Accounting involves the preparation, analysis and communication of relevant information to decision makers. Such information often focuses on the resources and obligations, and changes therein, of organizations and their subunits as well as the effectiveness and efficiency with which they attain performance objectives. The discipline of accounting can be subdivided into financial accounting, managerial accounting, auditing, tax accounting, governmental and public sector accounting, accounting information systems and management consulting services.
Decision sciences is the study of analysis, quantitive methodologies, and their application to the functional and behavioral problems of any organization. The major areas of study include applied statistics, operations research, simulation, and decision support systems.
E-Business refers to intra- and inter-organizational processes involving the exchange of digitized information mediated and/or supported by the use of electronic technology. The minor in E-Business focuses on the Internet and related technologies and their impacts on business.
Economics is the study of choice in the face of scarcity and limitation. It involves analyzing the national economy, especially problems of unemployment and inflation as well as the functions of the federal government. Economics includes an examination of decision-making by business firms, individual consumers and institutions. It examines money and the banking system, income distribution, international trade, pricing, competition and government regulation.
Students majoring or minoring in Entrepreneurship will develop and understanding of how a business enterprise is conceived, launched, and sustained. The curriculum teaches students how to identify viable business opportunities and explores how such opportunities are transformed into new ventures. Additional emphasis is placed on how entrepreneurship ventures successfully compete for financial recources, successfullt identify and reach their target markets, and successfully establish business processes, systems, and controls to manage small and growth-oriented ventures.
Finance involves the financing of business enterprises. This includes methods of raising money, debt management, investment and security analysis, real estate and insurance, and virtually all aspects of finance.
The major in International Business gives students the opportunity to receive a multidisciplinary education in the context of the global business environment. It is a very flexible degree that allows students to choose among a number of career preparation options. For example, students may use their major to prepare them for graduate work in international business. They may also use their major to work for an international company or an International Department of the U.S. or state government. Students may also combine the major in International Business with a major or minor in a functional area such as marketing or finance or they may choose to focus on an area of specialization by obtaining a minor in a language and taking relevant courses in the history and culture of that area.
Students majoring or minoring in Leadership will develop understanding and competencies in motivation, group dynamics, team processes, cross-cultural management, employee training and development, and organizational design, development, and change. For the student majoring in Leadership, a key component of the curriculum is the "bookend" experience that begins in the first semester of the junior year with co-registration in Organizational Behavior (MGT 301) and Managerial Skills (MGT 302). Knowledge, skills, and abilities gained in these two courses will be reinforced throughout the remaining Leadership courses, and Leadership majors are required to demonstrate working competencies in these areas in subsequent courses. To complete the "bookend" experience, Leadership majors will register in their senior year for the capstone course, Seminar in Experiencing Leadership.
Management information systems is a career area which focuses on two related areas: (1) Organizations - business processes and people as problem solvers and decision makers, and (2) Technology - current information technology and methodologies vital for any organization. The MIS field deals with all information and problem solving activity of a modern, successful organization. The MIS discipline brings together the various business areas, information technology, and quantitative analysis techniques. This program provides the theory, methodology, and hands-on experience with modern tools to analyze, design, implement, and manage an organization's information technology and information systems.
Marketing is the process of planning and executing the conception, pricing, promotion and distribution of ideas, goods and services to create exchanges that satisfy individual and organizational objectives. It includes such major tasks as environmental analysis, market measurement, product development, packaging, pricing, credit, marketing channel development, physical distribution, advertising, selling, and product and customer service.
The MBA program at the University of Dayton is built around the needs of working professionals like you. Our MBA program is team-focused with full time, doctorally qualified faculty and business executives' participation to help you analyze today's business problems and practices. Our Team-Teaching structure provides an open forum for learning.
Operations Management refers to management of core operations of an organization. Core operations entail the process of transformation of inputs to outputs using technical, human, and financial resources. For example, typical core operations of a manufacturing firm like GM or Procter and Gamble include product design, production planning, sourcing and puchasing, manufacturing scheduling and control, shop-floor productivity improvement, quality assurance and improvement, and overall supply chain design and management.
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