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Fee descriptions 2-year, 6 trimesters
First enrollment fees: THB US$
Matriculation fee (Thai students) 8,000 200
Matriculation fee (non-Thai students) 20,500 513
Student’s Activities fee 6,000 150
Newsletters 400 10
strong> Registration fees / trimester:
Tuition fee (Bht. 4,000 @ 48 credits) 192,000 4,800
University fee (Bht. 12,500 @ 6 trimesters) 75,000 1,875
Internet & Access Control fee 5,400 135
(Bht. 2,700 @ 2 years)
Health & Life Insurance fee (non-Thai students, 10,000 250
Bht. 5,000 / year)
Total approximately for Thai students 286,800 7,170
Total approximately for non-Thai students 309,300 7,

QUALIFICATIONS FOR ADMISSION
1. Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.
2. At least 2 years of professional and practical work experience.
3. A Grade Point Average of at least 2.5 or its equivalent.
4. Possess leadership & managerial potential
5. Computer Literacy: able to use basic programs for course work.
6. Three reference letters from former instructors or employers.
SELECTION PROCEDURES
As part of the application and selection process, applicants are required to take the University Entrance Examination. Applicants are required to sit for one or both parts of the written exam on:
Part I – Managerial Aptitude Test
Part II – English

FOUNDATION COURSES
MM 5003 Organization Development & Management Fundamentals

CORE COURSES
MM 6801 Perspectives in Organization Development and Management
MM 6802 Theories of Change and Transformation
MM 6803 Foundations of Research
MM 6804 ODT Strategies and Technology
MM 6805 ODT Process Spiral/Cycle
MM 6806 ODT Consulting Roles and Skills
MM 6807 ODT Integration Processes
MM 6808 ODT Action Research
MM 6809 Ethics in Change Management
MM 6810 Micro Systems Diagnosis, Change and Transformation
Elective Courses (A choice of 2 out of 4 courses)
MM 6811 ODT & Human Potential/Capital Development
MM 6812 ODT & Management of Entrepreneurship & Creativity
MM 6813 ODT & Organization, Language and Change
MM 6814 Change Management in Organization, Communication, Culture & Climate
ODT Research/Change Project

MM (OD & M) OBJECTIVES
In this graduate program, students will earn a degree of Master of Management (M.M.) with focus and emphasis on Organization Development and Management (OD & M).
During and at the end of the program, students are able to:
1. Develop and articulate clearly their knowledge and understanding of organizations as corporate living systems, of development as a human social process, and management as a creative and confluent response to the challenges of existing and emerging realities in the task environment.
2. Acquire and increase competencies in organization development and change management to pursue different but interrelated and complementary purposes of organizations namely
a management for consistency and efficiency of operation,
b. management for efficacy, excellence and productivity,
c. management for creative and entrepreneurship and
d. management for relations, integration and wholeness.
3. Acquire and enrich understanding and appreciation of the process of learning at the individual, group and organizational levels that enable human social systems to become a lifelong learning system in managing growth, change, development and transformation in sync with the information age.
. Develop and enhance competencies in diagnosing/ assessing/designing development interventions and monitoring/evaluating planned change efforts in organizations, using the action research approach to problem-solving/decision-making in organizations.
5. Create awareness of and develop appreciation for organization development and management as a new profession or discipline in managing change in organizations as a critical function of leadership for integration, wholeness and transformation of human social system

BF 6702 CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTING
This course includes search, analysis, organization and systemization of financial information from accounting data and other sources. Corporate Financial Reports for management, stockholders, government, prospective investors and other outsiders will be studied. The design and preparation of prospects and other literature in the underwriting of new issues are included. Project and case study methods are used.

BF 6703 MODERN FINANCIAL THEORY
Prerequisite:
BF 6701 Financial Management
This course gathers and synthesizes the principle theoretical results in the finance literature. Topics include utility theory, state-preference theory, mean variance theory, capital asset pricing model, arbitrage pricing theory, option pricing theory and Modligliani-Miller theorems. The empirical evidence related to the theory of finance will also be discussed.

