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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
The Bryant MBA consists of 8 core courses and 4 electives. The core courses offer an integrated approach to the functional and strategic areas of business.
Core Courses
MBA520 Managing Corporate Enterprise: operating in a complex and global setting
Emphasizes cross-disciplinary, social-legal-environmental aspects of commercial enterprise, the basic elements of strategy and competitive behavior, global dimensions of 21st century commerce, interdisciplinary nature of managerial decision making, elements of corporate leadership and management, and the role of the economy and other key external realities affecting commerce.
MBA521 Leading Effective Organizations: personal aspects of managing people and organizations
Emphasizes personal and organizational elements of management, including organizational behavior, career development, corporate mission and managing processes, managing in a matrix, project oriented, team-based environment, and the ethical and legal aspects of commerce
MBA522 Reporting and Controlling Resources: planning, control and decision making
Emphasizes the role of accounting in controlling the operations of an organization and the relationship between cost, profits and volume, decision making techniques using accounting data, and the use of programmed budgets as a control mechanism
MBA523 Managing Information Resources: gaining competitive advantage in information technology
Emphasizes knowledgeable and effective use of information systems, IS decision making, knowledge management, and information systems as an element of corporate strategy development.
MBA524 Managing Financial Resources: raising and investing capital to maximize value
Emphasizes the tools and techniques necessary for sound financial decision making including the time value of money, risk and return, capital budgeting, working capital management, and acquisition of long-term capital.
MBA525 Marketing for Competitive Advantage: leading innovation and managing relationships
Emphasizes markets, innovation and opportunities, consumer characteristics affecting demand, marketing institutions, ethics and government business relations, product planning and pricing problems, distribution channels, promotion, and competitive strategy
MBA526 Value Formation Through Operations: managing production, logistics, technology and services
Emphasizes the theories and techniques used to manage world class operations for competitive advantage including: operations strategy, process design, quality, inventory control, and project management.
MBA651 Mastering Strategic Analysis and Decision Making: achieving competitive performance for the firm
This MBA Capstone course emphasizes managerial decision making that involves all aspects of a firm and crosses all functional lines, this course focuses on the integration and application of acquired knowledge for strategy development.
In the semester prior to the semester in which an elective(s) will be taken, students are invited to attend a meeting in which faculty have the opportunity to present the elective they'd like to teach. Students also receive copies of the course syllabi of the faculty presenters. Students in each cohort then vote online for the elective(s) of their choice. The elective(s) that receives the most votes for each cohort is then offered as an elective(s) for that semester.
Students are guaranteed a seat the elective(s) voted on by their cohort. However, students are not required to enroll in the elective(s) voted on by their cohort. During the first two weeks of registration, students can register only for the elective voted on by their cohort. After the first two weeks of registration, students may register for any of the electives being offered as long as there are seats available. As elective courses are filled, wait lists are created by the Graduate School. Therefore, students are responsible for and encouraged to register each semester in a timely fashion.
Note: The Graduate School cannot guarantee a space in any elective. Electives are filled on a first-come, first-serve basis.
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