BADM 590

Spring 2014 All Classes

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Seminar in Business Admin

Credit: 0 TO 4 hours.

Special topics in the general area of business. Topics are selected by the instructor at the beginning of each term.

Approved for letter and S/U grading. May be repeated if topics vary. Unlimited credit hours for graduate and professional students.

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BADM 590 class schedule data for spring 2014
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
10402	Independent Study		ARRANGED	n.a.	Location Pending		Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/14-05/07/14 Special Approval: Departmental Approval Required Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign or Professional - Urbana.
31477	Lecture-Discussion	ADF	9:00AM -11:50AM	F	Huff Hall	Kurtz, J Chhajed, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/14-05/07/14 Credit: 1 hours Section Title: Frontiers in Technology Section Info: BA590 activities are specially arranged for MSTM participants to enhance their educational experience. These experiential activities complement your classroom learning. Restriction(s): Restricted to MS: Technology Management-UIUC.
31460	Lecture-Discussion	ADO	8:00AM -9:20AM	MW	Business Instructional Fac	Alsberg, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/14-05/07/14 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Oral Communication for Bus Section Info: Designed to improve the international student's ability to speak and understand English in the business setting at normal conversational speed and to give the student the ability to continue improving pronunciation skills after the course is finished. Focus on the rhythm, stress, intonation, and sounds of natural speech, and the use of ordinary English spelling to guide the pronunciation of newly encountered words. No student will be permitted to remain in the class who does not take the Diagnostic Test administered during the first three class meetings and show demonstrated need. Restriction(s): Restricted to MS: Technology Management-UIUC.
44800	Lecture-Discussion	ADT	1:00PM -3:50PM	F	Business Instructional Fac	Kurtz, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/14-05/07/14 Section Title: Technology Practicum Section Info: Apply your knowledge and skills in the real world. This class gives students a unique opportunity to apply their classroom knowledge, their skills and their experiences in a real world setting while still in school. Our student consultants should expect the experience to be as close to working in a business environment as the academic environment allows. Each team of students will work in a consultative relationship with real businesses and organizations to solve real problems by developing implementable solutions. The instructor's expectation is that the student consultants will provide professional quality work. Our students form teams that work directly with a business client for 12 weeks of the semester on a project jointly defined by the client and the team. Team Leaders are selected by the instructor after evaluating the applicants' work experience, leadership experience, and other qualities. Restriction(s): Restricted to MS: Technology Management-UIUC.
51008	Lecture-Discussion	BPI	11:00AM -12:20PM	TR	Business Instructional Fac	Anand, G	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/14-05/07/14 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Business Process Improvement Section Info: This course meets with BADM 379. Restriction(s): Restricted to MBA:Bus Administration -UIUC.
52704	Lecture-Discussion	CO	1:00PM -3:50PM	R	Business Instructional Fac	Otnes, C	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/14-05/07/14 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Qualitative Research Methods Section Info: This course will meet in 3038 BIF. Restriction(s): Restricted to PHD:Business Administrtn -UIUC.
53653	Lecture-Discussion	GRF	9:00AM -11:50AM	F	Huff Hall	Kurtz, J Chhajed, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/14-05/07/14 Section Title: Frontiers in Technology Section Info: BA590 activities are specially arranged for MSTM participants to enhance their educational experience. These experiential activities complement your classroom learning. Restriction(s): Restricted to MS: Technology Management-UIUC.
52706	Lecture-Discussion	GRI	ARRANGED	n.a.	Location Pending	Chhajed, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/14-05/07/14 Section Title: Business Practice Internship Restriction(s): Restricted to MS: Technology Management-UIUC.
57299	Lecture-Discussion	GRT	2:00PM -3:20PM	TR	Business Instructional Fac	Kurtz, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/14-05/07/14 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Technology Practicum Restriction(s): Restricted to MS: Technology Management-UIUC.
57696	Lecture-Discussion	IB2	4:00PM -6:50PM	R	Business Instructional Fac	Clougherty, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/14-05/07/14 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Economics of International Bus Section Info: This course will meet in 4001 BIF.
50061	Lecture-Discussion	IT	5:00PM -7:50PM	W	Business Instructional Fac	Nelson, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/14-05/07/14 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: IT Consulting Project Mgmt Section Info: This course is open to students pursuing the Graduate Minor in Information Technology. The goal of BADM590-IT is to allow the student to become aware, comprehend, explore and manage significant issues confronting management information systems consultants. The course strives to reach a balance between 'general' management consulting principles and information technology (IT) specific topics. To achieve these course goals, the course is structured around five core objectives pertaining to management consulting tools & techniques, IT valuation methods & issues, the consulting engagement process, IT to Business alignment, and information technology trends & impact assessment. To accomplish these objectives the course provides students an opportunity to conduct real-life case-orientated analysis, prepare the most prevalent types of consulting engagements, and research & review materials from the industry's most successful thought-leaders in these areas. It is the professor's sincere hope that this innovative course design will maximize the students' learning experience, time and value of completing this class. Restriction(s): Restricted to MBA: (PT) Business Adm -- UIUC, MS: Technology Management-UIUC, or MBA:Bus Administration -UIUC.
