Professional Master of Business Administration (PMBA)

PROSPECTUS

The Professional Master of Business Administration (PMBA) Program is a one-year graduate degree program for mid-level and executive managers who possess an undergraduate (business, or non-business with core business area prerequisites) degree from an accredited university or college. It is designed for qualified seasoned professionals seeking advance level business and management competencies to compete effectively in the dynamic and changing, international business arena. It will be a fast-paced, focused experience that enables professionals to satisfy their respective personal and professional goals in a formal relevant program.

The PMBA degree program is accredited by the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education (IACBE). The PMBA Program incorporates a diversity of course offerings and experiences to integrate better content and process of management. Admission to the PMBA Program is competitive with enrollment limited to 15 students per cohort. The academic calendar will be a twelve-month format, and a one-week break in the fañomnåkan semester.

PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES

Problem recognition.
Strategic analysis and integration.
Application of quantitative methods to real-world business situation.
Communication to relevant publics:
1. Ability to communicate effectively in written materials;
2. Ability to communicate effectively orally in one-on-one or business presentation situations.
Teamwork skills: ability to work with a team of colleagues on projects.
Program management skills.
Professional ethics.

PROGRAM ADMISSION

QUALIFICATIONS

Applicants must have the following minimum qualifications, to be eligible to apply to the program:

Minimum two years of full-time management, or professional-level, work experience;
Earned baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university

APPLICATION

The Professional MBA Admissions Committee will base its selection decisions on completed applications, which include:

Letter of Intent and Statement
Written essay of a business program for case development;
Work history and leadership potential;
Letters of recommendation from two or more professional supervisors or associates;
Minimum undergraduate grade point average of 3.0 for business major or overall cumulative;
Official transcripts of all undergraduate work;
Satisfaction of Graduate Admissions Standards, according to the UOG Graduate Bulletin.

The Admissions Committee will select the best-qualified candidates who demonstrate a strong intellectual capacity for business and maturity of management experience. The Admissions Committee gives significant attention to the length of time spent in a management role, progression in job responsibilities, and total work experience including the creation of new business ventures

ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS

Any courses which are seven years old or more must be retaken unless, permission is granted by the PMBA Admissions and Appeals Committee.
Any courses in which a student receives a C+ or below must be retaken, unless permission is granted by the PMBA Admissions and Appeals Committee.
Students may not receive more than one grade of a C+ or below. A second grade of a C+ or below, regardless of GPA, will result in automatic academic suspension. A review of the student by the PMBA Admissions and Appeals Committee will commence. Upon review, the student may serve a suspension or be dismissed from the program.
Students who receive a grade of an F will result in automatic academic suspension. A review of the student by the PMBA Admissions and Appeals Committee will commence. Upon review, the student may serve a suspension or be dismissed from the program.

CORE BUSINESS AREA REQUIREMENTS

A minimum of 18 semester hours² must be satisfied in the following areas (or their equivalent), as part of program admission requirements:

Financial reporting, analysis and markets (BA-200 Principles of Financial Accounting, BA-310 Applied Statistics for Business Decisions, and BA-220 or BA-320 Basic Business Finance);
Domestic and global economic environments of organizations (BA-110 Principles of Economics);
Creation and distribution of goods and service (BA-260 Fundamentals of Marketing); and
Human behavior in organizations (BA-241 Human Resource Management or BA-440 Organizational Behavior).

²Part or all of these requirements may be completed in related courses at the undergraduate level, or through the passage of competency examinations approved by the PMBA Admissions Committee, in respective subject matter areas.

