Courses

LAS 20
PHILIPPINE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT: POLICIES AND PROGRAMS ON ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT
3 units
The course presents a broad and interdisciplinary view of the Philippine business environment, including the issues and challenges facing it. The course introduces the student to basic concepts of management and organization, the external and internal environment of business organizations, changing the business environment, and the competitive environment and analytical tools. Issues and challenges include business ethics, triple bottom line, and special considerations in Philippine business climate. The course further provides a survey of the factors influencing business decision making in the Philippines and a framework for environmental and industry analysis.

LAS 21
PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
3 units
This course discusses a) the fundamental concepts and principles necessary for effective management and
b) the knowledge and skills required of a manager using, as a basic framework, the nature and role of the management process and the task of planning, organizing, directing and controlling. Essentially, the course uses the concept that the process of management requires leading and directing an organization to effectively manage an organization’s human, financial, material, and intangible resources.

LAS 21.20
PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT FOR THE SERVICE SECTOR
3 units
LAS 21.20 presents the fundamental concepts and principles necessary for effective management and the knowledge and skills required of a manager using as the basic framework the nature and role of the management process and the tasks of planning, organizing, directing, and controlling inclusive but not limited to the service industry.

LAS 21.30
RESTAURANT CONCEPTS AND MANAGEMENT
3 units
The course researches and applies relevant management principles and concepts in the planning and design of restaurants.

LAS 21.33
MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY
2 units
The course introduces and contextualizes management concepts and theories using practical examples drawn from hospitality sectors.

LAS 30.30
LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT IN ACTION
3 units
This course discusses the importance of being flexible and adaptable in management style — according to the needs of staff, the situation at hand and the needs of the manager. Students develop a deep understanding of dominant behavioral preferences when working with people and learn how to extend the range of behaviors adopted with people according to their needs and the needs presented by various organizational environments.

LAS 50
ENTREPRENEURIAL MINDSET
3 units
Entrepreneurial Mindset is an elective course for students who are exploring careers as entrepreneurs in the future. Unlike other business courses that concentrate narrowly on a particular function or part of the business enterprise, it is general in nature and is oriented towards the individual as it focuses on identifying basic knowledge, key skills and the right mental attitude to be a successful entrepreneur.

LAS 50.30
ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
3 units
Prerequisites: Stages 1-4 of the LCB program; LAS 21.30
This course develops a sound understanding of entrepreneurship and the entrepreneurial process and to provide students with the opportunity to conceptualize and plan the development of a hotel or restaurant/ food & wine related business from an entrepreneurial perspective.

LAS 51.30
THE HOSPITALITY EXPERIENCE
2 units
This course reflects on the concept of hospitality in a variety of cultural contexts and to apply principles of hospitality in various industry scenarios.

LAS 51.33
WINE FUNDAMENTALS
2 units
This course provides you with the chance to learn about wine — how it is made, its place in Western gastronomy and how to apply professional tasting techniques to the evaluation of wine character and quality. As a result, students become more confident about describing wine and recommending wine to their customers.

LAS 51.34
FOOD AND WINE PHILOSOPHY
3 units
This course synthesizes all design and planning aspects of a bespoke dining experience. Based on group work the subject covers menu and recipe design, costing and service, using an applied gastronomic approach.

LAS 111
STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
3 units
This course introduces the strategic perspective to be taken in harnessing the human resources of an organization. It highlights the strategic roles which the Human Resource function and professionals play in creating value and delivering results to the organization. It also studies various individual and group behaviors and organizational practices to enhance the students' awareness of the managerial and leadership skills needed for the effective performance of the organization.

LAS 111.30
STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY
3 units
This course introduces the students to the key principles, concepts, knowledge and skills required to strategically manage human resources in a hospitality context. It highlights the strategic roles which the Human Resource function and professionals play in creating value and delivering results to the organization in the hospitality industry. It covers discussion of effective first-line operational management, cross- cultural dynamics, and practical application of the basic human resources and personnel administration functions. It also studies various individual and group behaviors and organizational practices to enhance the students' awareness of the managerial and leadership skills needed for the effective performance.

