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Master of Business Administration
Degree Overview
Offering nine different degree paths, Stratford's MBA program truly excels!
The Master of Business Administration program is designed to prepare students for careers in various aspects of business, management and leadership in both the private and public sectors. Students acquire a comprehensive foundation in the fundamentals of business, the global environment in which they will function, and the analytical tools for intelligent decision making. Students gain added functional expertise by selecting specialization courses (or may select the no specialization option).
**Students who hold an undergraduate degree in a field other than business administration or a related area will be required to demonstrate competency in the business core areas. Competency can be demonstrated by completing necessary coursework prior to beginning graduate studies at Stratford University by completing appropriate bridge courses offered through the Stratford University residential or online program. Documented work experience may be evaluated to meet some or all competency areas.
Specialization Areas:
Students also have the opportunity to opt for an open specialization and select courses from multiple areas.
Program Requirements and Online Options
The MBA program is available to students through classroom instruction, online instruction, or a combination of both.
Credits Required
Number of Classes
Core Component
36
8
Specialization
18
4
Total Required for Graduation
54
12
Core Courses
Accounting
Entrepreneurship
Finance
International Business
Information Technology and e-Commerce
Investment Management
Management
Marketing
Supply Chain Management
No Specialization
Research Methods - EBM502
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites: None.
This course outlines and analyzes information gathering and assessment, which drives proper control of resources and performance, critical prerequisites for business success. Students will learn methods for planning, data analysis, and communication of results in applied business research. Students will utilize these skills in a team research project on a regional organization. Specifically, students will learn about the scientific methods, research/design requirements and objectives. Course work will involve qualitative, quantitative, and case studies; performance metrics; design procedures and control; sources of error and bias. In addition evaluation tools and formal validation methods will be discussed.
Information Processing and the Web - EBM510
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites: None.
This course will include the effective use of the Internet for business applications. Topics will include: Data integration and Warehousing, Data Marts, Internet infrastructure and Web databases (dB), e-business information portals and common warehouse model. An Internet platform consisting of Oracle 8I with Java VM, CORBA support will provide a foundation for data warehousing and e-business intelligence.
Corporate Finance - EBM558
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites:
This course is an in-depth analysis of financial considerations relating to maximizing the value of a corporation. It examines the setting of financial and corporate goals in terms of maximizing shareholders' equity, optimal financing policy and relationships among dividend policy, debt levels, capital costs, return on investments, and growth.
Managerial Accounting - EBM560
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites: None
In this course, attention is directed towards the core of the management control and financial reporting systems integrally related to information systems. The fundamentals of accounting and how they relate to e-Business will be discussed. Analysis of financial records and Business Balance sheets will also be addressed. In depth analysis of the Tax consequences of forming, operating and liquidating a Corporation and transactions with shareholders will be discussed.
International Managerial Accounting - EBM562
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites: None.
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 will familiarize 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 will include international accounting regulations and practices as well as some of the current research on the application of worldwide accounting standards.
Strategic Business Marketing - EBM587
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites: None.
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.
Business Transformation - EBM635
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites: None.
The course addresses the strategic impact of increased availability of information on the structure of firms and on the strategies available to them. This course focuses on the implementation of information-based strategies, on changes to the structure and operations of the firm, and on the leadership challenges required to make effective use of this theory. It will address the implementation of advanced online pricing strategies, information-enabled hyper-differentiation of products and services, and the challenges of rapid organizational transformation.
International Business - EBM640
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites: None
This course explores the issues which face managers when operating in international environments. The course will expose students to strategic and operational aspects of international business management. Topics include: an overview of global management; cultural, legal, and political influences on international management; international trade and investment; transnational operations and marketing; international human resource management; cross-cultural communication and decision-making; international strategies; and organizing international enterprises.
Managerial International Business - EBM642
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites: None.
This course explores the issues which face managers when operating in international environments. The course will expose students to strategic and operational aspects of international business management. Topics include: an overview of global management; cultural, legal, and political influences on international management; international trade and investment; transnational operations and marketing; international human resource management; cross-cultural communication and decision-making; international strategies; and organizing international enterprises.
MBA Capstone - EBM690
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites: Can only be taken during the studentâs last quarter of registration OR with 45 Qtr Credit hours completed (course can be taken concurrently with a core requirement)
This capstone course gives the MBA 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.
