The Great Wall International MBA

Study Cycle
Students will receive course syllabus and learning materials for each course approximately 1 month prior to beginning lectures in the course. The professor will make pre-assignments relevant to the course materials to be covered. Professors will travel from the US to deliver the intensive 2 weeks of course lectures. During this period, there will also be in-class tests, quizzes, and class presentations. Following this, part-time students will have approximately 4 weeks to complete the required research, post-lecture assignments, take course exams and complete other course requirements. The cycle will then begin again with readings & pre-course assignments for the next course.

Whereas full-time students will have 3 weeks to complete the post-coursework and they may also spend time taking Mandarin Language courses, or doing internships.

Study Materials
Learning materials are provided for all modules. They include textbooks, case studies, readings and reviews.

Assessment
Students are assessed in each course based on their assignments and projects, class presentations, case studies and final examinations. The professors decide the weightage for each component.

Attendance
All students are required to achieve 80% of the class attendance for each module. Students who fail to meet this requirement may be barred from sitting for the course examination.

Award
Students will be awarded the MBA upon passing all 13 modules as well as achieving a CGPA of at least 3.0 (‘B’ Average). Successful graduates receive a Masters of Business Administration degree conferred by Oklahoma City University. Graduates may use the designatory letters: MBA after their names.

Graduation Ceremony
Graduates from the MBA will be attending a full graduation ceremony in Singapore conducted by senior representatives from OCU. Graduates also have the option of attending the convocation at OCU.

Course Modules

Environmental and Functional Courses
Accounting Information Planning & Control
This course prepares managers to generate and interpret accounting information and reports for increased managerial efficiency and effectiveness. The major course modules include: product costing, planning, control and decision making in the new manufacturing environment.

Managerial Economics
Economic principles are at work (1) at the economy-wide level (macroeconomics); (2) at the inter-firm, intra-industry, and inter-industry levels (microeconomics); and (3) at the intra-firm level (Operations Research-Management Science). This course is concerned primarily with the second and third of the above.  It provides an understanding of the more or less immediate environment of the firm and some of the intra-firm decision problems and analytical concepts and methods, which pertain to these problems. It studies the product markets under competitive and monopoly conditions, analysis of factor productivities, cost, pricing principles and practices and problems of estimation of demand and cost. These subjects are treated primarily from the standpoint of managers in the private sector, rather than that of public agencies or society as a whole.

Production Operations & Quantitative Analysis
This course is concerned with the efficiency and effectiveness in operating manufacturing facilities as well as service-oriented operations. This course involves the study and applications of techniques of operations as analytical tools in solving managerial problems that occur in the business world. Included are topics such as quality, productivity, forecasting, allocating resources, inventory control, network models and computer simulation with a strong emphasis on quantitative models that help managers to make decisions.

Strategic Marketing Decisions
Strategic Marketing Decisions is concerned with crafting marketing strategies and making marketing decisions.  At the end of the course, you should be able to structure and solve rather complex marketing problems.  Faced with a business situation, you should be able to sort through the myriad of facts and data, structure a decision framework of relevant information, and develop a strategy that is comprehensive, detailed, and workable.  You must further be able to communicate your strategy both in writing and orally.  Your strategy must be well organized and clearly presented. You must be able to defend your strategy with facts, figures, and logical argumentation.

Organization and Managerial Processes
Through case analyses and readings, students will analyze real business situations in terms of organizational behaviour challenges managers face in the course of their work.  In the case analysis, students will exercise creativity by providing recommended solutions to identified problems.  At the end of the course, students will understand the importance and complexities in human behavior in an international organizational context.

International Finance Concentration Courses
Financial Policy for Managers
Fundamental concepts such as time value of money and risk-return relationships in finance are presented in detail. Financial decisions faced by modern business enterprises are analyzed in the framework of financial theories.  These decisions include capital budgeting, long-term financing, dividend policy, and short-term financial management and performance evaluations.

Investments Management
Analysis of capital markets in the United States, their functions, the participants in the market and the laws pertaining to participating in those markets. Technical and fundamental investment strategies are examined along with 1-6 hours portfolio risk management techniques.