50843	Lecture-Discussion	IT2	11:00AM -1:50PM	M	Wohlers Hall	Larson, E	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/14-05/07/14 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Social Media Strategy Section Info: This course is open to students pursuing the Graduate Minor in Information Technology. Managers in firms today must be equipped to deal with the new reality of a socially connected society. In this course, students will improve their analytical capabilities and understanding of the opportunities and challenges that social media, global collaboration and new ways of engaging customers pose for the firm. An emphasis will be placed on managerial decision making in the context of the social media phenomenon. Restriction(s): Restricted to MAS:Accountancy -UIUC, MS:Business Administrtn -UIUC, MBA: (PT) Business Adm -- UIUC, MS: Technology Management-UIUC, or MBA:Bus Administration -UIUC.
60955	Lecture-Discussion	MPT	12:30PM -3:20PM	T	Business Instructional Fac	Kim, K	Part of Term: B Date Range: 03/17/14-05/07/14 Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Managing Prod & Process Tech Section Info: Meets with MBA 505 MPT. Restriction(s): Restricted to MS: Technology Management-UIUC.
54986	Lecture-Discussion	MSA	2:00PM -3:20PM	TR	Business Instructional Fac	Sleptsov, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/14-05/07/14 Special Approval: Departmental Approval Required Credit: 4 hours Section Title: The Economics of Organizations Restriction(s): Restricted to MS: Accy - Cost Rec -UIUC or PHD:Accountancy -UIUC.
50062	Lecture-Discussion	MSB	11:00AM -12:50PM	F	Wohlers Hall	Qualls, W	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/14-05/07/14 Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Global Perspectives in Busines Restriction(s): Restricted to MS:Business Administrtn -UIUC.
52992	Lecture-Discussion	MT	2:00PM -3:20PM	MW	Business Instructional Fac	Clougherty, J	Part of Term: B Date Range: 03/17/14-05/07/14 Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Global Strategy Section Info: This course is open to students pursuing the Graduate Minor in International Business. Restriction(s): Restricted to MAS:Accountancy -UIUC, MS: Accy - Cost Rec -UIUC, MS: Finance Cost Rec -UIUC, MS:Business Administrtn -UIUC, or MS: Technology Management-UIUC.
51960	Lecture-Discussion	OB	12:30PM -1:50PM	R	Business Instructional Fac	Loewenstein, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/14-05/07/14 Section Title: OB Brown Bag Seminar Section Info: This course will meet in 3015/3017 BIF. Restriction(s): Restricted to PHD:Business Administrtn -UIUC.
43946	Lecture-Discussion	OM	5:00PM -7:50PM	R	Business Instructional Fac	Grahovac, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/14-05/07/14 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Operations Strategy Section Info: Operations strategy examines how manufacturing or operations in general can be used as sources of competitive advantage. Some firms compete based on innovative and high-performing products. Others may rely on rapid delivery, flexibility to accommodate specific customer needs, or cost leadership. The capabilities that allow the pursuit of these strategies are usually the result of well formulated and executed operations strategies. This course illuminates the fundamental underlying drivers that make the pursuit of these and other strategies possible and/or desirable within different contexts. The course uses cutting edge theory as well as business cases that illustrate the theoretical concepts. We will meet once a week for an evening of stimulating discussion that links together and deepens the understanding of concepts learned in core Competitive Strategy and Operations/Process Management classes. Restriction(s): Restricted to MBA: (PT) Business Adm -- UIUC, MS: Technology Management-UIUC, or MBA:Bus Administration -UIUC.
51352	Lecture-Discussion	PLO	2:00PM -4:50PM	T	Business Instructional Fac	Kraatz, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/14-05/07/14 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Power & Leadership in Orgs. Section Info: Organizations are political systems and leadership is, among other things, a deeply political task. As people try to ascend through organizational hierarchies they inevitably confront political dynamics and come face to face with the realities of power. Those who are fortunate enough to achieve positions of authority are ultimately confronted with the problem of using power. This task, which involves numerous practical, ethical, and personal challenges, can be even more demanding than the task of attaining power in the first place. This course has two basic and interrelated purposes. The first is to help students better understand power in organizations and to become more effective political actors in their professional careers. The second is to explore the nature of the outwardly similar but less tangible thing called leadership, and to carefully consider its relationship to power itself. In pursuing this latter objective, we will address important normative questions about power's legitimate purposes and the ethical constraints which should govern its use. We will also consider how the pursuit and attainment of power can affect people. Leadership, as we shall come to see in the course of the class, is an inherently ethical and personal concept. The course attempts to do justice to these aspects of the phenomenon at the same time that it explores complicating political realities. It is about power AND leadership. This means both realism and idealism, both "getting things done" and "doing the right thing." The design of the course is generally similar to my MBA 502 OTD course. We will read a large number of cases and attempt to learn from the experiences of many successful (and failed) organizational politicians/leaders. We will also draw upon a large body of popular management literature and social scientific research which has directly addressed the phenomena of power and leadership in and around organizations. The course will be highly interactive and discussion-based. Grading procedures and expectations will also be similar to those used in OTD. Restriction(s): Restricted to MBA: (PT) Business Adm -- UIUC, MS: Technology Management-UIUC, or MBA:Bus Administration -UIUC.
