MBA

BUS

500A

FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING

Three credit hours

This course develops a working knowledge of the basic accounting system. The primary focus is on financial accounting by the business entity. Students learn to read and understand the four standard financial reports: the balance sheet, income statement, statement of cash flows, and statement of retained earnings with emphasis on their implications for management.

BUS

500Q

QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS

Three credit hours

A course for individuals who have a limited background in computer skills and algebraic techniques. Students are exposed to statistical models and applications for quantitative methods in modern management.

 
ELECTIVE SEMINARS

Elective seminars will be offered during a three-week term in the Fall and Spring semesters. These seminars will cover topics of current interest or provide in-depth coverage of selected topics from the core courses. The majority of the seminars will be assigned one semester hour of credit and will meet for three hours and ten minutes one night per week for a three-week period. Seminars will occasionally be given greater credit because of required travel, more class-time, or extensive out-of-class assignments. Seminars will not be offered during the summer.

Core Course Descriptions

A logical progressive sequence is followed in the course offerings. Because of the general systems approach, it is necessary for the student to follow the sequence as outlined. Students may not go out of sequence or take more than two evening courses in any semester without the approval of the director of the MBA program. Required courses are three credit hours each, and the sequence of presentation is as follows:

BUS

501

SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT & ORGANIZATIONAL THEORY

Three credit hours

This course focuses on general systems concepts and the systems management approach to organizations. Students acquire a greater understanding of the interdependence of and interrelationships between elements of a system and its environment. Selected organizational and managerial issues or problems are diagnosed from a system and organizational theory perspective, and solutions are developed that reflect a systemic outlook. Opportunities are provided for applying systems thinking to the students own career or work situation.

BUS

509

ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR

Three credit hours

This course provides an analysis of behavioral science approaches to organizations stressing the implications of theoretical concepts on managerial practice. Topics include functions and dysfunctions of bureaucracy, individual needs and organization requirements, group processes, and organizations as systems. Basic concepts used to study special topics are conflict management, leadership, communications, and organizational change and development.

BUS

524

MANAGEMENT SCIENCE/COMPUTER MODELS

Three credit hours

This course expands the general managers knowledge of the computer models necessary to deal with the complex relationships making up an integrated system. Linear regression, forecasting/time series, linear programming, simulation, and probabilistic decision models are studied. The emphasis is on the description of common management problems in terms of these models, the solution of such models, and the analysis of the results for making decisions from a systems perspective.

BUS

545

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

Three credit hours

Working capital management, investment decisions, cost of capital, and long-term financial decisions are the focus of this course. The method of presentation takes account of theory, application, and integration into the general systems approach.

BUS

548

ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE MANAGEMENT

Three credit hours

This course is a study of accounting information for managerial decision-making. Emphasis is on cost accounting applied to management models including product pricing, job-order costing, cost-volume-profit analysis, profit planning, and budgets.

BUS

551

MARKETING AND MARKETING INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Three credit hours

This course focuses on problems of the marketing manager in the measurement of marketing opportunities and the allocation of marketing resources. A variety of strategic and tactical subjects with which marketing management must deal to maintain effective marketing operations are developed in this class. Examples include the marketing concept, buyer behavior, product decisions, promotional decisions, pricing policy, channel management, and building an MIS program. Emphasis is on problems confronting managers and analysis techniques using computers and information systems.

BUS

581

MACROECONOMICS FOR MANAGEMENT

Three credit hours

This course helps participants develop skill in understanding the operation of the United States economy, anticipating the impacts to government policies and other influences on the economy, and understanding the influence of the economy on the individual firm.

BUS

600

POWER, ETHICS, AND SOCIETY

Three credit hours

This course examines the social, ethical, and leadership responsibilities of systems managers in relation to the stakeholders affected by managerial decisions-especially customers, the work force, shareholders, and society (including government). Students examine the acquisition and use of power inside and outside the organization through contemporary cases.

BUS

624

OPERATIONS ANALYSIS

Three credit hours

This course deals with production and operational subsystems from the perspective of general and operations management. Operations analysis tools and methodology are presented in detail to assist in designing, planning, and controlling manufacturing and service operations. This course includes analysis and application of statistical quality control, PERT/CPM, inventory control, MRP, Monte Carlo simulations, as well as models developed in BUS 524.

BUS

625

MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS & INTERNATIONAL TRADE

Three credit hours

This course provides a systematic presentation of the multinational enterprise as the dominant privately owned institution in international trade and investment. Political and economic dimensions of international trade as related to the multinational enterprise are considered. The course is presented in three parts: theory, policy, and enterprise.

BUS

632

INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR MANAGEMENT

Three credit hours

This course establishes a basic understanding for developing management information systems that provide reliable and valid information for managers of diverse functions. In addition, the course includes computer- and non-computer-based case histories. A review of corporate structure in a traditional organization and the impact of the design of information systems on the corporate structure and its subsystems are the main thrust of this course.

BUS

670

MANAGEMENT POLICY & SYSTEMS ANALYSIS

Three credit hours

This course provides students with the opportunity to solve complex top management problems by integrating the theoretical and practical knowledge acquired in previous courses.