Finance

  • FINC-GB.3361Entrepreneurial Finance (3)
    Course Description:

    This course identifies and follows the wealth creation cycle that begins with company startups, passes through successive stages of various kinds of private equity financing, and ends with the harvesting of the created wealth through a sale or merger or initial public offering. Emphasis is placed on how entrepreneurial firms adapt financing and financial contracts to the information asymmetry problems the high degree of uncertainty and the conflicts of interest associated with startups.
    Schedule for FINC-GB.3361
    Section Instr Mode Meeting Times Dates Instructor Notes Class Nbr
    S1 Online Su 11:00 am - 4:00 pm 10/12-11/16 Okun,G Online Sundays This class will have additional asynchronous work each week. 2460
    Pre/Corequisite:


    Pre-req: Full-time MBA, COR1-GB 2311. Co-requisite: FINC-GB 2302.
    Pre-req: Focused MBA and COR1-GB 2222.
    Pre-req: Part-time MBA, (COR1-GB 2311). Co-requisite: (FINC-GB 2302).
    Not open to students with 24 or more FINC-GB units.

    Equivalencies:

    FINC-GB.3373 New Venture Financing

    FINC-GB.3173 Venture Capital Financing
    Specializations:

    Banking

    Corporate Finance

    Entrepreneurship and Innovation

    Finance

    Quantitative Finance

Management and Organizational Behavior

  • MGMT-GB.2327Managing the Growing Company (3)
    Course Description:

    This course exposes students to the unique challenges of managing the growth of small businesses. It concentrates on building the company issues rather than start-up issues, although some cases and lectures explore start-up as well. Included are studies of family businesses that have acute growth issues because of succession and family dynamics. It is designed for students interested in understanding the opportunities and problems involved in the management or operation of their own business; and it is also aimed at students considering employment in a small or midsized firm. The differences between small firms and large organizations, management needs, practices, and financial resources are examined.
    Schedule for MGMT-GB.2327
    Section Instr Mode Meeting Times Dates Instructor Notes Class Nbr
    S1 Online Sa 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm 09/20-12/13 Okun,G Saturdays; Online; This class will have additional asynchronous work each week. 2402
    Pre/Corequisite:


    Prereq:Full-time MBA &(COR1-GB.1302 or COR1-GB.1102) or Co-req:Full-time MBA & COR1-GB.2104
    Prereq: Focused MBA & (COR1-GB 1102 or COR1-GB 2101)
    Prereq: Part-time MBA & (COR1-GB 1302 or CORE-GP 1020).
    Not open to students with more than 24 MGMT-GB units.

    Equivalencies:

    MGMT-GB.2127 Managing Growing Companie

    MGMT-GB.2227 Managing Growing Companies
    Specializations:

    Entrepreneurship and Innovation

    Leadership and Change Management

    Management

    Strategy
  • MGMT-GB.3366Power and Politics in Organizations (3)
    Course Description:

    This course considers the way political processes and power structures influence decisions and choices made within and by organizations. It analyzes the sources, distribution, and use of influence in relation to resource allocation, organizational change and performance management succession, procedural justice, policy formulation, and social movements within organizations. It develops skills in diagnosing and using power and politics in organizational settings. A basic assumption underlying the course is that managers need well-developed skills in acquiring and exercising power to be effective. The course is designed to (1) improve students' capacity to diagnose organizational issues in terms of their political dimensions and (2) enhance their effectiveness in their jobs and careers as a result of that improved capacity.
    Schedule for MGMT-GB.3366
    Section Instr Mode Meeting Times Dates Instructor Notes Class Nbr
    S1 Online Sa 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 09/20-12/13 R.,K Online; Saturdays; This class will have additional asynchronous work each week. 2439
    Pre/Corequisite:


    Co-requisites: Full-time MBA & COR1-GB 1302 or COR1-GB.1102.
    Co-requisites: Focused MBA & COR1-GB 1102.
    Co-requisites: Part-time MBA & COR1-GB 1302 or CORE-GP 1020.
    Not open to students with more than 24 MGMT-GB units.

    Equivalencies:

    MGMT-GB.3165 Power and Professional Influen
    Specializations:

    Leadership and Change Management

    Management

    Tech Product Management

Professional Responsibility

  • COR2-GB.3101Professional Responsibility (1.5)
    Course Description:

    This course is designed to inspire you with a positive vision of what business can be, a realistic vision of what it often is, and a roadmap for how to navigate through the hazards and opportunities you will face in your career. Specifically: 1) You will learn about the types of traps that lure business professionals into ethical lapses and criminal behaviors. 2) You will learn enough moral psychology to understand how well-intentioned professionals can get lured into such traps. 3) You will learn conceptual frameworks that help you to navigate ethical gray zones with more confidence and better results. 4) You will learn what characterizes companies with positive ethical values, and why you are better off working for them, or creating them. 5) You may, if you choose, commit yourself to a standard of professional conduct that will help to make your work more fulfilling and honorable.
    Schedule for COR2-GB.3101
    Section Instr Mode Meeting Times Dates Instructor Notes Class Nbr
    Class is closed/waitlisted
    S1
    Online Su 9:00 am - 4:00 pm 09/21-10/05 Wiesenfeld,B Online 3 Sundays: 9/22, 9/29, 10/6 2523
    Equivalencies:

    BSPA-GB.3301 Ethical and Legal Challenges o

    COR2-GB.3111 Prof & Corp Social Resp

    COR2-GB.3151 Professional Responsibility

Technology

  • TECH-GB.2335Programming in Python and Fundamentals of Software Development (3)
    Course Description:

    This course provides an introduction to programming languages and to the software design methods The programming language of choice is Python However the course will introduce the students to the fundamental programming concepts appearing in various other programming languages including Java and C that go well beyond the specifics of Python Upon completion of this course the students will be able to acquire practical programming skills in Python and understand the principles of structured software development They will also understand the principles of designing large software systems and what it takes to plan analyze design implement and support large Information Systems throughout their entire System Development Lifecycle
    Schedule for TECH-GB.2335
    Section Instr Mode Meeting Times Dates Instructor Notes Class Nbr
    Class is closed/waitlisted
    S1
    Online Sa 10:00 am - 12:00 pm 09/20-12/13 Sosulski,K Online Saturdays No MSIS 2970
    Pre/Corequisite:


    TECH-GB Departmental Max and Non-Stern

    Equivalencies:

    TECH-GB.2135 Programming in Python
    Specializations:

    Brand Management

    Financial Systems & Analytics

    Management of Technology & Operations

    Tech Product Management