An Online MBA Degree Based on Christian Principles and Values, Designed Specifically for International Business Executives and Leaders

The Master of Business Administration degree provides individuals with the opportunity to develop advanced business skills using the flexibility and convenience of distance education. The curriculum consists of 36 hours of study and provides a solid foundation in major business functional areas. Ethical business leadership, information literacy, speaking, writing, and interpersonal skills are emphasized throughout the curriculum. This program is available to qualified MBA candidates both in North American and internationally (State of Maryland residents excluded).

Admission Requirements

1. Earned or be within 6 semester hours of a four-year Bachelors Degree (120 semester hours) or its equivalent*
2. Proficient in the English Language **

Application Procedures

All applicants to the MBA program must submit the following in order to be considered for admission:

1. A completed admission application form, with applicant essay in English describing personal aspirations and work objectives. A portable document file is available for download. Applicants are encouraged to fill out the form using the form fields. After saving the completed application you may email it to MBAadvisor@griggs.edu.
2. Non-refundable application fee of $50.00
3. Official transcripts and other documents showing completion of a 4-year bachelor’s degree (120 semester hours) or its equivalent.
4. A 550 on TOEFL or completion of a bachelor’s degree in an institution in which the medium of instruction was English, or any additional documentation required by the GU Admissions Committee to demonstrate proficiency in English.
5. A resume indicating applicant’s work history and at least two professional recommendations.

Admission Process

Upon receiving the completed application, transcripts and other documents, the graduate admission committee will review your application and make a determination on your admission status as –

Regular Status: Students meeting the minimum requirements will be granted acceptance with regular status.

Provisional Status: Students who do not meet the above minimum admission requirements may be granted acceptance with provisional status. Students granted provisional admittance may take no more than three MBA courses, provided that the students already have the necessary pre-requisites to take the MBA courses. They must also achieve a 3.0 GPA during their first three courses. After completion of 3 courses with the required GPA, the students’ status will be changed to regular. Students who do not have a minimum GPA of 3.0 after the completion of the 3 courses will be dismissed from the program.

Denial of Admission: Applicants may be denied admission when evidence displays that the applicant:

• Is not qualified or is under-prepared to pursue a graduate degree.
• Engages in behavior contrary to the codes of the university.
• Has submitted fraudulent information or documents.
• Displays unstable emotional health.

Tuition and Fees

*This special rate is available for a limited time only. Also, please note that tuition and fees do not include costs for books, study materials, and technology.

Degree Learning Format

The Griggs International MBA degree is a completely 100% online learning experience. Enrolled students will use the Griggs online course management system which allows students to interface online with their professor and other students. Each course lasts approximately 8 weeks. During the course students will be expected to read and research materials, participate in online discussion formats, participate in team assignments and projects, complete individual assignments and projects, and complete online assessments. This type of learning will allow professors and students interact in truly global environment. A truly unique aspect of the Griggs Online MBA program is the integration of Christian Ethical principles and values into each course. Each week there will be an application of Christian based ethical values and their relation to the topics and learning objectives being covered.

Prerequisite Courses
Due to the intensive nature of the program, students need to be familiar with basic business concepts and applications in a variety of business discipline areas. The undergraduate courses listed below are prerequisites to core MBA courses and must be completed with a grade of B or better prior to attempting the graduate-level courses:

Principles of Accounting course or courses Micro-economics, Macro-economics, or a combination course

Other Strongly Suggested Prerequisites:

• Principles of Accounting II, or Managerial Accounting
• Business Finance
• Probability and Statistics or Business Statistics or any other course that has a strong statistical component such as: Decision Sciences, Quantitative Methods or Analysis for Managers, Research Methods and Statistics, Statistical Methods.

MBA Course Descriptions

ACCT 610 Managerial Accounting (3)

Prerequisites: Undergraduate course or courses in Principles of Accounting with a grade of “B” or higher.

This course allows students to examine cost accounting systems, decision support systems and management control systems to develop skill in and understanding of the use of internal accounting data by management. Specifically, students will learn about the construction and strategic use of: cost accounting systems including activity-based costing; decision support systems including relevant costs and capital budgeting; management control systems including planning and budgeting systems.

ACCT 620 Financial Accounting (3)

Prerequisites: Undergraduate course or courses in Principles of Accounting with a grade of “B” or higher.

This course develops the basic concepts and procedures underlying corporate financial statements and introduces tools for analyzing profitability and risk. Students explore the impact of the alternatives available within generally accepted accounting principles on financial statements, especially in terms of management’s financial reporting strategy. Students also examine the use of accounting data in corporate planning and control, and analyze the impact of accounting information on strategic decisions.

