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College of Graduate Study in Management at Khon Kaen University

Supplementary Foundation (Non credit)
Business English
Business Statistics
Business Environment
Basic accounting for Management
Core Courses
Managerial Economic and Business Environment
Accounting for Business Decision
Marketing Management
Human Resource Management and Development
Operation Management
Quantitative Analysis
Strategic Management
Business Research Methodology (Plan A)
Government Law and Business Ethics (Plan B)
Elective Courses For Business Leadership
International Business Management
Strategic Business Leadership
Formation for new Venture
Analysis for Venture Opportunity
Elective Courses For Entrepreneurs
Management of New Venture
Information Technology for Management
Supply Chain Management
Brand Building Strategies
Competitive Strategies for New Venture
Elective Courses For Health Care Management
Health Policy Management
Quality Improvement in Health Care
Negotiation and Conflict Resolution Strategies in Health Care Industry
Seminar on Current Topics in Health Care Management
Elective Courses For Industrial Management
Inventory Management
Production Scheduling and Sequencing Method
Decision Analysis
Energy Management
Free Elective Courses
Advance Finance Management
Quality Management
Project Analysis and Management
Service Marketing Management
Marketing Communication and Promotion
Independent Case Study For Plan B: Each student has to conduct case study in industry and business strategy on the independent basis with close supervision from CGSM staffs or experienced businessman.

Thesis For plan A : A research project for student’s thesis has to be performed.

Below is an introduction to the admissions requirements for applying to APU Graduate Schools. For detailed admissions requirements, please refer to the following pages:
Requirements for the Graduate School of Asia Pacific Studies
Requirements for the Graduate School of Management

When reviewing applications, the university’s Admissions Committee considers past academic performance, work and life experience, intellectual ability and other non-quantifiable qualities, such as motivation, self-confidence, leadership, and the ability to cooperate with others.
Any kind of professional or extracurricular leadership experience, especially if international in nature, is highly regarded.

As a guide, to be eligible to apply for our Master’s degrees you should have
good English language skills
completed an undergraduate bachelor’s degree or equivalent from a recognized institution

MBA applicants are recommended but not required to have
3 years of relevant full-time working experience
a GMAT test score of over 500

PhD applicants are ALSO required to have
completed a Master’s degree or equivalent from a recognized institution
undergo pre-screening

ICS , Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy

[Term 2] Leadership (K. Ichijo) (2008/Term 1&2 (Fall&Winter))

This course is designed to prepare students for the challenges of leadership in a rapidly changing global business environment.

The course also helps students develop an understanding of what it takes to be a real transformational leader who can deliver the result promised. Students will learn the importance of leaders being deeply and passionately engaged in an organization and why their robust dialogues about people, strategy, and operations result in businesses based on intellectual honesty and realism. By studying the leader’s role in facilitating and executing change, students themselves are encouraged to become real transformational leaders who can enable their organizations to accomplish sustainable growth. During the course, students will learn the conceptual framework of leadership and improve their key conceptual business knowledge, especially about leadership, strategy, human relationships, and working in a competitive environment. Students are encouraged to enhance their personal leadership competencies through case discussions and lectures about how to initiate change.
Course Structure

This course will be divided into distinct two modules. The first module will be about the fundamentals about leadership. The main contents covered in this first module will be: (a) the function of leadership, and (b) leadership competency for making change really happen in an organization. The second module will be about creating the foundation of an organization with excellent ability to make change happen. The main contents covered will be: (a) the social architecture of an organization, and (b) how to develop leaders at every organizational level. By having leaders at every organizational level, an organization successfully and effectively can solve various problems that might be caused by environmental changes. Developing leaders at every organizational level is a crucial foundation for an organization good at execution.
Teaching Method

This course will be taught using the Harvard Business School type of case method. Students will be asked to prepare a case and discuss questions designated by the instructor for each session. Most learning will take place in class primarily from comments made by fellow students. The role of the instructor will be to facilitate stimulating discussion.

