Master of Business Administration

Students receive a thorough introduction to core economic concepts relevant to managers. Throughout this course, students will apply the course material to analyze two companies/industries, describe and graph basic economic concepts, apply topics in economics to business management, and solve economic problems using graphs, math, verbal explanations, and Excel.

The analysis, development, interpretation, and use of accounting information by managers in directing the operations of organizations. Students develop an appreciation of how accounting works, and assists management in making decisions and exercising control in situations requiring the utilization of scarce resources.

Enhance and extend your understanding of the principles of corporate finance. Financial decision-making processes are addressed with an emphasis on value.

Discuss statistics, economics, and psychology concepts fundamental to the analysis of judgment and decision-making. The focus will be on the development of skills that contribute to a better understanding of judgment under uncertainty, riskless decision-making, and risky decision-making. Some of the topics discussed in this course are probability theory, Bayesian analysis, statistical fallacies, psychological biases associated with quantitative reasoning, basics of microeconomic theory, basics of game theory, behavioral economics, and signaling

Strategic marketing issues and opportunities impact the marketing process and program. Decisions will consider environmental variables as well as internal elements of an organization.

Students approach the field of organizational leadership as an attempt to describe, predict, explain, and influence behavior in the workplace. The interest of the course will include behavior at the individual, group, and organizational levels of analysis by relying on research from various social science disciplines to guide our descriptions, predictions, explanations, and attempts to influence behavior. The ultimate goal of the course is to improve individual, group, and organizational functioning.

A general overview of how information technology can be used within the firm. Emphasizes information flows within an organization and examines IT Infrastructure, IT Policies, IT Procedures, and general management issues surrounding and supporting MIS. Integrative case studies are used to provide examples of IT solutions and challenge students to examine alternatives and fully understand and apply crucial concepts associated with IT in a networked environment.

As a graduate capstone course, this course integrates and synthesizes content across disciplines. The course's primary focus is to identify, analyze, and apply strategic management concepts to understand how organizations can develop and maintain a competitive advantage. Lectures and textbook content will help clarify and define the tools, frameworks, and strategies leveraged by firms, and the simulation will offer students the opportunity to implement these strategies in a simulated competitive environment. These concepts and tools can be used to guide strategic decision-making at the individual, business, and corporate levels.