Master of Business Administration
General
Course Descriptions
MBAP 520 - Essentials of Business Development I & II
(6 credits)
Using a comprehensive case analysis studying a startup medical supply company as a framework, this course introduces students to basic concepts and principles of macro and micro economics, business uses of accounting principles for financial statement preparation and management information, key components of business finance, financial statement analysis, capital budgeting fundamentals, asset management techniques, the basics of cash management, statistical modeling, probability theory, estimation and regression, principles of marketing, analysis of markets and pricing and distribution decisions.
MBAC 600 - The Economics of Management(3 credits)
Examines the range of economic assumptions in an environment of rapid change from the perspective of the manager. Utilizes methods, concepts and models deriving from microeconomics, macroeconomics and international economics in quantitative and qualitative aspects. Stresses the convergence of economic systems, the increasing importance of regionalism and the emergence of a truly global economy. Emphasizes national income determination, economic growth, the theory of the firm, a changing production process and global economics.
MBAC 601 - The Ethical & Legal Environment of Business(3 credits)
Examines the social and governmental structure within which business operates. Focuses on effective and ethical strategies for addressing issues of public concern, including labor and employment law, administrative agency procedures, public issues management, product liability, and social contract, agency, stakeholder models of corporate responsibility.
MBAI 602 - Issues in International Business(3 credits)
Examines issues essential to an understanding of international business activity. Includes the nature of international business, international economic institutions and issues, international monetary issues, government activity affecting international trade, social and cultural effects on international business, human resource management and other related issues.
MBAF 602 - Financial Decision Making(3 credits)
Examines the use of financial theories and techniques in making financial decisions under conditions of uncertainty. Emphasizes the critical evaluation of concepts to assess their usefulness in practical business situations. Uses computer applications to solve practical problems.
MBAK 602 - Marketing Management(3 credits)
Uses case analysis to explore the application of marketing principles to the basic product and service decisions of the firm. Includes product development; pricing and distribution; changing attitudes and habits of buyers; market definition and forecasting and the impact of such forces as product technology, advertising and computer behavior on the product life cycle.
MBAO 602 - Operations Management(3 credits)
Provides practical course studies in Operations Management fundamentals including quality management, forecasting, capacity planning, and geolocation inventory and production control, distribution systems, and planning and scheduling. Provides overviews and interrelationships of general Operations Management subject areas.
MBAM 615 - Managing Change(3 credits)
Focuses on business and industrial change and control management. Explores change in industry standards through technology innovations, markets and opportunities, corporate skill portfolios, and products and services. Identifies methods available to plan, initiate and direct change for facilitating positive benefits for future forecasts. Emphasizes methods for dealing with rapid and unplanned change.
MBAM 604 - The Leadership/Management Challenge(3 credits)
Provides student with leadership skills in managing the work teams. Emphasizes interpersonal behavior and group dynamics and processes. Includes communication, job design, role definition, motivation of individuals within groups, work force diversity and the evolution of group cultures and norms in various kinds of work environments. Concepts will be drawn from the fields of industrial psychology, industrial sociology and other behavioral sciences.
MBAO 611 - Innovation in Operations Management(3 credits)
Presents concepts that will help identify and manage research and development (specifically the technology) as a strategic competitive weapon. Focuses on management of technology and the means to acquire it as it is connected to a firm's overall vision and management philosophy. Examines the relationship between product and process innovation as nonlinear events, and attempts to reconcile innovative discovery with the desire to fit technology into the orderly management of business.
MBAC 695 - Strategies in a Global Environment(3 credits)
Examines the influence of strategies, international economics, politics, business and finance in the transnational firm. Students participate in a team simulation managing a transnational corporation demonstrating the business results across product lines, services and continents.