Business Intelligence (MBA)

Provides an overview for students of Information System, and prepares them to be successful in their professional roles as well as for future academic studies in the field. An emphasis is placed on how management can use information and information technology to gain competitive advantage, increase productivity, and make better and timelier decisions particularly when formulating business strategy and policy.

Prerequisite(s):
None

Corequisite(s):
None

Introduces business intelligence (BI) for supporting strategic planning and decision making in organizations. It helps students to get familiar with the concepts and methodologies of BI. It covers topics such as data warehousing, data mining, text mining, and performance dashboard design and usage.

Prerequisite(s):
MIS 5110

Corequisite(s):
None

Prepares students to be able to manage, within organizational settings, the major concepts and framework, design and implementation of databases. It examines the theories, concepts, and application issues associated with the design and implementation of database management systems. Topics include requirements analysis, user specifications, design strategies, implementation, testing, growth, maturity, and obsolescence. Other topics include relational and distributed databases, business implications of database design, data integrity, and security.

Prerequisite(s):
MIS 5110

Corequisite(s):
None

Addresses design issues related to data warehousing and techniques for using data warehouses for business intelligence. In this course, a variety of tools will be used to demonstrate design, implementation, and utilization (e.g., mining) of data warehouses. Students will learn how data warehouses are used to help managers successfully gather, analyze, understand and act on information that has been stored in data warehouses, and will gain hands-on experience in creating and querying a data warehouse.

Prerequisite(s):
MIS 5310

Corequisite(s):
None

Evaluates a variety of human resource issues facing corporations and businesses today. These include employee development, performance appraisal systems, job design, hiring and dismissal processes, career management strategies, legal issues, morale monitoring, domestic and global labor market problems, as well as how cultural and economic factors influence the effectiveness of human resource management.

Prerequisite(s):
BUS 6780 or NUR 5110, NUR 5310, NUR 5410

Corequisite(s):
None

Provides students with an understanding of individuals, groups, and organizations as a whole. This course considers such topics as alignment of people within an organization, as well as techniques for these individuals to manage and lead more effectively. This course will also discuss how technology, the Internet, globalism, and virtual teaming are impacting the work environment today.

Prerequisite(s):
BUS 6780

Corequisite(s):
None

Focuses on the use of financial and managerial accounting information for decision-making purposes. Topics include accounting concepts, accounting systems, preparing financial statements, product costing and overhead allocation, variance analysis, budgeting, and responsibility accounting. How these topics should be applied in information based decision making is emphasized. Case analysis is used to enhance student learning of key accounting concepts.

Prerequisite(s):
BUS 6780

Corequisite(s):
None

Provides a general understanding of corporate financial management and financial accounting, including the introduction of key concepts in the field of finance and the environment in which they are applied. Students learn how to gauge the financial health of their company and to measure and understand financial return in relation to risk. Capital budgeting and management of working capital are also discussed. The course emphasis is on the familiarization of the student with the financial impact of decision making in the corporate environment.

Prerequisite(s):
BUS 6780

Corequisite(s):
None

Provides students with an integrated understanding of the concepts of economics. The emphasis is on the application of economics and uses actual economic events to encourage the study of the principles of economics and to show how these concepts can help students understand the complex and dynamic American economy.

Prerequisite(s):
BUS 6780

Corequisite(s):
None

Concentrates on the marketing function with a focus on the alignment with an impact on the strategic decision-making process of the firm. This course emphasizes planning and managing marketing activities of multi-product firms and provides an understanding of the fundamental issues which influence marketing strategies, tactics and decisions. The specifics of implementing a marketing plan are discussed.

Prerequisite(s):
BUS 6780

Corequisite(s):
None

Emphasizes the use of data collection and analysis in business environments to facilitate decision making. Research designs will be addressed so that students can ask and answer specific questions. Students will learn to properly use basic descriptive and inferential statistics. This course will offer an applications-oriented perspective to conducting and critically evaluating primary research.

Prerequisite(s):
None

Corequisite(s):
None

Provides the capstone course for the MBA program. It builds upon and integrates the theories, skills, and knowledge from previous courses. Students have the opportunity to make strategic decisions that affect performance and long-term viability of business enterprises. Students will analyze the business strategies of current public corporations. Students will also complete a decision-making business simulation.

Prerequisite(s):
All MBA business requirements and major requirement courses.

Corequisite(s):
None