Business Management

Duration: 7 weeks ⎸ Credit Hours: 3

In this course, you will receive the knowledge, skills, and abilities to prepare you for the rigors of the MBA program. In order to accomplish this objective, we deliver online work which covers the fundamentals of accounting, finance, data science/economics, management, and marketing. All incoming MBA students, regardless of undergraduate degree, will enroll in the Boot Camp.

Learning Outcomes

• Define critical business terms in a variety of functional areas
• Apply a model of critical thinking to a variety of business problems
• Explain the use of a variety of business tools for business problem-solving
• Recommend a problem-solving approach for business problems

All students take this course regardless of background; must complete prior to registering for any additional courses.

Duration: 7 weeks ⎸ Credit Hours: 3

This course reviews the application of accounting to firms in manufacturing, retailing and service industries. The course emphasizes using accounting information to make management decisions including analyzing financial statements, cost analysis, budgeting, and capital investment decisions.

Learning Outcomes

• Critically analyze the role of accounting in business
• Utilize accounting data to make data-backed decisions
• Effectively describe, interpret, and draw conclusions related to accounting issues in both written and oral formats

Duration: 7 weeks ⎸ Credit Hours: 3

This course addresses "real world" issues from both theoretical and practical standpoints for most types of businesses, proprietorships, partnerships, and corporations. The specific objectives for the course include the following: 1) financial management of the firm with special emphasis on financial planning, capital budgeting, and cost of capital concepts; 2) an analysis of management aspects relating to the inflow and outflow of capital in business enterprise; and 3) practicing financial decision-making through case methods.

Learning Outcomes

• Demonstrate proficiency in financial management by determining optimal capital structures, creating proforma financial statements, and utilizing ratio analysis for statement assessments
• Apply traditional evaluation models for capital budgeting analyses and estimate the value of various securities issued by corporations
• Assess factors influencing debt versus equity structures and dividend decisions, as well as motives for mergers and acquisitions, ensuring appropriate valuation

Duration: 7 weeks ⎸ Credit Hours: 3

A graduate course designed to develop an understanding of leadership styles in management and to further ethical reasoning in the management field.

Learning Outcomes

• Articulate personal and organizational leadership principles
• Demonstrate personal and organizational ethical reasoning
• Cultivate leadership skills
• Evaluate ethical dilemmas and approaches

Duration: 7 weeks ⎸ Credit Hours: 3

The course examines the key issues involved in formulating and implementing corporate strategies. These issues are approached from the position of the general manager, who must analyze complex business situations and find realistic solutions to strategic and organizational problems. The course merges various functional areas and provides students with a "total business" perspective on corporate and international strategy. Students also receive an overview of contemporary business and its future.

Learning Outcomes

• Employ current strategic management frameworks for a variety of strategic problems
• Assess strategic opportunities on a company-wide basis
• Adapt an organization's strategic position to the current business environment
• Develop a plan to execute strategic goals in the organization
• Analyze various uses of technology to create, monitor, and control a strategic plan

Duration: 7 weeks ⎸ Credit Hours: 3

This course examines the various ways in which information technology can be leveraged by an organization for competitive advantage and addresses the issue of IT strategy and evaluation. Attention is given to strategic implementation of technology, developing and maintaining secure and effective systems, and externally focused systems.

Learning Outcomes

• Assess a business strategy informed and created by IT capabilities
• Evaluate an organization's comprehensive IT architecture and models
• Develop a plan to create an analytics culture within an organization
• Evaluate emerging key issues in the IT industry
• Appraise Google Cloud services as an IT infrastructure technology for business needs

Duration: 7 weeks ⎸ Credit Hours: 3

An application of micro- and macroeconomic theories to managerial decision-making including demand and cost analysis, theory of the firm, monetary policy and the Federal Reserve System with an emphasis on quantitative economic analysis.

