Executive Master in Business Administration Courses
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Jeffrey J. Bailey, Dept. Chair of Business (301F J. A. Albertson Bldg. 83844-3161; phone 208/885-7146).
EMBA 500 Master's Research and Thesis (1-10 cr, max 10)
Students enrolled in the EMBA program must take EMBA 500.
EMBA 506 Research Seminar (cr arr)
EMBA 515 External Analysis (1 cr)
Examination of the economic, legal, and competitive factors influencing leadership and firm performance.
Coreq: EMBA 512, EMBA 514, and EMBA 516
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 512 The Environment, Cultural, and Global Context of Business (2 cr)
Examines the global environment of business, focusing on the interfaces between business, society, and the natural environment and the challenges and opportunities these interfaces create.
Prereq: EMBA 515, EMBA 508 and EMBA 509
Coreq: EMBA 514
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 515, EMBA 508 and EMBA 509
Coreq: EMBA 512
EMBA 516 Strategic Business Communication
Delivery of strategic messages to internal and external audiences; cross-cultural communication.
Prereq: EMBA 508, and EMBA 509
Coreq: EMBA 512, EMBA 514, and EMBA 515
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 512, and EMBA 514
Coreq: EMBA 533, EMBA 524, EMBA 525, and EMBA 526
EMBA 533 Launching New Products and Services (2 cr)
Involving the whole business in converting concepts to customer-ready products and services. Examines the integration of marketing, engineering, finance, and operations management in launching new products.
Prereq: 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 512, and EMBA 514
Coreq: EMBA 521, EMBA 533, 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 512, and EMBA 514
Coreq: EMBA 521, EMBA 533, 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 515, EMBA 508, EMBA 509, EMBA 512, and EMBA 514
Coreq: EMBA 521, EMBA 533, EMBA 524, and EMBA 525
EMBA 522 Innovation and New Product Development (3 cr)
Examines the global environment of business, focusing on the interfaces between business, society, and the natural environment and the challenges and opportunities these interfaces create.
Prereq: EMBA 510, EMBA 521, EMBA 533, EMBA 524, EMBA 525, and EMBA 526
EMBA 534 Managing and Leading Change (1 cr)
Managing and leading adaptive and transformational change in organizations.
Prereq: EMBA 510, EMBA 521, EMBA 533, EMBA 524, EMBA 525, and EMBA 526
EMBA 535 Decision Making in Strategic Interactions (3 cr)
Management requires a mastery of decision making in strategic interactions, situations where the right choice for the decision maker depends upon the choice made by other individuals. Game theory provides the foundation for sound decision making in strategic interactions. This course provides an introduction to strategic decision making, and thereby, a refined mastery of strategic leadership.
Prereq: EMBA 510, EMBA 521, EMBA 533, EMBA 524 and EMBA 525
EMBA 542 Negotiation and Conflict Management (2 cr)
Theory and practice of negotiation and dispute resolution.
Prereq: EMBA 532, EMBA 534 and EMBA 535
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
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
EMBA 545 Integrative Business Analysis (1 cr)
All EMBA students must complete a business case prior to graduation. The purpose of the case is to integrate and synthesize topics learned in the EMBA program. Individual case analysis will be presented to a panel consisting of members from the EMBA faculty and EMBA Advisory Board.
Prereq: EMBA 508, EMBA 509, EMBA 510, EMBA 512, EMBA 514, EMBA 515, EMBA 521, EMBA 533, EMBA 524, EMBA 525, EMBA 526, EMBA 522, EMBA 534, and EMBA 535
Coreq: EMBA 542, EMBA 543, and EMBA 534
EMBA 546 Design for Your Future (1 cr)
A personal perspective on the lessons learned in the EMBA program and a plan on utilizing those lessons in the student's professional career.
Prereq: EMBA 508, EMBA 509, EMBA 510, EMBA 512, EMBA 514, EMBA 515, EMBA 516, EMBA 521, EMBA 522, EMBA 524, EMBA 525, EMBA 526, EMBA 533 EMBA 534, and EMBA 535