|
|
Master of
Business Administration
PURPOSE
OF THE PROGRAM
This program offers a broad-based
education in business operations designed for
working professionals who wish to advance or
enhance their working careers. The MBA program
emphasizes core business principles and the latest
concepts, practices and skills needed in today's
marketplace.
The program presents an overall management perspective.
Certain courses provide a detailed knowledge of management principles as they
are related to the individual functional areas such as marketing, operations,
finance, and accounting. Other courses provide knowledge of the quantitative
and qualitative tools of management and strengthen the students' understanding
of the human, social, organizational, governmental, and environmental problems
associated with business.
Students may choose either a concentration in Acquisition and
Contract Management, or a concentration in Project Management.
In addition to their core
MBA degree, students can earn two Master's
Certificates as they work toward the completion of
their MBA program. Attaining these resume-building
Certificates can help students continue to excel
in their career while earning a degree and without
adding courses or tuition costs.
back to top
GOALS OF THE PROGRAM
The objectives of this program
are:
-
a structured knowledge of management principles and practices
-
an ability to use the basic functions necessary for business operations
-
a sensitivity to the evolving business environment
-
an understanding of the proper relationship of basic principles in relationship
to the changing techniques used to implement them
-
facility in critical analysis, and analytical, communication, quantitative and
synthesizing skills
-
an increase in the marketability of the student's skills and experience in
today's competitive marketplace
back to top
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
The
MBA Program is organized into a block of core
management courses and a block of concentration
courses. The management courses are designed to
provide the student with
an overall framework
of business knowledge. They stress the basic
principles, concepts, and practices associated
with the overall management of any business. The
courses in a concentration provide the student
with both the theory and a working knowledge of
that particular field.
The student must successfully complete courses totaling a
minimum of 48 semester units in the program and then complete an approved
project.
The courses may all be taken through distance education.
Please see AGU's website at http://www.agu.edu/ for course
fees.
back to top
ACQUISITION AND CONTRACT
MANAGEMENT CONCENTRATION
The field of Acquisition and Contract Management requires:
-
a knowledge of business management principles
-
mastery of the underlying function of an organization, such as financial
management, marketing, accounting, operations management, and information
systems management
-
the legal, regulatory and management requirements unique to the acquisition,
contracting and program management fields
These requirements, interrelated with standard business
practices, and the need for public visibility into the overall process, have
resulted in a process different from and more complex than commercial business
operations.
This MBA program concentration is designed to provide
participants an advanced education in the concepts, methodologies, and
techniques necessary for successful management of acquisition and contracting
in complex organizations, and a solid grounding in management principles and
techniques for the overall operation of a business organization.
back to top
|
