Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Graduate Program

The Clark University M.B.A. program develops competence in basic management functions, skill in managing organizations and an understanding of the global environment. Each graduate of Clark’s M.B.A. program is able to demonstrate:

• competence in the functional areas of management;
• in-depth understanding of one of the functional areas of management or global business;
• skill in integrating the management functions into an effective organization, and understanding the legal, political, ethical, social and environmental responsibilities of management;
• appreciation of the global context in which most organizations function; and
• the leadership and communication skills needed to formulate and implement management decisions.

Program Faculty

Margarete Arndt, D.B.A.

Barbara Bigelow, Ph.D.

Mary-Ellen Boyle, Ph.D.

Gary Chaison, Ph.D.

Pilsik Choi, Ph.D.

Keith Coulter, Ph.D.

Dileep Dhavale, Ph.D., C.P.A.

Priscilla Elsass, Ph.D.

Shu Feng, Ph.D.

Donna Gallo, Ph.D.

Laura Graves, Ph.D.

Arpita Joardar, Ph.D.

Edward J. Ottensmeyer, Ph.D.

Sitikantha Parida, Ph.D.

Joseph Sarkis, Ph.D.

Inshik Seol, Ph.D.

Richard Spurgin, Ph.D.

Maurry Tamarkin, Ph.D.

Sondra Vitols, Ph.D.

Guillaume Weisang, Ph.D.

Jing Zhang, Ph.D.

Visiting Faculty

Pantea Alirezazadeh, Ph.D. Candidate

Alicia Amaral, C.P.A., M.S.A.

Alexander Frumosu, Ph.D.

Natalia Gold, Ph.D.

Matt Ingram, M.A.

Robert Krim, Ph.D.

Thomas Murphy, M.B.A.

Will O’Brien, J.D., M.B.A.

Peter Rowley

Adjunct Faculty

Ted Buswick, M.A., M. Ed.

Steven Champion, M.B.A.

John L. Crawley, M.S., J.D.

Joan Densberger, J.D.

Louis Farina, M.B.A., C.P.A.

Karen Flanagan, M.B.A.

Mark Gooley, M.S.

Michael Holbrook

Frank Jenkins, M.B.A.

Spencer Kimball, J.D.

Michael Krikonis, M.S.

Mark Love, M.B.A., C.P.A.

Bruce Lynskey, M.B.A.

Steve Ng, C.F.A., M.B.A.

John Rainey, M.B.A.

Ron Reidy, M.B.A

Ruth Rowan, M.B.A., C.F.A.

James Salo, Ph.D.

Dennis Wadsworth, M.B.A.

Chuck Wyatt, M.T.S.

Emeriti Faculty

Robert Bradbury, Ph.D.

Harold T. Moody, Ph.D.

