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highlight the very important role of supply chain management in creating and maximizing
customer values, and the role it plays in today’s global business world. Besides, this course
also stresses the benefits and challenges in designing supply chain, constructing global
network and coordinating supply chain. Realistic examples and practices will be used
extensively throughout the course to illustrate the application of related concepts and
principles.

BUS 307 Management Information Systems
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course is designed to make the students knowledgeable about the fundamentals
underlying the design, implementation, control, evaluation and strategic use of modern,
computer-based information systems for business data processing, office automation,
information reporting, decision-making and electronic commerce. While some of the efforts will
be devoted to hands-on work with business softwares, the major emphasis will be on the
managerial and strategic aspects of information technology.

BUS 308 Financial Management
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course will introduce the basic concepts and the skills of financial analysis to stu-
dents. It evaluates the impact of financial decisions on company performance. Besides,
financial management strategies will also be discussed. In essence, this course puts
emphasis on the application of concepts to problems and relies heavily on numeric calcula-
tions.

BUS 309 Human Resource Management
1 Term; 3 Credits
This aim of this course is to provide students with a basic framework of personnel
management concepts and techniques focusing on the functions and activities of personnel
managers. As a result, students are able to critically evaluate personnel management
techniques and become problem solvers in the personnel area. They are also capable of
undertaking self-appraisal as a manager and appraisal of personnel practices of the organi-
zation as a whole.

BUS 310 Estate and Retirement Planning
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course aims to help students understand the various issues of private and public
employee benefits in Hong Kong. It surveys the different group insurance and retirement plans
available for better evaluation in order to effectively assist clients planning for retirement.
Secondly, it helps students gain practical understanding of the estate planning process,
including the technical issues involved in estate administration and asset distribution; and the
course also discusses the roles that wills, trusts, gifts, insurance and other estate planning
tools play in the process.

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