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Biola University
MBAD 508 - Business Law
Credits 2
MBAD 605 - Advanced Financial Management and Control Credits 3 This course examines the means for achieving control while exploring improvement alternatives. Topics such as financial statement analysis, budgeting, tax issues, restructuring, reengineering, and current topics in financial management are discussed. Learning focuses on the methods used by managers to guide employee actions in ways that are both financially and Biblically appropriate. Grade Mode: A. Prerequisites: MBAD 516 required unless waived through undergraduate coursework. Restrictions: Must be Crowell School of Business; and Graduate Level or Doctoral Level. MBAD 608 - Marketing Strategy Credits 3 This course is designed to provide students with an analytical framework to conduct (1) marketing planning and strategy, (2) market definition and measurement, and (3) the management and control of marketing programs. The primary objectives of this course are two-fold: (1) provide an environment where each student can develop the necessary professional skills for a successful career in marketing management; and (2) encourage analytic and strategic thinking about marketing programs. Using business-related tenets of economics, students will also learn how to apply economic principles to strategic decision-making. Grade Mode: A. Prerequisites: MBAD 506 required unless waived through undergraduate coursework. Restrictions: Must be Crowell School of Business; and Graduate Level or Doctoral Level. MBAD 610 - Business Intelligence and Data Analysis Credits 3 Students will understand the role that digital technologies and statistical analysis play in the competitive advantage of a business. Includes a review of basic business statistics concepts. Students will work with the latest technologies and methods used for corporate decision-making in a laboratory environment and then apply the results to real-world situations. Grade Mode: A. Prerequisites: MBAD 502 and 505 required unless waived through undergraduate coursework. Restrictions: Must be Crowell School of Business; and Graduate Level or Doctoral Level. MBAD 611 - Management Theory and Practice Credits 3 This course focuses on the development of managerial skills to enhance personal and organizational effectiveness. Students will examine and critique academic articles, professional literature and business cases related to personal and organizational productivity, operations management, human behavior in organizations, leadership and general management. Students will be required to reflect deeply upon the meaning of managerial effectiveness and will further be expected to challenge their own practices in light of these lessons. Special attention will be placed on the development of one's personal faith and a Biblical perspective of management. Grade Mode: A. Restrictions: Must be Graduate Level. MBAD 613 - Biblical Management and Ethics Credits 3 Within the context of Scripture, philosophical and ethical principles are identified, discussed, and applied to business problems and situations including the organization's obligation to the individual and to society, and the individual's responsibility to the organization. Grade Mode: A. Restrictions: Must be Crowell School of Business; and Graduate Level or Doctoral Level.
This course will examine the legal and regulatory environment of business including an overall survey of the legal system, torts, contracts, criminal law, employment and labor law, business organizations, international law, as well as ethics and biblical principles and their relationship to and interaction with legal principles. Grade Mode: A. Restrictions: Must be Crowell School of Business; and Graduate Level or Doctoral Level. MBAD 516 - Accounting and Finance for Decision Makers Credits 3 The objective of this course is to provide students with an opportunity to understand the complex accounting and financial data they will receive as operating managers. In particular, students will learn how to use the data as an effective management tool for coordinating managerial and organizational activities. Financial accounting, managerial accounting, and financial management are covered with consideration of international, economic, and legal issues. Students also consider the nature of numerical analysis as a description of reality, giving rise to ethical and other Biblical issues of interpretation. Grade Mode: A. Restrictions: Must be Crowell School of Business; and Graduate Level or Doctoral Level. MBAD 550 - Business Internship Credits 1-3 Business work experience related specifically to field of study, under guidance of the faculty. A proposal describing learning objectives, collateral reading and expected benefits must be submitted and accepted by a supervisor and instructor at the time of registration. Notes: An Add/ Drop Slip and Arranged Course Form must be obtained in the Crowell School of Business. Grade Mode: A. Prerequisites: Approved proposal. Restrictions: Must be Crowell School of Business; and Graduate Level or Doctoral Level. MBAD 601 - Intensive: Group Dynamics Credit 1 This intensive course consists of a weekend session that is used to initiate the program. Students will learn the importance of highly productive teams in the modern innovative organization, and will experience how to build a productive team. The learning that takes place here will be used and amplified in the students' future coursework. Students will also be introduced to how a biblical worldview equips the Christian to follow Christ in the workplace. Another important part of the weekend is the introduction of the M.B.A. Mentor Program, along with the outstanding individuals who have been selected, and have chosen, to serve as mentors. Grade Mode: A. Restrictions: Must be Crowell School of Business; and Graduate Level or Doctoral Level. Fee: $100. MBAD 604 - Organizational Financial Policy Credits 3 An examination and evaluation of financial decision making in the Corporate environment: valuation of future cash flows, characterization of risk and return and evaluation of options available to firms to finance their operations or fund growth opportunities. Students will learn how to analyze financial data to provide information to management decision makers on how to improve the financial performance of their firms and make the best capital investment decisions. Grade Mode: A. Prerequisites: MBAD 516 required unless waived through undergraduate coursework. Restrictions: Must be Crowell School of Business; and Graduate Level or Doctoral Level.
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