Program Overview

Program Type

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Major

Strategic Management

Format

• Online
• Hybrid

Estimated Time to Complete

1-3 years

Credit Hours

36

Program Description

Maximize your career potential through this specialization offered by only a select number of universities. You will learn how to define and establish business strategies, manage strategically, and deal with change to accomplish company objectives in a global economy.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution
• GPA of 3.0 or higher
• GMAT or GRE scores
• Letters of recommendation
• Personal statement

Why Earn a Strategic Management Master's?

The M.B.A. with a concentration in Strategic Management provides you with the broad exposure and skills necessary for managing an organization. Strategic Management involves establishing the major direction, strategies, and broad policies that an organization will follow to accomplish its objectives.

Marketable Skills

• Teamwork
• Strategic integration of business subjects
• Quantitative analysis of business situations
• Apply principles of ethical conduct
• Apply knowledge to business situations

MBA with a concentration in Strategic Management Highlights

The G. Brint Ryan College of Business is accredited by the AACSB International — the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. The Business Leadership Building provides the highest level of academic instruction possible using cutting-edge technology and interactive learning environments.

Courses You Could Take

Introduction to the Business Decision Process (3 hrs)

Emphasis on model assumptions, applying the correct statistical model, and interpreting the results. Topics include simple regression, multiple regression, and experimental design.

Financial Management (3 hrs)

Tools and techniques used and proposed in corporate financial management. Analysis of the investment and financing decisions and the environment in which such decisions are made.

Marketing Management (3 hrs)

Application of concepts, tools, and procedures employed by practicing marketing managers. Specific attention is given to product development and management, promotion development and management, channel selection and management, physical distribution management, and price setting and management.

Organizational Behavior and Analysis (3 hrs)

Research emphasis in organizational behavior stressing organization-people linkages and interrelationships, including selection, orientation, and training; job design and reward systems; supervision; formal participation schemes; appraisals and development; organizational structure and design; communications; control; and conflict resolution.

Leveraging Information Technology for Business (3 hrs)

Examines the role of information technology (IT) in an organization’s operations, processes, and strategy. Challenges students to develop and apply critical thinking skills to understand how to leverage IT to address organizational issues.

Accounting for Management (3 hrs)

Designed to provide an understanding of managerial accounting data in making business decisions. Cases, readings, and projects are used to examine a wide variety of managerial topics.

Career Opportunities

• Training and Development Specialist
• Equal Opportunity Compliance Officer
• Compensations and Benefits Manager