Online MBA Core Course Descriptions
MBA 609: Information Systems Management (5
weeks)
Examination of issues involved in managing and deploying information systems in
organizations with an emphasis on technologies and human factors that support
competitive strategies.
MBA 619: Accounting Information for Managers
(5 weeks)
Investigates the central role accounting systems play in managerial evaluation,
control, and planning.
MBA 629: Managing Behavioral Change (5 weeks)
A study of organization culture and behavior which emphasizes the importance of
and need for influencing individual and small-group behavior in contemporary
organizational settings.
MBA 639: Quantitative Applications for Managers
(5 weeks)
The application of quantitative methods to managerial decisions. Applications
include optimization, modeling, and simulation and focus on using the computer
to support decision making.
MBA 649: Marketing Management (5 weeks)
Dynamic nature and managerial aspects of marketing. Formulation of analytical
decisions concerning marketing strategy.
MBA 659: Managing in a Global Economy (5
weeks)
Covers challenges of globalization of product- and factor-markets, managing
subsidiaries and influencing affiliates in divers cultures, in industrialized
and emerging economics.
MBA 669: Financial Decision-Making (5 weeks)
This course provides a framework for the analysis of the investment and
financing decisions of the firm and an understanding of how to apply finance
theory to practical situations.
MBA 679: Economic Analysis for Managers (5
weeks)
Application of economics and statistics to business decisions. Integration of
theory with issues from Business Week and The Wall Street Journal.
Development of business regression models.
MBA 689: Strategic Management (5 weeks)
Focuses on developing competitive business strategies through a process of
analyzing environments, establishing and implementing strategies, and evaluating
results.
MBA 699: The MBA Project
Class will meet twice before project sharing.
The capstone experience where skills and competencies are applied to actual
business problems. Students develop cross-functional business solutions with the
guidance of a faculty member.
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