Online MBA curriculum

This course incorporates an analysis of the design and operation of production and information systems for both product and service industries. The value of information to an organization and the need to link information/data management, operations and corporate strategy is stressed. Supply chain management, information flows, measurement, product design, forecasting, process selection, project management, quality management, and advanced operations techniques are examined.

Learners study the managerial role applied to the marketing function in for-profit, not-for-profit, and governmental settings. Particular emphasis is placed on both the conceptual and application issues in marketing management; industry and competitor analysis; productivity and profitability analysis; product design, promotion, pricing, and distribution; ethical decision making; and evaluation and control systems.

This course explores the interrelationship between business, law and ethics in today’s global environment. Emphasis will be placed on broadening student understanding of the means through which the government regulates business activity. Students will investigate contemporary issues in product liability, contracts, business ethics, agency, intellectual property, e-commerce, securities regulation, business formation, antitrust, bankruptcy and employment law. The goal of this course is to provide students with the tools necessary to identify legal and ethical challenges to contemporary business organizations and develop ethical business strategies designed to minimize legal risk.

An in-depth study of the use of accounting information by management in planning, controlling and decision-making. The emphasis will be on the preparation of operating budgets with hands-on preparation of budgets as well as using relevant information from management budget reports to make decisions about costing, pricing and related company processes.

Prerequisite(s): AC 201 or BA 514

This course is an introduction to the tools used in financial management. Topics covered include time value of money, risk/return models, security valuation, weighted average cost of capital, capital budgeting, capital structure, forecasting and dividend policy.

Prerequisite(s): AC 721

This course focuses on understanding the management and organizational behaviors that constitute the processes within organizations. Specific topics in this course include the study of theories of individual and group behavior and review the processes of perception, judgment, attribution, choice, conflict, motivation, communication, leadership, and decision-making.

This is the capstone course for all M.B.A. candidates. The course provides theoretical and applied exposure to the conceptual and analytical skills required by general management. Emphasis is placed on the integration of knowledge from prior course-work in functional management and the application of that knowledge to organizational problems and the formulation and implementation of an organization-wide strategy. The development and implementation of supporting policies is also required. Students billed a special resource fee for administration of the CPC Comprehensive Exam (or equivalent).

Prerequisite(s): MK 715, AC 721, BA 723
Note(s): $40 resource fee applied.

There are two options to satisfying the Prerequisite Sequence. Option 1 are two graduate courses that can be taken at Brenau. Option 2 are a series of undergraduate courses which could have been taken at Brenau, or transferred in as appropriate undergraduate classes from a regionally accredited university. For either option, the class must be taken within the last 5 years with a minimum grade of B. Students may use option 1 for one course and option 2 for the other.

• BA 508 – Applied Economics for Managers
• BA 514 – Business Essentials for Managers

There are two options to satisfying the Prerequisite Sequence. Option 1 are two graduate courses that can be taken at Brenau. Option 2 are a series of undergraduate courses which could have been taken at Brenau, or transferred in as appropriate undergraduate classes from a regionally accredited university. For either option, the class must be taken within the last 5 years with a minimum grade of B. Students may use option 1 for one course and option 2 for the other.

In place of BA 514:

• AC 201 – Accounting Principles I (Financial)
• and BA 327 – Managerial Finance

In place of BA 508:

• BA 206 – Microeconomics
• and BA 207 – Macroeconomics

To enhance their success in the program, students are required to take the following introduction sequence. All MBA students must pass all introduction sequence courses before moving into the core or global sequence.

• BA 507 – Business Communications
• BA 707 – Business Analytics

Choose one course from the list below:

• BA 642 – Cross-Cultural Business Challenges
• BA 749 – International Finance
• BA 780 – International Business Experience
• MK 782 – International Marketing
• MG 785 – International Organizational Behavior
• OL 680 – Global Moral Responsibility