Master of Business Administration
in Executive Managememt, Concentration in Business Analytics

This Business Analytics MBA course examines accounting applications in managerial decision-making and control. The course stresses how to use rather than how to prepare accounting reports. Topics you will explore include basic cost concepts, cost-volume-profit relationships, product costing, differential analysis, strategic product pricing, costallocation, budgeting, and the evaluation of financial performance.

You will also learn how Peter Drucker’s concept of management as a liberal art relates to the application of these topics in accounting and management.

Metrics and analysis are hallmarks of advanced management. Managers must understand the basics and application of descriptive and inferential statistics, including basic descriptive statistics, statistical inference, hypothesis testing, correlation and regression, time series forecasting, inventory models, simulation, queuing, and decision-making under uncertainty. As a master’s in business analytics student, you will explore the importance of the proper use of these metrics and analysis in the application of Drucker’s concept of management as a liberal art. You will also learn how to develop and apply graphs and charts to present data effectively and utilize decision trees and the expected value of information in analysis.

The course seeks to promote deep thinking about the concepts of Management as Liberal Art (MLA). The course focuses on management practices that center on management principles to improve the functioning of society by using Peter Drucker philosophies on executive leadership, human dimension and innovation, and technology. The class will explore the origins and applications of Drucker’s philosophy.

The origins are explored through emphasis on how managers can take the concerns of their larger community and stakeholders into consideration. And the application is practiced by identifying personal attributes, situational context, and societal relevance to the world today.

This Business Analytics MBA course introduces you to the basic decision models of financial management, preparing you to take an active role in organizational financial decision-making in your career.

You will explore the theory, methods, and concerns of corporate finance through topics such as financial statements interpretation and analysis, management of cash flow and working capital, pro forma analysis, the time value of money and capital budgeting techniques, long-term financing instruments, security market efficiency, and value creation principles. You will also learn about Drucker’s concept of management as a liberal art and its connection with corporate mission, profits, social responsibility, and service to society.

Prerequisite: ACC501

In this master’s in business analytics course, you will learn about business and consumer information systems. Topics covered include management information systems theory and practice as they relate to management and organizational theories, as well as the use of IT in different functional areas of the firm. You will examine the role of the internet in facilitating, augmenting, and providing competitive advantage for information systems. You will also explore the application of IT in gaining information and learn to apply it to the right measures, in accordance with Drucker’s concept of management as a liberal art.

This Business Analytics MBA course deals with human behavior in organizations. It employs several conceptual frameworks, case discussions, and skill-oriented activities, challenging you to applythese to advanced management and organizational behavior. These include motivation, learning and development, group dynamics, leadership, communication, power and influence, change, diversity,organizational design, and culture. As a master’s in business analytics student, you will also explore Drucker’s concept of management as a liberal art, its connection with productivity, and how one analyzes and organizes knowledge work in this context.

This Business Analytics MBA course emphasizes the strategic management processes, tools, and strategic framework managers and business experts use to make decisions in today’s complex environment. The content of the course is practical and aims to provide MBA in Business Analytics students with an integrative learning experience. You will examine the connection between business ethics, social responsibility and sustainability, and Drucker’s concept of management as a liberal art. The course covers the concepts of vision, mission, and determination of the basic long-term goals and objectives of a company, internal and external analysis, strategic tools and alternatives available to an organization, the adoption of a course of action and its implementation, and the allocation of resources for carrying out these objectives.

Prerequisite: A student must successfully complete thirty (30) units of CIAM coursework (which could include transfer courses) prior to enrolling in Strategic Management, MGT 511.

Marketing is one of the most important, complex, and fascinating management disciplines and has close ties to other functions of the firm, such as R&D, operations, and finance. Peter Drucker once said that marketing was too important to be left to marketers. This course provides Business Analytics MBA students with an understanding of marketing fundamentals, the marketing environment, and marketing research. You will examine how Drucker’s concept of management as a liberal art relates to corporate social responsibility (CSR) and corporate marketing. You will also explore buying behavior, psychological processes that affect consumer behavior, market segmentation, brand positioning, product differentiation, marketing strategy, and value creation.

Operations management is the study and application of best practices for coordinating people and technology to achieve goals efficiently. This MBA in Business Analytics course provides an understanding of global supply chain management, lean operations, and forecasting methods. You will also examine the link between Drucker’s concept of management as a liberal art and corporate social responsibility (CSR), productivity, and competitiveness. While you will explore several topics such as process design and quality control, most of this course will focus on capacity planning, forecasting, inventory control (part of supply chain management), and continuous process improvement.

Prerequisite: BUS501

Structured query language (SQL) is the language of databases. Whether you are running reports or collecting data for analysis, you need to know SQL to add, delete, edit, and view records. This Business Analytics concentration course provides a step-by-step overview and instructions that will help you get started with SQL language. You will learn how to create SQL statements for data storage, data collection, data computation, and reporting. Upon completion of this course, Business Analytics MBA students will be able to manage, query, and analyze business datasets by using relational database. Turning to Peter Drucker’s ideas of management as a liberal art, students will also explore ethical issues and learn to define ethical boundaries in analyzing data.

Prerequisite: BA501

This MBA in Business Analytics concentration course will introduce you to the theory and applications of probability and statistics. Topics include fundamental concepts of probability, conditional probability, random variables, common distributions, and statistical inference (estimation, hypothesis testing, and regression). As a Business Analytics MBA student, you will learn many practical skills, such as descriptive statistics analysis, A/B testing, and data visualization. This course emphasizes developing problem-solving skills and applying key results to business analysis with Excel and Tableau. You will describe how organizations that use this data and respect human dignity through data privacy embody the best aspects of Drucker’s ideas of management as a liberal art.

Prerequisite: BA501

This Business Analytics concentration course teaches the scientific process of transforming data into insights for making better business decisions. The course covers the methodologies, issues, and challenges related to analyzing business data. It will illustrate the processes of analytics by allowing you to apply business analytics algorithms and methodologies to business problems. You will learn data cleanup, data exploration analysis, forecasting, classification, and clustering. Upon completion of this course, Business Analytics MBA students will be able to develop business analytics ideas, analyze data, and generate business insights using R language and Tableau. The course will also continue on the theme of Peter Drucker’s ideas of management as a liberal art by exploring how Drucker’s ideas can be applied in preventing abuse of “big data.”

Prerequisite: BA502