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MBA
Developing managers who can compete in the increasingly complex
business community is the focus of this 51-credit program. To take
advantage of new opportunities, you must be able to analyze and
synthesize more data in more ways-and in less time-than ever before.
This degree will help you do just that. As you move through the
curriculum, you will develop the decision-making skills that are
crucial to managing an organization and its personnel. You will
learn how to employ sophisticated quantitative and analytical tools,
and how to assess and act on complex financial and economic indicators.
The intricacies of strategic planning will also be explored, and
you will understand how it all combines to influence organizational
structure, culture, and linked control systems.
MBA - Accounting
This program is designed to develop or enhance the financial management
skills necessary to function effectively within private businesses,
non-profit organizations, and public agencies. The program concentrates
on managing human and fiscal resources within the structure, culture,
and mission of any organization. The curriculum addresses advanced
costing techniques, accounting theory, accounting information systems,
issues in corporate taxation, executive management, budgeting, human
resources management, organizational development, conflict management,
strategic planning, information management, and decision making,
among other subjects. The program is structured with five primary
goals in mind: 1. To provide students with a broad based understanding
of the management and leadership skills necessary for successful
achievement of organizational goals; 2. To prepare students to recognize
and respond to the implications of change on organizational stakeholders,
e.g., employees, consumers, vendors, and society; 3. To educate
students about the impact of technology on every aspect of an organization,
and how technology creates its own change; 4. To prepare students
to function as financial consultants and internal change agents
to lead and inspire organizational leadership toward a more productive
future; and, 5. To prepare students to manage human and financial
resources effectively, efficiently, and ethically, within a global
environment.
MBA - e-Business
The rise of electronic business is changing the way traditional
firms operate and structure their organizations. The dynamics of
e-Business have also required companies to compete in innovative
ways, as well as opened the doors of opportunity for creating global
businesses. To accommodate the emerging e-Business marketplace,
University of Phoenix offers a comprehensive MBA/e-Business program
to equip managers with the necessary skills to conduct business
in an e-Business environment. The MBA/e-Business program is designed
to meet the needs of a broad but unique population--the working
adult manager or supervisor who could benefit from a graduate business
education. The program requires a practical background in business,
and the successful candidate will have at least three years of relevant
experience. The various components of the program--curriculum, learning
resources, and faculty--have been selected to produce specific outcomes.
These outcomes, while reflecting contemporary academic practice,
also focus on the functional competencies required of working managers.
Thus, the MBA program emphasizes the identification, analysis, and
solution of complex management problems that require technical understanding
and balanced decision making. Although a functional knowledge of
economics, accounting, finance, quantitative analysis, and management
underlies the program, equal attention is given to the development
of report writing, oral reporting, Internet research, and group
process skills.
MBA - Global Management
The Global Management program helps current and future global managers
gain the specialized skills needed to lead multicultural and multinational
work forces. The curriculum is structured with two primary goals
in mind: to provide you with a broad-based understanding of the
economics of international business operations, and to prepare you
for managing human and material resources within various cultural,
legal, and political contexts. Your coursework will emphasize how
to balance the needs of shareholders, customers, and employees with
local customs and government regulations. You will learn how to
identify opportunities and develop alternative courses of action
within the limits of the international environment. You will also
study legal trends in various regions of the world, macro- and microeconomic
issues, and information technology in business systems.
MBA - Health Care Management
The MBA/HCM is designed to provide students with the business management
skills needed to manage successfully in today's health care delivery
systems. The MBA/HCM program emphasizes the identification, analysis,
and solution of complex management problems with a foundation of
health care concepts and decision models that will support the variety
of management roles that can be seen in today's health care environment.
The MBA/HCM specialization is based upon courses in health care
organizations, health care finance, quality and data base management,
health care infrastructure, and health care strategic management.
