border digital trade has attracted more attention than ever in the post COVID-19 era: while normal international trade procedures and operations heavily dependent on paper documents have been interrupted, the use of technologies has lowered the barriers of physical documentation and resulted in the resiliency of international trade.
 

This course introduces international initiatives as well as government actions in the implementation of cross border digital trade to increase the scale, scope, and speed of trade.  The course also addresses challenges, such as the adoption of new technologies; policy and regulation issues, and change of user behavior during the implementation of cross border digital trade.

This course focuses on challenges or problems users or customers can experience and explores the design thinking process to find creative and innovate solutions.

This course offers a study of digital business and the emergence of the digital economy. It explores the use of technology to generate new business, the impact of digital business models on existing market sectors, as well as the growth of new digital business sectors.

This interdisciplinary course covers ideas on how value is created by working collaboratively to capitalize on 21st century trends through disruptive and non-disruptive innovation. In addition to a substantive coverage of innovation frameworks and strategic planning tools, this course explores insights from organizational psychology and neuroscience that are useful for teams to improve cognitive diversity & creativity. Case examples include inspiring innovators and creative teams and industries such as technology, finance, entertainment and service sectors. 

This course discusses entrepreneurship and business within the field of art and design. Topics include: leadership; decision-making; human and personal development; conscious design; sustainability; circular economy and the stakeholders; the nature of a contract; professional artistic practices.

This course is a study of the macroeconomic functions of global finance and the international economy. Topics include: national income and balance of payments; exchange rates and the foreign exchange market; money and interest rates; international monetary systems; financial globalization; and the growth, crisis, and reform of developing economies.

This course studies the consumer decision-making process and the resulting implications for marketing strategy, focusing on such psychological factors as consumer motivation, personality, self-concept, perception, learning, and attitude. It also studies social influences on buying behaviors such as family, group, and culture. Through marketing applications and case analyses, students learn to apply their understanding of consumer behavior by developing and evaluating marketing strategies and tactics to influence consumers. Text: Wayne Hoyer and Deborah MacInnis, CONSUMER BEHAVIOR. Assessment: class participation (15%), case study (15%), midterm quiz (15%), group project report (20%), group project presentation (10%), final exam (40%).

This course improves leadership in teams while some of the principles can be applied to organizations. To achieve this objective, the professor provides various principles and strategies drawn on solid empirical research to help future managers increase the probability of success. The course presents both the conceptual understanding and the behavioral skills required to lead teams and organizations successfully. Students will draw from their own experiences in discussing team and organization management skills and learn from classmates' experience sharing. Topics will include leadership styles, individual decision making, team selection, team creativity, team diagnosis, team conflict, etc. In addition, students learn how to manage and work in cross-cultural teams through the final team project in which students will be paired up with students from different countries.