What is Green MBA?
International Technological University Green MBA program develops skills to handle financial, environmental and social implications of management decisions. Any department or section assigned to a green MBA trained manager will be able to incorporate social and environmental costs of doing business in the work.
Requirements:
Upon completion of the Masters degree in Green Management, the students must complete a total of 36 semester units.
Students pursuing a degree in ITU Green Management program will take 18 semester units of core courses in the Green Management concentration category listed below. In addition they must take an additional 18 units from MBA ITU management concentration courses.
Curriculum:
Green MBA is a program which will seek solutions that foster financial viability, ecological balance and social. Project development and hands-on experience is the method followed to develop the entrepreneurial and leadership skills. This program will help you be environmentally friendly and be a successful entrepreneur.
A network of students and professors is developed into a network of business, academic and activist leaders and thus giving a strong base for transition of students into Management leaders.
Courses Requirements:
Choose 6 courses of the following courses ……18
Green Management Concentration Core Courses
BIOM 909 Biotech Industry fundamentals (3)
EEN 977 Green Energy (3)
FPMP 920 Field Project: Management Practicum (3)
GMBA 900 Environmental Management (3)
GMBA 901 Waste Management and Pollution Control (3)
GMBA 902 Watershed Management (3)
GMBA 903 Green Marketing and Environmental Product Design (3)
GMBA 904 Environmental Performance Leadership (3)
GMBA 905 Building and sustaining a Behaviorally Green Workplace Environment (3)
GMBA 906 Green Behavior, Communication and Ethics (3)
GMBA 907 Green Business Strategy (3)
GMBA 908 Environmental Management (3)
GMBA 910 Social Impacts of Enterprises (3)
GMBA 911 Thriving Regenerating Enterprise (3)
GMBA 912 Critical Thinking for Business Redesign (3)
GMBA 913 Systematic Thinking for Business Redesign (3)
GMBA 914 Study of Green Design (3)
GMBA 920 Biofuels and Bioproducts (3)
GMBA 921 Biomass and Feedstocks (3)
GMBA 922 Bioenergy Systems Design (3)
GMBA 930 Geothermal Energy Systems Design (3)
GMBA 931 Energy Efficiency (3)
GMBA 940 Solar Energy Systems Design (3)
GMBA 950 Small Wind Energy Systems (3)
GMBA 960 Hydrology Source and Water Conservation (3)
GMBA 970 Six Sigma Green-Information Technology (3)
GMBA 971 Green Technology in Community-Based Development (3)
MBA Management Concentration Courses
Choose 6 courses of the following courses ……15
ACTN 900 Financial Accounting
This course provides an introduction to basic theory and methods of financial accounting. It is designed to offer managerial users the foundations of accounting concepts. The course helps the students understand the financial statement information. Focus will be on accounting for assets (e.g., Accounts Receivable, Inventories, Property, Plant and Equipment, Intangible Assets), liabilities (e.g., Bonds, Deferred Taxes) and owners’ equity. Focus will be also on the presentation of the income statement through Net Income, revenues and expenses. Class sessions develop the understanding of the different steps of the accounting cycle, and of the financial statements that give the managers the ability to use them for decision making. Prerequisite: Graduate standing
ECON 920 Macroeconomic Theory (3)
This course analyzes the level and rate of growth of output income, employment and prices, interest, and foreign exchange rates. It prepares decision-makers to understand how an economy functions, how to interpret, analyze, and operate within a changing macroeconomic environment. Prerequisite: Graduate standing
FINN 932 Corporate Finance (3)
Corporate Finance is an introductory finance course and it is required for all MBA students. It is designed to cover the areas of finance that are important to all managers. At the end of this course you will be able to value the financial position of a firm. In order to reach this goal, the students will analyze historical uses of funds and understand project funding needs. In addition, the students will be able to analyze working capital management; choose among alternative sources of external funding for company operations; and evaluate investment opportunities. The course shows the students how to use ratio analysis to assess corporate performance, financial statements and cash needs. Prerequisite: Graduate standing
GRN 597 Joint Seminar (3)
Invited seminar speakers on subjects of general interest. Prerequisite: None
Curricular practical training
The curricular practical training is defined to be alternative work and study, internship, cooperative education, or any other type of internship or practicum that is offered by sponsoring employers. Prerequisite: None
MGTN 901 Fundamentals of Management (3)
This course focuses on both theory and application. It is a broad overview of the field of professional management designed for the beginning upper division or graduate student or interested non-management major. It covers the functions of a manager, managerial ethics and social responsibility, managing in a global environment, motivation, controlling, leadership, organization design, strategy, and operations.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
MGTN 923 Principles and Practices of Six Sigma (3)
MGTN 930 Strategic Operation Management (3)
Prerequisite: MGTN 901 or equivalent
This course is designed to give both a theoretical and practical background in strategic management. Strategic operations management concerns the essential activities of directing the varied processes of both manufacturing and service enterprises in both the domestic and Global environments. The course will analyze case studies related to the real challenges of management. It will develop awareness in business matters significant to fast moving high tech entrepreneurial environment. In addition, it will cover the strategic aspects of operations management.
