MBA
MBA and Graduate Business Programs
The graduate business programs at the Lorry I. Lokey School of Business and Public Policy educate ethical and socially responsible organizational leaders who have the strategic perspective, analytic abilities, business knowledge, and leadership and management skills to deliver strong financial performance while mindfully making a positive impact on society and the environment. Being part of a School of Business and Public Policy gives students a unique opportunity to explore issues from multiple perspectives.
The business programs emphasize the four pillars of social responsibility and shared value: ethical decision-making and governance, social and community accountability, diversity and inclusion, and environmental sustainability. These values are integrated throughout our curriculum, our co-curricular activities and our partnerships with organizations that share similar values. Throughout the curriculum, our faculty emphasizes real-world applications and learning from both theory and practice.
Our school was founded to prepare women for business leadership, and today we have a vibrant community that welcomes all genders. Our business programs are distinguished among graduate business schools by the rich diversity of identities, experiences, and perspectives of our students. Mills is an important source of talent for employers seeking to strengthen diversity within their managerial and leadership levels.
To accommodate working professionals, all required business courses are offered in late afternoon or evening time slots at least once during each academic year.
We offer a range of degree options:
Complete an MBA degree in two years of full-time study or two to four years part time.
Students who have completed substantial business course work at other institutions can complete the MBA in one year of full-time study.
This one-year degree enables students to tailor their coursework to their specific goals, without the breadth of the MBA.
The Lorry I. Lokey School of Business and Public Policy offers a joint MBA/MPP designed to prepare students to lead and manage organizations in the public, nonprofit, and private sectors.
MBA/MA in Educational Leadership
The joint MBA/MA prepares educational leaders and managers for success by giving them knowledge of both educational processes and dynamics, and strategic business and management skills. The degree helps graduates confront the complex challenges of the rapidly changing educational landscape.
Program Goals
- Our graduates have the critical thinking and strategic management skills required to identify opportunities and frame problems in order to make effective real-world decisions in complex, dynamic environments.
- Our graduates possess analytical and quantitative skills developed through rigorous course work including economics, accounting, quantitative methods, and finance.
- Our graduates develop the leadership and communication skills needed to successfully manage individuals and teams in multicultural and diverse organizations.
- Our graduates can deliver enterprise-wide value by integrating their knowledge of various functional areas of an organization, including marketing, accounting, information systems, finance, and operations.
- Our graduates are committed to integrating ethical considerations into their management decisions and fostering ethical decision-making throughout their organizations.
- Our graduates are prepared to lead and manage organizations that thrive financially while generating social and environmental value.
Master's Degrees
MBA
One-Year MBA
Master of Management
Joint Degrees
Joint MPP/MBA
Joint MBA/MA in Educational Leadership
Accelerated Degrees
BA/MBA
BA/MM
BA/Joint MPP/MBA
Fast Track Business Degrees for UC Berkeley Students
MGMT 200: Microeconomic Theory (3 Credits)
A comprehensive introduction to advanced principles of microeconomics, including consumer and firm behavior. Conceptual emphasis is on price-directed markets and resource allocation, with additional treatment of welfare economics and government regulation.
Note(s): Open to graduate students only.
Crosslisted with: ECON 100
Program Goals:
Management Program Goals
- Our graduates have the critical thinking and strategic management skills required to identify opportunities and frame problems in order to make effective real-world decisions in complex, dynamic environments. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Students can use established analytical frameworks to correctly interpret microeconomic situations.
- Students can make internally consistent arguments about microeconomic phenomena.
- Our graduates possess analytical and quantitative skills developed through rigorous course work including economics, accounting, quantitative methods, and finance. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Students can determine the potential for long-run profits using information about barriers to entry and economies of scale.
- Students can correctly interpret market events and prices using the model of supply and demand, and can correctly predict the impact of market interventions and changes in market conditions.
- Students can correctly interpret a firm's or consumer's decision-making in terms of marginal cost and marginal benefit (marginal revenue).
- Our graduates develop the leadership and communication skills needed to successfully manage individuals and teams in multicultural and diverse organizations. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Students have the opportunity to present their work in written and oral formats.
- Our graduates are committed to integrating ethical considerations into their management decisions and fostering ethical decision-making throughout their organizations. (Introduced)
- Students can identify the organizational benefits of ethical decisions.
- Our graduates are prepared to lead and manage organizations that thrive financially while generating social and environmental value. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Students can identify market failures and explain how market failures affect market outcomes.
MGMT 201: Macroeconomic Theory (3 Credits)
Theory of income and employment; role of the monetary system; history of business fluctuations; analysis of the "cycle"; and fiscal, monetary, and direct measures for mitigating fluctuations.
Note(s): Open to MBA, MBA/MA Ed. Leadership, MPP, and MPP/MBA students only. Limit 40 students. Open to graduate students only.
Crosslisted with: ECON 101
Program Goals:
Management Program Goals
- Our graduates have the critical thinking and strategic management skills required to identify opportunities and frame problems in order to make effective real-world decisions in complex, dynamic environments. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Students can use established analytical frameworks to correctly interpret macroeconomic situations.
- Students can make internally consistent arguments about macroeconomic phenomena.
- Our graduates possess analytical and quantitative skills developed through rigorous course work including economics, accounting, quantitative methods, and finance. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Students can explain how monetary and fiscal policy work.
- Students can correctly interpret standard economic indicators such as GDP, CPI, and the unemployment rate.
- Students can correctly distinguish between the government deficit and debt.
- Students can determine the impact of exchange rate changes on relative prices.
- Our graduates develop the leadership and communication skills needed to successfully manage individuals and teams in multicultural and diverse organizations. (Practiced)
- Students have the opportunity to present their work in written and oral formats.
- Our graduates are committed to integrating ethical considerations into their management decisions and fostering ethical decision-making throughout their organizations. (Introduced)
- Students can identify strengths and weaknesses of standard economic data as measures of well-being.
- Our graduates are prepared to lead and manage organizations that thrive financially while generating social and environmental value. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Students can correctly interpret the impact of macroeconomic and international economic changes for individuals, firms, and organizations.
MGMT 209: Economics for Managers (3 Credits)
This course introduces students to economic concepts relevant for business and organizational decision-making. Students will study demand and supply, price determination, measures of economic well-being, and market failures. This course emphasizes applications of economic concepts, insights from behavioral economics, and organizational goals other than profit maximization. The course prepares decision-makers to understand how an economy functions and to help them interpret, analyze, and operate within a changing economic environment.
Note(s): LImited to MBA, MBA/MA Ed Leadership, and MPP/MBA students only Limit 35 students. Open to graduate students only.
Program Goals:
Management Program Goals
- Our graduates have the critical thinking and strategic management skills required to identify opportunities and frame problems in order to make effective real-world decisions in complex, dynamic environments. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Students identify key issues, recommend a feasible course of action, and provide persuasive arguments to support the recommendation.
- Our graduates possess analytical and quantitative skills developed through rigorous course work including economics, accounting, quantitative methods, and finance. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Students appropriately use analytical and quantitative methods to support managerial decision-making.
- Our graduates can deliver enterprise-wide value by integrating their knowledge of various functional areas of an organization, including marketing, accounting, information systems, finance, and operations. (Introduced)
- Students appropriately use analytical and quantitative methods to support managerial decision-making.
- Our graduates are committed to integrating ethical considerations into their management decisions and fostering ethical decision-making throughout their organizations. (Introduced)
- Students incorporate ethical considerations into their managerial decisions.
- Our graduates are prepared to lead and manage organizations that thrive financially while generating social and environmental value. (Introduced)
- Students incorporate social and environmental considerations into their managerial decisions.
MGMT 211: Money and Financial Institutions (3 Credits)
An introduction to the study of financial institutions. The American banking system as an industry and its relationship to the behavior of the economy is the primary subject. Other financial institutions, such as savings and loan firms, credit unions, savings banks, and financial markets in common stocks, bonds, and commodities are also examined.
Prerequisite(s): MGMT 209
Note(s): Open to graduate students only.
Crosslisted with: ECON 113
MGMT 212: Intermediate Financial Accounting (3-3 Credits)
This course expands upon the financial accounting concepts and principles developed in the first financial accounting course ECON 073/MGMT 214. It further covers the detailed rules of GAAP, their interpretation, real-world application, and their impact on the readers of the financial statements.
