Briefing for the Erasmus Mundus External Cooperation Window

2009 (c) Graduate School of Business (gsb@usm)

Briefing forthe Erasmus Mundus

External Cooperation Window

By:Associate Professor Dr. Noornina Hj. Dahlan

Deputy Dean(Research, Innovation & Industry)

Graduate School of Business, USM

7-8 July 2009


Programmes offeredat gsb@usm


Graduate Programmes

Mixed Mode Coursework

On Campus Online

DBA Programme StructurePart I: Theoretical Foundation (18 Units)1. Seminar in Management Control and

Decision Making.2. Seminar in Human Capital

Transformation.3. Seminar in Financial Decision Making.4. Seminar in Managing Technology and

Decision Making.5. Seminar in Marketing and Global

Business.6. Seminar in Trend and Foresights in

Business Strategy.

Part II: Knowledge Dissemination and Generation (21 Units)

• Dissemination of Knowledge: Consultation & Training (15 Units)

• Generation of Knowledge: Research Methodology (6 Units)

Part III: Dissertation (42 Units)• Candidates are supervised through

the process of a dissertation; and are examined via a viva voce.

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS• Candidates are required to

complete a total of 81 units.

DBA Candidature

DURATION OF CANDIDATURE

• Full time: 3½ years to 5 years• Part time: 5 years to 7 years

MBA Programme Structure12 core courses (38 Units):1. Management and Organizational

Behaviour (3 Units)2. Management Information Systems (3

Units)3. Finance & Accounting for Management

(3 Units)4. Managerial Economics (3 Units)5. Corporate Strategy (3 Units)6. Advanced Business Statistics (3 Units)7. Marketing Management (3 Units)8. Business Issues & Sustainable

Development (3 Units)9. Operations Strategy (3 Units)10.Corporate Finance (3 Units)11.Research Methodology (3 Units)12.Management Project (5 Units)

• One unique feature: candidates are required to undertake a management project that is related to researching issues on current business problems.

Two elective courses (6 Units) such as: Human Resource Management, Leadership, International Business, Managerial Ethics, and others.



MBA Candidature



MBA (IB) Programme Structure6 core courses (19 Units):1. Management and Organizational

Behaviour (3 Units)2. Finance & Accounting for

Management (3 Units)3. Managerial Economics (3 Units)4. Operations Strategy (3 Units)5. International Business Management

(3 Units)6. Foreign Language (4 Units)

Two elective courses (6 Units) such as: Entrepreneurship in Global Business, Managing Transnational Organization, Decision Analysis, and others.

6 advanced courses (19 Units):1. International Financial

Management (3 Units)2. International Trade (3 Units)3. Global Supply Chain Management

(3 Units)4. International Marketing (3 Units)5. Research Methodology (3 Units)6. IB Management Project (4 Units) -

Spend a semester abroad to conduct an IB project



MBA (IB) Candidature


• Full time: 2 years to 3 years• Part time: 3 years to 4 years

Online MBA Programme Structure12 core courses (38 Units):1. Management and Organizational

Behaviour (3 Units)2. Management Information Systems (3

Units)3. Finance & Accounting for Management

(3 Units)4. Managerial Economics (3 Units)5. Corporate Strategy (3 Units)6. Advanced Business Statistics (3 Units)7. Marketing Management (3 Units)8. Business Issues & Sustainable

Development (3 Units)9. Operations Strategy (3 Units)10.Corporate Finance (3 Units)11.Research Methodology (3 Units)12.Management Project (5 Units)

Two elective courses (6 Units) such as: Human Resource Management, International Business, Productivity & Quality Management, and International Accounting.



Online MBA Candidature


• All candidates: 2 years to 4 years

onlinemba.usm.my

INTERACTIVE, WEB-BASED PLATFORM

BLENDED LEARNING

VIRTUAL COMMUNICATIONS

DIGITAL RESOURCES

USER-FRIENDLY INTERFACE


http://onlinemba.usm.my/

MBA (SD) Programme Structure9 core courses (29 Units):

1. Management and Organisational Behaviour (3 Units)

2. Finance and Accounting For Managers (3 Units)

3. Economics For Managers (3 Units)4. Marketing Management (3 Units)5. Research Methodology (3 Units)6. Corporate Strategy (3 Units)7. Business Issues and Sustainable

Development (3 Units)8. Ethics for Managers (3 Units)9. Management Project in Sustainable

Development (5 Units)

4 Specialisation Courses (12 Units)1. Sustainability Concept and Issues2. Ecological Science and

Environmental Management 3. Green Business and Performance

Assessment4. CSR and Social enterprise

One elective course (3 Units):• Operations Strategy• Advanced Business Statistics• Corporate Finance

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS• Complete a total of 44 units.

