MBA Courses ISU Description hrs Prerequisites Corresponding course UPB ECTS-Semster Please note:
A 3 hrs. MBA course at ISU corresponds to 5 ECTS in Paderborn. Therefore, an MBA course can be accredited as a 5 ECTS course in Paderborn. A 10 ECTS course at UPB can nevertheless be accredited as a 3 hrs. course in Normal.
Required Core Courses (27 hrs)
MBA 412
Contemporary Business Perspectives &
Leadership Skills
Interdisciplinary course designed to provide students with an integrative perspective of contemporary business environments and development of key professional competencies.
Must be taken at the ISU!
3 MQM 402 and MKT 403 W4182 Spezielles Vertiefungsgebiet Management 5 – Winter & Summer W4212 Management Consulting – Lösungsmethoden zentraler
Fragestellungen der Managementpraxis
5 - Summer
W4169 Seminar zur Wirtschafts- und
Unternehmensethik 5 - Summer
W4195 Management Case Studies 5 - Summer
MQM 497 Introduction to Research
Methodology
The procedure, techniques, and application of research methods in business. Problem analysis, measurement techniques, experimental design considerations, and report presentation. Analytical methods, including classical hypothesis testing, nonparametric tests, analysis of variance, linear and multiple regression, and multivariate statistics.
Textbooks:
Sekaran/Bougie (2010): Research Methods For Business, 5th Edition, Wiley, ISBN: 978-0470744796
Norusis (2009): Spss 17.0 Guide To Data Analysis, Prentice Hall, ISBN: 978-0321621436 3 MQM 406 with a grade of B or better or proficiency examination in statistics W4111-02 Marketingforschung 3/5 - Summer
W4136 Applied Research Management 5 - Winter W4451 Financial and Time Series Econometrics 5 - Summer W4452 Advanced Methods of Empirical
Economic Research 5 - Summer
W4483 Angewandte Ökonometrie 5 - Winter
W4485 Projekte der Ökonometrie 5 –
Summer/Winter W4164 Empirische Managementforschung 10 - Winter
W4479 Econometrics 10 - Winter
W4441 Methods of Economic Analyses 10 - Winter
W4137 Applied Organizational Economics: Theory and Empirical Evidence
10 – Winter
ACC 468 Management Information Systems:
Analyzes business information systems components (people,
procedures, hardware, software) from organizational and 3
Demonstrated
competency in W4343
Management von Reorganisations- und
Organizational and Technological Issues
technological perspectives. Cases are used to explore the relationships between organizational and technological issues. Textbook:
Laudon/Traver (2011): Management Information Systems, 12th Edition, Prentice Hall, ISBN: 978-0132142854
microcomputer tools or consent of department chairperson
W4345 Advanced Information Technology in
Business 5 - Summer
W4349 Decision Support Project 5 –
Summer/Winter W4382 Spezielles Vertiefungsgebiet Winfo 5 –
Summer/Winter
W4364 Business Analytics Project 5 –
Summer/Winter W4331 Software Application in SCM 10 - Winter W4332 IT-Solutions for Production Planning 10 - Summer
W4346 Operations Research A 10 - Summer
W4347 Operations Research B 10 - Winter
W4312 Datenmanagement 10 - Winter
W4375 Mining Social Media – Use Case
Kundenkommunikation 10 - Summer
W4311 Kommunikationsmanagement 10 - Summer
MQM 427 Operations and Quality
Management
Course focus is on strategies, concepts, and tools for management of quality and the core function of producing goods and services.
Textbooks:
Meredith (2009): Operations Management For Mbas , 4th Edition, Wiley ISBN: 978-0470485767
Goldratt (2004): The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement, 3rd revised Edition, North River ISBN: 978-0884271789
3 MQM 406 or equivalent
W4384 Spezielles Vertiefungsgebiet Produktions- und Informationsmanagement 5 – Winter/Summer W4251 Logistikmanagement 10 - Summer MKT 430 Advanced Marketing Management
Marketing principles, behavioral concepts, and quantitative
techniques utilized in analyzing marketing problems and 3
MKT 403 and
decisions. Emphasis on strategic and quantitative aspects of decision- making processes in marketing. A strategic marketing simulation game and/or rigorous case analyses are typical.
