The MBA concentration in management provides you with in-depth, applied learning that will enable you to successfully organize, lead and direct others in the workplace. The program will prepare you for professional opportunities across industries, with a focus on self-awareness, leadership development, teamwork, project management and managing others.
Highlights
You have the flexibility to choose any four graduate-level management courses to fulfill your concentration after completing core MBA requirements. Depending on your goals, you could choose courses that prepare you for the following career paths:
- Coaching and Talent Development: Gain management coaching competencies to help others achieve change and performance improvement, and improve your individual leadership effectiveness and personal growth.
- Consulting: Master the process to consult with clients, including contracting, problem diagnosis, data analysis, and client feedback and evaluation.
- Leadership and Change Management: Learn the systematic process to design and lead change efforts that encompass diagnosing opportunities, creating change visions and developing readiness for change to improve organizational effectiveness.
- Managing Human Capital: Develop skills for strategically managing human resources to advance organizational goals, improve workforce performance and enhance employee satisfaction.
- Supply Chain Management: Increase your ability to critically evaluate supply chain design and model complex supply chain phenomena.
Concentration Requirements
The management MBA concentration (16 hours) requires students to complete any four graduate-level management courses. To help guide your class selections, below are examples of courses you could choose based on career goals.
Coaching and Talent Development
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| TRAINING AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT | |
| LIFE AND CAREER COACHING | |
| LEADERSHIP IN ORGANIZATIONS | |
| EXECUTIVE COACHING: LEADERSHIP IN A VOLATILE, UNCERTAIN, CHAOTIC AND AMBIGUOUS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT | |
Consulting
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| CHANGE MANAGEMENT AND CONSULTING | |
| RESOLVING CONFLICT IN ORGANIZATIONS | |
| NEGOTIATION SKILLS | |
| CONSULTING SKILLS | |
| PROJECT MANAGEMENT | |
Leadership and Change Management
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| LEADERSHIP IN ORGANIZATIONS | |
| CHANGE MANAGEMENT AND CONSULTING | |
| ETHICS AND LEADERSHIP | |
| CORPORATE VENTURES AND MANAGEMENT | |
| EXECUTIVE COACHING: LEADERSHIP IN A VOLATILE, UNCERTAIN, CHAOTIC AND AMBIGUOUS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT | |
| MANAGEMENT OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE | |
Managing Human Capital
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION 1 | |
| TRAINING AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT 1 | |
| COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS 1 | |
| LIFE AND CAREER COACHING | |
| GLOBAL WORKFORCE MANAGEMENT | |
| MANAGING DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION | |
| RESOLVING CONFLICT IN ORGANIZATIONS | |
| NEGOTIATION SKILLS 1 | |
| EMPLOYMENT LAW | |
| HEALTH INSURANCE & BENEFITS | |
| CONSULTING SKILLS | |
| FUNDAMENTALS OF PEOPLE ANALYTICS | |
| ADVANCED PEOPLE ANALYTICS | |
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Supply Chain Management
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| STRATEGIC SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT | |
| GLOBAL SOURCING AND PROCUREMENT | |
| PRODUCTION AND INVENTORY MANAGEMENT | |
| TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS | |
| EMERGING ETHICAL ISSUES & TECHNOLOGY IN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT | |
| MANAGING SERVICE OPERATIONS | |
| NEGOTIATION SKILLS | |
| PROJECT MANAGEMENT | |