Core courses

BUS 7030 Legal Aspects of International Business

BUS 7370 Business Field Study

• In this 5-7 days' field trip, students will visit a city in the Mainland, Taiwan or any city / country in the world
  
  
• Students will be provided with detailed information about the chosen location, its business environment, and background of the firms or organisations to be visited
  
  
• Participating students are required to produce both group and individual reports

BUS 7180 Client-Based Research Methods

• This course aims to give students the necessary methodological and statistical tools in order to carry out the client-based MBA Project. Emphasis is on introducing students to qualitative and quantitative methods/techniques for making business decisions. Students learn to develop questionnaires and solve business problems by applying qualitative and quantitative methods, using software packages (EXCEL, SPSS), and interpreting generated solutions for decision-making scenarios.

BUS 7190 Operations and Supply Chain Management

• Introduces the fundamental concepts of operations management, including the formulation of logistics policy, performance measures, and constraint management, forecasting and order management, global transportation planning, inventory management, material handling systems, and warehousing and packaging management
  
  
• Study of the up-to-date “LEAN” approach in managing the supply chain

BUS 7330 Entrepreneurship Development

• The scope of this course would be mostly on Venture Design: the stages from idea creation to the formation of a start-up company, with successful venture capital funding and management team in place. The perspective should be that of a potential entrepreneur wanting to start up a company, or start up entrepreneurial activities within a large company. Special attention will be put into topics on people who make decisions, handle deals, analyse problems, allocate and mobilise scarce resources and succeed in a local and international context. Some Asian and China cases are carefully chosen to reflect the special situation of starting businesses in Asia/China.

BUS 7340 Business Creativity

• The course Business Creativity emphasises the importance of creativity and innovation as key drivers of growth in a rapidly changing business environment and focuses on teaching the students to reliably develop ideas using a systematic thinking process. Central topics discussed are individual and organisational factors of creativity, the creative process, serious business thinking tools and creativity techniques, among others. At the end of the course, students will personally experience on real cases the power of creativity techniques and serious thinking tools applied in a systematic way to achieve instant innovations in business.

BUS 7360 MBA Seminars and Workshops

• MBA seminars deal with contemporary issues in the business community. Speakers include senior business practitioners, visiting academics and faculty members. As the School offers MBA classes in Hong Kong and selected Mainland cities, seminars are to be organized in all these locations. Instead of a single-speaker seminar, some of these seminars may involve several speakers, in different presentation modes, and may be with a duration of half-day, one-day or even residential seminar of more than one day on a specific theme area. Besides, overseas study tours may be organized and students may choose to participate in such tours.

BUS 7221-3 MBA Project Report

• The MBA Project is based on action learning. Students will form teams of four or five members, and work with a client company
  
  
• Each team is composed of students with expertise in different functional areas, enabling them to make individual contribution to the team

ECON 7070 Economics for Managers

• Description: Managerial economics concerns how to use economic analysis to make business decisions of a firm. This course (1) presents an introduction to applied economic theory necessary for sound managerial decision- making and (2) is to enable students understanding major macroeconomic issues that have important bearing on running a firm.

FIN 7040 Corporate Finance

• To introduce the basic concepts and techniques in making investment and financing decisions. It enables students to evaluate some basic investment options, understand how corporations finance their investments, and appreciate different capital structure

ISEM 7040 Managing Information Systems

• Information technology (IT) and information systems (IS) play a crucial role in shaping and enabling business strategies. The advance of Internet applications and complex organizational information systems has provided ample opportunities for organizations to redesign their business processes to face the highly competitive markets. This course discusses how firms can use IS/IT effectively in the new networked economy.

MGNT 7040 International Management

• Focuses on how the process of managing applies across national and cultural boundaries, especially with a regional perspective
  
  
• The emphasis is on multinational corporations and their managerial activities, and all types of international business operations and their environmental issues are covered

MGNT 7050 Managerial Skills

• Emphasis on developing an awareness of their own management skill level and systematically working through a number of readings, cases, and exercises that will lead them to become more effective
  
  
• The class is highly interactive, and students will work on an individual project to document skill improvement at their current jobs

MGNT 7060 Strategic Management

• Strategic Management is a “big picture” course that builds upon diverse fields such as management, economics, marketing, finance, accounting, among others
  
  
• The purpose is to help students develop strategic management knowledge and skills, gain experience in using the tools for strategic analysis, and apply the concepts to real world situations

MKT 7010 Global Marketing Management

• The aim of this course is to give students an understanding of contemporary issues in global marketing, with a special focus on the Asia Pacific region. The specific objective of this course is to focus on the practical problems involved in marketing, on a global and regional basis.

