Radford University
Graduate Catalog
for 1999-2000
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA) DEGREE
R. Wayne Saubert, Director, MBA Program
102 Whitt Hall, 831-5258
Accounting, Finance, and Information Systems
Felix Amenkhienan, Chairperson
Graduate Faculty
Felix E. Amenkhienan, Bruce Chase, Daniel Davidson, Shalini E. Perumpral,
Clarence C. Rose, James B. Ross, Lynn K. Saubert, R. Wayne Saubert, Khalil
M. Torabzadeh, Clarence D. White
Economics
Prahlad Kasturi, Chairperson
Graduate Faculty
Mohammed Ansari, Nozar Hashemzadeh, Prahlad Kasturi, John Roufagalas, George
Santopietro, Douglas Woolley
Management and Marketing
Allen L. Bures, Chairperson
Graduate Faculty
Hooshang M. Beheshti, Bruce Blaylock, Allen L. Bures, Forrest B. Green,
Duncan Herrington, Jerry M. Kopf, James G. Lollar, Melvin R. Mattson, Josetta
McLaughlin, Victoria Peterson, Jonathan Simmons, Angela Stanton, Wilbur
W. Stanton, Hsin-Min Tong
(For more information, follow the link above to the department's
Home Page.)
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Applications for admission may be made for the fall, spring or summer semesters. Applications are reviewed following the guidelines recommended by the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), an accreditation held by the Radford University MBA Program.
Applicants must:
- meet all requirements of the Gradutate College;
- provide official university and college transcripts to the Graduate College;
- provide official scores from the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT);
- provide two letters of reference from major area of study and/or employers;
- meet major undergraduate foundation knowledge.
Applicants should also provide additional information such as a resume of prior experience/work history, evidence of creativity and leadership, and a written statement on why he/she is interested in obtaining an MBA.
Admission is competitive and is granted only to those who show high ability and likely success in graduate business study.
Criteria used for admission include the candidate's score on the GMAT, undergraduate grade averages and the trend of the grades during undergraduate work, letters of reference, a goals statement, and work experience.
Applicants must have taken accredited collegiate preparation in the following foundation areas: accounting, economics, finance, marketing, management principles, government and business, statistics, and mathematics on a level to support graduate work. Prior to enrolling in MBA classes, all applicants are expected to have achieved, by experience and education, basic skills in written and oral communication and computer usage.
Course work in these foundation courses must have been taken at the same level or higher level than equivalent Radford University courses. For example, accounting principles may be taken at the sophomore level at a four-year institution or at a community college, but marketing principles must be completed in the upper division at a four-year institution.
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
All students in the MBA program are subject to academic regulations for graduate students, which are described in detail in the catalog. See "Academic Policies."
After admission, MBA students are required to complete 36 semester hours of graduate course work consisting of the following:
Program Requirements - 36 hrs.
Required Courses - 30 hrs.
MGNT 601. Business Research and Reporting. - 3
MKTG 602. International Business. - 3
ACTG 661. Managerial Accounting. - 3
MGNT 621. Organizational Behavior. - 3
INSY 623. Management Information Systems. - 3
MGNT 624. Operations Management. - 3
FINC 631. Financial Management. - 3
MKTG 641. Marketing Management. - 3
ECON 651. Managerial Economics. - 3
MGNT 685. Strategic Management - 3
Electives - 6 hrs.
Graduate courses in ACTG, BLAW, FINC, INSY, MGNT, MKTG and/or ECON* -
6
*Thesis may be substituted for course electives.
MBA COURSES
ACTG 606. Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting. (3)
Three hours lecture.
Prerequisites: MBA status or permission of the instructor.
Study of the practice of accounting, financial reporting, and analysis of
financial performance for governmental and nonprofit organizations. Emphasis
will also be placed on budgeting and managerial control of these organizations.
ACTG 611. Managerial Accounting. (3)
Three hours lecture.
Prerequisite: MBA status or permission of the instructor.
Emphasis on accounting data used by managers in decision making. The course
uses a textbook and cases. Among topics covered are relevant cost identification
in decision making, contribution margin approach and capital budgeting.
ACTG 671. Special Topics in Accounting. (3)
Prerequisites:MBA status or permission of instructor.
Examines topics of special interest in accounting areas not covered
in current graduate course offerings.
ACTG 698. Directed Study. (1-4)
Hours and credits to be arranged. Pass/Fail.
