Master of Science in Enterprise Business Management
Learn to manage all the positions of an enterprise
The Master of Science in Enterprise Business Management enables students to manage the planning and deployment of the critical infrastructure to help their company achieve a sustained competitive advantage. The program will include best practices and case studies in fundamental international business management procedures including research methods, accounting, sales and marketing, business and public policy, and human resource management. The capstone course gives the EBM student the opportunity to pull together and build upon what has been learned in separate business fields and utilizes this knowledge in the analysis of complex business challenges. Students should be prepared for strategic technical aspects of business and management positions of an enterprise. If you want a career in international business management request more information about our Master of Science in Enterprise in Business Management program.
Business Management Degree Program Requirements and Online Options
Students in the enterprise management program can complete the program through classroom instruction at our locations in Virginia, through online instruction, or a combination of both.
| Credits Required | Number of Classes |
|---|
| Core Component |
31.5 |
7 |
| Electives |
22.5 |
5 |
| Total Required for Graduation |
54 |
12 |
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Core Requirements
Business Applications over the Internet
Credits:: 4.5
Prerequisites:
The purpose of this course is to analyze how computer communications, data storage, and data analysis technologies have caused strategic shifts in company operating practices. Students learn that information technology is a tool that can facilitate valuable changes in business processes. This course reviews software that is available for customer relationship management (CRM), enterprise resource planning (ERP), supply chain management, enterprise application integration (EAI), business intelligence (BI), data warehousing, and decision support. The course consists of case studies of successful and unsuccessful e-business process improvement projects. Prerequisite: None.
EBM500
Business Applications over the Internet
4.5
Research Methods
Credits:: 4.5
Prerequisites:
The course focuses on methods for the conduct of research and development projects. Specifically, students learn about the scientific method, as well as research/design requirements and objectives. Course work involves qualitative, quantitative, and case studies; performance metrics; design procedures and control; sources of error and bias. In addition, evaluation tools and formal validation methods are discussed. Prerequisite: None.
EBM502
Research Methods
4.5
Human Resource Management
Credits:: 4.5
Prerequisites:
This course provides the fundamentals of human resource management (HRM). Topics covered are
organizational psychology, human interaction, individual effectiveness and social issues. Other areas include human resource planning, strategic management, organizational structure, legal environment and organizational staffing. Prerequisite: None.
EBM520
Human Resource Management
4.5
Managerial Sales and Marketing
Credits:: 4.5
Prerequisites:
This course examines techniques for sales and marketing of e-business applications. In particular, the following are covered: strategic market planning, analysis, product planning, pricing and promotion strategy, and management. Other topics covered are design, evaluation and management of marketing channels. Sales strategies, distribution and techniques are also discussed. Prerequisite: None.
EBM550
Managerial Sales and Marketing
4.5
Strategic Business Marketing
Credits:: 4.5
Prerequisites:
This course examines marketing variables and marketing strategy in developed and developing countries The importance of differences among nations in language, culture and social forces, politics and laws, values, channels or distribution, and buyer behavior is examined. The course also emphasizes the importance of the marketing orientation in the present global competitive environment and the relationships between marketing and business development and strategy in an international setting. Prerequisite: None.
EBM587
Strategic Business Marketing
4.5
Business and Public Policy
Credits:: 4.5
Prerequisites:
This course discusses political, legal, economic, and ethical forces acting on business as well as the interaction of the market system and public policy process in the development of law and regulation. Prerequisite: None.
EBM555
Business and Public Policy
4.5
Managerial Accounting
Credits:: 4.5
Prerequisites:
In this course, attention is directed towards the core of the managment control and financial reporting systems integrally related to the information systems. The fundamentals of accounting and how they relate to business and an in-depth anaylsis of the tax consequences of forming, operating, and liquidating a corporation and transactions with shareholders will be discussed. Anaylsis of financial records and business sheets will also be addressed. Prerequisite: None.
EBM560
Managerial Accounting
4.5
International Managerial Accounting
Credits:: 4.5
Prerequisites:
This course presents generally accepted accounting principles which are used by other countries and the United States to report financial information to global users. The course familiarizes the student with the knowledge needed to analyze and interpret consolidated financial statements that are presented by local, multinational, and transnational corporations. The course content includes international accounting regulations and practices, as well as some of the current research on the application of worldwide accounting standards. Prerequisite: None.
EBM562
International Managerial Accounting
4.5
EBM Capstone Course
Credits:: 4.5
Prerequisites:
This capstone course gives the EBM student the opportunity to pull together and build upon what has been learned in separate business fields and utilizes this knowledge in the analysis of complex business problems. This “capstone course” is designed to aid the student in synthesizing and applying knowledge gained in earlier courses and applies these skills through actual business cases. Prerequisite: This course must be taken in the final quarter of enrollment, but may be taken along with another course which will lead to the completion of the program.
EBM685
EBM Capstone Course
4.5
Elective Requirements
Global Leadership in Bus. Enterprise I
Credits:: 4.5
Prerequisites:
This course focuses on an integrative approach to organizational concepts, management principles, and the effects of leadership styles and human resource policies and practices on organizational performance in a global and competitive work environment. Prerequisite: None.
EBM505
Global Leadership in Bus. Enterprise I
4.5
E-Commerce: Business Models & Strategies
Credits:: 4.5
Prerequisites:
This course presents the state-of-the-art in electronic commerce. Its focus is on the current and future impact of e-commerce on the student’s organization, industry, and professional activities. Specific topics include creating new business opportunities; identifying new customers and additional value in existing customers; realigning the organization for the new environment, addressing contemporary uncertainties, for example, government regulation, taxation, security, privacy, and intellectual property rights; creating a market presence; measuring success, return on investment, and profitability; and sustaining the pace of change through appropriate staffing, hiring, outsourcing, and partnering. Students examine recent successes and failures in e-commerce through case studies and other readings and will develop an e-commerce business plan for their organization. Prerequisite: None.
