MBAD 520 - Business & Government in the Global Marketplace Introduces the core concepts of economics within a broader study of the global business environment. Topics include the fundamentals of international trade and finance, the role and responsibilities of multinational corporations, and the cultural and political forces that are helping shape today ʼ s global marketplace. Unit(s): 3. MBAD 601 - Intensive: Group Dynamics 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. This will be done through simulations, role-playing and brief case studies. The learning that takes place here will be used and amplified in the students ʼ future coursework. Another very important part of the weekend is the introduction of the MBA Mentor Program, along with the outstanding individuals who have been selected, and have chosen, to serve as mentors. The capstone of the weekend will be a worship and praise service. Fee: $100. Unit(s): 1. MBAD 604 - Organizational Financial Policy This course emphasizes the analysis of current and future practices and issues in the area of organizational finance through case studies and seminar presentations. Topics include short-term financing including venture funding, management of short-term assets and liabilities, capital structure, capital budgeting, the cost of capital, investment decisions, mergers and acquisitions, and international finance. Students will also learn to consider the effect of financial policy, on various stakeholders of the organization, from a Biblical perspective. Prerequisite(s): 516. Unit(s): 3. MBAD 605 - Advanced Financial Management & Control 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 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. Prerequisite(s): 506. Unit(s): 3. MBAD 609 - New Techniques for Productivity in Operations The study of processes and tools involved in the operating core of all organizations, whether product or service, for-profit or not-for- profit. Students will make extensive use of computerized statistical and mathematical tools to examine and solve operations problems. Newer trends in operations will be explored, including the use of Internet based solutions, work teams, quality philosophies, Just-In- Time Inventory systems, etc. Appropriate and innovative use of techniques will be emphasized, within the Biblical principles of agape love and servant-hood in the operations management process. Prerequisite(s): 501. Unit(s): 3. Biblically appropriate. Unit(s): 3. MBAD 608 - Marketing Strategy
MBAD 613 - Biblical Management & Ethics Within the context of Scripture, philosophical and ethical principles are identified, discussed, and applied to business problems and situations including the organization ʼ s obligation to the individual and to society, and the individual ʼ s responsibility to the organization. Unit(s): 3. MBAD 630 - Entrepreneurial Management I Focuses on the techniques used to create and evaluate new concepts and new business opportunities. Students study the process of feasibility analysis of business ventures from the time of the generation of the concept through critical concept analysis, opportunity screening and pre-feasibility analysis, to the development of the written study. Students prepare a feasibility study as a term project and may use this study as the initial step in writing the Business Plan required in MBAD 635. Students will be integrating biblical values in the creation of an entrepreneurial This course is considered the conclusion of MBAD 630. Students continue to research and refine their feasibility study and write a business plan to launch their venture. The Crowell School of Business will provide expert resources to critique and assist in the completion of a plan that is soon to be ready for evaluation by the market place. The goal is to prepare students for starting and running successful or emerging enterprises. Students will examine their own strengths and weaknesses to discover in what ways God has called them to be entrepreneurs. Prerequisite(s): 630 and 506. Unit(s): 2. MBAD 640 - Current & Advanced Topics in Entrepreneurial Studies Elective course in such topics as business as mission, electronic commerce, negotiation & conflict management for the change agent, practical leadership theory, and strategic hiring (how to hire and keep the best partners). Note(s): May be repeated once with a different topic. Unit(s): 3. MBAD 650 - Directed Study In-depth investigation of a topic under the guidance of the faculty. Unit(s): 1 - 3. MBAD 675 - Strategy & Entrepreneurial Project Management This course focuses on the requirements for sustaining competitive advantage through the entrepreneurial effort, both within existing businesses and where a new organizational entity is required. For this course, the innovative effort will be a project. Students will discover that all projects benefit from strategic thinking as they explore traditional versus radical forms of innovation and learn to consider the economic, legal, financial, human resource, and operational implications of project management. The role of change due to innovation in project management will be explored, as students explore the Biblical implications for both change agents and those organizational stakeholders who are impacted by the change. Unit(s): 3. enterprise. Prerequisite(s): 516. Unit(s): 3. MBAD 635 - Entrepreneurial Management II
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