4 Success Skills Courses:

1. Business Communications (half course)
2. Business Law and Ethics (full course)
3. Creativity and Business Innovation (full course)
4. Leadership (half course)

9 Core Knowledge Courses:

1. Accounting for Business Decisions
2. Managerial Economics
3. Decision and Risk Analysis
4. Corporate Finance
5. Organisational Behaviour
6. Strategic Marketing Management
7. Strategic Information Systems
8. Competitive Strategy
9. Global Economy

Any 6 electives

Apart from those listed on our MBA website under ‘courses offered’ the following are the new electives to be offered in 2008/09:

‧ China Business Environment
‧ Doing Business in China
‧ Investment
‧ Multinational Corporations
‧ Strategies in Uncertainty and Change Management in China

Total no. of courses: 18 full courses

Course Exemption and Advanced Standing

‘Exemption and advanced standing of up to four courses may be granted if a candidate can produce evidence, such as transcript and course syllabus, that a course is equivalent in content to another course elsewhere for which a satisfactory grade has been obtained or is holding relevant professional qualifications. Unless explicit approval is given, no credits will be given for the exempted courses or advanced standing granted. Candidates will be required to take alternative courses in lieu of the exempted courses. Please contact the MBA Programme Management Office for details upon application.’

4 Success Skills Courses:
Business Communications (half course)
Business Law and Ethics (full course)
Creativity and Business Innovation (full course)
Leadership (half course)

9 Core Knowledge Courses:
Accounting for Business Decisions
Managerial Economics
Decision and Risk Analysis
Corporate Finance
Organisational Behaviour
Strategic Marketing Management
Strategic Information Systems
Competitive Strategy
Global Economy

Electives :

Any six electives under the following five categories, with two electives to be taken at HKU and four electives at CBS/ LBS (Students in the China Focus Stream will take all six electives in Hong Kong and/ or Shanghai):
China and the Global Economy
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Finance
Services and Marketing Management
Technology and Operations Management

Apart from those listed on our MBA website under ‘courses offered’, the following courses are new electives to be offered in 2008/09:
China Business Environment
Doing Business in China
Investment
Multinational Corporations
Strategies in Uncertainty and Change Management in China

1 Capstone Project

Throughout their course of studies in the China concentration, our full-time MBA students are required to form teams and solicit short-term ‘capstone’ projects with business organisations and enterprises in Hong Kong, China, and even throughout the region. Under the supervision and with the advice of the Faculty, students can integrate theories and technical knowledge gained in the classroom with their practical applications in real-world business environments. The capstone project is expected to begin in spring every year and will be completed by August as a graduation requirement. In previous years, HKU MBA students have successfully completed projects with Nike, Financial Times, Mercedes Benz, Samsung, Maxim’s Group, etc.

Total no. of courses: 18 full courses

Course Exemption and Advanced Standing

‘Exemption and advanced standing of up to four courses may be granted if a candidate can produce evidence, such as transcript and course syllabus, that a course is equivalent in content to another course elsewhere for which a satisfactory grade has been obtained or is holding relevant professional qualifications. Unless explicit approval is given, no credits will be given for the exempted courses or advanced standing granted. Candidates will be required to take alternative courses in lieu of the exempted courses. Please contact the MBA Programme Management Office for details upon application.’

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Organizational Behavior (EKM 2402)

The course provides a knowledge of the behaviors in organizational settings by systematically studying individual, group, and organizational process. Among topics covered are individual and psychological characteristics, motivation, group behavior, teamwork, communications, decision making, leadership, culture, organizational structure and design, and managing organizational change. The aim of this course is to equip students with comprehensive knowledge of individual, group, and organizational behavior.

