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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Explore an integrative approach to all aspects of organizations, including people, processes, technology, systems, and management.

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.

Today’s human resource (HR) managers do much more than fill positions—they’re strategic partners with a critical seat at the executive table. The DBA program’s Human Resource Management specialization prepares you with the theoretical knowledge, industry insights, and capabilities to be an authoritative voice in this field, whether you’re looking to pursue executive leadership, teaching, or research.

As more companies move from a profit-only outlook to one that focuses on communities and society as a whole, the ability to manage and improve an organization’s social impact is in high demand.

The Homeland Security specialization is designed for leaders in the private and public sectors interested in analyzing homeland security and crisis planning from a business perspective.

Whether you are a manufacturer, retailer, or service provider, if you conduct business globally, you need to understand how products and services move from concept to deliverable.