Master of Business Administration Degree Plan

Provides self-paced initial foundation or refresher in basic financial accounting, micro-economics, statistics, and spreadsheets. Also includes an introduction to the online learning environment, the learning management system used by the students, and Boise State University academic policies and resources.

Examines collaborative innovation processes that are transforming business and driving industry life cycles. Includes a first exposure to the creation of functional, business-level, and corporate-level strategies. Special consideration of organizational design, diversification, mergers and acquisitions, and measures of strategic performance including use of Balanced Scorecards. Interpersonal skills enhanced via online collaboration with classmates.

Focuses on revenue-generating opportunities with special attention to evaluating market opportunities for new products or services. Examines methods to segment markets, target customers and position products or services in the marketplace. Considers managerial decisions of product, price, promotion, and distribution.

Emphasizes integrated manager-employee relations in an organization. Includes HR planning, employee recruitment, selection, performance appraisal, discipline, coaching, compensation, and termination issues. Also focuses on collaboration, group dynamics, motivation, leadership, problem-solving, negotiation, and self-management. Interpersonal skills enhanced via online collaboration with classmates.

Examines the three major decisions in corporate finance affecting value of the firm: investment, financing and cash distribution. Includes the methods used to measure corporate value and evaluate financial performance. Issues in each of the three decision areas are examined within the context of their impact on the valuation model and financial performance metrics. Includes financial modeling project in industry sector of student’s choosing.

Reviews how economies work, the differences between economic systems, factors that influence international trade, exchange rates, labor economics, and government polices related to trade. Includes a survey on the economies of the world, current topics in global economics, data sources for international economic trends, and an introduction to major international trade agencies/associations. Includes application project in industry sector of student’s choosing.

Examines various cost-based accounting concepts and practices. Particular emphasis on the challenges involved in using them to evaluate past performance and plan future deployment of firm resources. Interpersonal skills enhanced via online collaboration with classmates to solve managerial accounting problems.

Introduces managers to major legal and ethical issues in the business environment. Covers legal and ethical reasoning, the legal system, government regulation of business, torts, contracts, product liability, intellectual property, business organizations, agency, and employment law. Includes application project in industry sector of student’s choosing.

Introduces product and service movement within the firm and between the firm and its partners up and down the supply chain. Focus on logistics management, supplier relationships, and creating operational excellence within the firm. Includes operations modeling project in industry sector of student’s choosing.

Integrates previous coursework via the development of a business plan for a publicly traded organization, providing recommendations for strategic decisions and associated implications for the organization.

Covers the tools of digital marketing and how to combine them for maximum effect. Connects those tools to common marketing metrics in order to monitor promotion effectiveness and maximize ROI.

Provides hands-on experience using analytical tools to solve financial problems. Concentrates on bringing classic financial theory into practical settings. Cost of capital, financial statement modeling, valuation, portfolio models and the efficient set, option pricing, and bonds. Provide students a framework to enhance their analysis of complex financial issues faced by real-world managers, and to become proficient in solving such challenges via financial modeling.

Introduces data analysis techniques in managerial decision-making processes, with a focus on uncovering patterns in data and identifying underlying drivers. Explores sources of structured and unstructured data for business intelligence, and examines tools to clean and leverage data for actionable insights. Covers descriptive and predictive analytical methods including visualization and machine learning. Provides managers with the knowledge to leverage business data and critically evaluate data sourcing and modeling methods.

Focus on management and leadership strategies as they apply to the architecture, engineering and construction industries. Topics include decision-making, effective communication and negotiating skills, change and conflict management, team building, leadership and ethics.

Topics related to the management of AEC projects including; scope, time, cost, quality, contracts, risk management and sustainability. Includes a focus on project administration and project controls, project scheduling and project cost accounting.

Preparation for planning, organizing, staffing, executing, and controlling operations for ongoing management of an AEC company. Topics include organizational structures, financial management and accounting, sales and marketing, and personnel administration.

An introduction to systems thinking, lateral thinking, and resilience thinking as they relate to cybersecurity. Topics include understanding the complexity/interconnectedness of cybersecurity, applying lateral thinking in solving cyber problems, interacting among people, processes, and technologies, and managing disturbances/surprises/uncertainty to be more resilient.

