Executive MBA Course Descriptions
(in alphabetical order)
Behavioral and Organizational Concepts for Management
Focuses on the application of behavioral science theory to an understanding of organizational structure, behavior and performance.
Decision Making Using Statistical Methods
Gives full coverage of the quantitative analytical tools the manager needs to understand all aspects of the firm’s performance.
E-business solutions
Course builds on the fundamentals of digital business strategy with an emphasis on Internet technology and its use in business and commerce.
Financial Accounting
Gives knowledge to fully understand the financial workings of the firm and usage of this information in decision making.
Financial Management
Gives knowledge to successfully manage growth, projects and the budgeting process from the financial perspective.
Human Resource Management
Gives insight into HRM systems and their evaluation as well as human resource planning, job analysis and descriptions.
Information Technology and Strategy
Explores information technology strategies of an organization from the perspective of a CIO. Covers technology concepts and trends underlying current and future developments in information technology.
International Experience Exchange Study trip
Up to two weeks long study trip to North America involves practical application of the knowledge acquired during the study program.
Investment and Banking
Offers an overview of two topics of importance to financial managers: financial institutions, and financial instruments and investment strategies.
Leadership
Covers in detail different approaches to leadership.
Managerial Accounting
Includes analysis of financial and accounting information and use of this information for managerial decision making.
Managerial Economics
Gives the micro economic concepts and models needed to understand the business environment. The emphasis is on the application of price theory to the behavior of customers and the producers, production and cost theory, market models.
Management Information Systems
Provides students with an understanding of the ways in which managers can utilize IS, their strategic importance and impact on business processes in organizations. Includes the overview of hardware, software and main paradigms of IS development.
Marketing Management
Focuses on management decision - making: analysis, planning and control of marketing programs.
Operations and Service Management
Stresses the development and integration of marketing, production, human resources, and financial plans to form the annual operating plan for the enterprise.
Project Management
Provides the knowledge and tools needed to manage small-and large-scale projects in the production and the service sectors of the economy.
Strategic Management
Covers formulating and implementing business and corporate strategic plans and evaluating management strategic performance in complex business environments.
Strategic Marketing Management
Gives theoretical and practical approaches to the strategic elements of marketing management. Examines current best practices in Europe and North America with a view to adopting and adapting them to the Latvian business environment.
Thesis
An independent practical work involving the analysis of a specific managerial problem, evaluation of the results and developing specific proposals.
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