Prerequisite(s): MGMT 214
Note(s): Open to graduate students only.
Program Goals:
Management Program Goals
- Our graduates have the critical thinking and strategic management skills required to identify opportunities and frame problems in order to make effective real-world decisions in complex, dynamic environments. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Problem Identification, Recommendation, and Reasoning: Students identify key issues, recommend a feasible course of action, and provide persuasive arguments to support the recommendation.
- Our graduates possess analytical and quantitative skills developed through rigorous course work including economics, accounting, quantitative methods, and finance. (Introduced, Practiced, Mastered)
- Analytical and quantitative: Students appropriately use analytical and quantitative methods to support managerial decision-making.
- Our graduates develop the leadership and communication skills needed to successfully manage individuals and teams in multicultural and diverse organizations. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Oral communication: Students communicate effectively in oral format.
- Our graduates can deliver enterprise-wide value by integrating their knowledge of various functional areas of an organization, including marketing, accounting, information systems, finance, and operations. (Introduced, Practiced, Mastered)
- Application of analytical and quantitative skills: Students appropriately use analytical and quantitative methods to support managerial decision-making.
- Our graduates are committed to integrating ethical considerations into their management decisions and fostering ethical decision-making throughout their organizations. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Ethical considerations: Students incorporate ethical considerations into their managerial decisions.
- Our graduates are prepared to lead and manage organizations that thrive financially while generating social and environmental value. (Introduced)
- Social and environmental integration: Students incorporate social and environmental considerations into their managerial decisions.
MGMT 214: Financial Accounting (3 Credits)
Elementary accounting theory, with emphasis on the preparation and interpretation of financial statements.
Note(s): Open to graduate students only.
Program Goals:
Management Program Goals
- Our graduates have the critical thinking and strategic management skills required to identify opportunities and frame problems in order to make effective real-world decisions in complex, dynamic environments. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Problem Identification, Recommendation, and Reasoning: Students identify key issues, recommend a feasible course of action, and provide persuasive arguments to support the recommendation.
- Our graduates possess analytical and quantitative skills developed through rigorous course work including economics, accounting, quantitative methods, and finance. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Analytical and quantitative: Students appropriately use analytical and quantitative methods to support managerial decision-making.
- Our graduates develop the leadership and communication skills needed to successfully manage individuals and teams in multicultural and diverse organizations. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Oral communication: Students communicate effectively in oral format.
- Written communication: Students communicate effectively in written format.
- Our graduates can deliver enterprise-wide value by integrating their knowledge of various functional areas of an organization, including marketing, accounting, information systems, finance, and operations. (Introduced, Practiced, Mastered)
- Application of analytical and quantitative skills: Students appropriately use analytical and quantitative methods to support managerial decision-making.
- Enterprise-wide perspective: Students demonstrate an enterprise-wide perspective in their strategic decision-making.
- Our graduates are committed to integrating ethical considerations into their management decisions and fostering ethical decision-making throughout their organizations. (Introduced)
- Ethical considerations: Students incorporate ethical considerations into their managerial decisions.
- Our graduates are prepared to lead and manage organizations that thrive financially while generating social and environmental value. (Introduced)
- Social and environmental integration: Students incorporate social and environmental considerations into their managerial decisions.
MGMT 215: Managerial Accounting (3 Credits)
This course describes and analyzes the tools available for measurement, control, and planning of business firms. Emphasis will be on the accounting of costs in business.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 073 or MGMT 214
Note(s): The course is open to MBA, MBA/MA EdL & MPP/MBA students only. Open to graduate students only.
Program Goals:
Management Program Goals
- Our graduates have the critical thinking and strategic management skills required to identify opportunities and frame problems in order to make effective real-world decisions in complex, dynamic environments. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Problem Identification, Recommendation, and Reasoning: Students identify key issues, recommend a feasible course of action, and provide persuasive arguments to support the recommendation.
- Our graduates possess analytical and quantitative skills developed through rigorous course work including economics, accounting, quantitative methods, and finance. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Analytical and quantitative: Students appropriately use analytical and quantitative methods to support managerial decision-making.
- Our graduates develop the leadership and communication skills needed to successfully manage individuals and teams in multicultural and diverse organizations. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Oral communication: Students communicate effectively in oral format.
- Written communication: Students communicate effectively in written format.
- Our graduates can deliver enterprise-wide value by integrating their knowledge of various functional areas of an organization, including marketing, accounting, information systems, finance, and operations. (Introduced, Practiced, Mastered)
- Application of analytical and quantitative skills: Students appropriately use analytical and quantitative methods to support managerial decision-making.
- Enterprise-wide perspective: Students demonstrate an enterprise-wide perspective in their strategic decision-making.
- Our graduates are committed to integrating ethical considerations into their management decisions and fostering ethical decision-making throughout their organizations. (Introduced)
- Ethical considerations: Students incorporate ethical considerations into their managerial decisions.
- Our graduates are prepared to lead and manage organizations that thrive financially while generating social and environmental value. (Introduced)
- Social and environmental integration: Students incorporate social and environmental considerations into their managerial decisions.
MGMT 216: Corporate Finance I (3 Credits)
An introduction to the concepts and tools of corporate finance, and a discussion of the practical realities of financial decisions. Topics, among others, include present value and the internal rate of return, portfolio theory, debt-versus-equity financing, and the efficiency of capital markets.
Note(s): Open to graduate students only.
Crosslisted with: ECON 116
Program Goals:
Management Program Goals
- Our graduates have the critical thinking and strategic management skills required to identify opportunities and frame problems in order to make effective real-world decisions in complex, dynamic environments. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Problem Identification, Recommendation, and Reasoning: Students identify key issues, recommend a feasible course of action, and provide persuasive arguments to support the recommendation.
- Our graduates possess analytical and quantitative skills developed through rigorous course work including economics, accounting, quantitative methods, and finance. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Analytical and quantitative: Students appropriately use analytical and quantitative methods to support managerial decision-making.
- Our graduates develop the leadership and communication skills needed to successfully manage individuals and teams in multicultural and diverse organizations. (Introduced)
- Oral communication: Students communicate effectively in oral format.
- Written communication: Students communicate effectively in written format.
- Our graduates can deliver enterprise-wide value by integrating their knowledge of various functional areas of an organization, including marketing, accounting, information systems, finance, and operations. (Introduced, Practiced, Mastered)
- Application of analytical and quantitative skills: Students appropriately use analytical and quantitative methods to support managerial decision-making.
- Enterprise-wide perspective: Students demonstrate an enterprise-wide perspective in their strategic decision-making.
- Our graduates are committed to integrating ethical considerations into their management decisions and fostering ethical decision-making throughout their organizations. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Ethical considerations: Students incorporate ethical considerations into their managerial decisions.
- Our graduates are prepared to lead and manage organizations that thrive financially while generating social and environmental value. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Social and environmental integration: Students incorporate social and environmental considerations into their managerial decisions.
MGMT 218: Financial Derivatives (3 Credits)
Covers derivatives markets, including options, futures contracts, and swaps. Explores methods for valuing derivatives and developing risk management strategies. Develops analytical tools such as binomial trees, the Black-Scholes model, and values at risk.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 116 or MGMT 216
Note(s): Open to graduate students only.
Crosslisted with: ECON 118
MGMT 219: International Finance (3 Credits)
A comprehensive introduction to international financial markets and international financial strategy for multinational business. Foreign exchange and international capital markets are discussed in detail, as well as practical issues such as financing international trade, international investment, joint ventures, and foreign currency management.
Note(s): Open to graduate students only.
MGMT 220: Games and Behavior (3 Credits)
This course applies game theory and behavioral economics toward understanding interactive human behavior, otherwise known as strategic decision-making. A major theme of the course is that game theory describes how people should behave in order to achieve certain objectives, while behavioral economics highlights many ways in which actual behavior deviates from what is individually optimal—primarily because of cognitive limitations and perceptual biases. By investigating these two subfields of economics, the course provides fundamental insights into human motivation and interaction in markets,
Prerequisite(s): ECON 100 or MGMT 200
Note(s): This course is open to MBA students only. Open to graduate students only.
MGMT 223: Digital Marketing (3-3 Credits)
This course introduces and develops the skills for managing digital marketing strategy. Students will learn to create and execute strategy for successful customer engagement using paid, owned and earned digital media platforms. This will include creative strategy and content marketing and methods for measuring and testing campaign effectiveness across digital platforms.
