Program Director	Associate Director
Daniel Pavletich	Andreana Moody
Office: R01-E	Office: R01-G
Phone: (414) 277-2486	Phone: (414) 277-2334
Email: pavletich@msoe.edu	Email: moody@msoe.edu

The MSOE MBA is an integrative graduate program focused on strategic business functions, organizational leadership and the effective application of business knowledge by organizational and business leaders. Built upon more than 50 years of tradition preparing engineers and technical professionals for management careers, the MSOE MBA serves students from a variety of industry backgrounds.

The program features strategic MBA content and analysis of leading-edge business cases and requires you to apply your learning to solve real problems in your business or organization.  You will experience rich faculty/student interaction that is the hallmark of an MSOE education. MSOE professors possess world-class academic credentials, have substantial business leadership experience, and are outstanding educators. The innovative and integrated design of the MSOE MBA focuses your learning at the graduate level with no need for refresher, foundation or prerequisite steps once you are admitted.

Faculty

Dr. Ruth Barratt, Dr. Jeffrey Blessing, Melinda Davies, Dr. Kenneth Dobbs, Thomas Eberle, Dr. Scott Hrdlicka, Dr. Paul A. Hudec, Dr. Tabia Jones, Dr. Kathleen Miezio, Dr. Jessica Moe, Dr. Curt Mould, Stacy Novinski, John Osmanski, Dr. C. Kelly Lawrence Ottman, Daniel Pavletich, Beth Slayman, Dr. Won Chul Song, Anthony Spence, Gary Vroman, Gene Wright

Program Objectives

The MSOE MBA is designed to develop competencies in a broad range of topics that will allow our graduates to:

• Lead Organizations - organization management and administration
• Lead Others - effective human resource management/development and stakeholder relationships
• Lead Self - personal behavior, characteristics, traits and skills of effective leaders
• Lead for High-Performance - developing a culture and climate that foster high achievement
• Lead Now and for the Future - cultivating mission/vision with input from broad representation of stakeholders

Student Outcomes

The MBA program was approved by the Higher Learning Commission in November 2013 and also mirrors the standards included in other academic accreditation agencies. MBA graduates will be able to:

• Demonstrate professionalism, ethical behavior, leadership, and effective communication skills
• Exhibit a global perspective and awareness of how cultural differences impact businesses
• Possess the skills required to integrate concepts from accounting, finance, marketing, operations, technology, and human resources to identify and develop innovative business strategies
• Utilize qualitative and quantitative methods to investigate and solve critical business problems
• Evaluate, select and lead the implementation of innovative technologies and methods that support organizational strategic priorities
• Demonstrate the ability to lead and facilitate cross-functional, multi-cultural teams to drive organizational effectiveness

Curriculum v. 1.1

The program is built on an innovative four-credit course model that integrates traditional and new MBA content in a way that mirrors application. This allows the student to apply the content of class-based case analysis, culminating with the application of new knowledge in project-based field experiences during which leadership competencies are shaped and assessed. All MBA courses are required. Students have the flexibility to take many of the courses without prerequisites. The student’s experience will culminate with an MBA project after the completion of all the required MBA courses.

Specializations 

Students have the opportunity to earn a specialization as part of the MBA program. The MBA with specialization requires students to complete at least 30 credits of MBA core requirements designated with course prefix of “MB.” At least 15 of remaining degree credits must be from the area of concentration. Approved specializations and required courses appear below. 

MSOE MBA Specialization Options
Course #	Course Title	Course Structure	Leadership	Construction Management	Business Analytics
MB 6310	Professional Seminar I	1-0-1	1	1	1
MB 6000	Management Principles	2-4-4	4	4	4
MB 6110	Fundamental Statistics and Analytics	2-2-4	4	4	4
MB 6900	Project Management	2-4-4	4	4	4
MB 6320	Professional Seminar II	1-0-1	1	1	1
MB 6200	Finance and Accounting	2-4-4	4	4	4
MB 7700	Marketing	2-4-4	4		4
MB 7500	Operations and Systems Management	2-4-4	4
MB 6400	Economic Analysis Decision Making	2-4-4	4	4
MB 6600	Human Resources Management	2-4-4	4	4
MB 7800	Strategy, Innovation, & Entrepreneurship	2-4-4	4		4
MB 7900	Strategy	2-4-4	4
CM 7005	Sustainable Built Environment	3-0-3		3
CM 5020	Project Acquisitions and Business Development	3-0-3		3
CM 5040	Construction Operations and Management Strategies	3-0-3		3
CM 5045	Lean Construction and Resource Management	3-0-3		3
CM 7050	Construction Data and Information Management	3-0-3		3
MB 6121	Data Wrangling and Exploration	3-2-4			4
MB 6131	Predictive Analytics	3-2-4			4
MB 6141	Analytics Leadership and Strategy	3-2-4			4
MB 6151	Data Visualization	3-2-4			4
MB 8900	Integrated Field Project	1-0-1		1
MB 8110	Capstone - Phase I	1-0-1	1	1	1
MB 8120	Capstone - Phase II	1-0-1	1	1	1
MB 8130	Capstone - Phase III	1-0-1	1	1	1
	Program Totals		45	45	45

Second Degree

A student who has earned a MBA, MSCBM, MSEM, MSNP, MSE, MSN, MSCVE, MSP, MSAE or MSST degree within the last 7 years will be awarded 21 credits towards the pursuit of a second degree, either MBA, MSEM or MSNP.

See more information in “Awarding of Two Master’s Degrees” in the Academic Regulations and Policies section of this catalog.