Learning Outcomes

• Apply and graph key economic models
• Interpret economic indicators and public policies using economic models
• Calculate key economic measures

Duration: 7 weeks ⎸ Credit Hours: 3

This course will build students' capability to manage an analytics workforce, lead analytics team/project, and operate as an analytics translator. The course will introduce students to the principles of evidence-based management and analytics. This involves the appraising of scientific evidence and the processing of information and data for managerial decision-making. The course will also equip students with skills for gathering primary local evidence for problems and managerial decisions.

Learning Outcomes

• Demonstrate knowledge of principles of evidence-based management and the analytic techniques for processing data/information for insight
• Acquire and evaluate scientific evidence for problem resolution and managerial decisions
• Develop and present an analytical project for decisions in organizations
• Utilize the insights from data and analytical outputs to problems and managerial decisions
• Articulate evidence effectively to influence organizational decisions

Duration: 7 weeks ⎸ Credit Hours: 3

A graduate marketing seminar to provide a comprehensive knowledge of marketing strategy and marketing program development. Students will be expected to read widely in the marketing literature. They will solve business problems using case analyses and/or simulation. It is recommended that this "capstone" course be taken near the end of the student's program of study.

Learning Outcomes

• Utilize the marketing strategy framework by employing the strategic marketing management process
• Articulate the importance of creating customer value through customer centricity and the significance of consumer behavior in the buying process
• Evaluate the market through segmentation, targeting, and positioning strategies
• Assess brand, promotion, pricing, and distribution strategies

Duration: 6 weeks ⎸ Credit Hours: 3

The study of airport planning, FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS), airport organization and administration, airport operations and administration under FAR Part 139, and landslide/airside access and security.

Learning Outcomes

• Analyze airport ownership and administrative structures
• Differentiate between the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems and previous ways that airports were categorized
• Articulate how FAR Title 14 CFR 139 relates to airport operations management
• Examine airport planning considerations and impact on surrounding communities
• Analyze the roles of airports in the U.S. including airport governance and management along with their economic, political, and social impacts
• Explain the facilities and operations that exist within an airport property

Duration: 6 weeks ⎸ Credit Hours: 3

The study of aviation administrative law, aviation liability and insurance, the legal aspects of airports and airspace and aviation labor

Learning Outcomes

• Describe the structure of the Federal Aviation Administration and its associations and interactions with relevant federal and state government bodies on aviation regulation and enforcement
• Explain how the FAA implements the regulatory aspect of airport funding
• Identify how the FAA and other U.S. government organizations operate within the international aviation arena
• Utilize measured operational and managerial practices by identifying applicable domestic and international aviation regulatory allowances and restrictions
• Implement managerial decisions based on aviation labor laws and aviation liability guiding principles
• Differentiate where and how administrative, civil, and criminal law is implemented in the aerospace industry
• Identify legal parameters of buying, selling and leasing of aircraft assets

Duration: 6 weeks ⎸ Credit Hours: 3

This course will teach students how to do data science: They will learn how to get data, get it into the most useful structure, transform it, visualize it, model it, and communicate effectively. In this course, students will find a practicum of skills for data science. They will learn the skills that allow data science to happen and apply best practices for doing data science. Topics that students may learn include; how to use the grammar of graphics, literate programming, and reproducible research to save time, as well as, how to manage cognitive resources to facilitate discoveries when wrangling, visualizing, and exploring data. These courses will be 7 weeks in Fall/Spring and 6 weeks in Summer

Learning Outcomes

• Use R at the beginner level to import and review data, transform and summarize datasets, and create exploratory data visualizations
• Use R at the intermediate level to conduct exploratory data analysis
• Use R Markdown to create reproducible reports

Duration: 6 weeks ⎸ Credit Hours: 3

This course presents strategies and methods for effective visualization and communication of data analyses. Standard and open-source data visualization software packages will be used to develop presentations that convey findings, answer business questions, drive decisions, and provide persuasive evidence supported by data.