Note(s): Open to graduate students only.
Program Goals:
Management Program Goals
- Our graduates have the critical thinking and strategic management skills required to identify opportunities and frame problems in order to make effective real-world decisions in complex, dynamic environments. (Mastered)
- Problem Identification, Recommendation, and Reasoning: Students identify key issues, recommend a feasible course of action, and provide persuasive arguments to support the recommendation.
- Our graduates possess analytical and quantitative skills developed through rigorous course work including economics, accounting, quantitative methods, and finance. (Practiced)
- Analytical and quantitative: Students appropriately use analytical and quantitative methods to support managerial decision-making.
- Our graduates develop the leadership and communication skills needed to successfully manage individuals and teams in multicultural and diverse organizations. (Mastered)
- Oral communication: Students communicate effectively in oral format.
- Written communication: Students communicate effectively in written format.
- Our graduates are committed to integrating ethical considerations into their management decisions and fostering ethical decision-making throughout their organizations. (Practiced)
- Ethical considerations: Students incorporate ethical considerations into their managerial decisions.
MGMT 224: Persuasive Communications (3 Credits)
This course explores the elements of persuasive writing and oral presentations. Students will have many opportunities to present material, to persuade an audience, and to receive feedback. Each student will set a personal development plan highlighting her oral and written presentation goals. Course work includes presenting data effectively, and presenting in times of change and under crisis conditions. Students will also learn to handle Q&A more effectively. Each student will practice her persuasive skills for use in situations ranging from job interviews to CEO-level presentations.
Note(s): This course is open to MBA, MBA/MA EdL, and MPP/MBA students only. Limit 16 students. Open to graduate students only.
Program Goals:
Management Program Goals
- Our graduates have the critical thinking and strategic management skills required to identify opportunities and frame problems in order to make effective real-world decisions in complex, dynamic environments. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Problem Identification, Recommendation, and Reasoning: Students identify key issues, recommend a feasible course of action, and provide persuasive arguments to support the recommendation.
- Our graduates possess analytical and quantitative skills developed through rigorous course work including economics, accounting, quantitative methods, and finance. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Analytical and quantitative: Students appropriately use analytical and quantitative methods to support managerial decision-making.
- Our graduates develop the leadership and communication skills needed to successfully manage individuals and teams in multicultural and diverse organizations. (Introduced, Practiced, Mastered)
- Oral communication: Students communicate effectively in oral format.
- Written communication: Students communicate effectively in written format.
- Our graduates are committed to integrating ethical considerations into their management decisions and fostering ethical decision-making throughout their organizations. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Ethical considerations: Students incorporate ethical considerations into their managerial decisions.
MGMT 225: Simulation & Modeling in the Social and Policy Sciences (3 Credits)
In this advanced hands-on class students are introduced to computer applications used for simulation and analysis in the social and policy sciences. Topics vary, but typically include advanced applications of standard desktop software, statistical packages, relational databases, network analysis, geographic information systems, intelligent agent models, and systems dynamics simulation. Data and examples are drawn from economics, history, political science, public policy, anthropology, and sociology.
Note(s): Students expected to possess basic computer skills and an openness to things mathematical, and to have undertaken previous course work in social sciences beyond the introductory level. Limit 15 students. Open to graduate students only.
MGMT 226: Management Information Systems (3-3 Credits)
Gives future business managers a deeper understanding of technology and its role in organizations. Will map of the process by which new technology is implemented and adopted, while providing students with tool kit for using technology safely, ethically, and efficiently in the workplace. Previous technology experience is not expected or required.
Note(s): This course is open to graduate students only. Limit 25 students. Open to graduate students only.
Program Goals:
Management Program Goals
- Our graduates have the critical thinking and strategic management skills required to identify opportunities and frame problems in order to make effective real-world decisions in complex, dynamic environments. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Problem Identification, Recommendation, and Reasoning: Students identify key issues, recommend a feasible course of action, and provide persuasive arguments to support the recommendation.
- Our graduates possess analytical and quantitative skills developed through rigorous course work including economics, accounting, quantitative methods, and finance. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Analytical and quantitative: Students appropriately use analytical and quantitative methods to support managerial decision-making.
- Our graduates develop the leadership and communication skills needed to successfully manage individuals and teams in multicultural and diverse organizations. (Practiced, Mastered)
- Oral communication: Students communicate effectively in oral format.
- Written communication: Students communicate effectively in written format.
- Our graduates can deliver enterprise-wide value by integrating their knowledge of various functional areas of an organization, including marketing, accounting, information systems, finance, and operations. (Introduced, Practiced, Mastered)
- Enterprise-wide perspective: Students demonstrate an enterprise-wide perspective in their strategic decision-making.
- Our graduates are committed to integrating ethical considerations into their management decisions and fostering ethical decision-making throughout their organizations. (Introduced, Practiced, Mastered)
- Ethical considerations: Students incorporate ethical considerations into their managerial decisions.
- Our graduates are prepared to lead and manage organizations that thrive financially while generating social and environmental value. (Practiced)
- Social and environmental integration: Students incorporate social and environmental considerations into their managerial decisions.
MGMT 227: Negotiations (3 Credits)
The course examines the dynamics that occur before, during, and after negotiations and the theory behind various negotiation approaches. Topics to be addressed will include: claiming versus creating value (also known as distributive and integrative bargaining); preparation strategies; the nature of power; psychological aspects of negotiation; experience and expertise; multi-party/group negotiations; culture and gender; communications and perception; mediation and other alternative dispute resolution systems; working with lawyers; and organizational change and salary negotiations.
Note(s): Course also offered in the Winter term. Limit 30 students. Open to graduate students only.
MGMT 228: Governmental Accounting and Nonprofit Accounting (3-3 Credits)
This course is a comprehensive examination of the basic accounting concepts and practices used in governmental and nonprofit agencies. The course is designed to teach the preparation of financial statements for nonprofit and governmental organizations; the student will gain a thorough understanding of the financial activities of nonprofit and governmental agencies through an analysis of the basic financial statements—specifically, the balance sheet, the income statement, and the statement of cash flows.
Prerequisite(s): MGMT 214
Note(s): Open to graduate students only.
Program Goals:
Management Program Goals
- Our graduates have the critical thinking and strategic management skills required to identify opportunities and frame problems in order to make effective real-world decisions in complex, dynamic environments. (Practiced, Mastered)
- Problem Identification, Recommendation, and Reasoning: Students identify key issues, recommend a feasible course of action, and provide persuasive arguments to support the recommendation.
- Our graduates possess analytical and quantitative skills developed through rigorous course work including economics, accounting, quantitative methods, and finance. (Practiced)
- Analytical and quantitative: Students appropriately use analytical and quantitative methods to support managerial decision-making.
- Our graduates develop the leadership and communication skills needed to successfully manage individuals and teams in multicultural and diverse organizations. (Practiced)
- Written communication: Students communicate effectively in written format.
- Our graduates can deliver enterprise-wide value by integrating their knowledge of various functional areas of an organization, including marketing, accounting, information systems, finance, and operations. (Practiced, Mastered)
- Application of analytical and quantitative skills: Students appropriately use analytical and quantitative methods to support managerial decision-making.
- Our graduates are committed to integrating ethical considerations into their management decisions and fostering ethical decision-making throughout their organizations. (Practiced)
- Ethical considerations: Students incorporate ethical considerations into their managerial decisions.
- Our graduates are prepared to lead and manage organizations that thrive financially while generating social and environmental value. (Practiced)
- Social and environmental integration: Students incorporate social and environmental considerations into their managerial decisions.
MGMT 230: Marketing Management (3 Credits)
Applies the case study method to marketing management and problem solving in a multicultural environment. Teaches methods for managing product positioning, pricing, distribution, and external communications. Examines customer behavior, demand determination, and marketing research. Emphasis is on developing fully integrated marketing programs.
Note(s): Open to graduate students only.
Program Goals:
Management Program Goals
- Our graduates have the critical thinking and strategic management skills required to identify opportunities and frame problems in order to make effective real-world decisions in complex, dynamic environments. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Problem Identification, Recommendation, and Reasoning: Students identify key issues, recommend a feasible course of action, and provide persuasive arguments to support the recommendation.
