UMHB Online Graduate Catalog

A study of the financial framework for business, including financial statement analyis and selected managerial topics such as costing, budgeting, cost-volume-profit analysis, variance analysis, and relevant costs for decision making.

An in-depth study of accounting information systems with an emphasis on computer-based information systems theory, design, and implementation. Topics include systems analysis, relational database theory, decision support systems, and internal control issues.

An in-depth study of changes and potential changes in financial and managerial accounting, auditing, and tax. Students will be required to identify current issues, research the issues, and report their findings, both orally and in writing.

An in-depth study of the consolidation of financial statements, partnerships, governmental accounting and foreign currency transactions.

The course will cover reasons for fraud, types of fraud, warning signs, fraud detection, technological tools, investigative techniques and financial statement screening.

The review and elaboration of intermediate accounting principles developed by a series of advanced accounting problems and case studies requiring research will be emphasized. Topics to include historical and current developments, research methodology, and research sources relevant to the field.

Communication theory, presentation skills and written applications are surveyes. Particular attention is paid to communications as they apply to organizations.

A study of management functions and human behavior in business organizations, including the change process.

The purpose of this graduate level course is to understand the theory and processes of negotiation as it is practiced in a variety of settings. The course is designed to be relevant to the broad spectrum of negotiation problems that are faced by the manager and professional. The course will allow the participants to develop a broad array of negotation skills experimentally and to understand negotiations in useful analytical frameworks. Considerable emphasis will be placed on simulations, role playing and cases.

An introduction to the business life cycle and the administrative, operations, and systems processes that support that life cycle. A heavy emphasis will be placed on those processes related to the planning functions within the organizations.

Ethical issues of business decisions and actions will be examined from a Christian perspective. Theories of leadership and leadership behavior will be studied. Students' leadership styles and skills will be assessed to aid their development.

A review of critical issues in global economics. Topics include the unique problems and opportunties facing multi-national firms, the various environments of international business, and the management of international operations.

A study of: selected internal legal constraints imposed on business by contractual relationships, by statutes governing the sale and purchase of goods, and by rights and duties imposed in debtor-creditor relatioships; selected external legal constraints imposed on businesses by actual and potential tort liabilities, and by government regulations; the various means and procedures for resolving legal disputes in business matters.

An advanced coverage of the business life cycle and the administrative, operations, and systems processes that support that life cyle. A heavy emphasis will be placed on those processes related to the control functions within organizations.

A survey of quantitative decision-modeling tools and techniques. Integration of decision-making models into decision support environments in information technology organizations is examined.

In-depth examination of database modeling, development, and administration. Database models are studied with emphasis placed on relational and object-oriented database models. The importance of database to business software application is covered.

A survey of software engineering theory, practice techniques, methodologies, and tools. Issues and considerations as related to the development of business software applications are examined. Discussions with software engineering professionals are included.

Examination of advanced and emerging technologies that affect the information technology organization and software development. Topics include those related to advances in hardware, software, and networking. Heavy emphasis is placed on Internet-based technologies. Integration in local organizations is examined.

A survey of topics related to the assurance of high quality in information systems software development, implementation, and maintenance. Included is coverage of the various software quality metrics and assurance techniques.

A survey of software development methodologies, techniques, and tools. Metholodogies include the systems development life cycle, prototyping, rapid application development, object-oriented development, client/server development, and others. Methodologies, techniques, and tools utilized in today's organizations are reviewed.

In-depth examination of database, information, and knowledge management. Information engineering, modeling, development, and administration will be examined. Database models are studied with emphasis placed upon relational and object-oriented database models. Importance to the development of business software applications is covered.

A survey of the methods, techniques, practices, and tools utilized in recruiting, developing, training, and assessing information technology-related personnel. Includes an examination of technology-related and non-technolgoy-related organizations' practices in technical personnel management.

An examination of the standards, methodologies, practices, and tools involved in the planning, ongoing management, and evaluation of software development and implementation projects.

A study of the effects on the organization of information-driven change and information technology-driven change. Includes discussion on how technology is changing organizations, how technology change can contribute to competitive advantage, and strategic implications of technology-driven change.

A survey of the impact of an organization's purpose, culture, management, structure, personnel, technology, environment, and decision making on the acquisition, storage, dissemination, use, and disposition of information.

This course combines the analysis of the firm and the economic context within which it operates, to include economic forecasting and long-range planning.

A study of corporate financial strategy and optimizing models for financial decision-making.

This course is about both the design and execution of human resource management strategies. It adopts the perspective of a general manager and addresses human resource topics (including reward systems, performance management, high-performance human resource systems, training and development, recruitment, retention, equal employment opportunity laws, work-force diversity, and union-management relationships) from a strategic perspective.

This course will focus on the positioning and determining competitive advantage of the business. Skills and behaviors necessary to be a successful entrepreneur will be developed.

This course provides a set of integrated frameworks and tools to help a general manager more effectively design and manage the strategies, processes, and organizational structures required for innovation. The content includes both conceptual frameworks that help managers understand the different sources of innovation, as well as practical insights on how to design processes to ensure effective execution. The course tackles issues at both a strategic level as well as decisions of a more tactical nature.

Focuses on the management of the multinational corporation (MCN). The objectives are to discuss specific managerial challenges and opportunities faced by MCNs, to provide knowledge and conceptual frameworks necessary for understanding and managing MCNs, and to train and develop skills for effective global leadership.

Integration of various points of view in the development and implementation of business strategies and an exploration of the impacts of these strategies on upper-level-management decision-making.

A seminar dealing with development in marketing management, wholesaling, retailing, and the functional areas of marketing.

An introduction to and application of the methods of formulating and analyzing business information using statistical techniques.

A study of process management theory and the structure of various business processes to include planning, selection, design, control, and location.

A study of various aspects of supply chain management and business processes to include planning and scheduling, lean logistics, inventory management, and operational integration.

Organized classes to explore specialized problems in an area of business administration. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.