Master of Business Administration
Program Details
The Master of Business Administration program at Edward Waters University delivers a high-quality graduate business education to a diverse, global pool of qualified students. Grounded in EWU’s tradition of academic excellence and service, the program equips graduates with the strategic thinking, leadership skills, and ethical foundation needed to compete in today’s complex business environment. Offered in a format designed for accessibility and convenience, the MBA at EWU meets students where they are without compromising the rigor they deserve.
For all MBA students who lack an undergraduate degree in Business, a GMAT or GRE score must be submitted. These scores cannot be older than five years. However, there’s an exception for such students: they can be admitted provisionally if they complete nine credit hours of undergraduate study in Introduction to Business, Financial Accounting, and Principles of Macroeconomics, or a course of study as prescribed by the Dean.
Faculty
Department Chair/Professor
Office: (904) 470-8074
Email: fikeokwu@ew.edu
Department Chair/Professor
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
Program Faculty
Assistant Professor
Phone: (904) 470-8205
Email: e.appah@ew.edu
Assistant Professor
Email: c.anosike@ew.edu
Assistant Professor/Coordinator – CIS
Phone: (904) 470-8107
Email: s.francois1@ew.edu
Associate Professor/Coordinator – Sports Management
Phone: (904) 470-8063
Email: mlmack@ew.edu
Assistant Professor for Sports Management
Email: i.mayo@ew.edu
Assistant Professor
Email: g.mbomeh@ew.edu
Professor
Email: a.pugh@ew.edu
IACBE Accreditation
Public Statement of IACBE Accreditation:
Member with Accredited Programs
The Department of Business Administration at Edward Waters University (EWU) has received specialized accreditation for its business program(s) through the International Accreditation Council for Business Education (IACBE) located at 11960 Quivira Road in Overland Park, Kansas, USA. For a list of accredited programs, please view our IACBE member status page below.
Program Degree Map
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours | Registration Sequence | Term Completed | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIN 5409 | Financial Management and Decisions | 3 | Term 1 | 3.00 | |
| GEB 5227 | Professional Business Writing | 3 | Term 1 | 3.00 | |
| MAN 5246 | Organizational Behavior | 3 | Term 1 | 3.00 | |
| MAN 6589 | Operations and Project Management | 3 | Term 1 | 3.00 | |
| Term 1 Total Credit Hours: 12 Credits | |||||
| ACG 5175 | Financial Statement Analysis & Reporting | 3 | Term 2 | 3.00 | |
| MAN 6245 | Managers in Organizations and Society | 3 | Term 2 | 3.00 | |
| MAN 6721 | Strategy & Business Policy | 3 | Term 2 | 3.00 | |
| BUL 5455 | Legal & Ethical Environment | 3 | Term 2 | 3.00 | |
| Term 2 Total Credit Hours: 12 Credits | |||||
| ACG 5139 | Financial Reporting and Control | 3 | Term 3 | 3.00 | |
| ECP 6706 | Advanced Managerial Economics | 3 | Term 3 | 3.00 | |
| GEB 6866 | MBA Capstone | 3 | Term 3 | 3.00 | |
| MAN 6618 | Global & Technology | 3 | Term 3 | 3.00 | |
| TOTAL CREDIT HOURS: | 36.00 | ||||
| Term 3 Total Credit Hours: 12 Credits | |||||
| Total Credit Hours for Online MBA Program: 36 Credits | |||||
Program Course Descriptions
FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS & REPORTING
( 3 Credit Hours )
This course covers the in-depth understanding of analyzing the four different types of
financial states for important organizational decision making, which include the income state,
balance sheet, statement of owner’s equity, and statement of cash flows. It will involve
gaining an understanding of an organization’s financial situation by reviewing its financial
reports. The various methods of financial analysis will include the use of horizontal and
vertical analysis, liquidity ratios, activity ratios, leverage ratios, profitability ratios. Upon
completing the course, learners will be proficient in describing the roles of the statement of
financial position; statement of comprehensive income; statement of changes in equity;
statement of cash flows in evaluating a company’s performance and financial position; and
identify and describe information sources that analysts use in financial statement analysis.