Courses

• ACCT 4100 - Foundations of Accounting
• ACCT 5101 - Financial Accounting and Reporting I
• ACCT 5102 - Financial Accounting and Reporting II
• ACCT 5103 - Management Accounting
• ACCT 5105 - Financial and Operational Auditing
• ACCT 5107 - Analysis of Financial Statements
• ACCT 5108 - Business Analysis and Valuation
• ACCT 5109 - Nonprofit Accounting
• ACCT 5206 - Tax Strategies and Management Decisions
• CAP 5510 - Sustainability Consulting Projects
• CAP 5784 - Leadership and Decision Making
• CAP 5792 - Management Consulting Projects
• CAP 5802 - Entrepreneurship
• CAP 5808 - Social Entrepreneurship
• CAP 5883 - Global Business Seminar
• COMM 4700 - Managerial Communications
• ECON 4004 - Management Economics
• FIN 4200 - Financial Management
• FIN 5201 - Case Studies in Corporate Finance
• FIN 5203 - Investment Strategies
• FIN 5281 - Case Studies in International Finance
• FIN 5301 - Stock and Bond Valuation
• FIN 5302 - Quantitative Techniques for Derivatives Valuation
• FIN 5303 - Financial Modeling
• FIN 5304 - Game Theory
• FIN 5306 - Legal Aspects of Corporate Finance
• FIN 5311 - Portfolio Management
• FIN 5312 - Financial Indexing
• FIN 5402 - Hedge Funds
• FIN 5404 - Investment Fund
• FIN 5405 - Mergers and Acquisitions
• FIN 5406 - Algorithmic Trading
• FIN 5900 - Special Topics: Banking Retail Credit Scoring
• FIN 5900 - Special Topics: Investment Market Readings
• MGMT 4301 - Creating Effective Organizations: Strategic Decision Making
• MGMT 4302 - Creating Effective Organizations: Leadership
• MGMT 4701 - Organizational Communication
• MGMT 4708 - Business Law
• MGMT 4709 - Business in Society
• MGMT 4710 - International Business
• MGMT 4712 - International Transactions
• MGMT 5201 - Human Resources Management
• MGMT 5304 - Negotiating Difficult Transactions
• MGMT 5305 - Union Management Relations
• MGMT 5308 - Women in Management
• MGMT 5406 - Collective Bargaining
• MGMT 5407 - International Labor Relations
• MGMT 5408 - Creativity, Leadership and the Arts
• MGMT 5505 - Greening the Corporation
• MGMT 5509 - Energy Management
• MGMT 5510 - Sustainability Consulting Projects
• MGMT 5511 - Supply Chain Management
• MGMT 5543 - Project Management
• MGMT 5604 - Services Management
• MGMT 5612 - Analyzing Worcester’s Creative Economy
• MGMT 5614 - Eco-entrepreneurship
• MGMT 5782 - Doing Business in Northern Europe
• MGMT 5783 - Global Business Seminar
• MGMT 5784 - Leadership and Decision Making
• MGMT 5792 - Management Consulting Projects
• MGMT 5802 - Entrepreneurship
• MGMT 5807 - Cross Cultural Management
• MGMT 5808 - Social Entrepreneurship
• MGMT 5900 - Corporate Intellectual Property
• MGMT 5900 - Cultivating and Managing Innovation
• MIS 5501 - Database Management Systems
• MIS 4500 - Management Information Systems
• MIS 5505 - Management of Information Technologies
• MIS 5506 - Knowledge Management in Organizations
• MIS 5507 - E-Commerce
• MIS 5543 - Project Management
• MIS 5553 - Information Systems Analysis and Design
• MIS 5573 - Business Intelligence
• MIS 5604 - Web-site Development
• MIS 5607 - IT Operations
• MIS 5900 - Information Securities Risk Management
• MKT 4400 - Marketing Management
• MKT 4402 - Marketing Strategy and Simulation
• MKT 5401 - Marketing Research
• MKT 5402 - Consumer and Industrial Buyer Behavior
• MKT 5403 - Advertising and Promotion
• MKT 5405 - Business-to-Business Marketing
• MKT 5406 - Market Pricing
• MKT 5407 - Services Marketing
• MKT 5482 - International Marketing
• MKT 5485 - Personal Selling/Sales Management
• MKT 5486 - Branding Strategies
• MKT 5487 - Green Marketing
• MKT 5900 - Internet and Social Media Marketing
• OM 4600 - Operations Management (1 unit)
• OM 4601 - Operations Management (1/2 unit)
• STAT 4005 - Statistical Methods
• STAT 4006 - Management Decision Models

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Required Foundation Courses

• ECON 4004 - Management Economics (1/2 unit)
• STAT 4005 - Statistical Methods (1/2 unit)
• STAT 4006 - Management Decision Models (1/2 unit)

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Required Functional Courses

• ACCT 4100 - Foundations of Accounting
• MGMT 4301 - Creating Effective Organizations: Strategic Decision Making
• MGMT 4302 - Creating Effective Organizations: Leadership

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• FIN 4200 - Financial Management

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• FIN 5301 - Stock and Bond Valuation (1/2 unit)

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• FIN 5302 - Quantitative Techniques for Derivatives Valuation (1/2 unit)

• (students choose either FIN 5301  or FIN 5302  if waived from FIN 4200 )

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• MKT 4400 - Marketing Management

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• MKT 4402 - Marketing Strategy and Simulation (1/2 unit)

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• MIS 4500 - Management Information Systems

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• MIS Seven-week elective (1/2 unit)

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• OM 4601 - Operations Management (1/2 unit)

• (Required for students who enrolled in their first semester of M.B.A. courses prior to the Fall 2011 semester)

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• OM 4600 - Operations Management (1 unit)

• (Required for students who enrolled in their first semester of M.B.A courses in the Fall 2011 semester forward)

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Required General Management Courses

• MGMT 4708 - Business Law (1/2 unit)
• MGMT 4709 - Business in Society (1/2 unit)
• MGMT 4710 - International Business
• Capstone (1 unit)

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Capstone

In the final stages of the M.B.A. curriculum, each student must complete a course that integrates their academic program and provides a professional, cross-disciplinary, career-building experience. Students have the opportunity to apply their academic skills to the world of practice through courses such as Sustainability Consulting Projects (

Concentration and Free Electives

In addition to the courses listed above, students must take three to four units in one area of concentration, plus additional electives in any other area to total 16.5 units (for students who enrolled in their first semester of M.B.A. courses prior to the fall 2011 semester) or 17 units (for students enrolled in their first semester of M.B.A. courses in the fall 2011 semester forward) for the entire program. Students may choose from the following areas of concentration: