Business & Management

We offer hundreds of for-credit individual courses in education, counseling, business, IT, psychology, and health, among other areas which may be applied to Walden degree programs.

The diverse curriculum of this program is ideal for those who want to focus on the areas of business administration that interest you. This program is designed for those who want to develop skills in written and oral communication, quantitative analysis, and computer usage for today’s most sought-after occupations.

The General Program is designed to deepen your understanding of the accounting profession and its role in today’s business environment. With a broad range of electives to choose from, you can tailor your studies to your specific career goals and develop skills and knowledge you can use across business, government, nonprofit, or financial service settings.This program option may also prepare you for professional certification.

With the Public Accountancy concentration, you can build a strong foundation in accounting theory, principles, and procedures and gain a broad base of business knowledge.

Today’s business organizations need savvy leaders who can design and implement high return, cost-effective marketing strategies. In this concentration, you can gain the creative decision-making skills needed to manage marketing resources and activities within both a domestic and global context.

In this concentration, you can learn how to effectively assess and guide the operation of an organization. The curriculum can help you gain insights into the key financial levers of an organization and, as a result, help management direct the organization to optimize its value to both its employees and other shareholders.

With recent sweeping changes to healthcare laws and regulations, the healthcare environment is undergoing a transformational shift. In this concentration, you will examine the various functions, roles, and responsibilities associated with healthcare management.

Recent changes in financial laws and regulations call for higher standards in bookkeeping and accounting practices. With this intensive concentration, you can gain a solid understanding of accounting principles and financial analysis.

Running a small business can be exciting and rewarding if you are prepared for the challenges. Drawing from real-world successes and failures, this concentration can help you acquire management skills to grow your existing small business or face the demands of launching a new one.

Human resource management plays an essential role in modern business, enabling organizations to be more innovative and competitive in a challenging marketplace. In this concentration, you will explore how a proactive approach to human resources can facilitate success with respect to product development, talent acquisition, quality, and other areas.

In this concentration, you can learn how to effectively assess and guide the operation of an organization. The curriculum can help you gain insights into the key financial levers of an organization and, as a result, help management direct the organization to optimize its value to both its employees and other shareholders.

In the Information Systems concentration, you can learn how to leverage technology to meet your organization’s strategic goals by evaluating technology options, developing methods for transferring and assimilating new technology, and managing large, complex projects.

In this concentration, you will explore the concepts of human and organizational functioning while examining issues and challenges inherent with the managerial role.

Effective project managers provide the strategic competencies that can enable an organization to succeed in the global marketplace. In the DBA Project Management specialization, you can learn the necessary skills to deliver your organization’s strategic objectives through dynamic project portfolio management.

Create your own specialization based on your individual goals and interests in business administration. Choose seminars from the program’s other nine specializations under the guidance of a Walden faculty mentor.

Globalization, advances in technology, and rapid changes in the marketplace all contribute to the need for business professionals to continually develop their leadership skills. Explore new frameworks and perspectives that will help you to lead and manage change effectively.

This DBA specialization is designed to help business leaders analyze the impact of energy production, distribution, and associated risks. Explore how energy production and distribution have evolved into a global market, as well as the natural and man-made risks involved with this business.

Gain the finance tools that help managers maximize their firm’s value, including valuation, capital budgeting and structure, working capital management, multinational concepts, and Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM).

Explore the changes in organizational innovation agility and develop leadership strategies informed by design thinking.

Develop a deeper understanding of financial models and theoretical tools as you broaden your expertise in relevant topics such as investor led investments, mergers and acquisitions, and managing and mitigating financial crises within a global environment.

Apply current theories to conduct research in areas such as the behavioral implications of environments, motivation, and performance on individuals and teams in global environments; strategic human resource management; the role of collaboration and performance of global teams; regulatory and ethical concerns; and labor relations.

Our PhD dissertation completion program is designed specifically for returning doctoral degree candidates who have completed all coursework for a PhD, except the prospectus and dissertation process, at an accredited university.

Create your own specialization based on your individual goals and interests in management. Choose courses from other specializations within the program under the guidance of a Walden faculty mentor.

Challenge your critical thinking abilities by testing conventional organizational strategies and structures in this specialization. Develop alternative conceptualizations of management, understand what a socially conscious leader is, and create 21st-century leadership practices.

Learn the skills necessary to manage and lead a spectrum of workers, managers, and teams in a global marketplace. Examine the financial implications of conducting business internationally, including how capital investment is undertaken globally and how financial markets and global trade influence investment opportunities.