MBA for Executives - Course Listings
ACCOUNTING
ACCT 600 E -- Financial Statement Analysis and Decision-making -- 1.5 hours
Explores the development and application of financial statement information. Students will focus on basic concepts, standards, and practices of financial reporting to serve decision-making needs. Students will also work with financial ratio analysis software.
ACCT 601 E -- Strategic Cost Management I -- 1.5 hours
Explores the application of internal accounting infomation. Students will focus on traditional and contemporary managerial accounting practices. Students will work to (1) understand cost behavior, (2) conduct activity analysis, and (3) predict cost under different business decisions.
ACCT 602 E -- Strategic Cost Management II -- 1.5 hours
Is a continuation of Strategic Cost Management I. Students will (1) employ relevant costing techniques, (2) prepare traditional and contemporary budgets, and (3) address emerging managerial costing techniques in support of decision-making.
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
BSAD 600 E -- Integrative Strategy -- 1.5 hours
Integrates functional area considerations with strategic decision-making.
BUSINESS ETHICS
ETHC 600 E -- Business Ethics -- 1.5 hours
Increases awareness of ethical problems in business situations and study ways to resolve these problems. Topics of study include concepts such as loyalty, policies such as outsourcing, and practices such as advertising.
ETHC 601 E -- Issues in International Business Ethics -- 1.5 hours
An advanced business course that addresses the ethical challenges of international business for corporate decision-making. The major emphasis is on ethical standards for the operation of multinational corporations.
ECONOMICS
ECON 600 E -- Managers and Markets -- 1.5 hours
Analyzes how the pricing system shapes the markets in which managers buy and sell. There is an analysis of the motivations of producers and consumers as well as the outcomes of their interactions.
ECON 601 E -- Business within Its External Environment -- 1.5 hours
Analyzes the determination of consumption and investment and how the government attempts to influence basic business conditions (e.g., inflation, unemployment, and economic growth) through such means as monetary and fiscal policy.
ECON 602 E -- Global Issues in Economics -- 1.5 hours
Examines the role of prices, incomes, interest rates, exchange rates, trade policy, and the global monetary system in determining the movement of outputs and inputs across national boundaries. The gains from trade and the conflicts created by the manner in which those gains are distributed provide a foundation for examining current issues.
ECON 603 E -- Economic Issues in Business -- 1.5 hours
An analysis of alternative market structures, strategic interactions, and how government policies toward firms attempt to alter incentives in the presence of such things as anti-competitive elements, pollution, and collectively consumed goods.
FINANCE
FINC 600 E -- Financial Management -- 1.5 hours
Studies the functions, tools, and policies of financial management. Topics include valuation, investment and financing decisions, and strategies under uncertainty.
FINC 601 E -- Investments and Portfolio Management -- 1.5 hours
Analyzes the structure of financial markets, valuation of stocks and fixed income securities, risk and return relationships, and portfolio theory.
FINC 602 E -- International Financial Management -- 1.5 hours
Examines foreign exchange rate exposure and hedging techniques to deal with exposure. Other topics include capital budgeting in an international framework and international financial markets.
INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
INFS 600 E -- Emerging Telecommunications Technologies -- 1.5 hours
Explores concepts of data communications, telecommunications networks, and business telecommunications technology from a managerial perspective.
ISOM 601 E -- Strategic Use of Information Technology -- 1.5 hours
Focuses on the use of information technology for competitive advantage, including the management of information as a corporate resource, and information systems planning and its relationship to corporate planning.
ISOM 602 E -- Technology Management for Business Leaders -- 1.5 hours
Studies specific IT management practices for business (not technical) managers and develops skills for analyzing the business value of IT and managing IT initiatives. This will include analyzing proposed IT expenditures, managing the development and deployment of IT, and measuring the benefits derived once a system is deployed.
If a company is to gain operational or strategic benefit from its information technology (IT), its business leaders must have the knowledge, skills, and experiences required to manage the technology effectively.
MGSC 600 E -- Data Analysis for Managers -- 1.5 hours
Provides an in-depth treatment of computer-based data analysis, including regression, time-series models, and sampling. The emphasis is on managerial applications and on letting the data tell the story.
OPMG 600 E -- Designing, Managing, and Improving Operations -- 1.5 hours
Covers three main areas: designing, managing and improving operations processes; operations systems and information technology; and designing and implementing operations improvement strategies.
OPMG 601 E -- Project Management -- 1.5 hours
Explores the art and science of project management and systems development, as applied to a variety of large and small project situations in commercial, public, and private sectors.
OPMG 602 E -- Global Supply Chain Management and Logistics -- 1.5 hours
Explores the current business revolution in global logistics and partnering by members of the supply chain to more effectively provide products and services to customers.
OPMG 603 E -- Quality Management for Performance Improvement -- 1.5 hours
Provides approaches to designing, monitoring, and improving business processes with the objective of increasing customer satisfaction and organizational performance.
LEGAL ENVIRONMENT
LREB 600 E -- Executive Legal Liability -- 1.5 hours
Treats selected areas of corporate activities in which officers and directors are subject to personal liability including conflicts of interest, security transactions, and provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Students will design company compliance programs related to such matters including anti-trust regulations.
LREB 601 E -- Tax Strategies in Business Decision-making -- 1.5 hours
Enables managers to recognize the major tax issues inherent in business transactions without investigating the technical details of the law. Gaining a symptom recognition level of tax knowledge allows the executive to make better decisions and, if appropriate, to timely seek the assistance of a tax expert to aid in the decision-making process. Topics include the tax environment, tax planning fundamentals, and the impact of entity choice on the taxation of business income.
MANAGEMENT
MGMT 600 E -- Executive Development and Skill Building -- 3 hours
Introduces and develops executive skills such as strategic thinking, leadership, creativity, negotiation, deal making, and communication. Students will build these skills through a series of discussions and exercises.
MGMT 601 E -- Organizational Behavior -- 1.5 hours
Examines the effective management of people in organizations. Topics include motivating employees, interpersonal communication, rewarding performance, and team building.
MGMT 602 E -- Organizational Change and Development -- 1.5 hours
Explores the complexity and dynamics of change in organizations. Topics covered include organization development, managing resistance, and change leadership.
MGMT 603 E -- Strategic Management -- 1.5 hours
Deals with analytical frameworks and skills that help executive management determine the future direction of the business firm. Special consideration is given to industry evolution, evaluation of competitive strategies, and the allocation of strategic resources.
MGMT 604 E -- Strategy and Organization -- 1.5 hours
Integrates top management policy formation, organizational structure, and administration. Cases are selected to illustrate how global firms implement strategies that shape the character of the organization.
MARKETING
MARK 600 E -- Principles of Marketing
Introduces the use of strategic research, consumer analysis, and target market choice as well as the application of marketing tools to a variety of case problems. Emphasis is placed on product planning, pricing policies, promotional methods, and distribution channels. The marketing process includes analyzing, planning, implementing, and evaluating strageties.
MARK 601 E -- International Marketing -- 1.5 hours
Considers the cultural, governmental, economic, business, and other environmental factors affecting the marketing of goods and services in foreign markets.
MARK 602 E -- Sales Management -- 1.5 hours
Concepts relevant to the management of a sales force are stressed. Topics may include formulating a strategic sales program; establishing territories and quotas; motivating and compensating the sales force; sales force recruitment, selection, and training; and relationship selling.
