BBA in Leading the Customer-Driven Organization

The customer comes first. The best and brightest leaders in any organization share one common secret: If you take care of your customer, success will follow. Despite most companies’ claim that they are customer-centered, most organizational structures are, in fact, product-driven. But times are changing. This program examines the paradigm shift in business assumptions about the customer and enables you to implement important structural changes designed to meet the needs of your organizations customers – both external and internal. Our core curriculum in business, ethics and leadership fundamentals provides the perfect foundation for this highly-valued specialization.

This bachelor degree specialization uses 4 specialization courses from the MBA program, giving the student a head-start on his/her master’s degree.

Required Program Disclosures

Specialization Learning Outcomes:

  • Create a systems approach to integrating business systems for effective internal and external customer service management.
  • Develop a customer centered focus that has a positive impact on organization performance.
  • Create strategies for organizational change.
  • Employ quantitative and qualitative decision-making tools.
  • Develop foundational business communication knowledge and skills through the core courses.
Who Should Enroll: 

Business leaders and those seeking positions of leadership and influence within customer-centric organizations will find this degree program especially valuable. Typical students include CEOs, COOs and other executives who seek to empower their sales and service teams, global or international sales directors, director of sales and service, territory sales directors as well as sales and/or service managers, or those aspiring to such positions. The expertise gained from this progressive specialization can be applied to any field or industry that has internal or external customers. Combine the functional knowledge gained in the core program with the leadership skills that will help you and your organization to excel.

This ABM in Leading the Customer-Driven Organization is for exceptional students who wish to pursue both a bachelor and master degree.  Students who apply to this BBA degree program are admitted automatically into either the MABC or MBA program upon completion of the bachelor degree.

HOW TO APPLY:

Your course sequence will be determined in cooperation with your Student Support Counselor.

CURRICULUM
1 Orientation Course - no costNo Credit
2 Student Success Courses6 Credits
8 General Education Courses24 Credits
1 Arts Elective Courses 3 Credits
6 Business Administration Core Curriculum Courses18 Credits
11 Business Administration Courses33 Credits
3 General Education Electives9 Credits
4 Electives12 Credits
4 Specialization Courses12 Credits
1 Capstone Course3 Credits
TOTAL Required for Graduation
120 Credit Hours
1 Orientation Course - no costNo Credit
JIU101 Orientation - Successful Online Learning
2 Student Success Courses6 Credits
CRT100 Critical Thinking and Creative Problem Solving
ENG100 The Writing Process
8 General Education Courses24 Credits
ENG101 Composition
ENG102 English Literature
IT102 Introduction to Computer Information Systems
MATH101 Introduction to College Math
SCI201 Science and Technology
SCI202 Physics of Modern Technology I
SCI203 Physics of Modern Technology II
SPCH101 Fundamentals of Public Speaking
1 Arts Elective Courses 3 Credits
ART101 Art Appreciation
MUS101 Introduction to World Music
6 Business Administration Core Curriculum Courses18 Credits
BBA101 Introduction to Business
BBA110 History of Business
BBA204 Legal Environment of Business
BBA210 Financial Flow - Follow the Money
BBA211 Introduction to Management
BBA212 Technical Writing
11 Business Administration Courses33 Credits
BBA301 The Global Marketplace
BBA304 Marketing Management
BBA305 Introductory Economic Theory
BBA306 Financial Accounting
BBA307 Finance
BBA310 Management
BBA431 Marketing Research
BBA484 Global Strategies
BC345 Organizational Communication
BC352 Fundamentals of Business Writing
ETH401 Making Ethical Management Decisions
3 General Education Electives9 Credits
GEOG201 Human and Cultural Geography
HIST201 History of World Literature
HUM201 Peace and Conflict Studies
MATH201 Intermediate College Algebra
PSY201 Psychology of the Organization
4 Electives12 Credits
BBA311 Using the Internet in Business
BC355 Business Communication Contexts
BC372 Intercultural Communication
BC380 Team Communication
BC465 Negotiation and Conflict Management
BC470 Collaboration Technology Systems
BC475 Organizational Training and Development
MATH301 Business Mathematics
4 Specialization Courses12 Credits
BC605 Leading the Customer-Driven Organization
BC606 Managing the Customer Experience
BC612 Influence Strategies for Organizational Change
MBA562 Judgment and Decision Making
1 Capstone Course3 Credits
BBA490 BBA Capstone

Transfer credit is available for applicable courses.