Global Green MBA MBA Program Overview Israel is rated as one of the most advanced countries in the world for the management of water and renewable energy resources, and a leader in developing innovative and sustainable technologies. This accumulated knowledge is embodied in the Haifa University Graduate School of Management's new Master in Business Administration (MBA) program, which focuses on the subject of Sustainable Business Management ( Global Green MBA ). The Global Green MBA is unique in Israel for its focus on issues of environmental and social sustainability that are increasingly at the heart of business managers responsibilities. This new MBA program seeks to promote sustainability-oriented leadership by providing the students with the essential tools for business management and incorporating leading-edge principles of sustainability throughout the curriculum. The MBA program combines high academic standards with an international learning environment and provides superb opportunities for advanced learning and extensive cross-cultural exchange. The Graduate School of Management The University of Haifa's Graduate School of Management is recognized as a pioneer in designing new and unique MBA programs in Israel. The innovative objectives of the School have been achieved while consistently maintaining excellence in terms of course content, teaching faculty, students and administrative staff. To achieve our goals, we maintain close relationships with researchers and business communities in Israel and abroad. The Global Green MBA program benefits from the close cooperation between the Department of Business Administration and the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management, which are both part of the Graduate School of Management s existing academic setting. The Graduate School of Management is situated in the main campus of the Haifa University, on picturesque Carmel Mountain overlooking the major port city of Haifa in Northern Israel. Its MBA programs are ranked amongst the best in Israel and its degrees are recognized around the world.
The students and the program The Global Green MBA is a one-year full-time post-graduate degree program, taught in English, opening in October 2013. This is an intensive full-time program, built in five study periods each with duration of ten weeks. The teaching schedule is organized over three days a week, with both morning and afternoon classes. The MBA program is intended for an international class of students, with English as the teaching language. The program is particularly appropriate for young graduates who are interested in a Master's degree in Business that addresses the challenging issues of Sustainability. Previous business experience is an advantage but is not compulsory. The program includes a core of Business Administration courses and a range of both compulsory and elective specialist courses on topics related to Sustainability and Environmental Management. The students are required to participate with proficiency in all twenty courses of the core curriculum and a minimum of two courses from the pool of electives. A compulsory applied field project offers a further opportunity for students to see how ideas taught in the classroom are implemented in the real world. Academic and administrative staff The program will be taught by Israeli and visiting professors, plus distinguished guest lecturers with extensive experience in the establishment and management of sustainability projects worldwide. Most faculty members at the Graduate School of Management have senior academic status and are well known and respected in the academic community. They are actively involved in academic research as well as in practical consulting, and maintain beneficial relationship with the business world. Faculty members share a common vision, emphasizing excellence in teaching, research and community involvement. Academic requirements 1. An undergraduate degree from a recognized university with a minimum final grade of 80% (Israeli system) or 3.0 GPA. 2. GMAT exam (minimum requirements are determined periodically). Candidates with a relevant graduate degree or with significant managerial experience can apply for an exemption. 3. An excellent command of the English language. 4. Qualified candidates will be invited to an interview. Administrative Management Program Head: Dr. Andrea Ghermandi E-mail: aghermand@univ.haifa.ac.il Program Coordinator: Ms. Vered Dana-Tron Email : vtron@univ.haifa.ac.il Tel: +972 4 8249193
Tentative Program Course Managerial Economics Marketing Management Financial Accounting Behavioral Sciences Quantitative Methods Syllabus The course goals are to provide students with a basic understanding of the operations of competitive and noncompetitive markets, including international trade markets and mechanisms. The course examines the economic behavior of importers, exporters, consumers, producers, and government. Policy issues examined include taxes, price controls, tariffs, and subsidies. The aim of this course is to help students understand the principles of marketing and their application in real-world business situations. The course provides a customer orientation and tools to understand the marketplace and introduce the main tools in the marketing mix: products, pricing, marketing communications, distribution and customer service. The course ends with an overview of marketing strategies and marketing planning. This course deals with the structure and information content of the principal financial statements of profitoriented companies. It develops skills in how to use accounting information to analyze the performance and financial condition of a company. The behavioral sciences in general and psychology in particular focus on the study of human behavior. The course focuses on some of the basic social processes that social psychologists have identified as guiding people s behavior. The course stresses those aspects that are relevant to organizations in general and managers more specifically. The course is designed to introduce the key concepts and procedures in descriptive and inferential statistics, and to develop their statistical reasoning skills. Students will acquire a set of data analysis tools useful in assisting managers in the process of evidence-based decisionmaking.
