{"id":161,"date":"2013-03-22T18:05:37","date_gmt":"2013-03-22T18:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wasielz-webdevel.sunyit.edu\/apps\/catalog\/grad\/master-of-business-administration-mba-in-technology-management\/"},"modified":"2013-03-22T18:05:37","modified_gmt":"2013-03-22T18:05:37","slug":"mba-tm","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/webapp.sunypoly.edu\/grad-catalog-2013-2014\/mba-tm\/","title":{"rendered":"Technology Management (MBA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Offered Online and Hybrid<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Overview<br \/>\n<\/b>The Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree is the most widely awarded and recognized graduate degree in the field of business. The MBA in Technology Management is a degree program that offers a broad and integrative perspective across business functions, and a chance to specialize in a field of the individual\u2019s choice. It also responds to the current needs of the local business community by combining a rigorous study of management topics with a unique focus on technology and innovation management.<\/p>\n<p>The program stresses the use of modern techniques to analyze and develop business solutions and prepare students for upper-level management jobs. The focus of the coursework is on the use of quantitative and qualitative analyses in conjunction with financial, accounting, and economic principles to solve current and future business challenges.<\/p>\n<p>The MBA curriculum is designed to prepare generalists for corporate management. Our well-qualified graduate faculty and the modern technological infrastructure at SUNYIT provide an ideal learning environment to integrate technology into the rigorous management curriculum.<\/p>\n<p>The MBA program accommodates both full-time and part-time students. Full-time students can complete the program in two years. Part-time completion will vary based on total number of credits taken each term.<\/p>\n<p><b>Mission Statement<br \/>\n<\/b>The Department of Business Management is committed to offering high quality management and professional education that is focused on meeting the needs of students and organizations in the Mohawk Valley, New York State, and the global community. We are dedicated to providing undergraduate, graduate, and non-degree programs that are responsive to the dynamic business environment and accessible to qualified students. The Department of Business Management is committed to continuously improving its programs through learning assurance, scholarship, and service.<\/p>\n<p><b>Accreditation<br \/>\n<\/b>The Department of Business Management is accredited by AACSB International (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business), an elite distinction achieved by less than 5% of the world\u2019s academic business programs. AACSB is the premier accrediting agency of collegiate business and accounting programs worldwide.<\/p>\n<p><b>Career Paths<br \/>\n<\/b>The MBA degree holders can seek careers in a wide variety of areas such as corporate administrators, business entrepreneurs, industry consultants, and government administrative employees. The broad learning scope and advanced professional training in the MBA curriculum make it possible for graduates from this degree program to hold positions in a variety of roles in nearly every industry.<\/p>\n<p><b>Lab Facilities<br \/>\n<\/b>With its modern computing facilities and current business software packages, the Business Laboratory provides our students and faculty members an excellent environment for conducting business data analysis, management case simulation, operation programming, and other advanced computing activities.<\/p>\n<p><b>Degree Requirements<br \/>\n<\/b>The MBA in Technology Management consists of 48 credit hours distributed as follows:<br \/>\n<strong>Technology Management Core Courses:<\/strong>\u00a0 18 credit hours<br \/>\n<strong>Business Management Core Courses:<\/strong>\u00a0 21 credit hours<br \/>\n<strong>Specialized Concentration Courses:\u00a0<\/strong> 9 credit hours<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Technology Management Core Courses (18 credit hours)<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>TIM 500 Project Management<\/li>\n<li>TIM 530 Managing New Product Design &amp; Development<\/li>\n<li>BLW 570 Business Law, Ethics, &amp; Intellectual <span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Property Rights\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>ENT 575 Innovation and Entrepreneurship<\/li>\n<li>TIM 585 Cases in Technology and Innovation <span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Management\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>TIM 685 Strategic Planning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><i>Business Management Core Courses (21 credit hours)<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ACC 520 Accounting for Managers<\/li>\n<li>HRM 518 Human Resource Management<\/li>\n<li>MIS 515 Management Information Systems<\/li>\n<li>MKT 505 Marketing Management<\/li>\n<li>BUS 505 Multinational Economics of Technology<\/li>\n<li>FIN 525 Financial Management Problems<\/li>\n<li>MGS 511 Quantitative Business Analysis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><i>Specialized Concentration Courses (9 credit hours)<br \/>\n<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.714285714;\">Choose one area of concentration and complete all three courses in that area.