- Our graduates possess analytical and quantitative skills developed through rigorous course work including economics, accounting, quantitative methods, and finance. (Practiced, Mastered)
- Analytical and quantitative: Students appropriately use analytical and quantitative methods to support managerial decision-making.
- Our graduates develop the leadership and communication skills needed to successfully manage individuals and teams in multicultural and diverse organizations. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Oral communication: Students communicate effectively in oral format.
- Written communication: Students communicate effectively in written format.
- Our graduates can deliver enterprise-wide value by integrating their knowledge of various functional areas of an organization, including marketing, accounting, information systems, finance, and operations. (Introduced, Practiced, Mastered)
- Application of analytical and quantitative skills: Students appropriately use analytical and quantitative methods to support managerial decision-making.
- Enterprise-wide perspective: Students demonstrate an enterprise-wide perspective in their strategic decision-making.
- Our graduates are committed to integrating ethical considerations into their management decisions and fostering ethical decision-making throughout their organizations. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Ethical considerations: Students incorporate ethical considerations into their managerial decisions.
- Our graduates are prepared to lead and manage organizations that thrive financially while generating social and environmental value. (Introduced)
- Social and environmental integration: Students incorporate social and environmental considerations into their managerial decisions.
MGMT 232: Operations Management (3 Credits)
Introduces operations as a functional area of management and examines its link with other functional areas of the firm. Teaches about the acquisition and allocation of resources to support the production and delivery of goods and services. Both manufacturing and service systems will be covered. Introduces contemporary issues faced by operations managers today, such as total quality management, just-in-time approaches, and process reengineering to improve productivity and control costs. The case method is emphasized and computer applications are used.
Prerequisite(s): MGMT 215 and MGMT 263
Note(s): Open to graduate students only.
Program Goals:
Management Program Goals
- Our graduates have the critical thinking and strategic management skills required to identify opportunities and frame problems in order to make effective real-world decisions in complex, dynamic environments. (Practiced, Mastered)
- Problem Identification, Recommendation, and Reasoning: Students identify key issues, recommend a feasible course of action, and provide persuasive arguments to support the recommendation.
- Our graduates possess analytical and quantitative skills developed through rigorous course work including economics, accounting, quantitative methods, and finance. (Practiced, Mastered)
- Analytical and quantitative: Students appropriately use analytical and quantitative methods to support managerial decision-making.
- Our graduates develop the leadership and communication skills needed to successfully manage individuals and teams in multicultural and diverse organizations. (Practiced, Mastered)
- Teamwork: Students work effectively in diverse teams.
- Written communication: Students communicate effectively in written format.
- Oral communication: Students communicate effectively in oral format.
- Our graduates can deliver enterprise-wide value by integrating their knowledge of various functional areas of an organization, including marketing, accounting, information systems, finance, and operations. (Introduced, Practiced, Mastered)
- Enterprise-wide perspective: Students demonstrate an enterprise-wide perspective in their strategic decision-making.
- Application of analytical and quantitative skills: Students appropriately use analytical and quantitative methods to support managerial decision-making.
- Our graduates are committed to integrating ethical considerations into their management decisions and fostering ethical decision-making throughout their organizations. (Introduced)
- Ethical considerations: Students incorporate ethical considerations into their managerial decisions.
- Our graduates are prepared to lead and manage organizations that thrive financially while generating social and environmental value. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Social and environmental integration: Students incorporate social and environmental considerations into their managerial decisions.
MGMT 233: Marketing Research (3 Credits)
The course is targeted for students who are expecting to be marketing managers or marketing researchers. By the end of the course, students will be able to translate a marketing problem into a feasible research question; understand various types of research that exist and the conditions under which each of them is appropriate; and interpret the results of marketing research to make actionable recommendations for decision makers.
Prerequisite(s): MGMT 230
Note(s): MGMT 230 or MGMT 263 may be taken concurrently with consent of instructor. Limit 20 students. Open to graduate students only.
Program Goals:
Management Program Goals
- Our graduates have the critical thinking and strategic management skills required to identify opportunities and frame problems in order to make effective real-world decisions in complex, dynamic environments. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Problem Identification, Recommendation, and Reasoning: Students identify key issues, recommend a feasible course of action, and provide persuasive arguments to support the recommendation.
- Our graduates possess analytical and quantitative skills developed through rigorous course work including economics, accounting, quantitative methods, and finance. (Practiced, Mastered)
- Analytical and quantitative: Students appropriately use analytical and quantitative methods to support managerial decision-making.
- Our graduates develop the leadership and communication skills needed to successfully manage individuals and teams in multicultural and diverse organizations. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Teamwork: Students work effectively in diverse teams.
- Written communication: Students communicate effectively in written format.
- Oral communication: Students communicate effectively in oral format.
- Our graduates can deliver enterprise-wide value by integrating their knowledge of various functional areas of an organization, including marketing, accounting, information systems, finance, and operations. (Introduced, Practiced, Mastered)
- Application of analytical and quantitative skills: Students appropriately use analytical and quantitative methods to support managerial decision-making.
- Enterprise-wide perspective: Students demonstrate an enterprise-wide perspective in their strategic decision-making.
- Our graduates are committed to integrating ethical considerations into their management decisions and fostering ethical decision-making throughout their organizations. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Ethical considerations: Students incorporate ethical considerations into their managerial decisions.
MGMT 234: Management & Organizational Development (3 Credits)
In this course, we will explore how to build healthy workplace communities across all levels of the organization. We will focus on answering "how do you build contexts (jobs, organizational cultures, structures, processes) that enable employees and teams to thrive?" The core premise in this course is that managerial excellence is fundamentally tied to creating organizational contexts that build human strengths and unlock the positive and generative dynamics of vibrant human communities.
Note(s): Open to graduate students only. Limit 25 students. Open to graduate students only.
Program Goals:
Management Program Goals
- Our graduates have the critical thinking and strategic management skills required to identify opportunities and frame problems in order to make effective real-world decisions in complex, dynamic environments. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Problem Identification, Recommendation, and Reasoning: Students identify key issues, recommend a feasible course of action, and provide persuasive arguments to support the recommendation.
- Our graduates develop the leadership and communication skills needed to successfully manage individuals and teams in multicultural and diverse organizations. (Introduced, Practiced, Mastered)
- Inclusion: Students incorporate inclusion considerations into their managerial decisions.
- Written communication: Students communicate effectively in written format.
- Oral communication: Students communicate effectively in oral format.
- Our graduates can deliver enterprise-wide value by integrating their knowledge of various functional areas of an organization, including marketing, accounting, information systems, finance, and operations. (Introduced, Practiced, Mastered)
- Enterprise-wide perspective: Students demonstrate an enterprise-wide perspective in their strategic decision-making.
- Our graduates are committed to integrating ethical considerations into their management decisions and fostering ethical decision-making throughout their organizations. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Ethical considerations: Students incorporate ethical considerations into their managerial decisions.
- Our graduates are prepared to lead and manage organizations that thrive financially while generating social and environmental value. (Introduced)
- Social and environmental integration: Students incorporate social and environmental considerations into their managerial decisions.
MGMT 236: Managerial Economics (3 Credits)
This course develops methods for solving business and administrative problems. The course provides a link between economic theory and practice by showing—through examples, case studies, and discussion—how economic analysis can be usefully applied to managerial decision making. The topics to be covered include risk analysis, econometric studies of demand, costs and productivity, the design of optimal pricing schemes, strategic thinking, and global business issues.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 100 or MGMT 200
Note(s): Open to graduate students only.
Crosslisted with: ECON 136
MGMT 239: Urban Economics (4 Credits)
Urban Economics uses economic analysis to explore why and where cities develop and how they grow. It also examines important issues cities face, including land use, transportation, education, housing, funding, crime, concentrated poverty, and segregation.
Note(s): Open to graduate students only.
Crosslisted with: ECON 139
MGMT 244: Leadership and Ethics (3 Credits)
The course surveys key topics in leadership and business ethics, including examining and internalizing what it means to lead authentically, and how authentic leadership underpins ethical decision-making. We then turn to ethics in the workplace, considering prevalent theories of, and influences on, ethical business behavior. We explore “ethical awareness,” drivers of ethical conflicts, and types of ethical issues faced in business. We examine impacts of individual moral philosophies and values on ethical outlook, as well as the influence of corporate culture and work group dynamics.
