Program Overview

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This program enables individuals without undergraduate business degrees to gain sufficient knowledge of entrepreneurial processes. Students will learn how to write a business plan, manage growing ventures, implement innovation within corporations, and start and manage social entrepreneurship. Students will also be able to participate in numerous co-curricular entrepreneurship-related activities.

Graduates of the Program will gain:

• Knowledge of entrepreneurial processes, even without an undergraduate business degree.
• Skills to write comprehensive business plans.
• Expertise in managing growing business ventures.
• The ability to implement innovation within corporate environments.
• Insights and skills to start and manage social entrepreneurship initiatives.
• Opportunities to participate in various co-curricular activities related to entrepreneurship.

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The College of Business offers the graduate portion of the program Hyflex in a synchronous format using current technology. Thus, online students can access the same course media, materials, discussions, etc., as if in the classroom. In addition, the faculty records class meetings enabling students to revisit lectures as often as necessary while enrolled in each course.

Courses

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• Core Courses Expand dropdown
  • MGMT 570: New Venture Creation Expand dropdown
    Duration: 7.5 weeks

    Credit Hours: 3

    This course develops students’ abilities to formulate a business plan for new ventures. Using a specific idea, students examine opportunity, market options, entry modes, financial projections and overall strategy for a new venture. The emphasis is on developing the ability of students to start a new profit or non-profit venture.
  • MGMT 614: Growth Strategies for Entrepreneurial Ventures Expand dropdown
    Duration: 7.5 weeks

    Credit Hours: 3

    This course focuses on the opportunities and challenges of managing growing ventures. The course provides students with frameworks and expertise that are essential for developing and executing functional decisions in entrepreneurial firms. Students will propose specific functional decisions and project financial performance of the venture based on those decisions.
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  Choose a minimum of six credit hours from the following. Course prerequisites must be satisfied prior to enrollment in elective courses.

  • MGMT 503: Corporate Entrepreneurship: Innovation and Technology Commercialization Expand dropdown
    Duration: 7.5 weeks

    Credit Hours: 3

    Students will develop an awareness of the range, scope and complexity of issues involved in creating and growing entrepreneurial activities inside established firms. They will gain insight into the effective commercial exploitation of technological and organizational innovation in such a context.
  • MGMT 560: Field Studies in Entrepreneurship Expand dropdown
    Duration: 7.5 weeks

    Credit Hours: 3

    This course will provide hands-on experience in the challenges of building an entrepreneurial venture. Possible projects include feasibility studies, assessing value chain, technology transfer or merger and acquisition. Students will develop various skills including decision making under uncertainty and delivering projects under strict cost, time and quality guidelines.
  • MGMT 617: Social Entrepreneurship Expand dropdown
    Duration: 7.5 weeks

    Credit Hours: 3

    Social Entrepreneurship is about using entrepreneurial skills to craft innovative responses to social problems. It aims at social impact but does not exclude economic wealth creation. Social Entrepreneurship involves recognizing opportunities, combining and mobilizing resources, triggering positive change in various domains, and building sustainability.
  • MGMT 636: Current Topics in Entrepreneurship Expand dropdown
    Duration: 7.5 weeks

    Credit Hours: 3

    This course focuses on issues and topics of interest to entrepreneurs. Topics will vary from semester to semester but may include: family business, corporate entrepreneurship and franchising.
  • ACC 501: Accounting Principles Expand dropdown
    Duration: 7.5 weeks

    Credit Hours: 3

    Emphasizes analysis of the required financial statements for financial reporting purposes, including discussions of alternative accounting principles generally acceptable in their preparation. Significant emphasis also placed on the impact that business transactions have on a company’s financial position. Additional topics include profit-planning techniques, such as cost-volume-profit analysis and budgeting.
  • LAW 503: Law, Enterprise and Ethics Expand dropdown
    Duration: 7.5 weeks

    Credit Hours: 3

    This course covers topics in business law, ethics and the law of enterprises. Material includes the substantive law of contracts and torts, agency and enterprise formation, including limited liability companies, corporations and securities laws. Business ethics are taught from a legal perspective.
  • LAW 540: Employment Law Expand dropdown
    Duration: 7.5 weeks

    Credit Hours: 3

    The course will focus on the law applicable to employment. Subject topics and laws covered will include: employment at-will, wrongful discharge, equal employment opportunity (Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S. 1981, ADEA, Equal Pay Act, Elliott-Larsen, Family Medical Leave Act, American Disabilities Act, Michigan Handicapper’s Act, Executive Order 11246) health and safety (OSHA, workers’ compensation), compensation (ERISA, FLSA), unemployment compensation, personnel records, lie-detector tests, whistle-blower’s protection, labor law (National Labor Relations Act, as amended, etc.), the employment litigation process.
  • MGMT 505: Organizational Theory and Behavior Expand dropdown
    Duration: 7.5 weeks

    Credit Hours: 3

    This course provides a survey of relevant social science research and literature to provide the student with basic knowledge of organizational theory and behavior concepts, as well as the application of these. Cases and exercises are used to relate theory to applications, and practice assignments are given.
  • MGMT 509: Strategic Human Resource Management Expand dropdown
    Duration: 7.5 weeks

    Credit Hours: 3

    Current activities and theory relevant to human resource management function are described, including impact of changes related to government intervention and other environmental impacts.
  • MGMT 600: Leading Innovation and Change Expand dropdown
    Duration: 7.5 weeks

    Credit Hours: 3

    Students learn about the process of innovation and the use of relevant data. Students will design a project management plan to implement a new product. Critical issues in innovation are discussed and practiced such as leadership, conflict resolution, and change management. Readings, case studies, oral and written presentations and exercises are used.
  • MGMT 604: Strategic Communication and Ethical Decision-Making Expand dropdown
    Duration: 7.5 weeks

    Credit Hours: 3

    This course focuses on the management strategies and skills called for in the corporate communication function including a thorough analysis of the ethical aspects that arise and their implications for message content and strategy.
  • MKTG 530: E-Commerce Essentials Expand dropdown
    Duration: 7.5 weeks

    Credit Hours: 3

    This course provides an overview of e-business. It explores managerial issues related to economics, marketing and logistics of business transactions in the networked economy. Topics include information technology, value creation and delivery, supply-chain management, electronic financial markets, digital storefronts, digital payments and the ethical/legal issues involving electronic commerce that are highlighted in case studies.