I. Core/Foundation Courses: Corporate Social Responsibility and Good Governance Managerial Statistics Method of Business Research 1. What is the role of effective corporate governance in improving a firm's performance? What are some of the key governance mechanisms that are used to ensure that managerial and shareholders interest are aligned? (2.) The Marketing department of a company has designed three different boxes for its product, it wants to determine which box will produce the largest amount of sales, Each box will be test marked in five different stores for a period of a month, Below you are given the information on sales. a. State the null and alternative hypotheses. b. Construct an ANOVA table. c. What conclusion do you draw? d. Use Fisher's LSD procedure and determine which mean (if any) is different from the other Let a=0.01. 3. Why would a noted business research say, "it is essential that we always keep in mind the model of the controlled experiment, even if in practice we have to deviate from an ideal model"? II. Major Courses: Financial Management Human Resources Management Management Decision Model Marketing Management Strategic Operations Management 1. Why might be rational for a small firms that does not have access to the capital markets to use the payback method rather than the net present value method? 2. HR leaders should always adopt a strategic business focus as a people centered function. HR touches every part of the employee life cycle. Please describe the steps that HR leaders can take to ensure that they are being strategic in recruitment selection and retention of employees. How could you know that you has been successful in each of these areas? 3. A farmer can plant up to eight hectares of land with rice and corn. He can earn P10,000 for every hectares planted with rice and P6,000 for every hectare planted with corn. Use of necessary fertilizer, however is limited by the Credit Cooperative policy which says that only 20 gallons of the fertilizer should be delivered to the entire eight hectare land. Rice requires 4 gallons of fertilizer for every hectare planted whereas corn requires only 2 gallon per hectare. How will the farmer compute for the maximum profit he can make be, What should be the objective function? Also, set up the constraints for the problem. 4. What are some of the elements that make a brand? Are these elements tangible or intangible? 5. What is the role of product champion in bringing a new product or service into new existence in a corporation? How can companies use product champions to enhance their venture development efforts? III. Cognates/Electives: Entrepreneurial Managment Investment and Portfolio Management Managerial Accounting Managerial Economics Organizational Behavior Transformative Leadership 1. Describe the barriers business face when trying to conduct business internationally. How can a small business owner overcome these obstacles? 2. Describe traditional portfolio management. Give three (3) reason why traditional managers like to invest in well established companies. What is a modern portfolio theory (MPT) What is feasible or attainable set of all possible portfolio. How is it derives for a given group of investment vehicles. 3. Explain the difference between full absorption costing and direct costing. How does absorption costing help a manufacturer determine a reasonable price? 4. Define the concept of scancity. Explain the significance of this concept in relation concept of opportunity cost. Are opportunity cost and sacrifice the same thing? You say that sacrifice represents the cost of a particular decision? 5. Talent management strategy requires a strong investment in total rewards. Explain the elements of a total rewards program as part of a talent management strategy. Describe specific elements of a total rewards program and how each elements serves HR and business strategy. 6. Which of the following managers do you agree with? Defend your choice. Manager A: The Membership of the cost of quality installation team should be restricted to individuals from all departments in the company" Manager B: "The membership of the cost of quality installation team should include individuals from all departments in the company" 7. Leadership and Management are two district but complementary system. While managers promote stability, leaders press for change. Only organizations that can embrace both sides of the contradiction can thrive in turbulent time