Course examines concepts of team-building and leadership which are critical to managerial success. Topics include leadership, decision making, communication and conflict, work motivation, building effective teams, and organizational change and culture.

Overview of financial accounting, periodic financial statements and the financial reporting process. Importance of financial statements as information source for creditors and investors and as a means by which managers can communicate information about their firms.

Basic microeconomic principles used by firms, including supply and demand, elasticities, costs, productivity, pricing, market structure and competitive implications of alternative market structures. Market failures and government intervention. Public policy processes affecting business operations.

The goal of the course is to provide students with a toolkit for linking data analysis and strategic decision making. Even while there is an increasing proliferation of data and analysis tools, making informed predictions about how and when policy decisions will influence performance outcomes is challenging. Making informed decisions requires: a) understanding the basics of data structures, variables, and relationships; b) a conceptual understanding of when and why correlations can (and cannot) be interpreted as causal; c) the application of research design solutions for common inferential pitfalls; and d) facility with credible research and reporting practices.

Focuses on the valuation of the real assets of firms as well as the valuation of stocks and bonds, the primary financial assets in an economy. While details vary, the conceptual foundations of valuation boil down to three themes: time value of money, no-arbitrage, and systematic risk.

Analysis of marketing problems and evaluation of specific marketing efforts regarding the organization's products and services, pricing activities, channel selection, and promotion strategies in both domestic and international markets.

The course is designed to complement other skills you have developed in different courses at the Smith School of Business, with the basic premise that negotiation skills are needed to implement any technical or analytical solution to different problems at the workplace.

Foundations of Consulting is designed to help students develop the three essential skills for a successful consulting career: teamwork, analysis, and presentation skills. Students will develop these three skills through class discussion, individual exercises, and applied team exercises with a real client.

The goal of this class is to give students an understanding of Sports Sales and Sponsorships., Students will discuss and analyze the multi-faceted sports sponsorship landscape of naming rights, major partnerships, and activation. Through a combination of reading, guest speakers, case studies, discussion and hands on participation, students will come away with an improved understanding of Sports Sales/Sponsorship.