Accounting Information Systems - ACC563
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites: None
This course introduces the student to systems analysis and the application of information systems’ concepts to the accounting process and accounting models, both manual and automated.
Advanced Managerial Accounting - ACC564
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites: EBM 560 or EBM 562
This course Investigates advanced topics in managerial accounting and expands upon topics covered in ACC 560. Topics include cost projections, analysis and interpretation, analysis under uncertainty, capital budgeting, linear programming, and decentralized operations.
Advanced Auditing - ACC565
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites: ACC 335 or verifiable equivalent sector specific experience
This course surveys in-depth analysis of current auditing issues, including professional standards and ethics, internal control gathering and documentation of evidences, and statistical sampling. Focuses on detailed analysis of audit programs and EDP as well as concepts concerning the financial condition and
operation of commercial enterprises.
Forensic Accounting - ACC566
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites: ACC 335 or verifiable equivalent sector specific experience
This course provides a framework for an understanding of forensic accounting. Topics covered include various foundation areas of importance to the forensic accountant, the basic forensic accounting tooloriented areas, and practice areas relevant to forensic accounting.
International Taxation - ACC568
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites: None
This course presents a foundational overview of the taxation related to the United States of America and several other nations in Asia, European, African, and the Americas. The specifies addressed tax issues for business as well as individuals as it relates to double taxation, transfer taxes and other tax concerns. Also,
the course looks at situations from a planning approach that gives the most beneficial tax situation.
Systems Auditing - ACC569
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites: None
This course presents the system and principles of auditing accounting and financial information systems. Current practices of auditing both simple and complex information systems are addressed. Also addressed are the audit program and testing procedures necessary for conducting an information system audit with a
focus on documentation of evidence.
International Economics - EBM572
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites: None.
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.
Growth Strategies for Emerging Companies - EBM660
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites: None.
This course offers practical management tools that are needed to build a new venture into a significant enterprise. The competencies, strategies, and structures of successful high performance businesses are studied. Topics include leadership, internal growth strategies, merger, acquisition, and franchising.
Growth Strategies for Emerging Markets - EBM662
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites: None.
This course examine how firms conduct an analysis and select new international markets for entry, how firms develop strategies for successfully entering these markets, and how firms manage these markets for growth and subsequent expansion.
New Venture Creation - EBM670
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites: None.
An introduction to the entrepreneurial process from conception to birth of a new venture; attributes of successful entrepreneurs, business planning, innovation and creativity, opportunity recognition, venture screening, identification and financing of resources, staffing, feasibility analysis, marketing, and growing a business into a sustainable enterprise. The course will include case studies of successful and unsuccessful ventures.
International Competitive Strategy and Innovation - EBM672
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites: EBM670
This course examines the innovation process, appropriation of economic value from innovation, competition between technologies, strategies for competing against established firms, and management of innovation.
Business Plan for the New Venture - EBM675
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites: None.
Each student must focus on production of 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 page summary, and executive summary).
Investments - EBM600
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites: EBM 560 or EBM 562
This course will discuss the treatment of equity, debt, speculative markets and formulation of capital. Emphasis will be placed on Investment strategies for e-Businesses. Particular attention will be given to raising capital for business from various sources. Partnerships and other techniques for corporate development will be discussed. Some discussion of securities markets will be undertaken with an emphasis portfolio management
Financial Management - EBM610
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites: Student must have taken at least one 500 level course
Provides an overview of financial management, with an emphasis on analysis of financial decisions pertinent to management of a business firm. The course identifies the responsibilities of financial managers, financial problems facing firms, and the various approaches to financial decision making. Specific topics covered include capital acquisition, working capital management, capital budgeting, valuation theories, and dividend and long-term financial policies.
Financial Statement Analysis - EBM611
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites:
This course examines financial accounting rules and helps students develop skills in interpreting and analyzing external financial reports. Both traditional and recently advocated methods of financial statement analysis will be studies, taking the perspectives of investors and creditors. Among the topics to be investigated are: 1) the mechanics of financial statement analysis; 2) manager’s incentives in making accounting choices; 3) the usefulness of accounting numbers in an effective market; and, 4) international comparisons of financial statements.
