MBA 600. MBA Orientation. (1 Credit)
"This course follows a holistic approach that deals with the head and the hands. This is a foundational course that will blend the academic leadership theory of servant leadership with applied biblical integration. The Beulah Heights University Department of Business Administration Studies embraces the biblically-based Servant Leadership as the normative approach to leadership. Students learn practical lessons, applying principles they are learning in the course while team building with fellow classmates on how to lead an organization on biblically principles. "
MBA 601. Servant Leadership. (3 Credits)
"Executives in professional organizations are expected to solve problems and make decisions, but ultimately, they must not only make excellent decisions but also communicate them effectively to a variety of stakeholders. The emphasis will be on the development of professional skills and perspectives, such as business writing, coaching and counseling, conflict resolution from a biblical perspective, effective business protocol, interviewing, intercultural awareness and sensitivity, negotiating agreement and public speaking."
MBA 625. Professional Communication. (3 Credits)
"This course is an advanced introduction to the major theories and issues in the study of human behavior in work organizations. It analyzes the interaction of individual, group, and organizational dynamics that influence human behavior in organizations and determines appropriate management approaches to foster a productive work environment. Included in the curriculum are strategies used to understand motivation and individual behavior, decision making, the dynamics of groups, work teams, communication, leadership, power and politics, conflict resolution, work design, organizational structure and culture, and managing change."
MBA 635. Organizational Behavior. (3 Credits)
"This course is designed to examine the relationships between the traditional human resource functions and the various business functions related to balancing efficiency and effectiveness. Issues to be covered in both domestic and global environments include, but are not specifically limited to, staffing, employee training and development, compensation and benefits, legal issues, union & non-union issues, safety and health issues, cross cultural and expatriate issues."
MBA 637. Human Resources Management. (3 Credits)
This course Examines and evaluates the legal environment and ethical challenges of management and organizations. Much emphasis is placed key elements within a church’s ability to recognize the importance and circumstances in meeting its obligations to its staff and community.
MBA 640. The Legality of Business. (3 Credits)
This course uses economic analysis to support business strategy decisions that promote competitiveness in an environment of changing domestic and international market conditions. It also will explore relevant economic optimization and demand to see how integration affects pricing and production decisions within the market.
MBA 644. Managerial Economics. (3 Credits)
"This course focuses on the study of accounting concepts and standards applicable to financial information. Emphasizes will be place on managerial functions of cost control and reporting, budgeting, profit planning, and projections used in decision-making."
MBA 650. Business Accounting. (3 Credits)
"This course is designed to provide the student with the theoretical knowledge and practical skills necessary to understand methodologies that supports the business functions. The objective is to build a basic understanding of the value and uses of information systems for business operation, management decision-making, and strategic advantage. The student will use commercial software packages to apply graphical and numerical outputs relevant in today’s business world."
MBA 655. Decision Analysis Systems. (3 Credits)
"This course Analyzes key marketing concepts, such as consumer/business buying behavior, market research, brand management, product development, pricing strategies, and the design of marketing channels Topics include market segmentation, foreign market assessment, pricing, promotion and distribution."
MBA 662. Marketing. (3 Credits)
"This course considers the financial management decision-making role within the organization and explains how to measure and compare risks across investment opportunities. Subjects include valuation and integrate risk, return and the firm’s choice of capital structure. It analyzes the many ways in which organizations decide on securities and how it will raise capital from investors. "
MBA 671. Corporate Finance. (3 Credits)
"This examines how the institutions of international trade, investment and financing affect a firm’s strategy and operations and what the firm might be able to do to influence the evolution of these institutions. Emphasis is given to the knowledge and attitudes required for the development of intercultural/multicultural management skills in order to understand the complexities of a diverse economic, political and legal system."
MBA 678. International Business. (3 Credits)
"This course addresses the issues faced by managers who wish to turn opportunity into viable organizations that create value, and empowers students to develop their own approaches, guidelines, and skills for being entrepreneurial managers. Students are required to complete a business plan which identify potentially valuable opportunities, obtain the resources necessary to pursue an opportunity, and to create an entrepreneurial organization. Manage the entrepreneurial organization once it has been established. Grow the business into a sustainable enterprise. Create and harvest value for the organization's stakeholders. This course examines biblical passages that discuss the qualities and requirements of a good steward from a holistic perspective."
MBA 680. Entrepreneurship. (3 Credits)
"This course examines the strategic management process and implementation of successful business strategies in the highly competitive and dynamic global environment. It centers on different themes within an organization while developing good decision-making skills. Learners will involve themselves in looking at core business functions, strategic game plans and global operations."
MBA 690. Strategic Management. (3 Credits)
"This course will be an exposition, emphasizing the background issues, purpose, structure, and interpretation of prophetic literature and theological contributions of Daniel."