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An integrated management practicum which integrates knowledge and skills learned in the M.B.A. program. The practicum includes a professional report, practical research, or academic research under the guidance of a College of Business graduate faculty committee. For further information students should consult the document "Guidance for Graduate Master of Business Practicum." It must be taken during the student's final semester.

Organized classes to explore specialized problems in an area of business administration. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. May be offered for 1, 2, or 3 semester hours of credit ("V").

Communication theory, techniques, and negotiation skills are surveyed. Particular attention is paid to communications as they apply to organizations.

A study of management functions and human behavior in business organizations, including the change process.

This course presents the entrepreneurial process of establishing a new enterprise, including idea generation, identifying opportunities, and converting concepts into successful businesses. Issues with developing profit and non-profit organizations will be addressed.

Ethical issues of business decisions and actions will be examined from a Christian perspective. Theories of leadership and leadership behavior will be studied. Students' leadership styles and skills will be assessed to aid their development.

A review of critical issues in global economies. Topics include the unique problems and opportunities facing multi-national firms, the various environments of international business, and the management of international operations. This course is offered as an International Trip each summer.

A study of selected internal legal constraints imposed on businesses by contractual relationships, by statutes governing the sale and purchase of goods, and by rights and duties imposed in debtor-creditor relationships; selected external legal constraints imposed on businesses by actual and potential tort liabilities, and by government regulations; the various means and procedures for resolving legal disputes in business matters.

This course focuses on understanding and applying appropriate economic and financial strategies within organizations, from a global perspective. Topics include the decision to invest abroad, forecasting exchange rates and managing exchange risk, and international portfolio diversification. Prerequisites: BECO 2311, BECO 2312, BFIN 3311.

 Organized classes to explore specialized problems in an area of business administration. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. May be offered for 1, 2, or 3 semester hours of credit ("V").

This course surveys the current literature in information systems. It serves as an introduction to research methods, design and proposal writing.

A study of the design of an organization’s structure and business processes with a primary focus on applying the concepts and techniques of business process analysis.  Students will learn and apply the techniques of lean and six-sigma to improve the business processes of an organization.  Workflow management, process management and modeling notation will be covered.  Methods of introducing and implementing information technologies to enable process management and organizational change are examined.  Appropriate software will be used to aid students in business process analysis.

Organized classes to explore specialized problems in an area of business administration. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. May be offered for 1, 2, or 3 semester hours of credit ("V").