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INTB 6800 – Blockchain and Emerging Technologies Impacting Globalization
Thursdays 6:30 – 9:15 p.m. (Hybrid)
Instructor: Julie Tracy Lockwood
This course will address important technologies (AI, Blockchain, Cloud, Data Analytics) driving globalization and innovation. It will be facilitated by Julie Tracy Lockwood, IBM’s Program Director of Global Services, and leading experts from multinational and technology companies. Participants will have the option to earn credentials from cognitiveclass.ai, an IBM technology education partner.
This course is targeted to MS in International Business, MBA (i.e., the course meets the international requirement), and other MS programs (e.g., MS in Information Systems) students who wish to gain practical knowledge about Blockchain and key technologies from the lens of digital globalization.
INTB 6500 – International Business Consulting
Tuesdays 6:30 – 9:15 p.m.
Instructor: Merrily “Missy” Kautt
The consulting client is Motherlode Provisions, a fast-growing food company that sells branded and OEM BBQ, brown and special sauces, and drink mixes to clients such as Costco, Marriott Hotels, Whole Foods and high-end restaurants. Working directly with Motherlode’s CEO and Founder and led by Instructor Merrily Kautt, the course will explore growth opportunities and develop a strategic international expansion program for the UK and European markets.
The course is targeted to students in the MSIB, MBA (the course meets the international requirement), and other MS programs who would like to learn important skills and gain valuable hands-on experience working in global business.
MGMT 6610 – Business Strategy Lab
Mondays 6:30 – 9:15 p.m.
Instructor: Susan Heinzeroth
MGMT 6610 is a career-centric course, offering MBA/MS students hands-on experience in two tracks – Management Consulting and Strategy. Susan Heinzeroth, a seasoned professional in both, guides MBA/MS teams in designing and executing projects that influence strategic change for a client company. We’ll be consulting to Senior Executives from a Financial Services firm on a strategic challenge they’ve identified. Be ready to prepare a team charter, scope of work, work -plan, conduct research, analyze information, interact with the client throughout, problem-solve, identify actionable strategic ideas and timelines, and present your final project recommendations at a client reception! Join us!
BUSN 6520 – Leading Individuals and Teams
Mondays 6:30 – 9:15 p.m.
Instructor: Jim LoPresti
Students learn the strengths and weaknesses of their management style and how to work effectively with individual differences. Students also learn how to form teams around purpose/task, diagnose problems and identify and implement solutions by utilizing leadership skills such as setting goals, processes and measures, interpersonal communication, motivation and conflict management. Students will also explore core concepts around emotional intelligence and its critical importance to leading oneself or teams
HLTH 6730 – Healthcare Operations Management
Online
Students in this course will obtain a comprehensive and practical examination of operations management with an emphasis on application to health care organizations. Students will use mathematical and basic spreadsheet skills to critically assess patient flows, volume projection, and supply chain management to improve the efficiency of service delivery in health care organizations. Detailed content on reducing cycle times (e.g., patient wait times), measuring productivity, streamlining process flows, tracking outcomes, staffing, and performance metrics will be presented in the course.
ENTP 6842 – New Concept Development
Online
Instructor: Jim LoPresti & David Forlani
This course provides insights and tools that will help students assess the viability of new business concepts. Unlike the “business plan” course where students create an actual plan, this course will help students determine if a new business concept is truly worthy of a business plan. The course focuses on understanding problems and solutions from the potential market’s perspective. The value of the problem-solution approach is that it quickly gets to the reason why people buy things. Students will employ various experiential and theoretical learning aids to investigate to investigate a series of relevant topics such as product markets, new business concepts and entrepreneurial risk-taking.
ACCT 6520 – Oil & Gas Accounting
Thursdays 6:30-9:15pm
Instructor: Mary Malina
The Oil and Gas Accounting course is designed to give students an overview of the oil and gas industry and the particular accounting issues this industry faces. The focus is on the oil and gas industry but many of the issues discussed are appropriate and applicable to all energy-related entities. This is a valuable learning experience for those interested in acquiring an understanding of the accounting issues for energy management firms in preparation for entry into public accounting. The course enjoys support from the energy industry in the form of guest speakers and project ideas
MKTG 6800 – Advanced Topics in Video Entertainment and Media Distribution
Monday/Wednesday 6:30-9:15pm (First 8 weeks)
Instructor: Charlotte Bockstahler
This course will delve into the dramatic current trends in the television industry including revenue models, competitive strategies, consumer behavior, advertising, content, rights fees and more, and include students in an industry-based case competition. Participants will work in teams of three and receive a mentor from the cable/media industry plus networking opportunities. $7,500 in cash prizes will be awarded for the competition. Past competitions have resulted in more than 40 internships and/or employment opportunities with top industry companies in Denver including Comcast, Charter, Starz and Sand Cherry Associates. MBA and MS students are invited to register.
