Grand Canyon University's Master of Business Administration and Master of Science in Leadership is a dual degree program designed for students who wish to pursue a traditional MBA degree and a leadership degree concurrently. This MBA/MSL program blends the quantitative skills associated with an MBA along with the interpersonal skills of a leadership degree, for a comprehensive program that prepares graduates for leadership roles in a variety of business settings.
Students in the MBA/MSL degree program will have the opportunity to study the leadership principles of Ken Blanchard, including servant leadership and values-based management. Time will be spent exploring leadership models and theories, learning how to improve leadership in real-world organizations, and gaining the necessary skills to become an empowering leader.
Quantitative principles and practices will also be explored and studied including financial analysis, financial planning, working capital management, applied business probability and statistics, and international banking. Managerial topics will be explored including managerial accounting, concepts and procedures for internal reporting, the management of operations in manufacturing and service environments, financial forecasting, and raising funds in capital markets.
| Course # | Course Title | Course Description | Credits |
| UNV-504 | Introduction to Graduate Studies in the Ken Blanchard College of Business | This course is designed to prepare students for the graduate learning experience at Grand Canyon University. Students have opportunities to develop and strengthen the skills necessary to succeed as graduate students in the Ken Blanchard College of Business. Emphasis is placed on utilizing the tools for graduate success. | 2 |
| MGT-605 | Leadership and Organizations | The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the Ken Blanchard College of Business, key concepts of leadership, and an overview of how the science of organizational behavior contributes to effective leaders and managers. | 4 |
| ACC-502 | Accounting Practices | This course is designed for individuals who are preparing for more advanced coursework in accounting and for students who have not had accounting in undergraduate work. Topics covered include the principles and practices of financial accounting and the fundamentals of managerial accounting, such as cost behavior and budgeting. The course covers accounting theories using computational examples, and homework is problem solving. | 4 |
| FIN-504 | Finance Principles | This course is designed for individuals who are preparing for more advanced coursework in accounting and is designed for students who have not had finance in undergraduate work. Topics covered include financial analysis, financial planning, asset evaluation, capital structure, and working capital management. | 4 |
| SYM-506 | Applied Business Probability and Statistics | The purpose of this course is to prepare students in mathematical, probability, and statistical concepts for their upcoming studies in quantitative methods. The course is intended for those students who have not had any prior statistical education, although students who have had statistics should also consider taking the course as a refresher. | 4 |
| ECN-601 | Economics | The first half of this course covers those aspects of economics that are particularly applicable to business decision making. Topics include demand and cost estimation, production decisions, pricing, analysis at competitive market structures, and antitrust. The second half of this course focuses on the world economy and the global environment within which business must operate. Topics include currency markets and exchange rates, balance of payments accounts, international monetary regimes, and international banking. | 4 |
| BUS-660 | Quantitative Methods | This course is a study in the quantitative tools and techniques used to model business functions and applications. Emphasis is placed on how to set up models, and how to interpret and apply their results. Prerequisite: SYM 506. | 4 |
| MKT-607 | Marketing Management | Management of the marketing function, market environmental analysis, and marketing planning, strategy, and control are fundamentals of marketing management. The course examines the marketing process, marketing research, product development innovation and diffusion, pricing strategy, distribution value drain, advertising and promotion, and strategic marketing issues. Emphasis is placed on case study analysis and current academic research with a marketing plan as a significant curriculum component. | 4 |
| ACC-650 | Managerial Accounting | This course covers managerial accounting concepts and procedures for internal reporting, including the study of cost behavior, cost systems, budgeting, and performance evaluation. Coursework includes case studies, group projects, and class discussion. Prerequisite: ACC 502. | 4 |
| MGT-655 | Operations Management | Operations Management examines managerial concepts and strategies relating to the management of operations in both manufacturing and service environments. Emphasis is placed on methods to streamline and drive inefficiencies out of a firm‛s internal processes to build a highly efficient organization. The course also focuses on external processes by examining ways to achieve greater supply chain integration with suppliers and customers. Quantitative and qualitative methods and tools are introduced and applied. Prerequisite: SYM 506. | 4 |
| FIN-650 | Managerial Finance | This course discusses elements of business financial decisions, including financial forecasting and development of proformas, management of working capital, capital budgeting, capital structure, and raising funds in capital markets. Prerequisite: FIN 504. | 4 |
| MGT-660 | Strategic Management | This course emphasizes the definition, formulation, and execution of strategy within organizations. It analyzes the effects on corporate strategy of the rapid shift to a multipolar and complex global marketplace. This course focuses on innovative strategy and leadership and its impact on the quest for customers and key stakeholders. This course also stresses the growing importance of management of intangible assets and organizational alignment with the view to gaining a sustainable competitive advantage over global rivals. Finally, this course integrates the creation of a very structured and comprehensive assignment (creation of a market entry or market expansion or diversification, or M&A plan) that address competencies such as Critical Thinking, Leadership, Effective Communication and Global Awareness, and Business Domains such as Marketing, Management, HR, Operations, Finance and Accounting. Prerequisites: ACC-650, FIN-650, MGT-605, and MKT-607. | 4 |
| LDR-600 | Leadership Styles and Development | This course explores the nature of business leadership models and theories, examines these models through a broad variety of insights and viewpoints, and provides a description and analysis of these approaches to leadership, giving special attention to how the models can improve leadership in real-world organizations. | 4 |
| LDR-610 | Power, Politics, and Influence | This course focuses on sources and types of power and specific tactics for becoming an empowering leader. Issues include organizational politics, influence tactics, and succession planning. Students learn how transactional leaders can become transformational leaders. | 4 |
| LDR-615 | Organizational Development and Change | This course is an exploration of the behavioral forces and relationships that influence organizational effectiveness and change. Topics include the study of intervention strategy and application skills. | 4 |
| LDR-630 | Servant Leadership | This course focuses on servant leadership, how a servant leader is different from other leaders, and how focusing on the needs of others can create interdependency rather than dependency in organizations. | 4 |
| LDR-640 | Leadership and Innovation | This course provides students with an understanding of various models of problem solving and the ability to apply them, as well as knowledge of various techniques, strategies, and skills appropriate for creative and innovative thinking. | 4 |
| Required Course Total Credit: | 66 | ||
| Courses: | 66 credits |
This program is offered in the following formats or locations:
An online education allows you the flexibility to fulfill your educational goals without distracting you from your career. Full-time faculty members support our online students while our dynamic tools allow for engaging and challenging discussions with classmates. Classes start every month.
To meet the demands of today's working adults, this degree is offered through our convenient evening program. Classes meet one evening per week and allow you to interact directly with instructors and peers face-to-face. Locations vary - speak with an enrollment counselor to learn more.
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* Please refer to the Academic Catalog for more information. Program subject to change.
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