Each semester of the MBA Media Management program combines academic study with actual managerial experience. In the first semester, students perform an extensive strategic assessment and develop a research report on their findings as a foundation for the future planning and implementation of their chosen business ventures. In the second semester, students develop strategic business and marketing plans for their entrepreneurial ventures and in the final semester, students implement, actualize and evaluate their ventures. These three interrelated activities document the Constructive Actions, which uniquely reflect each MBA student’s ability to use current management tools to effectively assess, manage and implement.
Purpose 1 | Purpose 2 | Purpose 3 | |
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Constructive Action | Industry & Venture: Strategic Industry Analysis | Business Planning: Strategic Planning | Actualization & Evaluation: Strategic Management & Evaluation |
Values & Ethics | Entertainment Law & Media Ethics | Media Contract Drafting & Negotiations | Media, Culture and Society |
Self & Others | New Media: Cyber, Social, Mobile and Beyond | Media Marketing in a Global Environment | Global Business and International Practicum |
Systems | Business and Economics of the Film Industry | Music and Publishing Industries | Managing Electronic Broadcast Industries |
Skills | Managerial Accounting | Managerial Economics | Managerial Finance |
Credits | 15 | 15 | 15 |
Foundation courses
Managerial Statistics | Principles of Management & Marketing | Principles of Financial Accounting | Principles of Economics & Finance |
Strategic Industry Analysis (MBA 615 PCA) (3 credits)
Students conduct a comprehensive strategic analysis of the industry of their proposed venture and the specific segments of the respective related industry for their Constructive Action. They will acquire basic research techniques and methodologies necessary to explore and analyze business trends and needs; relate those needs to their respective proposed professional situations and then apply that knowledge to identify and decide upon a venture that will satisfy an industry need, realize an opportunity or solve an industry problem. It is expected that through this Constructive Action they will apply the resulting statistical data.
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Managerial Accounting (MBA 615 SKI) (3 credits)
Students create balance sheets and income statements and use relevant cost data for managerial decision-making. Topics include accounting practices relating to asset valuation, profit determination, cost allocation and internal control procedures. Students learn to analyze cost data related to specific projects and to classify costs/expenditures as either product or period costs as well as techniques associated with cost/analysis reporting, decision-making, planning and budgeting. Students also have the option of learning the use of accounting software and tools such as QuickBooks and PeachTree.
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New Media: Cyber, Social, Mobile and Beyond (MDM 615 SEL) (3 credits)
This course will focus on the business, role and impact of social networks, wikis, blog sites, and interactive audio and video sites, as well as information systems, system components and properties, and the types of information knowledge useful to end-users in today’s changing media business models. The course will combine theoretical, managerial and hands-on approaches for problem solving and decision-making in media management environments. Students will work directly with emerging Web 2.0 and mobile technologies.
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Entertainment Law and Media Ethics (MDM 615 VAL) (3 credits)
This course focuses on the fundamentals of contract law, the protection of intellectual property and the contractual relationships between various parties in the entertainment field, including the relationships between the artist and manager, and agents and clients media and sports fields. Students will also receive an overview of the interrelationship between the law, ethics and business of the entertainment industries focusing on the scope of rights that attach to an entertainment enterprise, and the variety of legal, ethical and developmental issues raised in various entertainment-business contexts. Emphasis will also be placed on understanding the specifics of entertainment industry power structures; methods of compensation and credit allocation; creative control; methods by which rights in a creative product may be transferred; grant of rights and representations; and warranties and indemnities relating to risks particularly characteristic of the entertainment industries.
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Business and Economics of the Film Industry (MDM 615 SYS) (3 credits)
This course will serve as an overview of the economic and business structures of the motion picture art and entertainment industry from development to distribution, exhibition and after-marketing, including the methods of operation of the film industry and financing. Included in the discussion will be an emphasis on the influence of social, technological, political and economic factors on changing artistic, financial, distribution and exhibition and aftermarket practices, both nationally and internationally.
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Strategic Planning (MBA 725 PCA) (3 credits)
Students apply knowledge obtained and the strategic industry assessment conducted for their Constructive Action in the prior semester to develop a comprehensive strategic business and marketing plan for their chosen entrepreneurial and/or intrapreneurial venture. Students will also plan and build a website that can be used in marketing or implementing elements of their entrepreneurial and/or intrapreneurial venture.
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Managerial Economics (MBA 725 SKI) (3 credits)
Basic principles and techniques of micro- and macroeconomic analysis applicable to business decisions. Topics include fundamental legal and practical considerations of financing packages; market structure; pricing and resource allocations; applications of managerial strategy and public policy with an emphasis on competition; market power and a business firm’s optimal response to government regulation.
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Media Marketing in a Global Environment (MDM 725 SEL) (3 credits)
Covering all fields of media, this course will provide students with an overview of the principles of market research and design; marketing media-related products and services; the interdependent aspects of marketing, distribution and exhibition in film, multimedia, broadcast and non-broadcast industries; creating special events and sales promotion; public relations and publicity for media related products and services, artist management and promotion, character entertainment, music, publishing, etc. Students will also develop competencies in strategic planning that integrate digital media into corporate and brand marketing plans, including distribution channels, marketing campaigns, pricing strategies, and operational management of content creation and distribution.
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Media Contract Drafting and Negotiations (MDM 725 VAL) (3 credits)
This class will provide an in-depth overview of value issues inherent in contractual obligations, conflict resolution and negotiation tactics. Students study the types of agreements and contracts necessary for prudent and profitable employment and media-industry operation, and will engage in individual and group conflict resolution role plays and deal-making negotiations as well as develop a fundamental ability to draft and read legal agreements.
