Academic Catalog 2019-2020

Healthcare Management Specialization MHE 5203

Introduction to Healthcare Service Systems Introduction to Healthcare Policy and Management

MHE 5213 MHE 5223

Healthcare Economics

MHE 5233/NUR 5013

Healthcare/Nursing Informatics Healthcare Financial Management

MHE 5243

BUS 5403 Capstone :Project Initiation, Design and Planning BUS 5423 Capstone: Project Implementation and Execution TOTAL HEALTHCARE SPECIALIZATION: 36 SH

GRADUATE COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

BUS 5303 Management Theory and Leadership This course is an experiential and theoretical investigation of management and leadership. This course covers contemporary theories, principles, and practices of positive leadership and the importance of engagement of followers to achieve results and facilitate engage- ment. Students will examine the distinctions between management and leadership and the roles of each in developing collegial supervision and responsibly sustainable organizations. Particular emphasis will be placed on follower growth and development within the frame- work of planning, organizing, and evaluating leadership. This will be accomplished by the examination of contemporary leaders, identifying the leadership style used along with its strengths and weaknesses. Students will assess and examine their own leadership styles and subsequently develop a plan for their leadership growth. Teaching and learning methods will be a combination of theoretical and applied readings, threaded discussions, lectures, contemporary leader case studies, self-assessments, and written and oral presentations. BUS 5313 Business Research Methods and Applications This course will focus on research problem identification, sampling, data collection, survey, and experimental research. In this course, research design and a variety of statistical techniques will be examined. The statistical techniques covered include correlation, regression analysis, hypothesis testing, and analysis of variance. Students will do a course- related project. BUS 5323 Human Resource Management The human resource management course focuses on human resource management and administration. This course benefits those with human resource management responsibilities. A variety of cases will be used to enforce important course topics. BUS 5333 Operations and Project Management The operations management course examines the design, planning, control and the improvement of manufacturing operations, of service operations as well as other business contexts. Analytical methods for solving management problems, construction of mathematical models and advanced quantitative decision techniques will be used for solving operational problems in business contexts. The mathematical techniques covered include expected value, learning curves, linear programming techniques related to transportation models, scheduling, and optimization, and waiting line models (queuing theory). BUS 5343 Marketing Management Domestic and international marketing management will be examined in this course. For

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