This seminar is the second part of the Dean's Academy Seminar series. This seminar continues with the introduction for students to the business school and, more specifically, business leadership. Students have opportunities to meet with Isenberg leadership and other faculty to discuss various topics and current issues businesses are facing. Students will also meet with external professionals / business executives to better understand their profession and discuss challenges businesses are facing within their industry.

A conceptual overview of federal tax laws, focusing on the broad structure of the income tax law and how that law relates to many business investment and personal activities. Includes basic tax policy issues and the many social and political implications of our current tax system.

This course examines practices and systems utilized in managing and operating today's modern lodging establishments. Topics covered include: front office operations, guest service and accounting, revenue management, security and safety, and housekeeping as well as issues related to coordination with other departments such as food and beverage or sales.

Students use economic analysis to study a wide variety of issues affecting the sport industry. Topics examined include: optimal ticket pricing strategies; the effects of free agency and collective bargaining processes on player salaries; the effects of league-wide policies such as revenue-sharing, salary caps, and luxury taxes on team financial performance and on league competitive balance, and; the impacts and rationales for government subsidization of stadiums. Both professional and college sports are examined.

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This class provides an in-depth analysis of one of the most popular pass-through entity, the partnership. The life-cycle of the partnership from the creation to the sale or dissolution of the partnership will be studied. In addition, partnership allocations of profit and losses, basis issues, partner distributions, deduction of losses and several other items will be studied in this class.

This course introduces students to important ethical issues in the context of business activities. Students will gain an understanding of the relationship between business organizations and society at large, and gain an awareness of the social and economic environments in which ethical issues arise. Students will be introduced to ethical frameworks and theories to help them develop the reasoning and analytical skills essential to addressing these important and sometimes difficult issues. The course will focus on the importance of ethics in decision-making to the long-term success of the business enterprise.

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