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Course Descriptions

 

Marketing Management (MBAC)
  

  • MBAC 698 Special Studies

    1 TO 3 semester hours

    Prerequisite: as designated by the MBA Office.
  

  • MBAC 699 Independent Studies

    1 TO 3 semester hours

    Prerequisites: MBAE 601  and MBAA 603 .

Information and Decision Sciences (MBAD)
  

  • MBAD 619 Risk Analysis and Financial Modeling

    3 semester hours

    This course introduces advanced quantitative model building skills for financial risk analysis. Provides hands-on experience in the development of spreadsheet simulation and forecasting models for applications in valuation, capital budgeting, mergers and acquisitions, option pricing, and portfolio management. Also listed as MBAF 619 .

    Prerequisites: MBAA 6050  and MBAA 6070 .
  

  • MBAD 635 Information Technology Security

    3 semester hours

    After 9/11 and the fall of Enron–the 7th largest corporation in America–information technology security has become one of the fastest growing areas in the business world. The need to know how to protect corporate information from attacks both from terrorists and business insiders are enormous. The main objective of this course is to provide students an exposure to the complex information security management issues in the US today. This course offers business professionals a unique blend of technical knowledge and managerial training to investigate digital threats, study corporate security needs, modeling potential risk, and explore possible strategies that management can adapt to protect valuable corporate assets. Also listed as MBAC 635 .

    Prerequisites: MBAA 6020  and MBAA 6090 .
  

  • MBAD 680 Building an eCommerce Business in a Semester

    3 semester hours

    Using a practitioner’s approach combined with the exposure to necessary knowledge of eBusiness management, strategy, technology, and operations, this course examines how to build a successful eBusiness including a functional eBusiness website. The focus is primarily on the knowledge needed to build a consumer centric eBusiness (B2C). Also listed as MBAC 680  and MBAH 680 .

    Prerequisites: MBAA 6040  and MBAA 6090 .
  

  • MBAD 698 Special Studies

    1 TO 3 semester hours

    Prerequisite: As designated by the MBA Office.
  

Human Resources Management (MBAE)
  

  • MBAE 601 The Legal and Ethical Environment of Business

    3 semester hours

    The factors present in the external environments of business relative to business law and political entities that must be dealt with by business managers. Interrelated ethical considerations will be explored along with such topics as agency, contracts, business organizations, property, the court system, and business interfaces with local, state and federal governments. This course satisfies the Business and Society requirement.
  

  • MBAE 613 Performance Management

    3 semester hours

    Key principles, methods and techniques are presented for enhancing employee productivity through performance problem analysis, work design, coaching, training and skill development, performance appraisal system design and implementation, employee correction and discipline, interpersonal communications skills, team development and management, empowerment and other formal and informal performance management systems. Includes Human Resource performance management issues and methods appropriate for the small- and medium-sized enterprise. Critical legal aspects of performance management are also covered. Also listed as MBAH 613 .

    Prerequisite: MBAA 6010 .
  

  • MBAE 630 Strategic Human Resource Management

    3 semester hours

    This course examines important HRM topics that are closely involved in the successful formulation and implementation of strategy within organizations for achieving competitive advantage, including strategic human resource planning and staffing, organizational culture and leadership, communication, compensation and reward systems, managing organization change and development, and building learning organizations.

    Prerequisite: MBAA 6010 .
  

  • MBAE 636 Managing Organizational Change and Development

    3 semester hours

    This course will focus on an investigation of the emerging field of Organization Development (OD), including its major theories, basic concepts and primary intervention/change strategies. This course will focus on assessing the health/effectiveness of an organizational system and how planning an intervention/change strategy will increase the effectiveness of the organization.

    Prerequisite: MBAA 6010 .
  

  • MBAE 637 International Management of Human Resources

    3 semester hours

    This course examines key issues and problems involved in managing human resources on a global scale. In addition to comparative analysis of traditional HRM areas such as staffing, training, performance appraisal, and compensation, special topics include expatriate preparation, repatriation, and managing an international and culturally diverse workforce. Also listed as MBAG 637 .

    Prerequisite: MBAA 6010 .
  

  • MBAE 650 Environmental Strategy

    3 semester hours

    This course sensitizes students to the broad range of environmental issues affecting business and society today. It examines how society’s increasing concern for the natural environment is having a major impact on business firms as well as how business is affecting the environment. Theoretical frameworks and case studies are used. A strategic approach is emphasized. This course satisfies the Business and Society requirement.

