Master of Management (MM)

Credits: 37
Degree:
Master of Management

Program Description

The program provides leadership and management skills and an introduction to the best of current industry practices in private, public and non-profit organizations.

The curriculum consists of a core of management foundation coursework combined with numerous concentration and elective options that allow students to specialize in areas of interest. The application of theory to management practice is emphasized. A required management seminar series focuses on the development of “people management” skills and the integration of knowledge acquired throughout the program.

Concentrations

A concentration can be a key element in your management degree, providing specialized skills and knowledge that can enrich your career. Choose from the list below. (Availability varies at each Cambridge College location. Call Admissions at 1.800.877.4723 and ask your admissions counselor.)

Each of these concentrations is also available as a stand-alone graduate certificate program for students who would like to acquire specialized skills and knowledge but do not presently wish to enroll in the degree program. Certificate courses may be evaluated for acceptance into the Master of Management degree program.

Learning Outcomes

Graduates of the Master of Management program will:

develop strong communication, analytical, research and decision-making skills
learn to manage themselves and their own professional development, and to manage and lead others
have the ability to use and understand the role of technology in organizations
learn to manage human, financial and informational resources
understand how to foster change and innovation and value and promote diversity in organizations

understand the global, social and environmental context of management and the importance of ethical and socially responsible decision-making

Careers

Graduates are trained for advancement into supervisory and management positions in business, non-profit and government organizations.

Management career opportunities include jobs in:

human resources
retailing
marketing
financial services
information technology
health care
non-profit management
organizational development
consulting
training and development

For more information, please contact Admissions at 1-800-829-4723.

Curriculum

General Prerequisites

0-9

Credits

1-2 additional courses required if assessments indicate need; credits do not count towards degree.

Business Communication

MMG 501E • 3 credit(s)

This course is focused on the communication, analysis and presentation skills necessary for success in the U.S. and global business environment. Using a variety of materials, including articles from newspapers, videos and podcasts of business topics, and cases, students will develop their reading, listening, critical thinking, and oral and written communication skills. Students will be exposed to issues facing managers in today's environment and gain a better understanding of the cultural assumptions and communication styles of the U.S. business workplace. They will learn the appropriate style of communication for different types of business situations--participating in meetings, interviewing, writing memos or reports and making oral presentations. They will learn to develop clear and persuasive arguments, both orally and in writing. Students may be required to take this course based on results of their initial writing assessments. It does not count as an elective in the Master of Management program.

Graduate Writing

MMG 505 • 3 credit(s)

This course concentrates on strategies and techniques for building an academic essay. Challenging readings are used to promote the kind of critical thinking and analysis that best support graduate work. Students move from initial ideas, to first drafts, to strategies for revising their papers to achieve a polished product. Through a sequence of three to four progressively longer essays, students come to understand their own writing styles, strengths and difficulties, and become competent evaluators of their own work. By giving attention to the writing process itself and its different phases, students gain awareness of how to achieve their best work. This course is a requirement for students in the MM 55 Program. It may not be taken as an elective.

Management Seminar and Project

Credits

Graduate Management Orientation Seminar

MMG 500

Provides incoming students with an orientation to the graduate management programs, including an overview of their philosophy and curriculum, and the benefits and rationale of the academic model. Introduces students to the resources of the College such as the learning management system, the online library and academic support services. Students meet with their academic advisor and develop their academic plans.

Leadership Seminar I: Self-Diagnosis and Goal Setting

MMG 691 • 2 credit(s)

The Leadership Seminar serves as a learning laboratory for students to develop, integrate and demonstrate competencies in personal, professional and academic development. It provides an opportunity for students to test and apply learning in a practical and experiential context and to integrate experience and theory. In the first semester students self-diagnose their academic and managerial skills and develop academic and professional goals and plans. They also develop skills at being effective members of a learning community.

Leadership Seminar II: The Manager as Team Developer and Leader

MMG 692 • 2 credit(s)

This seminar focuses on the manager as a leader and developer of people and teams. Students develop important cognitive and affective skills: developing people, peer relationships, working with others, and resolving conflict. The seminar also helps the student learn how to leverage the diversity in teams and how utilize team resources effectively.

Leadership Seminar III: the Manager as Strategic Leader

MMG 693 • 2 credit(s)

Strategic leadership provides the scope and direction to help drive success for the organization. This seminar explores the skills and tools necessary for strategy formulation and execution and the ability to effectively manage change. Managing in an environment of change and uncertainty requires strategic leaders to craft and communicate organizational vision and consistently maintain a sense of direction, while simultaneously building ownership of goals and objectives for action within the units they are responsible for leading. Participants explore how strategic leaders make decisions based on values, invest in innovation, human capital, and create and maintain an effective culture to ensure long-term viability.

Graduate Management Capstone Seminar

MMG 694 • 3 credit(s)

The Graduate Management Capstone Seminar is designed to support students in designing, implementing, and presenting their capstone project. The capstone provides a culminating opportunity for students to apply and demonstrate the knowledge, skills and behaviors developed during their program through a designed action-learning experience, using the stated program outcomes and competencies as an assessment reference. Students will develop a business report/case analysis that demonstrates and documents their learning. Prerequisites: Students must have completed at least 75% of their total program credits, seminars MMG691-693, as well as specific program core courses detailed in the program charts.

Management Core Courses

Credits

Foundations of Management

MMG 511 • 3 credit(s)

This course provides an overview of the field of management and establishes a foundation and common vocabulary for future course work. It emphasizes the functions of planning, organizing, directing and controlling. The course assumes students have limited academic knowledge of management theory, and some experience in real world management situations to bring into the classroom. In each session the class explores some aspects of management in theoretical terms and then focuses on application of the theory to the practical problems facing managers.

Organizational Environment

MMG 512 • 3 credit(s)

This course provides an overview of the external and internal environment of organizations. It helps students understand the resource, market, technological, economic, and socio-political context of the organization, and the impact of multiple stakeholders on its goals and decision-making processes. It examines organizational architecture and dynamics from the structural, human resource, political and symbolic perspectives. The course draws on theories and research on organizations, including topics such as motivation, leadership, and organizational change and development. The intent of the course is to provide students with the theoretical base to better understand organizational behavior, and to equip them with tools to analyze and improve upon their own managerial practice.

Research Methods for Managers

MMG 517 • 3 credit(s)

This course helps students understand the role of research in the management decision making process and in the development of business plans and strategies. It helps students become familiar with the research process and with a variety of business research tools and techniques. Students learn how to define a problem and write good research questions, determine what tools and techniques are appropriate for different kinds of problems, find information sources and assess their reliability, and critically analyze information. They also learn how to present the results of research in appropriate output formats. This course helps students with their independent learning projects.

Accounting for Managers

MMG 514 • 3 credit(s)

This course provides a broad view of accounting, from the point of view of those who prepare and use financial information. It combines elements of financial and management accounting in order to provide a background for managers to understand how financial analysis can impact their decision making. Students will become familiar with the four major financial statements: the balance sheet, income statement, statement of retained earnings and the statement of cash flows. They will also be given an overview of the firm's operating, financing, and investing activities; and an introduction to product costing, operating budgets, and capital investment decisions.

Management Electives or Concentration

Credits

Choose graduate management electives or a concentration to meet career and academic goals. (Please note: health care management and informatics courses may not be taken as electives outside those concentrations.)

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