This introductory course gives managers and professionals with limited computer experience the fundamental skills necessary to use, supervise, and design computer operations in an office. Hands-on training is reinforced by course projects that require participants to plan and implement practical applications of software packages. Areas of training include:

GLOBAL ECONOMICS (3 UNITS)

The objective of this course is to provide a global perspective of economic theory for analyzing the key managerial decision problems of firms and other economic organizations. The course develops the analytic tools of macro and microeconomic theories for modeling the economic behavior f economic agents (consumers, firms, asset owners, etc.) and the functioning of markets in a shrinking world. It shows how these tools can be applied to deal with international economic events affecting organizations and managers.

MANAGEMENT FOUNDATIONS (3 UNITS)

This course includes the study of theories and principles in business management and technology. Emphasis is on the planning, organizing, directing, staffing, and controlling functions and their impact on the management process. The course covers a study of existing technologies, supplemented by sessions with top level practitioners in school administration, government and industry.

STATISTICAL RESEARCH (3 UNITS)

A course in the art and science of decision theory as applied to business, it covers the standard tools of operations research including techniques of mathematical model building, programming and stochastic decision analysis, and the utilization of these tools and techniques in the areas of marketing, production, finance and resource allocation. This course reviews the basic coverage of descriptive statistics and probability distribution at the master’s level and extends the student’s knowledge into parametric and non-parametric statistical inference and decision-making as applied to business. The school’s computer facilities are used extensively in the course.

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (3 UNITS)

This course provides the students with a strategic view of human resource management in both the global perspective and the office. It includes inputs and activities on the major facets of human resource management, such as recruitment and selection, training, performance appraisal, compensation and benefits, employee relations, policy and concludes with human resource accounting. Students are required to apply the HR concepts in actual settings, cases and research.

MARKETING MANAGEMENT (3 UNITS)

This course introduces students to the principles of marketing and provides them with an analytical framework to enable them to identify and solve problems in the areas of product decision, pricing, advertising and selling, channels of distribution, marketing research and marketing programs.

PRODUCTION/OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT (3 UNITS)

This course provides general management understanding of the operations functions and processes among service and product providers. It integrates productivity-improvement policies and practices and relies more on management than on technology. Basic operations processes, key issues of productivity and quality, planning and controlling material flows and systems analysis are studied to improve productivity.

ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT (3 UNITS)

The objective of the course is to introduce the basic concepts and principles of both financial and managerial accounting without being excessively technical and procedural in emphasis. The coverage of topics aims to equip non-accounting and finance oriented managers with a basic understanding of concepts and systems, the limitations of accounting and financial statements, and the uses of financial information for decision-making and performance evaluation. The course evaluates the financial capability of organizations and defines practical financial planning to meet institutional objectives. Topics of significance include but are not limited to costing and valuation, portfolio management, relative costs of external financial and internal funds, acquisition/divestment options and effective financial strategies for organizational growth.

ECOLOGY OF AQUATIC RESOURCES AND TERRESTRIAL HABITATS (3 UNITS)

This course introduces the students to the basic concepts of ecology, ecological systems and sustainable development. It aims to identify the potential environmental impacts of human activities and organizational practices, to illustrate the current status of the Philippine environment within the context of a globalization, and to discuss the principles of sustainable ecosystem management.

STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT (3 UNITS)

This integrative course helps the student consolidate the management skills and abilities to become an effective and professional practitioner. It consolidates the lessons learned from strategic planners and helps the students evolve in terms of decision-making competence, confidence and capability. It covers a study of corporate strategy, supplemented by sessions with top level practitioners in school administration.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (3 UNITS)

This course deals with computer applications in management technology research.

MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY REPORT (6 UNITS)

All students will be required to do a project on management and technology in place of a thesis. This guided report will allow the student to integrate all the learning of the course through actual fieldwork and development of strategies that will benefit actual corporations. Students will be required to conduct field work and consultancy training within specific organizations in order to apply the skills learned from the Master in Management Technology Program. The Final Report will have to be approved by a panel of experts who will study the merits of the Report based on structure, content, originality, relevance and implementability.

The students will be allowed to concentrate in one of the following areas by enrolling in nine (9) units of electives:

The students will be required to conduct fieldwork on any of the areas identified, after which they shall conduct a formal seminar presentation in groups. One such presentation shall receive a credit of one (l) unit for the entire seminar presenters and participants. They are allowed to earn a maximum of three (3) units of credit for such seminar presentations.

Note: Definite course titles for the Electives will be offered depending on the needs of the students and the availability of resource persons.