Walton
Executive MBA

First Year Classes

Late Summer/Orientation

Accounting/Statistics Boot Camp (no credit)

This course examines how accounting records economic events and ultimately communicates the results of those events in the financial statements, including the balance sheet, income statement and the statement of cash flows. Topics includes the accounting cycle as well as accounting for assets, liabilities, stockholders’ equity, revenues and expenses. There is also a thorough discussion of how accounting incorporates internal controls to safeguard a firm’s assets. The course concludes with an overview of financial statements and how financial statement analysis can help monitor and measure the overall financial performance of the firm.

Introduction to Strategy

This course provides an introduction to business strategy, the driving force behind virtually all decisions of the firm. The goal of strategy is to make decisions that create value for customers, employees, and suppliers. This course offers an introduction to this value creation process. (MBAD 5602)

Fall Semester

Quantitative Methods and Decision Making

Utilization of information, quantitative techniques, and computer application in decision making and problem solving for managers. (SCMT 5133)

Marketing

Product management, market research, marketing communications, retailing and distribution, consumer behavior, and social and ethical implications of marketing. (MKTG 5223)

Spring Semester

Economics of Management and Strategy

Information economics and applied game theory. (ECON 5253)

Corporate Financial Management

Financial analysis, planning and control; decision making and modeling for financial managers; and financial policies for management. (FINN 5113)

Summer Semester

Financial Statement Analysis for Executives

This course provides a framework for understanding the intersection between business strategy, accounting, economics, and finance. Using historical financial statements as the primary information input, you will employ tools that enable you to better understand the drivers of current performance and risk, forecast future performance, and construct a value estimate. These tools can be applied in a number of contexts including equity valuation, project selection, and managerial evaluation. Not eligible for MAcc program students. Prerequisite: MBA Director consent. (ACCT 5263)

Global Business

Provides MBA students with the opportunity to explore a business problem in depth under the guidance of a graduate faculty member. (MBAD 5533)

Second Year Classes

Fall Semester

PLAN: Demand Planning and Inventory Operations

This course focuses on 'plan' in the plan, source, make, deliver framework. It examines the integrated planning and management of supply chain activities including, notably, demand forecasting and replenishment. In addition to modeling related decisions both in within-firm and supply chain contexts, strategic issues related to interfirm coordination and collaboration will be discussed. (SCMT 5663)

Special Topic in Strategy and Entrepreneurship

This is a course provided by individual faculty and tailored to the research interests of the student. The course is developed in consultation with the student so that scholarly articles are assigned to assist the student with detailed knowledge of the specific research area in which the student has interests. Prerequisite: Graduate standing and permission of the SEVI PhD Coordinator. (SEVI 636V)

Spring Semester

Career Track I

Career Track II

Summer Semester

Leadership and Organizational Behavior

Managing in a global workforce, including human resource issues, motivation, performance evaluation, quality concepts, transformational leadership, and selection/ recruitment/ development of employees. (MGMT 5613)

Strategic Management

Strategy formulation, strategy implementation, and other topics related to the long-term success of the firm. Includes role of the general manager, international issues, and the impact of management fads on decision making. (SEVI 5313)

View more details in the Executive MBA Program catalog listing.