FINANCIAL REPORTING AND CONTROL
( 3 Credit Hours )
Accounting principles applied to the preparation of financial statements and the analysis of
them by external agents to the firm. The political and institutional structures of financial
accounting will also be considered in the formulation of financial accounting practices. The
class will give you a comprehensive set of tools to analyze the information contained in
financial statements and demonstrate how to use the information to evaluate financial
performance.
LEGAL & ETHICAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS
( 3 Credit Hours )
This course introduces students to ethics-related aspects of business decision-making while
evaluating the legal risks associated with such activity. Students will address the theoretical
underpinnings of ethics, stakeholders, decision making strategies, and utilization of such
strategies in specific areas such as shareholder and employment relations, marketing, and
globalization. Accordingly, business situations are explored from both legal and ethical
frameworks. The student conceptualizes and compares alternative courses of action pertinent
to ethical dilemmas regarding issue recognition, application of ethical principles, and the
analysis of corporate decision-making using such principles. Some topics of consideration
are Conflicts of interest, privacy issues, safety, white-collar crime, “creative” financing for
buyouts, whistle blowing, marketing, and multi-national issues. Other topics include the legal
system, alternative dispute resolution, enterprise liability, product liability, international law,
business risks, intellectual property, legal forms of business and governance.
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS LAWS AND ETHICS
( 3 Credit Hours )
Description: This course is designed to introduce the student to the legal issues affecting
business in a global economy. The first segment of the course deals with international
transactions in goods and covers allocation of risks in international trade, documentary sales,
bills of exchange and letters of credit. The second segment addresses “jurisdiction to
prescribe,” the question of what country’s (substantive) law applies to conduct abroad that
has an effect within its borders. The third segment, “jurisdiction to adjudicate,” includes the
competence of courts, international arbitration, and enforcement of foreign money
judgments. The fourth segment covers the treaties and laws that address the international
trading systems, i.e., GATT, the U. S. Trade Act, free-trade agreements, the EEC, and the NF.
The final segment, “Act of State and Foreign Sovereign Immunity,” deals with the special
risks of doing business abroad and with foreign governments, specifically addressing
problems of nationalization and expropriation. The Ethics section covers Rethinking Human
Rights, Conflict, Business and Ethical Decision-making, Advanced Computer Assisted
Translation and Software Localization.
ADVANCED MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS
( 3 Credit Hours )
This course focuses on concepts of competition as they relate to business management
policies and practices; profit goals and measurement problems; multiple product policy;
demand analysis; cost concepts; pricing problems; case studies. Contains a portfolio project.
MANAGERIAL FINANCE
( 3 Credit Hours )
This course provides an in-depth study of the financial scope and functions of a business. In
particular, financial theory and techniques for financial decisions are presented. Students are
expected to use financial models and/or methods in solving problems. Students will receive
exposure to advanced financial management materials within the business environment
including, but not limited to valuation theory, risk concept, analysis of financial statements,
long-term and short-term financing, capital budgeting under certainty and risk, working
capital management, capital structure and budgeting, dividend policy, leasing, mergers and
bankruptcy.
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND DECISIONS
( 3 Credit Hours )
A study of how management uses accounting to facilitate financial decision-making and
internal control of operations. Topics include cost control, budgetary control, and
performance evaluation of personnel. This course emphasizes the analysis and evaluation of
accounting information as part of the managerial processes of planning, decision-making,
and control. The course also introduces the development and use of accounting information
for internal decisions. Topics include financial statement analysis, reporting the statement of
cash flows, capital budgeting and decisions, and relevant costs for internal decision-making.
This course is recommended for students who will be using accounting information for
managing manufacturing and service, and making strategic decisions, as well as those going
into general consulting or thinking of starting their own businesses.
MULTINATIONAL FINANCE & CAPITAL MARKET
( 3 Credit Hours )
Examination of the functioning of the international economy. Topics include balance of
payments, exchange rate determination, problems of world trade and capital flows,
government foreign economic policies, regional integration, Eurocurrency markets, and
international cartels. Also covers international financial decisions of multinational
corporations (MNCs), foreign exchange markets and their role in international movements
of funds, Eurocurrency, Eurobonds, international stock markets, interaction among and
integration of national and international money and stock markets, and regulation of
Eurocurrency markets and flow of funds. Definitions of exposure to foreign exchange risk of
the MNC are examined. Available methods dealing with foreign exchange risk, reasons for
foreign direct investment (FDI), evaluation of the climate for FDI, determining cash flows,
and influence of inflation and currency fluctuations on these cash flows, capital budgeting,
valuation, and optimal capital structure for international operations of the MNCs are studied.
PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS WRITING
( 3 Credit Hours )
Written structure of business memoranda, executive summaries, mission statements,
marketing and SWOT analyses, product and management structure descriptions, marketing
and business plans, as well as a final project to professionally develop and prepare a company
business plan, following constructive outlines such as, plan summary; vision; market
analysis; competitive analysis; business strategy; product and services; marketing and sales
analysis; and financial plan.
INTERNSHIP — TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIP
( 3 Credit Hours )
This internship experience allows students the opportunity to practice in the higher education
space by teaching entry-level courses in undergraduate business. This Teaching Assistantship
is a credit bearing elective course that counts towards application and practice.
MBA CAPSTONE
( 3 Credit Hours )
The culminating experience of program, this course bridges academic study and professional
practice, applying the skills gained from the student’s understanding of theoretical principles
to real world business management and research. Focusing on the practical side of business,
this capstone course requires students to identify and solve problems using academic
research-based analysis to demonstrate understanding of business principles and practices.
The end result will be a paper of substantive content and substantial length that assesses the
student’s comprehensive theoretical knowledge and related application using quantitative
analysis.
ORGANIZAIONAL BEHAVIOR
( 3 Credit Hours )
This course provides an exploration of individual groups, and organizational issues that affect
and shape businesses. Topics include individual differences, motivation, communication,
decision making, and leadership.
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
( 3 Credit Hours )
This course provides a set of managerial skills required for real global business success.
Students acquire the ability to pull together knowledge and skills across the trade spectrum
to develop an international business plan demonstrating their comprehension of the scope,
breadth and integration of international business practices. They compare the managerial
goals, structures, functions, processes and behavior in different national environments. They
discuss the factors which ensure profitable entry into the import and export business, as well
as ways to incorporate resources to capture qualified international business opportunities.
Also covers the strategies, policies, and practices employed in the management of the
international workforce. International aspects of traditional human resource management,
such as diversity of the MNCs workforce, staffing, development, evaluation, compensation,
and labor relations will be examined. Finally, students discuss “The Manager as Leader” and
the importance of leadership skills in international trade. They assimilate, analyze, and
formulate a sustainable business model that carries the organization through the challenges
of the global marketplace.
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ANALYSIS & STRATEGY
( 3 Credit Hours )
Analysis of the major characteristics of international business, of its economic, political,
social, and cultural environments, of key international institutions, and of the problems,
policies, and practices in this area. Studies are evaluating foreign markets, operating in
foreign environments, managing far flung organizations, financing foreign trade and
investment, handling foreign exchange and political risks. Analysis of strategy in
international business in terms of resources to be transmitted abroad, adaptation to foreign
cultures, acquisition of legitimacy in host countries, and the integration of the international
firm’s various parts.
MANAGERS IN ORGANIZATIONS AND SOCIETY
( 3 Credit Hours )
New students are eligible for admission at the beginning of fall, spring,
and summer sessions. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. EWU
does not discriminate against any student based on age, race, creed,
religion, handicap, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, or any other
unrelated factors.
INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
( 3 Credit Hours )
Designed for master’s students in business administration. Perspectives of a multinational
firm. The course also covers the strategies, policies, and practices employed in the
management of the international workforce. International aspects of traditional human
resource management, such as diversity of the MNC’s work force, staffing, development,
evaluation, compensation and labor relations will be examined. Finally, students discuss “The
Manager as Leader” and the importance of leadership skills in international trade. They
assimilate, analyze, and formulate a sustainable business model that carries the organization
through the challenges of the global marketplace.
GLOBAL STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT RESEARCH
( 3 Credit Hours )
In this capstone course, the students are expected to demonstrate that they have achieved the
learning outcomes specified in the MBA in International Business program. This course
provides each student a unique opportunity to do challenging and exciting projects that gives
a professional experience that features a similar set of expectations to those in the global
business world. Students are required to prepare a comprehensive business plan for a new
entrepreneurial venture that takes an existing domestic business internationally, or to start a
new business that will operate across national boundaries. Students should have enough
knowledge from their study of previous modules to put together a comprehensive
international business plan that incorporates these disciplines. Each student will research,
analyze, edit and publish a final project report/dissertation paper that meets professional
standards of validity, reliability and credibility.
