Overview of GSRBM Curriculum - Third Session

Third Session (Senior) - The top-down view of managing a commercial bank using a comprehensive case with BankSim®, including strategic planning, situation analysis, tactical initiatives, risk management, compliance considerations, and simulated implementation of tactics in a competitive economic environment.  Lectures are provided for economic assessments, merger and acquisition analyses and exercises, etc.

Comprehensive Bank Management Case is an interactive, competitive learning environment, in which teams of students work together to run a simulated bank.  Given the same balance sheet at the start of the simulation, each team makes management decisions to position the bank and compete against other banks in a community.  Each team makes policy decisions daily in deposits, loans, investments, and capital acquisition, weighing potential changes in the economy and competitors' positions.  All decisions are reported through a computer, which compares bank performance against the various competitors and against a changing economy. (3rd year, 26.5 hours, Ted Brauch, Bert Davis, Rick Frank, Paul Leventhal, Brad Leyhe)

Bank Mergers & Acquisitions – integrates marketing strategies, financial management and human resources decisions with the Bank Simulation.  Students learn the strategic reasons why companies merge, acquire or sell; the factors to consider when purchasing or selling a bank; how to personally “survive” a merger; and analytical tools to use in structuring a merger. (3rd year, 5 hours, Bert Davis)

Chief Retail Executive Panel – insight from Retail Executives as to what it means to be Head of Retail, and what most impacts their daily jobs and decision-making. (3rd year, 1.5 hours, TBD)
 
Current Economic Issues – provides an in-depth review of key economic indicators and their importance to banking.  Students examine the importance and impact of open market operations on banks, the complexities of the business cycle, and the future course and pace of the U.S. economy. (3rd year, 6 hours, Ed Seifried)

Derivatives/SWAPS – reviews concepts of interest rate risk management with application to the senior year banking simulation.  (3rd year, 1.5 hours, Paul Leventhal)

Functional Reviews – students will take one out of the five reviews each of which concentrates on a different function of the simulation: CEO & Credit Management, Loans, Treasury Management, Deposits and Controller. (3rd year, 2.5 hours, Ted Brauch, Bert Davis, Rick Frank, Paul Leventhal, Brad Leyhe)

International Retail Banking – examines the reasons why retail banking is different and similar around the world, how banking evolves, and how U.S. bankers can benefit from such knowledge. (3rd year, 1.5 hours, Sean Rowles)

Regulatory Environment Panel - weighs how the banking environment is changing in response to the current economic climate and what this may mean for the future (3rd year, 1.5 hours, TDB) 

Stock Analyst I - offers a unique perspective on bank valuation, this one from an analyst as opposed to exectuive management, shareholders or regulators.(3rd year, 1.5 hours, Nancy Bush)

Stock Analyst II - offers an alternative analyst perspective on bank valuation (3rd year, 1.5 hours, Chris Marmac)