Prerequisites: MBA status or permission of the instructor.
See Directed Study
ACTG 699. Research and Thesis. (1-6)
Hours and credits to be arranged with the approval of the student's thesis
supervisor, adviser, department chairperson and the dean of the Graduate
College.
See Thesis.
BLAW 603. Legal Aspects of Enterprise. (3)
Three hours lecture.
Prerequisite: MBA status or permission of the instructor.
A study of the legal framework within which business enterprises function
with special attention to business-government relationships.
BLAW 671. Special Topics in Business Law. (3)
Prerequisite: MBA status or permission of the instructor.
Examines topics of special interest in business law areas not covered
in current graduate course offerings.
ECON 651. Managerial Economics. (3)
Three hours lecture.
Prerequisite: MBA status or permission of the instructor.
Study of selected topics in economic theory and their application to management
problems. Topics include demand and supply, revenues, elasticity, production
and cost, incremental decision making, market structure and pricing and
investment analysis. Elementary quantitative methods developed and utilized.
ECON 672. Collective Bargaining. (3)
Three hours lecture.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing.
Explores nature of collective bargaining in the United States and deals
with the process of negotiating agreements. Emphasis on practical decision
making in solving problems under the collective bargaining contract; employs
considerable case material in labor law and arbitration.
ECON 673. Financial Institutions and Monetary Policy. (3)
Three hours lecture.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing.
Deals with general and specialized roles of financial institutions as well
as their structure, regulation, markets and sources of funds. Monetary theory
explained with particular emphasis on its effects on financial markets.
ECON 695. Current Topics in Economics. (3:3)
Three hours lecture.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Investigates topics of current and continuing interest not covered in
regularly scheduled graduate courses. Topics announced with each offering
of course. May be taken twice for a total of six semester hours credit.
ECON 698. Directed Study. (1-4)
Hours and credits to be arranged.
Prerequisites: Approval of the directed study supervisor and adviser.
Semi-autonomous independent research on an economic topic of interest to
the student. Provides the student with an opportunity to develop conceptual
sophistication on a specific topic. Pass/Fail. See Directed
Study
FINC 631. Financial Management. (3)
Three hours lecture.
Prerequisite: MBA status or permission of the instructor.
Examines techniques and concepts used in modern business and the theoretical
advances in the areas of asset management and capital structure planning.
Topics include capital budgeting, working capital management, valuation,
cost of capital, capital structure planning, dividend policy, option pricing,
mergers and acquisitions. Problems and short cases used to enhance student
skills in financial planning and decision making.
FINC 632. Risk Management. (3)
Three hours lecture.
Prerequisite: MBA status or permission of the instructor.
Provides a study of the management of nonspeculative risks in business and
the several management tools available to deal with them. Examines cases
and situations which require risk management decisions. Students conduct
a risk management analysis of a business organization.
FINC 635. International Finance. (3)
Three hours lecture.
Prerequisites: MBA status or permission of the instructor.
Examines the international financial environment and focuses on the basics
of international financial decision making required in international business
operations.
FINC 671. Special Topics in Finance. (3)
Prerequisites: MBA status or permission of instructor.
Examines topics of special interest in finance areas not covered in
current graduate course offerings.
FINC 681. Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management. (3)
Three hours lecture.
Prerequisite: MBA status or permission of the instructor.
An in-depth study identifying various investment instruments offered
in the financial markets and how technical and fundamental analysis is used
to predict the future performance of a portfolio and the market.
FINC 698. Directed Study. (1-4)
Hours and credits to be arranged. Pass/Fail.
Prerequisites: MBA status and approval of the directed study supervisor
and adviser.
See Directed Study
FINC 699. Research and Thesis. (1-6)
Hours and credits to be arranged with the approval of the student's thesis
supervisor, adviser and the dean of the Graduate College.
See Thesis.
INSY 623. Management Information Systems. (3)
Three hours lecture.
Prerequisite: MBA status or permission of the instructor.
Development and application of management information systems to organizations.
Analysis of critical information flow in the context of an organizational
system.
INSY 698. Directed Study. (1-4)
Hours and credit to be arranged.
Prerequisites: Approval of the directed study supervisor and adviser.
Semi-autonomous independent research on an information systems topics
of interest to the student. Provides the student with the opportunity to
develop conceptual sophistication on a specific topic.
