• discussed management, organization, effciency and effectiveness,
• primary processes of management and the essential role of managers,
• skills of successful managers,
• organization behavior, attitudes, and perception,
• the Myers-Briggs, the Big Five,
• the role of groups within organizations,
• stages of team development,
• characteristics of high performance teams, and
• the roles of team members.

• the planning process,
• the strategies that can be used including,
• SWOT,
• PESTEL,
• Porter's 5 Forces,
• Product Life Cycle,
• Porter's generic strategies of cost leadership, differentiation, and focused,
• BCG matrix,
• Ansoff matrix,
• the decision making process,
• the rational model in decision making,
• decision making errors,
• decision making styles,
• group decision making,
• specialization,
• organization structure,
• power and authority, and
• organization culture.

Dr. Thomas Wu

For this course, a general purpose non-financial calcuator can be used. Students who do not have ready access to a financial calculator should be able to perform all the required analysis and calculations using a general purpose non-financial calculator for the tutorials, assignments, mid-term test, and final examination.

You can also use a non-programmable financial calculator for the tutorials, assignment, mid-term test, and final examination. Common financial calculators are HP12c and TI BAII PLUS. User manual in simplified chinese and a tutorial for the HP12c can be found here and a simple tutorial for the HP12c can be found here. User manual for the TI BAII can be found here.

Regardless of the types of calculators used for this course, students are responsible for their own equipment and they cannot be shared in a quiz, test, or examination situation. As a result, students MUST bring their own calculators to each class. In addition, each student must be proficient in the use of their own equipment.

Electronic translators CANNOT be used for quiz, test, or examination situations, but they can be used during class (only with volume off) and your own study time.

There are specific terms that apply to accounting and finance, and there are various online sources that can help students understand these terms.

Download and print for reference:

• Hong Kong Exchange glossary of terms (English to Chinese)
• 88translation.com finance dictionary (Chinese to English, English to Chinese)

Online finance dictionaries:

• Reuters Chinese to English and English to Chinese finance dictionary
• Goldman Sachs English to Chinese finance dictionary
• Goldman Sachs Chinese to English finance dictionary
• Morgan Stanley English to Chinese finance dictionary

Other unverified sources of financial references:

• Finance Street - a finance related site prepared by the government
• Financial glossary of terms
• List of dictionaries