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University of Guam Elective Courses Case Studies in Management Advanced Topics in International Business Introduction to Research Organizational Behavior and Theory Moral and Social Responsibility of Organizations Special Project

Business Ethics The course is intended to reveal the intrinsic relations between business, management and ethics, and the deep impact of such relations on management theories and practices. The content of the course consists of three parts. The first part, fundamentals of business ethics, is made up of three chapters. Chapter one is introduction, including concepts of ethics and morality, the origination, current situation and task of business ethics, the reason to study business ethics. Chapter two is corporate social responsibility, including Milton Friedman’s opinion, Archie B. Carroll’s opinion, dimensions of corporate social responsibility, reasons for corporate moral responsibility, corporate philanthropy, corporate

Corporate Restructuring and M&A This course provides students not only with the fundamental theories of capital structure, such as the MM prepositions and the role that leverage plays in capital restructuring involved in asset transactions, but also with a variety of financial restructuring techniques, which includes spin-offs, tracking stocks, equity carve-outs, LBOs, reversed LBOs, leveraged recapitalization, share repurchase, and bankruptcy reorganization. Of course, we discuss M&As as a most extreme form of corporate restructuring. Each topic that we discuss describes a transaction that restructures the firm in some particular way. The objectives of the course include: (1) to help build a

Corporate Governance Corporate governance is concerned with issues of the ownership, control and accountability of companies.�@We discuss the role of the board of directors, and how it can effectively (or ineffectively) monitor the corporate performance. We address practical questions, such as how the board of directors and executive teams should be composed, or what is the appropriate size of the board. We will spend some time discussing the corporate governance issues in Japan, then compare it with corporate governance practices in other countries such as the United States.

University of Guam The Master of Public Administration program has 3 sequential stages: 1) the Core Courses, 2) Elective Courses, and 3) Practicum or Special Project or Thesis. All students are recommended to complete the core requirements before taking the qualifying examination or courses in the elective category. All pre-service students must take PA598 as an elective.

University of Guam Core Courses of Master of Public Administration (MPA) Core Courses: 24 credit hours required PA501 Introduction to Research, or ED601 Introduction to Research Methods PA510 Administrative Thought PA525 Public Budgeting PA530 Public Management PA535 Intergovernmental Relations PA540 Administrative Law PA/BA560 Moral & Social Responsibility of Organizations PA570 (a-e) Special Topics in Public Personnel Administration

ICS , Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy [Term 2] Corporate Governance (N. Shimizu) (2008/Term 1&2 (Fall&Winter)) Corporate governance has recently received increasing attention not only in Japan but also in many western countries. The arguments often contrast the shareholder-oriented Anglo-American model with the stakeholder- (particularly, shareholder-) oriented Japanese and German models. Furthermore, they often imply that Japan and European nations should change their systems of governance as the Anglo-American model seems to have brought revitalization to those economies over the past decade as the world has become increasingly globalized. The objectives of this course are twofold, one regarding systems of governance and

Corporate Financial Reporting As global capital markets expand, the importance of corporate financial reporting continues to grow. This course builds on the first-year Financial Accounting course and explores more advanced topics: pension, lease and off-balance-sheet financing, stock compensations, income tax, and merger and acquisition. The course also introduces institutional setting of financial reporting. Based on this setting, we critically examine accounting standards, the relationship between stock market and financial reporting, earnings quality, and earnings management. Real world cases will be used to illustrate the issues

Value-Based Management for Japan The course focuses on performance measures such as chas flow and EVA (Economic Value Added), etc. that are linked to the market value of the company. The first half will provide a solid theoretical foundation by covering several practical applications. The latter half of the course is reserved for discussion on how the basic knowledge of corporate finance theory can be integrated into various management processes including monitoring, capital budgeting, M&A, operation, and incentive compensation in order to maximize corporate value.

Graduate School of Business Sciences at University of Tsukuba Advanced Program Top Lecture Business Game Marketing Management Consumer Behavior Ecological Marketing Marketing Science Retail Marketing Internet Marketing Brand Marketing Service Marketing Distribution Management Pricing Strategy　Theory Strategic Management Theory of Administrative Organization Organization Revolutions Research and Development Strategy Innovation Management Venture Management Human Resource Management Management and Social Responsibility Global Management Corporate Finance Financial Market Investment Science Financial Engineering Financial Risk Analysis Selected Topics in Financial Businesses Real Options Cost Management Accounting for Disclosure Management Accounting Performance Management Systems Financial Statement Analysis Financial Accounting Corporate Valuation Business Law Case Studies on Valuation Selected

Curriculum The MBA curriculum in general managements requires 39 credits. The program is divided into 2 plans; Plan A and Plan B. Plan A differs from Plan B on the numbers of credits for elective courses, independent case study and thesis. Plan A (credits) Plan B (credits) Supplementary Foundation Course (Non Credit) 9 9 Core Courses 27 27 Elective Courses - 6 Free Elective - 3 Independent Study - 3 Thesis 12 - Total 39 39

Principles Of Marketing (EKM 1102) The primary concern of this course is to give students various understanding of the basic concepts of marketing. Among issues covered are the stages of the marketing management process, and the analysis of marketing, or in a broader sense, organizational environment such as opportunities, threats, competitors and competitions. The course objective is to establish a basic understanding of marketing theories and practices, and the marketing interaction mechanism with the whole business process. The ethics and social responsibility of marketing are also examined. In addition, as a requirement for conducting successful marketing activities, communication skill, both oral

Derivatives Markets The main purposes of this course are: 1) to understand concepts, principles, and tools for the analysis and valuation of derivative securities such as Forwards, Futures, Swaps, and Options, which are being applied in modern corporate finance, investments, and the management of financial institutions and 2) to obtain basic skills to apply your understanding of derivative securities for Risk Management and Financial Engineering.The knowledge and skills about derivative securities allow you to pursue many goals, which cannot be achieved only with traditional securities, in investments, risk management, and management of corporations. In other words, you will extend

Course Structure Year 1 credit Plan A Plan B 900701 Business English (Non credit) 3 3 900xxx Supplementary Foundation (Non credit) 2 2 900xxx Supplementary Foundation (Non credit) 2 2 900xxx Supplementary Foundation (Non credit) 2 2 900711 Managerial Economics and Business Environment 3 3 900712 Accounting for Business Decision 3 3 900714 Marketing Management 3 3 900713 Financial for business Decision 3 3 900717 Quantitative Analysis 3 3 900918 Business Research Methodology 3 3 Total 18 18 Year 2 credit Plan A Plan B 900715 Human resources Management and Development 3 3 900716 Operation Management 3 3 900719 Strategic Management 3 3 900xxx Elective 1 - 2 900xxx Elective 2 - 2 900xxx Elective 3 - 2 900xxx Free Elective - 3 900895 Independent Study - 3 900899 Thesis 12 - Total 21 21

Innovation and Business Development The course examines how firms develop new businesses based on product and process innovation. In particular, we will look at how firms cope with disruptive changes, identify new markets to enter, acquire new technologies, manage internal corporate ventures, and vitalize organizational dynamics for innovation and new business creation. The course gives an overview of major theoretical perspectives and introduces several cases for class discussion.