OPERATIONS AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT
( 3 Credit Hours )
This is a study of project management, operations management and information technology
management – three key areas of modern business functional management. A guide to the
project management body of knowledge is provided. Topics include the do’s and don’ts of
managing a project, several world-class operations management techniques (such as Six
Sigma), and industry best practices in operational efficiency and effectiveness. The mission,
goals and importance of information systems management are assessed, using the student’s
own work organization as a model. Assignments include the development of an international
information systems management plan.
GLOBALIZATION AND TECHNOLOGY
( 3 Credit Hours )
This course is relevant to managers in all disciplines who will face technological decisions in
a global business environment. This course will focus on Information and Communication
Technology (ICT) environments around the world, national infrastructures and regulatory
regimes, global IT applications, global IS development strategies, global supply chains,
offshore outsourcing, global management support systems and global IS/IT strategies. The
course will provide an in-depth understanding of managing information resources across
national borders, time zones, cultures, political philosophies, regulatory regimes, and
economic infrastructures. This is an interdisciplinary course covering multiple perspectives
addressing technical, socio-economic, socio-cultural, policy, regulatory, legal and ethical
issues. This course also analyses how information technology has created a fertile ground for
the emergence of commerce on the Internet, what institutional parameters are required to
form an efficient market for commerce on the Internet to flourish, how firms are using the
new medium/market to reconstruct their value chain and create/sustain competitive
advantage, how the new electronic medium will affect key international dimensions of trade,
foreign direct investment, and alliance formation.
STRATEGY AND BUSINESS POLICY
( 3 Credit Hours )
Creative and innovative solutions using examples from history to explore leadership styles
used to address and/or change organizational situations will be explored. Students examine
historical leaders to uncover personal attributes, qualities, and characteristics that prove to be
successful when leading others. This course also analyzes the levels of leadership necessary
to transform contemporary and futuristic organizations. Students examine the psychological
implications of the differences between managing and leading. Discussions will address the
development of effective leaders who are able to transform organizations now and in the
future. As a result of this course, students construct a personal leadership plan that includes
accountability measures to reflect on their individual effectiveness. Students explore the
impact of a diverse workforce on leadership practices and decision making while they
examine new organizational structures that embrace diversity and a multi-cultural workforce.
MARKETING RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
( 3 Credit Hours )
This is an exploration of the essentials of marketing management. Setting marketing goals
for an organization with consideration of internal resources and marketing opportunities,
planning and executing activities to meet these goals and measuring progress toward their
achievement. The focus is on the concept of innovation in business, including the
introduction of new market offerings and the use of new technologies, strategies, and tactics
for achieving marketing objectives. An integrative approach combines discussions on the
theory of marketing management with industry analysis and practical applications.
Assignments include the design and marketing of innovative products, analysis of the
application of modem marketing strategies and tactics using examples from participant
organizations and practicing a holistic approach to marketing management.
INTERNATIONAL MARKETING MANAGEMENT
( 3 Credit Hours )
Analysis of the development and integration of international marketing policies and strategies
concerning product, price, promotion, channels, sales management and research in light of
environmental and company constraints and opportunities. The rise of emerging markets is
changing the world of international business and raises distinctive challenges and
opportunities for companies. They address these changes from the perspective of foreign
firms entering emerging markets, therefore examining the distinctive business environments
of emerging markets and analyzing the strategic options for responding to these effectively.
Also, this course considers firms originating in emerging markets, examining their nature,
and their impact on the international business environment and on international competition.
Also covers: Internet Marketing, Business to Business Marketing, Global Strategic
Marketing, International Strategic Partnerships, International Market Development:
Strategy & Implementation, and International Consumer Behavior & Marketing.
QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS
( 3 Credit Hours )
Develops basic competency in the application of quantitative methods to help create
more effective solutions to business problems. Covers foundations of statistics,
probability, hypothesis testing, regression analysis, modeling, linear programming,
decisions theory, simulation, queuing theory and networks. Students will be expected
to complete a research project applying quantitative methodology within a specified
scope of study (i.e., case study, research paper).