    Prerequisite: MBAA 6010 .
  

  • MBAE 651 Ethical Issues in Business

    3 semester hours

    This course introduces students to the two dominant philosophical traditions used in analyzing ethical issues in business: 1) evaluating the amount and type of benefits and/or harm that will result from an action, and 2) evaluating the intrinsic character of an action. After getting comfortable with the basic theory, students apply these approaches to numerous ethical dilemmas in business. In this respect, the course is about learning a new way of evaluating problems and making decisions. This course also discusses: the issue of the relationship between the moral character of our actions and the health of the human personality, and the claim that men and women may perceive and resolve ethical dilemmas differently. This course satisfies the Business and Society requirement.

    Prerequisite: MBAA 6010 .
  

  • MBAE 685 Power, Politics, and Negotiation in Organizations

    3 semester hours

    A study of organizational politics and power applications within the organization. The focus is a positive practical understanding and application of power within organizations. Inter- and intra-organizational negotiation techniques are also explored from theoretical and practical standpoints.

    Prerequisite: MBAA 6010 .
  

  • MBAE 698 Special Studies

    1 TO 3 semester hours

    Prerequisite: As designated by the MBA Office.
  

Financial Decision Systems (MBAF)
  

  • MBAF 610 Financial Statements Analysis and Valuations

    3 semester hours

    This course will cover the theory and practice of financial statements analysis and valuation. Students will learn how to use theory and data to solve challenging business problems with incomplete information. Students will become comfortable with using financial modeling as a tool to help them perform financial analysis and make decisions.
  

  • MBAF 611 Financial Markets

    3 semester hours

    This course introduces students to the various financial markets. Emphasis is on the history and development of each market as well as changes in the markets over recent years. The impact of factors such as technology, regulation, political and global environments on the operations of these markets will be discussed.

    Prerequisite: MBAA 6070 .
  

  • MBAF 614 Accounting and Finance Concepts for Strategic Planning

    3 semester hours

    Through the lens of a Chief Financial Officer, this course aims to highlight common mistakes in strategic planning and prepare students to convincingly document critical financial assumptions, incorporating global trends, ethics, and real world risk management. Key concepts that help to evaluate initial funding, cash flows, and return on investment in formats used in banks and boardrooms are examined.

    Prerequisite: MBAA 6070 .
  

  • MBAF 619 Risk Analysis and Financial Modeling

    3 semester hours

    This course introduces advanced quantitative model building skills for financial risk analysis. Provides hands-on experience in the development of spreadsheet simulation and forecasting models for applications in valuation, capital budgeting, mergers and acquisitions, option pricing, and portfolio management. Also listed as MBAD 619 .

    Prerequisites: MBAA 6050  and MBAA 6070 .
  

  • MBAF 620 Entrepreneurial Finance

    3 semester hours

    Financing issues and options from the vantage points both of the entrepreneur and the investor are examined to develop an appreciation of the critical role financing plays in new venture creation and the successful growth of emerging companies. The course addresses the evaluation of the potential (market and financial) of new (small, high growth) ventures from the perspective of both investor and entrepreneur. The source of value in new and growing companies (e.g., technology, team, etc.) and the financing options for companies of various types and stages are addressed as well as the development of plans for raising needed capital. Also listed as MBAH 620 .

    Prerequisite: MBAA 6070 .
  

  • MBAF 623 Investments

    3 semester hours

    Presents portfolio theory and security analysis. Describes the market for each security and available investment strategies. Presented from a personal investor perspective.

    Prerequisite: MBAA 6070 .
  

  • MBAF 624 Mergers and Acquisitions

    3 semester hours

    A capstone MBA entrepreneurial experience that looks at mergers, acquisitions, long-term capital investments, levered buyouts, and divestitures. Major management decisions attempting to exploit economic and market opportunities are investigated in regard to their impact upon shareholder wealth. Also listed as MBAH 624 .

    Prerequisite: MBAA 6070 .
  

  • MBAF 625 Real Estate Investments and Entrepreneurship

    3 semester hours

    An entrepreneurial approach to real estate investment built around financial modeling, market area supply and demand analysis, risk analysis, mortgage alternatives, and taxation impacts. Merits of real property investment options and strategies are presented in a “real world” context. Also listed as MBAH 625 .

