Business Administration, Health Informatics Concentration, M.B.A.

(40 credits)

Program Description

New England College’s Master of Business Administration program provides working professionals and recent graduates with the proven leadership skills needed for today’s rapidly changing global environment. This 40‐credit MBA can be completed in less than two years. The course delivery and structure are specifically designed for working professionals to make the most efficient use of time and to optimize the learning experience.

Our MBA carries forward NEC’s legacy of creating well-rounded management professionals. With an emphasis on practical knowledge and skills, students will learn from faculty experts who are active business leaders. Our student-focused curriculum positions graduates to achieve positive career outcomes with a background in strategic thought and analysis, analytical decision-making, leadership theory and practice, and organizational dynamics in management. Students can choose a concentration in a specific field, or can select elective courses from a wide range of options.

The degree is designed to further students’ knowledge of key leadership elements including problem solving, effective communication, motivation of employees, and negotiation. Through the MBA program, students further their career by developing advanced strategic leadership techniques, leadership tools and skills, and a deep understanding of organizational dynamics in management.

Learning Outcomes

• Demonstrate the ability to integrate knowledge of accounting, finance, marketing, management information systems, organizational behavior, economics, operations management and qualitative analysis to create effective solutions to organizational and operational challenges independently and as a team 
• Evaluate the implications of changing environmental factors on organizational choices within a global environment and formulate solutions.
• Demonstrate the ability to utilize technology in multiple ways to formulate and achieve project and/or organizational goals. 
• Create and demonstrate the verbal and written communication skills which express ideas clearly, logically, and persuasively. 
• Distinguish and formulate solutions to ethical, cultural humility, and inclusion issues. 
• Demonstrate the ability to collect and evaluate information and data in order to formulate analytically sound decisions and understand the likely consequences of those decisions.
• Evaluate the actions and develop solutions to complex challenges of an organization operating in a global business environment.
• Demonstrate leadership ability, collaboration, team-building skills through class projects and involvement in student, community, and/or professional organizations.

Health Informatics Concentration

The MBA’s Concentration in Health Informatics is designed for individuals with varying levels of experience working in healthcare institutions. Most of these professionals come from a technical, IT background, and are looking to successfully develop management skills in addition to their technical proficiency. There are also individuals with clinical backgrounds (nurses and pharmacists, among others) that have become involved in managing the health informatics area. 

Outcomes of the Concentration in Health Informatics:

• Apply leadership, communication, and conflict resolution skills and concepts to identify, analyze and creatively solve complex organizational problems connected to the design and implementation of health informatics systems;
• Comprehend the challenges and opportunities of working effectively with other people across a wide array of departments, outside vendors, and individuals with diverse backgrounds who interact with health informatics systems;
• Understand the main principles and practices of healthcare data management and how information technology and systems can help interpret and use biomedical information across departmental units;
• Apply a broad range of interpersonal and project management skills to design processes and design and implement team and group projects to optimize performance.
• Develop expertise in all business aspects of health informatics: this includes departmental design and management, capital and operating budgeting, the art of the budget planning process, infrastructure design and strategic planning.