Henry W. Bloch School of Management

In this emphasis, M.B.A. students spend considerable time looking at company start-up and growth. Working in teams, students will develop business plans for a new venture, present their plans to a panel of investors, obtain funding, run the business, and exit the firm, either by closing, selling or turning the firm over to be run by future students. Future students will look at a mature company, where innovations also may be slowing down and need to be revitalized. Coursework investigating the field of commercial real estate is available within the entrepreneurship emphasis.

More information can be found at the Regnier Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

Faculty contact: Dr. Michael Song, 816-235-5841

ENT 5515: Entrepreneurship & Innovation Boot Camp
ENT 5525: Managing Creativity & Innovation
ENT 5535: Small Business Management & Entrepreneurship
ENT 5541: Personal Entrepreneurial Strategy
ENT 5542: Technology & New Ventures I
ENT 5543: Technology & New Ventures II
ENT 5545: Entrepreneurship & New Venture Creation
ENT 5552: Entrepreneurial Marketing
ENT 5571: Advanced Real Estate Finance*
ENT 5573: Real Estate Market Analysis & Feasibility Study*
ENT 5576: Real Estate Property Management*
ENT 5578: Legal Context of Real Estate Decisions*
ENT 5585: Venture Capital Finance & Investment
ENT 5587: Special Topics
ENT 5591: Small Business Management Practicum
ENT 5597: Independent Study

*Only two of these courses can count in the Entrepreneurship emphasis area.

Entrepreneurship Emphasis Faculty:
Lisa Zhao, Ph.D.
Joe Singer, Ph.D.
Michael Song, Ph.D.
Sunny Li Sun, Ph.D.
Mark Parry, Ph.D.
Dirk Libaers, Ph.D.
Richard Arend, Ph.D.

Entrepreneurship with a Real Estate Concentration*

More information can be found at the Lewis White Real Estate Center.

Faculty Contact: Walter S. Clements, 816-235-6288

Required:
ENT 5515: Entrepreneurship & Innovation Boot Camp
ENT 5545: Entrepreneurship & New Venture Creation

Select two of the following:
ENT 5571: Advanced Real Estate Finance
ENT 5573: Real Estate Market Analysis & Feasibility Study
ENT 5576: Real Estate Property Management
ENT 5578: Legal Context of Real Estate Decisions

Finance is the study of money: how it is made, how it is lost and why. The world of finance is always changing. Graduates in this emphasis find positions in financial analysis, portfolio management, risk management and lending.

Faculty contact: Dr. Fred Hays, 816-235-2314

FIN 5550: Advanced Financial Management Theory/Policies (required)
FIN 5551: International Financial Management
FIN 5552: Financial Markets & Institutions
FIN 5553: Investment Analysis
FIN 5556: Management of Financial Intermediaries
FIN 5557: Derivative Securities
FIN 5559: Strategic Financial Management
FIN 5560: Financial Modeling
FIN 5561: Financial Statement Analysis
FIN 5562: Fixed Income Analysis
FIN 5563: Valuation/Mergers and Acquisitions
FIN 5564: Portfolio Management
FIN 5565: Alternative Investments
FIN 5582: Seminar in Finance
RL-EST 5571: Advanced Real Estate Finance*
RL-EST 5573: Real Estate Market Analysis & Feasibility Study*

*Students may use only one real estate course for credit in the finance emphasis.

Finance Emphasis Faculty:
Stephen Pruitt, Ph.D.
Nathan Mauck, Ph.D.
David Kuipers, Ph.D.
Fred Hays, Ph.D.
John Clark, Ph.D.

This emphasis area offers a broad view of four different management fields. Students who choose this emphasis usually have a good grasp of their technical area of expertise and want to gain knowledge from a variety of management perspectives.

Faculty contact: Any of the contacts listed for other emphasis areas.

At least one course from four of the nine areas:

• Entrepreneurship: ENT 5515, 5525, 5535, 5541, 5545, 5552, 5585, 5571, 5573, 5576, 5578, 5587, 5591, 5597
• Finance: FIN 5550, 5551, 5552, 5553, 5556, 5557, 5559, 5560, 5561, 5562, 5563, 5564, 5565
• Global Business: DSOM 5544, MGT 5545, 5546, 5552, MKT 5555
• Law & Society: MGT 5506, 5508
• Leading and Managing People: MGT 5516, 5517, 5518, 5519, 5520, 5521, 5533, 5560, 5566, 5567, PA 5548, 5570
• Management Information Systems: MIS 5529, 5552, 5554, 5558, 5580
• Marketing: MKT 5575, 5539, 5560, 5561, 5562
• Supply Chain and Operations Management: DSOM 5540, 5542, 5543, 5544
• Strategy & Planning: MGT 5513

General Management Emphasis Faculty:
Marilyn Taylor, D.B.A.
Rong Ma, Ph.D.
Rita Cain, J.D.

