(40 credits)
This program is will stop accepting applications beginning with the Spring 1 2022 term. Please see the new program curriculum: Business Administration, M.B.A.
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 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;
- Create and demonstrate verbal and written communication skills which express ideas clearly, logically, and persuasively;
- Distinguish and formulate solutions to ethical, cultural humility, and inclusion issues;
- Evaluate information and data in order to formulate analytically sound decisions and understand the likely consequences of those decisions;
- Demonstrate leadership ability, collaboration, team-building skills through class projects and involvement in student, community, and/or professional organizations.
Nonprofit Leadership Concentration
The MBA’s Concentration in Nonprofit Leadership is designed to increase your awareness and acumen in areas of non-profit governance, fundraising, volunteer management and human resources in a multi-disciplinary approach that develops foundational best business practices tailored for the non-profit industry. Build on your leadership, management and non-profit industry expertise with state of the art new strategies and tolls as they relate to the field, focusing on real-world application.
Outcomes of the Concentration in Nonprofit Leadership:
- Apply strategy, leadership, and communication skills to differentiate and promote non-profit organizations;
- Evaluate techniques and strategies behind successful non‐profit fundraising in the areas of planning, budgeting, control;
- Analyze complex issues surrounding the relationships among the executive director, staff, and board in the context non-profit governance;
- Create effective grant and contract proposals for fundraising and strategic planning while managing third-party services and donors.