Multinational Corporate Finance
Explores financial policies and practices of companies involved in international operations. Foreign exchange markets, forecasting exchange rates, risks of foreign exchange fluctuation and hedging techniques are reviewed. Fund raising in international money and capital markets, working capital management and investment practices of multinational firms are considered. Other topics covered include capital budgeting, financial structure and cost of capital for multinational corporations.

International Business Concentration Courses
Multinational Marketing Management
A study of the scope, challenges and strategies in international marketing. The structure of international markets including economic factors, foreign cultures, nationalism and government regulations are covered. The emphasis of the course is on foreign market research, international distribution channels, international product policy, international promotion and pricing policy. Marketing problems arising from differing degrees of foreign involvement such as exporting, licensing and establishing foreign subsidiaries.

Global Competitive Strategy and Administrative Policy
Examines issues and problems arising in managing an international business, emphasizing decisions facing top managers in multinational corporations. The case material focuses on issues such as global strategy, long-range planning, preparation and evaluation of foreign direct investment proposals, entry and ownership strategies, financing decisions, control of global operations, organization and human resource management. Multinational business policy is a capstone course. Students will take this course after all other functional and international courses have been completed.

Doing Business with China Courses and Features
All MBA courses in The Great Wall International Program will cover issues, topics and cases related to China, Chinese economic & social environment, and the Chinese business culture. Every course in the program will be taught by either OCU professors, who have done research and taught extensively in China, or by Chinese professors, or by industry leaders with executive level experience in China. In addition, the following courses will have a heavy emphasis on or will be totally devoted to doing business with China:

The World Economy and International Business with Emphasis on the Economy of China
The World Economy and International Business is a foundation course for understanding the world economy and the international economic forces that affect the private and public sectors of every economy. It provides a comprehensive introduction to international monetary systems, worldwide patterns of trade and investment, international money and capital markets, balance of payments issues and an overview of financial, managerial, and marketing problems confronted by multinational firms. The determinants of trade and foreign investment are discussed and international institutions that regulate trade and capital flows are surveyed. The role and influence of China in the world has increased. The World Economy and International Business Course in the Great Wall MBA Program will be taught from the view point of view point of a business executive who is doing business in China or with China. The macro economy of China, its international transactions, determinants of foreign investment in China, trade issues, and impications of China's entry into the World Trade Organization & other international organizations will be discussed in detail.

Money and Capital Markets with Emphasis on Financial Markets of China
Sources, uses and flow of funds in the money markets and the capital markets are analyzed with explicit attention to the financial instruments and financial institutions involved. The course encompasses an understanding of the processes of money creation and capital formation in an advanced commercial society.  The Financial Markets of China, and rapid internationalization of its money and capital markets will be discussed in this course. Financing of operations in China through listing in Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges and motivation of Chinese firms to be listed in international stock exchanges will be covered.

Special Topics in International Business (Doing Business with China)
This advanced course is usually offered in conjunction with the Global Competitive Strategy, at the end of The Great Wall International MBA Program. It serves as an additional capstone course combining the knowledge covered in all the other MBA courses to ensure the MBA students ability to understand and analyze sophisticated global business issues, and are ready to assume the role of responsible and capable business executives doing business with China.  The course involves individual or small group research projects on operations and strategies of Chinese firms listed in Chinese Stock Exchanges. The objective of this course is to help students develop expertise in different industries of China, examine the approaches and decisions made by top Chinese executives in listed firms, and evaluate the reasons for their success or failure.  The findings and results of these research projects will be documented in a final comprehensive course project report. Each one of these projects will require a formal presentation to the class in order to increase the overall knowledge of all students in the Great Wall MBA Program. Industry experts may be present for evaluation of these research projects.

Other Program Features for Providing Exposure & Expertise in Doing Business with China
Throughout the duration of the Great Wall International MBA Program, Oklahoma City University in cooperation with The Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce, OCU Alumni Associations in Singapore and in China will conduct timely seminars covering the latest developments in the economy of China and its relationships with other countries of the world. The best business practices of multinational firms operating in China or doing business with China, and the expansion efforts of Chinese MNCs into global markets will be covered in these seminars and lectures. Eminent authorities and top executives from the industry or government bodies will be invited to speak in these events. Participation by GW MBA students in these seminars will be required.

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