Master of Business Administration in Executive Management

3.0 Semester Credits

This Executive Management 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 an executive management

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 provides you with an opportunity to learn about Drucker’s

ideas about the practice of innovation (the seven sources for

innovative opportunity and his five principles of innovation), the

practice of entrepreneurship (entrepreneurial management, the

entrepreneurial business, entrepreneurship in service institutions, and

the new venture), and entrepreneurial strategies. In particular,

Drucker’s holistic treatment of these areas, which includes the liberal

arts and other areas of the humanities, will be articulated. In doing so,

this course discusses the basics for every manager who needs to

organize successful technology and market-driven innovation in

entrepreneurial and established firms. The course will examine how

entrepreneurs and managers can shape their firms so that they

continuously build and commercialize valuable innovations.

3.0 Semester Credits

We live in an age of unprecedented opportunity. Many believe that

ambition, drive, and talent alone can propel you to the top of your

chosen profession, regardless of where you started. However, in

today’s business landscape, you must be your own chief executive

officer and become more deliberate in managing yourself and your

career. The foundation of this MBA management degree course will

be Drucker’s classic article in the Harvard Business Review on

Managing Oneself. We will build off this article, tying Drucker’s ideas

regarding management as a liberal art to ideas of self-management

and self-development. Overall, we will consider how Peter Drucker

explained how to manage your career successfully.

3.0 Semester Credits

This course prepares Executive Management MBA students to

navigate the ethical and leadership challenges of advanced

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. Executive management 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 Executive Management 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

Today’s markets are becoming increasingly global, so managers and

business leaders must understand the theories, institutions, and

environmental elements that underlie international commerce. This

course equips executive management students with skills to manage

international projects using a comprehensive framework to formulate

strategies in the global marketplace. We will also explore the link

between the social responsibilities of international business firms and

Drucker’s concept of management as a liberal art. The course covers

globalization, economic development, entrepreneurship and

innovation in a global economy, competitive advantage, competitive

strategies, alternative modes of market entry (including import and

export through intermediaries), contracts with suppliers and

distributors, and foreign direct investment (FDI).

3.0 Semester Credits

In this Executive Management MBA course, you will learn about

business and consumer information systems. Topics covered include

management information systems theory and practice as they relate

to advanced 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 MBA management degree 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 an executive management

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 Executive Management MBA course emphasizes the strategic

management processes, tools, and strategic framework managers and

business leaders use to make decisions in today’s complex

environment. The content of the course is practical and aims to

provide executive management 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 executive management 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 Executive Management MBA 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