Degree
Regulations
and
Course
Descriptions
1999-2000
(See also General Regulations)
The degree of Master of Business Administration (International) (IMBA) is intended for employer sponsored executives with a proven track record.
Admissions requirements
IMBA 1 To be eligible for admission to the courses leading to the degree of Master of Business Administration (International), candidates shall
| (a) | comply with the General Regulations; |
| (b) | hold a degree of this University or another qualification of equivalent standard from this University or from another University or comparable institution accepted for this purpose; |
| (c) | have attained a satisfactory level of performance in the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) or GRK or equivalent; |
| (d) | satisfy the examiners in a qualifying examination if required; and |
| (e) | be a manager who can provide evidence of successful business experience of at least three years duration. |
IMBA 1A Candidates who do not satisfy the requirements of IMBA 1 (b) and/or (c) above may in exceptional circumstances be admitted if they
| (a) | demonstrate adequate preparation for studies at this level; and |
| (b) | have demonstrated to the Admissions Committee with more than 10 years of exceptional business experience at senior management level. |
Qualifying examination
IMBA 2 Candidates who are required to satisfy the examiners in a qualifying examination shall not be permitted to register in the curriculum until they have satisfied the examiners in the examination.
Award of degree
IMBA 3 To be eligible for the award of the degree of Master of Business Administration (International) by the School of Business, the University of Hong Kong, candidates shall
| (a) | comply with the General Regulations; and |
| (b) | complete the curriculum and satisfy the examiners in accordance with the regulations set out below. |
Length of curriculum
IMBA 4 The curriculum shall extend over not less than two academic years of part-time studies with a minimum of 600 hours of prescribed work.
Completion of curriculum
IMBA 5 To complete the curriculum candidates shall follow instructions on the prescribed syllabuses, attend the required seminars and tutorials, complete satisfactorily the prescribed written assignments, case workshops, class tests and projects, and such other practical exercises as may be prescribed, and satisfy the examiners in the prescribed examinations.
Examinations
IMBA 6 Assessment of the candidates' coursework during their studies may be taken into account in determining the candidates' result in each written examination paper, or, where so prescribed in the syllabuses, may constitute the examination of one or more courses.
IMBA 7 Candidates shall satisfy the examiners in all the prescribed 'core courses' and four 'elective courses' set out in the syllabus. Examinations shall normally be held at the end of each semester, unless otherwise specified.
IMBA 8 Candidates who have failed to satisfy the examiners at their first attempt in one course in the examination held at the end of each semester of study may be permitted to proceed to the next stage of study and present themselves for re-examination in the failed course when the examination is next held, with or without repeating any part of the course concerned.
IMBA 9 Candidates who
| (a) | are not permitted to present themselves for re-examination in their failed course; or |
| (b) | have failed to satisfy the examiners in the examination of any course in a second attempt; |
shall be recommended for discontinuation of studies under the provisions of General Regulation G12.
Examination results
IMBA 10 At the conclusion of the examination, the names of successful candidates shall be published alphabetically. Candidates who have shown exceptional merit at the whole examination may be awarded a mark of distinction, and this mark shall be recorded in the candidate's degree diploma.
SYLLABUSES FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (INTERNATIONAL)
PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
Courses are divided into core and elective courses. Candidates are required to complete all twelve core courses and a total of four elective courses.
Year One: Core Courses
Year Two: Core Courses
Elective Courses
SYLLABUSES
Year One: Core Courses
| IMBA1001. | Business communication I |
The course prepares students to respond effectively to the communicative demands of academic study in English. Through text-based activities in class and investigative project work related to language and disciplinary issues, the course develops abilities to analyse and evaluate extended texts, and to produce clear and coherent spoken and written discourses.
| IMBA1002. | Finance |
A course on the concepts and techniques involved in the financial decisions of companies, incorporating sources and costs of long term finance, capital structure issue, valuation models, dividend policy, and an introduction to the efficiency of capital markets.
| IMBA1003. | Financial accounting |
This course will cover the principles of double entry book-keeping, cash flow, the interpretation of financial statements, the issues raised by corporate regulations, and the use of accounting information.
| IMBA1009. | Marketing |
The course is designed to expose and involve you in the complexities in and the challenges of managing marketing activities. Contemporary marketing concepts and the necessary tools in facilitating decisions will be introduced and thoroughly discussed throughout the course. In term of decision contexts, the workshop is designed to be Mainland China based while new ideas from both North America and Western Europe will also be introduced.