Note(s): This course is open to MBA students only. Limit 20 students. Open to graduate students only.
Program Goals:
Management Program Goals
- Our graduates have the critical thinking and strategic management skills required to identify opportunities and frame problems in order to make effective real-world decisions in complex, dynamic environments. (Introduced, Practiced, Mastered)
- Problem Identification, Recommendation, and Reasoning: Students identify key issues, recommend a feasible course of action, and provide persuasive arguments to support the recommendation.
- Our graduates develop the leadership and communication skills needed to successfully manage individuals and teams in multicultural and diverse organizations. (Introduced, Practiced, Mastered)
- Inclusion: Students incorporate inclusion considerations into their managerial decisions.
- Written communication: Students communicate effectively in written format.
- Oral communication: Students communicate effectively in oral format.
- Leadership: Students demonstrate self-awareness and understanding of their leadership capabilities and need for continuous development.
- Our graduates can deliver enterprise-wide value by integrating their knowledge of various functional areas of an organization, including marketing, accounting, information systems, finance, and operations. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Enterprise-wide perspective: Students demonstrate an enterprise-wide perspective in their strategic decision-making.
- Our graduates are committed to integrating ethical considerations into their management decisions and fostering ethical decision-making throughout their organizations. (Introduced, Practiced, Mastered)
- Ethical considerations: Students incorporate ethical considerations into their managerial decisions.
- Our graduates are prepared to lead and manage organizations that thrive financially while generating social and environmental value. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Social and environmental integration: Students incorporate social and environmental considerations into their managerial decisions.
MGMT 247: Project Management (3 Credits)
The discipline of project management helps organizations navigate through unpredictable circumstances. This course will cover the strategic dimensions of project management, and emphasize concepts dealing with complexity, uncertainty, and risks for multiple stakeholders. Students will learn how to translate project objectives into statements of work and responsibilities, develop budget projections, and monitor cost and schedule performance. The course will also provide exposure to specific software applications, thus leaving students with a concrete job skill.
Note(s): Open only to graduate students. Limit 25 students. Open to graduate students only.
Program Goals:
Management Program Goals
- Our graduates have the critical thinking and strategic management skills required to identify opportunities and frame problems in order to make effective real-world decisions in complex, dynamic environments. (Practiced)
- Students work as a team with 2-3 other students to define the scope and contents of a project of their choice, plan/monitor/control the project and identify project risks and associated contingencies.
- Students analyze multi-faceted, complex projects through case studies, and present thoughtful, data-based solutions.
- Our graduates possess analytical and quantitative skills developed through rigorous course work including economics, accounting, quantitative methods, and finance. (Mastered)
- Students can use accurate “learning curve” techniques to estimate the costs associated with large scale projects.
- Students can use key project management tools – PERT/CPM diagrams, Gantt charts, spreadsheets – to determine cost and schedule performance.
- Students can use appropriate quantitative models to calculate probabilities of on-time project completion, and estimate schedule variation.
- Our graduates develop the leadership and communication skills needed to successfully manage individuals and teams in multicultural and diverse organizations. (Practiced)
- Students present course assignments competently as individuals or in teams.
- Our graduates can deliver enterprise-wide value by integrating their knowledge of various functional areas of an organization, including marketing, accounting, information systems, finance, and operations. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Students can define and build work breakdown structures (WBS), estimate project parameters and build project schedules.
- Students can diagram the network of interrelated activities in a project, identify the sequence of critical activities, and analyze cost-time tradeoffs.
- Students understand project management as a key approach to strategy implementation.
- Students can translate project objectives into a meaningful charter and statements of work and responsibilities.
- Our graduates are committed to integrating ethical considerations into their management decisions and fostering ethical decision-making throughout their organizations. (Introduced)
- Students can realistically define the scope and contents of projects by being sensitive to the needs of all stakeholders.
- Students can explain how moral and ethical conduct by project managers and project sponsors is essential to creating and improving the corporate culture.
- Our graduates are prepared to lead and manage organizations that thrive financially while generating social and environmental value. (Introduced)
- Students understand that sustainable project management takes into account the societal and environmental impacts of the project.
MGMT 249: Business Analytics (3 Credits)
This course in data-driven decision making examines how data and analytics can be used to inform managerial decisions and covers a broad range of descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics. Students learn to use both commercial and open-source computer software to analyze and visualize data. This course introduces Big Data and data mining and shows their relevance to making informed business decisions. Students will complete at least one hands-on client facing assignment, so specific models and statistical packages will be tailored to student interests and client needs.
Note(s): Open to graduate students. Limit 25 students. Open to graduate students only.
Program Goals:
Management Program Goals
- Our graduates have the critical thinking and strategic management skills required to identify opportunities and frame problems in order to make effective real-world decisions in complex, dynamic environments. (Introduced)
- Students will determine appropriate KPIs (key performance indicators) applicable to a particular managerial situation.
- Our graduates possess analytical and quantitative skills developed through rigorous course work including economics, accounting, quantitative methods, and finance. (Mastered)
- The students will demonstrate expertise in descriptive and predictive modeling.
- Students will demonstrate various aspects of customer lifetime value modeling, segmentation/cluster analysis, etc.
- Our graduates develop the leadership and communication skills needed to successfully manage individuals and teams in multicultural and diverse organizations. (Practiced)
- Students will complete a project of their choice during the second part of the course. They will present their findings to the class.
- Our graduates can deliver enterprise-wide value by integrating their knowledge of various functional areas of an organization, including marketing, accounting, information systems, finance, and operations. (Practiced)
- Student analysis will integrate accounting and finance concepts with marketing analysis.
- Students will demonstrate that they can gain consumer insights by using customer databases, consumer generated content, etc.
- Our graduates are committed to integrating ethical considerations into their management decisions and fostering ethical decision-making throughout their organizations. (Practiced)
- Students will demonstrate familiarity with issues around privacy and security of customer data.
MGMT 250: Persuasive Oral Presentations (1 Credits)
This five-week course explores the basics of persuasive oral presentations. Each student will have at least three opportunities to present to the class, receive feedback, and develop a personal plan for improvement. The assignments will include at least one exercise requiring the use of slides and data to persuade. The course will be taught in a workshop style where each student will experience a safe environment in which to try new things, succeed, fail, and receive feedback.
Note(s): Open to graduate students only. Limit 15 students. Open to graduate students only.
Program Goals:
Management Program Goals
- Our graduates have the critical thinking and strategic management skills required to identify opportunities and frame problems in order to make effective real-world decisions in complex, dynamic environments. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Students will demonstrate that they can frame problems or make recommendations in a clear persuasive manner in class assignments
- Our graduates possess analytical and quantitative skills developed through rigorous course work including economics, accounting, quantitative methods, and finance. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Students will demonstrate effective use of data in presentations.
- Our graduates develop the leadership and communication skills needed to successfully manage individuals and teams in multicultural and diverse organizations. (Introduced, Practiced, Mastered)
- Students will demonstrate skill in executive level presentations through assignments that use data, implement change, and handle crisis communications strategies in class
MGMT 253: Environmental Economics (3 Credits)
This course will focus on the application of economic analysis to the problems of resource depletion and environmental pollution. Several fundamental questions will be addressed: Does economic growth necessarily imply environmental destruction? What are the optimal levels of pollution control and energy conservation? What policy options exist for achieving these goals? Should the government sell permits to pollute, tax polluters, or impose direct legal restrictions on the quantities of pollutants? We will also examine the effects of market structure and uncertainty on the rate of resource depletion.
Prerequisite(s): MGMT 209
Note(s): Open to graduate students only.
Crosslisted with: ECON 153
MGMT 255: International Trade (3 Credits)
A comprehensive introduction to the theory and institutions of international economic relations. Both classical and modern trade theories will be covered, and discussion will focus on current issues of U.S. trade and the world economy.
Note(s): Open to graduate students only.
MGMT 263: Quantitative Methods (3 Credits)
Introduction to standard statistical methods for analyzing business and policy-relevant data. Covers descriptive statistics, probability, sampling distributions, statistical inference and hypothesis testing, and multivariate regression analysis. Students will learn how to use probabilities to reflect uncertainty, and how to analyze data to support decision making in different contexts. Emphasis on developing proficiency with standard statistical software, and on becoming a critical consumer of statistical information. Examples are drawn from the management and public policy fields.
Note(s): Open to graduate students only.
