38 courses with the subject MBA, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
MBA 548EBudgeting/Finance for Community Orgs ()2
This course provides basic economic, financial, and accounting tools for leaders in nonprofit organizations, social service agencies, and other community organizations. Students will learn the economic and financial principles that guide policy-making, how to conduct economic and financial analyses of proposed projects and initiatives, and how to set up and manage a budget. Students will apply these concepts to projects from their work-place and community settings.
This course explores the entire cycle of new venture creation from concept development to cash flow; including idea generation, feasibility research, planning, funding, building a team, executing the launch, finding customers, and producing profit. The course focuses on the skills and activities of successful entrepreneurs: they know their industry, seize opportunities, work with passion and tenacity, build powerful teams, get more from less, provide phenomenal customer service, differentiate their products and services, and contribute to their communities. At the conclusion of the course students will understand the challenges of starting a business, the keys to success, and whether or not self-employment is right for them.
This course provides an overview of marketing in order to clarify the role of marketing in business and society. Students will learn the elements of marketing (i.e., the 4 P's) within an organization, and the environment in which marketing occurs. The course also helps generate awareness of various firms' marketing activities and tactics.
This course explores the fundamental concepts of economics and presents the major insights of economic analysis. While economics has many facets, this course focuses on central unifying principles of economics. The course examines individual behavior as well as the collective behavior of businesses and industries, governments and countries, and the globe as a whole. Microeconomics starts by thinking about how individuals make decisions. Macroeconomics considers aggregate outcomes. The course demonstrates how the two points of view are essential in understanding most economic, social, and business phenomena.
The course explores fundamental statistical tools of analysis essential for decision-making in business. The course uses an examples-based approach to introduce fundamental concepts in statistics including data exploration, probability and probability distributions, sampling and sampling distributions, and estimation and hypothesis testing. Course materials are based on a spreadsheet program (Excel) that is used to formulate, analyze, and solve a wide variety of business problems.
This course provides the student with knowledge of global financial markets; the institutions that operate in those markets and the manner in which various markets and institutions interrelate. The course covers: types of markets and financial institutions; determinants of interest rates; the risk and term structure of interest rates; asset-backed securities; forwards, futures, options, swaps, and other derivatives; and equity markets.
This course explores the concepts and application of recording, analyzing and reporting business transactions and processes for financial reporting and analysis. The course focuses on understanding published financial statements and using the information to analyze the performance and future prospects of the business.
In today's complex, volatile business climate, leaders must communicate skillfully and work effectively in teams. Research spanning several decades consistently has shown that leaders with strong communication and team skills are more likely to receive job offers and promotions, and they're more successful when faced with a wide range of leadership challenges, including working in teams, coaching others, and resolving conflicts. Leaders who communicate well are more credible, and leaders with well developed team skills are more effective. This course focuses on working skillfully with teams and communicating clearly in writing, presentations, discussions, and in interpersonal situations.
Data and decision analytics explores the strategic significance of statistics in developing the scientific framework for organizational decision making. The course analyzes approaches to decision making under uncertainty and problems in optimization including shadow prices and linear programming. Topics include expected monetary value (EMV), sensitivity analysis, decision trees, multivariate regression model building and diagnostics, extrapolation and model-based forecasting, exponential smoothing, Box-Jenkins ARIMA methodology, and simulation modeling, designed to facilitate aspects of organizational decisions. Prerequisite: MBA 602B.
This course focuses on strategic management principles, including the tools of strategic decision-making, basic analysis of competitive advantage, and strategy alternatives at various levels. In the course students evaluate real-world business scenarios and create recommended strategies for organizations.
Managerial economics applies economic concepts and economic analysis to the problems of formulating sound managerial decisions. The course is a thorough blending of insights from economics with business knowledge and applications. The course explores managing in competitive and non-competitive markets, quantitative analysis of demand, production and cost, theories and applications of pricing and resource allocation, contract theory, information economics, and the role of government in the marketplace. Prerequisite: MBA 601B and MBA 604B.
This course is designed to increase students' understanding of human behavior in organizations and build effective leadership and decision-making skills.
This course brings successful entrepreneurs from the community into the classroom. Each entrepreneur will discuss critical issues relevant to his or her business: developing the idea, validating the concept, planning the venture, raising funds, building a team, launching the company, sales and marketing, customer service, growing the business, and the keys to success. Students will relate the key principles taught by each entrepreneur to research and theory they have learned in other courses, and then apply what they have learned to the creation of new ventures. This course is repeatable for credit.
In this course, students will learn innovative approaches to creating and leading enterprises designed to address community issues. The course prepares students to apply management and entrepreneurial skills creatively in for-profits, nonprofits, foundations, and advocacy groups, and helps them learn to apply business management principles to social problems and opportunities. Learning approaches include cases, films, readings, and guest speakers from a variety of organizations in the community.
This course brings together all the topics, concepts and skills relevant to marking new ventures. It addresses the unique issues and challenges entrepreneurs face when bringing new products and businesses to market. Students will study the marketing strategies and methods used by start-up, early-stage, and small-business enterprises. The course compares conventional marketing with entrepreneurial marketing through use of the case method.