The MBA/HCM develops students for the role managers play in defining
business problems, assessing information, considering alternatives,
and choosing the best solution. Imagine the manager as the hub of
a wheel. From the hub radiate spokes, each representing a specific
discipline, such as finance, law, marketing, operations, information
systems, etc. Each of these "spokes" generates inputs
for the manager to assess and incorporate into the decision-making
process. The manager is a critical user of these inputs in making
the decision. Although generally not the original producer of the
information, the manager must be able to assess the validity and
reliability of the information in building a business case for the
decision. To prepare students for the decision-making role, the
MBA/HCM has been designed to introduce the theory or principles
that frame a wide range of problems or issues in each of the courses.
The most current techniques or tools are applied to these theories
to allow students to practice making decisions to solve a wide range
of problems. The MBA/HCM consists of 46 credit hours. Thirty-one
credit hours constitute the core curriculum and 15 additional credit
hours complete the MBA/HCM. The core begins with one-credit, three-week,
Managerial Communication course designed to build strategies for
success in the MBA/HCM. It is a prerequisite to all the courses
that follow. The remainder of the core consists of 10, three-credit
courses, which all student who receive an MBA/HCM from University
of Phoenix must complete. Those students in the MBA/HCM will complete
five additional prescribed courses to hone their skills in health
care management. Each University of Phoenix MBA/HCM student will
create and maintain an electronic portfolio reflecting the student's
achievements throughout the MBA/HCM program. It will include assignments
from each course, typically individual assignments, as well as other
outcomes the student may wish to add. These assignments will demonstrate
the student's ability to solve business problems at the graduate
level and serve as a partial catalog of the skills the student has
mastered.
MBA - Human Resource Management
The MBA/HRM program is designed to meet the needs of a broad but
unique population - the working adult manager or supervisor who
could benefit from a graduate business education. Because the tools
of the human resources management science are applicable to the
problems of the public sector as well as the private sector, students
whose career interests involve not-for-profit enterprise are also
encouraged to seek admission. The MBA/HRM program requires a practical
background in business, and the successful candidate will have a
least three years of relevant experience. The various components
of the program-curriculum, learning resources, and faculty- have
been selected to produce specified outcomes. These outcomes, while
reflecting contemporary academic practice, also focus on the functional
competencies required of working manager. Thus, the MBA/HRM program
emphasizes the identification, analysis, and solution of complex
human resources management problems that require technical understanding
and blackened decision making. Although a functional knowledge of
managerial economics, accounting, finance, quantitative analysis,
and human resources management underlies the program, equal attention
is given to the development of report writing, oral reporting, and
group processing skills. Students develop additional expertise in
the solution of persistent human resources management problems through
the completion of a research project, which relates the student's
professional interests or responsibilities of the goal of improved
human resources managerial functioning. The research project on
human resources management, therefore, serves not only to provide
a vehicle for the application of theory to practice, but also serves
to demonstrate that the MBA/HRM candidate can perform in a variety
of sophisticated management roles with the confidence and self-discipline
expected of the MBA/HRM program graduate.
MBA - Marketing
Master of Business Administration program with specialization in
Marketing (MBA/MKT) program is designed to meet the needs of a broad
but unique population - the working adult manager or supervisor
who could benefit from a graduate business education. Because the
tools of the marketing science are applicable to the problems of
the public sector as well as the private sector, students whose
career interests involve not-for-profit enterprise are also encouraged
to seek admission. The MBA/MKT program requires a practical background
in business, and the successful candidate will have a least three
years of relevant experience.
MBA - Technology Management
Whether you are involved in the development, management, or marketing
of technology, this program will teach you how to meet the unique
challenges of the ever-changing technology industry. The most successful
organizations will continue to employ managers, engineers, designers,
and systems analysts who can interpret business plans as easily
as schematic drawings. Your studies will focus on the new strategies,
special management tactics, and organizational processes that are
being adopted by corporations today. You will learn the specific
concepts, methodologies, and tools that will assist you in managing
complex technology projects and programs. In addition, you will
study various decision-making techniques, the skills involved in
strategic planning and financial analysis, and the principles of
market research. The problems and opportunities faced by global
organizations will also be discussed.
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