Executive Master in Business Administration Courses
|
Douglas C. Haines, Dept. Chair of Business (301F J. A. Albertson Bldg. 83844-3161; phone 208/885-7146; dhaines@uidaho.edu).
EMBA 500 Master's Research and Thesis (1-10 cr, max 10)
Students enrolled in the EMBA program must take either EMBA 500 or 599 but are not required to take both.
EMBA 506 Research Seminar (cr arr)
EMBA 507 Internal and External Analysis (1 cr)
Integrative module providing an overview of the program with focus on environmental analysis of factors influencing leadership and firm performance.
EMBA 508 Decision-Making and Critical Thinking (1 cr)
Theory and practice of decision making in complex environments.
EMBA 509 Introduction to Group Dynamics (1 cr)
Design and development of work groups and teams; influences, issues, and problems affecting team productivity.
EMBA 510 Summer Integrative Experience (3 cr)
Participation in an integrative project of the students own design in consultation with faculty. Possible topics include international study and exchange, social marketing, community outreach, and research writing for publication.
Prereq: EMBA 521, EMBA 523, EMBA 524 and EMBA 525
EMBA 511 Evolution of Management Thought (1 cr)
Traces the cross-cultural evolution of management and leadership theory and practice from antiquity to the present.
Prereq: EMBA 507, EMBA 508 and EMBA 509
EMBA 512 Managing Complex Systems (2 cr)
Managing the firm as a complex adaptive system. Applied analysis of markets and environments for understanding social systems.
Prereq: EMBA 507, EMBA 508 and EMBA 509
EMBA 514 Financial Reporting and Financial Management (4 cr)
Introduction to financial accounting, financial statement analysis, and capital budgeting. Employs the tools of accounting and finance to help managers make short-term and long-term decisions. Topics include the role of financial reporting, analysis and auditing in the capital markets, long-term financing through capital structure management, and working capital management.
Prereq: EMBA 507, EMBA 508 and EMBA 509
EMBA 521 Strategy Formulation and Execution (2 cr)
Formulation and implementation of competitive strategies to identify, build and leverage core competencies in an uncertain, competitive, and ambiguous environment. Theory and practice of strategy implementation and execution. Emphasizes assessing the alignment of strategy with action throughout the organization as well as strengthening linkages through business process design and measurement.
Prereq: EMBA 511, EMBA 512, and EMBA 514
Coreq: EMBA 523, EMBA 524, EMBA 525, and EMBA 526
EMBA 523 Launching New Products and Businesses (2 cr)
Management of introducing new products and ventures. Examines marketing, engineering, finance, and production management decisions.
Prereq: EMBA 511, EMBA 512, and EMBA 514
Coreq: EMBA 521, EMBA 524, EMBA 525, and EMBA 526
EMBA 524 Strategic Cost and Process Management (3 cr)
This course examines the concepts and tools needed for systematically designing, evaluating, and improving business processes to better achieve organizational objectives and for understanding and managing the costs associated with these processes and the products and services resulting from them.
Prereq: EMBA 511, EMBA 512, and EMBA 514
Coreq: EMBA 521, EMBA 523, EMBA 525, and EMBA 526
EMBA 525 Managing Relationships to Influence Behavior (2 cr)
Principles of developing and maintaining exchange relationships. Application of the principles to the practice of managing relationships between the organization and two key stakeholder groups: employees and customers.
Prereq: EMBA 511, EMBA 512, and EMBA 514
Coreq: EMBA 521, EMBA 523, EMBA 524, and EMBA 526
EMBA 526 Social Responsibility and Ethical Leadership (1 cr)
Examines the foundations of business ethics, the role of private and public organizations in society, and the challenges of decision making and leadership in an environment of globalization, sustainability, and change.
Prereq: EMBA 507, EMBA 508, EMBA 509, EMBA 511, EMBA 512, and EMBA 514
Coreq: EMBA 521, EMBA 523, EMBA 524, and EMBA 525
EMBA 532 Entrepreneurship and Innovation (3 cr)
Strategic analysis of the structural and environmental factors related to adaptive change in learning organizations within the global environment.
Prereq: EMBA 510, EMBA 521, EMBA 523, EMBA 524, EMBA 525, and EMBA 526
EMBA 534 Managing and Leading Change (1 cr)
Concepts and approaches for managing environmental complexity and uncertainty, and leading adaptive and transformational change in organizations.
Prereq: EMBA 510, EMBA 521, EMBA 523, EMBA 524, EMBA 525, and EMBA 526
EMBA 535 Strategic Leadership of Relationships (3 cr)
Management of relationships internal and external to the organization. Facilitation of stakeholders' needs through topics such: as strategic communication, technological advances, social network analysis and supply chain management.
Prereq: EMBA 510, EMBA 521, EMBA 523, EMBA 524 and EMBA 525
EMBA 541 Designing for the Future (1 cr)
Technological, economic, and political factors that influence future product and organizational design.
Prereq: EMBA 532, EMBA 534 and EMBA 535
Coreq: EMBA 542, EMBA 543 and EMBA 544
EMBA 542 Negotiation and Conflict Management (2 cr)
Theory and practice of negotiation and dispute resolution.
Prereq: EMBA 532, EMBA 534 and EMBA 535
Coreq: EMBA 541, EMBA 543 and EMBA 544
EMBA 543 Assessing to Improve Firm Performance (3 cr)
Evaluation of organizational performance from multiple perspectives using quantitative and qualitative methods.
Prereq: EMBA 532, EMBA 534 and EMBA 535
Coreq: EMBA 541, EMBA 542 and EMBA 544
EMBA 544 Risk Management (3 cr)
Review of the history, tools, and behavioral aspects of risk management.
Prereq: EMBA 532, EMBA 534 and EMBA 535
Coreq: EMBA 541, EMBA 542 and EMBA 543
EMBA 599 (s) Non-thesis Master's Research (1-5 cr, max 5)
Research not directly related to a thesis or dissertation. Student works with individual professor to design a research study, collect and analyze data, and prepare written report. Students must take either EMBA 500 or 599 but are not required to take both.