Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
http://www.owen.vanderbilt.edu/

Executive Leadership

True leaders drive organizational change and improve the performance of those around them. If you aspire to these goals, this is your course! WHAT YOU’LL LEARN: How to lead the change process more effectively How to connect with and motivate people using key leverage points based on character and ability How to build teamwork, shared vision, trust, and productivity How to create ......
 

Strengthen your managerial skills. Develop critical expertise in specific business areas. Become ready to guide your organization through change. And do it all with programs that accommodate your limited time and tight schedule. Owen offers a series of short-duration courses that provide practical, proven ways to gain the skills you need, when you need them. They capture the essence of the V......
 

Provides an overview of how lawyers, courts, administrative agencies, and legislatures in the United States work to enable and restrict economic activity. Its focus will be in the areas of contract, tax and corporate law....
 

Studies advanced topics in financial accounting. Emphasis is on accounting for business combinations, including purchase and pooling of interests, consolidated financial statements, cash flows, translation of foreign financial statements, and other selected issues. ...
 

This course will cover the fundamental issues in business strategy with additional focus on how company strategies reveal themselves in financial statements. In addition, this course will look at strategies for particular industries to help auditors better recognize issues unique to particular settings....
 

Develops students’ ability to generate cost data from computerized systems and to creatively use data for management decisions. The course uses real world data and examples to illustrate the analysis of cost and revenue data for profit-maximizing decisions. ...
 

The development and implementation of integrated organizational computer-based information systems has had a significant impact on the field of accounting. Accounting information systems must meet the multiple accounting needs of transaction processing, internal controls and audit, and financial statement preparation and simultaneously support the needs of decision-makers in finance, operations......
 

This course is designed to help MAcc students with previous audit-related coursework develop an in-depth understanding of the audit services market. The focus is (1) the nature and value of external audits of corporate financial statements, (2) the structure, conduct, and performance of the public accounting profession, and (3) the conceptual and practical problems external auditors face....
 

The course is designed to help MAcc students develop an in-depth understanding of the audit services market. Topical coverage includes (1) the nature and value of external audits of historical cost financial statements, (2) the structure, conduct, and performance of the publc accounting profession, (3) approaches to auditing financial statement assertions and assessing, the effectiness of inter......
 

Focuses on the fundamental concepts of federal income taxation that apply to business and financial transactions typical of most taxpayers, such as choice of business entity; measurement of taxable income (loss) from operations; acquisitions and dispositions of property; nontaxable exchanges; cost recovery; compensation and retirement planning; and investment and personal financial planning. Th......
 

Attempts to offer knowledge of the functions, limitations, and challenges of financial accounting and to develop the capability to evaluate critically and understand financial accounting theory and practice. Includes the study of financial accounting theory, the formulation of accounting principles, and the structure of generally accepted accounting principles. ...
 

Analyzes the basic problems in corporate financial management. The course is organized around the theme of asset valuation. Topics covered include stock and bond valuation, capital budgeting, cost of capital, market efficiency, and company valuation. ...
 

Teaches students to solve problems by (i) identifying profitable decisions using benefit-cost analysis, and (ii) ensuring that employees enough information to make profitable decisions, and the incentive to do so. Specific topics include: investments, pricing, scale and scope economics, long-run strategy, price discrimination, bargaining, auctions, supply and demand, adverse selection, moral ha......
 

This course is focused on helping students gain the knowledge and develop the skills in the areas of communication, leadership, and ethics that they will need to become a successful accounting professional....
 

Of all of the opportunities for you to consider after graduation from college, none may be more rewarding than the field of public accounting. Competition for entry-level professionals is fierce, and firms have raised salaries and added benefits to attract and retain the best candidates. In just one year, the Vanderbilt Master of Accountancy (MAcc) program will prepare you to succeed in the ......
 

This course will provide an introduction to the practices of real estate investment and development. The course will start by presenting the characteristics of the various types of real estate and will make an effort to introduce students to real-world examples of each property type. The course will then focus on real estate development, from both an academic and a practical perspective. From a......
 

The purpose of this course is to introduce students to pro forma real estate investment analysis and associated basic concepts and terminology. The course will also incorporate an intensive introduction to ARGUS, the real estate industry standard software for projecting cash flows, transaction analysis, and valuation. ...
 

Focuses on the managerial issues in banking and other financial services firms. It examines the specialized contracts used in the financial services industry and the interplay between information, technology, taxation, and regulation in shaping the structure and markets for these contracts....
 

Includes the relation of futures and cash prices, hedging with futures, risk and return in futures, option trading strategies, put-call parity, and option valuation. Derivatives on commodities, stock indexes, and debt instruments will be analyzed. ...
 

Explores the government, municipal, and corporate debt markets. Topics reviewed include the term structure of interest rates, interest rate risk, duration and convexity, and mortgage backed securities. ...
 

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