Students must also demonstrate basic skills in written and oral communication, quantitative analysis, and computer usage, either by prior experience and/or education. This will be determined through a competency examination by the PMBA program unit.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS (33 credit hours)

Required Courses (33 credit hours)

Course	Course Title	Credits	Term Offered
BA601	CASE STUDIES IN MANAGEMENT + The course is broken up into four sections, accommodating brief intervals between inter-term periods that define the one-year master's program. The intent of this course is to introduce the student to case study methods as a means of establishing schema for moving the decision-making process from problem definition to quality control measures via strategic design.	3 credit hours	FALL ONLY/ALL YEARS
BA610	MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS + The course begins with an overview of macroeconomic issues. Indicators of macroeconomic performance are identified and managers are given a preview of the tools and resources used to evaluate and forecast economic conditions. Applications of microeconomic theory to strategic management in these market conditions are presented. Basic concepts of supply, demand, market price, output, production, and resource allocation provide a framework for strategic analysis in emerging markets where firms have market/monopoly power. Other topics address sophisticated pricing policies, transfer pricing, models of competition and cooperation, managing under uncertainty, asymmetric information and externalities. The course provides a framework and analytical tools to enhance decision-making within the manager's organization.	3 credit hours	SPRING ONLY/ALL YEARS
BA611	STRATEGIC MARKETING MANAGEMENT + This advanced marketing management course focuses on strategic marketing analysis and planning at both the corporate and SBU levels. It will us the concepts and theories underlying marketing decision-making and the tools needed to analyze and understand complex marketing situations found in today's ever-changing marketplace. The course is designed to help managers develop and execute appropriate managerial strategies. An emphasis of this course will be on developing executive-level decision-making skills, which students are most likely to encounter during their current and future careers. Students will learn to apply analytical marketing perspectives, decision tools, and concepts to strategic management decisions to achieve organizational goals and objectives. The subject has been organized around the marketing planning process, strategic decision-making, market analysis, competitive analysis, and financial analysis, and the application of these to "real world" situations.	3 credit hours	SUMMER/ALL YEARS
BA613	STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP AND ETHICS + This seminar provides managers with the tools to explore and evaluate leadership theories and their application from a strategic perspective, taking into consideration their limitations and delimitations as they are applied in real work settings. Emphasis will be placed on professional work experience.	3 credit hours	SPRING ONLY/ALL YEARS
BA620	FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT + This course introduces financial management principles and investment decisions from a strategic, pragmatic perspective. Although theory is broached, emphasis is placed on practical application. Topical areas include financial statement analysis, working capital management, capital structure optimization, investment selection, and sources of funding.	3 credit hours	SUMMER/ALL YEARS
BA621	MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING + The course begins with a review of accounting concepts, standards and practices of financial reporting that serve the needs of decision makers including preparation and analysis of financial statements. The course then extends these concepts to business managers' decision making and evaluation of performance including the use of accounting information for planning and control. The application of accounting to decision models used by today's rapidly changing organizations are addressed along with mechanics of cost accounting and management accounting in resource allocation as in capital budgeting, and performance evaluation. Throughout the course, statistical approaches are applied to the analysis of information.	3 credit hours	SPRING ONLY/ALL YEARS
BA622	STATISTICAL ANALYSIS AND ECONOMETRIC TECHNIQUES + The course begins with the basic concepts and methods of management science that relies on statistical analysis techniques as well as the art of decision-making under circumstances of constrained optimization. It introduces statistical ideas as they apply to managers. Two ideas dominate: describing data and modeling variability and randomness using probability models. The course provides tools and data analysis models for decision making that use hypothesis testing, linear programming and simulation. It also provides an understanding of the definitions and limitations of a variety of standard econometric measures.	3 credit hours	SUMMER/ALL YEARS
BA630	GLOBAL HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT + This graduate Human Resource Management (HRM) course explores regional and international HR principles, strategies, and practices. Key areas such as U.S. and country-specific compensation and benefits, staffing, employee development, and performance appraisal are covered. Students will develop an in-depth understanding of HRM functions in regional and international arenas.	3 credit hours	SPRING ONLY/ALL YEARS
BA632	OPERATIONS AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT + This graduate Operations Management course explores modern theory and practice for planning and controlling the operations function, both in manufacturing and service organizations. Quantitative tools of analysis used to support decision-making in the various activities of operations management are reviewed. Regional and international applications and issues will be included.	3 credit hours	FALL ONLY/ALL YEARS
BA710	ADVANCE TOPICS IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS + This course offers students the opportunity to explore the workings of the international business arena and to demonstrate an understanding of global markets as it relates to their professional field through undertakings that encourage business system adaptation to new environments. It further promotes the importance of ethical and socially responsible decision making in different cultural settings.	3 credit hours	SUMMER/ALL YEARS
BA711	BUSINESS CAPSTONE EXPERIENCE + The Business Capstone course is the culminating professional experience for the PMBA student. It extends over the final two terms of their program. Within teams of two or three, PMBA students will participate in the development of an applied research project that synthesizes the students' learning throughout their tenure in the PMBA program. The nature of the applied project can consist of a strategic management project, an entrepreneurial project, or a special study project.	3 credit hours	FALL ONLY/ALL YEARS

