A study of the underlying theory and application of financial accounting concepts. These concepts include measurement principles, financial statement preparation, and introductory financial analysis.

Topics of current interest.

Corporate governance in listed companies, private companies and startups will be studied as background. Then the course will address a few essential questions:

• What is happening in board rooms of the best companies that makes them both perform well and be socially responsible? Is this about shareholders who care, leadership, or both?
• How does corporate governance really work? When does it reward the shareholder but cheat society, or vice versa?
• As a new generation business leader, how can you do more than make a profit? How can you make a difference in the world around you?

Permits a group of students and a professor to pursue areas of management not extensively treated in any other course.

An introduction to the basic concepts and skills of software programming and their applications to solving business problems.

This course focuses on the issues and techniques relevant to the management of the operations function within an organization, emphasizing its strategic significance.