The University of Hong Kong

IMBA1001 Business Communication
IMBA1007 Human Behaviour & Organisation
IMBA8003 Ethics and Leadership in Business
IMBA2004 Firm Strategy and Management
IMBA1009 Marketing Management
IMBA1003 Accounting and Business Decisions
IMBA1005 Information System Management
IMBA1008 Business Data Analysis
IMBA6019 Business Law
IMBA6040 Competition Policy and Business Strategy
IMBA8004 Marketing Research and its Business Applications
IMBA0009 Derivative Securities
IMBA6021 Fast Companies
IMBA0003 Entrepreneurship
IMBA0004 Current Topics In Human Resource Management
IMBA1006 Managerial Economics
IMBA2003 Macroeconomic Environment for Managers
IMBA6028 Supply Chain Management & Logistics
IMBA6043 Corporate Strategy
IMBA0001 Advanced Corporate Finance
IMBA0006 Investments
IMBA1002 Managerial Finance
IMBA2002 International Business Environment
IMBA2005 Project Management
IMBA6033 Managerial Accounting
IMBA6034 Risk Management
IMBA8002 Game Theory and its Applications in Business

Course Structure for 2008/09

There are success skill courses, knowledge courses and elective courses. Candidates are required to complete all four success skills courses, nine core courses and a total of six elective courses.
SUCCESS SKILLS COURSES
Business communication (half course)
Business ethics and law (full course)
Creativity and business innovation (full course)
Leadership (half course)
CORE KNOWLEDGE COURSE
Accounting for business decisions
Competitive strategy
Corporate finance
Decision and risk analysis
Global Economy
Managerial economics
Organization behavior
Strategic information systems
Strategic marketing management
ELECTIVE COURSES
Advanced Corporate Finance
Business Law
Current Topics in Human Resource Management
Derivative Securities
Entrepreneurship, Creativity and Innovation
E-Transformation
Fast Companies
Game Theory and its Application in Business
Marketing Research and its Business Application
Project Management
Risk Management
Strategic Marketing Management

Curriculum
Length of curriculum

The curriculum shall extend over not less than two academic years of part-time studies in Shanghai.
Completion of curriculum

To complete the curriculum candidates shall follow instructions on the prescribed syllabuses, attend the required seminars and tutorials, complete satisfactorily the prescribed written assignments, case workshops, class tests and projects, and such other practical exercises as may be prescribed, and satisfy the examiners in the prescribed examinations.

Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and Finance [BBA(Acc&Fin)]

The BBA(Acc&Fin) programme provides students with a professional qualification in accounting and the broad-based education necessary for progressing towards a leadership role in the financial sector. It is an approved accountancy programme under the Professional Accreditation System of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA). Graduates from the programme are eligible to qualify as professional accountants by successfully completing the Qualification Programme of HKICPA coupled with relevant experience. They are recognised by the HKICPA as accountancy degree graduates and as having fulfilled the stipulated pre-entry educational requirements.

Graduates of the BBA(Acc&Fin) degree are also eligible for maximum exemption from professional examinations organised by the Association of C

FB3502 Leadership Skills for the 21st Century

Course Aims & Objectives:

This course aims at helping students to master the core leadership concepts and develop skills to cope with challenges in the 21st century.

After completion of the course, students should be able to:

1.1 understand different roles of leaders and his/her leadership styles;

1.2 comprehend leadership theories and concepts;

1.3 develop leadership skills in managing people and situations.

Units: 1

Level: B3

Medium of Instruction: English

Keyword Syllabus:

Fundamental of Leadership, What is Leadership, Difference between Leadership and Management, Leadership Roles, Theories and Styles, Leadership Skills, Forming the Vision and Goals Setting, Communication, Motivation, Team Building.

Teaching Pattern:

Duration of course: 1 Semester

Current mix of lecture/tutorial/laboratory, other: lecture mode / on-line mode

Assessment Pattern:

Examination duration: Nil

Percentage distribution of marks for coursework, examination, other: 30% on-line mid-term and 70% CW

Grading pattern: Pass/Fail