Recent seminars
Examples of Seminar Topics
The following is a sample of topics presented at recent seminars. Case Studies including
personal experiences and interactive sessions are desired. The goal is to help the BME
student understand the US way of thinking and to be introduced to the current
management trends.
Additional seminars on other interesting topics are welcome.
Persuasion and Employee Motivation
Fundamentals of Sales and Marketing for Professional Engineering Service Businesses
Legal Issues in International Business
Intellectual Property
Managing Across Cultures
Interpersonal Conflict Resolution at the Workplace
Lean Six Sigma
Assessing Process-related Failure Risk
Problem Solving
Technology and Innovation Management
Analyzing Customer Requirements
Strategy Formulation and Implementation in Global Business Environment
International Negotiation Using Win-Win Bargaining
High Performance Job Designs
A Systems Thinking Approach to Strategic Planning
Entrepreneurship and New Business Formation
US Labor Relations System
Managing Change Effectively
Effective Use of Teams
The American Jury System
The Common Law System of Legal Reasoning
Insurance and Employee Benefits
Creating a Customer Focused Organization
Starting an Enterprise in the United States
Building a Market Focused Organization
Building Organizational Capabilities and Selecting for Superior Performance
What Project Management Is All About
ISO 9001: 2000 Overview
Cyberlaw
Diversity
Leadership Communication
How American Law Affects Business
Interpersonal Conflict Management in Organizations
Compensating Employees in Organizations
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Capital Budgeting Basics: Methodologies
Current Trends in Quality Management
Framework for Technology Management and Sourcing
Management of Whistleblowing
High Tech Product Development & Market Leadership
High Tech Marketing and Strategy
Auctions
Personnel Economics
Business Ethics
Effective Writing for International Business Leaders
Powerful Writing in a High-Tech World
Restructuring, Repositioning, and Selling Intellectual Property Assets
Reinventing A Company and Redirecting it for Success
The Jury System and Its Impact On Businesses in America
The Common Law Method of Legal Reasoning
Project Management Process Modeling Methods
What Do Customers Want, Need, and Desire?
Customer Value Management
The Balanced Scorecard
The US Union-Management Relations System
Doing Business in China
International Contracts in a Global Economy: The CISG, the UCC and National Contracts
Laws
International Contracts in a Global Economy: National Laws Affecting Contracts
Fraud examination
Enterprise risk management
Communication for Managers
Intercultural Business Communication
Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
Introduction to Strategic Business Negotiations
Ethical Behavior in Organizations
Drivers of Industry Competition and Globalization
Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Competition
Blogs, Podcasts and Wikis in Entrepreneurial Business Model
Managing across Cultures
Ethic before the Rules
Trust and Virtues-Driven Leadership
Business Leaders and Moral Development
Bringing an Idea to Market: From Concept to Reality – A Case Stud
Small Business Marketing and Distribution – A Case Study
Leadership Quotients – Context, Inquiry, Failure
Global Engineering Project Management
Sustainable Green Engineering
Prospering in an Information Economy
The Financial Panic of 2007-2008: a case study
Leading and Managing in a Cross-cultural Environment
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The Business of Conservation
Social Media and Web 2.0
The foreign exchange market and transaction exposure management
Biotechnology Entrepreneurship as the Art of Expecting the Unexpected
Sustainable Green Engineering Methods & Tools
Collaborative Global Engineering Challenges
Managing Critical Talent
How to do Global Market Research for Business Students
How to Survive Working Internationally: Culture, Global Etiquette, Communication
Raising Capital for a Growing Business
Powerhouse Communications
Engineering Your Career
Leading and Building Broad Confidence and Yourself and Your Teams at Work
Foundations for Early Entrepreneurship/Intrapreneurship
Why Engineering and IT/IS Projects Fail and How to Prevent Project Failures
Writing for Success
Intercultural Communication
Property Rights and Financial Development
British Colonization better than France?
Talent Management
Leadership Influence
Management Information Systems and Corporate Information Technology Resources
Negotiation and Influence
Employee Evaluation and Performance Management
Board of Directors Fundamentals
International Aspects of Corporate Governance
Mobilizing Personal and Organizational Change
Negotiating in a Global Business Context
Managing Supply Strategy in a Global Business Environment
Enhancing Personal Resilience and Leadership Agility
Raising Capital for a Growing Business
Developing the Whole Leader: A Multiple Domain Approach
Work, Family, Friends and Foes
Developing the Global Mindset through Cultural Self-Awareness
Intercultural Aspects of Leadership and Resilience
Developing Organization Leaders – Inner Guide
Sustainable Energy Management
Financial Reporting and Ethics
Behavior Conditioning – Exploring Character, Soul and Spirit
Innovation for Sustainable Development
Creating Economic Value in a Competitive Marketplace
Piracy, Fakes, Counterfeiting and Transparency
Online teamwork synergy and productivity tools for individual and in-collaboration work
or learning
Internet as a source of intelligence for learning and well-informed decision making