Information Systems Financial Statement Analysis Financial Management Marketing Strategy Investments Because information technology affects every aspect of a company s activity, it can be difficult to manage and exploit. The course has two goals: (1) When you face decisions that are overtly related to IT, we want you to be able to make better decisions that will increase the chances of success, and (2) When you are thinking about a business goal that is not obviously related to IT, we want you to be able to identify how IT management might help you achieve that goal. Financial Statement Analysis is designed to prepare you to analyze, interpret and use financial statements effectively, both from the perspective of a general manager and an investor. A central theme is value creation how a manager can use financial statements to guide valuecreating behavior and how investors can use financial statements to identify value-creating opportunities. The course aims to provide students with a conceptual and theoretical framework for understanding corporate finance. Students will develop an understanding of the practical aspects of corporate financial management and the relationship between theory and practice. Students will expose to the three central issues in modern corporate finance: the overall valuation process, the investment decision, and the financing decision. This course will offer students a practical perspective on marketing planning and key marketing strategies, acquaint them with up-to date concepts and models, and teach them to use strategic planning tools to achieve a company's marketing goals. The course also provides an introduction to high-tech marketing and global trends, and identifies changes in the technological and business environments. The objective of this course is to explore major topics related to portfolio theory and its application as well as the valuation of securities such as bonds, stocks, options and futures. The goals of the course include becoming familiar with the investment environment, understanding the riskreturn trade off, portfolio analysis and management, applying performance measures, understanding the concept of market efficiency, pricing securities such as bonds, stocks and acquiring the ability to conduct an empirical study in finance.
Project Management Managing Organizations Business Strategy Business Game The objectives are to understand the principles of project management in dynamic environments and increase awareness of context factors and the multidisciplinary and multicultural aspects of projects. The course will focus on the following subjects: principles of project management in dynamic environments, planning and controlling projects under uncertainty, awareness of context factors and the roles of teamwork, communications and monitoring, and leadership. The objective of the course is to provide a strategic framework for understanding human resources management in its organizational context. The course will present an integrative approach to human resources, emphasizing the strategic approach to its management. The students will understand the various contingencies and alternatives facing managers in designing integrated human resource systems that are congruent with the organizational environment and its business strategy. From a pedagogical perspective, this course is designed to help students integrate the functional courses such as accounting, finance, organizational behavior, marketing, information systems, and operations into a comprehensive framework. From a business practice perspective, the course focuses on multi-faceted problems typically faced by general managers such as chief executive officers and division heads when they formulate and implement a course of action for the unit as a whole to achieve enduring success. The goals of this course emphasize critical and conceptual thinking within a holistic framework of leading organizations in a global economy that is characterized by technological change, intense competition and rising consumer expectations. The business game is a business simulation of the decisionmaking process in a firm that operates in a number of markets and in competitive conditions. The purpose of the game is to gain experience working as a senior management team. Experience includes making decisions, developing a business and marketing strategy and applying it in practice, while dealing with a competitive market and partial cooperation with competitors.