    Prerequisite: MBAA 6070 .
  

  • MBAF 628 The CFO Perspective

    3 semester hours

    The roles and responsibilities of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in multiples industries and contexts are examined in depth to understand the relationships among the financial, operational, and strategic issues of the firm. Multiple perspectives on the role of the CFO are explored.

    Prerequisites: MBAA 6020  and MBAA 6070 .
  

  • MBAF 648 International Finance

    3 semester hours

    This course introduces students to international business finance and the workings of international financial markets. The principal objective of the course is for students to develop an understanding of the basic tools of financial decision-making in an international environment. Key topics of study include exchange rate determination; relationships between inflation, interest rates, and exchange rates; risk management; multinational capital budgeting; and international portfolio theory. Also listed as MBAG 648 .

    Prerequisite: MBAA 6070 .
  

  • MBAF 698 Special Studies

    1 TO 3 semester hours

    Prerequisite: As designated by the MBA Office.
  

International Business Systems (MBAG)
  

  • MBAG 620 Global Marketing Strategy

    3 semester hours

    Concepts, principles, processes, and implications relevant to gaining competitive advantage in the global marketplace are examined. Topics include analysis of the company environment, identification of the company’s competitive strategy, assessment of segments and identifying target markets, entry and expansion into the global marketplace, development of global positioning and marketing strategies, and standardization and adaptation strategies. Also listed as MBAC 620 .

    Prerequisites: MBAA 6040  and MBAA 6100 .
  

  • MBAG 637 International Management of Human Resources

    3 semester hours

    This course examines key issues and problems involved in managing human resources on a global scale. In addition to comparative analysis of traditional HRM areas such as staffing, training, performance apprasial, and compensation, special topics include expatriate preparation, repatriation, and managing an international and culturally diverse workforce. Also listed as MBAE 637 .

    Prerequisites: MBAA 6010  and MBAA 6100 .
  

  • MBAG 640 Global Strategy

    3 semester hours

    The formulation and implementation of business and corporate strategies for worldwide operations in the increasing global economy, as opposed to those of purely domestic firms or firms marginally involved in international activities, is examined. The most recently developed approaches and concepts are discussed and applied through the use of extensive international case studies and current readings.

    Prerequisites: MBAA 6010  and MBAA 6100 .
  

  • MBAG 641 International Management

    3 semester hours

    Differences in political, economic, and socio-cultural environments around the world challenge managers with opportunities and risks. The primary objective of the course is to help the students achieve understanding of the international business environment and evaluate the agenda facing managers operating in international business contexts.

    Prerequisites: MBAA 6010  and MBAA 6100 .
  

  • MBAG 646 International Entrepreneurship

    3 semester hours

    This course focuses on international small business venture initiation process and seeks to develop your knowledge and skills in three key components of international entrepreneurship: initiating entrepreneurial venture, managing basic international business transactions, and dealing in multicultural business environments. Also listed as MBAH 646 .

    Prerequisites: MBAA 6010 , MBAA 6040 , MBAA 6070 , and MBAA 6100 .
  

  • MBAG 647 International Marketing

    3 semester hours

    This course will examine marketing management and planning factors and techniques required for success in a global environment. Students will develop an appreciation for the external forces which shape the international marketer’s decisions and will study strategic decision-making used by international firms as they enter and adapt to new cultures and nations. Also listed as MBAC 647 .

    Prerequisites: MBAA 6040  and MBAA 6100 .
  

  • MBAG 648 International Finance

    3 semester hours

    This course introduces students to international business finance and the workings of international financial markets. The principal objective of the course is for students to develop an understanding of the basic tools of financial decision-making in an international environment. Key topics of study include exchange rate determination; relationships between inflation, interest rates, and exchange rates; risk management; multinational capital budgeting; and international portfolio theory. Also listed as MBAF 648 .

    Prerequisites: MBAA 6070  and MBAA 6100 .
  

  • MBAG 676 The European Union

    3 semester hours

    This course will examine the European Union as both a major part of the global marketplace and an institutional policymaking body whose decisions impact both the marketplace and the practice of management. Political, economic, cultural, and historical impacts on EU policy formulation and on doing business there are highlighted and contrasted with other regions where appropriate. Corporate briefings highlighting current issues facing various companies are included. Finally, the course addresses the major EU issues of the day.

