School of Professional Studies
M.B.A. Program Prerequisites and Required Courses
Prerequisite Courses:
BUS2010 Legal Environment of Business 3 semester hours
This course introduces students to the nature of the legal system in which society functions, including criminal law, litigation, basic business agreements, business entities and government regulation.
BUS3200 Foundations of Management 3 semester hours
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the fundamental concepts and techniques involved in managing today’s dynamic organization. A solid grounding in management is essential to successfully guiding organizations. Students will become familiar with such basic managerial practices as planning, organizing, leading and controlling in a variety of organizational settings.
BUS3300 Foundations of Marketing 3 semester hours
In this course, students will be introduced to all aspects of marketing foundations and principles with a focus on an application of meeting target customers’ needs and wants, a marketing strategic approach based on product, pricing, promotional, and place objectives, brand building, value delivery, methodology, evaluation market opportunities based on changes in environmental business forces, and analyzing marketing problems and provide solutions based on critical examination of marketing information.
ECN3300 Business Statistics or MTH2320 General Statistics 3 semester hours
Either of these courses will equip the student with the principles of descriptive and inferential statistics. Topics will include: measures of central tendency, variability, probability, standard scores, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, correlation, and regression analysis.
MBA5120 Foundations of Accounting or Financial and Management Accounting 3 semester hours
This course introduces basic financial and managerial accounting concepts from the viewpoint of the user. Emphasis is in developing critical decision-making skills through the study of problems and cases. It will also cover financial statement analysis.
MBA5140 Foundations of Economics or Microeconomics and Macroeconomics 3 semester hours
Students will be introduced to the domestic and global economies, business cycles, unemployment, and inflation. They will also be exposed to the economic decision process of firms and individuals as they attempt to maximize their relative well being.
M.B.A. Required Courses:
MBA6020 Marketing Management 3 semester hours
The primary purpose of this course is to determine how to develop marketing strategy. Students will develop a client focus and learn how to target market. They will also study product, distribution, promotion, and pricing strategies. Upon completion of this course the student will be able to conduct market-planning analysis, solve common marketing problems, develop marketing strategies, and implement introductory marketing campaigns.
Prerequisite: BUS3300.
MBA6030 Organizational Behavior and Leadership 3 semester hours
This course introduces students to an advanced treatment of the behavioral role of the leader interacting with others within the organization. It offers a critical review of leadership and human behavior, and addresses those behavioral concepts that influence such factors as group dynamics, interpersonal relations, and ultimately, organizational effectiveness.
Prerequisite: BUS3200.
MBA6140 Managerial Accounting 3 semester hours
This course will explore and have students utilize the various accounting tools, techniques, and knowledge base used by managers to make more effective decisions. This course will look at a number of aspects within the Accounting Decision-Making Framework. These aspects will include: Overview of Accounting and Financial Reporting, How Accountants Measure and Report, Managing Financial Reporting, Cost Concepts and Analysis, Product Costing and an Introduction to Cost Management, Analysis for Capital Investment Decisions, and Measurements for Management. Business decision-making will be the focus of this course and the business cases approach will be used extensively.
Prerequisites: ACC2010, ACC2020 or MBA5120.
MBA6050 Financial Management 3 semester hours
This course covers financial theory and activities connected with the organization and operations of a business. It explores the relationship between management decisions and financial results, interpretation of financial reports, the development of financial projections, the evaluation of investment decisions, the relationship between risk and return, capital budgeting under risk and uncertainty, the cost of capital, and estimation of the value of a business or a security.
Prerequisite: MBA6140.
MBA6080 Managing Information Technology 3 semester hours
This course explores information as a critical resource of any organization, what information systems are, how they affect organizations, and how they can make an enterprise more efficient/competitive. Business system concepts, ethical aspects, global information and the Internet, and current technological issues are studied.
Prerequisite: BUS3200.
MBA6100 Strategic Management I 3 semester hours
In this course, all functional disciplines are integrated together in an attempt to look at and comprehend some of the important issues in strategic management. It will concentrate on modern analytical approaches and on enduring successful strategic practices. It is consciously designed with a technological and global outlook since this orientation in many ways highlights the significant emerging trends in strategic management. The course is intended to provide students with a pragmatic approach that will guide the formulation and implementation of corporate, business and functional strategies.