Resource and Environmental Economics Principles of Sustainability Environmental Management Systems Environmental Impact Assessment GIS and Natural Resources Management The goal of the course is to provide the student with the theoretical and empirical tools required to understand the concepts of public goods, external costs, the non-market valuation of environmental resources, and economic policy instruments such as environmental taxes and cap-and-trade. Specific instruments for the monetary valuation of ecosystem goods and services that are not the object of market transactions are also presented. Sustainability is an interdisciplinary field that examines the complex relationships between the environmental, economic and social aspects of the problems facing human populations at the local, regional and global levels. This course provides an introductory survey of the concepts, principles and tools from diverse fields that contribute to an understanding of and a response to problems such as climate change, environmental degradation, and the unequal distribution of limited resources. The purpose of course is to expose students to different aspects of the ISO 14 000 standards. Among the discussed topics: life-cycle analysis, management and reducing environmental risks, benefits of implementing the standards (including obtaining government support, direct savings, etc.), design of products and processes (ECO DESIGN). The course will also include professional tours. This course takes an applied approach to environmental impact assessment (EIA), with an emphasis on both the regulatory context in which these laws are applied, as well as the techniques for conducting the assessments. The course explores the techniques for developing, preparing, and reviewing environmental impact assessments. The basic skills to identify and mitigate a project's effect on environmental resources will be explored. This course covers the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in the management of natural resources. Natural resources managers must be able to create, store, manage and query spatial data systems and to interact with management information specialists in distributed database systems. The objective of this course is to introduce students to the construction, manipulation, display and analysis of spatial information using GIS.
Environmental Law and Policy The Global Environment Marine and Coastal Resources Management Renewable Energy The course begins with an overview of the sources of environmental law and the different approaches to environmental regulation, which is followed by an exploration of modern approaches to risk assessment and risk management. The treaties and customary principles of international law regarding environmental protection are examined. Problems of protecting the international environmental commons, transboundary pollution, and the international interest in national environmental resources are also covered. This course introduces the components of the earth s system and examines the impact of human intervention on natural systems. The course provides students with a basic background for studies in environmental management and an understanding of global environmental issues. Topics discussed include the exploitation of marine resources and the human impact on the marine environment; action plans for international and regional protection of marine and coastal resources; management of coastal areas including conserving biodiversity, protected marine areas and marine reserves; and the use of scientific information in decision-making about marine and coastal resources. Renewable energy is an increasingly important component of the new energy mix. The course covers society s current needs and future energy demands, conventional energy sources and systems, and energy conversion, utilization and storage for renewable technologies such as wind, solar, biomass, fuel cells and hybrid systems. Thermodynamics concepts (including the first and second laws) will form the basis for modeling renewable energy systems. The course also touches upon the environmental consequences of energy conversion and how renewable energy can reduce air pollution and global climate change.
Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Water Resources Management Corporate Social Responsibility Management of Clinical and Research Laboratories Climate change has profound implications for the wellbeing of humanity, society and natural ecosystems. The need for regionally tailored climate change adaptation initiatives will require vast investments by governments, international organizations and development agencies. The purpose of this course is to equip non-specialists with a broad understanding of the principal threats to human wellbeing and the health of the ecosystem that derive from climatic changes and to instill a deeper awareness of the prospects for and trade-offs between adaptation and risk reduction. This overview of the management of water resources will encompass the basic processes in the hydrologic cycle, the resulting water management problems, and the conception, planning and design of functional elements and facilities to control and utilize water. Students will become familiar with all aspects of integrated water management, become skilled at providing managerial input into the planning, design and operation of water projects and facilities, understand the principles of managing the water supply, wastewater treatment and urban infrastructure projects, and recognize the socio-economic factors involved in effective water solutions. This course seeks to develop the student s general theoretical knowledge about corporate social responsibility in contemporary economies and to reflect upon and analyze corporate social responsibility as an evolving management practice. Having completed the course, students should be able to analyze and examine corporate social responsibility as a system of interlinked concepts derived from accounting, environmental management, corporate management, and the social sciences; assess corporate social responsibility from different theoretical perspectives; and critically evaluate the design and outcome of corporate social responsibility in contemporary organizational settings. Managers of clinical and research institutions must develops skills in managing laboratories. This course provides detailed guidelines for staff development, laboratory planning and organization, control of operations, methodology and instrumentation, data management and statistics, financial management, the use of tests, communication, personnel management and training, and research and development. Methods for obtaining the skills required are suggested.
Applied Project The applied project is a capstone course that seeks to integrate the skills and concepts the students have learned in the MBA curriculum. Students will work in groups of two in a real-world setting, applying their skills to a challenging organizational and business-related problem.