    Prerequisite: MBAA 6100 . 
  

  • MBAG 698 Special Studies

    1 TO 3 semester hours

    Prerequisite: As designated by the MBA Office.
  

  • MBAG 699 Independent Studies

    1 TO 3 semester hours

    Prerequisites: MBAE 601  and MBAA 603 .

Entrepreneurial Organizations (MBAH)
  

  • MBAH 611 New Venture Creation

    3 semester hours

    Sources of entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial opportunities are explored. Steps in starting a new venture, preparation of a business plan for this venture.

    Prerequisites: MBAA 6010 , MBAA 6040 , and MBAA 6070 .
  

  • MBAH 613 Performance Management

    3 semester hours

    Key principles, methods, and techniques are presented for enhancing employee productivity through performance problem analysis, work design, coaching, training and skill development, performance appraisal system design and implementation, employee correction and discipline, interpersonal communication skills, team development and management, empowerment, and other formal and informal performance management systems. Includes Human Resource performance management issues and methods appropriate for the small- and medium-sized enterprise. Critical legal aspects of performance management are also covered. Also listed as MBAE 613 .

    Prerequisite: MBAA 6010 .
  

  • MBAH 616 Creativity and Innovation Management

    3 semester hours

    A study of models and methods of creativity and creativity management through which the creative process can be encouraged and increased for enhanced organizational effectiveness through sound management techniques.
  

  • MBAH 617 Small Business Management and Law

    3 semester hours

    This course focuses on the structure of law as it applies generally to syndications, franchises and business opportunities; legal representation benefits to business opportunities; insurance and risk management, worker’s compensation, health benefits; legal analytical skills to achieve business goals; and, the interface of business opportunities, government and regulatory agencies, wage and hour laws, architectural requirements, E.E.O.C. and disability compliance rules.

    Prerequisites: MBAE 601  and MBAA 6010 .
  

  • MBAH 618 Entrepreneurial and Small Business Marketing

    3 semester hours

    Traditional marketing approaches often assume large budget, well-organized management structures, available information and power in the marketplace. Small and entrepreneurial business now constitutes a critical sector of the global economy, and the unique needs of such enterprises must be addressed. This course examines how marketers in emergent firms may challenge major competitors through the use of niche strategies, guerrilla techniques, and general creativity.

    Prerequisite: MBAA 6040 .
  

  • MBAH 619 Business Incubation

    3 semester hours

    In this course, students will develop first-hand experience in starting, planning, running, and growing one or more new (or relatively new) venture(s). Each startup will set clear (though often fluid) goals and milestones and will work diligently to achieve them by the end of the course. The course will include a limited number of lectures, team discussions, and individual coaching by the instructor and other advisors.

    Prerequisite: MBAA 6010 .
  

  • MBAH 620 Entrepreneurial Finance

    3 semester hours

    Financing issues and options from the vantage points both of the entrepreneur and the investor are examined to develop an appreciation of the critical role financing plays in new venture creation and the successful growth of emerging companies. The course addresses the evaluation of the potential (market and financial) of new (small, high growth) ventures from the perspective of both investor and entrepreneur. The source of value in new and growing companies (e.g., technology, team, etc.) and the financing options for companies of various types and stages are addressed as well as the development of plans for raising needed capital. Also listed as MBAF 620 .

    Prerequisite: MBAA 6070 .
  

  • MBAH 622 Management Consulting

    3 semester hours

    This course examines the process of consulting to management, which involves providing expert knowledge, resources, and skills to assist managerial decision-making and enhance organizational performance. This course considers various different models within the professional consulting services industry to assist students in considering possible options for future career planning. Students working in teams also gain direct experience with an actual client organization in the full cycle of a consulting project, from project formulation and engagement through implementation and evaluation.

    Prerequisite: MBAA 6010 .
  

  • MBAH 624 Mergers and Acquisitions

    3 semester hours

    A capstone MBA entrepreneurial experience that looks at mergers, acquisitions, long-term capital investments, levered buyouts, and divestitures. Major management decisions attempting to exploit economic and market opportunities are investigated in regard to their impact upon shareholder wealth. Also listed as MBAF 624 .

    Prerequisite: MBAA 6070 .
  

