Universidad Ana G. MĂŠndez
Code
76
Course Description
FAES 553
Current Issues in Environment, Food Safety, Market Regulation and International Trade: This course studies current aspects of US farm policies, the environment and food safety through excerpts from newspaper articles, farm publications, US Department of Agriculture documents, Food and Drug Administration reports and Internet resources. The course will analyze international trade agreements and policies, barriers to trade and the relationship between the environment and international trade.
FAES 554
Case Studies in Agribusiness: The course promotes the interaction between the student and real issues in the work environment through documented case studies. Case studies reflect issues in the decision making process that students will have to face at work.
FAES 560
Agribusiness Human Resources Management: Study of Human Resources principles applied to Agribusiness. Fundamentals of planning, direction, leadership and control. The course includes the study of the organizational structure, work analysis, recruitment, training, motivation, leadership, communication, compensation and evaluation of employees.
FAES 561
Managing of Strategic Planning for the Agribusiness: The course covers detailed application of production economics and principles that guide agribusiness management. The course will emphasize decision-making techniques for organization, operation and management of agribusiness. The course will use case studies to discuss strategic management issues for agribusiness, formulation of business strategy and solutions to strategic problems. The course will also integrate aspects relating to operations, marketing, finance and human resource management.
FINA 505
Managerial Finance: The course studies methodology and concepts relevant to the financial decision making process. Within the framework of modern financial theory, this course examines how to manage the sources and uses of capital to achieve corporate goals. It specifically includes the study of financial analysis and financial planning techniques, long- run investment decisions, short-run liquidity needs, and long-run financial strategies and instruments.
HURM 550
International Human Resources Management: This course was designed to focus in the critical analysis of the foundations, processes and policies inherent to the management of human resources in an international environment. The analysis of the fundamental vision of the dynamics of changes in the economic, political, socio-cultural and technological environment in the contemporary world. The evaluation of the impact of these transformations in the organizational structural models to obtain competitiveness in the globalized economy. Presents a discussion of the characteristics of the recruitment, selection and development functions and the legal and financial responsibilities of personnel administration at the international level.
HURM 551
Compensation & Benefits: This course was designed for the student to understand all aspects related to personnel compensations and benefits. The basis for compensation: theory, design, tasks analysis, regulations and programs. This includes practical situations of compensation and benefits programs at short time. The program focuses in presenting the tools necessary to assign rates and salaries. Moreover, the course concentrates in presenting new designs for benefits and executive developments of structural salaries, planning, budgeting and a total system of collective compensation, and more.
HURM 552
Quality Safety and Health in the Work Place: Analysis and discussion of the elements of total quality management, change and its effects on organizational behavior. Study of the legislation, regulations and standards in occupational health and safety pertaining to employers and employees. Topics for discussion include: safety legislation, accidental loss, employee compensation, the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), codes and standards on safety, managers responsibility, risk and control, planning for emergencies.