THE PAUL MERAGE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

Andrew J. Policano, Dean

Office of Admissions and Marketing: (949) 824-4622
Fax: (949) 824-2944
E-mail: mba@merage.uci.edu
World Wide Web: http://www.merage.uci.edu/

Undergraduate Programs

Graduate Programs

Courses

Faculty

Dennis J. Aigner, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Professor of Management and Economics (corporate environmental management, U.S. competitiveness in global markets, foreign investment and state and local economic issues)

Christine M. Beckman, Ph.D. Stanford University, Associate Professor of Management (rorganizational learning and change, entrepreneurship and team evolution, interorganizational relationships and women and organizations)

Kristin M.J. Behfar, Ph.D. Cornell University, Assistant Professor of Management (group and team performance, conflict resolution, team leadership, and multicultural team processes)

David H. Blake, Ph.D. Rutgers-The State University of New Jersey, Professor of Management (corporate strategies and executive leadership)

Philip Bromiley, Ph.D. Carnegie-Mellon University, Professor of Management (examination of risk assessment and decision-making, micro-competition, and behavioral analysis of the bid-ask spread)

Thomas C. Buchmueller, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Madison, Professor of Management, Economics, and Planning, Policy, and Design (health economics, particularly the economics of employer-provided health insurance, health insurance reform and managed competition)

Christopher S. Carpenter, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Assistant Professor of Management and Economics (health economics, labor economics, and policy evaluation)

Maria Y. Chandler, M.D. University of California, Irvine, Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Management

Nai-Fu Chen, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Professor of Management (financial investments and markets)

Vidyanand Choudhary, Ph.D. Purdue University, Assistant Professor of Management (economics of information systems, impact of emerging technologies on firm's business strategies, analytical modeling of electronic marketplaces, product differentiation and price discrimination for information goods, and intertemporal pricing of software products and upgrades)

Imran S. Currim, Ph.D. Stanford University, UCI Chancellor's Professor of Management (marketing research, customer choice, and the design and marketing of products and services)

Sanjeev Dewan, Ph.D. University of Rochester, Associate Professor of Management (value of information technology investments, electronic commerce, and information technology in financial markets)

Joseph F. DiMento, Ph.D., J.D. University of Michigan, Professor of Planning, Policy, and Design; Criminology, Law and Society; Environmental Health, Science, and Policy; and Management (planning, land use and environmental law, use of social science in policy making, legal control of corporate behavior)

Henry Fagin, M.S. Columbia University, Professor Emeritus of Management (societal context of organizations)

Martha S. Feldman, Ph.D. Stanford University, Professor of Planning, Policy, and Design, Management, Sociology, and Political Science, and Roger W. and Janice M. Johnson Chair in Civic Governance and Public Management (organization theory and behavior, stability and change in organizations, decision making and information processing)

Paul J. Feldstein, Ph.D. University of Chicago, Professor of Management and Economics, and Robert Gumbiner Chair in Health Care Management (economics of health care)

David B. Fitoussi, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Assistant Professor of Management (information technology and organizations)

Cristina B. Gibson, Ph.D. University of California, Irvine, Associate Professor of Management (multicultural collaboration; communication, interaction, and effectiveness in teams, impact of culture and gender on work behavior, social cognition, and international management)

Mary C. Gilly, Ph.D. University of Houston, Professor of Management (marketing, with an emphasis on customer service, internal marketing, consumers and technology, and brand management)

John Graham, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Professor of Management (global marketing, international business negotiations, and business in Japan)

Vijay C. Gurbaxani, Ph.D. University of Rochester, Professor of Management and Informatics (business strategy and information technologies, outsourcing of information systems, economics of information technologies, emerging technologies, and organization and management of information systems)

David A. Hirshleifer, Ph.D. University of Chicago, Professor of Management and Merage Chair in Business Growth (corporate finance, investments, and behavioral finance)

Joanna L. Y. Ho, Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin, Professor of Management (decision making related to accounting and auditing)

Philippe Jorion, Ph.D. University of Chicago, UCI Chancellor's Professor of Management and Economics (international finance, exchange rates and risk management)

Christo S. Karunananthan, Ph.D. University of Michigan, Assistant Professor of Management (executive compensation, managerial performance evaluation and turnover, corporate governance)

L. Robin Keller, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Professor of Management (decision analysis, risk analysis, creative problem structuring, and behavioral decision theory)