Capital Formation - EBM615
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites: EBM610
Determinants of saving and investment and resultant funds flow are evaluated. Special emphasis on the level and risk structure and term structure of interest rates. The role and management of financial institutions is stressed.
Financial Decision Making - EBM620
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites: EBM610
This course will discuss theory and practice of business finance, emphasizing the impacts of long- and short-term uses and sources of funds on the firmŪs value.
Advanced Financial Management - EBM625
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites: EBM610
In this course we examine advanced case studies in financial management: working capital policy, capital budgeting, financing with debt and equity, project finance, dividend policy, valuation, and investment banking in the contexts of private equity, venture capital, initial public offering, leveraged buyout, and management buyout.
Global Leadership in Business Enterprise I - EBM505
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites: None
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.
International Economics - EBM572
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites: None.
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.
Global Economy - EBM575
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites: None.
This course discusses key dimensions of the global economy, 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. In addition additional topics such as foreign direct investments might also be discussed in addition to the changing role of multinational corporations and elements of international corporate strategies.
International Money, Banking, and Financial Markets - EBM590
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites: None.
This course explores the role that international finance markets play in the business environment. Students study principles and applications of international financial markets and their impact on the world economy. The course also addresses currency exchange mechanisms in theory and practice, including international monetary systems; offshore financial markets and currency risk management, including interest rate and currency futures, options, and swaps.
Geopolitics - EBM645
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites: None
To deal with 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 international 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.
Business Applications over the Internet - EBM500
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites: None.
This course introduces the students to the uses of telecommunications and information technologies in organizations. 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. The 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. Secure computer networks and scalable databases, both enabling technologies which permit the deployment of distributed applications, are reviewed. Major software vendors and off-the-shelf products are discussed. The course includes case studies of successful and unsuccessful business process improvement projects. Specific topics include survivability, maintainability, latency, mobile commerce, and emerging trends.
Electronic Commerce: Business Models and Technologies - EBM515
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites: None.
This course is designed to provide a comprehensive foundation in the field of electronic commerce. Course topics include how a company can build relationships, promote and sell products, gather valuable market information, provide customer service, and establish competitive advantages online. Technical topics include the Internet and web technologies, e-commerce system design, cryptography and Internet security, payment systems, and secure transaction processing. The course focuses on business requirements for electronic commerce, and examines fundamental design issues for both business-to-business and business-to-consumer applications. Students examine recent successes and failures in e-commerce through case studies and other readings and develop an e-commerce business plan for their organization.
Information Technology and Corporate Transformation - EBM535
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites: None.
As organizations become increasingly dependent on information technology, not only for the management of operations, but even more so as a key enabler of competitive advantage, increasing attention is being focused on the extraction of value from IT assets. This increasing dependence is also accompanied by an explosive growth in corporate spending on IT components such as hardware, software, telecommunications, and 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.
E-Commerce WEB Site Development I - EBM540
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites: None
The emphasis of this course will be on the development of WEB sites. The fundamentals of WEB site development using HTML and other tools will be addressed. Topics will include: WEB hosting, Application Service Providers (ASPs), Oracle and Peoplesoft databases and software, XML, style sheets. The participant will develop a WEB site as part of the course.
E-Commerce WEB Site Development II - EBM545
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites: EBM540
The emphasis of this course will be the advanced development of WEB sites for business development. In this course, specific business WEB sites will be studied for content, advertising, structure and usefulness. The participant will develop a number of business related WEB sites and analyze them for effectiveness. Data warehousing and retrieval techniques will be addressed. In addition, future WEB site development tools will be studied.
Project Management - EBM680
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites: None.
The course will try to focus on effective organization of projects, track costs and time expenditures, manage quality and risk, evaluate human resources requirements and overcome potential obstacles. Whether managing an office move, implementing a new accounting system or launching a special program initiative, this course will provide the crucial skills for success.
Data Structures and Algorithms - SOF510
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites: SOF500
This course introduces the definitions, implementations, and applications of the most commonly used data structures used in Computer Science, including the concept of abstract data types. The course also introduces the basic formalism and concepts used in the analysis of algorithms and in algorithm design. The relative efficiency of the algorithms studied is estimated by the informal application of these ideas. The algorithms and data structures discussed include those for sorting, searching, graph problems, dynamic programming, combinatorial search and others.
Relational Database Management - SOF515
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites: None.
