MBA Online

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

Private Equity & Venture Capital
Anywhere in the world, mobility of people, technology, and money are behind the creation of new entrepreneurial firms. Venture capitalists are more and more willing to pick-up these opportunities locally, with their strategic decisions on industry sectors and geographic focus shaping the venture business of the next five-ten year. The Asia-Pacific region, with its fastest growing economies, buoyant stock-markets and huge market-places, could be find itself at the centre of a new wave of venture-funding.

�gPrivate Equity & Venture Capital�h course aims at addressing the fundamentals underlying this phenomena, analysing the industry from an Asia-Pacific region perspective, with emphasis on Japanese venture capital funding in ICT industry. Students will be exposed to a description of venture capital industry, relying on live-presentations of venture capital executives active mainly in Asia , and encouraged to analyse their own country’s market.

Management Science and Computer Based Modeling
Business involves dealing with numbers. Numbers are then used strategically to make business decisions. This course is about how to formulate business problems involving numbers and how to solve them using the latest computer tools. The course introduces modeling techniques for resource allocation, operational, and other managerial problems. The course will make full use of computer tools (Excel, CrystalBall and Macros) that integrate the knowledge and implementation skills to solve such managerial problems. It is assumed that students who take this course have familiarity with Windows environment on a PC and have basic Excel skills. This is a core course that is required for all MBA first year students.

Admissions Criteria
The Graduate School of International Management of IUJ is dedicated to developing tomorrow’s leaders.

Applicants will be reviewed on the basis of the following criteria in accordance with the mission above.
1. Clearness of career goals, significance and positioning of proposed study in the IUJ MBA/E-business Management program toward those goals.
2. Aptitude and potential to become a business leader who can manage increasingly globalizing organizations.
3. Maturity and fair sense of values as a member of the multinational and multicultural IUJ community and interest in understanding different cultures, actively communicating with others, and creating a world-wide human network

Number Of Students
A combined maximum of seventy-five (75) students for MBA and E-Business Management programs are admitted per year.

Time Of Enrollment
Enrollment in the IUJ MBA program or the IUJ E-Business Management program is possible only in September, at the start of the fall term.

ICS , Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy

[Term 3] Equity Investments (S. Abe) (2009/Term 3&4 (Spring&Summer))

The equity investor perspective will be the focus of this elective finance course. The emphasis will be applications-oriented with limited exposure to quantitative investment theory. Different investment styles for different risk profiles will be explored with an emphasis on publicly traded stocks. This course will be of interest to students who want to learn more about (1) the equity capital provider side of corporate finance; (2) valuing and investing in publicly traded companies; and, (3) the business of investment management. This course will appeal to students who want to build and preserve their own wealth over time.
Course Structure

Lectured discussions, case studies, and expert speakers.

Topics will include individual company valuation analysis, convertible securities, growth vs. value stocks, fundamental vs. technical analysis, active vs. indexed investing, mutual funds, hedge funds, and behavioral finance. Four outside speakers from the investment management community will bring the real world into the classroom and will give students an opportunity to learn firsthand contrasting investment styles and investment analytics. Their careers are built on successful investing, and they will share with you the excitement, gratification, pressures, and anxieties found at the intersection of risk and return. (All first and second year students will be invited to attend the speaker sessions whether or not you are enrolled in the course.)

ICS , Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy

[Term 2] Strategy Simulation Week (2008/Term 1&2 (Fall&Winter))

To wrap up the first year, you will be working as part of top management team running a company in StratSim, a web-based, interactive simulation program that extends across multiple business functions, ranging from strategy, to marketing, to operations and human resources, and to accounting and finance. Your team will be competing against other teams in the rapidly changing automobile industry, where customer needs evolve, new products are introduced, and economic environment changes. Teams compete directly against each other, with the results being impacted by how the competitors interact, what new products are introduced, and how the strategic investments are financed.

In this six-day intensive program, you will work as one of the board members of a 3-4 person firm and make a total of 10 rounds of decisions, which is equivalent to 10 simulated years worth of managing your own company. You will also be asked to make two presentations – half-time and final presentations – to reflect on and share your learning with other teams. The tentative schedule is as follows:

Monday
Feb 23
9:00 Introduction
13:00 Decision #1
18:00 Decision #2

Tuesday
Feb 24
9:00 Decision #3
13:00 Decision #4
18:00 Decision #5

Wednesday
Feb 25
13:00-16:00 Half-Time Presentation

Thursday
Feb 26
13:00 Decision #6
18:00 Decision #7

Friday
Feb 27
9:00 Decision #8
13:00 Decision #9
18:00 Decision #10

Saturday
Feb 28
13:00-16:00 Final Presentation

The program has been consistently voted by students in the past years as one of the “most memorable” learning experiences at ICS. Offered at the very end of the first year, it provides you with an opportunity to integrate everything you have learned throughout the year and also the very last chance to learn from each other by collaborating and competing with your classmates.

The registration costs $39.95 per student for software licensing and a copy of the StratSim manual. Further specifics will be explained in the information session in Term 2. (You are also encouraged to visit.)

ECON6042
Mathematical Economics
General Information
This course presents both static and dynamic general equilibrium based on optimization to study interrelated macroeconomic issues. In particular, Pontryagin optimal control theory and Bellman certainty and stochastic dynamic programming models will be covered. Such control theory and recursive multi-stage optimization methodology will be applied to important macro topics such as economic growth and employment.
ECON6052
Selected Topics in Macroeconomics
Ngai, Rachel
General Information
This is a special course that deals with various topics of macroeconomics. Topics covered may vary form year to year, depending on the research interests of the instructor.

ECON2113 Microeconomic analysis

Semester : 2
For Student of Year : 2

Examine microeconomic issues with applications. Topics include: consumer behaviour, cost structure, market structure, theory of the firm, factor market and general equilibrium.

Extra Information

Remarks: Open only to non-B.Econ, non-B.Fin and non-B.Econ&Fin students
Mutually exclusive course: ECON2101 Microeconomic theory

FINA0805 Real estate finance

Semester : 2
For Student of Year : 2 & 3

An introduction to real estate economics, mortgage market, real estate auctions in Hong Kong, pre-sale market in Hong Kong, pricing of land and residential/commercial properties, mortgage-backed securities and mortgage company.

FINA1001 Financial statement analysis

Semester : 2
For Student of Year : 2 & 3

This course covers the basic issues and principles of fundamental analysis, which deals with the valuation of a firm’s equity shares and debt by using the information of financial statements. The objective of this course is to enable students to understand the key financial statements, important elements of financial statement analysis, and the application of financial statement analysis to forecasting and valuation analysis.

Extra Information

Prerequisite: BUSI1002 Introduction to Accounting.