Overview of personnel management theory and practice in organizations. Job definition; recruitment, selection, separation; training; health and safety; compensation; EEO issues.
Basic concepts of supply chain management such as synchronized information, product and financial flow, channel design and configuration, supplier relationships, internal and external logistics, and inventory deployment and replenishment. Supply chain modeling for the optimization and monitoring of a supply chain, or a segment thereof, using network (mathematical programming) models.
Introduction to foreign money and capital markets and international financial institutions: financial planning for corporations with overseas operations; analysis of sources and uses of corporate funds abroad; criteria for choice among alternative foreign investments. Text/case approach. Prerequisite: SCH-MGMT 640.
Development of general theory of investment management and its application to individual and institutional investors; computer portfolio management. Prerequisite: Sch-Mgmt 640.