SCHEDULE FORMAT

Six eight-week terms during one program year are offered which reinforce the intellectual foundation of strategic business management with an integrated applied approach. Concept courses are introduced as a way of enhancing understanding of the ideas needed to manage from evidence in business management as best-practice models. The tools needed to implement the management perspective are provided so that students make the connection between concepts and process for effective management. A one-day orientation will be scheduled prior to Term 1 to provide an introduction to the new cohort of students into the program.

Thirty-three credit hours are required for graduation. Six credit hours are awarded for successful completion of each Term with the exception of Term 6, which is the Business Capstone Experience. Course enrollment is limited to those admitted to the PMBA Program.

Course Schedule (Academic Year 2023-2024)

Course Week begins on a Monday and ends on a Sunday. Each course is scheduled to meet face to face on Friday or Saturday. Some courses may be scheduled to meet on Sundays rather than Saturdays or at different days/times as arranged through consultation between Cohort members and the Instructor. All PMBA courses offered during this one-year cycle will meet at the Jesus & Eugenia Leon Guerrero School of Business & Public Administration Building on the UOG campus. The instructor may also schedule off-campus activities or meetings.

TERM 1

January 5 – February 24, 2024

Course	Course Title	Credits	Term Offered
BA613	STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP AND ETHICS + This seminar provides managers with the tools to explore and evaluate leadership theories and their application from a strategic perspective, taking into consideration their limitations and delimitations as they are applied in real work settings. Emphasis will be placed on professional work experience.	3 credit hours	SPRING ONLY/ALL YEARS
BA630	GLOBAL HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT + This graduate Human Resource Management (HRM) course explores regional and international HR principles, strategies, and practices. Key areas such as U.S. and country-specific compensation and benefits, staffing, employee development, and performance appraisal are covered. Students will develop an in-depth understanding of HRM functions in regional and international arenas.	3 credit hours	SPRING ONLY/ALL YEARS

TERM 2

March 1 - April 20, 2024

Course	Course Title	Credits	Term Offered
BA610	MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS + The course begins with an overview of macroeconomic issues. Indicators of macroeconomic performance are identified and managers are given a preview of the tools and resources used to evaluate and forecast economic conditions. Applications of microeconomic theory to strategic management in these market conditions are presented. Basic concepts of supply, demand, market price, output, production, and resource allocation provide a framework for strategic analysis in emerging markets where firms have market/monopoly power. Other topics address sophisticated pricing policies, transfer pricing, models of competition and cooperation, managing under uncertainty, asymmetric information and externalities. The course provides a framework and analytical tools to enhance decision-making within the manager's organization.	3 credit hours	SPRING ONLY/ALL YEARS
BA611	STRATEGIC MARKETING MANAGEMENT + This advanced marketing management course focuses on strategic marketing analysis and planning at both the corporate and SBU levels. It will us the concepts and theories underlying marketing decision-making and the tools needed to analyze and understand complex marketing situations found in today's ever-changing marketplace. The course is designed to help managers develop and execute appropriate managerial strategies. An emphasis of this course will be on developing executive-level decision-making skills, which students are most likely to encounter during their current and future careers. Students will learn to apply analytical marketing perspectives, decision tools, and concepts to strategic management decisions to achieve organizational goals and objectives. The subject has been organized around the marketing planning process, strategic decision-making, market analysis, competitive analysis, and financial analysis, and the application of these to "real world" situations.	3 credit hours	SUMMER/ALL YEARS