  • MBAH 625 Real Estate Investments and Entrepreneurships

    3 semester hours

    An entrepreneurial approach to real estate investment built around financial modeling, market area supply and demand analysis, risk analysis, mortgage alternatives, and taxation impacts. Merits of real property investment options and strategies are presented in a “real world” context. Also listed as MBAF 625 .

    Prerequisite: MBAA 6070 .
  

  • MBAH 630 Strategies for Technology Ventures

    3 semester hours

    This course explores emerging trends and opportunities arising from innovations in science and technology and examines strategies that ventures utilize to exploit them. This course is designed to be approachable for all graduate students regardless of backgrounds and will be highly relevant for those interested in careers in management, marketing, and financing of technology. Through a collection of case studies, lectures, guest speakers, and projects that cover high-growth ventures, the student will gain an understanding of the basic opportunities and challenges around some of the most promising technologies. The purpose of the course is to offer the student the tools necessary to successfully identify a true business opportunity and to start, grow, and maintain a technology enterprise.
  

  • MBAH 646 International Entrepreneurship

    3 semester hours

    This course focuses on international small business venture initiation process and seeks to develop your knowledge and skills in three key components of international entrepreneurship: initiating entrepreneurial venture, managing basic international business transactions, and dealing in multicultural business environments. Also listed as MBAG 646 .

    Prerequisites: MBAA 6010 , MBAA 6040 , and MBAA 6070 .
  

  • MBAH 650 Social Entrepreneurship

    3 semester hours

    This course is an introduction to the field of social entrepreneurship–the process of using an entrepreneurial mindset and business skills to create innovative approaches to addressing societal problems. Various concepts and examples of social entrepreneurship (both not-for-profit and for-profit models) are examined through theoretical discussion and case studies. Students will explore their own solutions to a social problem of their choice.

    This course satisfies the Business and Society requirement.

    Prerequisite: MBAA 6010 .
  

  • MBAH 673 New Product Design and Development

    3 semester hours

    This course is a team-taught course (professors from Engineering and MBA) that is cross-listed with MECH 653 /SELP 673 . The course includes both individual projects and assignments and a team project to create a new product, develop a prototype, and then develop a business plan for bringing the product to market. Each team will involve engineers and MBA students. In the past, the course has created outstanding results, including projects that are actually being taken to market. Teams have competed in international New Venture Competitions representing LMU.

    Prerequisites: MBAA 6040  and MBAA 6070 .
  

  • MBAH 680 Building an eCommerce Business in a Semester

    3 semester hours

    Using a practitioner’s approach combined with the exposure to necessary knowledge of eBusiness management, strategy, technology, and operations, this course examines how to build a successful eBusiness including a functional eBusiness website. The focus is primarily on the knowledge needed to build a consumer centric eBusiness (B2C). Also listed as MBAC 680  and MBAD 680 .

    Prerequisites: MBAA 6040  and MBAA 6090 .
  

  • MBAH 698 Special Studies

    1 TO 3 semester hours

    Prerequisite: As designated by the MBA Office.
  

  • MBAH 699 Independent Studies

    1 TO 3 semester hours

    Prerequisites: MBAE 601  and MBAA 603 .

Integrative Experience (MBAI)
  

  • MBAI 611 Seminar in Business and Capitalism

    3 semester hours

    Business and Capitalism is an historical analysis of systems of economic and political thought, examined from the perspective of the practice of business. In particular, the roles of capitalism, socialism, and numerous other economic systems will be explored in detail, as well as the manners by which the parameters of business and commerce are shaped and constrained within each of these systems. Students will be encouraged to examine and refine their own values and beliefs as they relate to these systems, and to their own future careers in business. MBA students only.

    Prerequisites: MBAA 601-609 or MBAA 6010-6090.
  

  • MBAI 688 CMS Preparation - Fall

    0 semester hours

    This noncredit class is required for CMS activities and mandatory for those planning to participate in the CMS class departing in May. Students will register for this class as they would for any Fall semester course. No tuition is paid at the time of registration, but rather a CMS travel deposit is required. The class will meet one Saturday per month. The schedule will be posted outside the MBA Office.
  

  • MBAI 689 CMS Preparation - Spring

    0 semester hours

    This noncredit class is equivalent to MBAI 688 , but takes place in the Spring. Students will pay the remaining travel costs required for the CMS trip to be determined by the MBA Office. The balance will be due upon registration.