LAS 112
STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
3 units
This course provides the students with the basic yet comprehensive overview of how people are developed in organizations to be efficient and effective resources. It provides concepts, tools, models, and practical insights for the development of an individual, of the team, and of the organization as a whole. It equips
students with skills on assessing and identifying development needs, and customizing the intervention to address said needs effectively.

LAS 112.73
ENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
3 units
This is a blended learning course that introduces basic principles of effective management in relation to working with teams of engineers and technologists. It provides experiential activities in the areas of professional communication; group processes such as leadership, decision making, diversity management, creativity; and innovation.

LAS 113
ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
3 units
Prerequisite: LAS 111
Organization Development (OD) is an area of practice and research in Human Resource Development (HRD). Cummings & Worley define OD as a “process that applies a broad range of behavioral science knowledge and practices to help organizations build their capacity to change and to achieve greater effectiveness.” It involves planned interventions intended to successfully create interpersonal, group, intergroup, or organization-wide change.

LAS 114
ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION
3 units
Prerequisite: ENGL 11
This course seeks to develop the essential communication skills of the students to be able to inspire and motivate people to achieve the goals of the organization. Words, in itself, may not build businesses. But they can be used to exploit the one essential economic resource around which businesses are built upon; they can inspire and motivate people in ways money cannot.

LAS 114.30
BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY
2 units
This course aims to develop effective communication skills as an independent learner and reflective practitioner.

LAS 115
LEADING AND MANAGING CHANGE
3 units
Prerequisite: LAS 111
This course explores approaches to effective leadership within the context of organizational chaos and complexity. It studies effective leaders who know how to catalyze and support positive changes in structure, products and services, organizational culture, and people.

LAS 116
PRINCIPLED NEGOTIATIONS
3 units
This course explores approaches to effective leadership within the context of organizational chaos and complexity. It studies effective leaders who know how to catalyze and support positive changes in structure, products and services, organizational culture, and people.

LAS 120
STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
3 units
Prerequisites: LAS 111/111.3, MKTG 111/111.03, FINN 113/115, OPMAN 120/125
This course gives the big picture, integrating all other business courses — accounting, finance, marketing, production, operations, human resource, and information systems — as well as other non-business courses, taken in the course of your study program. Strategic management is used to chart the future directions of different types of organizations. The center of attention is the firm — the industry and the competitive environment in which it operates, its long-term direction and strategy, its resources and competitive capabilities, and its prospects for success.

LAS 120.03
STRATEGY FORMULATION
3 units
Prerequisites: LAS 111, FINN 113, OPMAN 120, MKTG 111
This course serves as part 1 of the integrative courses for graduating Management Economics students. Unlike other business courses that concentrate narrowly on a particular function or a piece of the business — accounting, finance, marketing, production, human resources, or information systems, strategic management is a big picture course. The center of attention is the total enterprise — the industry and competitive environment in which it operates its long-term direction and strategy, its resources and competitive capabilities, and its prospects for success.

LAS 120.04
STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION
3 units
Prerequisite: LAS 120.03
This course is the second part of the integrative courses for graduating seniors in Management Economics. Unlike other business courses that concentrate narrowly on a particular function or a piece of the business — accounting, finance, marketing, production, human resources, or information systems, strategic management is a big picture course. The center of attention is the total enterprise — the industry and competitive environment in which it operates its long-term direction and strategy, its resources and competitive capabilities, and its prospects for success.

LAS 120.20
SPORTS BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
3 units
Prerequisite: ACCT 113/125/110, MKTG 111/111.03/111.04
This course introduces students to the basic business management principles and concepts in the sports industry. This is done through theory (lectures and case studies) and practice (development and implementation of a sports business management initiative).

LAS 120.30
STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY
3 units
This course provides the students with the opportunity to research and evaluate contemporary approaches to strategic management and organizational leadership as it applies to international hospitality businesses, including strategic and operational risk management planning. It equips the students with the overall understanding of what strategic management is, the skills needed to develop, implement, and evaluate strategic plans of organizations in the hospitality industry and the discipline to think strategically for the organization.

