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Walden University M.B.A.


Connect to success with a Master of Business Administration from Walden University, ranked among the top 10 largest online graduate programs for business by U.S. News & World Report and Financial Times. Through Walden’s membership in the Laureate International Universities network—one of the world’s largest international learning communities—you will have access to exclusive opportunities and resources.
Throughout the program, you will have the opportunity to address challenges within your own business so that what you learn in class has an immediate impact on your organization’s bottom line. You’ll also have access to several tools and experiences that few other programs offer:

A networking tool designed to help you connect with peers.
A proprietary global career center that connects you with job opportunities
A global mentorship program that connects you with expertise in different industries and geographies
An option to pursue field study or study abroad

Specializations
Entrepreneurship
Finance
Human Resource Management
Leadership
Marketing
Project Management
Risk Management
Self-Designed
Technology
For assistance deciding which specialization fits your goals, call an enrollment advisor at 1-866-492-5336.



Walden offers frequent start dates so that you can begin when it’s convenient for you. Next Start Date: October 27. Admission policies vary by program. Call 1-866-492-5336 or apply now.

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The M.B.A. program also gives you the academic preparation and a head start toward earning a Ph.D. in Applied Management and Decision Sciences.

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Entrepreneurship

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Entrepreneurship
Gain hands-on experience in launching a new business or fostering new business enterprises within an organization with a specialization in Entrepreneurship. Draw from both theory and practice to navigate the risks and rewards associated with becoming an entrepreneur. Be prepared to jump-start a new or existing business.

Completion Requirements

36 semester credit hours
Foundation and core courses (24 sem. cr.)
Specialized courses (8 sem. cr.)
Capstone courses (4 sem. cr.)
Minimum 3.0 GPA
Estimated time to completion: 22 months, depending on individual progress and credits transferred. For a personalized estimate of your time to completion, call your enrollment advisor at 866-492-5336.


Walden offers frequent start dates so that you can begin when it’s convenient for you. Next Start Date: October 27. Admission policies vary by program. Call 1-866-492-5336 or apply now.

The courses are delivered in a prescribed sequence. Each 16-week semester, except for the first and last semester, includes two consecutive 8-week courses.

Course Code Course Title Credits
Semester 1
MMBA 6500 Success Strategies in the Online Environment 1.5
MMBA 6505 Jump-Start Your Future in the Borderless World 1.5
MMBA 6510 Leading People 3
Semester 2
MMBA 6520 Business Operations in the U.S. and Abroad 3
MMBA 6530 Marketing 3
Semester 3
MMBA 6540 Innovation and Technology 3
MMBA 6550 Accounting for Business Management 3
Semester 4
MMBA 6560 Financial Management 3
MMBA 6570 Business Strategy for Competitive Advantage 3
Semester 5
MMBA 6640 Applications in Entrepreneurship 4
MMBA 6641 Advanced Entrepreneurship 4
Semester 6
MMBA 6780 Capstone: Becoming a World-Class Manager 4

Entrepreneurship


MMBA 6640 Applications in Entrepreneurship (4 sem. cr.)
This course focuses on the emerging trend of business organizations moving from a profit-only mentality to one in which they utilize their profits and other resources to enhance society. Students explore entrepreneurial concepts and processes that apply to startup enterprises as well as those that are well-established with an innovative focus or entrepreneurial spirit. Topics such as market opportunity, risk management, change management, innovation, product development, financing and raising capital, intellectual property, and commercialization are covered. Students apply these and related concepts to problems common to real-world organizations.

MMBA 6641 Advanced Entrepreneurship (4 sem. cr.)
In this course, students continue to build their entrepreneurial skills and knowledge by addressing problems drawn from real-world organizations. Students analyze how the organization contributes to society (local, national, or international), how entrepreneurship and commercial activities affect the environment, and how the potential of forming “glocalities” (a combination of individuals, business organizations, and political agencies) becomes more significant in the future in terms of working in unison to better society. (Prerequisite: MMBA 6640.)
 
