This course is a study of management methods, emphasizing practical solutions to real-world problems. Students will learn to communicate effectively through the study of presentation concepts, including the use of computer presentation technology and the visual display of information. The last portion of the course will explore views of power acquisition and use from sociological, psychological, and managerial perspectives, placing these in submission to the authority of Scripture. The course concludes with each student creating a personal power acquisition and use policy, which is presented to an evaluation panel.
Students will use common business computer tools to analyze numerous quantitative business problems from various functional areas, stressing logical deduction and interpretation in their solutions. Students will explore biblical considerations in decision-making.
Students will examine methods for solving organizational problems using numerical data. Consideration is taken for the proper use of statistical research methods, with an understanding that people-God's greatest concern-can be greatly affected by decisions made on the basis of such quantitative analysis.
Students learn to manage the marketing process in the context of the firm's strategies and objectives. Topics include marketing organizational structures, analyzing marketing opportunities, selecting target markets, developing marketing strategies, planning marketing programs, budgeting the marketing program, and implementing and controlling the marketing effort. Throughout the course students will reflect on biblical and ethical issues in marketing and how they potentially affect the marketing management process.
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.
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’s global marketplace.
This intensive course consists of a Friday through Sunday weekend session, which 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' 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)
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.
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.
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.
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 servanthood in the operations management process.
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.
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 enterprise.
This course is considered the conclusion of MBAD 630. Students will 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 soon to be ready for evaluation by the marketplace. 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. Prerequisites:630 and 506 or equivalent.
Elective course in such topics as electronic commerce, negotiation and conflict management for the agents of change, practical leadership theory, and strategic hiring (how to hire and keep the best partners). This course may be repeated once with a different topic.
In-depth investigation of a topic under the guidance of the faculty. Topic selection and course enrollment by program director's approval only.
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 viewed as 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 the agents of change and those organizational stakeholders who are impacted by the change.
The nature, method and rationale of Christian theology. Revelation, both general and special, inspiration, canonicity and illumination of Scripture. The doctrine of God, including His existence, attributes and Trinitarian nature.
The person and saving work of Christ. The nature and application of salvation, including the person and work of the Spirit. Special emphasis on the practice of sanctification in personal Christian living.