Master of Business Administration OverviewThe MBA degree program prepares learners to advance to higher levels of leadership in business. Advanced coverage of classic and contemporary theory in business administration is blended with key practical skills all managers need to succeed. Exposure to best practices in the business world enhances comprehension of the challenges and opportunities facing modern business leaders and the various stakeholders they serve.
Objectives:The objectives for the MBA degree program are:
1. To present managers and prospective managers with the conceptual overview of modern theory and practice in each of the key areas of managerial responsibility
2. To integrate this formal academic learning with their business related experiential learning so that meaningful personalized learning results
3. To enable them to experience self-improvement and professional growth
4. To expose them to international business
Requirements: The MBA degree is a 36-semester credit program that emphasizes the traditional business administration and management studies at the graduate level. The Department offers specializations in the MBA program:
- Applied Computer Science
- Business Quantitative Methods
- Computer and Information Security
- Criminal Justice
- Electronic Commerce
- Financial Management
- Health Care Administration
- Homeland Security
- Human Resources Management
- International Business
- Management
- Management of Engineering and Technology
- Management Information Systems, Marketing
- Organizational Leadership
- Public Administration, and
- Sports Management
Learners who complete at least 18 graduate semester credits in an area of specialization may have the specialization recorded on their transcript and diploma. Electives may be taken from any graduate level course in the university.
Specializations:
Learners who complete at least 18 graduate semester credits in a single area of specialization at NCU (not counting fundamental courses) may elect to have the specialization recorded on their transcript and diploma.
Applied Computer Science
The Applied Computer Science Specialization is the discipline of designing methods for solving problems by means of computers. The curriculum is designed to provide preparation for professional careers in the areas of Software and Network Administration. Admission is open to holders of any Bachelor's degree or the equivalent who have computer and industrial or business experience.
Business Quantitative Methods
This specialization provides learners skills to work as a research and development specialist in a variety of industries including banking and finance, technology, and marketing; depending upon employment experience and prior undergraduate and graduate study. It is also an excellent credential for persons who want to teach quantitative and research courses in business, economics, and management programs at the collegiate level. The specialization is a unique blend of “research traditions” and methodologies from economics, finance, history, marketing, operations science, and statistics.
Computer and Information Security
This specialization is designed to meet the demand in business and industry for computer security professionals who are trained in cyber-terrorism, computer forensics and computer security. Learners will study current techniques in data preservation, identification, and extraction and will perform forensic analysis of systems using popular examination toolkits. Learners will also be exposed to common practices involved in forensic investigations and evidence handling, and will become informed in federal and state privacy, intellectual property, search and seizure, and cyber-crime laws. In conjunction the topic of cyber-terrorism will be explored in depth including material on terrorism in general and the specific targets vulnerable to hackers and terrorists. Courses will also cover appropriate computer security programs and the appropriate management of them from a law enforcement, private security, management and government perspective.
Criminal Justice
The criminal justice system is one of the largest and fastest growing "industries" in society. The justice system requires the attention of trained managers, business thinkers, and planners who can bring managerial understanding and skills to the problems of operating institutions within this industry.
Electronic Commerce
The electronic commerce specialization is designed for Learners who want to become proficient in conducting business on the Internet and/or the World Wide Web. Online marketing, Web-based applications, enabling methodologies and tools for online payment and transactions are included in the curriculum.
Financial Management
The lifeblood of every organization - private, public, religious or corporate - is its financial resources. Managers must know how to manage and allocate resources in order to ensure long-term profitability and organizational health. This specialization concentrates on developing these essential skills.
Health Care Administration
With the growing concern over health care and the economical delivery of health care services, there is an increasing requirement to bring managerial expertise to the health care industry. Health care administrators are in demand at entry and for advanced managerial positions in hospitals, in health maintenance organizations, in health insurance companies, and in governmental, public health, voluntary, and social service agencies. This specialization develops the essential managerial perspective and skills for this industry.
Homeland Security
The Homeland Security program is designed to prepare senior management of law enforcement, public safety, and emergency medical care and disaster preparedness agencies for positions of executive leadership in the general field of homeland security. Courses will span the spectrum of management, budgetary rules, personnel and critical issues relating to crisis management and terrorism.
