The objective of this course is to provide students with an understanding of how the design, operation, and control of production/operation systems can most effectively produce and/ordeliver goods and services to meet customers' needs. This understanding will help students to be familiar with the problems inreal business, and enable them to gain competitive advantage through operations.

The course will draw on a mixture of theory and analytic techniques to describe approaches that areuseful for pricing decisions. We will cover the fundamental economic analytical tools, theoriesand conceptual frameworks needed for formulating pricing strategies.

This course discuss a range of themes and topics that are building blocks of this intriguing economy. Students will start by reviewing the economic history and the basic institutional details of Chinese economy. We will in particular examine its industrialization, urbanization, central-local regulatory interactions, banking system and macroeconomic policiesover the past 40 years.

This course is designed to introduce you to the fundamental aspects of marketing: how organizations understand the market as well as customers and use strategies to successfully operate in today’s dynamic, competitive environment.

Organization Behavior is the study of human behavior in organizational settings, the interface between human behavior and the organization, and the organization itself. This course, therefore, encourages students to better understand, explain, and yet improve human behavior in organizations.

This graduate course provides an introduction to FinTech such as blockchain, cryptocurrencies (e.g., Bitcoin and Ethereum), alternative lending, machine learning, androbo-advising. Students are expected to develop a broad understanding of the recent fintech development and its impact in the financial industries. 

Managerial Economics is the application of economic theory and methodology to managerial decisions within various organizational settings such as a firm or government agency. Students taking this course are expected to have had some exposure to economics and be comfortable with college level mathematics.

Leadership is something that before entering working life, you observe from afar. Thus, it is outside of yourself and seen in the behavior of people who are distant from you. The course will attempt to give you an anticipation of what might be required of you and what may happen to your own motivations and psychology later, once you assume a leadership role in whatever occupation you choose.

This course is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of financialaccounting principles, practices and its underlying theories. In this course, we will emphasize basicfinancial accounting concepts and principles, discuss how to measure a company’s net income, assets, liabilities, shareholders’ equity, and cash flows, and how to prepare financial statements.

Ethical issues in business represent one part of the moral territory we must navigate in all of our daily activities. This course will focus not only on the particular demands of business but also analyze these in relation to how we weigh the competing interests and values confronting us in the larger world in which our work lives are embedded. 

This condensed course covers basic mathematics concepts required for other advanced courses in Business School. The possible topics to be covered include calculus, optimization, linear and Matrix algebra, statistics, and probability theory. The course is intended to be a refresher of math knowledge that students have learned during undergraduate studies or elsewhere.

This course is designed to introduce you to academic writing in English. It is an initial engagement with the processes which you will require for your final year dissertation, as well as fulfilling other written assignments during your study at PHBS.