MBA

Prerequisite: ACCU 602, BUSU 610, BUSU 620, FINU 607.

This capstone course focuses on the development and implementation of business strategies that enable competitive advantage. A capstone report includes the following for the selected company: (1) mission and objectives; (2) analysis and forecast of social, technological, economic and political forces with attention to global aspects; (3) industry and competitive analysis on a global and domestic basis; and (4) financial and stock analysis; and (5) identification and evaluation of alternative strategies.

This course focuses on leadership skills needed to develop and promote effective teamwork. Teams can be complex and challenging to lead, and change processes difficult to implement. Topics include assessing and improving team performance; managing the internal dynamics of teams (team decision making, diversity, conflict, and creativity); and leading the team within the larger organization.

Economic theory is used to analyze supply and demand, firm behavior, market structure, competitive behavior, government regulation, and the global and domestic environment facing the firm. Topics include marginal analysis and elasticity, money supply, and international trade.

This course teaches foundational statistical methods for collecting, describing and analyzing data for the purpose of problem-solving and decision-making. Students will be tasked to rethink events and assumptions through available data, apply different statistical methods on datasets and design a project for management decision-making through data analysis.

Students will learn how to read, analyze and interpret financial accounting data to make informed strategic and tactical business decisions. Topics covered are the construction and reporting of financial statements, forecasting of financial statements, and business/ accounting ethics.

In this course students will examine the role and responsibilities of human resource professionals in workforce planning strategies that align workforce capabilities with current and future organizational needs. Topics include workforce planning and design, employee recruitment, staffing, onboarding, and exit management.

In this course students will examine the roles and responsibilities of human resource professionals in creating and implementing strategic approaches to managing employee performance as a means of maximizing productivity and retention. Topics include performance assessment, talent development, succession planning, and change management.

Apply conflict resolution strategies within an organizational setting.

This course focuses on the importance and value of total rewards programs that align with the organization’s vision, mission and strategy. The design and implementation of total reward systems including competitive pay, benefit, recognition and work-life balance programs that attract, motivate and retain talent; are examined; contemporary trends and issues is emphasized.

Prerequisite: ACCU 602.

This course is designed to teach students how to stay current in accounting after graduation. This process is known as applied research. The process of applied research starts with identifying a business problem and searching the accounting literature in order to provide a client or firm with a current, relevant, and accurate solution. This process requires judgment, resourcefulness and critical thinking.

This course will examine the concepts and principles of accounting ethics and accountants’ professional responsibilities. Students will use an integrated ethical decision-making model to evaluate ethical cases and develop action plans and recommendations. Additional topics covered include fraud, ethical leadership, earnings management, and the professional obligations of auditors.

Prerequisite: ACCU 602.

This course emphasizes the integration of cost analysis and strategic analysis. Coverage includes activity based costing, target costing, value chain analysis, performance measurement matrices (e.g. balanced scorecard), strategic positioning, and product life cycle costing and management.

Prerequisite: FINU 607.

Study of the financial markets, instruments and the role of banks and other financial institutions in the economy. This course introduces tools to analyze the risks faced by investors and savers interacting with financial institutions and strategies to control and better manage these risks.

This course provides an overview of legal, regulatory, and ethical issues in healthcare. Topics include patients’ rights, privacy, confidentiality, torts, contract law, corporate liability, medical malpractice, antitrust, fraud and abuse, and ethics in healthcare delivery. Students learn to apply legal and ethical considerations in decision-making as a healthcare administrator by analyzing and resolving real-life situations and theoretical scenarios.

This course examines the use and implementation of health information systems, technologies, and analytic methods to enhance patient care delivery and population health. This includes the basic structure and function of information retrieval, electronic health records, physician order entry, telemedicine, business intelligence, and decision support. It also discusses the evolution of Big Data and how it is revolutionizing the healthcare industry.

This course gives students an overview of the healthcare system from an economic perspective. Students learn the basic health economic principles and techniques that managers need to strengthen their decision-making at work. Students will understand the dynamic between patients, healthcare organizations, insurance companies and the government, their influence on healthcare expenditures, and what makes health and its market in the US unique from other industries.