Human Resources Management
Throughout history the challenge to managers has been to manage the organization's human resources to achieve peaceful, productive and profitable organizational outcomes. This specialization studies the interrelationships between human resources and the business organization, equipping the manager to function as a HRM specialist in business, industry, and service organizations.
Industrial/Organizational Psychology
The Industrial/Organizational Psychology program trains Learners to work in a variety of settings. This program prepares Learners for research and field experience. Within the industrial and organizational program, the Learner is expected to become competent in theory, research, and applications of psychology as they relate to human behavior in organizations. The program emphasizes the contributions of both industrial and organizational psychology to the understanding of people in their world of work. Training is received in conducting basic and applied research, and in the applications of theory and research to organizational and human resource management problems in organizations.
International Business
The global economy requires that domestic and foreign business managers have the knowledge of cultural, economic, political and legal environments of business and the necessary managerial skills for making management decisions in an international context. This specialization focuses on the essential elements required to understand and manage international organizations.
Management
This specialization is for the manager-generalist who must understand how the key parts of an organization function and interrelate. Effective enterprise results when the manager-generalist organizes the efforts of specialists in order to accomplish organizational outcomes. Learners gain the conceptual overview of modern theory and practice in each of the key areas of management.
Management Information Systems
The Management Information Systems (MIS) specialization is a user-friendly graduate specialization designed for administrators and managers. It is for managers who recognize that success in today's competitive environment requires an understanding of management and how managers use computer information systems to enhance the management process and business outcomes. The MIS specialization combines and applies the best from both disciplines: computer systems and management. Admission is open to holders of any Bachelor's degree or the equivalent who have industrial and/or business experience and who recognize that managers need expertise in both management and information systems. Knowledge of computer programming is not a requirement.
Management of Engineering and Technology
Technology drives productivity, lowers cost, and drives competitiveness. Conventional managerial styles do not adapt well to managing the highly skilled technology driven professional in a technology based environment. Engineers and scientists moving toward technical management responsibilities while maintaining identity in their technology need to establish the skill set and managerial style that will enable them to generate and transfer knowledge for making and implementing decisions which provide leadership in the management of engineering and technology. This specialization focuses on integrating practical technical experience with management theory and practice.
Marketing
The Marketing Specialization (graduate level) moves beyond fundamentals by focusing upon marketing management and marketing research. The courses provide learners the opportunity to enhance existing skills and knowledge and to gain new skills and knowledge germane to effectively managing the entire scope of the product life cycle in a strategically-sound, systematic, ethical, and legal manner.
Organizational Leadership
Organizational Leadership (OL) appeals to Learners who are focused on developing the competencies required of organizational leaders. The strategically crafted courses serve to enhance Learner’s commitment to the understanding and practice of leadership. Grounded in research, facilitated by leadership practitioner faculty and customized for maximum professional impact, the NCU Leadership course of study is designed for those who aspire to become collaborative change agents.
Public Administration
Managers possessing the wide range of skills in public administration are meeting the challenges in government management at the local, state and federal levels. For practicing public administrators as well as those seeking entry into public administration, this specialization focuses on acquiring the administrative knowledge and skills in such diverse areas as budgeting, government relations, personnel policies, politics, and urban planning.
Sports Management and Leadership
The Sports Management & Leadership specialization was created to meet the needs of a rapidly expanding and changing multi-billion dollar sports industry, providing Learners an opportunity to expand their knowledge. NCU's programs are delivered completely online to meet today's hectic schedules of educators and administrators.
Dr. Lynn Lashbrook, President and Founder of Sports Management Worldwide (SMWW) serves as a faculty mentor. Sports leaders are invited by Dr.Lashbrook, throughout the year to participate in audio chats, giving the students the opportunity to learn firsthand about the real world of sports. For information regarding Sports Management Worldwide:
www.smww.com
This link will take you to the SMWW Landing page where you will find more information on the program and the application process: www.ncu.edu/smww
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http://www.ncu.edu/info.asp?i=26