Program Goals:
Management Program Goals
- Our graduates have the critical thinking and strategic management skills required to identify opportunities and frame problems in order to make effective real-world decisions in complex, dynamic environments. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Problem Identification, Recommendation, and Reasoning: Students identify key issues, recommend a feasible course of action, and provide persuasive arguments to support the recommendation.
- Our graduates possess analytical and quantitative skills developed through rigorous course work including economics, accounting, quantitative methods, and finance. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Analytical and quantitative: Students appropriately use analytical and quantitative methods to support managerial decision-making.
- Our graduates develop the leadership and communication skills needed to successfully manage individuals and teams in multicultural and diverse organizations. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Oral communication: Students communicate effectively in oral format.
- Written communication: Students communicate effectively in written format.
- Our graduates can deliver enterprise-wide value by integrating their knowledge of various functional areas of an organization, including marketing, accounting, information systems, finance, and operations. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Application of analytical and quantitative skills: Students appropriately use analytical and quantitative methods to support managerial decision-making.
- Our graduates are committed to integrating ethical considerations into their management decisions and fostering ethical decision-making throughout their organizations. (Introduced)
- Ethical considerations: Students incorporate ethical considerations into their managerial decisions.
MGMT 264: Econometrics and Business Forecasting (3 Credits)
A comprehensive introduction to statistical methods for economic and business decisions. Emphasis is on practical applications of statistical software and data interpretation.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 050 and (ECON 081 or MGMT 281)
Note(s): Open to graduate students only.
Crosslisted with: ECON 164
MGMT 267: Financial Statement Analysis (3-3 Credits)
This course integrates concepts and principles learned in financial and intermediate accounting in the analysis of the four basic financial statements: the balance sheet, statement of operations, cash flow and equity statements. Our fundamental examination includes trend and ratio analysis, reformulation of the balance sheet and statement of operations, and an in depth understanding of cash flow. We will use real world financial statements to assess an organization’s liquidity, solvency and management’s effectiveness in utilizing financial resources.
Prerequisite(s): MGMT 214
Note(s): This course is open to MBA, MBA/MA, and MPP/MBA students only. Open to graduate students only.
Program Goals:
Management Program Goals
- Our graduates have the critical thinking and strategic management skills required to identify opportunities and frame problems in order to make effective real-world decisions in complex, dynamic environments. (Practiced, Mastered)
- Problem Identification, Recommendation, and Reasoning: Students identify key issues, recommend a feasible course of action, and provide persuasive arguments to support the recommendation.
- Our graduates possess analytical and quantitative skills developed through rigorous course work including economics, accounting, quantitative methods, and finance. (Practiced)
- Analytical and quantitative: Students appropriately use analytical and quantitative methods to support managerial decision-making.
- Our graduates develop the leadership and communication skills needed to successfully manage individuals and teams in multicultural and diverse organizations. (Practiced, Mastered)
- Oral communication: Students communicate effectively in oral format.
- Our graduates can deliver enterprise-wide value by integrating their knowledge of various functional areas of an organization, including marketing, accounting, information systems, finance, and operations. (Practiced, Mastered)
- Application of analytical and quantitative skills: Students appropriately use analytical and quantitative methods to support managerial decision-making.
- Enterprise-wide perspective: Students demonstrate an enterprise-wide perspective in their strategic decision-making.
- Our graduates are committed to integrating ethical considerations into their management decisions and fostering ethical decision-making throughout their organizations. (Practiced)
- Ethical considerations: Students incorporate ethical considerations into their managerial decisions.
- Our graduates are prepared to lead and manage organizations that thrive financially while generating social and environmental value. (Practiced)
- Social and environmental integration: Students incorporate social and environmental considerations into their managerial decisions.
MGMT 270: Nonprofit Management (3 Credits)
Designed for individuals who plan to provide leadership within the nonprofit sector, either as funders, managers, or board members. Provides an overview of the nonprofit sector, followed by several sessions focused on the importance of mission and strategy. Discusses marketing/branding, nonprofit sources of income including fundraising and earned income, governance and nonprofit boards, managerial control and financial statements, organizational evolution and strategic change, and the future of the sector.
Note(s): This course if open to MBA students only Open to graduate students only.
Program Goals:
Management Program Goals
- Our graduates have the critical thinking and strategic management skills required to identify opportunities and frame problems in order to make effective real-world decisions in complex, dynamic environments. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Problem Identification, Recommendation, and Reasoning: Students identify key issues, recommend a feasible course of action, and provide persuasive arguments to support the recommendation.
- Our graduates develop the leadership and communication skills needed to successfully manage individuals and teams in multicultural and diverse organizations. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Oral communication: Students communicate effectively in oral format.
- Our graduates can deliver enterprise-wide value by integrating their knowledge of various functional areas of an organization, including marketing, accounting, information systems, finance, and operations. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Enterprise-wide perspective: Students demonstrate an enterprise-wide perspective in their strategic decision-making.
- Our graduates are committed to integrating ethical considerations into their management decisions and fostering ethical decision-making throughout their organizations. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Ethical considerations: Students incorporate ethical considerations into their managerial decisions.
- Our graduates are prepared to lead and manage organizations that thrive financially while generating social and environmental value. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Social and environmental integration: Students incorporate social and environmental considerations into their managerial decisions.
MGMT 271: Funding Social Impact (3 Credits)
This elective focuses on how philanthropy and other sources of funding help drive impact, focusing on philanthropy and exploring how new models have emerged to be more strategic. The readings, discussions, and guest speakers will focus on a wide range of philanthropic models including “crowd-funding”, “corporate”, “venture”, and “engaged” philanthropy as well as traditional models. Other trends, tools, and fundamentals of funding impact (e.g. collective impact and impact investing) as well as common pitfalls, will be covered through readings, case studies, and guest speakers.
Note(s): Open to graduate students only. Open to graduate students only.
Program Goals:
Management Program Goals
- Our graduates have the critical thinking and strategic management skills required to identify opportunities and frame problems in order to make effective real-world decisions in complex, dynamic environments. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Problem Identification, Recommendation, and Reasoning: Students identify key issues, recommend a feasible course of action, and provide persuasive arguments to support the recommendation.
- Our graduates possess analytical and quantitative skills developed through rigorous course work including economics, accounting, quantitative methods, and finance. (Practiced)
- Analytical and quantitative: Students appropriately use analytical and quantitative methods to support managerial decision-making.
- Our graduates develop the leadership and communication skills needed to successfully manage individuals and teams in multicultural and diverse organizations. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Oral communication: Students communicate effectively in oral format.
- Our graduates can deliver enterprise-wide value by integrating their knowledge of various functional areas of an organization, including marketing, accounting, information systems, finance, and operations. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Enterprise-wide perspective: Students demonstrate an enterprise-wide perspective in their strategic decision-making.
- Our graduates are committed to integrating ethical considerations into their management decisions and fostering ethical decision-making throughout their organizations. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Ethical considerations: Students incorporate ethical considerations into their managerial decisions.
- Our graduates are prepared to lead and manage organizations that thrive financially while generating social and environmental value. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Social and environmental integration: Students incorporate social and environmental considerations into their managerial decisions.
MGMT 272: Socially Responsible Business (3 Credits)
This course examines the goals, opportunities, challenges, and impacts of socially responsible business. It examines diverse strategies and organizational models developed for launching, building, and sustaining socially responsible businesses or business initiatives, ranging from corporate and mid-size companies to hybrid ventures. While the scope of the course encompasses the four pillars of socially responsible businesspeople, communities, planet, and profitsemphasis is given to efforts to generate positive economic and social impacts on people, communities, and society.
Note(s): Open to graduate students only.
Program Goals:
Management Program Goals
- Our graduates have the critical thinking and strategic management skills required to identify opportunities and frame problems in order to make effective real-world decisions in complex, dynamic environments. (Practiced)
- Problem Identification, Recommendation, and Reasoning: Students identify key issues, recommend a feasible course of action, and provide persuasive arguments to support the recommendation.
- Our graduates develop the leadership and communication skills needed to successfully manage individuals and teams in multicultural and diverse organizations. (Mastered)
- Written communication: Students communicate effectively in written format.
- Oral communication: Students communicate effectively in oral format.