Kenneth L. Kraemer, Ph.D. University of Southern California, Director of the Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations, Professor of Management and Informatics, and Taco Bell Chair in Information Technology Management (use and impact of information technology in organizations, globalization of information technology production and use, and management of information systems)

Loraine G. Lau-Gesk, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Assistant Professor of Management (marketing)

Newton Margulies, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Professor Emeritus of Management (organizational behavior, organizational change and development, analysis of team functioning, organizational behavior in health care organizations)

Joseph W. McGuire, Ph.D. Columbia University, Professor Emeritus of Management (business strategy, entrepreneurship, organizational economics)

Richard B. McKenzie, Ph.D. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Professor of Management and Economics, and Walter B. Gerken Chair in Enterprise and Society (Microsoft antitrust case and public policies relating to digital economics)

Alexander Mood, Ph.D. Princeton University, Professor Emeritus of Management

Calvin Morrill, Ph.D. Harvard University, Department Chair and Professor of Sociology and Professor of Criminology, Law and Society and of Management (organizations, law and society, culture, youth, and qualitative field methods)

Peter Navarro, Ph.D. Harvard University, Associate Professor of Management (electric utilities regulation, growth management, industrial policy, public policy)

David M. Obstfeld, Ph.D. University of Michigan, Assistant Professor of Management (knowledge creation, innovation, social networks, knowledge management, and entrepreneurship)

Jone L. Pearce, Ph.D. Yale University, Professor of Management (employee perceptions of workplace trust and justice, contract labor, compensation, management practices in the transition from communism, personal relationships as the basis for organization)

Cornelia A. R. Pechmann, Ph.D. Vanderbilt University, Professor of Management (marketing, with an emphasis on consumer behavior, advertising strategy and regulation, and micromarketing (GIS)

Morton P. Pincus, Ph.D. Washington University, Professor of Management (earnings management, accounting method choices, the relation between accounting information and capital market variables, including the pricing of accruals)

Andrew J. Policano, Ph.D. Brown University, Dean of The Paul Merage School of Business and Professor of Management and Economics (financial markets, macroeconomics, monetary policy, strategy and governance)

Lyman W. Porter, Ph.D. Yale University, Edward A. Dickson Professor Emeritus of Management (management education and development, organizational psychology, human resource management)

Judy B. Rosener, Ph.D. Claremont Graduate School, Senior Lecturer with Security of Employment, Emerita (business and government, men and women at work, and valuing cultural diversity)

Claudia B. Schoonhoven, Ph.D. Stanford University, Professor of Management (creation and testing of organization theory related to organizational survival and performance in high-velocity environments, technological innovation, entrepreneurial dynamics, new venture management, top management teams, strategic alliance formation and strategic management of innovation and technology entrepreneurship)

Carlton H. Scott, Ph.D. The University of New South Wales (Australia), Professor of Management and of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (operations research and operations management)

Charles Shi, Ph.D. University of Minnesota, Assistant Professor of Management (measurement and valuation of intangible assets, the role of accounting information in securities—stock and bond—valuations, and the economic consequences of accounting disclosure)

Kut C. So, Ph.D. Stanford University, Professor of Management (operations management, design of production and service systems, just-in-time production systems, supply chain management, time-based management)

Eli Talmor, Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Professor Emeritus of Management (corporate finance, executive compensation and managerial accounting)

Siew Hong Teoh, Ph.D. University of Chicago, Professor of Management (capital market issues in accounting and finance, limited attention and earnings management effects on security pricing, and disclosure)

Rajeev K. Tyagi, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, Professor of Management (competitive marketing strategies and game theory)

Kerry D. Vandell, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Professor of Management (real estate)

Alladi Venkatesh, Ph.D. Syracuse University, Professor of Management and Informatics (new media and information technologies in the home, marketing on the Internet, postmodern theory and marketing, cross-cultural consumer behavior)

Wenqing Wang, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Assistant Professor of Management (empirical asset pricing, liquidity, institutional investment behavior, and learning)

Margarethe F. Wiersema, Ph.D. University of Michigan, Professor of Management (top management, executive succession, global strategy, foreign competition, and corporate strategy)

Shuya Yin, Ph.D. University of British Columbia, Assistant Professor of Management (supply chain management, competition and cooperation in supply chain management, and applied game theory)

Fan Yu, Ph.D. Cornell University, Assistant Professor of Management (theoretical and empirical analysis of credit risk, option pricing, and fixed income securities)

Fuqiang Zhang, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, Assistant Professor of Management (supply chain management, game theory and mechanism design, customer behavior in operations management, and stochastic inventory models)

