MBA Degree Completion Curriculum
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* Elective
Focuses on balancing finance, marketing, and operating decisions for doing business in a multi-currency environment. Examines government policies, financial analysis and planning, capital budgeting, and investment decisions in a global environment. Discover why interest rates change. Recognize and apply risk management techniques, including currency risks, in business decisions. Develop discounted cash flow models for investment decisions.
Explores the concepts and techniques of Human Resource Management with an emphasis on knowledge for practicing managers. Develops the ability to design and implement a systematic human resource management structure in terms of recruiting, selecting, training, motivation, and compensating employees. Recognize the value added to an organization by its human resources in terms of strategic competitive advantage. Evaluate HR policies and practices as a system based on the interdependence of internal and external factors.
Examines theories pertaining to the study of leadership. Analyzes the application of leadership skills needed for managerial success and organizational effectiveness in all cultural environments to achieve global competitiveness with an emphasis on high-quality operations. Develop an integrated perspective of leadership to improve organizational effectiveness. Recognize and apply appropriate leadership styles, behaviors, and characteristics to maintain high quality operations. Recognize the Importance of cultural environments in global competition.
Challenges MBA students to perform effectively and efficiently in a new world of managerial decision making where the trend toward complexity has increased the risk associated with making decisions. Provides an opportunity to learn the tools for business research and apply them to a major business application. Introduces a process of systematic inquiry that generates information for strategic problem solving. Explores survey preparation and sampling techniques, and results in preparation of the business proposal and RFP focused on solving an actual corporate management dilemma
Prerequisites for this course include MARP I and Quantitative Analysis. Objective is to interpret, report and recommend sound decision making strategies based on actual business research. Business Research Report preparation and presentation following APA guidelines include development of Executive Summary, Literature Review and Benchmarking, the Research Question and Hypothesis, outline of the Research Methodology and Quantitative Reports, leading to Conclusions and Recommendations. Students work with a corporate mentor throughout project development.
Explores various methods of forecasting and management decision criteria based on analysis of internal and external corporate financial statements. Examines the nature of cost accounting information and how it is used to make managerial decisions that create competitive advantage. Develops the ability to incorporate financial information into operational control.
Analyze financial statements in relation to the viability of a business. Use historic accounting and environmental information to draw inferences about future management decisions. Identify and correct operational control using financial information.
Analyzes markets and competition. Develops the ability to understand customer-oriented management decisions. Analyze multiple markets and the competition, and align marketing strategy in light of operational strengths. Use marketing principles and techniques in making business decisions. Recognize the value of a customer-oriented marketing strategy, which includes the view that customers are looking for value added.
Analyzes business scenarios using scientific methods to structure and support decision making. Develops the ability to formulate and evaluate multi-criteria decisions using production models. Formulate decisions and analyze business scenarios to achieve strategic objectives. Use operations functions in making business decisions. Recognize the value of operations management.
Explores the field of behavioral sciences to demonstrate an understanding of the importance and interrelationship between behavior at the individual, group and organizational levels. Explores the dynamics of groups and interpersonal behavior in establishing collaborative partnerships with internal and external stakeholders.
Apply behavioral science knowledge to create and sustain high-performing organizations with reference to internal and external organizational relationships. Integrate the human element in long-term and short-term managerial decision-making with references to the internal and external organizational contexts.
Creating systems that are competitive, create quality products in a shorter period of time, and respond to the development of trusting, long-term relationships with customers is prerequisite in today's marketplace. Focus is on a disciplined approach to building cross-functional teams and managing the processes for maintaining horizontal work flow and project coordination. Presents a disciplined approach to managing costs, schedules, resources and quality to satisfy customer needs.
Develops the ability to utilize descriptive and inferential statistics in making business decisions. Examines the application of practical quantitative methods to common business problems based on scientific testing, multiple linear regression, and other statistical tools. Emphasis will be on scientific analysis of, and a rational approach to, business decisions. Evaluate and interpret. Apply quantitative models.
Explores various theories and models of organizational change and development. Focuses on the human and economic factors in organizational change and restructuring. Recognize the role of general and specific environmental forces for change. Recognize and consider the impact of change on organizational stakeholders. Develop action plans to bring about effective organizational change and high quality operations.
*Elective
