Have you just received your bachelor’s degree and want to continue your studies before taking the corporate world by storm? Have you been working in a cubicle with your sights set on the C-suite (CFO, CEO, COO, CIO)? Have you decided that you want to pursue a different type of career? Whatever your reason for pursuing an MBA, choosing to do so at Kettering University puts you in the same league with others committed to professional excellence.

Once enrolled in Kettering University Online’s MBA, you have the opportunity to make the most of a program designed to equip you with the theory, tools, and techniques to become a successful management professional and perceptive business leader. Upon graduating, you will find yourself in the company of an extensive alumni network across a wide range of industries. Our alumni work for companies such as General Motors, Ford, Fiat Chrysler, Bosch, Boeing, Delphi, The Weather Channel, GE, and NASA – to name just a few. Our students work there too, so the opportunity to network with someone from the company where you are currently employed or one in which you want to work, provides you enumerable benefits!

Core Courses

Having an integrated understanding of business management and a working knowledge of how business units function independently, as well as a part of a successful whole, is imperative to succeed in today’s fiercely competitive global marketplace. The most effective leaders often combine technical expertise with effective leadership and communication skills.

From managerial accounting, to international business, from enterprise information system models, to managing people and organizations, Kettering University’s MBA is designed to expose you to the most current academic research and innovative approaches to business. After graduating with your MBA, you will have an in depth understanding of how to:

• Employ sound accounting and financial information for making business decisions
• Understand how technology applications increase business productivity and viability
• Enhance your communication skills to allow better working relationships with your supervisor and team
• Navigate supply chain management issues, assess risk, and create contingency plans
• Analyze the impact of influences on customer behavior and psychology affect marketing strategies and purchase decisions

Other important topics such as cross-cultural communication, ethics, corporate social responsibility, and innovation are weaved throughout several courses. In addition to the MBA’s nine core courses, you choose an area of speciality with one of the four course certificates offered.

Certificates

As a student in Kettering University Online’s MBA program, you have the opportunity to deepen your knowledge and further hone your skills within a specific area of expertise. You may choose a certificate in Global Leadership, Operations Management, Supply Chain and Enterprise Resource Planning, or Healthcare Management to complement your MBA.

Additional Learning

In addition to learning theory and application of business concepts, students also learn a lot about themselves. This program challenges students to examine their strengths and limitations through discussion questions and assignments.

Students also hone the necessary skills for succeeding in high performing businesses:

• Critical thinking
• Conflict management
• Time management
• Effective interpersonal communication
• Leadership and motivation

Careers

The MBA from Kettering University and its accompanying certificate can prepare you for a career as a:

• Senior Product Manager
• Strategic Management Consultant
• Operations Manager
• Chief Financial Officer
• Senior Financial Analyst
• Product Marketing Manager
• Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer
• Business Owner
• Health Care Manager or Administrator

Regardless of the career you choose, you can be confident in knowing that an MBA from Kettering University Online equips you with the knowledge, resources, and professional contacts necessary to become an effective leader in the industry of your choice.