Lu Zheng, Ph.D Yale University, Associate Professor of Management (investments, mutual funds, and behavioral finance)

OVERVIEW

The Paul Merage School of Business offers the B.A. degree in Business Administration, the B.S. degree in Business Information Management (offered jointly with the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences), the M.B.A. (Master of Business Administration) degree, the Ph.D. degree in Management, and undergraduate minors in Management and Accounting. The Master's degree is professional in nature and is intended to provide future managers with a firm foundation in the basic disciplines and in management tools and techniques; the Ph.D. in Management is for those who wish to pursue a career in scholarly research. The undergraduate minor is designed for those who wish to gain some insight into issues of modern management, as well as those who anticipate future graduate work in Management.

UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS

Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration

The undergraduate Business Administration program at The Paul Merage School of Business educates students to understand and apply the theories and concepts of effective business and management and prepares students for a wide variety of careers and life experiences. Business Administration majors can pursue careers in the for-profit and not-for-profit sectors or can proceed on to graduate school in several disciplines including business, economics, and law. The program provides a broad learning experience in a multidisciplinary and global context and focuses on the development of essential managerial skills, especially critical thinking, quantitative and qualitative analysis, and effective communication skills.

The Business Administration major at The Paul Merage School of Business offers a traditional business curriculum similar to those at top business schools in the country. The major is broad, drawing on the social sciences more generally to study organizations, interpersonal communication skills, individual and group behavior, leadership, strategy, financial and accounting issues, ethics, information technology, marketing, and a variety of other topics in the content of a rapidly changing global environment.

The faculty strongly encourages majors to create an educational program composed of courses within and outside the Merage School that provide substance and focus to their careers and enable them to pursue their own personal interests. While preparing students for careers in management, the Merage School, through academic advising, will help students fashion an undergraduate program that they can tailor to their own unique career objectives. Examples of programs of study that allow Business Administration majors to blend management education with specific industry areas include (but are not limited to) bioscience business, government service, international commerce, arts management, entrepreneurship in computer gaming, and other combinations. Through appropriate choice of courses, students can prepare to pursue a law degree, a master's degree in a variety of areas, or a doctoral program in business or related disciplines.

Students are required to complete 10 business courses that provide a foundation in essential core business competencies, followed by a minimum of 10 business electives selected from specializations. Students select a minimum of one of three specializations in Accounting, General Management, or Marketing. This program of study enables students to develop areas of focus as they pursue the Business Administration major. Because much business is conducted on a global scale, students are required to either participate in the University's Education Abroad Program or to take one of a number of designated courses that stresses the international dimension of a business area. Students interested in learning more
about the full array of requirements for professional licensing in Accounting are encouraged to visit http://www.dca.ca.gov/cba and http://www.cpa-exam.org/.

While academic course content is crucial to an undergraduate business major, auxiliary noncurricular programs also are important to students' academic experience. The Merage School incorporates a cocurricular element into the classroom experience. Drawing from Merage School and University resources, students are exposed to opportunities to enhance communication and presentations skills, attend formal speaker events, and engage in informal mentoring. The Merage faculty is committed to ensuring that undergraduate majors have ample opportunity to enhance their writing and presentation skills through class assignments and a business communication elective. In addition, students can participate in a business writing program, where they can work with a writing consultant to further improve their writing skills.

Students are strongly encouraged to become involved with the clubs that comprise the new Alliance of Business Students. The Alliance consists of several student organizations. These high-profile student groups promote interaction between students and the surrounding business community through their Corporate Speaker Series, social activities, and student/employer receptions. Students with an entrepreneurial interest are invited to participate in the annual business plan competition.

Work experience is an important way to learn about business and management. UCI's Internship Program, sponsored by the Career Center, can assist students in finding opportunities to work in either voluntary or paid positions in business, nonprofit, or industrial settings. Students who plan to enter business or apply to a graduate school of business or management in the future will find it necessary to supplement their academic work with a variety of practical experiences.

Another opportunity is UCI's Undergraduate Administrative Intern Program, which offers selected students the opportunity to assume one-year positions under the guidance of University administrators. Students can choose from a range of offices in which they will be asked to undertake special projects specifically related to the management and administration of UCI and higher education in general. These internships are supplemented by a two-quarter management seminar and by field trips to administrative conferences such as meetings of The Regents of the University of California.

ADMISSION TO THE MAJOR IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

NOTE: Admission to the major will be available in fall 2008.