ACCT 6825 – Accounting and Finance for Sustainability
Mondays 6:30-9:15pm
Instructor: Mary Malina
Topics in accounting and finance related to business sustainability include the merits and challenges of a triple-bottom-line perspective, mandatory and voluntary reporting, environmental liability measurement and disclosure, emissions trading, green investments, shareholder activism, microfinance, and socially responsible investing.
MGMT 6827 – Business and Global Climate Change
Online
Instructor: John Byrd
If climate change occurs as scientists predict, managers will increasingly have to consider climate-related costs and risks, regulatory requirements, disclosure and develop competitive products and services for a low carbon world. No matter what your personal views are about climate change, most corporations will have to develop a climate strategy or plan. More progressive companies will find ways to turn this potentially serious constraint into some sort of opportunity and thereby shape their own destiny rather than having it determined for them. I hope this class helps you be in that group of ‘destiny-shapers’ as you progress through your career.
MGMT 6730 – Performance Management
Monday, 6:30 pm – 9:15 pm
Instructor: Virg Setzer
As you will learn one of if not the most important roles and responsibilities of any manager or leader is to “enable” the performance and the success of each of their employees. Our course is clearly a great opportunity for you to gain a comprehensive understanding of what effective and meaningful Performance Management really is and to develop your knowledge and skills. This course will provide you with a strong and essential foundation as you move forward in business. The talent of any organization is a critical element for success, but most effectively “enabling” the performance of that talent is the real competitive advantage for a business.
RISK 6809 – Principles of Risk Management & Insurance
Tuesdays 6:30PM – 9:15PM
This course prepares students for advanced work in insurance and risk management. The course first covers the nature of risk and risk fundamentals, insurer operations and insurance regulation. It then considers the principal techniques of managing risk exposures and the basis of decision making in the management of business and personal risks.
MKTG 6090 – Big Data CRM
Tuesday 6:30PM – 9:15PM
Instructor: Summer Cao
Many leading companies realize the power of systematically building the customer’s business as a means to adding value for end-customers, and lowering system-wide costs in the supply chain. Customer Relationship Management (CRM) can be described as a comprehensive set of processes and technologies for managing the relationships with potential and current customers and business. The objective of this course is understanding the fundamentals of CRM Strategy, the various metrics used in CRM, the tools (e.g., statistical software SAS) used for efficient allocation of resources to maximize customer value, and CRM implementation issues.
GEMM 6230 – Political Risk Analysis and Strategy for Energy Business
Hybrid; Jan. 17-20 from 1:15 p.m. – 6 p.m. then Jan. 21 – March 27 is online
Instructor: Michael Orlando
This course examines public influence on energy business activities. Participants will explore the economics of political action and methods for evaluating how stakeholder groups interact to influence political outcomes. These methods can be used to inform strategies for stakeholder engagement and plans for managing risks emerging from legislative, regulatory, and judicial settings and the ‘court of public opinion.’
MTAX 6431 – Inbound International Taxation
Thursday 6:30pm to 9:15pm
Instructor: Eric Zinn
An inbound transaction deals with a foreign person (e.g., a foreign individual, partnership, or corporation) doing business in the U.S. This course begins by discussing that a foreign person is taxed on two types of U.S. income: (1) FDAP (generally, investment income) and (2) effectively connected income (business income). Planning opportunities, such as avoiding U.S. income tax when a foreign person exports goods into the U.S.; choice of U.S. business entity; and structuring U.S. business entities between different foreign tax systems (world-wide taxation by the foreign country or territorial taxation by the foreign country) are also presented.
GEMM 6630 – Commercialization and Management/Leadership of Renewable Energies
Hybrid; Jan. 17-20 from 1:15 p.m. – 6 p.m. then Jan. 21 – March 27 is online
Instructor: Jennifer Bredt and Merrill Ferguson
This course will provide students with real-time insight into the world of renewable energy development. Both instructors are currently employed with industry leaders and will provide students with first-hand knowledge of commercialization of projects from prospecting through operations. Students will be taken on a project’s journey to commercialization via a methodic overview of all project phases inclusive of risk mitigation, stakeholder analysis and executive decision making.
BUSN 6560 – Marketing Dynamics in the 21st Century
Hybrid; Tuesday 6:30pm to 9:15pm and online
Focuses on the formulation and implementation of a marketing plan in the context of the firm’s strengths, overall strategy and competitive environment. Emphasis is on understanding the marketing environment and on decision-making skills regarding market selection, pricing, promotion, product configuration and management of distribution channels. Emphasis on cases and guest speakers.
MKTG 6040 – Services Marketing for Traditional and Creative Industries
Thursday 6:30pm to 9:15pm
This is a course designed to help MS and MBA students focus on the concepts of marketing and managing service business, e.g. financial service, banking, health care, consulting, and businesses in which customer service is an essential ingredient. The course will utilize guest speakers, projects of your choice, and state of the art cases, to illustrate the above concepts. Further, we will use guest speakers from the following industry sectors to compare and contrast how academics and executives approach market opportunities. These speakers may also serve as important contacts for students wishing to further their careers.