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Daytime MBA Class Visits

We encourage prospective MBA applicants to visit to the School to discover first-hand the special qualities of the UC Davis MBA program and our community. Experience the dynamic learning environment by attending one of our upcoming classes led by our highly accomplished faculty. After the class, you will be paired with an first- or second-year MBA Ambassador for an informal conversation about our program.

Space is limited and pre-registration is required. To accommodate as many prospective Daytime MBA applicants as possible, we can only offer one course visit per person.

Register for a Daytime MBA Class Visit

MGT 201-A – The Individual and Group Dynamics

Mondays from 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Examines basic psychological and social psychological processes shaping human behavior and applies knowledge of these processes to the problem of working with and managing others in organizations. Topics include: motivation, job design, commitment, socialization, culture, individual and group decision making and team building.

MGT 243 – Customer Relationship Management

Thursdays from 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is a management approach under which marketing activities are organized and measured around customers instead of brands. This approach benefits firms as customers and not brands make buying decisions. Applications of CRM range from creating better customer segments, understanding customer profitability to complete one-to-one marketing programs. You will learn software independent strategies, techniques and tools to managers can employ to accomplish the four major processes of CRM: (1) Customer acquisition (2) Customer retention (3) Customer satisfaction and development and (4) Customer profitability (or Lifetime Value).

 

MGT 260 – Corporate Finance

Mondays from 3:10 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Bridges the gap between concepts in corporate finance learned in Management 205 and corporate finance as it is currently applied by top management of U.S. firms. Questions to be addressed: Do managers practice what MBA programs teach? If not, why not? Which theories that MBAs have learned are recognized by managers? Which theories seem to fit the facts best? The course is highly recommended for students interested in corporate or nonprofit finance.

 

MGT 265 – Venture Capital and the Finance of Innovation

Tuesdays from 12:00 – 3:00 p.m.
This course examines VC finance and the related practice of Research and Development finance. The goal of the course is to apply finance tools and framework to the world of venture capital and financing of projects in high-growth industries.

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