- Our graduates can deliver enterprise-wide value by integrating their knowledge of various functional areas of an organization, including marketing, accounting, information systems, finance, and operations. (Practiced)
- Enterprise-wide perspective: Students demonstrate an enterprise-wide perspective in their strategic decision-making.
- Our graduates are committed to integrating ethical considerations into their management decisions and fostering ethical decision-making throughout their organizations. (Practiced)
- Ethical considerations: Students incorporate ethical considerations into their managerial decisions.
- Our graduates are prepared to lead and manage organizations that thrive financially while generating social and environmental value. (Introduced, Practiced, Mastered)
- Social and environmental integration: Students incorporate social and environmental considerations into their managerial decisions.
MGMT 274: Innovation in Business, Social, and Government Organizations (3 Credits)
Innovation, achieved through the common language and shared tools of design thinking, uses a human-centered lens to address today’s business, government, and societal challenges. Students will be introduced to ethnographic interviewing, observation analysis and synthesis, persona creation, ideation processes, rapid prototyping, concept testing, iterative design and narrative communication. Students will work collaboratively to understand and then solve problems that drive product, service, business and social innovation.
Note(s): Limit 20 students.
Program Goals:
Management Program Goals
- Our graduates have the critical thinking and strategic management skills required to identify opportunities and frame problems in order to make effective real-world decisions in complex, dynamic environments. (Practiced)
- Students can strategically evaluate innovations.
- Students can explain the dynamics of innovation diffusion and analyze how they can be influenced.
- Students can recognize and work with cognitive barriers to innovation.
- Students can recognize significant problems and innovation opportunities
- Our graduates develop the leadership and communication skills needed to successfully manage individuals and teams in multicultural and diverse organizations. (Practiced)
- Students acquire tools and dispositions of empathy, creative listening, team collaboration.
- Our graduates can deliver enterprise-wide value by integrating their knowledge of various functional areas of an organization, including marketing, accounting, information systems, finance, and operations. (Practiced)
- Students can explain and apply best practices of integrating innovation within an organization.
- Our graduates are committed to integrating ethical considerations into their management decisions and fostering ethical decision-making throughout their organizations. (Practiced)
- Students can articulate and appreciate the perspectives of various stakeholders
- Our graduates are prepared to lead and manage organizations that thrive financially while generating social and environmental value. (Practiced)
- Students’ analysis reflects understanding of the different perspectives of private, social, and governmental innovation.
MGMT 275: Social Entrepreneurship (3 Credits)
This course provides a survey of social entrepreneurship and small business ownership – including the social venture creation process, developing the business plan, funding a business launch, and entrepreneurial decision-making. This is a highly participatory, integrative class, with case studies, guest speakers, extensive discussions, and student presentations. A key aspect of this course is the critical role of values and culture in driving successful business formation and operations. Students will gain exposure to the methods and practices that foster social impact.
Note(s): Open to graduate students only Limit 25 students. Open to graduate students only.
Program Goals:
Management Program Goals
- Our graduates have the critical thinking and strategic management skills required to identify opportunities and frame problems in order to make effective real-world decisions in complex, dynamic environments. (Practiced)
- Problem Identification, Recommendation, and Reasoning: Students identify key issues, recommend a feasible course of action, and provide persuasive arguments to support the recommendation.
- Our graduates develop the leadership and communication skills needed to successfully manage individuals and teams in multicultural and diverse organizations. (Practiced)
- Leadership: Students demonstrate self-awareness and understanding of their leadership capabilities and need for continuous development.
- Teamwork: Students work effectively in diverse teams.
- Written communication: Students communicate effectively in written format.
- Our graduates can deliver enterprise-wide value by integrating their knowledge of various functional areas of an organization, including marketing, accounting, information systems, finance, and operations. (Mastered)
- Enterprise-wide perspective: Students demonstrate an enterprise-wide perspective in their strategic decision-making.
MGMT 278: Social Impact Consulting (3 Credits)
This course will actively engage students in critical social challenges seeking innovative solutions. The class will be organized as a professional consulting agency, providing hands-on support to organizations. Student teams will support social ventures with analyses, recommendations and strategies critical to growth, viability, and impact. Students will gain a richer perspective on catalyzing social impact, develop skills in communication across social, cultural and disciplinary boundaries, and apply sound leadership and decision making principles within nontraditional environments.
Note(s): Open only to graduate students. Limit 25 students. Open to graduate students only.
Program Goals:
Management Program Goals
- Our graduates have the critical thinking and strategic management skills required to identify opportunities and frame problems in order to make effective real-world decisions in complex, dynamic environments. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Students can assess an organization’s challenges and identify strategies and approaches to effectively address those challenges.
- Our graduates develop the leadership and communication skills needed to successfully manage individuals and teams in multicultural and diverse organizations. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Students recognize nuances within multicultural environments and actively consider impacts of decisions on diverse communities.
- Students present findings and analyses competently and professionally.
- Our graduates can deliver enterprise-wide value by integrating their knowledge of various functional areas of an organization, including marketing, accounting, information systems, finance, and operations. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Student work reflects a growing understanding of the roles of various functional areas within an organization.
- Our graduates are committed to integrating ethical considerations into their management decisions and fostering ethical decision-making throughout their organizations. (Practiced)
- Students consider ethical implications in their analyses, planning, and recommendations.
- Our graduates are prepared to lead and manage organizations that thrive financially while generating social and environmental value. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Students can develop recommendations that consider financial, social, and environmental impacts.
MGMT 279: Applied Economic Analysis (3 Credits)
This integrative course extends the concepts learned in MGMT 209 to more complex situations and applies them to a variety of situations faced by managers and decision-makers. Topics covered include risk, pricing, shared value, strategic behavior, the use and interpretation of economic data, and the macroeconomic and international context in which organizations function. Through applications and cases we will analyze market outcomes and consider private and government responses to market failures.
Prerequisite(s): MGMT 209
Note(s): Open only to MBA, MBA/MA Ed Leadership, and MPP/MBA students Limit 35 students. Open to graduate students only.
Program Goals:
Management Program Goals
- Our graduates have the critical thinking and strategic management skills required to identify opportunities and frame problems in order to make effective real-world decisions in complex, dynamic environments. (Practiced, Mastered)
- Problem Identification, Recommendation, and Reasoning: Students identify key issues, recommend a feasible course of action, and provide persuasive arguments to support the recommendation.
- Our graduates possess analytical and quantitative skills developed through rigorous course work including economics, accounting, quantitative methods, and finance. (Practiced, Mastered)
- Analytical and quantitative: Students appropriately use analytical and quantitative methods to support managerial decision-making.
- Our graduates develop the leadership and communication skills needed to successfully manage individuals and teams in multicultural and diverse organizations. (Practiced)
- Oral communication: Students communicate effectively in oral format.
- Written communication: Students communicate effectively in written format.
- Our graduates can deliver enterprise-wide value by integrating their knowledge of various functional areas of an organization, including marketing, accounting, information systems, finance, and operations. (Introduced, Practiced, Mastered)
- Application of analytical and quantitative skills: Students appropriately use analytical and quantitative methods to support managerial decision-making.
- Enterprise-wide perspective: Students demonstrate an enterprise-wide perspective in their strategic decision-making.
- Our graduates are committed to integrating ethical considerations into their management decisions and fostering ethical decision-making throughout their organizations. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Ethical considerations: Students incorporate ethical considerations into their managerial decisions.
- Our graduates are prepared to lead and manage organizations that thrive financially while generating social and environmental value. (Practiced)
- Social and environmental integration: Students incorporate social and environmental considerations into their managerial decisions.
MGMT 280: Topics in Business (1-3 Credits)
Discussion of a specific business topic(s).
Note(s): Open to graduate students only.
MGMT 280G: Special Topics (0.25-1 Credits)
MGMT 281: Introduction to Statistics (3 Credits)
Experimental design, descriptive statistics, probability, probability distributions, random variables, sampling, estimation, and hypothesis testing. Understanding statistical inference; examples drawn from social science.
Note(s): Open to graduate students only.
MGMT 282: Modeling and Data Analysis (4 Credits)
This course provides students the tools needed to apply decision analysis to financial and other management problems. These tools allow one to choose the best course of action when presented with data on financial outcomes and probabilities. The tools and techniques learned in this class will help the student analyze real-world problems through the use of a broad range of financial planning tools and other models that foster sound decision-making. This will be a ‘hands-on’ course with extensive use of Excel.