<br \/>\n<\/span><i><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Note: International students (F1 visa holders) are required to\u00a0<\/i><i>concentrate in Business Management to meet the US residency requirements.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Accounting &amp; Finance Concentration<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>FIN 532 Investment Strategy<\/li>\n<li>ACC 585 Financial Statement Analysis &amp; Reporting<\/li>\n<li>FIN 685 Seminar in Accounting &amp; Finance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Health Services Management Concentration<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>HSM 500 Health Care Systems<\/li>\n<li>HSM 525 Health Care Marketing\/Strategic Planning<\/li>\n<li>HSM 535 Financial Management for Health Care <span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Organizations<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Human Resource Management Concentration<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>HRM 615 Labor Relations<\/li>\n<li>HRM 620 Compensation<\/li>\n<li>HRM 650 Human Resource Information Systems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Marketing Management Concentration<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>MKT 510 Data Analysis<\/li>\n<li>MKT 652 Sales Management<\/li>\n<li>MKT 654 Services Marketing Management<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Business Management Concentration<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Choose any three graduate level business courses, excluding the technology management and business management core courses.<\/p>\n<p><b>Fast Track Option<br \/>\n<\/b>The Fast Track MBA is a 33 credit hour program designed for students who have an undergraduate business degree with a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or higher from an accredited business program in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Students admitted into the Fast Track MBA will be granted course waivers for the following five business management core courses: ACC 520, BUS 505, FIN 525, HRM 518 and MKT 505.<\/p>\n<p>This 15 credit hour waiver reduces the total number of credit hours required for the business management core to six credits.<\/p>\n<p>The Fast Track option allows qualified full-time MBA students to complete the MBA in one year.\u00a0 It is also available to part-time students.<\/p>\n<p><b>Special Program Notes<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Unless otherwise noted, all graduate courses are <span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">3 credit hours.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>All students must have a GPA of 3.0 or higher <span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">to graduate.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Over the course of their studies, students can only <span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">apply two \u201cC\u201d grades in courses taken toward the degree.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Students may transfer up to twelve credit hours, <span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">if applicable, from another graduate program.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Fast Track students may transfer up to six credit <span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">hours, if applicable, from another graduate program.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Students must maintain continuous registration, equal <span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">to or greater than one credit while completing graduate\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">degree requirements. MBA students can do this by\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">registering for CMT 600 &#8211; Continuous Registration.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">This may be taken up to six semesters at which time it is\u00a0<\/span>expected that all program requirements will have been met.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Faculty<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lisa Berardino<\/strong>, Associate Professor of Human Resource Management<br \/>\nPh.D. Virginia Polytechnic Institute<\/p>\n<p><strong>Laura Francis-Gladney<\/strong>, Associate Professor of Accounting<br \/>\nPh.D. Southern Illinois University at Carbondale<\/p>\n<p><strong>Peter A. Karl III<\/strong>, Professor of Accounting &amp; CPA<br \/>\nJ.D. Albany Law School<\/p>\n<p><strong>William Langdon<\/strong>, Professor of Finance<br \/>\nPh.D. Syracuse University<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hoseoup Lee<\/strong>, Associate Professor of Accounting &amp; CPA<br \/>\nPh.D. University of Connecticut<\/p>\n<p><strong>Naren Peddibhotla<\/strong>, Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems<br \/>\nPh.D. University of Minnesota<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rafael Romero<\/strong>, Associate Professor of Finance<br \/>\nPh.D. West Virginia University<\/p>\n<p><strong>Robert Yeh<\/strong>, Associate Professor of Management<br \/>\nPh.D. Purdue University<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Offered Online and Hybrid Overview The Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree is the most widely awarded and recognized graduate degree in the field of business. 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