MSIS Specialization
Information Technology Entrepreneurship Specialization - 3 courses
Required Courses:
ENTP 640 - Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Creating value through innovation; understanding entrepreneurs; seeking and evaluating opportunities; gathering resources to convert these opportunities into valuable outcomes; and writing a business plan. PREREQ: ACC 605 and FIN 605 and MKT 625 or consent of MBA director
MSIS 675 - Enterprise Workflow Design and Reengineering
Internet, mobile, global-positioning and other technologies and applications are transforming the manner in which business transactions and workflow processes are carried out. Much of the innovation and value-add has come not from the technologies per se but from the way in which newer business processes and supply chains have been conceptualized, designed and implemented to take advantage of the newer technological functionality. This course focuses on business process planning tools, workflow design methods, supply chain reengineering, and enterprise resource applications. PREREQ: MBI 625
Choose One (1) Additional Course:
ENTP 670 - Managing Growth and Entrepreneurship in Organizations
Managing growing firms and innovation within organizations; advanced study of factors making an organization effective at each stage of growth and the key management systems that are primary tools in managing an entrepreneurial organization: strategic planning, organizational design, organizational development, control systems, and leadership. PREREQ: ENTP 640 or consent of MBA director
ENTP 696 Field Experience: Entrepreneurial Studies
Practicum course offering insight into the entrepreneurial process of managing and growing a business where students, with a faculty member, work in large or small entrepreneurial organizations with problems related to entrepreneurial management issues. Students may seek to obtain approval to repeat this course for 3 additional hours credit. PREREQ: ENTP 640 or consent of MBA director