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Faculty of Business and Accountancy University of Malaya

Faculty : Business and Accountancy
Department : Management Accounting and Taxation
Programme of Study : Bachelor of Accounting
Course Code : CTEA33437
Course Title : Advanced Management Accounting
Credit Hours : 3
Course Pre-requisite(s) /
Minimum Requirement(s) : CTEA3227 Management Accounting III
Learning Outcomes : At the end of this course, students should be able to:
1. Explain the changing role of management accounting in the current
business environment.
2. Apply advanced concepts, principles and theories of cost and
management accounting in case analysis.
3. Form solutions to complex managerial problems using case studies.
4. Express opinions of the efficacy of contemporary management
accounting theory and practice.
5. Analyse recent issues and debates in cost and management accounting
through critical analysis of theories, empirical research and techniques
in management accounting.
Synopsis of Course Contents : This course covers advanced topics and emphasises the latest issues in
management accounting in current and changing business environment.
Topics covered include theoretical aspects and the latest developments
in management accounting related to cost allocation, activity-based
costing, activity-based management, responsibility accounting, and
performance measurement. Comprehensive case studies and journal
articles are used extensively in this course.
Assessment : Continuous Assessment : 40%
Final Examination : 60%

Faculty of Business and Accountancy University of Malaya

Faculty : Business and Accountancy
Department : Marketing and Information Systems
Programme of Study : Bachelor of Business Administration
Bachelor of Accounting
Course Code : CBEB1106
Course Title : Principles of Marketing
Credit Hours : 3
Course Pre-requisite(s) /
Minimum Requirement(s) : None
Learning Outcomes : At the end of this course, students should be able to:
1. Identify the major concepts and terminologies in marketing.
2. Describe the major forces influencing marketing strategies.
3. Explain how consumers made purchase decisions.
4. Explain the major components of the 4 P’s of marketing.
5. Apply the various concepts and theories in marketing in the real world.
Synopsis of Course Contents : Students will learn amongst others: the basic concepts and theories in
marketing, the marketing process, forces outside marketing that might
influence marketing strategies, marketing research, consumer buyer
behaviour, the 4 P’s of marketing (including product, price, promotion,
and place).
Assessment : Continuous Assessment: 50%
Final Examination : 50%

Faculty of Business and Accountancy University of Malaya

Faculty : Business and Accountancy
Department : Business Policy and Strategy
Programme of Study : Bachelor of Business Administration
Bachelor of Accounting
Course Code : CBEB3103
Course Title : Strategic Management
Credit Hours : 3
Course Pre-requisite(s) /
Minimum Requirement(s) : None
Learning Outcomes : At the end of this course, students should be able to:
1. Recommend the organizational direction of an organization.
2. Analyse the external and internal environment of an organization.
3. Formulate strategies for an organization.
4. Implement the strategies for an organization.
5. Evaluate and control the strategies implemented in an organization.
Synopsis of Course Contents : This is a capstone course, which integrates materials and knowledge
acquired from prior courses conducted earlier in the program. This course
emphasizes on the strategic management process to chart the future
strategies of organizations. This course demonstrates how other areas
of study, for instance: management marketing, accounting, law,
production/ operations, research and development and information system
can be integrated with the latest strategic management tools to achieve
organizational success.
Assessment : Continuous Assessment: 50%
Final Examination : 50%

College of Graduate Study in Management at Khon Kaen University

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)

Graduate School of Economics and Business Administration at Hokkaido University

The Foreign Exchange Student Program

Year after year, international exchange among researchers and students at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration is becoming increasingly active. Nearly 1% of the students in the Faculty of Economics have studied abroad or undertaken language training in a foreign country. Furthermore, Graduate School students are also active in visiting or studying at graduate schools overseas for research purposes.

As of the year 2005, Hokkaido University had signed an intercollegiate exchange agreement with 39 colleges in 13 countries. Some of these include agreements concerning exchange student and credit-transfer programs. The Graduate School has independently signed agreements with research institutions at six colleges in five countries.

In 2004, some of our students studied at Massachusetts University, Portland State University (USA), Goteborg University (Sweden), Strasbourg University (France), and Yonsei University (South Korea), through these exchange program.

The number of foreign students, undergraduate and graduate, studying at the Graduate School of Economics and Business Administration at Hokkaido University has been on the increase. Students come from many different countries and, in terms of both research and campus life, the Graduate School has become a venue of international exchange.

(1) Instructor group guidance

A group of advisers, including a chief adviser and two assistant advisers, provides research guidance for the doctoral thesis.
(2) Multi-stage guidance

The doctoral thesis is completed through the six stages presentation and reviews: Research Plan Presentation, Survey Paper Presentation, Intermediate Thesis Presentation, Draft Thesis Presentation, Preliminary Review, and Final Dissertation Review. A Doctoral dissertation of final stage is requested to contain some thesis, at least one of which musut be published in a peer-reviewed academic journal.