BF 6705 MANAGEMENT OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Managing Financial Institutions is important for students who plan to: manage finance industry firms or acquire capital from those firms, trade with them, consult to them, or sell to them. The course covers the largest financial intermediaries in the economy: commercial banks, investment banks, mutual funds, insurance firms, and payments systems. The reach of these organizations goes well beyond the finance industry to affect businesses of all sizes. Managing Financial Institutions is a basic building block in your knowledge of finance because most financial transactions involve a financial intermediary. In other courses you study the finance of markets (Capital Markets, Investments, Options and Futures, Debt Markets) and the finance of corporations (Corporate Finance, Restructuring, Financial Management, Corporate Governance).

BF 6790 SEMINAR IN FINANCE
BF 6701 Financial Management
This course aims at developing skills in practical financial decision-making in view of today’s business environment. Case analysis and research reports will be emphasized. Cases to be solved involve financial issues, which are faced by different types of businesses. These cases require practical applications of financial tools as well as decision-making theories. Guest lectures from different types of business will be invited.

BF 6791 SELECTED TOPICS IN FINANCE
Prerequisite:
BF 6701 Financial Management and/or consent of instructor
This course covers various topics in Finance. Topics covers will vary depending upon the current issues in the field of Finance.

BF 6792 INVESTMENT BANKING
To understand the role of money, banking and financial markets in the economy. Topics covered will include: monetary policy, commercial and investment banking, interest rates, foreign exchange markets, financial derivatives and financial markets. Special attention will be given to the interaction of the topics mentioned and there will be a strong emphasis on applied topics in Money and Banking. Current events relating to the course will be covered over the course of the semester. The goal of the course is to give students a solid theoretical foundation in applied macroeconomics, monetary economics and financial economics so that they can understand the practical application of theory as it applies to monetary policy, banking and financial market activity.

BF 6794 FINANCIAL ENGINEERING 3
This course examines the structure and function of the financial futures and options markets. These markets trade derivative financial instruments whose values are derived from the prices of underlying assets such as commodities, interest rates, foreign currency exchange, equities and even the emission allowances for industrial pollutant gases. The course includes an examination of these different classes of derivatives in terms of how they are traded, how they are priced and what they are used for. Given the global economy, issues within both domestic and international markets trading these securities will be covered in this course.

5BF 6795 CORPORATE VALUATION
This course will develop your valuation skills, the focus will be on how to make good managerial decisions based on an understanding of corporate value creation, corporate value destruction, and on how to enhance the former while avoiding the latter. We will examine corporate valuation in a variety of settings: Initial Public Offerings, large investment projects, seasoned security issues, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate valuation as outsiders. The course will examine different valuation techniques in detail, however, the main insights will emerge from the process of making and defending your decisions based on the corporate valuations taught throughout the course.

BF 6900 FINANCIAL MARKETING
The objective of this course is to acquaint students with general marketing concepts and their application to the financial industry. In this course, students should be able to identify, analyze, and solve marketing problems related to financial products. The course will cover three parts. The first part will review the role played by marketing in modern economies. The second is a discussion of marketing plan development, with emphases being placed on the positioning, branding, planning, pricing, promotion, and distribution of financial products. The third part will address some special marketing issues, such as international marketing and e- marketing.

BF 6993 INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH PROJECT IN FINANCE
Prerequisite:
BP 6902 Business Research Methodology
The purpose of this course is to provide students the opportunity to conduct research of their own interest in the field of business. This course will prepare students to be managers capable of conducting independent research in their future work. The research project could be seminal thinking for the student’s thesis if he or she pursues the thesis option in the competition of the MBA degree. A student may choose his or her own research topic and advisor with the approval of the Dean.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP
BN 6101 ENTREPRENEURIAL MANAGEMENT
Entrepreneurial processes, windows of opportunities, evaluation of required resources are the backbones of this course leading the students into the crafting of a credible business plan. The students will be exposed to actual business situations from start-ups to entrepreneurial projects.

BN 6102 SME’S GROWTH AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT
How to stage the development of small into medium enterprises, managing the changes in the various business functions while optimizing resources often limited or volatile. How to evolve from the individual or family business to the professional management team. The required skills call on the “Change Agent”.