A study and experimentation of platforms, open source tools, and techniques for cyber threat intelligence. The connection between cyber threat intelligence and risk assessment. Advanced practicum in artificial intelligence applications in cyber threat intelligence.

An examination of cyber warfare and conflicts. An international issue that spans across nation-state borders and how it impacts cyber and physical infrastructure interdependencies.

A study of cryptographic mechanisms and cryptographic threat assessments to critical information infrastructures. Topics include the advances in electronics hardware, software, network, and quantum computing. Side channel attacks and signal intelligence/collection.

A study of resilient systems, networks and infrastructure design on the ability to anticipate, withstand, recover from, and adapt to adverse conditions, stresses, attacks, or compromises.

A study of information technology and industrial networking exploitation. An examination of advances in network attacks and exploitation techniques. Analyze the layers of design to increase infrastructure interconnection network resiliency.

A study and application of how low-level hardware and software can be exploited and defended. The architecture of devices and systems for resiliency. The use of secure coding and defense against counterfeiting devices.

An overview of cyber security risk management frameworks and practices. Students will model cybersecurity risks and apply both qualitative and quantitative risk assessment methods.

An examination of laws, regulations, ethics, policy, and executive orders for data protection and privacy. Topics include national security issues, ethics, data protection, digital forensics, physical evidence, incident response, and event administration and management.

A study and application of organization cyber governance, risk, and compliance management in cyberspace. Learners will look into the business context of key stakeholders, corporate culture, and organization risks. Industry standards and frameworks will be used.

Presents a detailed overview of the U.S. and global financial markets, instruments, and institutions. Examines financial markets, the instruments that trade on them, and the financial and governmental institutions that use or support these markets, including the theory and practical determination of interest rates, money and capital markets, international monetary systems, the Federal Reserve System, depository and non-depository financial institutions, and some derivative markets. Students will develop tools to analyze these markets and discuss current issues in finance.

Provides hands-on experience using analytical tools to solve financial problems. Concentrates on bringing classic financial theory into practical settings. Cost of capital, financial statement modeling, valuation, portfolio models and the efficient set, option pricing, and bonds. Provide students a framework to enhance their analysis of complex financial issues faced by real-world managers, and to become proficient in solving such challenges via financial modeling.

Explores investment management in global securities markets by blending academic theories and evidence with practical application. Topics include financial markets, the mechanics of direct investment, the measurement and management of risk and return, optimal portfolio selection, security analysis and models of valuation (e.g., bonds, equities, options, etc.), market efficiency, and behavioral finance.

In-depth discussion of management and leadership strategies as they apply to healthcare. Emphasis on oral and written communication in the healthcare field, change management, program planning, organization, and staff development. Examination of data management, compliance, and ethics as they relate to management decision making.

Explores health care economics, delivery, and payment systems from the perspective of key stakeholders. Discussion of current issues in health policy and the impact to cost, quality, and access of care. Analysis of various healthcare delivery models including accountable care and fee for service.

Discussion of technology and practices for defining, measuring, and improving quality in healthcare. Exploration of financial decisions in a changing landscape with topics including revenue cycles, risk sharing, portfolio management and budgeting. Focus on data collection and analysis as tools for operational decision-making.

In-depth discussion of management and leadership strategies as they apply to varied business environments. Emphasis on oral and written communication, change management, organizational culture, and staff development. Topics include interpersonal relationships, team leadership, stakeholder analysis, and ethics as they relate to managerial decision making.

Examines the role of information technology in business process integration, strategic alignment, and business analytics. Includes application project in industry sector of student’s choosing.

Introduces and provides experience in the front-end issues of project management such as team formation, communication strategies, conflict management, project constraints, and risk analysis. Includes use of the project management tools: PERT/Critical Path, resource utilization, project monitoring and tracking, and critical chain analysis. Includes application project in industry sector of student’s choosing.

Examines the role of the marketing leader in an organization. Presents best practices for brand stewardship, and how to manage the internal and external communications that drive an organization’s reputation with its stakeholders. Prepares students to lead the marketing department, the sales force, and internal innovation processes.

Covers the tools of digital marketing and how to combine them for maximum effect. Connects those tools to common marketing metrics in order to monitor promotion effectiveness and maximize ROI.

Considers the challenges of simultaneously managing multiple products and services, each of which is at a different stage of the Product Life Cycle. Focuses on value propositions including pricing strategies.