Duration: 6 weeks ⎸ Credit Hours: 3

This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the principles of modern statistical methods for quality control and improvement. The focus of the course will be on engineering and management applications. An emphasis will be placed on utilizing Minitab and Excel as the primary illustrative software packages for the course.

Learning Outcomes

• Recommend statistical methods to analyze a business or manufacturing process
• Design statistical control charts for use in controlling and monitoring business processes or manufacturing operations
• Assess a business or manufacturing process and make recommendations for process capabilities

Duration: 6 weeks ⎸ Credit Hours: 3

This course focuses on management and improvement of supply chain processes and performance. We explore important supply chain metrics, primary tradeoffs in making supply chain decisions, production planning and inventory control, order fulfillment and basic tools for effective and efficient supply chain management. We will also investigate topics such as global supply chain design, logistics, and outsourcing, several other recent supply chain innovations. Includes case studies.

Learning Outcomes

• Evaluate the impact components of a supply chain have on the financials of a business
• Analyze the performance of a supply chain
• Develop mathematical models to optimize a supply chain network

Duration: 7 weeks ⎸ Credit Hours: 3

A continuation of EGR 6093: Logistics and Supply Chain Management, focusing on management and improvement of supply chain processes and performance. Prerequisite: EGR 6093

Learning Outcomes

• Manage and improve the supply chain process and performance
• Examine the primary tradeoffs in making supply chain decisions
• Understand the process of production planning, inventory control, and order fulfillment
• Utilize key tools for effective and efficient supply chain management
• Investigate the global supply chain design, logistics and outsourcing

Duration: 7 weeks ⎸ Credit Hours: 3

The objective of this course is to provide a basic understanding of project management. By the end of the course, students should be familiar with the concepts and tools necessary to plan and implement a project, as well as function as a member of a team.

Learning Outcomes

• Understand project management design, development and deployment
• Employ project management tools, techniques, and skills
• Effectively utilize critical resources for project implementation

Duration: 7 weeks ⎸ Credit Hours: 3

This course focuses on management and improvement of supply chain processes and performance. We explore important supply chain metrics, primary tradeoffs in making supply chain decisions, production planning and inventory control, order fulfillment and basic tools for effective and efficient supply chain management. We will also investigate topics such as global supply chain design, logistics, and outsourcing, several other recent supply chain innovations. Includes case studies.

Learning Outcomes

• Evaluate the impact components of a supply chain have on the financials of a business
• Analyze the performance of a supply chain
• Develop mathematical models to optimize a supply chain network

Duration: 7 weeks ⎸ Credit Hours: 3

A continuation of EGR 6093: Logistics and Supply Chain Management, focusing on management and improvement of supply chain processes and performance. Prerequisite: EGR 6093

Learning Outcomes

• Manage and improve the supply chain process and performance
• Examine the primary tradeoffs in making supply chain decisions
• Understand the process of production planning, inventory control, and order fulfillment
• Utilize key tools for effective and efficient supply chain management
• Investigate the global supply chain design, logistics and outsourcing

Duration: 7 weeks ⎸ Credit Hours: 3

This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the principles of modern statistical methods for quality control and improvement. The focus of the course will be on engineering and management applications. An emphasis will be placed on utilizing Minitab and Excel as the primary illustrative software packages for the course.

Learning Outcomes

• Recommend statistical methods to analyze a business or manufacturing process
• Design statistical control charts for use in controlling and monitoring business processes or manufacturing operations
• Assess a business or manufacturing process and make recommendations for process capabilities

Duration: 7 weeks ⎸ Credit Hours: 3

The objective of this course is to provide a basic understanding of project management. By the end of the course, students should be familiar with the concepts and tools necessary to plan and implement a project, as well as function as a member of a team.

Learning Outcomes

• Understand project management design, development and deployment
• Employ project management tools, techniques, and skills
• Effectively utilize critical resources for project implementation