The Master of Business Administration degree (MBA) is designed to provide students from diverse academic backgrounds a solid foundation in business concepts, and a broad management perspective for today's global business environment. Students are introduced to the various business disciplines of Finance, Marketing, Human Resources Management, Economics and Statistics, as tools available to today's managers for the purpose of decision making within the organization. Emphasis is placed on teaching students to fully utilize today's rapidly advancing technology to more quickly and effectively attain the organization's goals and objectives. Managing in a global context requires an understanding of how differences in culture and ways of doing business can dramatically influence the probability of achieving the desired business outcomes. The MBA program benefits from an outstanding pool of highly qualified faculty members, widely recognized in their respective fields of study.