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Master of Business Administration with an Emphasis in Leadership

Outcomes

Student Outcomes (SOs)

Strategic Management and Organizational Development
Strategic Management and Organizational Development
Effective Communicator
Create strategic plans to improve an organization’s competitive advantage.
Create strategic plans to improve an organization’s competitive advantage.
Articulates clear position/ purpose throughout the writing
Leverage digital marketing strategies to drive sustainable revenue and profit growth.
Leverage digital marketing strategies to promote organizational growth.
Demonstrates control of layout/presentation, vocabulary, and uses of discipline-specific language
Apply leadership skills necessary for encouraging innovation within organizations.
Evaluate e-commerce strategies to leverage web-based sales to promote growth.
Demonstrates control of diction, tone, or register appropriate to a diverse audience throughout the writing
Evaluate strategies for managing people within organizational systems.
Practice leadership skills necessary for encouraging innovation within organizations.
Demonstrates proper usage of grammar and syntax throughout the writing (i.e., spelling, capitalization, punctuation, varied sentence structure)
Evaluate how principles of free markets affect the business ecosystem.
Evaluate strategies for managing people within organizational systems.
Demonstrates proper documentation of direct quotes, paraphrasing, references, and citing sources
Evaluate the tenets of conscious capitalism and determine the effects on the business ecosystem.
Research and Analysis
Research and Analysis
Innovative Thinking
Perform relevant, industry-specific research.
Perform relevant, industry-specific research.
Presents adequate information using sources that consider other perspectives
Determine an organization’s accounting and budgeting processes.
Determine an organization’s accounting and budgeting processes.
Selects evidence that appropriately supports the position/purpose
Analyze data using appropriate statistical modeling.
Analyze data using appropriate statistical modeling.
Develops position/purpose with reasoning and consistency
Analyze markets and consumer data to inform marketing strategy.
Analyze markets and consumer data to inform marketing strategy.
States a conclusion aligned to development
Evaluate metrics useful for analyzing and improving business operations.
Evaluate metrics useful for analyzing and improving business operations.
Critical Thinking and Decision Making
Critical Thinking and Decision Making

Christian Worldview
Recommend sound financial decisions based on analysis of a firm’s capital structure and capital budgeting techniques.
Recommend sound financial decisions based on analysis of a firm’s capital structure and capital budgeting techniques.
Examine the ideological foundation of the Christian worldview.
Evaluate an organization’s operations in order to improve the value chain.
Evaluate an organization’s operations in order to improve the value chain.
Analyze the implications of the Christian worldview as it relates to human value and dignity.

Domains

Program Domains

Strategic Management and Organizational Development -
Graduates of Grand Canyon University’s Master of Business Administration with an Emphasis in Finance program will be able to evaluate, formulate, and propose strategy to develop entrepreneurial ventures or innovate to grow or sustain existing organizations within rapidly evolving business environments.
- Create strategic plans to improve an organization’s competitive advantage.
- Leverage digital marketing strategies to promote organizational growth.
- Evaluate e-commerce strategies to leverage web-based sales to promote growth.

Faculty

Program Faculty

Our faculty are committed to bringing their abundant knowledge, enthusiasm, and experience to GCU and its students every day.

Disclosures

Make informed decisions utilizing technological solutions to capitalize on business opportunities.

Make informed decisions in order to capitalize on business opportunities.

Analyze ethical decisions made from the Christian worldview.

Communicate business decisions in a compelling way to engage and influence stakeholders.

Clearly and persuasively articulate business decisions to relevant stakeholders.

Examine the application of the Christian worldview within the context of discipline and vocation.

Professionalism and Ethics

Transformative Leader

Demonstrate how a business can serve the common good using Christian values and free market principles.

Articulate an organization’s responsibilities to the greater social good from a Christian perspective.

Demonstrates personal accountability and responsibility with awareness of purpose

Examine how ethical standards affect business decisions.

Analyze the ethical implications of decisions and promote ethical standards within organizations.

Incorporates best practices with decision making, in alignment with goals

Analyze and report data in a manner that upholds ethical standards.

Collect, use, and report data ethically.

Articulates aspects of respectful collaboration with all individuals (i.e., listening, open minded, sharing ideas, follow-through, conflict resolution, etc.)

Apply strategies for conducting business with integrity.

Practice strategies for conducting business with personal and professional integrity.

Demonstrates transformative actions to inspire and motivate growth in others (i.e., developing trust, servant leader, impact on others, being intentional, clear goals, authentic, credible/trustworthy, etc.)

Analyze organizational behavior to determine systemic interdependencies among individuals, teams, and departments.

Demonstrates knowledge of societal aspects of the world (i.e. languages, cultures, religions, art, history, political/social issues, etc.)

Develop strategy for implementing and managing change within an organization.

Demonstrates an awareness and understanding toward diverse backgrounds, ideas and perspectives

Evaluate qualities of professional excellence and integrity that characterize inspiring and effective leadership.

Expresses the value and dignity of others through Christian virtues (i.e., compassion, respect, belonging, equity, acceptance, empathy, grace, objectivity, etc.).

Evaluate strategies for effectively leading diverse teams and fostering collaboration.

Practice leadership skills necessary for encouraging innovation within organizations.

Evaluate strategies for managing people within organizational systems.

Evaluate the tenets of conscious capitalism and determine the effects on the business ecosystem.

Research and Analysis -
Graduates of Grand Canyon University’s Master of Business Administration with an Emphasis in Finance program will be able to perform industry research and analyze and synthesize data for the purpose of making sound business decisions that drive growth, sustainability, and operational improvement.

Perform relevant, industry-specific research.
Determine an organization’s accounting and budgeting processes.
Analyze data using appropriate statistical modeling.
Analyze markets and consumer data to inform marketing strategy.
Evaluate metrics useful for analyzing and improving business operations.

Critical Thinking and Decision Making -
Graduates of Grand Canyon University’s Master of Business Administration with an Emphasis in Finance program will be able to effectively use data and critical reasoning to draw sound conclusions in order to solve complex business problems.

Recommend sound financial decisions based on analysis of a firm’s capital structure and capital budgeting techniques.
Evaluate an organization’s operations in order to improve the value chain.
Make informed decisions in order to capitalize on business opportunities.
Clearly and persuasively articulate business decisions to relevant stakeholders.

Professionalism and Ethics -
Graduates of Grand Canyon University’s Master of Business Administration with an Emphasis in Finance program will recognize business organizations’ and their own personal social, moral, and ethical responsibility to stakeholders, the community, and the greater social good.
- Articulate an organization’s responsibilities to the greater social good from a Christian perspective.
- Analyze the ethical implications of decisions and promote ethical standards within organizations.
- Collect, use, and report data ethically.
- Practice strategies for conducting business with personal and professional integrity.
Leadership -
Graduates of Grand Canyon University’s Masters of Business Administration with an emphasis in Leadership program will be able to apply effective leadership strategies to promote competitive advantage and improve internal and external stakeholder relationships for organizations.
- Analyze organizational behavior to determine systemic interdependencies among individuals, teams, and departments.
- Develop strategy for implementing and managing change within an organization.
- Evaluate qualities of professional excellence and integrity that characterize inspiring and effective leadership.
- Evaluate strategies for effectively leading diverse teams and fostering collaboration.

Master of Business Administration with an Emphasis in Leadership

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