55844	Lecture-Discussion	PM	12:30PM -1:50PM	MW	Business Instructional Fac	Taghaboni-Dutta, F	Part of Term: B Date Range: 03/17/14-05/07/14 Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Program Management Section Info: Meets with MBA 505 PM. This course provides a socio-technical perspective, as opposed to a planning-and-control perspective, to the management of projects. As such, the course can be thought of either as a complement to a project management course (e.g., MBA 505 or BADM 589) or as a complement to organizations and management courses. Program management is becoming more important in today's world where, more and more companies are realizing that managing complex and interrelated projects is a vital part of every organization's success. Accordingly, in this course, the science of project management will be covered from a socio-technical perspective, which is a perspective that focuses on the importance of technical skills along with the skills needed for becoming an effective project manager who can form and lead a successful project team. Additionally, the course will focus on project portfolio management by focusing on how to become an effective program manager. In this context, the distinction between program management and project management is that projects deliver outputs whereas programs deliver outcomes; as such, program management is concerned with doing the right projects whereas project management is concerned with doing projects right. The course begins with an introduction to projects and the project management process with an emphasis on planning, and examining how managers plan, budget, schedule and control multi-project programs within an organizational context. Topics include project life cycles, organization and charters, work breakdown structures, responsibility matrixes; as well as the role of projects in organizations, alternative organizational systems, team management and leadership, and change management. The importance of project teams and human resource management in the process also is addressed. The art and science of project and program management process will be learnt through class activities, lectures, textbook, articles and/or handouts. The class assignments include weekly readings, in-class and outside-class related activities. Restriction(s): Restricted to MS: Technology Management-UIUC.
46201	Lecture-Discussion	PS	3:30PM -6:20PM	R	Business Instructional Fac	Leblebici, H	Part of Term: A Date Range: 01/21/14-03/14/14 Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Managing Prof Service Firms Section Info: Professional service firms are a critical part of the global economy. How these firms address the economic, social and technical challenges and provide solutions to their clients' needs play an increasingly important role in today's world. The objective of the course is to understand how these firms are organized, how they manage their human capital, and fulfill their clients' expectations. We will first develop an understanding of what makes professional service firms successful and how they develop and sustain their competitive advantage. Second, we will focus on their unique human capital processes that are critical in executing their strategies by paying special attention to the ways these firms develop professional talents and motivate them to deliver superior client service. Third, we will have the opportunity to bring some of our graduates from these firms to explore how they have leveraged their skills and competencies to develop their careers and to learn from their experiences. Restriction(s): Restricted to MAS:Accountancy -UIUC, MS: Accy - Cost Rec -UIUC, MS: Finance Cost Rec -UIUC, MBA: (PT) Business Adm -- UIUC, MS: Technology Management-UIUC, or MBA:Bus Administration -UIUC.
47490	Lecture-Discussion	X	ARRANGED	n.a.	Location Pending	Loewenstein, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 12/20/13-04/05/14 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Fostering Creative Thinking Restriction(s): Restricted to MBA:Exec MBA Ilini Ctr-UIUC.
47491	Lecture-Discussion	X1	ARRANGED	n.a.	Location Pending	Somaya, D	Part of Term: A Date Range: 02/14/14-04/05/14 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Strategic Human Capital Restriction(s): Restricted to MBA:Exec MBA Ilini Ctr-UIUC.
47492	Lecture-Discussion	X2	ARRANGED	n.a.	Location Pending	Lansing, P	Part of Term: EMB Date Range: 02/14/14-04/05/14 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Bus Ethics & Corp. Resp. Restriction(s): Restricted to MBA:Exec MBA Ilini Ctr-UIUC.
47624	Lecture-Discussion	X4	ARRANGED	n.a.	Location Pending	Watkins, R Fang, E	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 10/18/13-04/19/14 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Intnatl Consulting Proj: China Restriction(s): Restricted to MBA:Exec MBA Ilini Ctr-UIUC.
31464	Lecture-Discussion	X5	ARRANGED	n.a.	Location Pending	Echambadi, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 12/20/13-04/05/14 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Strategic Innovation Managemen Restriction(s): Restricted to MBA:Exec MBA Ilini Ctr-UIUC.
46627	Lecture-Discussion	X6	ARRANGED	n.a.	Location Pending	Magelli, P	Part of Term: A Date Range: 12/20/13-02/01/14 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Entrepreneurship&Corp.Renewal Section Info: Management Challenges in Emerging Economies. This course is restricted to student in the MBA and MS-Tech programs. Registration for this course will open at noon on Wednesday, November 12, 2008. Restriction(s): Restricted to MBA:Exec MBA Ilini Ctr-UIUC.