BN 6103 MANAGEMENT OF INNOVATION
Through the faster pace of diffusion of new technologies from IT to Bio-technologies, innovation is becoming the disturbing factor. The new management challenges are stretching the competencies of the entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs form competitive radical moves to the balanced and paced growth of internal resources.
BN 6104 e-ENTREPRENEURSHIP
The internet considered as a market place or as a media is becoming a major tool for business development. The course details the development and implementation of an on-line business strategy supporting, enhancing or being the core, of a business plan and its website and e-tools.
BN 6105 INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH PROJECT IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Each student will develop a project to the stage of feasibility. Start up detailed business plan, SME’s business development project, operational consultancy (“clinic”) to existing SME’s or new ventures.
THESIS AND NON-THESIS COURSES
THESIS OPTION (PLAN A)
BG 7000/BG 7001 THESIS
Prerequisite: Consent of the advisor
A student can register for the thesis only after having completed a minimum of 36 credit hours with a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.00.
The Dean or his authorized representative appoints the thesis advisors based on the advisor’s field of expertise and the student’s interest in a research area. In addition, an advisory committee of at least two members will screen and approve the thesis proposals and outlines. When, in the opinion of the thesis advisor, a student is ready to defend his/her thesis, he/she shall make known his/her intention to the Dean or his authorized representative through the advisor.
The thesis is graded S (Satisfactory) or U (Unsatisfactory). If the thesis is not completed during the semester in which the student has registered or the thesis examination has not been completes, the symbol WP (work in progress) shall be recorded on the transcript. Normally a student is given 2 terms with a grace period of 1 term upon approval from the Dean or his authorized representative to complete the thesis. After 3 terms, the student is required to re-register for the thesis. Details of the thesis requirement in terms of procedures, process forms and formats, please refer to A Handbook of Thesis Writing.
The thesis defense is an oral test examination of the student’s knowledge and thorough understanding of his/her research work. The student submits his/her thesis and abstract to each member of the Examination Board at least three weeks before the actual examination date. If a student fails to pass the first examination, he/she is entitled to sit for a second examination. Failing to pass a re-examination of the thesis will result in termination from the program. The student is to submit four copies of his/her completed thesis to the Dean or his authorized representative within a period of three weeks after satisfaction of the oral test examination.
NON-THESIS OPTION (PLAN B)
Students who choose Plan B regardless of what major they selected are required to follow the study plan accordingly.
The students must fulfill 48 credit hours including 3 credits of independent study:
General MBA
BP 6993 Individual Research Project in Management 3 (0-0) Credits
Marketing Concentration
BM 6993 Individual Research Project in Marketing 3 (0-0) Credits
Finance Concentration
BF 6993 Individual Research Project in Finance 3 (0-0) Credits
Entrepreneurship Concentration
BN 6105 Individual Research Project in Entrepreneurship 3 (0-0) Credits
Upon completion of 48 credit hours the students must sit for the Comprehensive Examinations.
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATIONS
The University administers a written Comprehensive Examination, which consists of 4 papers, and an oral Comprehensive
Examination to students who have satisfied all the academic requirements and earned a minimum of 48 credits and who have a cumulative grade point average of 3.00 or higher.
The 4 papers to be examined are:
Paper I Strategic Management
Paper II General Management (which is a composition of 12 questions on MA, OB, MIS, IBM, ME, OM)
Paper III Financial Management
Paper IV Marketing Management
The major criteria used for students to pass the written and oral comprehensive examinations is their abilities to apply knowledge and skills gained from the MBA Program in a real business decision environment. All the topics covered in the examination are the fundamental concepts found in a typical textbook. They will be tested on their skills in applications of their knowledge in a micro and macro environment.
The failed part of the Examination may be retaken; however, a second failure will result in the student being required to take an audit class of a particular course as recommended by the Academic Board and retake the exam. During the period of audit within the semester, the student can exercise his/her right to retake the paper again for the third time. The option to sit for the fourth time is allowed which means that a student registered for an audit is allowed to re-sit for the paper twice. Failing the paper for a fourth time will result in the student being invited to appear before the Academic Board to determine further course of action.
After all parts of the written Comprehensive Examination have been completed, the student is to sit for the oral comprehensive exam. The examining board will consist of at least five persons appointed by the Dean or his authorized representative. If a student does not pass the oral exam, the board will recommend either a re-exam or take additional courses.
Each student is given a period of 5 years to fulfill all requirements of the MBA Program before filing for graduation.