EBM515
E-Commerce: Business Models & Strategies
4.5
Global Leadership in Bus. Enterprise II
Credits:: 4.5
Prerequisites:
This course is a continuation of EBM505. This course will discuss case studies in leadership and addresses problems that organizations go through because of the leadership flaws. Prerequisite: EBM505.
EBM525
Global Leadership in Bus. Enterprise II
4.5
Business Law
Credits:: 4.5
Prerequisites:
This course examines the legal environment in which businesses operate. In particular, torts, contracts, government regulation, types of businesses and formulation of companies are covered. This course also considers topics related to legal concepts of commercial transactions. Specifically addressed are: collection of debts, sale of goods (warranties, product liability), secured transactions and bankruptcy. Prerequisite: None.
EBM530
Business Law
4.5
IT & Corporate Transformation
Credits:: 4.5
Prerequisites:
This course examines how organizations are dependent on information technology not only for management of operations, but more also as a key enabler of competitive advantage. Also examined is the growth in corporate spending on IT components such as hardware, software, telecommunications, and for information systems (IS) personnel. Specific topics to be discussed include strategic planning for IT activities and projects, project-level planning and management, the role of the IT leader or chief information officer, and achieving the balance between insourcing and outsourcing of various IS functions. Prerequisite: None.
EBM535
IT & Corporate Transformation
4.5
Microeconomics
Credits:: 4.5
Prerequisites:
This course will discuss intermediate microeconomic theory, with emphasis on production and costs, market structure and pricing, risk analysis, and investment theory and capital budgeting. Prerequisite: None.
EBM570
Microeconomics
4.5
International Economics
Credits:: 4.5
Prerequisites:
This course examines key dimensions of the global economy and global economics, including international business opportunities and risks, trade theory and policy, the balance of payments, foreign exchange markets, exchange rate systems and risks, and international payment systems. The role of multinational corporations and elements of international corporate strategies and direct investment are also covered. Students are required to follow current events in the global economy and discuss how these events impact managerial decision-making. Prerequisite: None.
EBM572
International Economics
4.5
Curricular Practical Training Practicum
Credits:: 4.5
Prerequisites:
Allows a student to enrich the learning experience in their chosen career area and enhance their career development. Provides a three-way cooperative educational partnership among student, employer, and Stratford University with each sharing responsibility through a part-time (maximum 20 hours per week) supervised work experience. Prerequisite: Permission of the Dean.
EBM599
Curricular Practical Training Practicum
4.5
Special Projects
Credits:: 4.5
Prerequisites:
The participant in this program will develop a written report on some project of interest. This project will be undertaken with the guidance of a faculty member. A high quality report is expected on the development of an e-Business utilizing the lessons learned in the course work. An oral presentation of the report is expected. Prerequisite: Approval by the Dean.
EBM630
Special Projects
4.5
Business Transformation
Credits:: 4.5
Prerequisites:
This course helps future managers work through organizational chnage by studying strategies for providing positive leadership. This course covers multiple perspectives on managing organizational change, including methodologies for diagnosing management competency, theoretical frameworks for understanding organizational competency, and strategies for changing organizational culture and personal behavior.
EBM635
Business Transformation
4.5
International Business
Credits:: 4.5
Prerequisites:
This course examines current organizations and practices of domestic and foreign businesses in the international market; problems of trade and foreign government regulation barriers, investment
opportunities and economic arrangements and developments; and the role of the manager in the rapidly changing economic environment. Prerequisite: None.
EBM640
International Business
4.5
Geopolitics
Credits:: 4.5
Prerequisites:
This course examines the complex and turbulent international environment. A manager requires both a basic conceptual framework that can inform and order political and economic events, and an understanding of how the international political economy actually affects strategy. Geopolitics explores the structure and evolution of the inter national political-economic system, and then looks at several critical issues areas, such as economic and currency unions, technological advances, strategic alliances, and national competitiveness. Current events and issues are introduced as appropriate. The emphasis of the course is on implications for domestic and global strategy. Prerequisite: None.
EBM645
Geopolitics
4.5
Growth Strategies for Emerging Companies
Credits:: 4.5
Prerequisites:
This course offers practical management tools to help grow and manage high potential new ventures. Topics include internal rapid growth strategies (including product development (high and low technology), vertical expansion, horizontal expansion, etc.), external rapid growth strategies (rollups, exporting, franchising, and acquisition, etc.), and unique growth techniques for technology product based firms. Leadership, human relations, and bootstrapping are important supporting topics. This course is useful for those who intend to start their own companies and those who intend to work in an entrepreneurial company. Future investment bankers, venture capitalists, merger and acquisition professionals, and business brokers will benefit as well. Prerequisite: None.
EBM660
Growth Strategies for Emerging Companies
4.5
Business Plan for the New Venture
Credits:: 4.5
Prerequisites:
In this course each student must produce a business plan that will be accepted for the annual program business plan competition. It is expected that several business plans will be of sufficient quality that they will attract financing. Topics include a deep review of business plan construction and its derivative short forms (1 page summary, 3 pages summary, and executive summary). Prerequisite: None.
EBM675
Business Plan for the New Venture
4.5
Project Management
Credits:: 4.5
Prerequisites:
The course focuses on the effective organization of projects, tracking of costs and time expenditures, management of quality and risks, evaluation of human resources requirements, and the overcoming of potential obstacles. Prerequisite: None.
EBM680
Project Management
4.5