Prerequisite(s): MGMT 263 or MGMT 281
Note(s): Open to graduate students only.
Program Goals:
Management Program Goals
- Our graduates have the critical thinking and strategic management skills required to identify opportunities and frame problems in order to make effective real-world decisions in complex, dynamic environments. (Practiced, Mastered)
- Problem Identification, Recommendation, and Reasoning: Students identify key issues, recommend a feasible course of action, and provide persuasive arguments to support the recommendation.
- Our graduates possess analytical and quantitative skills developed through rigorous course work including economics, accounting, quantitative methods, and finance. (Practiced, Mastered)
- Analytical and quantitative: Students appropriately use analytical and quantitative methods to support managerial decision-making.
- Our graduates develop the leadership and communication skills needed to successfully manage individuals and teams in multicultural and diverse organizations. (Introduced, Practiced)
- Oral communication: Students communicate effectively in oral format.
- Written communication: Students communicate effectively in written format.
- Our graduates are prepared to lead and manage organizations that thrive financially while generating social and environmental value. (Introduced)
- Social and environmental integration: Students incorporate social and environmental considerations into their managerial decisions.
MGMT 286: The Business of Being an Artist (3 Credits)
This course provides essential business skills for artists, writers, and performers. Topics include copyright, negotiating contracts, marketing, and accounting/finance. The course brings in guest speakers who are practitioners in their fields.
Note(s): Open to graduate students only.
MGMT 288: Management Practicum (1-4 Credits)
Requires departmental approval. A faculty-supervised field practicum, which provides experience directly related to a student's career goals and academic program, may be taken for credit. The student is responsible for identifying the external organization, on-site supervisor, learning goals, project, and deliverables.
Note(s): Open to graduate students only.
Instructor Consent Required: Y
MGMT 290: Strategic Management (3 Credits)
This capstone course should be taken during the last year of the program. The course examines strategic issues central to organizations' competitive positioning and long-term viability. Students are given the opportunity to perform real-world evaluations and present critical strategic recommendations regarding creation or reinforcement of sustainable positioning, from the perspective of key executive decision-makers or strategic advisors. A continuous theme throughout the course is the critical relationship between proper strategy development/execution and long-term value creation.
Prerequisite(s): MGMT 215 and MGMT 216
Note(s): Open to MBA, MBA/MA, and MPP/MBA graduate students only Limit 25 students. Open to graduate students only.
Program Goals:
Management Program Goals
- Our graduates have the critical thinking and strategic management skills required to identify opportunities and frame problems in order to make effective real-world decisions in complex, dynamic environments. (Introduced, Practiced, Mastered)
- Students identify key issues, recommend a feasible course of action, and provide persuasive arguments to support the recommendation.
- Our graduates possess analytical and quantitative skills developed through rigorous course work including economics, accounting, quantitative methods, and finance. (Practiced)
- Students appropriately use analytical and quantitative methods to support managerial decision-making.
- Our graduates develop the leadership and communication skills needed to successfully manage individuals and teams in multicultural and diverse organizations. (Practiced, Mastered)
- Students incorporate inclusion considerations into their managerial decisions.
- Students communicate effectively in written format
- Students communicate effectively in oral format.
- Students demonstrate self-awareness and understanding of their leadership capabilities and need for continuous development.
- Our graduates can deliver enterprise-wide value by integrating their knowledge of various functional areas of an organization, including marketing, accounting, information systems, finance, and operations. (Practiced, Mastered)
- Enterprise-wide perspective Students demonstrate an enterprise-wide perspective in their strategic decision-making
- Application of analytical and quantitative skills Students appropriately use analytical and quantitative methods to support managerial decision-making.
- Our graduates are committed to integrating ethical considerations into their management decisions and fostering ethical decision-making throughout their organizations. (Practiced)
- Ethical considerations Students incorporate ethical considerations into their managerial decisions.
- Our graduates are prepared to lead and manage organizations that thrive financially while generating social and environmental value. (Introduced, Practiced, Mastered)
- Social and environmental integration Students incorporate social and environmental considerations into their managerial decisions.
MGMT 292: Business, Policy, and Society (3-4 Credits)
With increasing interdependence between private, public, and non-profit sectors, it is important to understand how they act and interact–in regulation, contracting, and partnerships–and how the public interest may be affected by interactions and blurring boundaries. We will examine the predominant characteristics of the different sectors and will analyze productive versus unsuccessful interactions. This course is a capstone for 3rd-year MPP/MBA students and is available as an elective to MBA and MPP students in their last year of study, or with consent of instructor.
Note(s): This course is a capstone for students pursuing the joint MPP/MBA, and is available as an elective to MBA and MPP students in their final year of study, or with consent of instructor Limit 25 students. Open to graduate students only.
Program Goals:
Public Policy and Management Program Goals
- The student will have the knowledge and skills to be able to work across sectors (non-profit, government, and for-profit). (Mastered)
- Students will be familiar with the predominant characteristics of organizations in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors, and will understand how these characteristics make organizations in the different sectors suited for particular roles in the society.
- Students will understand the benefits and challenges of intersectoral collaborations and interactions, and know when and how to shape such collaborations and interactions for public benefit.
Faculty
Seth Barad
Professor of Business Practice
GSB 226, sbarad@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Non-profit management, management consulting, management communications
Mark Bichsel
Professor of Business Practice
GSB 235
mbichsel@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Accounting
Sam Evans
Assistant Adjunct Professor
GSB 214B, sevans@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Environmental economics, energy economics, forestry economics, applied econometrics, computable general equilibrium modeling, California economic policy
Judith Ford
Assistant Adjunct Professor
GSB 235, jford@mills.edu
Robert Girling
Assistant Adjunct Professor
GSB 235, rgirling@mills.edu
Kate Karniouchina
Dean, Lokey School of Business and Public Policy
Associate Professor of Business
Glenn and Ellen Voyles Professor
GSB 238, 650.892.3755, kkarniouchina@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Marketing, marketing/finance/strategy interface issues, new product development, motion pictures, Bayesian estimation and hierarchical data structures
Amy Kweskin
Visiting Instructor
GSB 235, akweskin@mills.edu
Darcelle Lahr
Professor of Business Practice
GSB 230, 510.430.2344, dlahr@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Business growth strategy, business ethics, management consulting, entrepreneurship/small business management, program management
Michael Lee
Assistant Professor
GSB 229, 510.430.2198, michaelee@mills.edu
Carrie Maultsby-Lute
Assistant Adjunct Professor
GSB 235, 404.492.6845, cmaultsby@mills.edu
Jessica Notini
Associate Adjunct Professor
GSB 235, 415.973.4570, notini@pacbell.net
Professional Interests: Alternative dispute resolutions
Rebecca Portnoy
Assistant Adjunct Professor
GSB 235, rportnoy@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Managerial and organizational development
Siobhan Reilly
Professor of Economics
GSB 232, 510.430.2346, sreilly@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Public economics, labor economics, economics of the family, health economics, urban economics, international economics
Dontae Rayford
Adjunct Professor
GSB 235
drayford@mills.edu
Lorien Rice
Kathryn P. Hannam Professorship in American Studies
Associate Professor of Economics
Economics Department Chair
GSB 233, 510.430.3113, lrice@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Labor economics, public policy, poverty, education economics, applied econometrics
Martha Sellers
Adjunct Professor
GSB 235
msellers@mills.edu
Carolyn Sherwood Call
Director of Business Programs
GSB 224, 510.430.3365, csherwoodcall@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Climate change policy, sustainable business, strategies, environmental economics, public policy, applied microeconomics
Roger Sparks
Professor of Economics
GSB 231, 510.430.2137, sparks@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Applied microeconomics, banking, energy economics, labor economics
Carol Theokary
Assistant Professor of Business
GSB 227, 510.430.2038, ctheokary@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Service design, healthcare supply chains, service quality, cost efficiency
Staff
Erin Connolly
Assistant Director of Admissions
GSB 237, 510.430.3173, econnolly@mills.edu
Tayler Hammond
Administrative Assistant
510.430.2194, gsb@mills.edu
Keelia Murphy
Executive Assistant, Office of the Dean
GSB 236, 510.430.2099, kmurphy@mills.edu
Ife Tayo Walker
Manager of MBA/MPP Student Services and Operations
GSB 211, 510.430.2147, iwalker@mills.edu