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MBA 525 Professional Development
This course is designed to give MBA students a tangible head start in acquiring and honing numerous core skills essential for success in the MBA program and the business world. The emphasis will be on the development of professional skills and perspectives, such as business writing, coaching and counseling, conflict resolution, effective business protocol, interviewing, intercultural awareness and sensitivity, negotiating agreement and public speaking.
MBA 530 Organizational Behavior
This course is an advanced introduction to the major theories and issues in the study of human behavior in work organizations. Included are the topics of perception, motivation, leadership, job satisfaction, group dynamics, stress, organizational climate and communication processes. Organization theory and design concepts are also incorporated to give the student a more complex framework for managerial decision-making.
MBA 533 Human Resource in Management
Prerequisites: MBA 525 and MBA 530
This course is designed to focus on an in-depth analysis of the major functions of a manager dealing with human resource issues. Issues to be covered include, but are not specifically limited to, staffing, employee training and development, compensation and benefits, legal issues, union versus non-union issues, safety and health issues, and cross cultural and expatriate issues.
MBA 535 The Legal Environment of Business
This course is a comprehensive study of commercial law as it affects day-to-day business management. Emphasis is placed on development of a manager's ability to recognize the circumstances under which a legal professional should be contacted for advice and/or assistance.
MBA 540 Managerial Economics
Prerequisite: MBA 525 plus undergraduate course in economics strongly recommended.
This course explores the concepts of economic optimization, the estimation of demand, and cost and pricing analysis. An introduction to economic forecasting and decision making under conditions of risk and uncertainty is also included.
MBA 550 Decision Support Systems
Prerequisite: Undergraduate course in microcomputer applications or equivalent skills. Basic literacy regarding Windows and Microsoft Office (particularly Excel) is expected.
This course considers the study of decision science and its application in the business environment through the use of computers. This course is designed to provide the student with the theoretical knowledge and practical skills necessary to understand and utilize computerized decision support methodology in support of business requirements. The student will utilize commercial software packages (Microsoft Excel) to develop and use graphical and numerical outputs in business presentations for enhanced decision making.
MBA 557 Entrepreneurship
Prerequisites: MBA 525, MBA 530 and MBA 533
Entrepreneurship and the entrepreneurial process are now, and will continue to be, the major economic force driving the national economies around the world. At the heart of this movement are men and women who demonstrate the courage to undertake the creation and management of new business ventures. Across the globe, millions of new businesses are formed each year. Those individuals who possess the spirit of entrepreneurial leadership will lead the economic revolution that has proven to repeatedly raise the standard of living for people everywhere. In this class, students will be introduced to the essential components of entrepreneurship and the critical knowledge needed to start and manage a new business venture.
MBA 560 Financial and Managerial Accounting
Prerequisite: Undergraduate course in financial accounting and managerial accounting is strongly recommended.
This course focuses on the study of accounting concepts and standards applicable to presentation of financial information to interested users, structure, uses and limitations of financial statements, and measurement systems related to income determination and asset valuation. The course also considers the discussion of internal and external influences on accounting decisions.
MBA 565 Marketing
Prerequisites: MBA 525 and MBA 530.
This course considers the operational and strategic planning issues confronting managers in marketing. Topics include buyer behavior, market segmentation, product selection and development, pricing, distribution, promotion, market research, international and multicultural marketing.
MBA 570 Corporate Finance
Prerequisites: MBA 540 and MBA 560 or ACC 504
This course considers the financial management decision-making role within the organization. Subjects include valuation concepts, including financial ratio analysis; short-term financial management, including the management of current assets and liabilities; management of long-term investments, including capital budgeting techniques; a discussion of leverage and its relationship to the capital structure; and an introduction to financial markets and financial institutions.
MBA 575 Global Business Management
Prerequisites: MBA 525, MBA 530, and MBA 533
The student will develop an understanding of international/multinational management by examining the challenges and opportunities of operating globally. Emphasis will be on developing an understanding of the complexities of dealing with diverse social, cultural, economic and legal systems. The role of business in this dynamic world environment will be analyzed.
MBA 595 Current Issues in Leadership
Prerequisites: MBA 525, MBA 530, and MBA 533
This course is an advanced overview of more traditional approaches to understanding the leadership process and an in-depth look at recently developed perspectives on leadership of the future. Ethical issues pertaining to leadership are also incorporated.
MBA 599 Strategic Management
Prerequisites: MBA 525, MBA 530, MBA 533, MBA 540, MBA 560 or ACC 504, MBA 565, MBA 570, and MBA 575
This capstone course integrates knowledge gained in previous graduate business courses. It centers on the theme that organizations achieve sustained success when their managers have astute, timely strategic game plans and they implement these plans with proficiency. Strategic management theory is used in the analysis of case studies of companies operating in the domestic and global marketplace. This course is to be taken in the student's last term, unless otherwise approved by the Director of the MBA program. |