Global Management, M.B.A.: Executive Option
Dr. Veysel Yucetepe
Room: GLAB 226
Tel: 908-737-4762
Email: vyucetep@kean.edu
Program Description
Kean’s MBA in Global Management is a specialized MBA degree program that prepares managers to succeed in a global business environment. It offers a wide and deep selection of global-focused courses, experiences, and training in global business issues. The program’s Executive Option is designed for executives and business professionals who already have substantial business experience and knowledge.
The Executive Option of the MBA in Global Management program has five distinctive components that together provide graduates with the specialized know-ledge and skills necessary to manage multicultural and multinational workforces effectively in a rapidly changing global business environment:
- Prequalification Requirement
- Core Knowledge in Key Business Disciplines
- Advanced Knowledge in Global Management
- Specialized Area
- Global Business Simulation
Students holding degrees in disciplines other than management or business are encouraged to apply with the understanding they may be required to successfully complete the undergraduate prerequisites before becoming fully matriculated in the MBA program in Global Management.
*Lower GPA and GMAT scores may be considered based on strength of overall application, including business experience.
Program Requirements
- Completion of 42-48 graduate credits depending on an applicant’s under-graduate and graduate course work.
Degree Requirements
Prequalification Requirement
Before starting the GMBA graduate courses, students have to fulfill the pre-qualification requirements. Students can either show that they took these or similar courses in their undergraduate studies and received at least a B grade or take these courses at Kean University before starting the graduate courses. No credits toward the degree will be given. Students must pass these courses with a “B” or better.
Core Knowledge in Key Business Disciplines 18
The core knowledge courses cover the basic functional areas of business. While covering the basic areas, each course has a strong emphasis on the global environment. The purpose of the core knowledge courses is to develop analytical competencies and to relate the specific skills set associated with the functional areas of business management: accounting, economics, finance, management, and marketing. These courses ensure a common body of knowledge, which provides students with a rigorous exposure to theoretical concepts, analytical techniques, and competencies essential to understanding business and organizational processes in the global environment.
Advanced Knowledge in Global Management 18
These courses are designed to build on the strong foundation of the core knowledge courses. While the core knowledge courses provide the student with a strong base of theories and tools in the various functional areas of business, the advanced knowledge courses are designed to develop the understanding how these theories and tools can be applied in the global business environment.
| GMBA 5065 | GLOBAL MARKETING STRATEGY | 3 |
| GMBA 5075 | INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT | 3 |
| GMBA 5660 | ETHICAL AND LEGAL ISSUES IN OPERATING GLOBALLY | 3 |
| GMBA 5680 | MGT LEADERSHIP GLOBAL ENVIRON | 3 |
| GMBA 5785 | ADVANCED SEMINAR IN CROSS-CULTURAL MANAGEMENT ISSUES | 3 |
| GMBA 5885 | STRATEGIC MGT GLOBAL INFO SYS | 3 |
Specialized Area 9
Students are required to take nine credits in a business area in which they would like to gain profound knowledge. Additional specialization areas may be offered after advisement. The students choose three courses from each area. Additional specialization areas such as Communication and Non-profit Business Management can be chosen by students after consulting with the faculty advisors. In certain situations, with the approval of the program director, hybrid specialization areas may be approved.
Accounting
Finance
Information Management
Management
Marketing
Global Business Simulation 3
This is an integrative course required of all students in their final semester. The course is based on a global business simulation program. Students work in groups and integrate all the knowledge they acquired by making decisions in a simulated global environment in all functional areas. Students compete with participants from all over the globe.