TERM 3

April 26 - June 15, 2024

Course	Course Title	Credits	Term Offered
BA621	MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING + The course begins with a review of accounting concepts, standards and practices of financial reporting that serve the needs of decision makers including preparation and analysis of financial statements. The course then extends these concepts to business managers' decision making and evaluation of performance including the use of accounting information for planning and control. The application of accounting to decision models used by today's rapidly changing organizations are addressed along with mechanics of cost accounting and management accounting in resource allocation as in capital budgeting, and performance evaluation. Throughout the course, statistical approaches are applied to the analysis of information.	3 credit hours	SPRING ONLY/ALL YEARS
BA632	OPERATIONS AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT + This graduate Operations Management course explores modern theory and practice for planning and controlling the operations function, both in manufacturing and service organizations. Quantitative tools of analysis used to support decision-making in the various activities of operations management are reviewed. Regional and international applications and issues will be included.	3 credit hours	FALL ONLY/ALL YEARS

*June 16 to 23 Mid - Program Break (no classes)

TERM 4

June 28 - August 17, 2024

Course	Course Title	Credits	Term Offered
BA601	CASE STUDIES IN MANAGEMENT + The course is broken up into four sections, accommodating brief intervals between inter-term periods that define the one-year master's program. The intent of this course is to introduce the student to case study methods as a means of establishing schema for moving the decision-making process from problem definition to quality control measures via strategic design.	3 credit hours	FALL ONLY/ALL YEARS
BA620	FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT + This course introduces financial management principles and investment decisions from a strategic, pragmatic perspective. Although theory is broached, emphasis is placed on practical application. Topical areas include financial statement analysis, working capital management, capital structure optimization, investment selection, and sources of funding.	3 credit hours	SUMMER/ALL YEARS

TERM 5

August 23 - October 12, 2024

Course	Course Title	Credits	Term Offered
BA622	STATISTICAL ANALYSIS AND ECONOMETRIC TECHNIQUES + The course begins with the basic concepts and methods of management science that relies on statistical analysis techniques as well as the art of decision-making under circumstances of constrained optimization. It introduces statistical ideas as they apply to managers. Two ideas dominate: describing data and modeling variability and randomness using probability models. The course provides tools and data analysis models for decision making that use hypothesis testing, linear programming and simulation. It also provides an understanding of the definitions and limitations of a variety of standard econometric measures.	3 credit hours	SUMMER/ALL YEARS
BA710	ADVANCE TOPICS IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS + This course offers students the opportunity to explore the workings of the international business arena and to demonstrate an understanding of global markets as it relates to their professional field through undertakings that encourage business system adaptation to new environments. It further promotes the importance of ethical and socially responsible decision making in different cultural settings.	3 credit hours	SUMMER/ALL YEARS

TERM 6

October 18 - December 13, 2024

Course	Course Title	Credits	Term Offered
BA711	BUSINESS CAPSTONE EXPERIENCE + The Business Capstone course is the culminating professional experience for the PMBA student. It extends over the final two terms of their program. Within teams of two or three, PMBA students will participate in the development of an applied research project that synthesizes the students' learning throughout their tenure in the PMBA program. The nature of the applied project can consist of a strategic management project, an entrepreneurial project, or a special study project.	3 credit hours	FALL ONLY/ALL YEARS