既にThunderbirdの2nd Trimester後期授業は開始していますが、今期私が履修している授業について簡単にご紹介します。前期から継続しているものもありますので、後期からの授業のみご紹介します。（全てシラバスからの引用です）
Global Financial Management:
コース目的：
This course covers intermediate to advanced theories and practices of modern corporate financial management within a market-oriented framework. The course is designed to develop analytical skills for sound decision-making. It emphasizes practical applications with the method of instruction combining case discussions and lectures.
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
a. Understand the basics of derivative instruments such as options, futures, forwards, and swaps, and how to use them to hedge interest rate and foreign exchange risks;
b. Understand the basics of foreign exchange and how to apply them in cross border valuation;
c. Understand the basics of raising capital and the going public process;
d. Understand the intricacies of mergers and acquisitions including valuation.
コース概要／目的：
This course is designed to develop your analytical and decision making skills in international marketing management. Additionally, it will provide you with the opportunity to sharpen your written and oral communication skills. The course provides and applies a conceptual framework of marketing strategy and then develops the analytical skill set necessary for the process of marketing.
Business Report Writing:
コース概要：
In this workshop, students will develop writing strategies that take into account the audience, purpose and channels of communication. By assessing their own writing skills and writing processes, they will identify and employ strategies to make them more effective and efficient writers, resulting in writing that is clear, concise, logical and compelling, and professional.
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コース概要：
Managerial accounting differs sharply from financial accounting. Managerial accounting aims to help managers understand the activities or operating processes of their organization. Until recently, financial accounting overshadowed managerial accounting. Internal reports were often prepared from information intended for external financial reports. It had little relevance for internal decision making. About 20 years ago, this relationship began to change dramatically. Important forces for change included increased global competition, increased use of technology, and changing production practices. Some scholars believe that aligning modern managerial accounting practices with strategy has contributed to some of the years of tremendous economic prosperity of the
Compared to the past, today’s managerial accountants must have a much greater understanding of their firm’s strategic goals, including inter-organizational relationships between suppliers and customers. They must work much more with cross-functional teams within their firms to gain an understanding of the economics and operational dynamics of their firm. The goal of managerial accounting is to provide relevant and timely information economically for meeting strategic and operational objectives. Technology plays an important role in meeting these objectives.
At the end of this course, you should have fundamental knowledge about the design of modern cost management systems, how to use management accounting information for both recurring and strategic decisions, and when technology needs to be considered.
コース概要：
The study of operations management involves examining processes that deliver value to customers in the form of products and services. These processes exist in every part of every organization, and include activities related to customer service, finance, administrative functions, manufacturing, new product development, retail sales, transportation, warehousing, human resources, and advertising, just to name a few examples.
コースの目的：
At the end of this course, you should be able to:
- Describe the strategic role of service and manufacturing processes in all types of organizations.
- Understand the importance of links between customer needs and process design.
- Apply sound, critical logic to decisions about measuring and monitoring process performance.
- Recognize the challenges and opportunities global managers face in designing, managing, evaluating, and improving operations.
- Articulate the principles of ‘lean thinking’ and be able to apply them across a variety of business settings.
- Differentiate various types of process architectures and demonstrate knowledge of when and where each type is most appropriately applied.
- Map process flows and identify areas for improvement.
- Describe the decisions organizations must make in optimizing the configuration of large, globally-dispersed supply chains.
- Define quality in the context of the operations function and possess a systematic perspective on the minimum cost design of quality systems.
- Legitimately present yourself as having a sound understanding of operations concepts and a working vocabulary of operations terminology.
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