Advanced Electives

ACCT 7050 Financial Statement Analysis

• The objective of the course is to develop an understanding of the use of financial information in decision-making contexts, taking into account the incentives of the producers and consumers of financial information. Users of financial information include management at various levels in a firm, corporate boards, individual and institutional equity investors, financial analysts, lenders (banks and bond investors), and regulators. The focus of the course is to sharpen student's analytical abilities in financial statement analysis from a managerial and business strategy standpoint.

BUS 7030 Legal Aspects of International Business

• International businesses inevitably have to deal with legal problems in the course of their dealings. This course will provide the students with an understanding of the legal framework of inward and outward foreign investment, political risk and protection, investment mode (i.e. branch, subsidiary or joint ventures), foreign exchange control, immigration problems of personnel, project financing, international distribution of goods, agency agreements, franchising and technology transfer agreements, intellectual property, international tax issues, international trade law, international investment law, international dispute resolution, and conflict of private international law.

BUS 7050 Legal Aspects of China Trade and Investment

• Business between Hong Kong and China is very substantial. Therefore, it is essential for Hong Kong business people doing business in China to understand the legal aspects of trade and investment in China. This course will provide the students with an understanding of the legal framework of the PRC and the commercial and civil laws in the PRC.

BUS 7170 Corporate Governance

• A person holding a managerial position or above in an organization must be familiar with the mechanics of corporate governance. It is however designed for students without a legal background. It will provide students with an understanding of corporate governance and the legal framework of companies in Hong Kong; contents of constitutional documents such as the memorandum and articles of association (M & A); major corporate governance issues involved in drafting the M & A; shareholders' residual powers; protection of minority shareholders; types of directors; directors' appointment, rotation, disqualification and removal; board of directors' composition, meetings and duties; the company secretary's qualifications, duties, appointment and removal; monitoring the board of directors; interests of other stakeholders eg. shareholders especially institutions, creditors and employees; audit committees; temporary and permanent cessation of business eg. dormant, de-regulation, voluntary and compulsory winding up.

BUS 7300 China Marketing and Foreign Investment Issues

• This is an Advanced MBA elective course that aims to examine a number of critical foreign investment and marketing issues in China business, including marketing environment and practical issues in China, and the new developments in foreign direct investment to China. Scope of study will cover not just the environment and the system, but also practices and current issues as far as possible.

BUS 7350 Participation in External Competitions

• There are several international, and perhaps local competitions in which students will have the opportunity to represent the University. Examples of such competitions include, but are not limited to, the Molson MBA Case Competition and the Moot Corp® Competition for business plans. In order to participate in such events, and get the university credits, students must undergo a stringent selection process in which the best candidates are chosen. The participants in such events gain valuable training in analysis and presentation skills, depending on the nature of the competition. In addition, participants may be required to write a paper, analyze a case, etc. and may have the opportunity to travel abroad, which will provide further valuable experience.

ECON 7020 Economic Developments in China and Hong Kong

• Aims to provide students with a systemic understanding of the system and performance of the Chinese and Hong Kong economies since 1949
  
  
• Adopting a historical and topical approach, this course focuses on the policy issues of reform and development of the Chinese and Hong Kong economies respectively
  
  
• Issues on closer economic ties between Hong Kong and the Mainland will also be examined

ECON 7040 International Macroeconomics and Policy Issues

• The objective of this course is twofold : First objective is to explore the foundations of trade policies, particularly the major policies to promote free trade among trading partners. It also discusses the major issues related to trade policies, including the effects of trade policies, trade balances, and world trade system. To enhance deeper understanding of various trade policies, a comparison between these policies would be provided. Another objective is to focus on topics in international finance. Major topics covered include national income accounts, balance of payments, foreign exchange market, interest parity and purchasing poser parity, and topics in international monetary economics.