In the event that the number of students who elect Business Administration as a major exceeds the number of positions available, applicants may be subject to screening beyond minimum University of California admissions requirements.

Freshmen: Preference will be given to those who rank the highest using the selection criteria as stated in the Undergraduate Admissions section of the Catalogue.

Transfer students: Junior-level applicants with the highest grades overall (minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0) and who satisfactorily complete lower-division courses in calculus (Mathematics 2A-B), economics (Economics 20A-B), and statistics and accounting (Management 7, 30A, 30B) will be given preference for admission. Management 10 may be completed at UCI.

CHANGE OF MAJOR

Students who wish to declare the Business Administration major should contact The Paul Merage School of Business Undergraduate Student Affairs Office in MPAA Suite 110 for information about change-of-major requirements, procedures, and policies. Information can also be found at http://www.due.uci.edu/Change_of_Major.html. Applications to declare the major can be made at any time, although typically in the sophomore year, with review of applications and selection to the major to be governed by the Undergraduate Programs Committee.

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

University Requirements: See pages 57-62.

Major Requirements

A.   Lower-Division: Mathematics 2A-B, Economics 20A-B, Management 7, 10, 30A, 30B.

B.   Upper-Division Core: Management 101, 102, 105, 107, 109, 110.

C.   Business Electives: 10 upper-division Merage School electives*, to be fulfilled by completing one of the specializations below:

   Specialization in Accounting (10 courses*): Requires Management 131A, 131B, 132A, and three accounting electives selected from Management 132B, 133, 135, 136, 137, 138, 194, 195, and four additional (four-unit) upper-division Merage School electives selected from Management 119-197.

   Specialization in General Management (10 courses*): Requires completion of four (4) two-course sets, selected from the following sets:

   Course Sets (select four sets, selecting two courses from each of the four sets):

      Accounting: Management 131A, 131B, 132A, 132B, 133, 135, 136, 137, 138, 194, 195

      Finance: Management 141, 144, 147, 149

      Marketing: Management 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 157, 158, 159

      Public Policy/Economics: Management 161, 162, 163, 164, 168, 169

      Information Systems: Management 170, 173, 174, 175, 178, 179

      Operations and Decision Technologies: Management 180, 182, 184, 189, 196, 197

      Organization and Management: Management 119, 121, 122, 123, 125, 128, 129

      and

   Two additional (four-unit) upper-division Merage School electives selected from courses numbered Management 119-197.

   Specialization in Marketing (10 courses*): Requires six Marketing electives selected from Management 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, and four additional (four-unit) upper-division Merage School electives selected from courses numbered Management 119-197.

D.   International Business Requirement: Fulfillment of the International Business requirement by:

1.   completing one course selected from Management 119, 121, 128, 135, 144, 154* (which may also be utilized for specified category C requirements above); or

2.   participating in select UC Education Abroad Program options, with prior approval of the Associate Dean.

*   By exception, students may petition the Associate Dean to accept an upper-division elective that has business content equivalent to a stated Merage elective.

NOTE: Students majoring in Business Administration may not minor in either Management or Accounting, or double major in Business Information Management. Students may pursue more than one Merage School specialization; however, no more than two courses may be utilized toward requirements for more than one specialization outlined above.

Bachelor of Science in Business Information Management

As the business environment becomes increasingly global and information-centric, the need has increased for graduates who understand and can use technology that gathers and provides information, who are able to distill and recognize patterns in that information, and who can apply those analyses to achieve business objectives.

The undergraduate Business Information Management major administered by the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences is a collaborative, interdisciplinary degree program between the Bren School and The Paul Merage School of Business. The program seeks to educate students to understand and then apply the theories and concepts of a broad, integrated curriculum covering computing, informatics, business fundamentals, and analytical decision-making. The major prepares students for a wide variety of careers and life experiences. Business Information Management majors can pursue careers in the for-profit and not-for-profit sectors or can proceed to graduate school in several disciplines, including information systems, computing, economics, business, and law.

The curriculum is presented across three general academic areas: Computing (computer science, informatics, and software); Business Foundations (accounting, finance, marketing, strategy, and operations); and Analytical Methods (mathematics, statistics, economics, management science, and decision analysis). The fundamentals of information and computer science, including the rudiments of software design and construction with an emphasis on data management, provide the foundation for understanding, describing, and evaluating the technology through which most business information is gathered and presented. The business fundamentals, covering all the functional areas in the Merage School, provide a background and context in which information and its analysis will be applied.

For complete information about the major, see the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences section of the Catalogue.

