International Business ManagementCertificate

This course will enable students to create quantitative models using spreadsheet application, as supporting tools for decision-making. The course will follow the case study method, exposing students to business situations typically encountered by business managers. Students will learn how to select the applicable tool to address the situation described in every case, create the corresponding quantitative model. write objective recommendations derived from the analysis, and present these in a simulated boardroom meeting environment.

Overview of the tools (e.g. hedging, swaps, counter trade) and methods financial managers use to solve financial problems that emanate from fluctuating currency exchange rates, currency exchange controls, tariffs, taxes, inflation and accounting practices.

An analysis and comparison of the various techniques that aid in the decision-making process. Major themes stressed include shareholder wealth maximization, cash flow management, the international aspects of financial management and the standards of ethical behavior adopted by managers.

Introduces students to leading thinkers in business today and to influential theories and approaches to contemporary business issues. Organizational styles, innovation and change, globalization, and technology are among the issues analyzed to determine best practices for leaders and managers. Students will apply these ideas, theories and strategies to analyses of case studies and to examples from their own professional lives.