Master of Business Management (MBM)

To graduate, students must complete the required 39 units with a grade-point average of at least 3.0 within five years of matriculation. This includes completing all required courses with a C- or above. All courses taken within the SBM and used for a student’s MBM candidacy must be taken for a letter grade, except courses offered only on a pass-fail basis.

Core Courses

• HROD 500 Foundations of Human Resource Development
• MGMT 510 Current Issues in Business and Management
• MGMT 515 Applied Research and Analysis
• MGMT 516 High-Performance People Management
• MGMT 517 Managing Human Capital
• MGMT 521 Organizational Development and Change
• MGMT 541 Global Business Management
• MGMT 561 Managing Teams and Conflict
• MGMT 570 Organizational Performance Improvement
• MGMT 581 Ethical Leadership

Concentration

Select one of the following:

Entrepreneurship

• ENTR 520 Entrepreneurial Decision Making
• MKTG 527 Marketing Strategy
• FIN 536 Entrepreneurial Finance

Government Financial Management

• PADM 503 The Policy Process
• ACCT 550 Accounting for Nonprofit Entities
• ACCT 551 Government Financial Management

Healthcare Management

• PADM 510 U.S. Healthcare System
• PADM 512 Healthcare Administration
• PADM 513 Community Health and the Built Environment

Human Resource Management

• HROD 530 Labor Law and Negotiations for Human Resource Professionals
• HROD 531 Designing and Managing Compensation and Benefit Systems
• HROD 532 Human Resource Law

International Business

• BUSI 577 Global Field Study
• MGMT 583 Global Strategic Management
• MKTG 545 International Marketing

Marketing

• MKTG 545 International Marketing
• MKTG 565 Integrated Marketing Communications
• MKTG 580 Strategic Digital Marketing

Organizational Development and Change

• HROD 550 Instructional Design and Training Methods
• OPSY 510 Organizational Assessment and Interventions
• OPSY 520  Consultative Applications of Organizational Psychology

Organizational Science

Public Administration

• PADM 501 Origin of Public Administration
• PADM 503 The Policy Process
• PADM 504  Economic and Urban Development

Sport Management

• PE 556 Facility and Event Management
• PE 572 Foundations of Sport Management
• PE 557A  Field Studies/Internships in Sport Management
• PE 557B  Field Studies/Internships in Sport Management

Total Units 39

Students who successfully complete this program shall be able to:

• Demonstrate proficiency in multiple business disciplines.
• Construct critical thinking processes to solve business problems.
• Defend business decisions based on a Christian perspective.
• Display strategic thinking through professional communication channels.
• Be impactful team members.
• Analyze cultural aspects of business in diverse environments.

• Chief Executives - Determine and formulate policies and provide overall direction of companies or private and public sector organizations within guidelines set up by a board of directors or similar governing body. Plan, direct, or coordinate operational activities at the highest level of management with the help of subordinate executives and staff managers.
• Chief Sustainability Officers - Communicate and coordinate with management, shareholders, customers, and employees to address sustainability issues. Enact or oversee a corporate sustainability strategy.
• Human Resources Managers - Plan, direct, or coordinate human resources activities and staff of an organization.
• Compensation and Benefits Managers - Plan, direct, or coordinate compensation and benefits activities of an organization.
• Training and Development Managers - Plan, direct, or coordinate the training and development activities and staff of an organization.
• Sales Managers - Plan, direct, or coordinate the actual distribution or movement of a product or service to the customer. Coordinate sales distribution by establishing sales territories, quotas, and goals and establish training programs for sales representatives. Analyze sales statistics gathered by staff to determine sales potential and inventory requirements and monitor the preferences of customers.
• Industrial Production Managers - Plan, direct, or coordinate the work activities and resources necessary for manufacturing products in accordance with cost, quality, and quantity specifications.
• Quality Control Systems Managers - Plan, direct, or coordinate quality assurance programs. Formulate quality control policies and control quality of laboratory and production efforts.
• Geothermal Production Managers - Manage operations at geothermal power generation facilities. Maintain and monitor geothermal plant equipment for efficient and safe plant operations.
• Biofuels Production Managers - Manage biofuels production and plant operations. Collect and process information on plant production and performance, diagnose problems, and design corrective procedures.
• Biomass Power Plant Managers - Manage operations at biomass power generation facilities. Direct work activities at plant, including supervision of operations and maintenance staff.
• Hydroelectric Production Managers - Manage operations at hydroelectric power generation facilities. Maintain and monitor hydroelectric plant equipment for efficient and safe plant operations.