The course aims at explaining the basic concepts of database architecture, data storage, and the relational database model. The students will be able to express queries in relational algebra, SQL, and ordinary English, and be able to embed SQL queries in a PL/SQL program. The student will be able to design a relational database. The student will also be able to understand and apply the concepts and techniques of concurrency control and database recovery.
Risk Management - EBM531
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites:
This course focuses on the application of investment theory to the management of portfolio risk and is supplemented by a review of practical risk issues. Major topics include equity risk models, alternative measures of risk (VAR), credit risk and operational risk. Time series modeling and advanced analysis of financial information are also included.
Investment Banking - EBM601
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites:
This course will discuss the treatment of equity, debt, speculative markets and formulation of capital. Emphasis will be placed on Investment strategies for e-Businesses. Particular attention will be given to raising capital for business from various sources. Partnerships and other techniques for corporate development will be discussed. Some discussion of securities markets will be undertaken with an emphasis portfolio management.
Financial Management - EBM610
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites: Student must have taken at least one 500 level course
Provides an overview of financial management, with an emphasis on analysis of financial decisions pertinent to management of a business firm. The course identifies the responsibilities of financial managers, financial problems facing firms, and the various approaches to financial decision making. Specific topics covered include capital acquisition, working capital management, capital budgeting, valuation theories, and dividend and long-term financial policies.
Financial Statement Analysis - EBM611
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites:
This course examines financial accounting rules and helps students develop skills in interpreting and analyzing external financial reports. Both traditional and recently advocated methods of financial statement analysis will be studies, taking the perspectives of investors and creditors. Among the topics to be investigated are: 1) the mechanics of financial statement analysis; 2) manager’s incentives in making accounting choices; 3) the usefulness of accounting numbers in an effective market; and, 4) international comparisons of financial statements.
Equity Analysis - EBM612
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites:
This course explores equity valuation through the use of fundamental analysis, including industry analysis and intrinsic value modeling. Fundamental analysis includes developing a thorough understanding of an industry, including how companies make money as well as how stocks are valued within the industry. Students are assigned to a sector, select their own small-cap industry and develop detailed industry and stock reports.
Portfolio Management - EBM666
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites: EBM613 & EBM621
This is a case course focusing on the use of stocks, bonds and derivatives for the creation and management of investment products. The cases are designed and reviewed by practitioners. They include developing a 401(k) plan, an investment strategy for a high net worth individual and investment policy for a defined benefit plan. The course also explores the behavior of various asset classes, asset allocation, effective investment process design, performance attribution and portfolio management.
Organizational Behavior - EBM504
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites: None.
This course analyzes both the formal and informal aspects of the management process. Topics include: human behavior in an organizational environment, individual behavior patterns, superior/subordinate relationships, group dynamics, communication, motivation and decision-making, and the impact of innovation and change on the organization.
Global Leadership in Business Enterprise I - EBM505
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites: None
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.
Entrepreneurship and Venture Management - EBM506
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites:
This course presents the knowledge and skills needed to create and manage a new venture. It also examines the various dynamics associated with the various forms of entrepreneurial activity. In this course students are required to interview an entrepreneur, develop recommendations for a company and address challenges, and analyze a sector to uncover entrepreneurial opportunities and develop your own business concepts.
Global Leadership in Business Enterprise II - EBM525
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites: EBM505
Through case studies, students are taught how a leader can develop a vision for his/her organization, align the organization behind that vision, motivate people to achieve the vision, and design effective organizational components and strategies and change them to achieve superior performance. Students will be introduced to leadership theory and its practical application through case studies. The course also addresses the ethical responsibilities of managers and corporations, suggests methods for dealing with ethical conflicts, and reveals common patterns of success and failure in managing ethics. Additional topics include: the interdependence of business, government, and society with a view toward responsible stewardship; corporate codes of conduct; organizational culture; power and influence tactics; effective leader behaviors; and developing subordinate leaders.
Business and Public Policy - EBM555
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites: EBM550
Political, legal, economic, and ethical forces acting on business. Interaction of the market system and public policy process in the development of law and regulation.
Electronic Commerce: Business Models and Technologies - EBM515
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites: None.
