Each element within Miami's MBA curriculum, including enabling technologies seminars, business seminars, internships and the consultancy, is part of an integrated whole. As a result, course content is covered not from the traditional, functional perspective, but through a focus on business process, giving students a more realistic and complete view of today's global work environment. Click on the specific curriculum element within the graphic below for additional information.
At Miami, our goal is to get students back in the workplace as soon as possible. Our program can be completed in just 14 months, divided into multiple stages:
Summer Boot Camp: The program begins in early summer with the boot camp experience. Devoted to teaching business concepts and theory, the boot camp modules serve two purposes: providing a foundation of business "literacy" and building teams to promote collaboration among the MBA class.
Subjects including Accounting, Business Strategy, Economics, Finance, Human Resources Management, Marketing, Operations Management, Organizational Behavior, and Statistics are among those covered during boot camp.
Fall semester: During the fall semester, students focus on strategic processes in four eight-week sprint classes. The two courses included in the first half of the semester prepare students to infuse innovative thinking into their organizations, structure new product/service initiatives, evaluate alternative initiatives, engage in financial planning and capital acquisition, and launch products/services successfully.
In the second half of the semester, students study the customer acquisition process covering topics such as market segmentation pricing and profitability analysis, product and service promotion and customer relationship management. In addition, students prepare to lead organizational changes, manage culturally diverse constituents, and change the direction and actions of organizations.
Throughout the fall semester, Enabling IT Technologies helps students understand both the need for and the challenges involved with leveraging information technology as a tool for innovation within an organization and across the supply chain. Topics such as Knowledge Management, Enterprise Systems, Supply Chain Management Systems, Business to Business E-Commerce, Information Privacy, Ethics and Intellectual Property are among the many covered in this course.
Spring semester: Following a structure similar to that of the fall semester, the first half of spring semester consists of two, eight-week courses: students study internal business processes that span functional boundaries with specific focus on financial planning, resource planning systems, the cash-to-cash cycle and after-sale processes, and examine the technical and human aspects of process design and improvement.
The courses included in the second half of the second semester introduce students to business-to-business relationships including supply chain management, logistics configuration, outsourcing, and customer relationship management. In addition, the courses cover basic concepts involved with global markets such as transitioned vs. transitional economics, regional/global interdependencies, and trade policies.
Throughout the spring semester, students focus on the strategic management process: the analysis of the dynamic external environment (competitors) and the dynamic internal environment (the firm) and the application of these analyses to achieve competitive advantage.
Today's marketplace is global, whether you are working for an international conglomerate or a small, locally-owned business. During the second summer, Miami's six-week Global Consultancy component helps you gain the knowledge you need to compete in the international economy. Read more about the Global Consultancy.
Throughout the fall and spring semesters, students participate in extended internships. Each Miami MBA student joins a team of peers assigned to a project with one of the program's business partners. During this extended internship, the team works onsite with the company one day per week and also performs off-site work on the project. The internship series allows students to apply classroom learning to real-world business situations, and to integrate real-world experiences into the classroom. Read more about the Extended Internship program.
Giving MBA students access to intellectual capital is the purpose of our speaker series. Many prominent business professionals are recruited to speak to the Farmer School of Business community. Often, MBA students have the additional opportunity to welcome these guests to their classroom for more intimate discussions. This environment allows students to ask questions, to debate current business, economic or political events, and to network. Recent speakers and guests include George Ruebenson, President of Allstate Protection; Brian E. Keeley, CEO and President of Baptist Health South Florida; Jim Kelly, President of Cummins Engine; Thomas Friedman, Author of The World Is Flat; Steven Van Andel, Co-CEO of Amway; and Peter J. Johnson, Executive Director, Eli Lilly and Company.
To complement the core offering of concept and theory in classroom activities, the Miami MBA program includes an emphasis on professional development skills. Throughout the program, students perfect overall business communication skills such as interviewing, presentation delivery, business writing, persuasive selling and negotiation along with other critical business aptitudes such as performing industry analysis. In addition, simulated business performance reviews and 360 degree feedback will be conducted by MBA staff and corporate intern managers on all students.
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