To be a successful leader in today's fast-paced business world, you must be able to multitask, manage deadlines, and have a knack for quickly sizing up situations and making sound decisions. These skills are built into the curriculum for the Master of Science in Management at Kaplan University. Our online program focuses on the most effective management and organizational strategies and concepts to make a difference in the global marketplace. If you already have a bachelor's degree and want to advance your existing career or begin an exciting and new high-level profession, this program is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to succeed.*

 Program Highlights 

In this comprehensive online master's degree program you will receive rigorous training-including assignments, reports, presentations, and group projects-all designed to help you develop the savvy and proficiencies you need to find solutions in real-life business situations. Highlights of the program include:

  • Analyzing theories and trends of leadership, organizational behavior and social responsibility, and ethics in making strategic business decisions
  • Developing critical skills required to be a successful change agent-as an employee or consultant-to facilitate an organizational culture that supports business strategy
  • Examining organizational finance practices and human resource management in today's dynamic and global marketplace
  • Designing a capstone research project that integrates the theories explored in your online coursework with practical real-world application

 Areas of Specialization for the Master of Science in Management 

Competition is keen for upper-level management positions in most industries. Specialized knowledge and expertise may help you stand out to employers and land these highly coveted leadership roles. In our Master of Science in Management program, areas of specialization are built into the core requirements to help you develop proficiencies you can apply in your future career.
    Explore organization development and the nature and types of changes organizations experience as they grow, downsize, or relocate to accommodate dynamic market conditions. Analyze how to align an organization's strategies, structures, and processes to support each other and the environment. Focus on total system change strategies, problem solving, and organizational intervention. Study to prepare for career opportunities in areas such as human resources and organizational psychology.
    Examine the role of management in improving the quality and utilization of health care services. Focus on the changing relationships among payers, providers, and suppliers, and the legal issues facing today's health care providers. Explore marketing and strategy and how to leverage information technology to gain a competitive advantage within the health care system. Study to prepare for management positions in doctors-offices, medical and surgical hospitals, home health care, outpatient centers, and other health care services.
    Focus on strategic project management with an emphasis on planning, executing, and controlling phases of a project life cycle. Utilize current software to achieve project goals and objectives. Explore the principles, tools, and techniques for controlling project cost and scheduling. Analyze project risk, quality, and legal and ethical considerations in contracting and procurement. Study to develop skills to increase the bottom line for organizations in a variety of industries.
    Examine tools and techniques used to create and manage an optimal supply chain, from the source of origin, to the consumer, to reverse logistics. Study how to apply the total systems approach to manage materials and services, solve logistic and transportation problems, and reduce costs. Explore how ebusiness can improve productivity and position an organization to better compete in the global economy. Study to gain the knowledge and skills required to pursue a wide range of career opportunities in public and private sectors around the world.
    Study human resources development (HRD) management processes from a strategic HR perspective. Analyze theories and practices as they relate to human and organizational development. Look at major internal and external factors that affect employee behavior. Define the evaluation methods used in HRD, while discussing organizational structure. Identify and describe basic workplace competencies.

 Curriculum for the Master of Science in Management 

    Courses Credits
    Business Communications 4
    Managers as Leaders 4
    Management Theories and Practices—Past, Current, and Future 4
    Skills for Professional Impact 4
    Foundations for Effective Management Practice 4
    Organizational Excellence and Change 4
    Action Research and Consulting Skills 4
    Strategic Financial Analysis 4
    Strategic Human Resources Management 4
    Applied Research Project 4
    Specialization Courses 16
    Courses Credits
    Foundations of Organization Development 4
    Managing Change 4
    Organization Diagnosis and Design 4
    Applied Organization Research Methods 4
    Courses Credits
    Health Care Systems 4
    Comprehensive Health Care Strategies 4
    Quality Health Care Management 4
    International Health Care Systems 4
    Courses Credits
    Strategic Project Management 4
    Project Initiation, Planning, and Execution 4
    Project Cost and Schedule Monitoring and Controlling 4
    Project Risk, Quality, and Procurement Monitoring and Controlling 4
    Courses Credits
    Supply Chain Management 4
    Inventory and Distribution Management 4
    Managing the Service Value Chain 4
    Strategic Global Logistics Management 4
    Courses Credits
    Employment and Labor Law 4
    Training and Development 4
    Strategic Reward Systems 4
    Recruitment and Selection 4
    Total Program Requirements 56

 What Are the Career Opportunities? 

Earning your Master of Science in Management degree online at Kaplan University may greatly increase your income potential and marketability in today's competitive employment market. With your master's degree, you may be qualified for a broad range of high-level managerial and executive positions in virtually any field of endeavor. Pursue business management and corporate leadership opportunities in finance, marketing, operations, management of information systems, and human resources.†

For more information, chat live or call an Admissions Advisor at 866.527.5268 (Toll Free).

  

Tuition and Fees

Cost per credit hour$420.00
Total program requirements56
Total cost of tuition$23,520.00

This program requires a prorated technology fee of $50 per 6-week term. Effective July 1, 2009, a minimum deposit of $70 is required at the time of enrollment and will be credited toward your tuition when you begin classes. Qualifying transfer credit may reduce your total costs. Refer to the University Catalog for transfer of credit policy. We encourage you to explore the availability of financial aid and scholarships. For more information, chat live or call an Admissions Advisor at 866.527.5268 (Toll Free).

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* Refer to the University Catalog for details about our Transfer of Credit policy.
† Kaplan University's programs are designed to prepare graduates to pursue employment in their field of study, or in related fields. However, the University does not guarantee that graduates will be placed in any particular job or employed at all.