This course focuses on the principles of healthcare quality management, patient safety, continuous quality improvement, Lean Six Sigma and accreditation standards. The course focuses primarily on the practical application of systems, and teaches the student how to measure, assess, and improve organization’s performance to ensure high quality care and patient satisfaction outcomes.

This course introduces how data impacts business decision-making and covers the foundations of data. Students will review and apply the knowledge and skills for data access, review, management, and mining.

This course covers the communication of data to stakeholders. Businesses need employees who have the ability to explore the visual representation of massive data and detect meaningful patterns and trends. Students will review various data visualization techniques for large quantities of data in order to efficiently inform business decision-making.

This course provides an overview of project planning and data modeling, as they pertain to business communication and decision-making. Students will gain experience with applied data analysis, modeling, and reporting, while integrating project management concepts.

The purpose of this course is to provide a framework for tracking project implementation through data analysis and research. Students will learn how to apply data and business intelligence leading to direct and measurable value to project effectiveness.

Prerequisite: FINU 607.

Study of the financial markets, instruments and the role of banks and other financial institutions in the economy. This course introduces tools to analyze the risks faced by investors and savers interacting with financial institutions and strategies to control and better manage these risks.

Prerequisite: ACCU 602.

This course emphasizes the integration of cost analysis and strategic analysis. Coverage includes activity based costing, target costing, value chain analysis, performance measurement matrices (e.g. balanced scorecard), strategic positioning, and product life cycle costing and management.

Prerequisite: FINU 607.

The course objective is to achieve an understanding of the various types of investments and their relative merits; security prices and yields; investment objectives, principles and standards for selection of specific investments; introduction to portfolio management.

Prerequisite: FINU 607.

Discussion of international monetary system; balance of payments concept; institutional and structure arrangements within the foreign exchange market; basic foreign exchange market products; importance of parity condition; exchange rate determination; Eurocurrency and Eurobond market; international equity market; foreign currency options and futures; hedging foreign exchanges exposure; international capital budgeting and working capital management; and cost of capital and capital structure in multinationals.

This course focuses on how marketing professionals identify and understand the preferences, attitudes, and behaviors of consumers in a market-based economy. Students will learn, in a seminar format, how to identify, collect, analyze, and share data to inform marketing decision-making.

New products and services are critical to successful growth and increased profits in many industries. If the product provides customers with highly valued benefits, that product will be profitable. Identifying customer perceived needs, and developing them into product concepts helps to build and manage products and brands. Competitive and segment analysis, idea generation and product launch are topics covered in this course.

This course provides an introduction to current processes and practices of advertising and promotion. The course focuses on the role of advertising and promotion in the marketing mix and the critical role advertising plays in marketing success.

Students will be introduced to global marketing environment concepts and theories that are required in order to analyze the global market and to develop global marketing strategies. The impact of such global influences as ethics, sociology, and culture will be evaluated as they pertain to international marketing activities.

Introduction to graduate research and writing. This course provides students with an overview of the critical role of research and evaluation in identifying and solving management problems and in improving organizational performance. The course examines the fundamental principles of research and scholarly writing. The primary focus is on the practical application of research methods to improve organizational programs, policies, and performance.

Prerequisite or Corequisite OLCU 501.

Review of contemporary issues and perspectives on organizational leadership including multi-disciplinary perspectives and classic theory (trait, behavioral, and contingency models). Topics include servant leadership, ethics, diversity, followership, the distinction between leadership and management, vision, leadership practice and strategies. Emphasis on application of theoretical concepts to actual and diverse organizational situations, culminating in the articulation of a personal philosophy of leadership. Taking this foundation course early in the MAOL degree program of study is recommended.

Prerequisite or Corequisite OLCU 501.

Exploration of how democratic values shape the concept and practice of leadership and policy-making in organizations, including the role of values in ethical decision-making and determining the moral obligations of leaders and followers. Examines the concepts of power and influence, including their uses and abuses. Emphasis on critical analysis and application of ethical principles to contemporary leadership dilemmas in organizations.

Examines individuals and organizations as learning systems. Emphasizes structural influences on individual leadership and deep understanding of self as core resource for learning and leadership development. Focuses on role of systems thinking, mental models, shared vision, team learning, and personal mastery, stressing awareness of social and political tensions as a catalyst for individual and organizational learning and change.