This course is a foundational study of procedures and techniques of business systems. Learners will gain a better understanding of the environment of business, business ownership and entrepreneurship, organization and management, human resources, marketing, managing information, business accounting, and business finance.
This course is designed to provide a general foundation of leadership theory and skills to help students better understand themselves, as well as work with others. Students will be exposed to leadership research literature, as well as have the opportunity to self-assess their personal leadership behaviors and traits. This course will focus primarily on the core behaviors and perspectives needed for successful and ethical leadership.
Self-awareness is one of the hallmarks of a great leader. During this course, students will gain systematic feedback from others who have a stake in your leadership development. The 360 Leadership Circle Profile assessment simultaneously provides leadership competency feedback while also revealing the underlying assumptions that determine a leaders pattern of strengths and limitations. This course will help students further develop strengths and create a roadmap for the future.
This course provides an overview of several business research methodologies useful to organizational leaders in decision making. An application-oriented approach focusing on the systematic analysis of data will be used to inform decision making. Through a gained understanding of qualitative, quantitative, and practical business approaches, learners will be exposed to a variety of methodologies and approaches for data collection and analysis.
In todays business environment, it is important to be able to understand various philosophies related to organizational system analysis, data analysis, development, and change. During this course, students will examine the critical components of successful organizational change efforts, including critical and creative thinking processes, and change theory.
This course is focused on Compression Planning, a planning process developed by McNellis Company and based on the storyboarding model originally conceived by the Disney Company. Students will learn how Compression Planning can transform the concepts of creative brainstorming and storyboarding into a simple, easily understood process and will leave students with actionable items with which to move forward.
This course focuses on identifying, measuring, and seeking to improve health care quality, patient satisfaction, cost, and employee engagement. Various models of process/quality improvement will be analyzed to equip the learner to be proactive as a change agent while using strong interprofessional communication skills. Restricted to online MBA program students.
Students apply research and analysis techniques to investigate an issue or solve a problem in an organization including a determination of the return on investment (ROI) of the solution. Experience is gained in defining research problems, designing a project, relating pertinent literature, and in collecting, analyzing, recording, and interpreting data. Restricted to online MBA program students.
A dynamic learning experience focused on topics and skills that are associated with health care leadership and decision making. Students explore health information management, data analysis, and using data to lead change. Restricted to online MBA program students.
As part of their academic program, Viterbo University students may choose to participate in a full-time or part-time business-related internship. The goal is to provide students the opportunity to blend academic theory with practice and to explore and gain experience in functional areas they may wish to enter professionally. An internship plan including a timeline, intended outcomes, and assessment requirements must be approved by the students graduate advisor and arranged with the professor advising the internship. Graded CR/NC.