ACCOUNTING
BA 6602 INCOME MEASUREMENT 3 (3-0) Credits
This course examines accounting issues concerning the definition and measurement of income, income determination concepts, cash flow and accrual accounting, revenue and expense recognition, historical and current cost accounting, income under uncertainty, price level accounting and replacement cost accounting.
BA 6603 ACCOUNTING SYSTEM DESIGN
Prerequisite:
BA 6601 Managerial Accounting
This course is intended to provide students with skills in designing and installing accounting systems to meet the needs of various types of business concerns, theory and procedure of system building, investigation, construction, installation review and report to the management on installation.
BA 6604 AUDITING THEORY
Prerequisite:
BA 6602 Income Measurement
This course is a more advanced and intensive study of auditing theory, historical and current development including statements on auditing standards and other pronouncements of professional organization, examination of the concepts and problems including ethics and responsibilities; emphasis is placed on the application of theory to specific problems by the case study method. Contemporary professional issues including auditing through computer and statistical sampling is also examined.
BA 6605 TAX MANAGEMENT
This course examines the determination of corporate tax liabilities, the influence of governmental taxation on economic activities, and tax considerations in business and investment decisions.
BA 6606 CONTROLLERSHIP
BA 6603 Accounting System Design
This course is designed to acquaint students with the role of the controller in business, the functions and responsibilities of the controller, the use of financial data by the executives to control marketing, production, the personnel, and capital planning.
BA 6690 SEMINAR IN MANAGERIAL COST ACCOUNTING
Prerequisite:
BA 6601 Managerial Accounting
This course acquaints students with the economic role of managerial accounting as well as a variety of higher-level topics in cost accounting. Selected topics concentrating on issues of current controversies are explored through individual and group research papers. Students become familiar with the development of managerial accounting issues and the tools that have been used to address those issues. Topics that are discussed in the course include the design of a cost accounting system to help management achieve sound planning and control, transfer pricing, direct costing, and the quantitative approach to cost accounting.
BA 6691 SEMINAR IN FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
Prerequisite:
BA 6602 Income Measurement
This course acquaints students with the economic role of financial accounting. Selected topics concentrating on issues of controversy are explored through individual and group research papers. Students become familiar with the development of financial accounting issues and the tools that have been used to address those issues.
BA 6692 SEMINAR IN AUDITING
Prerequisite:
BA 6604 Auditing Theory
This course is a review of auditing problems, principles and practices in auditing accounts, legal aspects of auditing and other related practices. In class discussions, students are assigned to work out and analyze former examination papers by the certified public accountants.
BA 6693 SELECTED TOPICS IN ACCOUNTING
Prerequisite:
BA 6601 Managerial Accounting and/or consent of instructor
This course covers various topics in Accounting. Topics covered vary depending upon the current issues in the field of Accounting.
BA 6694 INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING AND TAXATION
The course’s design is aimed at understanding the management of a multinational firm through its financial, accounting and tax strategies. Thus, its scope goes far beyond the traditional economic concerns of foreign exchange markets and the forecasting of exchange rates. Significant portions of the course are devoted to the international money and capital markets, international capital budgeting and financing decisions, taxation, trade finance, and international portfolio management. Much of our studies will center on the role of multinational firms and financial institutions in facilitating world trade. This course provides a sound basis for students seeking to understand the complexities and opportunities of international business.

MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS
BC 6502 BUSINESS SOFTWARE PACKAGES 3
Prerequisite:
BC 6501 Introduction to Management Information Systems
The course is an introduction to business software packages such as electronic spreadsheets, statistical packages, personal filing, financial modeling, planning, word processing and business graphics.
BC 6503 EDP MANAGEMENT
Prerequisite:
BC 6501 Introduction to Management Information Systems
This course is an introduction to the management of EDP resources by using managerial tools for planning, organizing, directing and controlling. The course studies the organization of the operations function, workflow management, and effective data control. It is designed as a case study of an EDP project management, from project planning to project organization, cost and time estimation, scheduling, project control, and implementation.
BC 6504 SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN
Prerequisite:
BC 6501 Introduction to Management Information Systems
This course examines the system analyst’s qualifications and role. Through cases it studies system analysis techniques during the development life cycle from project initiation to feasibility study, system analysis, system design, programming and implementation.
BC 6505 COMPUTER AUDIT
Prerequisite:
BC 6501 Introduction to Management Information Systems
The course involves the case studies of physical and system security, control techniques in the design of computer application, and auditing procedures for EDP systems.
BC 6590 SEMINAR IN MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Prerequisite:
BC 6501 Introduction to Management Information Systems
This seminar involves comprehensive and detailed case studies of an integration of the entire major element in the fields of business computers and their applications in managerial decision-making and problem solving. It introduces the concept of MIS and its applications to the organization. It further investigates deciding whether or not, and how, to computerize.
BC 6591 SELECTED TOPICS IN MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Prerequisite:
BC 6501 Introduction to Management Information Systems and/or consent of instructor
The course covers various topics in Management Information Systems. Topics covered will vary depending upon the current issues in the field of Management Information Systems.
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
BE 6402 QUANTITATIVE BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Prerequisite:
BE 6401 Managerial Economics
The course is an introduction to the business model and computer simulation processes. It provides the students with knowledge in programming and models as a computerized simulation for decision-making.
BE 6403 COMPUTER SIMULATION IN BUSINESS ECONOMICS
BE 6401 Managerial Economics
The course is an introduction to the business model and computer simulation processes. It provides the students with knowledge in programming and models as a computerized simulation for decision-making.
strong>BE 6404 PROJECT ANALYSIS
BE 6401 Managerial Economics
This course studies the methodology used in economic feasibility studies, project appraisal, selection, and implementation. The techniques used include cost-benefit analysis and internal rate of return.
BE 6490 SEMINAR IN BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Prerequisite:
BE 6401 Managerial Economics
Topics of this seminar include current business economics problems. The course analyzes micro and macro-economic problems in the form of case studies. A term paper and/or reports are required.
E 6491 SELECTED TOPICS IN BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Prerequisite:
BE 6401 Managerial Economics and/or consent of instructor
This course covers various topics in Business Economics. Topics covered will vary depending upon the current issues in the fields of Business Economics.

BP 6991 SEMINAR IN PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
BP 6905 Human Resource Management and/or consent of instructor
An examination of the organization and administration of the personnel function in management, this course deals with the relationship of personnel administration to operating departments and to the scope of business and industrial personnel services. Analytical appraisal of policies and practices in selected areas of personnel administration such as selection and training is carried out through case studies and direct industrial contacts.
BP 6992 SEMINAR IN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Prerequisite:
Completion of first year MBA program
This course covers the major aspects of industrial relations such as: the fundamentals of labor productivity, union organizations and practices, manpower management, relations between union management, government and industry. Individual topics are chosen for presentation as research paper.
BP 6993 INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH PROJECT IN MANAGEMENT
Prerequisite:
BP 6902 Business Research Methodology
The purpose of this course is to provide students the opportunity to conduct research of their own interest in the field of business. This course will prepare students to be managers capable of conducting independent research in their future work. The research project could be seminal thinking for the student’s thesis if he or she pursues the thesis option in the competition of the MBA degree. A student may choose his or her own research topic and advisor with the approval of the Dean.
BP 6994 SELECTED TOPICS IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
Prerequisite:
BP 6909 International Business Management and/or consent of Instructor
This course covers various topics in International Business Management. Topics will vary depending upon the current issues in the field.
BP 6996 INTERNATIONAL LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT
The course will explore present day problems/opportunities of operation and management of the principal modes of international transportation, with special attention to service and cost factors. The course is designed to provide students with an understanding of microanalysis of logistics and transportation services including customer service, distribution operations, purchasing and operation of transportation services.
BP 6997 MANAGING ACROSS BORDERS
This course develops a framework for understanding the international aspects of management, for formulating effective strategies in an increasingly complex world economy, and for making those strategies work. It provides the future international manager with a broad view of the factors underlying international competitive dynamics and performance. Class sessions emphasize concepts, techniques, and factual knowledge useful for managers and consultants involved in international strategy and cross-border management.
BP 6998 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION BEHAVIOR
This course focuses, from a global perspective, on international organizational behavior and management, on the study of behavior in organizations around the world. Organizations are becoming global, society is becoming global, multinational corporations are becoming global. With increasing globalization, it is imperative, for example, that multinational corporations successfully manage culturally diverse, cross-cultural and geographically dispersed operations. The course will include readings and cases in international organizational behavior, such topics as: culture and organizational behavior, ethics and social responsibility, cross-cultural communication, negotiation and conflict resolution, theories of motivation, the use of groups and teams, leadership, international human resource management and managing diversity, among others.
BP 6999 INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
The course considers managerial human resource policies in their institutional, social and market contexts in international settings. As an integrating perspective, the lectures analyze how different employment systems shape organizations’ HR strategies and policies. The course looks at problems of human resource management in international firms, training, knowledge management, rewards, equal opportunities, employment flexibility, participation and employer collective action all within the context of different types of employment system