LAS 121
ENTREP SERIES 2: BUSINESS PLAN DEVELOPMENT
3 units
Pre-requisites: LAS 111, FINN 113/115, OPMAN 120/125, MKTG 111/111.03
This course (along with Entrep Series 2) serves as the capstone, integrative courses for graduating seniors in management-oriented concentrations. Unlike other business courses that concentrate narrowly on a particular function or a piece of the business — accounting, finance, marketing, production, human resources, or information systems, strategic management is a big picture course. The center of attention is the total enterprise — the industry and competitive environment in which it operates its long–term direction and strategy, its resources and competitive capabilities, and its prospects for success.

LAS 122
ENTREP SERIES 3: BUSINESS PLAN IMPLEMENTATION
5 units
Prerequisite: LAS 121
This course is the culmination of the 3-part capstone, integrative courses for graduating seniors in management-oriented concentrations. Unlike other business courses that concentrate narrowly on a particular function or a piece of the business — accounting, finance, marketing, production, human resources, or information systems, strategic management is a big picture course. The center of attention is the total enterprise — the industry and competitive environment in which it operates its long–term direction and strategy, its resources and competitive capabilities, and its prospects for success.

LAS 122.30
BUSINESS PLAN IMPLEMENTATION IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY
3 units
Prerequisite: LAS 50.30
This is an integrative course for graduating students in Restaurant Entrepreneurship program. Students of this course engage in the implementation of an enterprise's business plan — applying all concepts and disciplines that they have learned from the different management functions — operations, marketing, finance, human resource. This course also integrates external analysis and internal strategic plans and implementations of the organization.

LAS 123
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND TRADE
3 units
Prerequisite: MKTG 111/111.03
This course is a study of the strategic aspects of businesses that operate across national borders, focusing on the international while anchored on the local environment. Topics include realities of global competition, multinational firms in the ASEAN region and in the other developing countries, identification and assessment of the forces that shape the international economic environment, and the impact of information technology, electronic communication, and ecology.

LAS 123.73
STRATEGIC ISSUES IN DOING BUSINESS IN THE ASEAN CONTEXT
3 units
The course is an overview of doing business in ASEAN countries from a Philippine perspective. It features an introduction to ASEAN as an organization and as a community of independent nations with cultural and historical differences but have common economic goals. The course examines the Philippines within this backdrop as well as 5 other key nations and attempts to derive a business development strategy for the Philippines in the ASEAN context.

LAS 123.74
STRATEGIC ISSUES IN DOING BUSINESS IN CHINA
3 units
Prerequisite: MKTG 111/111.03/111.04
The course intends to give students a taste of the way business is conducted in China. Through various assigned readings and cases, a comparative study of the modes of entering China is covered. Students are exposed to the problems encountered by foreigners who set up business in China. A great part of the course is on learning the nuances of negotiating with the Chinese by exposing students to the Art of War and other strategies used in China.

LAS 123.75
STRATEGIC ISSUES IN DOING BUSINESS IN JAPAN
3 units
Prerequisite: MKTG 111/111.03/111.04
The course is a study of the Japanese business environment. The course entails an analysis of the various aspects of Japanese corporations — organization; production and quality control; marketing; information technology; finance; and human resource management. The course also includes the study of the impact of intellectual property rights on Japanese business.

LAS 124
SMALL BUSINESS CONSULTING
3 units
Prerequisites: ACCT 113/115/127, LAS 111, FINN 112/113/115, OPMAN 120/125, MKTG 111/111.03
Small Business Consulting is a course designed to prepare students for professional consulting work. Small Business Consulting or simply “Business Consulting” for small and medium enterprises provides students with the necessary skills in understanding industry structures, the value creation process in enterprises, innovative business modeling and formulating action programs based on internal business processes. These internal business processes are classified under four structures — operations management, customer management, innovation, and regulatory and social involvement. Emphasis is likewise given on the strategy roadmap design and execution plan.

