Mini-MBA Segment Menu

Bottom Line Mini-MBA offers you the flexibility to design a curriculum to suit your individual organizational needs. We work with you to elect and group segments that will address the particular gaps in knowledge and experience within the participant group. The a la carte menu includes:

Core Mini-MBA segments

Core Mini-MBA segments

{The following tables can be two or three columns}

Finance

• Balance Sheet
• Income Statement
• Profitability Ratios
• Liquidity Ratios
• Debt Rations
• Risk vs. Return
• Payback Period
• Leverage Principle
• Time Value of Money
• Net Present Value
• Break-even Analysis
• Internal Rate of Return

Economics

• Globalization
• Opportunity Cost
• Supply and Demand
• Equilibrium Cycle
• Roles of Prices & Profits
• Inflation & Recession
• Fiscal & Monetary Policy
• Government Intervention
• Ceilings, Floors, Taxes & Tariffs
• Market Intervention
• Economic Systems
• Law of Comparative Advantage

Marketing

• Segment Analysis
• Target Market Analysis
• Product Positioning
• Four P’s = Product, Price,

Promotion, Place

• Buying Behavior
• Stages in the Buying Process
• Market Opportunity Analysis
• Product Life Cycle
• Sigmoid Curve Analysis
• Business to Business Marketing

Accounting

• Financial Accounting
• Cost Accounting
• Allocation Analysis
• Direct vs. Indirect costs
• Incentive Point Analysis
• Contribution Margin
• Cost of Capital Analysis
• Risk Assessment
• Cost/Benefit Analysis

Corporate Strategy

• Business Structure
• Vision & Mission Statements
• The Planning Process
• Measurement Standards
• Executive Decision Making
• SWOT Analysis
• External Environment Analysis
• Product Life Cycle Analysis
• Growth vs. Market Share
• Segment Analysis
• Leading Change Model

Common Supplemental segments that augment the Core Mini-MBA (based upon group profiles)

Capital Markets

• Stocks and Bonds
• Real Estate & Small Business
• Initial Public Offering
• P/E Ratio Analysis
• Derivatives
• Call & Put Options
• Sort selling
• Market Indices
• Market Valuation

Global Markets

• International Equities Markets
• Global Debt
• Currency & Arbitrage
• International Market Indices
• Real Return on Investment
•  Shareholder Valuations

Business Ethics

• Intellectual Honesty
• Workplace Integrity
• Legal Propriety
• Ethical Dilemmas
• Customized Case Studies

Alternative segments to target specific needs and applications

{The following tables can be two or three columns}

Capital Budgeting

• Determination of Alternatives and

Strategic Analysis

• Economic Analysis
• Financial Analysis of Investment

Proposals

• Payback Periods
• Return on Investment
• Net Present Value
• Internal Rate of Return
• Profitability Index

Human Resources

• Employee Selection
• Employee Retention
• Compensation
• Benefits
• Performance Evaluations
• Legal Liabilities
• HR Information Systems

Business Law

• The Law and Government
• Constitutional Law
• Contract Law
• Negotiable Instruments
• Remedies
• Mediation and Negotiation
• Corporate Governance
• Sexual Harassment
• Business Ethics

Tools of Analysis

• Net Present Value
• Payback Period
• Break-even Analysis
• Contribution Margin
• Real Return of Investment
• Opportunity Cost

Corporate Culture

• Mergers & Acquisitions/Corporate

Culture Integration

• Financial Evaluation of Mergers and

Acquisitions

• Growth: Short-term vs. Long-term
• Seamless vs. Silos
• Effective Communication
• Case Study Analyses
• Personalized Survey Analysis

Time & Risk Tools

• Time Value of Money
• Compound Interest
• Net Present Value
• Effective Interest Rates
• Annuities
• Discount Rate
• Cash Flow
• Corporate Investments
• Leadership
• Management vs. Leadership
• Navigating Constraints
• Ownership
• Leveraging
• Mentoring & Teaching
• Time/Project Management
• Communication
• Critical Stress Factors

Executive Decision Making

• Crisis Management
• Managing Constraints
• PERT Analysis
• Decision Tree Analysis
• Critical Path Analysis
• Customized Case Studies