Learning Outcomes
Successful leaders are well-versed in the intricacies of business operations, with a deep awareness of the strategy beneath the surface. They know what to do, and why to do it. As a graduate of the WSU Carson College of Business EMBA online program, you can expect to be able to:
Create an actionable and comprehensive business strategy that integrates multiple perspectives, business analytics, and advanced business theory and practice.
Perform a top-down business analysis to identify significant business challenges, recommend attainable solutions, and develop an implementable plan of action.
Apply executive leadership theory to improve performance, influence behavior and outcomes, recognize dysfunction, and recommend improvement plans.
Identify and evaluate the short- and long-term ethical, global, and societal implications of doing business as an organization.
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS:
FUNCTIONAL BUSINESS TOOLS
- Marketing Management (Mktg 506) – 3 credits
- Marketing management and administrative policies as they relate to concepts, strategies, and decision-making. In this course, EMBA students are provided materials that will allow them to make correlations between philosophy and theory, while also exploring real-world case studies and deeper train of thought.
- Business Analytics (BA 514) – 3 credits
- Analytical skills for decision-making, data collection and analysis, sampling, inferential, regression methodologies, experimental design, time series, and forecasting analysis.
- Financial Management (Fin 526) – 3 credits
- Application of financial principles to problems in financial management; credit policy, capital budgeting, leasing and mergers, and cash management. The course will begin with a deep dive into the nuts and bolts of finance and progress to utilizing case studies to further explore financial management.
- Administrative Control (Acctg 533) – 3 credits
- Managerial evaluation of budgeting, cost accounting, and financial analysis techniques; their utilization in control of operations. EMBA students are encouraged to use existing work scenarios for activities and studies.
- Information Systems Analysis (MIS 580) – 3 credits
- Data processing organization, operations, application development, computer selection, management of computer personnel and systems. Students will learn about integrated systems from a managerial perspective. They will also get the opportunity to conduct a complete transition of either a merger acquisition change or a buy-out/merger.
STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP
- Strategy Formulation and Organizational Design (Mgmt 590) – 3 credits
- Relationship between the formulation of strategy and the selection of effective organizational structures and systems, including a high level focus on case studies throughout.
- Managerial Leadership and Productivity (Mgmt 593) – 3 credits
- Organizational behavior and human motivation in the workplace; organization and leadership theories, studies, projects, and models leading to improved productivity.Eastern Asian, European thought, and modern philosophies will be studied. There is a focus on ‘Finding the Executive’s Way of Being’ that utilizes an executive philosophy and leadership style for progress.
GLOBAL BUSINESS
- International Business Management (IBus 580) – 3 credits
- Decision-making in the international environment; political, cultural, and economic risk management.— AND —
- International Program (IBus 600) – 3 credits
- Study abroad in Europe or China for 10 days, touring companies and participating in workshops with Executive MBA students from our partner schools, such as Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE).— OR —
- Professional Ethics and Practice in Business (Elective) (Mgmt 587) – 3 credits
- Ethical issues faced by businesses in the current environment; traditional sources for discerning professional and ethical practices. Students will be expected to keep abreast of current affairs to explore throughout the course. There will be a focus on corporate and social responsibility.
MANAGING EFFICIENT AND INNOVATIVE BUSINESSES
- Database Management (Elective) (MIS 572) – 3 credits
- Database management, data modeling, system design and implementation; the application of DBMS technologies to organizational and business problems. This course focuses on systems design to formulate and collect the best data to make the best decisions within an organization. There will be a focus on both internal and external data.
- Operations Management (MgtOp 581) – 3 credits
- Analytical approach to solving problems in production and operations management. Course will also cover plant logistics, processes for crisis management, and mapping operations.
- Management of Innovation (Mgmt 588) – 3 credits
- Technological transitions and technology strategy; knowledge and creativity in organizations; managing innovation processes, technical employees, and cross-functional cooperation. In this course EMBA students will learn to identify different types and patterns of innovation, the different management practices that go along with those, and how to sustain innovation within an organization.
CAPSTONE PROJECT AND FINAL PRESENTATION
- Business Administration (BA 579 — 3 credit) — Capstone A
- Executive MBA capstone course. In-depth analysis of a strategic opportunity or problem.
- Business Administration (BA 579 — 3 credits) — Capstone B
- Executive MBA capstone course. Leveraging work in Capstone A to create a business plan.
- Business Administration (BA 702 — 2 credits) — Master’s Special Problems, Directed Study, and/or Examination
- Delivery of final graduation requirement — the complete business plan.