    Prerequisite: MBAI 688 .
  

  • MBAI 690 International Regional Strategies: Cultural and Industrial

    3 semester hours

    Class sessions held over each month emphasize tools of analysis and comparison, international strategy, regional studies and the industry that has been selected for the year’s focus. Individual papers are written on cultural aspects of the international region to be visited and on the group process to date. Group papers are written on the industry, and group presentations are given on visits to representative local firms visited by each group.

    Prerequisites: Completion of the core plus MBAI 688  and MBAI 689  or completion of the new core (MBAA 6010-6100) plus MBAI 688  and MBAI 689 .
  

  • MBAI 691 Comparative Management Systems (CMS)

    3 semester hours

    The CMS course commences immediately at the conclusion of MBAI 690 . Students continue with the same groups to visit business firms in a number of different countries. Their preparation in the previous course provides them a significant degree of industry and cultural awareness.

    The duration of the trip is targeted for about two weeks. En route, the student groups conduct pre-arranged visits to firms in the designated industry and meet with executives who manage their group’s functional area. After each visit, the groups make informal presentations to the rest of the class integrating information gleaned from the visit with that from previous visits. Additional visits with relevant government and industry organizations are included for overall learning enrichment.

    At the conclusion of the course, each student submits a final analysis of his/her group. Sub groups write papers on topics of interest and present them to their peers in an academic conference.

    Although students may have only one integrative course sequence in their MBA program, it is possible for students to participate a second time in the CMS experience on a directed study elective (MBAG 698 ) basis.

    Prerequisite: MBAI 690 .
  

  • MBAI 692 Integrative Project

    3 semester hours

    This course provides an opportunity for the student to integrate three fields of study in solving on-the-job problems or by doing primary research. An intensive original research study within one field may also be acceptable. Admission requires approval of the Integrative Project Coordinator. The student works independently with the Integrative Project Coordinator in completing the project. Each project is an effort that is unique to the student and his/her field of study and provides a definite state of the art advancement.

    Prerequisite: MBAI 690 .
  

  • MBAI 697 Internship Experience

    0 semester hours

    This zero-semester-hour Credit/No Credit course will assist students in attaining practical experience relevant to the student’s area of emphasis. Course is repeatable.
  

  • MBAI 698 Special Studies

    0 TO 3 semester hours

  

  • MBAI 699 Independent Studies

    0 TO 3 semester hours


Executive MBA Program (MBAP)
  

  • MBAP 6110 Financial Accounting

    2 semester hours

    This course introduces the role of accounting in business and society, the basic concepts and techniques of financial accounting, and use of financial statements for decision-making purposes.
  

  • MBAP 6120 Managerial Accounting

    2 semester hours

    This course presents the nature, techniques, and uses of accounting from a manager’s perspective. Topics include interpreting quality of earnings, alternative accounting measurement techniques, and operational decision making.
  

  • MBAP 6210 Fundamentals of Finance

    2 semester hours

    This course establishes the fundamentals of financial analysis, including analyzing financial statements and financial ratios, time value of money and present value, valuing financial securities, risk and return, and long-term capital budgeting.
  

  • MBAP 6220 Corporate Finance and Capital Markets

    2 semester hours

    This course reviews and builds on the finance materials covered in MBAP 6210 Fundamentals of Finance , including applying capital budgeting techniques to capital investment decisions, exploring capital structure and distribution policies, examining the structure of, and participants in, financial markets, and discussing the raising of capital in those markets.
  

  • MBAP 6230 Financing Expansion and Resolving Growth Issues

    1.5 semester hours

    This course builds upon the material introduced in MBAP 6220 Corporate Finance and Capital Markets . This course integrates with the international expansion project and covers topics such as mergers and acquisitions, planning and forecasting for corporate growth and expansion, executive compensation, and real options.
  

  • MBAP 6310 Business Insights

    2 semester hours

    This course is designed to facilitate students in becoming judicious users of data in strategic management. The course integrates cases and a simulation aimed at developing competencies critical to data-based managerial decisions. Students will learn to identify information needs–what information, data, and analyses would be needed–in order to ensure more effectual decisions. Special emphasis will be placed on improving students’ skills in interpreting research findings and other data, and deploying such information to craft recommendations and decisions.
  