MBA (SD) Candidature



MBA (SSME) Programme Structure• Modular-based• Each course:

– 7 weeks of teaching– 1 week revision– 1 week final examination

• Four courses offered each semester• Classes on Saturdays and Sundays.

14 Courses @ 3 units each (42 Units)1. Service Management2. Accounting for Services3. Financial Issues in the Modern

Economy4. Service System Process Development5. Intellectual Capital Development

6. Technology Management & Innovation

7. Service Quality & Productivity8. Logistics & Distribution

Management9. CRM10. Business Intelligence for Service

Excellence11. Corporate Responsibility12. Strategic Management13. Leadership for Transformation14. Management Project

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS• Complete a total of 42 units.

MBA (SSME) Candidature


• All candidates: 2 years to 4 years

GSB’S RESEARCH CLUSTER“SUSTAINABLE ORGANISATIONAL

COMPETITIVENESS”


Sustainable Organisational Competitivenes

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Sustainable Governance

Sustainable Innovation

Sustainable Value Chain

Sustainable Culture

Sustainable Global Strategies

GSB’S RESEARCH CLUSTER“SUSTAINABLE ORGANISATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS”




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Sustainable Culture



Brain Dynamics

• Critical thinking, personality and police investigative performance

• Creative thinking and personality in research & publication

• Creative thinking and personality in criminal intention

• How does brain research influence sustainable competitiveness?


Sustainable Digital Business

• Green & digital business

• How does green innovation influence sustainable competitiveness in digital business?


Sustainable Service Innovation

• Sustainable innovation for services

• Sustainable innovative mgmt for services

• Transformational leadership (talent/champions) for sustainable innovation in services

• Transdisciplinary approach to sustainable service innovation

• How does service innovation influence sustainable competitiveness?


Sustainable Information Management

• Knowledge Management & impact on sustainability

Sustainable Innovation• Managing sustainable info.

systems (data input, storage, process, output)

• Does information management (including environmental and social impacts) enhance quality of organisational decisions and outcomes?

• How does information management influence sustainable competitiveness?

Sustainable IT Architecture

• Intelligent Decision Support Systems (DSS) for sustainability

• Sustainability in systems, processes, techniques, & technologies

• Is there a link between ‘green’ innovation and ‘good’ innovation?

• Does certain IT architecture facilitate sustainable competitiveness more than others?

• How do innovative systems influence sustainable competitiveness?





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Sustainable Culture




GreenGreen Logistics & Supply Chain

• ‘Greening’ value chain – with reduced material and energy use and lead to valuable organisational capabilities

• Green supply chain e.g. unavoidable process wastes and by-products may be used as inputs by other firms

• Lean supply chain

• Halal supply chain

• How do different forms of value chain influence sustainable competitiveness?


Sustainable Quality Management

• How does quality management influence sustainable competitiveness?

• What is the impact of quality practices and standards on sustainable competitiveness?


Sustainable Operations Management

• Sustainable operations strategy

• How does operations management influence sustainable competitiveness?

Sustainable Culture




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Sustainable Culture

Sustainable Culture Development• Sustainable organizational learning• Innovation and culture for sustainability• Ethics of decision making and culture for sustainable

organizations• Professional ethics for sustainability• Sustainable Culture – Harmony of the environment, society

and the economy• Culture influence on sustainable competitiveness?

Sustainable Culture

CSR• Engineering / Managing CSR• How does CSR influence sust. competitiveness?

Ethics• Link between ‘green’ mgmt & ‘ethical’ mgmt?• How do ethics influence sust. competitiveness?


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Sustainable International BusinessSustainability challenges in IB

Sustainability in int. trade

Green & global strategies

Survival, growth, competitiveness in global ecosystems & societies.

Challenges of global social inequities on business

How do global strategies influence sustainable competitiveness?


GreenGreen Global Networking

Sustainability in social architecture (e.g. networks & alliances among firms, citizens, govts., NGOs, etc.)

Green JV multinationals versus conglomerates

How can sustainability be achieved collectively?

How does green JV partnership influence sust. competitiveness?


GreenGreen Marketing

Environmental advertising, packaging and purchasing

behavior with green marketing tools & strategies

How to win global customers and gain loyalty with green

marketing?

How does green marketing influence sustainable

competitiveness?



Sustainable Culture




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Environmental & Social Governance

Social / Environmental / Eco-System Conservation

How do different types of corporate governance structures influence environmental performance?

Sustainable Governance – Harmony between the environment, society and the economy?

How does environment governance influence sustainable competitiveness?

Environmental Management in Hotel Industry

Carbon Trading in Malaysia


GreenGreen Accounting, Auditing & Investment

Going Green – Is this the best move? (Financial perspectives)

Religion, gender, ethical sensitivity in financial & accounting for sustainable organisations

How does green accounting/audit/investment influence sustainable competitiveness?

Sustainable reporting practices

Survival of social enterprise

Enterprise risk management

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