Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Gain the knowledge and skills you need to successfully manage organizations in the ever-changing business environment. You’ll learn relevant management skills in both domestic and global business settings, effective team building, quantitative and qualitative decision-making, and creative problem-solving skills that you can immediately apply in your professional life.
Our MBA degree program also offers specializations that’ll help you stand out in the competitive business field and prepare you for its challenges. Specializations include Entrepreneurship, Financial Management, Global Business Management, Human Resource Management, Leadership Studies, Project Management, Strategic Marketing and Supply Chain Management.
1-on-1 Courses
MBA-5102 Changing Times – Business in the 21st Century
In this course, you will consider the impact of current trends such as 21st century leadership related to globalization and sustainability through the utilization of management and technology tools. The subsequent core courses will provide a greater in-depth knowledge of business concepts and areas in an integrated fashion.
MBA-5110 Managing People and Teams
This course is designed to prepare you to lead in today’s global environment. You will examine concepts and strategies regarding global leadership. You will acquire skills relevant to managing human capital and teams, ethical decision-making, navigating organizational change, and budgeting/allocating resources across borders and cultures.
FIN-6890 Financial Management
A study of corporate financial management, through problem solving, case studies and/or term projects, this course covers issues such as sources of long-term financing, cost of capital, capital budgeting, dividend policy, globalization of finance, ethical standards, information technology, and financial strategy.
MBA-5150 Innovation and Marketing
The competitive marketplace gives consumers choices. Marketers need to understand the dynamic nature of consumers’ needs and wants, gather relevant data, conduct analyses of both consumers and the competition. To maintain their competitive edge, marketers need to launch innovative products at opportune times. In this course, you will research what makes a product innovative and the challenges marketers face to make innovative products available in the marketplace with the right marketing mix and effective marketing strategies. You will study the need for performance measures to determine if marketing objectives will be met in a timely manner.
MBA-6010 Strategic Planning (Capstone)
You will develop skills to effectively formulate strategic plans utilizing R&D, marketing, production, finance, human resources, and TQM to determine strengths and weaknesses. This will include the use of SWOT and PEST analysis techniques for assessing market position and direction for growth.
Class-Based Courses
FIN 689 Financial Management
A study of corporate financial management, through problem solving, case studies and/or term projects, this course covers issues such as sources of long-term financing, cost of capital, capital budgeting, dividend policy, globalization of finance, ethical standards, information technology, and financial strategy.
MGT 603 Business Operations Management – 4.50
This course presents a customer-oriented view of operations within an organization. Guided by the organization’s strategic plan, operations deliver the products and services to the customers. This course explores how this delivery is accomplished with efficiency and effectiveness. Components of the course include issues of quality, physical design, and systems management.
MGT 608 Info & Supply Chain Systems – 4.50
Students focus on major corporate applications of information technology, learning how business decisions are facilitated by these tools. Specific applications include the effective and efficient management of projects, inventory and transportation. The course concludes with the evolution of logistics into the broader scope of supply chain management, focusing on how enterprise-wide information systems enable this cross-functional, inter-firm collaboration that leads to new competitive advantages.
Degree and Course Requirements
Program Learning Outcomes
Evaluate financial statements and quantitative information for decision-making using appropriate information systems and tools.
Analyze the competitive environment, employing both external and internal factor analysis, and apply appropriate strategies for an organization, emphasizing the practice of ethical decisions and actions.
Create and communicate business plans and reports in an efficient and compelling way, orally and in written form.
Design solutions to logistical and operational problems using critical thinking skills and innovative approaches to generating alternatives.
Assess the global business environment and generate alternatives for companies to succeed in different countries and cultures.
Assess the economic environment within an industry and choose appropriate financial decisions for the firm.
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