MBA in Executive Management, Concentration in Business Analytics

3.0 Semester Credits

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, cost

allocation, 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.

3.0 Semester Credits

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.

3.0 Semester Credits

This course prepares MBA in Business Analytics students to navigate

the ethical and leadership challenges of management careers. Ethical

dilemmas are common in the business decision-making process, and

leadership plays a crucial role in achieving acceptable results. This

course aims to enhance your proficiency in issue recognition,

applications of ethical principles, and analysis of the consistency of

corporate decision-making processes with such principles. This course

also covers Drucker’s models of ethics, duty, motivation, and

leadership, which are fundamental to sound leadership and ethics.

Business Analytics MBA students will learn to apply these concepts in

ways that reflect Drucker’s notion of caring and compassionate

management in keeping with management as a liberal art and the

importance of service to others.

3.0 Semester Credits

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

3.0 Semester Credits

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.

3.0 Semester Credits

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 apply

these 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.

3.0 Semester Credits

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.

3.0 Semester Credits

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.

3.0 Semester Credits

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

3.0 Semester Credits

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

3.0 Semester Credits

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

3.0 Semester Credits

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