Business Administration - John F. Kennedy University

College of
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College of Professional Studies Course Descriptions
BuS 5055 MBa Capstone: Managing Strategy,
Planning and innovation 3
The contemporary organization is a strategically managed,
information-driven global enterprise that must respond to ever
changing markets. Operating in a fast-paced, dispersed work
environment, its effectiveness and efficiency is rooted in
well-thought out business alliances and partnerships,
organization-wide alignment, risk assessment, and innovative
problem-solving and decision-making. Using strategic management
principles and organizational alignment concepts to integrate the
various MBA disciplines, this capstone course builds and enhances
professional competencies in business and organizational analysis,
collaborative and ethical decision making, innovative strategic
planning, and implementation and evaluation of plans.
Under-girding this process is an exploration of breakthrough
thinking and managing creativity and innovation. The MBA
capstone project is completed in this course. Prerequisites: BUS
5020, BUS 5035, BUS 5040, BUS 5052, BUS 5099, BUS 5151, BUS
5385, and BUS 5475.
BuS 5096 accounting for Managers 3
This course discusses core accounting concepts and principles in a
manner applicable for managers. Areas of study include financial
statement analysis, financial accounting concepts and principles,
managerial cost systems, and the use of accounting information in
managerial planning and decision making.
BuS 5099 organizational ethics and Corporate
Social responsibility 3
This course critically examines the inter-related concepts of
“business ethics,” and “organizational ethics” and their significant
role in developing a company’s mission, culture, strategic plan,
operational policies, financial management practices, management
style, human resource management philosophy, work environment,
marketing approach, and customer service. Through analytical
discussions of ethical systems and case study analyses, this course
enables the development of a framework for understanding an
organization’s social responsibilities, for improving an organiza tion’s
integrity, and for the development of a personal professional code
of ethics.
BuS 5151 Systems approach to Business
Models and Management 3
Organizations are dynamic and complex systems that are
con tinuously evolving. Applying systems theory to business strategy,
organizational operations, and management practices, this course
explores business models and theoretical concepts with an emphasis
on the nature and challenges posed by dispersed organizations and
a diverse workforce. Particular attention is given to participative
organizational cultures and collaborative management styles.
BuS 5152 Management information Systems 3
Understanding the organization as a dynamic networked enterprise
with a sophisticated information technology infrastructure, this
course provides a comprehensive overview of management
information systems concepts useful to professionals as a user of
information systems, and as a future decision maker concerned with
the acquisition, application, and management of business
information systems. Emphasis is placed on management and
technical concepts fundamental to business applications of
information systems.
BuS 5180 Project Management 3
This course provides the theory and core methodology used to
manage projects. Students learn how to use project management
techniques to plan, organize, control, document, and close out their
projects successfully with minimum risk. Topics explored include
the project management life cycle, project start-up, managing and
developing diverse project teams, risk manage ment, project plans,
project schedule, work-breakdown struc tures, project budget,
project monitoring and control, project status reporting, and project
wrap-up.
BuS 5220 Sustainable economics 3
This course examines financial and business decision making from
a global business perspective with an emphasis on sustainable
development. Subjects explored include integrating eco nomic
success with environmental quality and social equity, social and
environmental impacts, global economic influences, and sustainable
management. Prerequisite: BUS 5052.
BuS 5315 Program Metrics and Measurements 3
Program management involves overseeing a portfolio of interre lated
projects that must be aligned with the enterprise’s strategic goals,
and whose operational processes must be consistent with the
organization’s culture. Budgets need to be established, timelines set,
reporting procedures established, and progress evaluation processes
put in place. risk management, bench marking, and outcomes
assessment are critical to successful program planning and progress
measurement. Focusing on designing and utilizing appropriate
evaluation processes, this course analyzes such methods as the
balanced scorecard, six sigma, and total quality management.
BuS 5320 enterprise relationship Management 3
Program management is becoming a core competency of
organi zations because large-scale product development, business
enterprise systems’ development, organizational expansion and
change usually involve multiple, interrelated projects. Effective
management entails consistently communicating with internal and
external stakeholders associated with the various projects, managing
the relationships with project managers, recruiting team members,
and procuring the needed financial resources and materials. With
the multicultural nature of the global workplace as the context, this
course introduces the core concepts of program management, and
critically examines the issues and practices regarding the
management of contracts, the supply chain, customer relationships,
outsourcing and off-shoring.
BuS 5325 dispersed Team dynamics 3
Often work is conducted with colleagues who are dispersed
nationally if not globally. Collaboration is supported by various types
of online meeting tools and information systems. This course
critically discusses the socio-technical nature of virtual teams,
successful strategies for building and managing a dis persed team
including developing communication channels, and how to establish
trust, credibility, a sense of responsibility, and a feeling of
community in a virtual work environment. Methods for dealing with
cultural issues and working across time zones are also addressed.
BuS 5330 Success Built to last 3
There are numerous ways to understand and achieve success.
Planning and accomplishment are usually emphasized, while the
significance of resistance and value of failure are often not
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