  • MBAP 6320 Big Data, Analytics, and Organizational Decision-Making

    1 semester hours

    This course builds on the MBAP 6310 Business Insights  course. It examines how companies can utilize regular data and Big Data with Business Analytics to support organizational decision-making. Students learn about the role of Big Data in organizational decision-making, examine the types of traditional and Big Data architecture needed to create analytics-ready data that can be used for decision-making process; and learn how to apply analytics to inform better decisions.
  

  • MBAP 6330 Applied Business Economics

    1 semester hours

    This course applied economic concepts and tools to solve contemporary, real-world business problems. Includes economic terminology, issues and methods, determinants of supply and demand, elasticity concepts, understanding the economics of the firm, and characteristics of alternative market structures.
  

  • MBAP 6340 Applied Macro Economics

    1 semester hours

    Explores how aggregate production and spending interact within free markets in the context of the global economy, including understanding how government policies, including monetary, fiscal, and regulatory policies, help shape the environment in which companies compete.
  

  • MBAP 6410 Marketing Management

    2.5 semester hours

    This course is to introduce students to a basic understanding of marketing’s role in accomplishing an organization’s mission. Students will learn the basic concepts of marketing, including segmentation, targeting, differentiation, positioning, buyer behavior, and the elements of the marketing mix–product, pricing, placement, and promotion (4Ps).
  

  • MBAP 6420 Strategic Marketing

    3 semester hours

    This course builds upon the marketing concepts and processes explored in MBAP 6410 Marketing Management  and further introduces the philosophy and practices of strategic marketing. Students will learn a variety of marketing tools available to the firm and how to utilize individual marketing tools to create and implement sustainable marketing strategies and marketing activities.
  

  • MBAP 6510 Executive Communications I

    1 semester hours

    This course includes basic elements of corporate communication strategy with an emphasis on writing, presenting, and listening.
  

  • MBAP 6520 Executive Communications II

    1 semester hours

    Emphasizes developing and delivering effective presentations.
  

  • MBAP 6530 Negotiations

    1 semester hours

    In this course students learn how to negotiate effectively in cross-cultural contexts that impact business. Students are exposed to negotiation processes and will have opportunities of applying theoretical knowledge in negotiation simulations.
  

  • MBAP 6610 Human Capital Management

    2.5 semester hours

    Introduces students to key human capital management concepts and tools for managing individual and organizational performance. Includes human capital and organizational performance; HR strategy development and planning; HR “best practices”; establishing, evaluating, and rewarding performance; high performance management practices; recruitment/retention of superior staff; knowledge management; and work design.
  

  • MBAP 6650 Management and the Technological Future

    1 semester hours

    The course focuses on technology, which is ubiquitous in management of the modern business. How technology develops and changes, technology management, and the implications for the firm of new technologies are addressed. It also examines key technologies likely to impact the future of the modern firm.
  

  • MBAP 6670 Strategic Management

    2.5 semester hours

    This course addresses macro-level issues and how they impact the long-term direction of the firm. External forces (globalization, economic trends, technology trends, political and legal environment, and market trends) are analyzed and evaluated to determine strategies that will lead to and sustain a competitive advantage for the firm.
  

  • MBAP 6710 Strategic Opportunity Assessment

    .25 TO 1.25 semester hours

    This skill application project involves the identification and evaluation of an international business opportunity. A major report and presentation integrate module concepts into a supportable recommendation for board-level decision.
  

  • MBAP 6720 Strategic Opportunity Implementation

    3 semester hours

    This skill application project is a comprehensive implementation plan for the business opportunity identified and evaluated in the Module 3 skill application project.
  

  • MBAP 6730 International Negotiations

    .5 semester hours

    In this course students learn how to negotiate effectively in cross-cultural contexts that impact business. Students are exposed to negotiation processes and will have opportunities of applying theoretical knowledge in negotiation simulations.
  

  • MBAP 6750 Business in the International Environment I

    2 semester hours

    Helps students understand the intricacy of the global political economy by understanding the issues involving international trade and investment for multinational corporations.
  

  • MBAP 6760 Business in the International Environment II

    1.5 semester hours

    This course supplements MBAP 6720 Strategic Opportunity Implementation . Students draw on the international field trip’s lectures, site visits, presentations, and cultural experiences to gain insights and key “lessons learned” regarding the unique issues, challenges, and potential benefits of conducting business in an international setting. The course includes identifying and assessing major trends (e.g., economic, political, cultural) impacting a U.S. firm seeking to conduct business in a foreign setting and applying the insights gained from their international field trip experience to their own respective individual work environments.
  

