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Walden University

At Walden University, we've built our reputation of excellence by focusing on the needs of adult learners. We combine the highest academic standards of an accredited university with the flexibility and convenience of distance learning, making it possible for busy professionals balancing work, family, and education to obtain a respected degree--often in less time than it would take at most traditional universities. At Walden, you'll benefit not only from our unique distance learning delivery models, but from the personal attention of our world-class faculty, and from a highly customized program that is directly related to your individual career goals.

School of Management

Walden's School of Management offers a comprehensive range of online programs-bachelor's completion, MBA, and PhD Whatever your educational needs, you can gain the knowledge, credentials, and confidence to make a greater difference in your organization or field.

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration

This program puts working professionals like you on a clear path to lifelong learning and success. Maximizing your career opportunities, making important contributions to your profession, reaching your potential--you define success, and Walden will help you achieve it. Through a program that combines academic theory with practical application, and includes courses in ethical leadership and in social responsibility, you'll gain knowledge and experience in areas vital to business and society. You can transfer in up to 135 credits, with no time limit, and focus up to 75 percent of your program on business courses while completing general education requirements. As part of a community of other motivated adult learners and supportive faculty around the world, you'll be prepared for a growing number of job opportunities. You'll also be ready to continue your education in a range of graduate programs, including the MBA offered in our School of Management.

Concentrations offered include:

Finance

In this concentration, you'll learn how to effectively assess and guide the operation of an organization. The curriculum will help you gain insights into the key financial levers of an organization, and as a result, help management direct the organization to optimize its value to both its employees and other shareholders.

Human Resource Management

This concentration will help you develop insights into recruitment and selection, performance evaluation, compensation and benefits, job design, training, retention and turnover. In addition, you'll explore how economic, social, psychological, legal and cultural forces influence employment relations.

Information Systems

In the Information Systems concentration, you'll learn how to leverage technology to meet your organization's strategic goals by evaluating technology options, developing methods for transferring and assimilating new technology, and managing large, complex projects.

Management

This concentration provides students with advanced knowledge and skill in international management, human resource management and knowledge management. The focus is on aligning contemporary management practices with strategic direction. Students focus on emerging trends in the international business arena, techniques for attracting and retaining effective human resources, and integrating knowledge management with quality initiatives and organizational change.

Marketing

This concentration will help you develop insights into an organization's marketing effort by learning not only the traditional disciplines of alternate marketing channels, sales management, advertising and research, but also emerging marketing approaches related to consumer motivation, global customer management, customer relationship management and marketing on the Internet.

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

As an MBA student, you need new insights and comprehensive cross-disciplinary skills to meet the increasingly complex issues and challenges of the global economy. Walden's MBA program can help you gain the added credentials and valuable learning you need to advance your career by offering a high-quality student experience, with automatic course registration, free textbooks and a curriculum you complete in less than two years.

Flexibility - You select the specializations and electives you need, so learning can immediately be applied to your organization's needs.

Focus - Six-week courses put your learning on the fast track, while applying your learning to your profession.

A Global Perspective and Relevance - Taught by leading faculty experts who explore the latest concepts and best practices found around the world.

Specializations

• Entrepreneurship
• Finance
• Human Resources
• Leadership
• Marketing
• Project Management
• Risk Management
• Technology

Master of Public Administration (MPA)

Walden's Master of Public Administration (MPA) offers you an opportunity to directly apply the academic theories and skills to activities in your own community, making the learning experience personally meaningful and contributing to the betterment of society. Walden students benefit from the time, resources, and guidance needed to develop well-grounded new public policies and management practices.

Walden's MPA program prepares public/nonprofit professionals to excel in this increasingly complex, politicized, intergovernmental environment.

Specializations:

• Health Policy
• Homeland Security Policy
• Interdisciplinary Policy Studies
• Law & Public Policy
• Local Government Management
• Nonprofit Management & Leadership
• Policy Analysis

Doctor of Business Administration (DBA)

Walden's Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) degree program is designed for experienced business professionals who want to translate their industry expertise into leadership positions as consultants or as executives within their organizations. Developed with insights from experienced faculty members and leading business practitioners, the program emphasizes advanced decision-making and leadership skills, in-depth knowledge of both theory and applied research and the ability to manage positive social change.

Concentrations offered include:

Entrepreneurship

Build your entrepreneurial skills and knowledge with a learning experience that combines theory with practical strategies drawn from real-world situations, such as identifying market opportunities, managing risk and change, encouraging innovation and raising capital.

Finance

Gain the finance tools that can help you maximize your firm's value, including valuation, capital budgeting and structure, working capital management, multinational concepts and Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM).

Global Supply Chain Management

Learn the systems required in order to identify sources of personnel and material, and how to help ensure that supply chains conform to the highest global standards. Explore new ways of applying technology to cut costs, increase customer satisfaction and open new business opportunities.

Information Systems Management

Gain the knowledge and skills to align business needs with technological solutions, identify new applications for technology and leverage technological solutions to enhance your organization's competitive position in the marketplace.

International Business

Examine how capital investment is undertaken globally and how financial markets and global trade influence investment opportunities. Gain an overview of the effect the world's financial institutions have on trade, new markets and exchange/interest rates.

Leadership

Explore new frameworks and perspectives that will help you to lead and manage change effectively. Investigate a variety of current leadership principles and practices to determine which work best in any given situation.

Marketing

Study key marketing concepts, including market segmentation, marketing channels, competitive intelligence, integrated marketing, product development and commercialization and consumer behavior.

Self-Designed

Create your own specialization based on your individual goals and interests in business administration. Focus on the practical application of writing and critical-thinking skills and the integration of professional practice at the doctoral level.

Social Impact Management

Examine corporate responsibility–related issues, such as how to achieve greater transparency while protecting proprietary information, leverage social involvement in branding, improve operational efficiency through environmental initiatives and strengthen stakeholder relationships.

Technology Entrepreneurship

Learn how to design concepts, processes, and tools to increase the rate and extent of innovation in your company. Discover new ways of applying technology to cut costs, increase customer satisfaction and create new business opportunities.

PhD in Applied Management and Decision Sciences

This program prepares you to anticipate the impact of global interdependencies, technology, and diversity on you and on the organizations you lead. Based on your applied research, you will gain a deeper understanding of the primary trends impacting the 21st century enterprise.

Specializations

• Accounting
• Engineering Management
• Finance
• Information Systems Management
• Knowledge Management
• Leadership and Organizational Change
• Learning Management
• Operations Research

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