Graduate School of Business Sciences at University of Tsukuba
Fundamental Program

Business Ethics and the Law
Human Resource Management and the Law
International Business Management and the Law
Corporate Finance and the Law
Organizational Management and the Law
IP-Based Business Strategy -Business Administrative & Legal Aspects-
Law and Justice
Capital Markets and Company　Law
Advanced Seminar in Systems Management I - III
Advanced Research Seminar in Systems Management I - IX

Strategic Environmental Management

We have warmer winters in recent years. We see more catastrophic events in many parts of the world. The scientists demonstrate better evidence indicating the link between our economic activities and the environmental degradation. We are beginning to realize that the environmental issues are no longer negligible in business operations. Negligence of the issues may result in serious economic loss for a company. On the other hand, many companies have begun to recognize environmental management as a way forward to generate economic opportunities. Toyota made a major investment to produce hybrid cars. The hybrid cars have been sold well in the international market. DuPont initiated research and development efforts in producing alternative chemical to the ozone-depleting CFCs (Chlorofluorocarbons) in the late 1980s. When the company successfully developed alternative chemical, it changed its strategic position on the international regulation to ban CFCs. This course introduces concepts and practices of strategic environmental management. To begin with, we will review different theoretical approaches in strategic environmental management. Through the review, you will be able to build their conceptual foundation on this subject. We will use case studies throughout the course to help you understand environmental management in practice and to explore the linkages between concept and practice.

Faculty of Economic at The University of Tokyo

3308: Management Science
Summer Yasuda
This course is concerned with$B!!(Bthe methods of network analysis and their application to organizational science. The intent of this course is to provide the student with both a perspective and a set of network measures which will enable him/her to analyze various social networks in his/her own research.

ICS , Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy

[Term 1] Organizational Behavior (C. Ahmadjian) (2008/Term 1&2 (Fall&Winter))

This course is designed to help you become a better manager by introducing you to the basic concepts of organization and management. This course has three goals. First, it is designed to introduce you to major concepts in management theory in order to develop your awareness and understanding of human behavior in organizations. The course will cover behavioral issues at the individual, group, and organizational levels with an emphasis on using behavioral science based research to inform understanding. Second, the course is designed to help you apply management concepts to specific organizational problems, with a view to improving your managerial problem-solving capabilities. Third, the course is designed to help you develop knowledge about yourself as a manager.

This course is intended to complement your work experience, not to supplant it. Book learning is not a substitute for hands-on experience. By the same token, hands-on experience is not a substitute for graduate education and what it has to offer: exposure to rigorous scholarship, teamwork, and class discussions with smart colleagues from different professional and industry backgrounds, and a chance to develop your thinking beyond what is usually possible given the day-to-day pressures on the job.
Course Structure

This course is based on the fundamental observation that organizations are complex systems made up of people, incentive systems, architecture, culture, and power. For an organization to be effective, these systems must work in congruence.

In the first half of the course, we will focus on people and teams. This half of the course will cover the basics of the psychology of management. These include motivation, influence tactics, power, and decision-making. We will also examine how the psychology of management differs across culture, and the psychology of teams. The first half of the course will end with a midterm exam, designed to test your understanding of the concepts covered.

In the second half of the course, we will cover organizational design. The general guiding framework is the “Congruence Model,” developed by David Nadler and Michael Tushman. We will examine different components of the organization, including organizational culture and structure, to better understand how effective organizations are systems of properly aligned and well-functioning parts. Of course, it is not enough just to know how to design effective organizations—it is also necessary to think of the change process to move the organization to the improved state. We will spend three sessions looking at how organizations can make these changes, focusing in particular on situations that you, as managers, are likely to encounter.
Teaching Method

This course is primarily case-oriented. Students are expected to prepare the case thoroughly and participate actively in class discussion. You should also come prepared to summarize the main points of the assigned readings, and discuss how they relate to the cases.

Cases have no “right” or “wrong” answers. This does not mean that anything goes. An effective case analysis requires a systematic analysis of the facts, careful consideration of various solutions and plans of action and their strengths and weaknesses, and finally, a compelling presentation of your conclusions. Different students may come up with very different “answers” to a case. Good answers, however, will all show similar analytic rigor. I will provide you with study questions for each case, to help you structure your analysis.

Cases will be supplemented by occasional lectures, videos, and in-class exercises.

There will be several written requirements. There will be midterm and final exams. There will also be a group paper, which will require you to analyze a case and make your own recommendations. The groups will be assigned in class.