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The program has an extension program and offsite offering tie-up with the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig.
The program has an extension program and offsite offering tie-up with the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig.
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MBA 500 – Management and Marketing Principles
This course is designed to acquaint the students with the fundamentals of management and the different elements of the marketing mix (4ps). It also aims to familiarize the students with the principles, sound practices, development, and potentials in the field of management and marketing for the purpose of acquiring the management/marketing skills needed for the success of the organization.
MBA 501 – Fundamentals of Accounting and Finance
This course covers the basic principles in accounting, its nature, functions, scope, and limitations. It includes all procedures in the accounting process as it is applied in business transactions. This course covers transactions, problems, and financial statements preparation peculiar to Single Proprietorship Business and Corporation. It includes a discussion of the Accounting cycle for Service, Merchandising, and Manufacturing Business, and Basic knowledge on the valuation of the balance sheet and income statement accounts.
MBA 502 – Principles of Economics
This course introduces the student to the foundations and basic principles of macroeconomics and microeconomics.
GS 500 – St. Thomas and Critical Thinking
As the philosophical foundation of Research Methodology, it is a study of the principles of and skills in critical thinking according to St. Thomas Aquinas in the three areas of mental cognition: simple apprehension, judgment, and reasoning; and of common fallacies towards the acquisition of the art of argumentation.
GS 501 – Research Methodology
The student is introduced to research concepts relevant to business and industry. Discussions center on how to prepare a thesis emphasizing choice of title, statement of the problem, sources of data, analysis, and evaluation of information gathered, among others. The course output is a research proposal.
MBA 600 – General Management
The course discusses the elements and techniques of the managerial process which are fundamental to the successful operation of an organization. It focuses on the managerial functions carried out in an ever dynamic business environment. The course enhances the student’s understanding and appreciation of the significant relationships of business and the leader’s own managerial activities as a responsible member of the global community.
MBA 601 – Good Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility
Deals with social responsibility and good governance in government, corporate and social organizations, and the role boards and board members play in good governance.
MBA 602 – Quantitative Business Analysis & Business Statistics
It is concerned with the formulation and analysis of mathematical models for decision making and the application of computers in business. Optimal decisions are studied through quality and sensitivity analysis, elementary probability, random variables, measures of central tendency, dispersion, and co-variance as the basis for business decisions.
MBA 700 – Financial Management
It introduces techniques of financial analysis and projection, covering topics like capital budgeting; inventory management, cash management, short-term sources, and uses of funds, etc. and actual financial problems faced by business concerns which are analyzed through the use of case materials.
MBA 701 -Human Resource Management
This subject focuses on the issues of managing people within an organization. Particular attention is paid to the problems of designing and working with a human resource management system. Topics include manpower planning, work analysis staffing organization, compensation planning and training, all geared to support the strategic objectives of the organization.
MBA 702 – Production and Operations Management
The subject deals on the responsibilities of production design and operations planning and controlling of production systems. Topics discussed are production planning, inventory control, production control, maintenance and quality control necessary to operate efficiently as per objectives of a particular firm.
MBA 703 – Marketing Management
It introduces the framework for making marketing decisions. Specific skills are developed in the analysis of customers, competition, the organization facing the decision and the environment within which the marketing decision is to be made. Theories are applied to decisions regarding the 4Ps – product, price, place, promotion aimed at sharpening the student’s ability to develop comprehensive marketing policy, strategic plans, and control procedures.
MBA 705 – Strategic Management
An integrating course for all the major functions of management by studying the strategy and external posture of an organization, design and process. It considers the organization in its totality from the viewpoint of a chief executive officer (CEO) and centers on formulating strategies, implementing these strategies and managing diversity. Organizing for strategic action is its overall concern.
Degree Requirements | Units |
Prerequisite Courses | 6 |
Core Courses | 9 |
Specialization Courses | 15 |
Cognate Courses | 6 |
Written Comprehensive Exams | |
Thesis Writing I | 3 |
Thesis Writing II | 3 |
Thesis Writing III | 3 |
TOTAL | 45 |
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