ECON 7050 International Trade and Finance in China

• This course aims at fostering an understanding of two major aspects of China's economic development since 1978: (1) the basic features and impacts of expanding foreign trade under the open policy; and (2) the functions and the administration of money and finance in an increasingly liberalised and decentralised environment. After a brief historical review of major stages, achievements, and remaining problems in both aspects, reform and policy options will be discussed, and the opportunities as well as challenges from a business perspective will be examined.

ECON7060 Emerging Economies

• This course aims to provide a deeper understanding and insights into the backgrounds and characteristics of emerging economies (such as China, India, Vietnam, Mexico, Brazil, Russia and the transition economies of Eastern Europe and Central Asia), and apply tools to analyse their current economic growth and performance, business environment and opportunities. Comparative analysis tools and techniques will be used to expose across widely differing emerging economies that present different attractive business opportunities and challenges. Thus, this course enables students to determine best strategies and to decide among options for future business linkages in the emerging markets.

FIN 7050 International Financial Markets and Derivatives Trading

• This course provides students with knowledge to understand the international financial environment, options, futures and other derivative contracts. Basic trading and hedging strategies will be introduced as an application.

FIN 7060 Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management

• This course analyses different principles in the valuation of financial assets including common stocks and bonds. The development of portfolio and capital market theories are introduced. The issue of market efficiency is investigated while techniques on performance evaluation and mutual fund performance are also examined.

HRM 7010 Global Human Resource Management

• Global Human Resource Management (GHRM) has been identified as a crucial factor in a firm's international success. GHRM is more complex and varied than domestic HRM and incorporates a broader scope, and increased risk exposure as well as a change of emphasis. This subject will examine environmental elements and the characteristics of GHRM. It will deal with the practical issues and consequences of the internationalization of HRM.

ISEM 7030 Current Issues in Electronic Commerce

• This course adopts an integrated approach to e-commerce by examining how e-commerce effects all functional areas of business. Emphasis will be placed on contemporary issues, and how managers can utilize e-commerce to their operational and strategic advantage.

MGNT 7030 Seminar in Advanced Management Topics

• In this course, students will examine recent developments, key contemporary management issues, and current management literature with the aim of consolidating management and organizational concepts.

MGNT 7070 Managing Change

• Managing change has become the norm in today's turbulent business environment, and almost all organizations have faced large-scale changes. The current challenge, and the one addressed in this course, is to find ways to manage the change process more effectively. Using a case-based approach, we consider the common types of changes organizations pursue and what it means to manage those changes. The focus is on key, interrelated issues of when to change, how to enable change, and reacting to change.

MGNT 7210 Chinese Wisdom and Management

• Traditional Chinese culture is a reservoir of wisdom of Chinese nation. To meet the challenge of 21st century and to make the firm more competitive in the business world, managers can seek wisdom from Confucius and other traditional Chinese management philosophy. This course provides the students with a comprehensive understanding of traditional Chinese thought and management wisdom. Application of the traditional Chinese wisdom to the contemporary business management will be discussed.

MKT 7040 Management of Marketing Communications

• The aim of this course is to give students an understanding of marketing communication at the strategic level. In doing so, students will appreciate the much broader role of marketing communication within the context of the entire organizational effort and, perhaps more importantly, they will be able to communicate with those responsible for the more detailed aspects of marketing communication. With this in mind, the specific objective of this course is to focus on the problems involved in managing marketing communications efforts in the context of the new millennium business environment.

MKT 7050 Seminar in Marketing

• This course aims at providing opportunity for students to further their knowledge in selected areas of the marketing discipline. The areas include marketing thought and theory, strategic marketing, and current issues in marketing. By means of active participation in this seminar, students will be better equipped to master marketing knowledge and to face new challenges in the marketing discipline.

MKT 7060 Services Marketing Management

• Although firms have long recognized the value of services, most business programmes still focus on the marketing and management of physical products. This course addresses the importance of the services industry to Hong Kong, and the distinctive characteristics of services. Students develop a firm understanding of key challenges and issues associated with marketing in a services environment, gain a broad understanding of the interaction between marketing and management in a service organization, and become familiar with issues in developing and assessing service quality.