MBA concentration areas offer the opportunity to study one functional area in management in more depth and serve to complement the MBA core courses.

The Management Information Systems Concentration

What is the MIS Concentration About?

The courses in the MIS concentration are focused on the strategic value of information in business. They sharpen the strategic focus of the MBA degree by highlighting the role of  information management in gaining competitive advantage through improved business process management and enhanced business intelligence systems. 

Who Is It For?

People who wish to take a leadership role in the management of information in organizations.  MIS managers play a critical role in planning, building and maintaining the information systems that enable the global, networked organizaiton. 

Where Can It Take Me?

Career paths begin with managing MIS groups and track to the CIO position or to IT consulting positions. Because the MBA is a general business degree, it is possible to migrate to general management positions.

The e-commerce Concentration

What Is The e-commerce Concentration About?

The e-commerce concentration is focused developing business opportunities stemming from technological changes in market channels and customer relationships.  Emphasis is placed on e-commerce strategies and on evaluating e-commerce ventures rather than on managing the technologies that enable e-commerce transactions. 

Who Is It For?

People who wish to manage and develop business ventures tied to the Internet and to the digital economy. These ventures can include start-up firms, positions in established e-commerce ventures, and building e-commerce capabilities into traditional businesses.

Where Can It Take Me?

Career paths include positions in e-commerce consulting firms, managing e-commerce ventures in established firms, and involvement in start-up firms. As the digital economy develops positions for tech savvy MBA's with specialized knowledge in e-commerce is expected to grow rapidly.

The Marketing Concentration

What Is Marketing Concentration About?

The marketing concentration prepares students to understand a world where technology is changing how products are developed, how customers are won and retained, and how companies interact with customers.  Traditional marketing concepts are reinterpreted in light of sweeping technological changes in markets and media.  Students are also able to focus on the development and marketing of high technology products.

Who Is It For?

People who are interested in marketing as a career choice and who want to understand the full range of choices and strategies in a "bricks and clicks" economy.

Where Can It Take Me?

Career paths include positions in large marketing organizations for both consumer and industrial products and jobs in smaller firms marketing innovative, technology driven products and services. 

The Finance Concentration

What Is The Finance Concentration About?

The technological emphasis of our MBA curriculum is expressed in the finance concentration through intensive study of financial strategies for technologically intensive firms. It is focused primarily on the financial management of high technology companies where the use and/or development of technology is a critical success factor.

Who Is It For?

People who are interested in the financial management of technologically intensive companies.

Where Can It Take Me?

Career paths begin with positions in managing financial functions or systems and move to leading groups of finance professionals. The career tracks to the CFO position. This concentration is not intended to prepare graduates for positions in investment banks or brokerage houses (i.e., Wall St.).

The Operations Management Concentration

What Is The Operations Management Concentration About?

Operations management concerns the manufacturing and distributions functions in organizations. Technology has played an increasing role in quality control and in increased efficiency in supply and value chains. Coursework is focused on how technology is changing global supply and value chains, business process management, and manufacturing systems.

Who Is It For?

People who have an interest in managing the global supply chain and related operations using advanced technologies. 

Where Can It Take Me?

Career paths begin with positions managing product quality for a product or service and track to jobs with company wide responsibilities for the delivery of high quality products and services.

The Transportation and Logistics Concentration

What Is The Transportation and Logistics Concentration About?

The transportation and logistics concentration is focused on managing distribution and logistics systems in private and public sector organizations.

Who Is It For?

People who are working in or who are interested in working in the transportation industry.

Where Can It Take Me?

Career paths are varied and include policy, planning and managerial positions in the public sector and managerial positions in the transportation industry in the private sector. 

The Infrastructure Management Concentration

Who Is It For?

Students enrolled in the New Jersey School of Architecture who wish to earn an MBA degree in addition to an undergraduate degree in architecture.

See your advisor in the School of Architecture for more information.