MGTN 941 Entrepreneurship and Capital Venture (3)
Prerequisite: The course should be taken concurrently with MGTN 945
The course discusses the entrepreneurship and emphases are on forming and operating new business ventures. It covers important aspects of looking for new business opportunities. This course teaches the students how to pursue entrepreneurial opportunity related to starting a new venture. It will also focus on the development of entrepreneurial opportunities and determine the feasibility of such opportunities in today’s business environment.
MGTN 943 High-Technology Entrepreneurship (3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
This course is offered for those planning to undertake an entrepreneurial career in starting and building an international company in the high-technology area. A special effort is made to take advantage of ITU’s proximity to the entrepreneurial community in Silicon Valley with its fundamental international business thrust. An integrative business plan for a new company in the technology arena is an integral part of the course.
MGTN 945 Pitching a Business Plan to Venture Capitalists (VCs) (1)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
In today’s extremely competitive world of raising money for startup companies, it is absolutely critical to have an effective and well-conceived pitch deck to compliment your vision and strategy. Only 1 of every 200 business plans submitted to venture capitalists (VCs) gets funded, so it is vital to present a well thought-out presentation that includes all of the elements that VCs (or any type of potential investor) will be looking for in deciding whether to invest in your company or not.
Whether you are interested in starting your own company someday, want to work for a startup, or just want to learn more about venture capital, Silicon Valley and startups in general, this will be a great opportunity to discover how startup companies have successfully raised money – and how you can too!
There are two different ways to get involved, depending on your level of interest:
How to Pitch a Business to Venture Capitalists (or any investor) – Joint Session
lecture/panel
This class will be an option for students wanting to take a 1-unit Joint Session class and is comprised of attendance of two lectures:
1) How to Build a Pitch Deck for VCs
Students will get a brief history of venture capital and then learn what today’s VCs are looking for in a corporate presentation. This includes company mission, business case, competitive landscape, financials, marketing plan, product, etc. Even if you are not pitching to a venture capitalist, you will learn the necessary elements to pitch to bankers, angels, and other financiers.
2) Pitch Day Panel
Students will attend the presentation of pitch decks that participants of MGMT945W will make to a panel of ITU professors. Each student in the audience will vote along with the ITU panel for the top teams based on the quality of their presentation.
You do not have to join a team (MGTN945W) to attend these lectures.
MGTN 946 Culture and Management in Asia (3)
The course examines the complex issues of interdependence among “culture” management philosophies, and corporate strategies in the Pacific Asian region. It provides conceptual tools to understand the dynamics of the interdependence, and contributes to developing skills in managing particularly joint ventures within local Asian environments. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
MGTN 948 Project Management (3)
Prerequisite: MGTN 901 or equivalent
This course provides an overview of project management history, culture, methodologies, leadership and strategic planning. The course introduces important tools, such as work breakdown structure, scheduling, earned value analysis, and risk management. Case studies from a variety of organizational settings are discussed. The course discusses the 5 processes that must be done for project success: Define, Organize, Execute, Control and Close. The strategic implications of projects will be considered with respect to the organizational vision.
MGTN 949 Organizational Theory (3)
Prerequisite: MGTN 901 or equivalent
The course examines the role of perception, learning, motivation, leadership, organizational culture, communication, group and team dynamics, conflict, stress, and other factors that affect individual job performance and overall organizational performance. In addition, the course describes the relationship between the dual motive theory and the human behavior. Emphasis is placed on underlying causes of human behavior in organizations, and how to effectively manage behavior. Case studies are used to enhance learning and integration of key management skills related to managing human behavior at work.
MGTN 950 Project Risk management (3)
Prerequisite: MGTN 901 or equivalent
This course provides an overview of project management history, culture, methodologies, leadership and strategic planning. The course introduces important tools, such as work breakdown structure, scheduling, earned value analysis, and risk management. Case studies from a variety of organizational settings are discussed. The course discusses the 5 processes that must be done for project success: Define, Organize, Execute, Control and Close. The strategic implications of projects will be considered with respect to the organizational vision.
MGTN 951 Business Communications (3)
Prerequisite: GRN 500
Communication is an essential component in every management task. One objective of this course is to provide a framework to approach communication challenges and make media, message, structure, and style choices. Another objective is to develop the oral and written communication skills required of managerial leaders. Barriers to communication, particularly cultural barriers will be analyzed.
MGTN 952 Business Ethics (3)
This course introduces ethical decision making in business environment. It examines the individual, organizational, and macro level issues. The course does not attempt to determine correct ethical action. In the complex business environment in which managers confront ethical decision-making there is no absolute right or wrong answer in most cases. Since there is no general agreement on the correct ethical business norms, critical thinking and relevant decision making are examined. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
MGTN 954 Advanced Project Management (3)
Prerequisite: MGTN 948
This course offers a study of the human and the operational sides of project management. The human side includes discussion on negotiating and conflict management, leveraging diversity and selling project management. The operational side includes scope control techniques, risk management, and organizing for success. The students will learn how to effectively engage the project team, deal with the inevitable conflicts and use intellectual and cultural diversity to encourage creative problem solving.
**Note: Only one course from any ITU programs will be counted in the curriculum of the Green MBA Program.