This course is designed to provide a comprehensive foundation in the field of electronic commerce. Course topics include how a company can build relationships, promote and sell products, gather valuable market information, provide customer service, and establish competitive advantages online. Technical topics include the Internet and web technologies, e-commerce system design, cryptography and Internet security, payment systems, and secure transaction processing. The course focuses on business requirements for electronic commerce, and examines fundamental design issues for both business-to-business and business-to-consumer applications. Students examine recent successes and failures in e-commerce through case studies and other readings and develop an e-commerce business plan for their organization.
Internet Marketing Strategies - EBM552
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites: EBM515
This course introduces the student to concepts, tools, and techniques as they apply in business-to-consumer (B2C) and business-to-business (B2B) electronic marketing. Specific topics include: branding and recognition; consumer and organizational behavior in an e-market place; channels and relationship marketing; tools and techniques in the B2B market; and assessment of e-market opportunities.
Managerial Marketing and Market Research - EBM580
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites: None.
This course provides an overview of marketing, with special focus on market research as a means of determining or validating strategy. The course is aimed at the manager, who is the ultimate user of the research and who is responsible for determining the major scope and direction of marketing activities. Techniques of data collection, evaluation of alternative sources of information, methods of evaluating data, and methods of presenting the results are covered. The course also addresses: how to define information needs; how to test marketing procedures; forms of analysis applicable to market research information; the role of models in decision making.
International Marketing Management - EBM650
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites: EBM580 and EBM640
The course will examine international market segmentation, product attributes, cultural differences, economic differences, differences in product and technical standards, global advertising, and international pricing in transnational business operations. It stresses application of marketing concepts, principles and procedures for planning, development, implementation and control of marketing programs. Course emphasis is on the matching of organization resources and strengths with global marketing opportunities, and strategies to overcome environmental threats. Central to the course is a team project involving the development of a marketing plan for a product of service to be marketed in at least two countries.
Business Plan for the New Venture - EBM675
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites: None.
Each student must focus on production of 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 page summary, and executive summary).
Financial Management - EBM610
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites: Student must have taken at least one 500 level course
Provides an overview of financial management, with an emphasis on analysis of financial decisions pertinent to management of a business firm. The course identifies the responsibilities of financial managers, financial problems facing firms, and the various approaches to financial decision making. Specific topics covered include capital acquisition, working capital management, capital budgeting, valuation theories, and dividend and long-term financial policies.
Financial Decision Making - EBM620
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites: EBM610
This course will discuss theory and practice of business finance, emphasizing the impacts of long- and short-term uses and sources of funds on the firmŪs value.
International Managerial Financial Decision Making - EBM622
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites: None.
This course will discuss the theory and practice of international managerial finance decision-making, emphasizing the impacts of long- and short term uses and sources of funds on the firm's value. Students will learn to evaluate international business opportunities, compare financial alternatives, and identify and solve problems related to the use of funds.
Supply Chain Management Operations - EBM655
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites:
The course examines supply chain management including sourcing, manufacturing, distribution, technologies, and quantitative models used in managing the supply chain. It exposes students to the buyersupplier relationship as well as topics related to design and management of supply chains, from incoming raw materials to final product delivery. Course topics will include supply chain network design, facility planning, capacity planning, globalization and outsourcing, transportation and key logistical concepts, information technology, and global issues in supply chain management.
Supply Chain Business Process Design - EBM656
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites: EBM655
This course examines both manufacturing and administrative/service processes to include the traditional/ classical methods of process analysis. Major focus of the course is on current methods such as work-group analysis and cross-functional analysis. Assessment, evaluation of processes, and techniques such as the rating method, performance evaluation, benchmarking, and the quality profile are described.
Supply Chain Inventory Management - EBM657
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites: EBM655
This course will focus on the design of the distribution system and the planning and control system used to manage the supply chain. It provides students with the concepts of purchasing and inventory management to include purchasing and inventory planning processes, supplier selection, contract negotiations, "Green" policies, and procurement. This course explores the transportation and logistics concepts within supply chains. Topics covered will include tools and techniques used in the design and operation of transportation and logistics systems and global issues in transportation and logistics management.
Project Management - EBM680
Credits: 4.5Prerequisites: None.
The course will try to focus on effective organization of projects, track costs and time expenditures, manage quality and risk, evaluate human resources requirements and overcome potential obstacles. Whether managing an office move, implementing a new accounting system or launching a special program initiative, this course will provide the crucial skills for success.