LOGISTICS SYSTEMS AND ANALYTICS
( 3 Credit Hours )
Students will learn to make improved business logistics analytic decisions through
the practical application of multiple analytical techniques used by managers in the
field. Topics include the law, ethics, accountability and contract management
considerations in the procurement of technology products and services. Discussion
also covers commercial sales transactions, government commercial item acquisition,
private and government contracts for services, assignment and protection of
proprietary rights in technology products, technology transfers and international
contractual issues in the procurement of products and services.
GLOBAL LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT
( 3 Credit Hours )
Analysis of the development and integration of international marketing policies and strategies
concerning product, price, promotion, channels, sales management and research in light of
environmental and company constraints and opportunities. The rise of emerging markets is
changing the world of international business and raises distinctive challenges and
opportunities for companies. They address these changes from the perspective of foreign
firms entering emerging markets, therefore examining the distinctive business environments
of emerging markets and analyzing the strategic options for responding to these effectively.
Also, this course considers firms originating in emerging markets, examining their nature,
and their impact on the international business environment and on international competition.
Also covers: Internet Marketing, Business to Business Marketing, Global Strategic
Marketing, International Strategic Partnerships, International Market Development:
Strategy & Implementation, and International Consumer Behavior & Marketing.
INTEGRATIVE SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
( 3 Credit Hours )
A study of supply chain issues, techniques, methodologies and strategies designed to
enhance organizational procurement efficiency. Integrated supply chain management,
as a core competitive strategy that affects the organization’s bottom line, is explored.
Topics include the integration of information, supplies and materials flows across
multiple supply chain channels and how these flows can be streamlined and optimized
for more efficient procurement. Discussion also covers the role of information systems
and technology in supply chain management, e-commerce strategies, managing the
flow of materials across the supply chain, developing, and maintaining supply chain
and other relationships and future challenges in integrative supply chain management.
COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS IN A TECHNOLOGICAL LEGAL ENVIRONMENT
( 3 Credit Hours )
A presentation of the legal issues and management methodologies related to
commercial transactions in a technological environment. Topics include the law,
ethics, accountability, and contract management considerations in the procurement of
technology products and services. Discussion also covers commercial sales
transactions, government commercial item acquisition, private and government
contracts for services, assignment and protection of proprietary rights in technology
products, technology transfers and international contractual issues in the procurement
of products and services.
CONTRACT PRICING AND NEGOTIATIONS
( 3 Credit Hours )
A study of techniques for planning, conducting and managing negotiated procurement.
Focus is on analytical techniques for conducting price and cost analysis in preparation
for negotiations. Techniques for critically examining all categories of costs, including
profit, are examined. The theory and practice of negotiations are studied, and
opportunities to practice negotiation techniques to achieve a fair and reasonable
contract price are given. Emphasis is on practice in preparing negotiation positions
through analysis of cases containing detailed cost and pricing data. Ethical decision
making throughout these processes is addressed.
PURCHASING AND MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
( 3 Credit Hours )
Analysis of the development and integration of international marketing policies and strategies
concerning product, price, promotion, channels, sales management and research in light of
environmental and company constraints and opportunities. The rise of emerging markets is
changing the world of international business and raises distinctive challenges and
opportunities for companies. They address these changes from the perspective of foreign
firms entering emerging markets, therefore examining the distinctive business environments
of emerging markets and analyzing the strategic options for responding to these effectively.
Also, this course considers firms originating in emerging markets, examining their nature,
and their impact on the international business environment and on international competition.
Also covers: Internet Marketing, Business to Business Marketing, Global Strategic
Marketing, International Strategic Partnerships, International Market Development:
Strategy & Implementation, and International Consumer Behavior & Marketing.
SEMINAR/RESEARCH IN LOGISTIC MANAGEMENT
( 3 Credit Hours )
Analysis of the development and integration of international marketing policies and strategies
concerning product, price, promotion, channels, sales management and research in light of
environmental and company constraints and opportunities. The rise of emerging markets is
changing the world of international business and raises distinctive challenges and
opportunities for companies. They address these changes from the perspective of foreign
firms entering emerging markets, therefore examining the distinctive business environments
of emerging markets and analyzing the strategic options for responding to these effectively.
Also, this course considers firms originating in emerging markets, examining their nature,
and their impact on the international business environment and on international competition.
Also covers: Internet Marketing, Business to Business Marketing, Global Strategic
Marketing, International Strategic Partnerships, International Market Development:
Strategy & Implementation, and International Consumer Behavior & Marketing.