Business Administration

The Bachelor of Science in Business Administration program (BSBA) is designed to produce graduates that are equipped with knowledge and skills to effectively and efficiently operate a business organization or provide operate and support, using critical decision-making skills, leadership skills, managerial skills for strategic and innovative systems and procedures necessary for competing in the national and global business community.  The program empowers students with a clear vision of each division in an organization be it management, marketing, finance, operations, human resource and  quality systems and procedures.

Vision

A top school of business consistently forming values-driven, highly- competent and innovative professionals committed to the pursuit of excellence in the national and global business community

Mission

To develop values-driven management and business professionals who are quality-impassioned and highly functional.

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration major in:

  • Operations Management
  • General Business Management
  • Banking & Financial Management
  • Marketing Management
  • Human Resource Management
  • Quality Management
  • Business Analytics

PROGRAM EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES (PEOs)

Banking and Financial Management

  • Competent banking and finance managers, specialists or staff occupying positions requiring theoretical expertise in specialized fields of banking and the financial industry imbibed with responsible leadership and ethical values.
  • Can apply and use effective communication skills to promote respect, trust, functionality, and relationships.
  • Apply financial concepts used in making business decisions.
  • Analyze data to verify accuracy of conclusions.
  • Can use quantitative measurements to solve business problems related to payroll, taxes, percentages, and future value of money and to be able to make better business decisions.
  • Practice professionalism and business ethics.

General Business Management

  • Practice quality-orientation, leadership, teamwork, systems thinking and creative thinking, problem-solving, negotiation skills, active listening, among other managerial skills
  • To enhance their decision-making even in difficult situations.
  • Involved in life-long learning activities relevant to general business management and administrative functions and support services, completing specialized office management and support training in general management, office systems, and information technology interface and office efficiency improvement.
  • Demonstrate competencies, knowledge, attitude, and work values for possible self-employment.
  • Choose and use appropriate resources to collect business data that will ultimately translate into information for decision-making.

Human Resource Management

  • Apply the concepts of human capital management within a global context, select and/or improve accepted models, and use the sound principles of human resource planning, talent sourcing and selection, human resource training and development, compensation and benefits administration, labor productivity and relations and other areas of human resource management.
  • Exercise leadership and act as catalysts in the context the modern and globalized business environment of dynamism and rapid organizational change.
  • Apply human capital data management and analytics, information and reporting technologies for enhanced managerial decision-making.
  • Manifest above average communication skills and use organizational communication management in their respective workplaces.
  • Demonstrate professionalism and sound business ethics.

Marketing Management

  • Apply strategic marketing management concepts to ensure optimal functionality.
  • Utilize the marketing information management concepts, systems, and tools needed to obtain, evaluate, and disseminate information for use in making marketing decisions.
  • Conduct research to identify and analyze client needs and desires and make marketing recommendations regarding business decisions and use appropriate leadership skills and styles to maximize employee productivity.
  • Practice critical and creative thinking to improve the decision-making process.
  • Can conduct research to identify new business trends and customer needs.

Operations Management

  • Grasp and apply concepts, principles, and theories of production and operations management.
  • Organize and manage activities in manufacturing and service-related businesses.
  • Choose and use appropriate technology and resources to collect business data that will ultimately translate into information for decision-making.
  • Can demonstrate competencies and skills as entrepreneurs and manager, pursue a teaching career or embark on graduate studies in business.
  • Can prepare a budget periodically to plan operational financial requirements and deploy the budget to induce enhanced operational performance.
  • Use quantitative measurements to solve business problems related to operational concerns.

Quality Management

  • Integrate and apply the concepts of total quality management and performance excellence and act as internal consultants and change catalysts in their respective organizations.
  • Manifest systems thinking, creative and out-of-the-box problem-solving, analytical thinking and effectively use technology to improve workplace productivity.
  • Exhibit professionalism in working individually or as a member or leaders of a team, promote office productivity and efficiency, communicate effectively, and present themselves personably while demonstrating professional ethics.
  • Can examine the prominent philosophies of quality management, that could provide the basis for today's quality and performance excellence.

