MAN 3930 SEMINARS IN BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT 1 credits

Prerequisite: Admission to the Banking BAS, International Business BAS, Management & Organizational Leadership BAS, Sustainability Management BAS or Technology Management BAS program. This course focuses on current and emerging issues in business and management. Its format and topics will vary but will typically be a full day or a half-day seminar conducted by one or more industry subject-matter experts who will address a specific business and management topic, such as financial markets, international trade, human resources, cultural issues, or economic subjects, etc. The requirements of each student will vary with the topics in question. This course may be taken 3 times for a total of 3 credits using different seminar topics. 16 contact hours.

TOPIC #1: ISSUES IN MODERN BANKING
Prerequisite: Admission to the Banking BAS, International Business BAS, Management & Organizational Leadership BAS, Sustainability Management BAS or Technology Management BAS program. This specific section of the Seminars in Business and Management course focuses on current and emerging issues in Bank and Financial Services Management. Its format and topics will include a half- to one-day seminar by a practicing financial services executive or regulator, a pre-seminar activity involving the reading of relevant literature related to the subject banking issues, and a post-seminar activity to reinforce the information, concepts, and issues presented at the seminar. 16 contact hours.

TOPIC #2: GLOBALIZATION: NEW CHALLENGES FOR TAMPA BAY AREA
Prerequisite: Admission to the Banking BAS, International Business BAS, Management & Organizational Leadership BAS, Sustainability Management BAS or Technology Management BAS program. This specific section of the Seminars in Business and Management course focuses on current and emerging globalization challenges confronting the local region. Its format and topics will include a half- to one-day seminar by a practicing economic development professional or regulator, a pre-seminar activity involving the reading of relevant literature related to the subject globalization issues, and a post-seminar activity to reinforce the information, concepts, and issues presented at the seminar. 16 contact hours.

TOPIC #3: INTERNATIONAL STUDY ABROAD
Prerequisite: Admission to the Banking BAS, International Business BAS, Management & Organizational Leadership BAS, Sustainability Management BAS or Technology Management BAS program. The student may participate in a “study abroad trip” respective to their studies. The nature and location of the trip will be approved by the College Dean and faculty. Typically a two-week study abroad trip will explore various issues pertaining to international business (globalization), marketing, entrepreneurship, law or technology related to the country or location visited. The student may earn 1 credit for the seminar/study. 16 contact hours.

TOPIC #4: E-GOVERNANCE
Prerequisite: Admission to the Banking BAS, International Business BAS, Management & Organizational Leadership BAS, Sustainability Management BAS or Technology Management BAS program. This seminar focuses on the use of information and communications technology to create and transfer knowledge on electronic governance (e-governance) and electronic democracy (e-democracy) associated with the e-Governance Academy and the Government of Estonia. E-governance and e-democracy provides a mechanism for analyzing and systematizing international and domestic experiences allowing the creation of a knowledge base and experience model where the knowledge can be transferred to interested parties and government agencies.

TOPIC #5: ENTREPRENEURSHIP: FOCUSING ON INNOVATION
Prerequisite: Admission to the Banking BAS, International Business BAS, Management & Organizational Leadership BAS, Sustainability Management BAS or Technology Management BAS program. This seminar focuses on key elements of successful Entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship concepts in the seminar may include issues such as new market venture ideas, financing options for a new business, how to get a new product to market, product branding, business leadership and innovation, defining business development and successfully using incubators in a new business. 16 contact hours.

TOPIC #6: IMPORTING & EXPORTING OF TECHNOLOGY & SECURITY
Prerequisite: Admission to the Banking BAS, International Business BAS, Management & Organizational Leadership BAS, Sustainability Management BAS or Technology Management BAS program. This seminar focuses on the emerging topics and considerations associated with import and export controls on high technology. Current legal requirements as governed by the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and regulations under the Export Administration Act (EAA) will be examined. Emerging technology and exports to outlawed countries will be explored. 16 contact hours.

TOPIC #7: SUSTAINABILITY/GREEN MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS
Prerequisite: Admission to the Banking BAS, International Business BAS, Management & Organizational Leadership BAS, Sustainability Management BAS or Technology Management BAS program. This course focuses on current and emerging issues in business sustainability/green. Its format will vary but will typically include a half- to one-day seminar by one or more industry experts. Depending on the seminar-specific topic, the expert(s) will address specific business and management topics pertaining to sustainable business planning, such as social and environmental challenges, marketing and supply chain decisions, recycling, reusing, reconditioning, product and service decisions in order to realize a natural competitive advantage within their operating strategies, international policies and regulations, and other key sustainability/green issues, as well as laws associated with this subject matter. 16 contact hours.

TOPIC #8: DOMESTIC TO GLOBAL
Prerequisite: Admission to the Banking BAS, International Business BAS, Management & Organizational Leadership BAS, Sustainability Management BAS or Technology Management BAS program. This will be a special topics conference focusing on issues surrounding expansion of domestic companies to multinational status, with a particular concentration on Dubai. The specific conference will address the issues from both Dubai's standpoint as well as the United States. The participants will be industry experts, government officials and academic representatives discussing the overall objectives of an expansion and the risk involved in the expansion. It may also include a focus on basic market research to determine an initial country fit as well as the knowledge necessary to determine whether the potential host country's government is stable and will support the expansion. Of primary importance may be a discussion regarding the main issues affecting expansion including the potential host country's economy, finanical markets, risk analysis, business culture and legal system. The home country's laws and the "process for success" will also need to be addressed in order to properly evaluate the expansion. 16 contact hours.