Selected topics of current significance to researchers and practitioners in the hospitality industry. The course emphasizes the identification of advancements in theories and their applications in hospitality cultures of inquiry.

This course is designed to be a graduate level seminar in theory construction in general and as it applies to the tourism phenomenon and its impacts. It is designed to give students an introduction into the basic concepts of theory using published research from the fields of management, marketing, hospitality and tourism management. Students are expected to develop an understanding of classic theories within their specific areas of interest and create a foundation framework for three dissertation research.

This is a course on the fundamentals of experimental design couched within a marketing and consumer behavior/psychology paradigm, intended for graduate students planning a research career. The course will enable students to (1) understand and review experiments presented in academic journals, and (2) design and conduct experiments as part of research projects intended for publication in good marketing and consumer behavior/psychology journals. There are no pre-requisites for the course, but it is a good idea to have passed graduate-level courses on research methods and statistics.

Examines research and scholarly approaches to organization theory by investigating both the concept 'organization' and the concept 'theory'. Presents such perspectives as decision theory, structural contingency theory, institutional theory, transaction cost economics, and network theory.

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Presentation of journal reports on business topics utilizing a quantitative approach.

Techniques of multivariate statistical an-alysis as applied to business research. Discriminant analysis, canonical correlation, multivariate analysis of variance and covariance, factor analysis, cluster analysis.

Examines classic and contemporary texts in management commonly considered pioneering works. Participants read and critically evaluate the books to gain understanding of their importance in shaping the organization studies field.

Modeling and solution of decision problems under uncertainty. Topics include stochastic dynamic programming (Markov decision processes), covering both finite and infinite horizon problems; and stochastic linear/integer programming. Several computational techniques and applications are presented.

Examines and evaluates legal problems as they relate to the business environment. Course will deal with areas of law including contracts, agency, ethics, bankruptcy, business organization and other areas of commercial law.