The
Master of Business Administration (MBA) program promotes learning
to synthesize the principles and practices of management within
a technology-driven world. Course content reflects current business
practice in best-of-class organizations. UMT’s knowledge of current
practice comes from its close ties with leading edge companies
and government agencies. Courses balance nurturing of an appreciation
for the role of theory in effective management with practical,
how-to insights.
While the emphasis on the program is directed
toward managing in a technology-driven world, management basics
that apply to all business operations are covered. The program
provides an ethical and legal foundation for the student’s behavior
in commerce and it gives the student insights into recognizing
inappropriate behavior in others. It imbues the student with
detailed knowledge of managing both projects and operations.
It describes how effective managers lead—how they make decisions
to motivate others and how they organize efforts to tap into
human capabilities most effectively.
The program addresses the reality that the
world will not beat a path to the door of innovators—that they
need to package, distribute and sell their concepts and products
in order to be successful in business. It provides a framework
for understanding the philosophy of the scientific method and
its impact on quantitative and subjective decision-making, especially
in the context of risk and uncertainty. And it teaches students
to “follow the money,” to discern the financial underpinnings
of individual businesses and the economic foundation of society.
The MBA degree offers students a professional
degree that prepares them to manage business and nonprofit enterprises.
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MGT 201/COMM 500. Effective Communications and Soft Skills
Communications
model: sender, receiver, encoding, decoding, feedback,
the medium, the message. Barriers to communications.
Verbal vs. nonverbal communications. Formal vs. informal
communications. Writing reports. Making presentations.
Conducting meetings. Practical exercises in effective
communication. Dealing effectively with colleagues, supervisors,
team members, and customers.
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MGT 202/MGT 540. Business Law and Ethics
Commercial
law at the national, state (provincial), and municipal
levels. Forms of organizational structure (e.g., sole
proprietorship, partnership, corporation). Taxes. Occupational
safety and health. Labor regulations. Ethics.
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MGT 215/MGT 535. Operations, Logistics and Supply Chain Management
This
course covers the set of activities that creates goods
and services through the transformation of inputs into
outputs. OM is one of the three major functions of any
organization (manufacturing or service), the other two
being financing/accounting and marketing.
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MGT 220/MGT 570. Information Technology
An
introduction to the role of information technology in
contemporary organizations. A review of the history of
computers, the evolution of management information systems,
the employment of computers in contemporary organizations,
and basic information on software development. Hands-on
exercises in using the Internet and creating web pages.
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MGT 230/MGT 530. Leadership and Organizations
A
review of the history of management thought. The role
of vision, leadership, and values in organizations. Teams
and team-building. Conflict management. Organizational
design.
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MGT 236/MGT 611. Decision-making
An
overview of basic quantitative skills needed to make
effective management decisions. Topics covered include
displaying and summarizing data, random variables and
probability distributions, sampling, statistical inference,
regression analysis, forecasting, statistical quality
control, risk analysis, Monte Carlo simulation, decision
trees, and linear and integer optimization modeling.
Requires Microsoft Excel?.
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MGT 240/MKT 500. Marketing and Sales
An
overview of the key functions of marketing: pricing,
promotion, distribution channels, and product definition.
The market research function. An understanding of who
customers are (both internal and external) and how to
define their needs and wants. Sales strategies.
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MGT 245/MGT 655. Technological Entrepreneurship and Innovation
This
course offers a comprehensive overview of technological
entrepreneurship by examining the link between entrepreneurship,
creativity, invention and innovation. It addresses both
theory and practice. In order to see what it takes to
be successful, it looks at several current high tech
businesses that began as start-ups in the recent past
and became successful.
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MGT 250/MGT 550. Project Management
This course addresses the central role of project management today. Topics include
a review of the project life-cycle; techniques in the
areas of cost management, scheduling, and resource allocation;
identifying and managing project requirements; and an
overview of project management software.
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MGT 251/MGT 551. Planning and Control
Effective planning and control entails developing skills that go far beyond mastery of Microsoft Project! To begin with, it requires the development of solid cost, duration, and resource estimates, which means that practitioners need to learn the principles of effective estimation. In planning projects, they also need to know how to construct product-oriented and task-oriented work breakdown structures (WBSs), since WBSs form the foundation of schedules and budgets. In the scheduling arena, today' practitioners need to go beyond PERT/CPM and should get up to speed on brand new scheduling techniques, such as critical chain scheduling and time-boxed scheduling. And once the project is underway, they should be able to track actuals-versus-planned in order to keep the project under control.
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MGT 254/MGT 554. Contracts and Procurement
This course offers a
comprehensive overview of technological entrepreneurship by examining the
link between entrepreneurship, creativity, invention and innovation.
It addresses both theory and practice. In order to see what it takes to be successful, it looks at several current high tech businesses that began as start-ups in the recent past and became successful.
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MGT 280/FIN 600. Finance
Capital
budgeting techniques: present value analysis, internal
rate of return, pay back period analysis. Raising capital.
Venture capital. Capital markets. Financial decision-making.
CAPM vs. APT. Financial risk.
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MGT 281/ACCT 600. Accounting
Financial
statement analysis: balance sheets, income statements,
cash flow statements. Depreciation of capital. Taxes.
Role of the Financial Accounting Standards Board. Auditing.
Managerial accounting. Hands-on examples of employing
accounting techniques with spreadsheets.
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MGT 285/ECON 500. Economics
An
overview of micro-economic and macro-economic principles,
including: law of scarcity, competition, division of
labor, fiscal policy, government intervention, and international
trade.
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MGT 299/MGT 699. Business Policy
The
MBA capstone course, conducted as a seminar. Students
apply their business knowledge by analyzing a series
of case studies. Students make public presentations of
their findings.
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Exemptions of Study:
3 Subjects waiver mode:
Could be granted for graduate
with
a Bachelor degree related to Business and Management.
Duration of Study:
Could be completed within
12 - 15 months
Entry Requirement:
The admission
requirements are as follows:
Holder of Bachelor
with the minimum GPA of 2.5 from a recognized university or professional
association.
Demonstrated proficiency in English
Other equivalent qualifications to be assessed by UMT.
Contact us:
Program Manager
Telephone: (852) 2791-1155
Email: admin@umt.edu.hk
Request for more information:
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It is a matter of discretion for individual employers to recognize any qualification
to which this course may lead
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