Undergraduate Minor in Management

The Paul Merage School of Business faculty offer an undergraduate minor in Management which consists of seven courses: one lower-division introductory course and six upper-division courses.

In establishing the undergraduate minor in Management, the faculty anticipated three types of students to be drawn to courses in administration: (1) students who wish to learn about the management of organizations as a way of preparing for a career in business, (2) students preparing for careers in other fields that require some knowledge of management, and (3) students who expect to go on to graduate work in management who wish early guidance and undergraduate work appropriate to this career objective.

Students are eligible to apply for the minor in Management if they have completed all prerequisite courses (including Management 5) with a grade no lower than C (2.0) and have upper-division standing. Completion of the prerequisite courses does not guarantee admission to the minor in Management. Admission is on a competitive basis and students must submit an application, transcripts, and a statement of purpose. Applications are accepted on a quarterly basis. Interested students are encouraged to obtain further information from the Undergraduate Program Office, 101 Multipurpose Academic and Administrative Building; World Wide Web: http://www.gsm.uci.edu/.

Prerequisite Courses

The following are prerequisites for enrolling in the upper-division undergraduate minor courses: Management 5; Economics 20A; and one course or one sequence selected from Anthropology 10A-B-C, Engineering CEE11, Economics 10A-B-C, Mathematics 7, Mathematics 131A-B-C, Psychology 10A-B-C, Social Ecology 13, Social Ecology 166A-B-C, Social Science 9A-B-C or 10A-B-C, or Sociology 10A-B-C.

Transfer students should check with their college counselor for established equivalencies for these prerequisite courses.

NOTE: Individual courses that students may select within the minor may require additional prerequisites, including Mathematics 2A.

Requirements for the Undergraduate Minor in Management

Completion of seven courses:

A.   One lower-division core course: Management 5.

B.   Four upper-division core courses selected from: Management 181, 183, 185, 186, 187, 188.

C.   Two additional courses selected from: the upper-division core course list above, Management 160, and Management 190.

With faculty approval, a student may substitute a maximum of one course. Students participating in the UC Education Abroad Program may substitute a maximum of two courses, with Paul Merage School of Business faculty approval.

NOTE: Students may not receive both the minor in Management and the minor in Accounting.

Undergraduate Minor in Accounting

The Paul Merage School of Business faculty offer an undergraduate minor in Accounting consisting of seven upper-division courses. In addition, two lower-division introductory accounting courses, one lower-division microeconomics course, and one lower-division single variable calculus course are prerequisites to the minor program.

In establishing the undergraduate minor in Accounting, the faculty anticipated three types of students to be drawn to courses in accounting: (1) students who wish to meet the accounting course work eligibility requirements to sit for the uniform CPA examination, (2) students preparing for careers in private accounting or in other fields that require some knowledge of accounting, and (3) students planning to pursue a graduate degree in accounting who wish early guidance and undergraduate work appropriate to this career objective.

Students are eligible to apply for the minor in Accounting if they have upper-division standing and have completed Management 30A and 30B with a grade no lower than B (3.0) and all other prerequisite courses with a grade no lower than C (2.0). Completion of the prerequisite courses does not guarantee admission to the minor in Accounting. Admission is on a competitive basis and students must submit an application, transcripts, and a statement of purpose. Applications are accepted on a quarterly basis. Interested students are encouraged to obtain further information from the Undergraduate Program Office, 101 Multipurpose Academic and Administrative Building; Web site: http://www.gsm.uci.edu.

Prerequisite Courses

The following are prerequisites for enrolling in the upper-division undergraduate minor courses: Economics 20A, Mathematics 2A, Management 30A, and Management 30B.

Transfer students should check with their college counselor for established equivalencies for these prerequisite courses. Students not taking Management 30A and 30B at UCI during regular session or summer session must complete Management 131A with a minimum grade of B prior to admission in the program.

NOTE: Individual courses that students may select within the minor may require additional prerequisites.

Requirements for the Undergraduate Minor in Accounting

Completion of seven upper-division courses:

A.   Three core accounting courses: Management 131A, 131B, 132.

B.   Two accounting elective courses selected from: Management 133, 134, 136, 137, 138.

C.   Two additional courses selected from: the upper-division accounting elective course list above, Management 139, 160, 181, 183, 186, 187, 188, and 190 (provided topics have not been covered in other accounting courses).

With Paul Merage School of Business faculty approval, a student may substitute a maximum of one minor course.

NOTE: Students may not receive both the minor in Accounting and the minor in Management.