Textbooks:
Kotler /Keller (2008): Marketing Management, 13th Edition, Prentice Hall, ISBN: 978-0136009986
Pink (2008): Adventures Of Johnny Bunko, Penguin, ISBN: 978-1594482915
equivalents
W4115
Value-Based Marketing: Understanding and Communicating Customer Value in Business Markets
5 - Winter
W4111 Kundenmanagement und -forschung 10 - Summer
W4375 Mining Social Media 10 - Summer
MQM 421 Analysis of Organizational Behavior
A study of how people in organizations respond to managerial and organizational practices, using a systems orientation to analyze how environmental factors influence organizational practices and climate. Topics include reactions of people to structure and control, problems of motivation and
performance, resolution of inter-departmental conflicts, adaptation to change.
Textbooks:
Greenberg (2009): Managing Behavior In Organizations, 5th edition, Prentice Hall, ISBN: 978-0131992382
Manz/Neck (2009): Mastering Self-Leadership,5th edition, Prentice Hall, ISBN: 978-0136066453
3 MQM 402 or equivalent
W4141 Human Resource Management 10 - Summer
W4101 Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie -
Personal- und Organisationsentwicklung 10 - Winter
ACC 450 Management Accounting
Designed for non-accounting majors. Emphasis on the
interpretation and use of accounting data. The course cannot be presented for graduate credit by a degree candidate in the ACC program.
Textbook:
Hansen (2010): Cornerstones Of Cost Accounting, South-Western College Pub
ISBN: 978-0538736787 3 Prerequisite: ACC 401 or 6 hours of accounting or consent of department chairperson
W5233 Praxis der Konzernlegung 5 - Summer
W4234 Topics in US-GAAP I 5 - Summer
W4235 Theorie der Rechnungslegung und
Wirtschaftsprüfung 5 - Winter
W4236 Praxis der Rechnungslegung und
Wirtschaftsprüfung nach IFRS II 5 - Winter W4237 Seminar zur Theorie der Rechnungslegung und
Wirtschaftsprüfung 5 - Winter
W4238 Topics in US-GAAP II 5 - Winter
W5232 Cost Accounting 5 - Summer
W4132 Seminar zur Organisationsökonomie 5 - Winter
MQM 485 Advanced Organizational Strategy
An integrating course analyzing the firm in its environment with emphasis on formulation of policies and strategies and application of concepts through case studies and/or simulation exercises integrating all functional areas.
Textbook:
Hitt (2010):Strategic Management: Concepts, 9th Edition, South-Western College Pub
ISBN: 978-0538753098Hitt9THSw 3 MQM 421, MKT 430, FIL 440, and MQM 427 or 415, either of the latter of which may be taken concurrently with MQM 485
W4133 Seminar zur Organisationsökonomie 10 - Winter W4137 Applied Organizational Economics: Theory and
Empirical Evidence 10 - Winter
W4173 Strategic Management 10 - Summer
W4192 Service & Technology Management 10 - Summer
FIL 440 Financial Management
Analysis of financial problems of business enterprises and the formulation of financial policies. Financing of current operations and long-term capital needs, income management and expansion policies. Includes case studies.
Textbook:
Damodaran (2010): Applied Corporate Finance, 3rd Edition, Wiley, ISBN: 978-0470384640 3 MQM 406, FIL 404 or equivalents W4217 Risikomanagement 5 - Winter
W4282 Spezielles Vertiefungsgebiet Taxation, Accounting and Finance
5 – Summer/Winter
W5281 Topics in Advanced Financial Reporting 5 – Summer/Winter
Please note: Students who have successfully completed 12 or more undergraduate semester hours (i.e. at least 4 courses at 5 ECTS/3 hrs) in a required core area may be eligible to substitute a 400-level elective in that area for the required core course.
Elective courses (9 hrs)
Please note: In consultation with an MBA Advisor, students are able to choose from among a wide offering of elective courses to design a plan of study. The choice should be congruent with each student's goals. See the graduate course catalogue (http://www.ilstu.edu/home/catalog/pdf/grad.pdf#mba) pp. 133-143 or http://mba.illinoisstate.edu/current/courseDescriptions.shtml for further
Elective 400-level graduate business or other pre-approved elective courses 3 - W4182, W4282, W4382, W4384 or W4482 Spezielles Vertiefungsgebiet 5
Elective 400-level graduate business or other pre-approved elective
courses 3 - W4182, W4282, W4382, W4384 or W4482 Spezielles Vertiefungsgebiet 5
Elective 400-level graduate business or other pre-approved elective
courses 3 - W4182, W4282, W4382, W4384 or W4482 Spezielles Vertiefungsgebiet 5
