Department of Graduate Management Studies
M.B.A. in Global Management
Please visit the M.B.A. in Global Management website.
MBA Program Director:
Dr. David Shani,
East Campus, Room 307
(908) 737-5980
Email: dshani@kean.edu
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Kean MBA in Global Management is a new kind of MBA, one that responds to the transformation of many businesses into global enterprises and prepares managers to succeed in a global business environment. The Kean MBA-GM is not a concentration, but rather a specialized MBA degree. In contrast to other general MBA programs offering concentrations in global management or international business, the Kean MBA-GM program offers a wider and deeper selection of global-focused courses, experiences, and training in global business issues, problems, and opportunities. In addition, the MBA-GM at Kean University has an extensive global experience requirement that sets it apart from other programs. The Kean Global MBA program has three distinctive components that together provide graduates with the specialized knowledge and skills necessary to manage multicultural and multinational workforces effectively in a rapidly changing global business environment: Core knowledge in Key Business Disciplines (e.g. marketing, accounting, finance); Advanced knowledge in Global Management issues (e.g. global leadership, international learning business tours). The structured and supervised extensive global experience component of the Kean MBA-GM is designed to give the student experience in living and working in a global environment. Students acquire this global experience through participation in a set of required activities from among a variety of options including study abroad, international business study tours, business internships in foreign countries, and domestic internships in global business. All Kean MBA-GM students must exhibit a proficiency in a second language before they graduate.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
In addition to the University requirements:
- Minimum GPA of 3.00. Lower GPA may be considered based on experience
- GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test) scores
- Three letters of recommendation from relevant sources
- Personal essay explaining candidate's interest in MBA in Global Management program
- Departmental interview may be required
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 Global MBA program.
Undergraduate pre-requisites: Business Statistics, Management Information Systems, Calculus for Business or Calculus I-II, Public Speaking or Business and Technical Presentation. (Students must have received a “B” or better.)
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
- Between 42-60 credits depending on an applicant’s undergraduate and graduate course work
- Second language proficiency (exit requirement-verified by examination)
CORE REQUIRMENTS – 18 credits
- MGS 5110 Quantitative Methods in Management Science* - 3 credits
- MGS 5010 Business Policy - 3 credits
- MKT 5400 Marketing Management - 3 credits
- ECO 5020 Managerial Economics - 3 credits
- FIN 5300 Business Finance - 3 credits
- ACCT 5010 Accounting for Managers - 3 credits
*PA 5031 Quantitative Methods for Public Management may be substituted for MGS 5110
ADVANCED REQUIRED COURSES - 18 Credits
- GMBA 5065 Global Marketing Strategy - 3 credits
- GMBA 5075 International Management - 3 credits
- GMBA 5660 Ethical and Legal Issues in Operating Globally - 3 credits
- GMBA 5680 Mangement and Leadership in the Global Environment - 3 credits
- GMBA 5785 Advanced Seminar in Cross-Cultural Management - 3 credits
- GMBA 5885 Startegic Management of Global Information Systems - 3 credits
ADVANCED ELECTIVES - 6 Credits*
*Appropriate substitutions may be made with advisement
- GMBA 5350 Multinational Financial Management - 3 credits
- ACCT 5250 International Accounting and Taxation - 3 credits
- GMBA 5360 Foreign Exchange Markets - 3 credits
- MKT 5410 Marketing Research - 3 credits
- PS 5410 International Conflict Resolution - 3 credits
- COMM 5626 Multicultual Communication - 3 credits
REQUIRED GLOBAL EXPERIENCE - 6 Credits
- GMBA 5710 Global Business Travel-Learn - 3 credits
- GMBA 5750 Global Consulting Project - 3 credits
- GMBA 5760 Global Business Internship I - 3 credits
- GMBA 5761 Global Business Internship II - 3 credits
SPECIALIZED AREA COURSES - 9 Credits*
* Three electives from one functional area with advisement or thesis and one elective
- ACCT 5140 Managerial and Cost Accounting - 3 credits
- ACCT 5190 Law, Ethics and the Professional Accounting Practice - 3 credits
- ACCT 5280 Accounting and Business Strategy - 3 credits
- GMBA 5350 Multinational Financial Management - 3 credits
- GMBA 5360 Foreign Exchange Markets and Financial Institutions - 3 credits
- GMBA 5370 Global Investment Analysis - 3 credits
- MGS 5040 Introduction to E-Business - 3 credits
- MKT 5450 Internet Marketing - 3 credits
- MIS 5516 Project Management - 3 credits
- MGS 5030 Human Resources Management - 3 credits
- MGS 5035 Management of Labor Relations - 3 credits
- MIS 5205 Opertaing Management - 3 credits
- MKT 5410 Marketing Research - 3 credits
- MKT 5420 Consumer Behavior - 3 credits
- MKT 5430 Services Marketing - 3 credits
OR
- Thesis Alternative - 6 credits
CAPSTONE COURSE - 3 Credits
- GMBA 5900 Global Business Competition Simultaion - 3 credits