Kansas City students in this emphasis will be confident putting business issues in a global context, one that reaches far beyond the United States. As technology and trade connect the global village more closely all the time, emerging leaders need specialized knowledge about the impact of different cultures, workforces and environments.

Faculty contact: Dr. Jae Jung, 816-235-5161

DSOM 5544: Supply Chain and Logistics Management
FIN 5551: International Financial Management
FIN 5552: Global Financial Markets and Institutions
MGT 5545: International Management (required)
MGT 5546: Seminar in International Management
MGT 5552: International Study in Business (3 hours only)
MKT 5555: International Marketing

Global Business Emphasis Faculty:
Jae C. Jung, Ph.D.
Narbeli Galindo M.B.A.

Students who choose this emphasis are often interested in developing general leadership skills and knowledge. They seek employment in organizational training or human resources departments in organizations.

Faculty contact: Dr. Lee Bolman, 816-235-5407

MGT 5516: Leading Teams
MGT 5517: Leading Through Influence and Persuasion
MGT 5518: Leadership and Motivation
MGT 5519: Conflict Management and Negotiation Strategies
MGT 5520: Strategic Benefits Management (1.5 hours)
MGT 5521: Building Human Capital (1.5 hours)
MGT 5533: Leadership and Change in Organizations
MGT 5560: Strategic Human Resources
MGT 5566: Strategic Staffing (1.5 hours)
MGT 5567: Total Rewards Management (1.5 hours)
PA 5548: Leadership for Public Service
PA 5570: Diversity in the Workplace

Leading and Managing People Emphasis Faculty:
Bob Waris, IPh.D.
William Self, Ph.D.
Doranne Hudson M.B.A.
Nancy Day, Ph.D.
Pamela Roffol Dobies, IPh.D.
Lee Bolman, Ph.D.

This emphasis serves people who plan careers related to information technology. It stresses managing information technology for business advantage. More information can be found on the M.B.A. Emphasis in Management of Information Systems site.

Faculty contact: Dr. Roger Pick, 816-235-2336

ACTG 5565: Advanced Accounting Systems
ACTG 5567: Info Systems Control & Audit
MIS 5529: Decision Support & Expert Systems
MIS 5552: Database Management
MIS 5554: System Analysis, Design & Engineering
MIS 5558: Management & Economics of Computing
MIS 5580: Seminar in Information Systems

Management Information Systems Emphasis Faculty:
Sidne Ward, Ph.D.
Roger Pick, Ph.D.

The marketing emphasis offers students great flexibility in area of study and career choice. Our students work in such diverse areas as corporate marketing, advertising agencies, industrial sales, marketing research and government and nonprofit organizations.

Faculty contact: Dr. Raj Arora, 816-235-2317

MKT 5575: Advanced Marketing Strategies (required)
MKT 5539: Management in Direct Marketing
MKT 5560: Buyer Behavior
MKT 5561: Promotional Strategies
MKT 5562: Marketing Research
MKT 5555: International Marketing

Marketing Emphasis Faculty:
Atul Kulkarni, Ph.D.
Hyun Seung "H.S." Jin, Ph.D.
Gene Brown, Ph.D.
Rajinder Arora, Ph.D.

This emphasis looks at planning and controlling the transformation of resources into products and services. At the highest level, it is concerned with managing the operations strategy, which specifies how the firm will employ its production capabilities to support its corporate strategy.

Faculty contact: Dr. Shad Dowlatshahi, 816-235-2233

DSOM 5542: Enterprise Resource Planning Systems
DSOM 5543: Project Management
DSOM 5544: Supply Chain & Logistics Management
DSOM 5540: Service Operations Management

Recommended as electives:
ACTG 5556: Cost Management
DSOM 5514: Forecasting Theory & Applications

Supply Chain and Operations Emphasis Management Faculty:
Steve Mitchell, M.B.A.
Shad Dowlatshahi, Ph.D.