COURSE CURRICULUM

The MBA curriculum at Northwood University provides a comprehensive and practical foundation in business leadership, strategy, and decision-making. It begins with courses like Business & Economic Policy, which explores economic theories and their real-world applications at the individual and organizational levels, and Financial Reporting, where students learn to analyze financial statements and apply accounting data for financial decisions. Corporate Financial Decision Making further equips students with knowledge of time value of money, cash flow projections, capital investment, and financial modeling. Managing & Leading People and Human Behavior in Organizations focus on the dynamics of leadership, power, influence, motivation, and emotional intelligence. Students enhance their critical thinking in the Fundamental Concepts & Approaches to Decision Making course, designed to build reasoning and decision-making skills. Strategic Management and Competitive Strategy & Marketing guide students in understanding shareholder expectations, business environments, and differentiation strategies, while the associated practicum enables real-world application through a marketing and strategy plan. Process Improvement for Managers emphasizes problem-solving techniques such as Lean Thinking, Six Sigma, and Theory of Constraints. Integration & Implementation encourages students to synthesize all their learnings and apply them in complex scenarios through intensive case preparation and planning exercises. The Management & Leadership Capstone culminates the program with a simulation that challenges students to make real-time decisions using a balanced scorecard system, allowing them to understand the interdependence of various business functions. Overall, the curriculum builds a well-rounded business leader capable of handling strategic challenges with analytical, financial, and interpersonal expertise.