Technology Management Concentration
Courses in the technology management concentration focus on the development of project managers and on advancing the careers of existing managers and directors of technology resources. Students learn the proper balance between technical expertise, project planning, and team management, as well as vendor/user relationship management.
MBA 611 – Systems Development Life Cycle
Organizations can anticipate and respond to problems through innovative uses of information technology. By learning to conduct an audit of a business process, benefits can result from adding value during the process of creating, producing, or supporting a product or service. The analysis and design of an information system is based on one's understanding of the organization’s objectives, structure, and processes as well as one's knowledge of how to exploit information technology for advantage.
MBA 612 – Emerging Technologies
For many companies, business-to-business electronic commerce seems like a confusing nightmare. Prices are under pressure. Channel behavior and acceptance are hard to predict. Competitors are innovating at unexpected places. Organizations react sluggishly. Despite all the effort that is going into electronic commerce, it’s not always clear where the profits are. This course intends to address how a business can examine itself to determine how to take advantage of the turbulence in today’s business-to-business trading environment.
MBA 614 – Database Analysis & Design
The course is designed to give students an understanding of the theoretical and practical issues related to the management of database systems in a business environment. This involves learning the role of the databases and database applications in comtemporary organizations. To accomplish this the course provides an overall understanding of database systems, beginning with a study of the characteristics of relational database management systems and continuing with structured query language (SQL), entity-relationship diagrams, dependencies and normalization, and multi-user systems.
MBA 615 – Project Management
Project Management focuses on Information Systems project management. However, many of the principles discussed in this class may be applied to any new complex activity or project. This course will explore the popular project management theories and practices. Students will become familiar with CASE software tools used in project management.
