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MBA CORE (12HRS.)
This course will focus upon the factors that make graduate adult students successful when attempting to balance the time commitments and demands of work, family, church, and community obligations with weekly MBA course requirements. Students will master Moodle proficiencies in order to effectively navigate the learning management system and other MNU technologies. Students will also have a hands-on experience with various online library research tools and resources that they will need when completing projects and papers for course requirements. A portion of this course will also be devoted to building the cohort community as students will spend the next 20 months together on their MBA learning journey.
This course examines how information systems and technology tools can be used to create value and to better achieve both organizational objectives and individual productivity. The course examines the disruptive nature of many of the new and developing technologies. It also considers conditions needed for technology to be accepted and utilized within organizations. The course looks at technology from both an internal and external communication perspective. From an internal perspective, students will learn some of the best practices of utilizing existing and developing technologies for internal communication, collaboration, and productivity. From an external perspective, students will learn some of the best practices of utilizing the developing technologies for building stronger connections and relationships with customers.
This course provides an application of economic theory to problems of the organization. Applicable microeconomics topics are explored. Emphasis is on the use of economic information in decision-making.
In this course students will learn about data collection and analysis techniques and acquire knowledge of statistical methods appropriate for the analysis of organizational data. The concepts learned in this course should help students to identify opportunities in which business analytics can be used to improve individual, team, and organizational performance and support important decisions. Business analytics is an integral part of modern management, and this course uses applied projects to equip them with the foundation needed to understand and apply these methods to drive value.
CERTIFICATE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION STRATEGIES
This course examines the issues involved in organizing and operating start-up businesses and new ventures, as well as the role of marketing in today’s organization. Attention is given to the ethical, social, and economic problems faced by entrepreneurs and marketing managers.
This capstone course focuses on the strategic decisions and planning processes that shape future of the organization. Students will utilize techniques for defining the basic purpose and objectives of an enterprise, for analyzing competitors and industries, and for matching organization strengths with environmental opportunities. Various perspectives to strategic thinking are explored and applications such as vision and mission are examined at both the organizational and personal levels.
Plus one of the 12 credit hour certificates below to complete the 36-hour Degree
Certificate in Human Resource Management (12 Hrs.)
This course focuses on the concept of leadership in organizations. The complexity of the structural, political, symbolic, and human resource issues in applying a framework for analyzing leadership in organizations is analyzed. Emphasis is placed on building skills for modeling an authentic voice for leadership using effective presentation skills.
Research shows that emotional intelligence is much more powerful than IQ (and technical expertise) in determining who emerges as an effective manager/leader. IQ (and technical expertise) are threshold or baseline competencies that help you to get in the door, but alone they do not make you a star (performer). Emotional Intelligence can. Although most conflicts are best resolved at the lowest level, there are occasions when a good mediator can effectively intercede and minimize the chances of the conflict escalating or losing an otherwise good employee. And there are times when—in order to resolve a conflict—you need to have a crucial conversation (e.g., where opinions vary, and emotions and stakes are high). How do you prepare for a crucial conversation? This course is a living laboratory where students can safely practice applying all these concepts/skills.
This course examines the various factors that impact human and organizational performance as well as the structural and environmental forces influencing the change management process within the organizations. Issues studied include root causes of performance problems, cost effective interventions, strategies for the management of planned change, resistance to change, the role of change agents, intervention strategies and team development.
Certificate in Healthcare Administration (12 Hrs.)
Certificate in Informatics (12 Hrs.)
A study of the analysis and design of computer information systems, with emphasis on software design using UML and agile development.
Prerequisite: INSY 6103 IT Fundamentals or permission of CIS Program Director
Certificate in Business Data Analytics (12 Hrs.)
The course will introduce the core concepts of machine learning, with an emphasis on the computational, statistical and mathematical foundations of the field. We will study models for both supervised learning and unsupervised learning, introducing these models alongside foundational machine learning concepts, such as maximum likelihood estimation, regularization, information theory, and gradient-based optimization. The course concludes with a brief introduction to neural networks and deep learning.
Prerequisite: MGMT 6603 Business Analytics for Decision Making, and INSY 6103 IT Fundamentals or permission of CIS Program Director
Study of database management concepts and techniques. Emphasis on data modeling using relational data models. Discussion and application of SQL to develop and query databases. Additional topics include database administration on common database platforms such as Oracle, SQL Server, and MySQL. Remote data access and management using client-server, distributed, and Internet-hosted databases.
Prerequisite: INSY 6103 Information Technology Fundamentals or permission of CIS Program Director
In this course students will learn about data collection and analysis techniques and acquire knowledge of statistical methods appropriate for the analysis of organizational data. The concepts learned in this course should help students to identify opportunities in which business analytics can be used to improve individual, team, and organizational performance and support important decisions. Business analytics is an integral part of modern management, and this course uses applied projects to equip them with the foundation needed to understand and apply these methods to drive value.
*This course is also part of the MBA Core. Students seeking this certificate as part of the full degree will work with Program Chair to select an approved elective in place of this course in order to avoid duplication.