EMBA Core Courses

Accounting for Managers
Basic vocabulary required to understand financial data. Analysis and interpretation of financial data. Cost measurement and cost behavior. Budgeting. Performance measurement. Special analysis for decision making including expenditures for plant and equipment. Cost allocation. Operational and strategic decisions viewed from a cost perspective.
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Organizational Behavior
The behavior of individuals in organizations; managerial strategies to enhance organizational effectiveness. Interpersonal relations, group dynamics, teambuilding, conflict management. Implications of behavioral science concepts for management decision making. 
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Management Information Systems
Commonly used software including spreadsheets, graphics presentation programs, and other analytical techniques used in analyzing data for decision making purposes.  Computer-based organizational information systems and the need for and role of information systems in organizations. Preparation for management oversight of information systems.
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Managerial Economics
Economic framework for decision making. Analysis of consumer choice, market demand and elasticities. Role of price and profit in resource allocation. Consequences of business, regulatory and tax policies. Different market structures such as monopoly, perfect competition, and oligopoly.
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Statistical Analysis for Managers
Statistical methods and their applications in managerial decision making. Emphasis on the use of data for solving problems in areas of marketing, finance, and human resources.  Methods enabling the manager to make decisions under conditions of partial information and uncertainty.
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Finance for Managers
Concepts and techniques for financial decision making. Acquisition and effective use of financial resources. Short-term and long-term financing and investment decision making. Impact of risk on financial decision making. Receivables and cash management. Leasing decisions.
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Marketing for Managers
The marketing environment; consumer behavior, marketing planning, pricing, and promotion. Ethical issues. Developing and implementing marketing strategies. Enhancing customer satisfaction. Defining and developing new markets.
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Special Topics
Explanation of recent and anticipated developments relevant to management through guest speakers and current readings. Special topics vary with changes in the environment in which business organizations function.
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Communication
Development of both oral and written skills. Small group and large group presentation techniques. Tailoring presentations for the appropriate audience. Making a case through effective memos, letters, and other forms of written communication. Communicating vision, strategy, and decisions effectively at all levels.
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Operations Management
Introduction to the design, planning and control systems which produce goods and services. Topics include quality management, forecasting, capacity planning, facility layout, just-in-time scheduling, project planning and inventory management.
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Health Care Economics and Finance
Relation of principles of health care economics to current trends in the field. Role of health insurance and cost reimbursement programs. Cost containment, regulation and competition. Economics of alternative delivery systems.
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Legal and Ethical Issues in Health Care
Develops the ability to identify and respond to legal issues in healthcare administration. Roles and responsibilities of various individuals and groups such as trustees, administrators, physicians and ethics committees. Effect of the legal system on the development of health care policy and delivery.
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Strategic Management
Enhance the ability to think strategically both personally and professionally through the use of appropriate concepts, tools, and exercises. Applications to both specific business problems and for long-term performance improvement. Determination of target markets and strategy development in contexts meaningful to the participants. Includes fundamentals of strategy, ethical questions, and international contexts. Integrates the concepts taught in all the functional areas of management.
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Leadership Skills
Examines personal attributes, behaviors, and styles of individuals that facilitate exemplary leadership. Students will participate in an assessment center to receive feedback on their own leadership and influence styles. Team leadership concepts including empowerment will also be introduced. Situations where teams work and do not work will be examined. The remainder of the course will be devoted to organizational leadership development. Formation and evolution of organizational cultures and alignment of individual, group, and organizational needs will be discussed. Topics such as cultural change, leadership of movements, reengineering systems and processes, strategic leadership in a rapidly changing environment, organizational level CPI/TQM, and cross-cultural issues will be included.
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Health Care Business Strategy Consulting Project
Students work in teams on projects relevant to a participant's health care organization and present their findings and solutions to management and the class.
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Internship
Students may gain academic credit for meaningful educational internships. Academic validity of each opportunity verified by a faculty supervisor. Provides significant experience related to student's career goals.
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Independent Study
In-depth study in particular area of interest, under direction of appropriate faculty.
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