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What is an MBA Who should do an MBA? MBA Program A Compressed Program |
Today, an MBA is the most prestigious qualification in the world. It offers the potential for talented young professionals to place themselves in the shop window for the most prestigious and highest paying recruiters in the world. Many companies are now looking for those magical three letters on your CV before they’ll even consider you for a top management position. 30 per cent of the founders of Europe's top 100 ebusinesses were MBAs. Since it’s inception in the US in the 1960s the MBA has become a truly global benchmark qualification in the business world, with more than 20,000 graduates in Europe alone each year. MBA stands for Master of Business Administration and is designed for people with work experience, looking to develop as professional managers or progress in their management roles. An MBA qualification certifies that you have a general competency in all the major functional roles. An MBA equips students with the whole range of management skills including many things that they cannot learn on-the-job. MBA courses includes Accounting , Finance , Economics, Marketing, Operations, Strategy and policy and Statistics . Generally, MBAs are useful for three groups of people:
Through the MBA program you will learn to become an architect of business; learning "to be" instead of "about". You will be shown how all the pieces of business fit together through a carefully crafted curriculum that will give you the tools to be managers and leaders. Time is a precious commodity in today’s world. Taking two years out for an MBA program is a huge opportunity cost both for students and the companies who hire them. By compressing the program into a 11-month format, we believe that we can provide a high quality program in less time. A non-traditional program structure, including “mini-terms,”, multi-modules, Internships, case competitions and off-class learning, not only allows for more flexibility in program delivery, but supports a compressed program, as well. The Masters of Business Administration (MBA) degree program consists of a 45 graduate semester-hour course sequence that has a minimum of 101 class meetings of 2 hours each. ACC 604: Accounting Policies and Reporting Issues The study of accounting policies and practices as they relate both to external financial statements and management reporting systems. Emphasis is on the impact of decisions concerning application of generally accepted accounting principles. Consideration is given to obtaining and using accounting information in planning and decision making. 3 credits, 8-10 weeks ECO 606: Economic Forecasting & Strategy An analysis of the various macroeconomic and microeconomic factors affecting the firm in the domestic and international environment. Topics may include forecasting product demands, pricing policies, cost and production analysis and market structure, ethics and government regulation. 3 credits, 8-10 weeks An analysis of corporate financial decisions and strategies that enhance shareholder value in both domestic and international settings. Major topics include sources and uses of funds, the valuation of debt and equity securities, ethics, financial analysis and forecasting, working capital management, capital budgeting, capital structure, dividend policy, mergers and acquisition. 3 credits, 8-10 weeks LAW 620: Political, Legal and Regulatory Environment Law, regulation, political factors and their impact upon the decision making process are examined. Historical and current forces as well as compliance are considered. 3 credits, 8-10 weeks MGT 611: Management, Organizational Behavior and Design The goal of this course is to develop understanding of the behavioral sciences as applied by management in domestic and international settings. Classical and contemporary management and organizational theories are examined to form a basis for the study of leadership, organizational design and change. Students evaluate social/ psychological behavior and learn techniques to achieve organizational objectives. 3 credits, 8-10 weeks MGT 613: Strategy Formulation, Implementation and Evaluation The theory and practice of formulating strategy at the general management/executive level. Environmental analysis, competitive analysis and strategic planning as compared to strategic thinking are among the topics covered. As the MBA capstone, the course will serve to integrate previous work through various cases including the Class Continuing Company Case. 3 credits, 8-10 weeks QUA 640: Management Science and Modeling This course will survey selected deterministic and probabilistic models, their areas of application, and their solution methodologies. Emphasis will be on problem formulation, solution techniques, and output interpretation and analysis. Computer software will be used extensively for problem solutions. 3 credits, 8-10 weeks A managerial approach to the study and applications of marketing. Emphasis is placed on the nature and scope of market management responsibilities and marketing decision making. 3 credits, 8-10 weeks HRM 610: Human Resource Management This course covers strategic importance of Human resource management.
It covers how organizations enhance performance, the employee hiring
process, the importance of training and development of employees, how
labor/management relations affect the workplace among other topics. OPS 660: Operations, Logistics & Production Techniques for the strategic use of operations, technology and innovation as they contribute to an organization’s primary function as a provider of goods and services to domestic and international markets. These activities include the design of efficient and effective processes as well as the management and control of the key resources of the firm, its people and technologies. Issues such as quality, productivity, resource scheduling and inventory control are addressed from a managerial viewpoint. 3 credits, 8-10 weeks A research course in the chosen area of specialization of roughly 10,000 words. 6 credits, 8 weeks TEC 635: Management of Technology This course addresses the management issues associated with achieving competitive advantage in an environment of rapid technological change. Among the topics considered are managing existing technology, emerging technologies, the opportunities and threats provided by new technologies, the dynamics of innovation, and intellectual capital as corporate wealth. 2 credits, 8-10 weeks Specialization Courses (to be offered by the Learning Center) : FINANCE HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PRJ 692: Masters Project II Applied research methodology and development of the project proposal are the topics covered. A schedule for moving the project through the proposal, approval, completion and presentation stages is developed. Projects should be designed to be of significance to an organization of interest. The course ends with the presentation of the completed project. 7 credits, 9 weeks * A lock-step approach
to complete the graduation requirement is permissible for this program. Note : The program is subject to change due to new findings in the domain, teaching methodology and technology.
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