Master of Business Administration (MBA)

3 Credits | None

The course will emphasize the role of accounting information in monitoring, planning, controlling and decision making. It will focus on the managerial uses of accounting information and provide students with an understanding of how managers use accounting information to analyze and evaluate operational performance. Specific skills acquired will be identifying fixed and variable costs, leading to the ability to calculate break-even points; calculating the present value of cash streams leading to the ability to construct capital budgets; constructing flexible budgets for manufacturing uses; non-routine decision methods; and financial trend analysis for financial statement interpretation.

3 CREDITS | BUS 5110

This course will provide students with an understanding of the components of an organization’s internal financial conditions and how decision-makers manage these resources in the context of external markets and institutions. It will explore the finances of economic development and consider sources of early-and late-stage financing. The real-world challenges of corporate finance will be covered.. Specific skills acquired will be financial trend analysis for financial statement interpretation; calculating the present value of cash streams leading to the ability construct capital budgets; calculating bond interest tax shields and its impact on a firm’s average cost of capital; constructing corporate valuation models; and assessing the impact of various sources of capital infusions on the cost of capital structure of a firm.

3 CREDITS | NONE

This course will emphasize the theory and practical skills associated with assessing customer interests, desires and needs; identifying organizational fit; and harnessing the organization’s capacity to respond. It will explore the relationship of marketing to other business functions and consider the challenges faced by organizations seeking to serve international and cross-cultural markets. Students will be required to develop a comprehensive marketing plan for a new start-up or a new product or service for an existing entity that covers selecting target markets, conducting market research, and determining brand management, pricing, and the promotion and distribution of products and services.

3 CREDITS | NONE

This course is designed to expose the student to the fundamental principles with which to understand human behavior inside public organizations. The course examines various theories developed in an attempt to explain and predict employee behavior in an organizational context. This course investigates individual and interpersonal behavior in organizations, including personality, decision-making, personal perceptions, teamwork, conflict, leadership, power, ethics and influence. In addition, this course seeks to analyze organizational-level factors affecting behavior, including change management, internal reward systems, culture, and organizational communication.

3 CREDITS | BUS 5110, 5112, 5113

This course will introduce ways in which technology can be leveraged to streamline processes, increase efficiency and achieve operational advantage. It will explore how small business technology and systems support developing enterprises. Strategies for assessing an organization’s information needs, researching and evaluating available alternatives, understanding the limitations of technology, and designing and managing effective processes and systems will be covered. Students will apply knowledge of information technology and the information it provides to formulate a successful management strategy that includes decisions about the information to be collected, how to gather it, when having it is most useful in the decision cycle, and how to interpret and display it in ways that add value to the decision-making process and help organizations make sense of their world.

3 CREDITS | BUS 5110, 5112, 5113

This course covers how an organization’s values and actions affect internal and external constituencies. It introduces reasons to promote responsible behavior on the part of organizations, and their employees. Students study real-world dilemmas and gain experience analyzing competing positive values, choosing among fully legal options, and navigating the grey area that frequently surrounds key management decisions..

3 CREDITS | BUS 5110, 5112, 5113

An organization’s competitive position relies on effective management of its complex production and operational processes in order to meet market requirements. The course emphasizes organizational analysis and the role of manager in navigating the challenges of organizations in dynamic environments. It introduces analytical tools, methods, and techniques for analyzing and improving these processes and for recognizing opportunities, risks, and tradeoffs associated with pursuing strategies for optimizing quality and customer service.

3 CREDITS | BUS 5115, 5116

Organizations are the sum of multiple moving parts, and the effective manager needs to understand their interrelationships and how to harness this power through the application of quality management skills. Analysis is the foundation of effective problem-solving whether in a start-up or an established multinational organization. This course covers the fundamentals of strategy theory and when to employ various strategic management tools to develop supportable tactics and optimize the operation and management of an organization. Students delve into case studies that show successful and unsuccessful examples and explore with classmates situations happening in real-time in their worlds. They gain experience identifying problems, evaluating alternative solutions, assessing risks, and formulating solutions that put in place the right organizational structures and solutions.