We face a plethora of crises in the world today. How we handle them, as individuals, organizations and societies, depends on our understanding of, and preparation for, crisis management. We will use critical methods of analysis with real-world examples to apply the knowledge we gain on this crucial topic to preparing for and handling crisis situations.
This course is concerned with the study and application of accounting concepts in relation to planning and control of business operations. Quantitative techniques for forecasting and budgeting and the behavioral impact of accounting systems will be included.
Develops a framework for beginning an entrepreneurial firm with the focus on being and remaining innovative, starting with the business plan and continuing through the firm life cycle. Using case studies to develop successful business plans, the course specifically analyzes the market need, financing options, demand estimation, and financial forecasting. Through each phase of the planning, special emphasis is accorded to issues surrounding firm flexibility versus rigidity for maximum receptiveness to innovation. Models for the continued use of planning criteria for post start-up phases are developed and analyzed.
This course is designed to provide the learners with the understanding necessary to develop and implement marketing strategies that profitably satisfy customers' needs. Through this course, learners gain knowledge and skills for effective decision making, strategic planning, execution, and evaluation in a wide variety of business situations. The course addresses the importance of organizations being market-oriented in order to secure long-term and reliable revenues and profitability.
This class focuses on negotiation and persuasion principles as a basic means to go about getting what you want from others. The class is based upon the theory of rhetoric with primary focus being placed on the application of this theory to back and forth communication designed to reach agreements with others. The class will utilize videotaped simulations, role plays and actual negotiation assignments in order to develop negotiation and persuasive techniques.
This course introduces techniques for high-level financial performance evaluation and decision-making. The course focuses on capital structure, cost of capital, investment decisions, valuation, and working capital management.
MBA 643EHigh Performing Organizational Cultures ()2
Every organization has a culture. This culture can either enable or hinder organizational success. In this course, we will work with a number of tools that will help you understand what you do and perhaps do not know about your organization's culture; assess your organization's culture and identify areas for improvement; think strategically about the possibilities of organizational culture change; and identify specific action steps you can and should take to move your organization along the journey of being a high-performing organizational culture.
MBA 644EExpl Innovative Organizational Cultures ()2
From W. L. Gore & Associates to Morning Star to Semco to Zappos, more organizations are being structured as "self-managing" or "self-organizing" systems. In this course, we will explore the workings of these exemplary organizations, and others, to try to understand the deep dynamics of high-performing self-managing organizations.
This course focuses on the fundamentals of corporate governance, emphasizing the leader's responsibility to make ethical, legal, socially responsible decisions on behalf of the organization.
Teams are a ubiquitous feature of modern organizational life, but teams serve different functions and purposes. Understanding the different types of teams and matching the team to the task are the first steps in creating high-performing teams. In this course we will consider what makes teams effective and ineffective. We will also consider those occasions when individual effort is likely to be superior to team effort.
In this course students will learn to explain and illustrate the purpose, importance and place of operations management in organizations. They also will be able to identify and discuss the key operational issues faced by operations managers. Finally, in the course students will learn to select and apply tools and techniques to analyze complex operational issues, and use them to develop viable courses of action.
The course provides an overview of the history, development, role, auspices, organization, and purposes of nonprofit agencies in the U.S. and the global environment. Emphasis is placed on structure, planning, program, policies, organizational management, governance and stewardship, resource development, community building, advocacy, volunteer services, and problems that face nonprofits. Addresses social, political, economic, cultural and ideological issues. Group and individual projects, research on nonprofit agencies, and oral presentations will be included. Class time will include lectures, discussions, case studies, team projects and guest speakers.
Work experience in field of study or career. Prerequisite: completion of a minimum of 15 Westminster credit hours, completion of the Career Center Internship workshop, and consent of Practice Experience Coordinator and Career Center Internship Coordinator. This course is repeatable for credit. REGISTRATION NOTE: Registration for internships is initiated through the Career Center website and is finalized upon completion of required paperwork and approvals. More info: 801-832-2590 https://westminsteu.edu/student-life/career -center/internships.html MBA-653ES: Internship (Credits: 1 to 8) Work experience in field of study or career. Prerequisite: completion of a minimum of 15 Westminster credit hours, completion of the Career Center Internship workshop, and consent of Practice Experience Coordinator and Career Center Internship Coordinator. This course is repeatable for credit. REGISTRATION NOTE: Registration for internships is initiated through the Career Center website and is finalized upon completion of required paperwork and approvals. More info: 801-832-2590 https://westminsteu.edu/student-life/career -center/internships.html
This course focuses on designing organizations and leading people in ways that support particular business strategies. In the course emphasis is placed on the tools and principles most useful in eliciting high performance from individuals, teams and large groups in organizations. The centerpiece of the course is a live case study; several individuals from a local organization join the class regularly to discuss their challenges in relation to the topics covered in the course.
