 Executive MBA Program (Online) Course of Study
**Sequence of courses subject to change
Fall 1:
MBAX 5200. Business Research Methods. 3. Provides methods and applications of business research. Quantitative data analysis and interpretation. SPSS is the primary software applied in this course.
MBAX 5235 . Marketing Analysis. 3. Understanding market orientation and the strategic marketing process is this course's goal. Uses various tools and secondary data sources to assess current market opportunities/threats. Discusses customer targeting and relationship development, as well as strategic issues of branding, integrated marketing communications, product management, pricing, and distribution in various business exchanges.
Term Total 6 hours
Spring 1:
MBAX 5510. Financial Management. 3. Studies of environmental influences on corporate financial decision-making and measurement devices useful in corporate financial management.
MBAX 5320. Operational Budgeting & Financial Statement. 3. Overview of basic concepts for operational/financial planning/budgeting. Financial statements and analytical techniques help determine a firm's strengths/weaknesses. Concerned with the coordination of business activities strategic objectives. Topics: performance models, balanced scorecard reporting, concepts in efficiency and effectiveness, and financial/non-financial performance measures.
Term Total 6 hours
Summer 1:
MBAX 5300. Seminar In Human Resource Management. 3. Introduces students to a wide range of human resources (HR), organizational behavior, and organizational design issues. Topics include designing organizations, the use of teams in organizational design, job design, and managing in a technology-driven environment. Leadership basics and supervision and the usage of electronic learning tools to demonstrate technology that is transforming HR.
Term Total 3 hours
Fall 2:
MBAX 5400. Enterprise Information Systems. 3. Employs various formats to examine the relationship between an organization's resources, events, and agents to create databases that form the centerpiece of ERP systems. Topics include enterprise system integration, representation, and patterns; value system and value chain modeling; information retrieval implementation, and controls.
MBAX 5225. Decision Sciences for Managers. 3. Students study selected computer-based models for solving problems in the areas of operations, finance and marketing. Tools include mathematical programming, Monte Carlo simulation and project management networks. The class is based on Excel and its tools and covers some of the models necessary to develop and manage successful supply chains.
Term Total 6 hours
Spring 2:
MBAX 5151. New Ventures. 3. Explores and evaluates various intrapreneurial and entrepreneurial opportunities, including business plans. Also considers the dynamic business environment characterized by technology diversity and global enterprise. Students will analyze a business opportunity and make a presentation to potential investors.
First 8 Weeks
MBAX 5330. The Global Business Environment. 1.5. Introduction to global macroeconomics and the environment in which global business takes place. The course focuses on interest and exchange rates; business cycles; fiscal and monetary policy; budget and trade balances; international organizations central to the functioning of the global economy; and global legal and ethical issues.
Second 8 Weeks
MBAX 5331. International Business in Practice. 1.5. This course introduces students to various aspects of international business. Areas covered include international business activity and theory, international organizations and the effects of culture on the customer and organizational environments, product and information flows management for demand creation and fulfillment, ethical issues, and a variety of international business functions.
Term Total 6 hours
Summer 2:
MBAX 5345. Strategic Management in Dynamic Environments. 3. Helps students develop the skills for formulating and implementing business-level, corporate, and global strategies in dynamic environments. Students will master analytical and integrative tools to perform in-depth analyses of industries, firms, and competitors, predict competitive behavior, and develop and implement strategies to achieve and sustain competitive advantage.
Term Total 3 hours
Program Total 30 hoursLast Updated on 5/29/2008 12:00:32 PM | 