  • MBAP 6810 Introduction to Executive Leadership

    2.5 semester hours

    The program begins with a four-day residential retreat where students set learning goals, form study teams, and engage in a variety of workshops and team-building exercises. A workshop specifically designed for students and their spouses/significant others addresses the importance of achieving balance between family, work, and school, and introduces the Spouse/Partner Support Program.
  

  • MBAP 6820 Leadership Foundations

    2 semester hours

    Addresses what it means to be a leader in the 21st century. Focuses on three areas related to leadership: the key framework that defines a leader; the key issues a leader encounters in daily work, such as managing people, professional growth planning, and providing feedback and coaching; and the context within which the leader operates, including organizational change, climate and culture, and organizational power and politics.
  

  • MBAP 6830 Executive Leadership

    1.5 semester hours

    This course provides the perspective of senior managers and what and what they must do to successfully lead a firm in the 21st century. The course work emphasizes alignment of strategy into action, change management, ethical decisions, and the role of the CEO as figurehead of the firm. Leadership concepts are compared across different industry and organizational settings. A major objective of the course is to “tie together” the leadership threads in the program by integrating leadership concepts learned with one’s own personal leadership development experiences.
  

  • MBAP 6840 Professional Development

    .5 TO 1.5 semester hours

    Provides the tools, guidance, and professional support for developing a well thought-out plan for professional growth. It effectively lets students apply the tools of analysis used in business to develop a professional growth plan.
  

  • MBAP 6850 Ethics and Spirituality in the Workplace

    .5 semester hours

    Effective business leadership requires a commitment to personal leadership development and formation in order to fully realize one’s personal goals and maximize the value of the organization and the contribution it makes to stakeholders and society at large. This approach defines valuation in its broadest sense and links one’s development as a principle-based leader to how an organization identifies and implements core values within the enterprise.

    Credit/No Credit grading.
  

  • MBAP 6880 Leadership Practicum

    1 semester hours

    This course provides a forum for applying and strengthening leadership and team building skills. Through classroom and experiential learning activities, students will gain insight into their own leadership style and use it more effectively.
  

  • MBAP 6910 Managing Innovation

    3 semester hours

    This course introduces students to the innovation process within organizations. It examines the leadership, management, organizational, and cultural factors that either facilitate or inhibit innovation in organizations, whether it be in systems for new product development, services, operations, management, or administration. Students will research leading companies to identify and understand factors critical for their ability to sustain innovation. Upon completion of the course, students will gain an understanding of how innovation can contribute to a firm’s strategy for sustaining competitive advantage.
  

  • MBAP 6920 Field Study: Innovation in Practice

    2 semester hours

    This course supplements the Managing Innovation course (MBAP 6910 ). The main component of the course is a domestic field trip to leading companies to study how their leadership, management, organizational, and cultural factors contribute to sustaining innovation in their respective organizations.
  

  • MBAP 6950 New Venture Start Up

    3 semester hours

    This course introduces entrepreneurship as an integral part of our economy at the local, regional, national and global levels. Students will gain knowledge and skills that will enable successful entrepreneurial careers in both small and large organizations, and students will learn the application steps in starting a new venture and preparing a business plan for this venture.
  

  • MBAP 6970 Field Consulting Project

    1 TO 4 semester hours

    In this course, student teams conduct an in-depth study of an actual business, usually a small disadvantaged or non-profit enterprise. Acting as consultants to the enterprise, students apply concepts learned in the classroom to actual business situations, and their recommendations and solutions carry real consequences. Students gain a framework for managing a consulting project and practice the art of quickly turning complex information into effective oral and written presentations.
  

  • MBAP 6998 Special Studies

    1 TO 4 semester hours

  

  • MBAP 6999 Independent Studies

    1 TO 4 semester hours


MBA Residential and Workshops (MBAW)
  

  • MBAW 6303 Workshop: Ethical Decisions

    .5 semester hours

    Focuses on the relationship between business and society with a specific focus on developing an understanding and appreciation of the ethical issues that arise in management decision-making and the impact of the actions of businesses on stakeholders and the larger society.

    Credit/No Credit grading.
 

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