BUAD 556 Research Methods for Decision-Making (3)

Business research projects that reduce business risk. We examine use of effective research to support effective decisions in the workplace. Research is a systematic inquiry to create “just enough” business information to guide effective business decisions, including strategic planning. We will plan, acquire, analyze and present findings and insights that help an executive take appropriate actions that optimize mission performance. Business research expenditures are increasingly scrutinized for their contribution to resolving management dilemma - the problems or opportunities that requires an informed decision. Our course will deal with issues including: information overload; community relations; increasingly critical scrutiny of big business; managing talent; multivariate analysis; and, real-time access to knowledge.

BUAD 560 Management Communication (3)

This course gives students the opportunity to improve their ability to communicate effectively as managers. Students examine and practice the communication strategies and skills that are essential for success in business, such as: understanding of and ability to apply communication strategy; managerial writing ability; managerial speaking ability; understanding of cross-cultural communication; and understanding of corporate communication.

ECON 528 Managerial Economics (3)

Prerequisites: Undergraduate course or courses in Microeconomics and Macroeconomics with a grade of “B” or higher.

This course introduces students to the economic constraints and forces determining the profitability and viability of the firm. Topics covered include costs, pricing, competition, economic efficiency, industry equilibrium and change, government intervention and public policy and revenue and profit models under various market conditions and regulatory constraints. Additional topics include game theory, law, market failure, pollution, taxation and time.

FNCE 680 Corporate Finance (3)

Prerequisite: Undergraduate course in Business Finance with a grade of “B” or higher.

This course introduces basic concepts of corporate finance and provides tools for financial decisions. Concepts include: Capital Budgeting, which teaches project acceptance criteria consistent with management’s objective of maximizing the market value of the firm; Cost of Capital, which uses various models for estimating a project’s expected return; Capital Structure and Dividend Policy, which discusses how capital structure and dividend decisions affect firm value. Other concepts covered are issues of corporate control and governance; the workings of the debt and equity markets; and options.

MGMT 541 Project Management (3)

Project management is a career skill for MBAs. You are likely to be assigned to project teams or to become project managers as MBA graduates. This course engages you in the principles and concepts involved in managing projects in organizations. It includes ideas and techniques to be applied by project managers supported by project team members. The course begins with project justification, planning, and scheduling. It evolves into dealing with ongoing project risks effectively as well as responsibility for monitoring and reporting on project progress. Project management skills are essential as demand for IT support increases and business goes global. We consider how a Team can apply many of the standard project management tools and techniques in the workplace.

MGMT 621 Group Behavior and Team Building (3)

This course introduces theories and techniques for assessing group behavior and building teams. Students learn to identify temperaments and how they interact in a team setting, use models of team development to diagnose team growth, acquire a basic knowledge of group facilitation techniques, manage conflict within a group, and learn where use of teams is appropriate. Topics include lateral and vertical leadership, team building and performance and team leadership.

MGMT 622 Developing Ethical Leadership (3)

The basic premise of this course is that effective leaders create conditions that enable organization members to be maximally effective in their roles and that lead them to act in the organization’s best interests. The purpose of this course is to develop students’ effectiveness as leaders by introducing them to frameworks that are useful for diagnosing problems involving human behavior, helping them learn how to exercise leadership to solve problems from managing the motivation and performance of individuals and teams to leading at the executive level and developing ethical approaches to problem solving.

MGMT 630 Managing Human Capital (3)

This course explores current issues relative to managing the human resources of the organization and issues of organization structure as they impact those human resources. As the economy has moved from being product based to being information and service based, the human resources (or capital) of the firm have taken on increased importance. However, an information and service economy introduces issues relative to human resources and structure that have never been dealt with before. Some of these issues include outsourcing and temporary employees, virtual organizations, the need for employees to adapt to constant change, the need for organizations to create a culture of innovation, unprecedented demands by employees for organizational recognition of personal and family issues and the need for the organization to adapt to many cultures, even within the U.S.

MGMT 689 Strategic Management (3)

The MBA Capstone course integrates all the MBA curriculum into strategy development. It highlights how to analyze a firm’s operating environment and how to sustain a competitive advantage. Students will master various analytical tools to perform in-depth analyses of competitors and industries, predict competitive behavior and better position their organizations. Other issues include: cannibalization, globalization, market entry/exit decisions and resource allocation.

MKTG 676 Marketing Management (3)

This course introduces students to the role of marketing within business firms and how it relates to value creation, strategic corporate management and marketing decision. Students will apply analytical concepts and techniques developed from economics, psychology, statistics, and finance to the definition and analysis of marketing decision problems. Topics include advertising, buyer behavior, distribution channels, electronic commerce and marketing, market segmentation, marketing research, positioning, pricing, product policy and targeting.

For Questions/Detail Contact:

Quentin Sahly, MBA Advisor
MBAadvisor@griggs.edu
800.782.4769