Examines issues associated with the globalization of business. Topics include international business and multinational strategy, major influences in developing accounting standards, comparative accounting practices, harmonization of international accounting standards, consolidated financial statements involving foreign subsidiaries, financial statement analysis involving foreign companies, and management, auditing, and tax issues in a global environment. Prerequisite: Accountg 322 or equivalent.

A broad survey of legal problems encountered in business transactions; emphasis on implications to accountants and auditors. Prerequisite: MANAGMNT 260.

First part of course: conceptual in nature. Topics include nature of attest function, ethical and legal relationships of audits and types of audit reports. Second part: technical aspects of auditing including study and evaluation of internal control. Final part: statistical sampling and auditing in a computer environment. Prerequisite: SCH-MGMT 522 or equivalent.

Examines issues associated with the globalization of business. Topics include international business and multinational strategy, major influences in developing accounting standards, comparative accounting practices, harmonization of international accounting standards, consolidated financial statements involving foreign subsidiaries, financial statement analysis involving foreign companies, and management, auditing, and tax issues in a global environment. Prerequisite: Accountg 322 or equivalent.

Improve your oral communication skills by practicing and delivering professional business and career-oriented presentations and talks, planned and impromptu. Through feedback, role playing, and coaching, you will learn how to engage your audience, emphasize your points with confident body language, and create persuasive and informative presentations. Designed to enhance communication skills for professional success.

Materials from behavioral and social sciences used to expand understanding of marketing phenomena.

Theories and empirical applications of organizational behavior in contemporary research. Topics include motivations, organizational justice, attitudes, leadership, and groups. Participants critically analyze and research theoretical articles on current issues. Focus on building knowledge and research skills.

What are the key components of Business Process Change and how to integrate them successfully? Six Sigma, Lean, ERP, BPMS, SCORE and other change initiatives that improve an organization can be either synergistic or destructively competitive. This course looks at understand the role of business change methodologies and considers how to choose the constructive path that maximizes the return for the effort invested.

Through readings, case studies, guest speakers, reflective writing, and a research paper, students will learn about South African culture and history, the power of the South African economy within Africa and the rest of the world, and the concept of Ubuntu as it applies to business: coming up with African solutions to African challenges.

This course reviews the foundations of modern economics with an emphasis on its applications in business. Course coverage includes a range of both microeconomic and macroeconomic subjects. Topics include demand and supply analysis, consumer theory, theory of the firm, unemployment, inflation, monetary and fiscal policy, economic growth, the causes and consequences of recessions, and issues in global economics.