Outstanding Economists

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Questions

Year 1

Required Courses

Microeconomics	Financial Accounting
Macroeconomics	Business Statistics
Marketing	Business Law
Business Finance	Managerial Accounting
English

Year 2

Strategic Management	Consumer Behavior
Managerial Information Systems	Human Resource Management
Personal Development	Business Planning
Operational Management	Negotiations and Conflict Management
Financial Markets, Investments, and Banking	Marketing Communications
International Management	English
New Product management

The faculty uses various delivery systems in the classroom: the traditional lecture/discussion, case method, simulation, model building, and laboratory techniques. These methods emphasize an analytical, conceptual, and theoretical balance throughout the program, which helps sharpen students’ resourcefulness in solving complex problems and selecting optimal courses of action. Students are given many opportunities to demonstrate their writing and verbal competency and to improve interpersonal communication. At the end of the second year students defend Master’s Theses.

1. What degree do undergraduate students study for?

2. What a second, more specialized degree do students study for?

3. What are similarities and differences of an economic course curriculum in American universities and the BSU? Write a list of courses you are taking in the first year. Consult a dictionary if it is necessary.

4. What kind of degree is MBA? What is the aim of this program? What courses does the program of International Graduate School of Business and Management of Technology (BSU) offer?

5. What field of activity would you choose:economics or business administration? Give your arguments¹.

Note:

1. One of the techniques to create an argument is as follows:

a)state the claim;

b) explain the claim;

c)prove the claim. Provide evidence and reasoning;

d) make a conclusion.

Example of an argument:

a) Good manager plays an important role in the company.

b) He fullfills the vital functions: planning, organizung, forecasting.

c) By applying his managerial skills the manager can bring profit to the company.

d) That is why the manager’s role in the company can not be overestimated.

Work in groups of three. Look at the outline on the next page. Each person should scan one of the articles and take notes in the appropriate section of the outline. Then share information so that you and your partner have the same data and can fill in the outline completely.

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