MBA Concentration: Business Management   The Business Management concentration places particular attention on understanding the role of the business firm in society; the management functions of planning, leading, organizing and controlling; and the tools with which modern management performs those functions. Production methods, marketing techniques, finance issues and industrial relations are also examined. The objective is to produce managers who can combine competence in imaginative new uses of management theory with sensitivity to the realities of human organizations. Phase I & II The MBA program consists of 18–22 semester hours of foundation courses in Phase I, and 36–39 semester hours in Phases II-IV (depending upon the concentration). After reviewing the student’s transcripts at the time of admission, the MBA Advisor determines the number of foundation courses a student must take. Phase III MGMT 6318: Managerial Problem Solving MGMT 6325: Scenario Planning 3 additional electives from any discipline Phase IV  BUSI 6302 Business and Public Policy COURSE DESCRIPTION