Course Descriptions


MMBA 6500 Success Strategies in the Online Environment (1.5 sem. cr.)
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to Walden University and the requirements for successfully participating in an online curriculum, to provide a foundation for their academic and professional success as scholar-practitioners and social change agents. Course assignments focus on the practical application of writing and critical-thinking skills and the integration of professional practice with professional and academic excellence.

MMBA 6505 Jump-Start Your Future in the Borderless World (1.5 sem. cr.)
This course sets a foundation for M.B.A. study and focuses on fundamental skills that are required for success in the program and in professional life. Students focus on building the communication skills necessary for business. They complete an initial self-assessment of their current skills, styles, values, and knowledge to develop a baseline from which to grow and reflect throughout the program. Students are also formally introduced to teamwork in a virtual environment. Finally, given the rapid rate of change in today’s business environment, students develop the skills necessary to read and interpret events in the world as those events relate to business and learn to identify current and future trends and issues.

MMBA 6510 Leading People (3 sem. cr.)
This course focuses on the human dimension of business, including individual and group behaviors and organizational culture. Students explore some of the basic dimensions of human resource management as those dimensions affect the organization and the employee. Students also explore contemporary thinking about leadership and its importance in today’s business world.

MMBA 6520 Business Operations in the U.S. and Abroad (3 sem. cr.)
This course immerses students in how business works in the United States and other regions of the world. Students focus on how organizations are structured and designed. Students consider various components of business, examining how functions fit together and support the organization’s mission and goals.

MMBA 6530 Marketing (3 sem. cr.)
This course provides students with an understanding of marketing and its relationship to the successful management of today’s business organizations. It focuses on how managers assess the environment and make business decisions based on available evidence or in the face of incomplete market information and rapidly changing markets. The course also examines how to develop marketing strategies that drive profitability, such as choosing a market segment to target and deciding how to differentiate products or services from the competition’s. Finally, the course includes an overview of marketing-mix decisions, such as how to price, distribute, and promote products or services in a way that is consistent with the selected target market and desired positioning.

MMBA 6540 Innovation and Technology (3 sem. cr.)
This course focuses on how managers can make sure that they leverage technology in every possible way to achieve competitive advantages in the global marketplace. Students explore the role of information and information technology in business and learn how to identify and analyze emerging technologies including and beyond the scope of information technology. The course also focuses on the importance of technology and innovation in today’s competitive environment. Students examine strategies to nurture innovation and cultivate technology development. The course culminates with a section about developing and implementing a technology strategy that assure an organization’s readiness and success in the future.

MMBA 6550 Accounting for Business Management (3 sem. cr.)
This course prepares students to use the language of business accounting. Students learn to examine financial statements to check the company’s profitability, liquidity, solvency, and return to shareholders. They learn to use accounting data to make business decisions, such as product pricing, cost cutting, equipment acquisition, and enterprise startup. Finally, students examine accounting in a global context.

MMBA 6560 Financial Management (3 sem. cr.)
In corporate financial management, change is constant. Thus, managers must both understand the fundamentals and explore the latest trends and thinking. This course focuses on important financial concepts and tools that every manager should understand. Students explore the financial and monetary markets in the United States and abroad to gain an economic context. They learn the concepts and tools necessary to assess an organization’s financial position and explore a variety of alternatives that organizations use to finance their ventures. The course also includes financial planning, budgeting, and other trends such as balancing risks.

MMBA 6570 Business Strategy for Competitive Advantage (3 sem. cr.)
This course focuses on the development and implementation of business strategies that enable competitive advantage, with an emphasis on understanding the current environment in which the organization competes and forecasting how that environment may change.

MMBA 6780 Capstone: Becoming a World-Class Manager (4 sem. cr.)
This course begins with an emphasis on reflective management practice in the global environment of business. Students explore contemporary management thinking and examine their own management style and experience. The second half of the course provides an opportunity for students to complete their program-level project and to put all of their M.B.A. experiences together and discover how their thinking and perspective have changed as a result of their learning.
 