STUDENT OUTCOMES (SOs)

Specific to the Business Administration program

  • Analyze the business environment for the strategic direction
  • Prepare operational plans
  • Innovate business ideas based on emerging industry
  • Manage a strategic business unit for economic sustainability
  • Conduct business research

Common to Business and Management discipline

  • Perform the basic functions of management such as planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling.
  • Apply the basic concepts underlying each functional business area (marketing, finance, human resources management, production, operations management, information technology, and strategic management) and employ these concepts in various business situations.
  • Select the proper decision-making tools to solve problems and drive results critically, analytically, and creatively.
  • Express oneself clearly and communicate effectively with stakeholders both in oral and written forms
  • Apply information and communication technology (ICT) skills as required by the business environment.
  • Work effectively with other stakeholders and manage conflict in the workplace
  • Plan and implement business-related activities
  • Demonstrate corporate citizenship and social responsibility
  • Exercise high personal moral and ethical standards.

MASTER IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Program Educational Objectives

Graduates from the Master in Business Administration program are expected to attain or achieve the following Program Educational Objectives after graduation:

  • Marked competence in both business management theories and concepts on the one hand, and ability to apply business management principles and experiential learning into practicable workplace solutions, employing eclectic knowledge achieve optimal effectiveness
  • Observable proficiency in English communication
  • Ability to perform social science research and apply the knowledge obtained from research to workplace problems and situations
  • Ability to work in multi-cultural, cross-functional teams, demonstrating a marked degree of human relations skills
  • A High problem-solving aptitude and skills
  • Demonstrates leadership values and uses networks to optimize synergistic influence and is immersed in productive community activities

Program Educational Objectives Vis-à-vis Program Outcomes

MBA Program Educational Objectives MBA Program Outcomes
Graduates from the MBA program are expected to attain or achieve the following Program Educational Objectives within approximately five (5) years after graduation Program Outcomes are to be attained during and up to the end program
PEO1 Marked competence in both business management theories and concepts on the one hand, and ability to apply business management principles and experiential learning into practicable workplace solutions, employing eclectic knowledge to achieve optimal effectiveness 1PO1 Demonstrates the ability to conceptualize and intellectualize postulates and theories and contribute knowledge to management/ business administration profession and high functionality as management and business professionals or academics who can prepare, analyze & evaluate reports, proposals & concept papers, feasibility studies, business plans, research papers and others and in general, apply the principles of management to workplace situations
1PO2 Demonstrates the ability to access, retrieve and disseminate information and expand their business, management, and general knowledge though global connectivity through the use of state of the art facilities brought about by information technology
PEO2 Observable proficiency in English communication 2PO1 Conveys ideas fluently and clearly evident of scholarship and higher learning, both in oral & written English, and apply the principles of the different forms of communication
PEO3 Ability to perform business research and apply the knowledge obtained from research to workplace problems and situations 3PO1 Demonstrates research capabilities and produce research publications and/or outputs that are internationally accepted; and applies knowledge obtained from research on work situations.
PEO4 Ability to work in multi-cultural, cross-functional teams, demonstrating a marked degree of human relations skills 4PO1 Unceasingly sustains his/her emotional growth and endlessly develops his/her human relations skills, showing a wholesome personality and exhibiting interpersonal skills, nurturing an attitude of cooperation, collegiality and deep respect for human dignity amidst diverse cultures in a global setting.
PEO5 A high problem-solving aptitude and skills 5PO1 Uses the knowledge of business administration, other social sciences, technology and other disciplines in solving day-to-day problems
PEO6 Leadership values and use of networks to optimize synergistic influence, in the world of work and the community. 6PO1 Applies leadership skills and values as means of effecting changes in the organization and improving customer service;
6PO2 Establishes sustainable linkage and undertake profession-related projects in the community and participates actively in business associations and comply with their policies and obligations; and
6PO3 Conducts environmental scanning; internalizes concepts and uses practical approaches on environmental conservation.