MBA Course Descriptions*
MBA 505 ? Leading Organizations Effectively (5 units)
Reviews and applies research and developments in the field of leadership as they relate to personal and group awareness, behavior, communication, change management, ethics and diversity. Explores the life of the leader as a person to understand how character, spirituality and personal conduct influences interpersonal relationships, team and leadership building, and overall management in the workplace.
MBA 515 ? Ethical, Regulatory and Political Issues of Business (5 units)
Evaluates forces that control, define, promote, and limit business conduct. Inquiry includes the cultural, political, philosophical, and religious foundations of legal and social systems as they relate to ethical and profit dimensions of the business environment. Fundamental to the process is management’s understanding of how such issues impact business decisions and what is required to function successfully within that balance of opportunity and constraint.
MBA 525 ? Marketing Management (5 units)
Explores the creation and distribution of goods and services and those institutions and strategies associated with marketing people, places and ideas. Emphasis is on practical application of research as applied to the major phases of market planning and implementation. Case studies are utilized in combination with class members’ current marketing activities as learning platforms.
MBA 535 ? Decision Analysis (5 units)
Provides tools that enhance the quality of organizational decision-making. Decision modeling, applied probability, linear programming, simulation techniques, PERT/CPM, and forecasting techniques will be examined in conjunction with both descriptive and inferential statistics in measuring organizational progress toward goals. Emphasis will be given to ethical systems assurance that achieves maximum value to both business and customer. Software technologies will be used where appropriate.
MBA 545 ? Accounting for Decision Makers (5 units)
Defines the nature and purpose of accounting and provides important tools through which the organization and its operations are examined and evaluated. Emphasis is on accounting information for decision makers to achieve strategic outcomes that meet both the business objectives of liquidity and profitability, as well as the ethical and legal responsibility to report accurate financial information to stakeholders, including society at large. Comparisons between accounting methods and those used in other parts of the world will be addressed.
MBA 555 ? Operating in a Dynamic Economic Environment (5 units)
Examines economic theories underlying consumer and producer behavior with practical application to corporate policy. Discussion will include the impact of the external economic environment, the resulting social and strategic changes to domestic and global production, and distribution of goods and services. Response issues will include micro and macro competitiveness in a time of rapid change and its impact on employment, fiscal and monetary policy, pollution, productivity, innovation, and social responsibility.
MBA 565 ? Managerial Finance (5 units)
Defines and applies approaches for analysis of business objectives and developing efficient, ethical strategies for addressing financial variables. Emphasis includes analysis of the firm using accounting data, analysis of return and risk of investment, valuation of investments, financial and capital structure, and sources and costs of capital.
MBA 575 ? Emerging Issues in Leadership (5 units)
Explores the evolving issues and concepts of leadership that shape individual and organizational goals. Contemporary cases will be examined in order to better understand the complexities of today’s developing science of organizational leadership. Current business processes and information systems will be addressed from the point of view of senior leadership, such as assessing, assimilating, and dispersing appropriate information among organizational stakeholders.
MBA 605 ? Succeeding in the Diverse Global Marketplace (5 units)
Provides a thought provoking study of the ethical theories involved in evaluating issues and decision-making in diverse environments. Explores the concept of global diversity inclusive of the complex dynamics of culture, religion, race and gender as these intersect both in global and regional settings. Emphasis will be given to development issues, problems, and opportunities posed by fostering greater intentionality for global awareness.
MBA 615 ? Stewardship and the Strategic Organization (5 units)
Strategic decisions are important for the survival and advancement of the organization. Participants in this class will conduct internal and external assessments; identify critical issues; and provide sound, ethical, strategic decisions from the perspective of a decision maker using appropriate analyses. They will do this by integrating what has been addressed previously in the program through a variety of experiential approaches including case studies and strategic projects.
* This information is provided for ease of use, however it is not the official record. See the academic catalog for official course descriptions and requirements.
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