LAS 130
LEADERSHIP IN THE 21ST CENTURY
3 units
Prerequisite: LAS 111
This course introduces the class participants to the different types and styles of leadership and prepares them for their future roles as managers in their respective organizations and communities.

LAS 130.40
FAMILY BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP
3 units
Prerequisite: LAS 111
This course exposes the students to the unique challenges of managing a family business. The students also learn leadership and relationships that are inherent in family businesses and how these intertwined in the ownership, governance and management of the family business. Ownership legacy, sibling rivalries, professionalism, succession, and strategic planning are some of the topics that are covered in this course. Family businesses in the Asian context are discussed in line with their successes and failures. It presents a theoretical framework for understanding the family form of business organization.

LAS 131
PRINCIPLED NEGOTIATIONS
3 units
This basic course covers important negotiation schools of thought and uses established research and practical experience in various settings where negotiation occurs.

LAS 140
SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
3 units
This course discusses the evolving concepts, models, and tools of sustainability and social responsibility, particularly as applied to organizations and enterprises; the role of stakeholder engagement in this field; thinking in systems; sustainability leadership and its ethical implications. It looks into current paradigms, such as Creating Shared Value and Circular Economy. The concepts and principles are illustrated with the help of examples and cases in business and industry.

LAS 141
SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
0 units
Social entrepreneurship involves the promotion and building of enterprises or organizations that create wealth, with the intention of benefiting not just a person or family but a defined constituency, sector or community usually involving the public at large or the marginalized sectors of society. The course aims to inspire students to establish or participate in social enterprises. It highlights that the social enterprise, like business enterprises, is also concerned with financial sustainability. However, the social enterprise goes beyond profits, it provides bottom lines that achieve its development objectives.

LAS 142
CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY
3 units
This course covers the transformation of concepts in corporate sustainability, from the traditional financial and operational viability, to the development of Corporate Social Responsibility, to the concepts of sustainable development as applied in business organizations. It looks into the development of sustainability vision and strategy.

LAS 144.70
CROSS CULTURAL COMMUNICATION
3 units
Prerequisite: LAS 111
This course focuses on how cultural differences — at the regional, national, corporate and functional levels — influence business work styles and protocols, particularly communication, and how cross-cultural literacy becomes a key factor in a diverse and globalized workplace.

LAS 150.30
DECISION MAKING FOR MANAGERS
3 units
This subject applies knowledge and decision-making skills in various simulated (virtual and role-play) business management scenarios.

LAS 150.60
CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING FOR SUSTAINABILITY MANAGEMENT
3 units
This course discusses the importance of multi- and interdisciplinary perspectives in solving problems of sustainable development related to business and industry. The course involves using mixed perspectives in finding solutions to economic, social, and environmental challenges of businesses. It highlights the importance of systems and the need to think beyond limits of disciplines.

LAS 197.10
WORK PRACTICUM
6 units
This course combines scholarly literature and practical experience. It applies models on work and on career development. This lifelong leadership journey starts with a deepening of one’s self-awareness. The challenge is to align one’s passion, talents, money-making machine, and service to society. Reflections focus on the relationships among job, occupation, and career.

LAS 197.20
WORK PRACTICUM
3 units
This course combines scholarly literature and practical experience. It applies models on work and on career development. This lifelong leadership journey starts with a deepening of one’s self-awareness. The challenge is to align one’s passion, talents, money-making machine, and service to society. Reflections focus on the relationships among job, occupation, and career.

LAS 197.30
WORK PRACTICUM
2 units
This course combines scholarly literature and practical experience. It applies models on work and on career development. This lifelong leadership journey starts with a deepening of one’s self-awareness. The challenge is to align one’s passion, talents, money-making machine, and service to society. Reflections focus on the relationships among job, occupation, and career.

LAS 197.40
WORK PRACTICUM
1 unit
This course combines scholarly literature and practical experience. It applies models on work and on career development. This lifelong leadership journey starts with a deepening of one’s self-awareness. The challenge is to align one’s passion, talents, money-making machine, and service to society. Reflections focus on the relationships among job, occupation, and career.