| IMBA1005. | Management information system |
This course extends the study of information systems in the accounting courses and explores the handling of data and the nature of information, the effective design and management of information systems (including financial and management accounting systems), and the relevance of information to decision making, organization structure and management control.
| IMBA1006. | Managerial economics |
In this course economic analysis is applied to the management decision-making process. Topics to be treated include management decision-making under different situation, demand measurement and forecasting, production and cost, pricing, and capital budgeting. Use will be made of lectures, exercises and discussions and student group presentations of assigned problems and cases.
| IMBA1007. | Organization behaviour and human resource management |
The course focuses on the human aspects of the managerial process and the impact of human behaviour on organizational effectiveness.
| IMBA1008. | Quantitative tools for business decisions |
A course on the quantitative methods that are used to solve business problems and make managerial decisions. The course will involve the use of computers in the teaching process.
Year Two: Core Courses
| IMBA2001. | Business communication II |
This course is designed to enhance communication in English in the context of both academic study and the business environment. This will be achieved through instruction and practice in oral presentation, business correspondence, writing accurate and concise reports, interviewing to obtain information about real business activity in Shanghai, and analysis of business publications.
| IMBA2002. | International business |
This course provides students with a fundamental grasp of international competition, international division of labour; global centres for finance, shipping and arbitration, strategic export and import; and the international trade regulatory bodies.
| IMBA2003. | Macroeconomic environment for managers |
Economics of inflation; employment; income and output determination. Introduction to monetary and fiscal policy.
| IMBA2004. | Strategic management |
This course focuses on strategy making, and takes the whole enterprise and its environment as subject. The course covers the evolution of ideas and concepts in strategy formulation and the tools and techniques of strategic analysis, reviews recent developments in global, regional and local strategies, and explores the appropriateness of alternative organizational forms to different strategic situations. The implementation of strategies is covered, together with the analysis of current strategic situations in local companies.
Elective Courses
| IMBA0001. | Advanced corporate finance |
A course on the advance treatment of corporate financial decisions.
Prerequisite: Finance
| IMBA0002. | Advertising |
The preparation, use and administration of advertising, emphasizing the use of research to direct and measure the effectiveness of each stage in the operation.
Prerequisite: Marketing
| IMBA0003. | Entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation |
This is a course developed for two types of learners: those who intend to set up a business in the Asia Pacific Region at some stage in their career, and those who are owners of business. Content of the course will built around concerns crucial to the entrepreneurial pursuit. We will explore how to discover business opportunities, how to set up a company as a vehicle to capture an identified opportunity, what are the major approaches to achieving success in the business world, why companies could get into serious troubles in the course of development, and if our companies are failing, what could be done to revitalise them. The defining character of entrepreneurial work is here taken to the creativity and innovation, which are expressed in the business world in various shapes and forms.
| IMBA0004. | Current topics in human resource management |
The course consists of advanced studies on a number of the following topics in human resource management recruitment, selection, management development and training, performance evaluation, career development and management. Where appropriate, applied psychology techniques will be considered.
| IMBA0005. | Information system strategy |
This course advances management information programme, with more on data management, catastrophe planning, decision support systems, expert systems and electronic data interchange. The competitive, strategic impact of information systems is shown to require IS strategies to be part of corporate strategies. Societal implications and current directions in information technology are also explored
Prerequisite: Management Information System
| IMBA1004. | International marketing |
The international marketing and purchasing course is designed to provide students with a sensitive understanding of the importance of business interactions as a philosophy in an enterprise, highlighting the difficulties of translating the philosophy via people to meet with business-to-business appreciation; and to enable participants to understand the functions of marketing and the rationale behind them.
| IMBA0006. | Investments |
A course on the analysis of various instruments in the financial markets.
| IMBA0007. | Management accounting |
The theory and techniques involved in serving the accounting needs of management in the decision making control, evaluation and motivational aspects.
Prerequisite: Financial Accounting
| IMBA0008. | Management of technology |
Concepts in production and operation. Quality control; impacts of technology; technology and environment; social issues; technology transfer. Examples of industrial technologies; case studies and future trends.
| IMBA2005. | Project |
The project should be a critical study within one of the fields of business.
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