BP 6094 INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATION AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION 3
Prerequisite:
BP 6903 Organizational Behavior
The course explores how to negotiate, facilitate and mediate globally in international settings involving employment, contracts, organizations, community issues, etc. It explores the process of understanding the theory, concepts and skills necessary for developing the cultural mobility among participants required to successfully embrace competitive and often conflicted globally diverse environments that will yield effective value added relationships and outcomes. Included in the course are cultural literacy, competency strategies, and skill building experiences designated to create environments conducive to effective negotiation, facilitation and mediation. The course is based on the premise that we create value added trust relationships through understanding and integrating our knowledge of humans as individuals and groups.
BP 6900 BUSINESS COMMUNICATION
Prerequisite:
BG 5000/BG 5002 or exemption
The goal of this course will be to allow students to develop their international business communication skills. The students will review the major form of business communication and discuss techniques associated with each form. Students will also get a chance to practice these techniques in a series of written assignments. The course will culminate in the preparation and delivery of a formal written and oral entrepreneurial business plan by each student.
strong>BP 6905 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Prerequisite:
BP 6903 Organizational Behavior
This course studies the nature, scope, and objectives of human resource management. It includes a brief history of the development of the personnel department and its relationship with other departments in the implementation of the human resource function. The contribution of several disciplines to human resource research and management is considered to provide practical knowledge of human resource policies and techniques in such areas as recruitment, selection, training, development and compensation.
BP 6906 OPERATIONS RESEARCH THEORIES AND APPLICATIONS
Prerequisite:
Completion of first year MBA program and/or consent of instructor
This course presents an introduction to operations research techniques with special focus on their application to the solution of management problems. Topics include integer, nonlinear and dynamic programming, queuing theory, replacement and Monte Carlo techniques.
BP 6907 OPERATIONS PLANNING AND CONTROL
Prerequisite:
BP 6904 Operations Management
This course studies the application of quantitative techniques to problems concerning the designing, planning, and controlling of operation processes. Computer simulation as well as various games will be used. Emphasis is placed on decisions and the use of scientific methodology in analyzing problems such as demand forecasting, inventory control systems, smoothing of workforce levels and project planning.
BP 6909 NEGOTIATION AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION
This course is designed to provide students with experience in the negotiation process, including learning to evaluate the costs and benefits of alternative actions and how to manage the negotiation process and the resolution of conflicts within organizations.