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Music and Publishing Industries in the Digital Age (MDM 725 SYS) (3 credits)
This course covers the business of the music and literary publishing industries, in both the U.S. and global digital environment, and focuses on the current spectrum of product creation, financing, production, marketing, distribution and exhibition in light of the rapidly changing technologies, digital rights management and copyright issues and end-user/consumer practices. Students will follow the artistic, technical and commercial development of a music venture or literary and periodically published products from inception and creation through production, dissemination and marketing, both nationally and internationally.
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Strategic Management and Evaluation (MBA 735 PCA) (3 credits)
In this course, students will begin implementing their planned entrepreneurial and/or intrapreneurial venture, and strategically manage the actualization of their venture by setting into motion their respective business plans, identifying sources of financing and evaluating their successes and failures to apply lessons learned and adjust as needed. Students will identify sources of financing and actualize business objectives by developing policies and allocating resources to implement their plans. They then will design key project metrics and indicators, monitor and evaluate the outcomes of implementation, further applying knowledge gained through practice by revising, adding, deleting or adjusting strategies as needed. By the end of the semester, students will also assess the extent to which they were successful with their respective venture goals, and draft recommendations for further action.
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Managerial Finance (MBA 735 SKI) (3 credits)
Overview of the effective management of financial resources. Topics include analyzing fiscal data; budgeting; the construction of cash flow projections; financial statement analysis; taxation issues; internal and external reporting requirements; internal controls; the hiring and supervising of accounting staff and personnel; borrowing; basic risk and return concepts; security pricing and analysis; capital budgeting; the cost of capital; strategic planning and investment decisions.
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Media, Culture and Society (MDM 735 VAL) (3 credits)
This course will provide an historical, empirical and critical analysis of the role of media and includes investigations of changes and trends in mass communications. It will provide general accounts of the role of media in society, accounts of the formative influences that shape the media, the way media affects social behavior and belief systems, and how the ideology of a group is produced and reproduced in its cultural practices. It will also include an examination of current modes of discourse that bear on media industries such as phenomenology, hermeneutics, semiotics, as well as structuralist, postmodern, Marxist and feminist approaches to media research and analysis. Students will also explore the geographic, demographic, technological, political, economic and sociocultural forces that impact upon the conduct of media management and the evolution of media industry corporate cultures from a national and international perspective.
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International Practicum (MBA 735 INT) (course runs in tandem with 735 VAL courses)
The purpose of this course is to familiarize and understand the theories and practices of international business, along with the geographic, demographic, technological, political, economic and socio-cultural forces that impact cross-cultural business, and understand the influence of national/international media related to business management. Students will study the principles and problems that individuals, companies and institutions encounter in their business practices in a global environment. The course will illustrate the changing nature of alliances, industries and government intervention. We will introduce some of the business principles and concepts in the U.S., along with the different management styles of other countries, with particular emphasis on Germany, the United Kingdom, China and India.
In addition, to allow for development of global business vision, the School for Business arranges “International Colloquium” where senior businessperson, corporate executives from different parts of the world joins. Additionally, School for business also arranges visits to famous iconic organizations such as New York Stock Exchange, New York Federal Reserve, NASDAQ (National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations), corporate houses, media offices, hospitals, IT organization. These real-life exposure components for international and national experience are built into the programmatic curriculum and included in the tuition that runs in tandem with this class. The final selection of the participants, venues for this real-life experience exposure is selected annually, and may change from year to year. Participation in these “International Colloquium” and study visits is mandatory, except for very limited exceptions that may be granted by the dean. Tuition rates are the published MCNY tuition rates regardless of whether students participate in the “International Colloquium” and study visits.
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Managing Electronic Broadcast Industries (MDM 735 SYS) (3 credits)
This course incorporates a total approach to the study of electronic media, examining everything from the development of the radio, TV and cable industries to the business models of these broadcast media in both commercial and public broadcasting venues to the emerging influence of telecommunication and Web-based technologies like Internet television. Students will also learn how programming is researched, developed, assessed and financed for on-air network and affiliate television and radio broadcast, cable bundling and tiering, off network and first run syndication, pay-per-view, public television, content and aftermarket distribution, Internet streaming, podcasting, and interactive distribution formats, foreign distribution and direct broadcast satellite. This course will also analyze how media companies gather and use audience research to establish the economic value of media for advertising and also to select and develop products.
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Managerial Statistics (MBA 501 FDN) (1.5 credits)
This foundation course introduces students to statistics useful for their MBA studies and for solving managerial problems. Students will learn a variety of techniques and tools to solicit, evaluate and communicate information for problem solving purposes. The course teaches the concepts and applications of business statistics, as well as providing the students the opportunity to observe and actually carry out computer-generated solutions using SPSS and Microsoft Excel.
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Principles of Management & Marketing (MBA 502 FDN) (1.5 credits)
This foundation course teaches management principles by weaving three threads: strategy, entrepreneurship and active leadership. Students will also be exposed to key concepts of marketing in today’s business environment such as service, sustainability, ethics and social responsibility, global coverage and metrics.
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Principles of Financial Accounting (MBA 503 FDN) (1.5 credits)
This foundation course teaches fundamental accounting procedures and the uses of accounting information. Topics include: recording transactions; controlling, costing and analyzing inventories; reporting and controlling liquid assets; measuring and reporting long-operating assets; current and contingent liabilities; the time value of money; analyzing and reporting owners’ equity; balance sheets and statements of cash flow; and managing and accounting for corporate income tax.
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Principles of Economics & Finance (MBA 504 FDN) (1.5 credits)
This foundation course helps students to understand the practicality and relevance of economics and finance with a variety of illustrations and insights. Economics topics include: classical vs. modern economic thought; supply and demand; elasticity; competition and monopoly; inflation and unemployment. Finance topics include: the Federal Reserve System; FOMC and the money market; interest rates; financial Structure; investment decisions.
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