MGNT 601. Business Research and Reporting. (3)
Three hours lecture.
Prerequisite: MBA status or permission of the instructor.
Reviews scientific method and reasoning process as philosophical foundations
for research; explores the basic methodology for business research design,
measurement, data collection, analysis and reporting. Group project used
to demonstrate the concepts learned in the course.
MGNT 621. Organizational Behavior. (3)
Three hours lecture.
Prerequisite: MBA status or permission of the instructor.
Studies behavior of individuals and groups in work organizations from managerial
view; applies the concept, methods and research findings of the behavioral
sciences to the understanding of the causes of human performance, satisfaction
and development in work organizations.
MGNT 622. Quantitative Methods. (3)
Three hours lecture.
Prerequisite: MBA status or permission of the instructor.
Provides study of quantitative tools used in business production and service
organizations. Topics include linear programming, integer programming, network
analysis and stochastic programming.
MGNT 624. Operations Management. (3)
Three hours lecture.
Prerequisite: MBA status or permission of the instructor.
A problem-solving course designed to help reduce uncertainty in the
decision-making environment of operations and production in manufacturing
and service firms of private and public sectors of the economy. Emphasis
on employment of mathematical models for use and application in decision
making in business.
MGNT 651. Entrepreneurship. (3)
Three hours lecture.
Prerequisite: MBA status or permission of the instructor.
This course focuses on starting and managing high growth businesses. Major
topics include: identifying potential high growth business opportunities,
characteristics of entrepreneurs, developing creativity, evaluating market
potential, choosing a legal structure, tax planning, financial strategies,
preparing a business plan, operating considerations, choosing an exit or
succession strategy.
MGNT 652. Business Consulting. (3)
Three hours lecture/field work.
Prerequisites: MBA status or permission of the instructor.
Introduces the student to comprehensive organizational analysis, alternative
development and implementation planning in a business firm. Students will
work in teams with the management of firms in the surrounding area. Extensive
field work is required. Students meet regularly with the managers of firms
assigned to their team, conduct an analysis of the firm's problems and develop
a plan of action for solving the problems identified. Professional presentations
are an integral part of this course.
MGNT 671. Special Topics in Management. (3)
Three hours lecture.
Prerequisite: MBA status or permission of the instructor.
Examines topics of special interest in management area not covered in current
graduate course offerings.
MGNT 685. Strategic Management. (3)
Three hours lecture.
Prerequisites: MBA status or permission of the instructor.
Integrates graduate business courses in a top level strategy development
course. Emphasis on environmental analysis and decision making. A capstone
course; must be taken during or after the term in which the last required
MBA course is taken.
MGNT 698. Directed Study. (1-4)
Hours and credits to be arranged.
Prerequisites: MBA status and approval of the directed study supervisor
and adviser.
See Directed Study
MGNT 699. Research and Thesis. (1-6)
Hours and credits to be arranged with the approval of the student's thesis
supervisor, adviser, department chairperson and the dean of the Gradutate
College.
See Thesis.
MKTG 602. International Business. (3)
Three hours lecture.
Prerequisite: MBA status or permission of the instructor.
An analysis of international business; includes readings in contemporary
international business perspectives and cases.
MKTG 612. International Market Planning. (3)
Three hours lecture.
Prerequisites: MBA status and permission of instructor.
Provides MBA students an opportunity to participate in international market
research. Students conduct an in-depth analysis of foreign markets to determine
market potential and to develop strategies for Virginia firms to enter or
expand specific markets.
MKTG 641. Marketing Management. (3)
Three hours lecture.
Prerequisites: MBA status or permission of the instructor.
Examines role of marketing from micro and macro environmental perspectives.
Market-ing concepts, policies, strategies and decision making are integrated
with other organizational functions.
MKTG 671. Special Topics in Marketing. (1-6)
Hours and credits to be arranged.
Prerequisites: MBA status or permission of instructor.
Provides students an opportunity to examine topics of special interest in
the marketing area beyond the subjects covered in the current grade course
offerings.
MKTG 698. Directed Study. (1-4)
Hours and credits to be arranged.
Prerequisites: MBA status and approval of the directed study supervisor
and adviser.
See Directed Study
MKTG 699. Research and Thesis. (1-6)
Hours and credits to be arranged with the approval of the student's thesis
supervisor, adviser, department chairperson and the dean of the Graduate
College.
See Thesis.
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