BP 6911 BUSINESS ETHICS
This course emphasizes the application of the philosophical study of ethical principles to contemporary business practice. In considering debates about the underlying ethical principle, it will encourage students to begin to develop an ethical framework, which they can use to confront the ethical dilemmas that are an inevitable part of a modern business career.
BP 6912 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS LAW FOR MANAGERS
Prerequisite:
BP 6910 International Business Management and/or consent of instructor
This course examines how the law, principally in the form of economic regulation, affects the planning of business transactions, which involve significant events in more than one country. The law involved may be that of Thailand, other countries, or the product of international agreement, and will involve limitations on the use and movement of goods, capital or persons.
BP 6913 INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE STRATEGY
This course teaches students to maximize their firm’s competitive edge, to know how to spot opportunities, to initiate changes in their company’s value chains, to generate value from their environmental risk reduction and regulatory compliance programs. Even more important, the course teaches students to take advantage of the business opportunities inherent in society’s growing demand for solutions to the world’s mounting environmental problems. This course provides an overview of critical developments in corporate environmental strategy and management that will prepare students to think about the strategic opportunities at the heart of society’s need to conserve resources and solve environmental problems.
BP 6916 EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
An introduction to the principles underlying effective speaking with a special emphasis on the kinds of skills needed to communicate effectively in the workplace: formal and informal platform skills, interpersonal communication skills, and small group communication skills. In order to become more effective communicators in a variety of situations, the students will learn to analyze an audience and critique public speaking; to develop critical thinking, writing, and listening skills.
BP 6917 MANAGING ORGANIZATION PERFORMANCE 3
A study of individual and group behaviors in relation to the management of performance within an organization. Theories of motivation, teamwork, and leadership are examined in the context of an on-going evaluation system. The influence of organizational culture, structure, and effectiveness are assessed along with strategies and methods for evaluating performance. The course emphasizes the performance management function within the context of human resource management in organizations, recognizes performance appraisal problems and issues and know how to avoid them, and teaches students to select the most appropriate performance appraisal techniques for a given set of conditions or circumstances.
BP 6990 SEMINAR IN ORGANIZATIONAL MANAGEMENT
Prerequisite:
Completion of first year MBA program
Designed in a seminar format, this course involves an advanced study of the structure and internal system maintenance processes of formal organizations, with an emphasis on the roles and functions of supervisors, team leaders, executives, managers and administrators. The major theories and schools of thought in the fields of administrative behavior, organizational theory, and leadership will be examined. Seminar participants will read and analyze a variety of theoretical as well as empirical literature; in addition, they will selectively examine relevant biographic, historical, and fictional works.

BF 6704 INVESTMENT
Prerequisite:
BF 6701 Financial Management
This course introduces students to different types of securities and markets. It includes basic techniques for risk and return analyses of individual securities, and for forming efficient portfolios from them. Moreover, the equilibrium pricing of capital assets, risk adjusted evaluation of portfolio performance, the efficiency of the capital allocation process in security markets, derivative instruments, and other important topics are examined.
BF 6705 MANAGEMENT OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Managing Financial Institutions is important for students who plan to: manage finance industry firms or acquire capital from those firms, trade with them, consult to them, or sell to them. The course covers the largest financial intermediaries in the economy: commercial banks, investment banks, mutual funds, insurance firms, and payments systems. The reach of these organizations goes well beyond the finance industry to affect businesses of all sizes. Managing Financial Institutions is a basic building block in your knowledge of finance because most financial transactions involve a financial intermediary. In other courses you study the finance of markets (Capital Markets, Investments, Options and Futures, Debt Markets) and the finance of corporations (Corporate Finance, Restructuring, Financial Management, Corporate Governance).
BF 6706 INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AUDITING THEORY
BF 6701 Financial Management
This course aims at providing a sound understanding and knowledge of financial management in international business and the management of multinational enterprises from a financial point of view. It includes investment opportunities and their evaluation, sources of funds for international business, capital structure, cost of capital management in international business. Emphasis is placed on managerial aspects of multinational enterprises as well as financial problems and practices.
BF 6993 INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH PROJECT IN FINANCE
Prerequisite:
BP 6902 Business Research Methodology
The purpose of this course is to provide students the opportunity to conduct research of their own interest in the field of business. This course will prepare students to be managers capable of conducting independent research in their future work. The research project could be seminal thinking for the student’s thesis if he or she pursues the thesis option in the competition of the MBA degree. A student may choose his or her own research topic and advisor with the approval of the Dean.