What is the purpose and focus of the MBA?
The Master of Business Administration (MBA) will provide you with the necessary skills, knowledge, and tools that will enable you to fill increasingly significant management and leadership positions in business and other organizations in this new and exciting century. The program focuses on the important premise that sound management practice requires a thorough understanding of underlying management principles and techniques. As a result, the MBA graduate will be completely grounded in state-of-the-art management theory and practice, aware of the complex global environment in which modern organizations operate, adaptive to change, able to lead and work together with other people, articulate, and ethical in professional relationships. The current program places substantial emphasis on behavior and communication skills, while continuing to stress effective functional and strategic management of organizations. The program’s emphasis is on general management without explicit functional em