Prerequisites: MBA6020, MBA6030, MBA6140, MBA6050 and MBA6080.
MBA6110 Strategic Management II 3 semester hours
This course is intended to be an extension of MBA6100 Strategic Management I, with the purpose of allowing students to experience an in-depth application of the concepts and frameworks of strategic management. In the course the framework of marketing, operations, technology, and human resource strategies are presented and students will perform a strategic audit of a business organization.
Prerequisites: MBA6020, MBA6030, MBA6140, MBA6050, MBA6080 and MBA6100.
MBA6200 Human Resource Management 3 semester hours
This course explores the basic concepts of individual and social behavior as they apply to the modern organizational environment and day-to-day issues of human resource management. Specific topics include: communication, motivation, training and development, compensation, and labor relations issues. Labor relation issues include: minority rights, sexual harassment, and environmental concerns. Emphasis is on organizational development and team building.
Prerequisite: A course in management.
MBA6330 Customer Relationship Management 3 semester hours
Within the context of customer relationship management, students will engage in developing the process of managing a customer-company relationship in ways that customers will voluntarily choose to continue mutually beneficial exchanges and not seek to have unprofitable exchanges. The overriding goal of CRM process is to attract and nurture long-term profitable relationships with clients that would otherwise go elsewhere.
Prerequisite: BUS3300.
MBA6420 Innovation and Venture Initiation 3 semester hours
This course is divided into two parts, Intrapreneurship and Entrepreneurship. Intrapreneurship examines the range of internal and external forces that impact technological innovation and growth. Emphasis is placed on managerial initiatives that can influence the nature and rate of technology innovation and change, technology forecasting and assessment, R&D management, technical planning, and the use of organizational models. Entrepreneurship focuses on the strategic issues that entrepreneurs must address to exploit opportunities when industries are either created or transformed by emerging new technologies. Issues of starting, financing, growing, and managing a technology company are addressed with topics covering cutting-edge business models, technology development and intellectual property issues, financing options, culture and human resource development, and alliances.
Prerequisites: MBA6010, MBA6020, MBA6030, MBA6140 and MBA6050.
MBA6810 Project Leadership 3 semester hours
Project leadership is designed to provide a comprehensive overview of the skills needed and some of the challenges that will be faced in managing projects in organizations. The course is divided into a series of major topics relating to different elements of project leadership. After developing a strategic overview of project leadership, students will begin analyzing various components such as project selection, planning, organizing, and control.
MBA6500 Global Business Immersion 3 semester hours
or
MBA6880 Travel Study: Global Experience
Offered either on-campus or on-location at a non-U.S. site, this seminar focuses on the differences between domestic and international business and the impact of the global economy on all the functions of business.
M.B.A. in Leadership
MBA6610 Innovative Leadership for Challenging Times 3 semester hours
Students will explore the literature on leadership as it applies to the complexities of the current business environment. In addition, the course will focus on what companies can do to develop tomorrow’s leaders and how to overcome the inevitable conflict and resistance to change associated with any realignment of strategic vision.
Prerequisite: M.B.A. graduate student.
MBA6620 Creative Strategies for Problem Solving 3 semester hours
Students will explore innovative strategies for overcoming barriers to the ethical resolution of conflict and crisis. Students will also discuss moral, ethical and legal issues that affect the ability to lead an organization.
Prerequisite: M.B.A. graduate student.
MBA6630 Creativity and the Process of Innovation 3 semester hours
In today’s global marketplace the organizations that thrive are the ones that anticipate change and create new adaptations to their business model. Creativity is the key to finding new opportunities and establishing a competitive advantage through collaborative teams and the use of organizational alliances and strategic partnerships.
Prerequisite: M.B.A. graduate student.
Additional Information:
Garth Underwood
George Williams College of Aurora University
Director of Enrollment Management
350 Constance Blvd.
Williams Bay, WI 53191
262-245-8587
Fax: 262-245-8505
gunderwo@aurora.edu
Please Note: The information listed on this page is current according to the 2007-2009 Graduate Catalog, unless otherwise noted.
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