The Graduate School at Bryant University empowers its graduates with the ability to compete and excel in a dynamic business environment. Bryant’s dedicated faculty successfully equips students with the analytical, technological and interpersonal skills required to meet the challenges of working in a diverse and global marketplace.

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THE LEARNING GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE MBA PROGRAM ARE:

GOAL 1

Graduates of the Bryant Master in Business Administration program will have the ability to communicate effectively as managers. This goal includes the expectation that graduates will be able to demonstrate effective professional writing for business skills, oral communication skills, and will be prepared to make persuasive presentations at a managerial level.

GOAL 2

Graduates of the Bryant Master in Business Administration program will have the ability to work and lead in organizational situations to effectively accomplish goals. This goal implies that students will be familiar with their own leadership style, be able to both lead teams effectively as well as work effectively as a member of a team, and, finally, be able to generate quality deliverables from team endeavors.

GOAL 3

Graduates of the Bryant Master in Business Administration program shall identify and analyze complex managerial problems/opportunities in dynamic environments using an interdisciplinary approach.
Achievement of this goal by graduates includes the ability to identify influential and/or causal factors using appropriate analysis tools; be prepared to effectively use quantitative and qualitative analytic tools; have the ability to propose feasible and/or innovative solutions showing consideration of multiple disciplines; and, finally, be prepared to make and justify appropriate recommendations.

GOAL 4

In a global and cross-cultural context, graduates of the Bryant Master in Business Administration program shall demonstrate knowledge of essential business concepts and management processes with respect to the principal areas of commerce activity, including the discipline-specific areas of accounting, computer information systems, finance, management, and marketing.

GOAL 5

Graduates of the Bryant Master in Business Administration program shall have an awareness of and a personal philosophy toward ethical business practice such that they are able to recognize ethical dilemmas, the stakeholders involved, and the consequences of different decisions on these stakeholders. Furthermore, graduates will be able to analyze, critique, and appraise their personal values and ethical standards.

This program is only offered to employees of healthcare organizations that have a direct partnership with Bryant.