Undergraduate Courses 2017-18

A highly participative course devoted to assisting students in planning and managing their own job and career search and development as well as understanding the career planning and development process from organizational and societal perspectives.

This course takes a practical and applied approach to the development of case analysis skills. It is designed to prepare students to represent HKUST at international business case competitions. The course consists of a series of multi-disciplinary cases that will be analyzed by student teams. After analysis, the teams will present the cases to their classmates and to the faculty member who will provide feedback. There will be no final examination for this course. Grades will be given based on the relative performance of groups and individuals in the classroom. Students must obtain approval from the course instructor for enrolling in the course. Exclusions: MARK329V, MARK329W, ISMT300H Prerequisite: MGTO121

When one looks at captains of industry like Messrs. Li Ka Shing, Jimmy Lai, Dr. Victor Fung, Stan Shih ... aside from their `inborn' business acumen and entrepreneurship, their leadership stands out. Can one become an entrepreneur without displaying some sort of leadership traits or vice versa. Thus, the aim of this course is to take students into the unique insight and anatomy of both as well as develop and unleash their capability in the interplay of this twin behavioral traits. This special course consists of two parts. The first examine the anatomy of leadership in modern organizations with a highlight on the interplay between leadership and entrepreneurship. Participants will also be instilled with the salient techniques and approaches critical to the moulding of a 21st century entrepreneur. The second part wil then follow through with the impairing of methodologies and approaches for evaluating new ventures linked to high growth industries such as ICT, E-commerce, leisure & entertainment, media, medical, telecommunication & service sector. Exclusions: MGTO234, MGTO329G, MGTO331 Prerequisite: MGTO121

This course will explore the nature of organizations and organization theory today. It will focus on understanding the key influences which shape modern organizations and consider the fundamental building blocks in the design of a wide variety of organizations across all sectors of the economy. Other key features of the course include a consideration of organization design in the international environment and organization culture and innovation. Prerequisite: MGTO121

The course is designed to study, examine and boost a number of skills for management consulting career and/or business analyst positions. Major recent frameworks and management tools in consulting are studied. Prerequisite: MGTO121

This course examines organizational change and the role of leadership to facilitate change. Forces that impede an organization to change are also required. Drawing on theories and conceptual framework, this course focuses on practitioners' perspectives in considering the way organizational change has occurred in real-world settings. Prerequisite: MGTO121

Faculty directed independent study.

Faculty directed independent study.

Faculty directed independent study. May be graded P or F.

Faculty directed independent study.

Faculty directed independent study.

The course examines a number of contemporary theories of negotiation; an in-depth case analysis is required for a pragmatic integration of theory and practice; insights are to be drawn for the study of negotiation especially in the context of Chinese community.

Faculty directed independent study. May be graded P or F.

Faculty directed independent study. May be graded P or F.

Faculty directed independent study. May be graded P or F.