Master of Business Administration
Operations Management
Course Descriptions
MBAP 520 - Essentials of Business Development I & II
(6 credits)
Introduces students to basic concepts and principles of macro and micro economics, financial statement preparation and management information, key components of business and federal government environment. Topics include 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)
Applies qualitative and quantitative microeconomics, macroeconomics, and international economics to business and the federal government operations from the perspective of the manager including the importance of regionalism and the global economy. NOTE: This Core course should be taken in the first 12 semester hours of the program.
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.
MBAO 602 - Production and 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.
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 competitor behavior on the product life cycle.
MBAO 611 - Innovations 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.
MBAO 616 - International Operations(3 credits)
Introduces the many permutations in operations that are present when a company begins to utilize the full capacity of globalizing economy and the operational parameters of international business including resource planning and utilization, technology, production, marketing, finance and staffing.
MBAO 619 - Emerging Technologies(3 credits)
Examines emerging technologies which are changing the business landscape in the areas of speed, information, and ethics. Emerging technologies include virtual reality, synthetic systems, wisdom systems, intelligent agents, simulation modeling, robotics, biotech, and nanotechnology.
MBAO 620 - Business Improvement Techniques(3 credits)
Focuses on the techniques companies need to be financially solvent and competitive. The theory and practical implementation techniques explored include: strategic planning/management, quality, Supply Chain Management, process assessment/design, SWOT analysis, technology road-mapping, and resource assessment.
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.