This course is designed to teach students how to prepare 1040 federal returns and related schedules, state returns and related schedules, and assist taxpayers with accessing many financial resources. Students will be certified by the IRS and trained as financial advocates. Tax training includes basic tax laws, advanced tax laws, taxation of nonresident aliens, international income taxation and taxation of military tax payers and families. Students also receive ethics training related to tax preparation, cultural sensitivity training and learn client-interviewing and tax software skills. Students are required to complete the in-class training and achieve a minimum score of 80% on all related certifications prior to participating in the practicum for approximately 8-10 hours per week over the course of the semester. MBA-660ECC: Investent Strategy and Applications (Credits: 2) Students in this course will be managing the $50,000 D.A. Davidson Student Investment Fund for the academic year. MBA 660ECC is paired with MBA 660EH (offered in Spring semester) and students must enroll in both courses. The course will give students experience preparing industry/sector analyses, researching and using various investment styles, making stock selections, monitoring portfolio selections, preparing performance reports and portfolio re-balancing. The class is designed to prepare students for employment opportunities in investment research and management. The course will include materials designed to help students prepare for the Level 1 Exam for the Chartered Financial Analyst professional designation. MBA-660EH: Investment Strategy and Applications (Credits: 2) Students in this course will be managing the $50,000 D.A. Davidson Student Investment Fund for the academic year. MBA 660EH is paired with MBA 660ECC (offered in Fall semester) and students must enroll in both courses. The course will give students experience preparing industry/sector analyses, researching and using various investment styles, making stock selections, monitoring portfolio selections, preparing performance reports and portfolio re-balancing. The class is designed to prepare students for employment opportunities in investment research and management. The course will include materials designed to help students prepare for the Level 1 Exam for the Chartered Financial Analyst professional designation. MBA-660EML: Mindful Leadership in Practice (Credits: 2) The key to creating environments where individuals thrive lies in a leader's ability to connect their mind with their heart in a way that increases the ability to focus, see clearly, enhance creativity, and bring out the best in others. The path to this ability is through the practice of mindful leadership. Recent neuroscience research has demonstrated mindful leadership develops a person's ability to focus, better understand issues and opportunities, connect with others, and motivate ourselves and others. This class will give students tools and practices to drive better leadership decisions that link one's rational and emotional capabilities to create alignment with an organization's purpose. MBA-660ERR: Internet and Social Media Marketing (Credits: 2) No business practice has changed as much as marketing has in the last 10 years. This change has been brought about by one key factor: the Internet. This course will cover an array of topics related to social media marketing, such as: search engine optimization, social marketing best practices and strategies, Facebook advertising methods, social media policies, etc.
This course focuses on global business and includes an international context tour. It provides a framework to develop strategies incorporating global influences for the firm seeking to compete globally and the firm facing competitive pressures from abroad. Economic, social, financial, demographic, diverse and multicultural environments are considered. At the end of the course, students will travel to a region outside the US for a 10-day period, analyzing as a whole the aspects of doing business in a global environment as studied in class. Course meets with MBA PRJ5.6.
meet all MBA literacy requirements and consent of instructor and school
MBA 669ELeadership ()2
This is an applied course in leadership from a practitioners perspective. Enhance your personal leadership by learning the power of integrity, purity of motive, trust, and respectful communication. Explore organizational behavior framework and leadership theories to create open and collaborative work environments that engage employees, develop commitment and increase satisfaction. Heighten awareness of your own personal leadership styles, strengths and weaknesses through real world business simulations and cases. Prerequisite: MBA 650C.
This course enables students to apply incorporate the full range of skills and knowledge learned in the MBA program to complete a major project that helps a company gain competitive advantage. Students choose their own capstone project usually by initiating and completing a project within the organization in which they are currently employed. The Graduate ETS Major Field Test is administered in MBA 670C. Prerequisite: Course is taken in the student's last semester.
This course will introduce future leaders and decision makers to the current state of data analytics, from the historical development of key technological innovations, to current applications of data science within organizations. The course will review various types of data science practitioners and data analytics tools, and will discuss how to build a data culture within an organization. The course will cover new technological innovations along with how these technologies can be used by a data analytics team.
This course will introduce future leaders and decision makers to the most frequently used tools of data analytics, including database languages, programming languages, and visualization tools. The data types, their transformations, and their interpretations will also be emphasized. Students will use the tools covered to solve a real-world data analytics problem for an organization in the local business community.
This course will cover the main digital data sources available to marketers today, as well as the analytical tools and methods used to understand that data. Technology such as Excel, R and Tableau will be incorporated into the course. Through an engaged-learning approach you will apply the material to real-world marketing problems and translate the resulting analysis into clear digital marketing recommendations using the framework of the Customer Journey. To do this effectively you must already have a working knowledge of marketing (MBA 635C) and a solid base of probability theory, descriptive statistics and regression analysis (MBA 610C). Fully worked examples will be provided so that the main focus can be on the interpretation of digital marketing data and making clear recommendations that solve the original marketing problem.