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MBA in Finance


MMBA 6610 Applications in Finance (4 sem. cr.)
This course uses the tools of finance to help managers maximize their firm’s value. Topics include the time value of money, net present value, internal rate of return, capital budgeting, capital structure, working capital management, multinational concepts, and dividend policy.

MMBA 6611 Advanced Finance (4 sem. cr.)
After a brief review of selected topics in finance, this course demonstrates hands-on how to become operational and marketable in financial management. Topics may include valuation, intense capital budgeting, cost of capital, risk, standard deviation, variance, covariance, Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM), and beta. Additional topics may include multinational concepts, leasing, option pricing, derivatives, hedging, and other advanced financial theories. (Prerequisite: MMBA 6610.)
 
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Human Resource Management


MMBA 6600 Applications in Human Resource Management (4 sem. cr.)
This course focuses on the links between human resource management and the business/strategic issues important to organizations. Topics include human resource’s strategic role and measured outcomes; employment law; recruitment and selection; workforce planning and talent management; performance appraisal and feedback; compensation, benefits, and total rewards; occupational health, safety, and security; employee and labor relations; and human resource information systems.

MMBA 6601 Advanced Human Resource Management (4 sem. cr.)
In this course, students adopt a strategic view of human resource management programs in evaluating their alignment with organizational strategic goals for two real-world problems. Students explore such concepts as issues involved with mergers and acquisitions, global management of human resources, and high performance systems required to achieve competitive advantage. (Prerequisite: MMBA 6600.)
 
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Leadership


MMBA 6660 Applications in Leadership (4 sem. cr.)
Leaders in the 21st century need to consider new frameworks and perspectives that allow them to be effective. In this course, students explore these ideas in the context of problems pulled from real organizations. This course provides students with the opportunity to investigate many of the current theories and best practices, to determine which may work best in a given situation.

MMBA 6661 Advanced Leadership (4 sem. cr.)
Globalization, increasing prevalence of technology, the continued blurring of organizational boundaries, and the rapidly accelerating rate of change all contribute to the need for leaders to continue to develop their leadership skills. This course explores leadership principles and practices in the context of real-world problems that are increasingly complex in nature. (Prerequisite: MMBA 6660.)
 
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Marketing


MMBA 6620 Applications in Marketing (4 sem. cr.)
This course investigates marketing concepts in the context of real problems. Topics such as market segmentation, marketing channels, competitive intelligence, integrated marketing, product development and commercialization, consumer behavior, and product and services marketing are covered. Students apply these and other concepts to develop marketing solutions commonly required in real-world enterprises. (Prerequisite: MMBA 6530.)

MMBA 6621 Advanced Marketing (4 sem. cr.)
This course includes an emphasis in global marketing, international pricing, and other concepts that are important when addressing marketing in an international setting. (Prerequisite: MMBA 6620.)
 
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Project Management


MMBA 6650 Applications in Project Management (4 sem. cr.)
This course introduces students to the art and science of project management as applied to different types of project situations. Topics such as project life-cycle management; project organizations and leadership; project team building; RFPs, proposals, and contracts; techniques for project scope definition, work definition, estimating, scheduling, risk management, control, and closeout; the PMO; project management methodology; and project selection/portfolio management are covered. Students explore these concepts in the context of real-world problems.

MMBA 6651 Advanced Project Management (4 sem. cr.)
Increasingly, the “soft” skills of project management are recognized as the keys to improving its practice. This course explores best practices and research results on how best to practice project management in today’s organizations, in context of real-world problems. Students also examine how project management applies in a global context. (Prerequisite: MMBA 6650.)
 
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Technology


MMBA 6630 Applications in Technology (4 sem. cr.)
This course addresses important management challenges that are typical in today’s technology-based businesses. The course emphasizes topics such as how to align business needs with technology solutions, how to identify new opportunities or applications for technology, and how to manage the related processes to ensure that technology solutions enhance an organization’s competitive position.

MMBA 6631 Advanced Technology (4 sem. cr.)
This course focuses on innovation and technology management and supporting processes. In addition, students examine how technology solutions are affected when the context is global in scope. (Prerequisite: MMBA 6630.)
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