Executive Master in Business Administration - Operational Effectiveness
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BUS 7450 | Strategic Marketing (3 Credits)
Covers the identification and selection of marketing opportunities, target markets and design, and implementation and evaluation of marketing programs. Cross-listed with BUS 5745.
BUS 7681 | Project Management (3 Credits)
Examines project management principles, methods and tools for planning and organizing and controlling non-routine activities. Develop skills needed to plan and execute projects to meet schedule, budget and performance objectives.
BUS 7683 | Logistics/Production and Operations Management (3 Credits)
Course focuses on the role of logistics and operations management in organizational performance. Topics include capacity planning, inventory management, logistics management, production planning and control, resource allocation, and total quality.
BUS 7700 | Management of Information Systems (3 Credits)
Examines the use of computer information systems in business organizations with emphasis on how information technology supports business functions and aids managerial decision-making. Explores current trends and emerging technologies. Cross-listed with BUS 5770.
BUS 7713 | Quality Systems (3 Credits)
Introduction to quality management concepts and their use in enhancing organizational performance and profitability. Topics include history of the quality movement, application in key economic sections, philosophical perspectives of major quality leaders, contemporary quality issues in services and manufacturing, guidance in organizational decision-making, and various well-known approaches and associated statistical tools.
HRC 7711 | Organizational Change Theory/Strategy (3 Credits)
Examines strategic interventions to change organizations from planning through implementation and assessment and theoretical models for change including organization development and total quality management.
Executive Master in Business Administration Classes
EMBA Prerequisites
A prospective EMBA student who has not satisfied the preparatory course requirements should take at least one undergraduate accounting course and one economics course with a minimum letter grade of “C” for each, or complete the MBA Math course. The prerequisite course(s) must be completed prior to enrolling in BUS 7500 Managerial Economics and BUS 7800 Management Accounting. Note that BUS 7500 and BUS 7800 are also prerequisite courses for the BUS 7600 Managerial Finance course. Your Student Services Advisor will advise you about how to enroll in the MBA Math course should you require it.
Core Courses
BUS 7000 | Organizational Behavior and Theory (3 Credits)
Examines human behavior as it impacts the work organization. Includes theoretical foundations of motivation, group dynamics,leadership, decision-making, satisfaction and performance. Cross-listed with HRC 7611 and BUS 5700.
BUS 7200 | Value Systems & Professional Ethics (3 Credits)
Studying personal and corporate value systems and decision making. Investigation of personal beliefs, purposes and attitudes, and their effects on self and others. Examines the ethical dimensions of organizational structures and practices. Cross-listed with HRF 7001 and BUS 5720.
BUS 7500 | Managerial Economics (3 Credits)
Applying economic theory to managerial decision making. Emphasis on both quantitative and qualitative application of microeconomic principles to business analysis. Prerequisite: Students are expected to have completed undergraduate coursework in the fundamentals of economics.
BUS 7600 | Managerial Finance (3 Credits)
Applying the theories and tools used in financial decision making. Topics include present value and capital budgeting, financial analysis and forecasting, market efficiency, and capital structure. Prerequisite: Students are expected to have completed undergraduate coursework in the fundamentals of accounting and economics.
BUS 7800 | Management Accounting (3 Credits)
Explores the use and application of accounting information for planning, control and decision making. Topics include cost analysis and allocation, budgeting, and behavioral aspects of accounting systems. Prerequisite: Students are expected to have completed undergraduate coursework in accounting fundamentals.
BUS 8500 | Graduate Seminar: Business Policy and Strategy (3 Credits)
Capstone course in which participants develop a major case study of business administration issues, programs and policies in a current organization. Draws from and utilizes concepts, theories, and skills developed in previous courses. Prerequisite: Completion of all core courses in the MBA program or approval of advisor.
BUS/IT 8701/8702 | Executive Practicum(s) (0.5 Credits)
Students participate in a seminar led by a faculty member. Students are required to work a minimum of 5 hours per week in a training position related directly to their concentration. Coursework in the seminar is directly tied to the performance of activities of a regularly scheduled employee in the field of their concentration. NOTE: 12 terms of Executive Praticum courses are equivalent to 6 hours (required).
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