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MBA Curriculum Overview
Acquire the knowledge to achieve distinction
The MBA program is made up of six, six-credit seminars for a total of 36 credits. There are four start dates per year: March, June, September or December. Each seminar is approximately 11 weeks in length. The core of the MBA is composed of four seminars while the remaining two seminars allow you to select your area of interest. You may choose a General MBA or select a specialized concentration in Finance, Organizational Leadership, or Project Management. Prerequisite courses are offered for those not meeting full admission requirements. Assessments are conducted on a case-by-case basis. The program culminates with a one-week residency and graduation ceremony at Norwich University in June. The seminars must be taken in the order presented. They are strategically sequenced to build context for future seminars and to build on issues from past seminars.
MBA Prerequisite (if applicable):
The prerequisite is a 12 credit-hour certificate course that prepares you for an MBA education. In addition to an understanding of the critical business functions, two key skill areas that are essential for all business professionals are a proficiency in business communication and a working knowledge of business statistics. Both are part of the prerequisite. All subjects of the common professional components required for accreditation and necessary for preparing you to succeed in the MBA are covered in the prerequisite seminar.
These include:
- Functional Areas
- Marketing
- Finance
- Accounting
- Management (includes Operations Management, Organizational Behavior, and Human Resource Management)
- The Business Environment
- Legal Environment of Business
- Economics
- Business Ethics
- Global Dimensions of Business
- Technical Skills
- Information Management
- Quantitative Techniques/Statistics
Core Courses:
Strategic Resources Management
Seminar 1
This seminar focuses on the strategic management of the intangible assets of an organization: human capital, information capital, and organizational capital. Human motivation, workforce utilization, performance measurement, leadership, organizational culture and change, management information systems, knowledge management, and contingency planning are discussed in detail during the seminar. You learn to translate strategy into operational terms, to align the organization to its strategy, and to apply course content in an individual project and in an integrated corporate partner case study. (6 credit hours)
Managerial Finance
Seminar 2
This seminar introduces you to the world of financial management. You will start off learning to understand financial statements and how to measure a firm's financial performance. An important concept in financial management is the time value of money and how that is related to decisions about risk and rates of return, capital budgeting, and the financing of other long-term capital projects. After mastering these principles you will apply them to problems in calculating after-tax cash flows, project selection decision criteria, and the cost of capital. Techniques for determining the impact of leverage on the firm's financing mix and forecasting future financial positions are explored. The seminar closes on international business finance and a continuation of the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) that you began in Seminar 1. (6 credit hours)
Operations and Marketing Management
Seminar 3
The focus of this seminar centers on Operations and Marketing Management each from their own functional perspective in a business organization, but also from the necessity to integrate these elements to achieve optimal business performance.
In order to enhance your understanding of these core competencies this seminar will explore Operations and Marketing from the perspective of the "product life cycle" examining in this life cycle the driving characteristics of Operations and Marketing at two important phases in that cycle – the rapid growth and maturity stages. Within this framework the key concepts of Operations and Marketing will be applied and a closer look at how important integration between Operations and Marketing is. This seminar will add value to you as a future manager by building skills, competencies, and perspectives in Operations Management, such as develop an organized plan for improving the value-adding process, and by developing a proficiency in the use of Marketing frameworks and tools that will enable you to develop a strategic view of a market-driven firm and measure marketing's contribution to the firm's success in achieving its goals. (6 credit hours)
Strategic Management
Seminar 6
This seminar addresses the strategic management of entire organizations, which implies total responsibility for integrating and coordinating all activities and the accomplishment of long-term goals that determine organizational survival. Analytical models are used to dissect actual case scenarios, identify the underlying strategic nature of business problems, and develop strategic recommendations for their resolutions. You will debate the topical and controversial issues of corporate management and will have the opportunity to interact with industry leaders. The seminar concludes with a project that integrates results of prior seminars into a cohesive, strategic analysis of an international company. A comprehensive outcome assessment examination will be administered during this seminar. (6 credit hours)
General MBA:
Seminar 4 & 5
By selecting the 'general' approach, you will enhance your knowledge by learning key concepts in multiple areas of the business enterprise through our four core seminars. You will then have the flexibility to select electives based on your professional and personal objectives. Build a strong foundation in various areas of business enterprise. Diversify your management skills to effectively deal with and manage real-life business situations across multiple industries.
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Concentrations:
Seminar 4 & 5
Choose from Finance, Organizational Leadership, or Project Management, allowing you the opportunity to customize your program to match your career path and/or professional interests. (12 credit hours for each)
- Finance:
Your interest in investment management and corporate finance will be satisfied over the course of this specialization. This specialization was designed to provide you with a deeper understanding of the general structure and function of financial institutions and markets as well as the financial management of businesses and value investments in securities and a range of additional assets. The curriculum will provide a comprehensive examination of investment and portfolio management, international finance, bank management, and risk management. Expand your professional knowledge and enhance your financial analysis skills, strategic perspective skills, and advanced decision-making capabilities.
Topics covered: capital budgeting; capital structure theory; working capital management; financial derivatives; mergers, cost of capital; leasing, international finance; behavioral finance; securities markets; stock and bond valuation; asset allocation; portfolio management; investing in a globalized environment; portfolio evaluation techniques; compose portfolios; define investments objectives; formulate investment policies; and options and futures.
- Organizational Leadership:
The focal point in this concentration involves leading change within the context of understanding the complexity of strategy within an organization. Through the study of organizational systems you will develop an in-depth understanding of the implications of strategic alignment (or lack of strategic alignment) to organizational success. This concentration is broad and will focus on differentiating the conceptual and theoretical change models in order to assist you in understanding the best ways to lead change while considering individual and group behavior as tied to strategy. Enhance your ability to implement organizational change and align people to the processes improved by the change initiatives. This specialization underlines the importance of a leader's ability to understand and follow the change management process in a collaborative manner. You will learn about strategic leadership and change theories that foster positive changes in people and organizations. Systems thinking and organizational theory and design support the change process while standing alone as relevant for individuals not part of a change initiative within their organization.
Topics covered: leadership, organizational leadership, motivation theory and research; change models; leadership and organizational change best practices; individual and group behavior; change management process; and organization-wide change sustainability, strategic organizational behavior, competitive advantage, principled decision-making, ethical sustainability, triple bottom-line, social responsibility, customer-centricity, systems thinking, strategy, structure, and process as leadership in organizations.
- Project Management:
This specialization is designed to sharpen your project management skills in three areas: project planning, risk management, and project procurement. The program will develop your ability to communicate and interact effectively among managers in order to accomplish business goals. Master the skills involved in planning, managing, and controlling resources, all of which are critical to the successful and timely completion of projects that remain within their allotted budget. Strengthen and expand your expertise and business vision while building the perspective you need to excel in a variety of functional areas and industries including business consulting and IT project management. Mastery of the key tools and concepts of project management will give you a significant competitive advantage in the marketplace.
The Project Management Institute of Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, has developed a professional certification for project managers for several years. The topics covered in this concentration follows the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) required for PMI certification. Although this concentration is not specifically a certification training course for PMI certification, you will find yourself well down the road toward certification if you elect to try for PMI certification later in your career.
Topics covered: technical and behavioral tools and techniques of project planning, scheduling, organizing, controlling, and managing projects; project priorities, organization, and strategy; leadership and organizational behavior in the project environment; and project management process and tools.
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Norwich University - Master of Business Administration
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