The goal of the ICS-CALIFORNIA collaborative Graduate Certified program in Business Administration degree programs is to provide the academic tools necessary for Managers to direct their organizations with sound applicable knowledge and business skills anchored in the acquired e-learning system. The Masters degree is seen as a strategic mechanism to promote advanced management competence of its holders.

Conceptual Framework:
The central idea surrounding this ICS-CALIFORNIA collaborative Graduate Certified program in Business Administration is the development and recognition of management skills that are required to steer the modern day business corporation in a volatile and competitive economic environment. The explosion of new knowledge and the ease of information flow have collectively created unprecedented pressure on businesses to re-educate and re-learn on a continuous online e-learning system.

Given the recognition of this environmental setting, managers and leaders of tomorrow no longer needs just knowledge that builds core competency but also applicable knowledge and business skills that can steer their corporations towards stormy conditions and thrive. It is these skills that this general advanced management Master degree seeks to develop to help managers and leaders of tomorrow to enhance and protect their corporate success in a challenging and competitive economy.

Course setting:
Although no specific undergraduate emphasis or major is required for entrance into this ICS-CALIFORNIA collaborative Graduate Certified program in Business Administration, this Master degree pre supposes learners to have an existing business education or a substantial managerial experience. Basic business knowledge will be assumed through your demonstrated prior managerial experience.

Curriculum:
The following ICS-CALIFORNIA collaborative Graduate Certified program in Business Administration degree courses are be taken by all learners unless ICS has granted certain transfer of credits or exemptions on the basis of existing professional credentials and exposure:

• Core Business: Select only six (6) course units from the available eight (8) course units designated as generic core business.
• Option: Select only one option from the available three (3) options.
  • One: Comprised of five (5) course units designated as Leadership Option
  • Two: Comprised of five (5) course units designated as Project Management Option
  • Three: Comprised of five (5) course units designated as Strategic Management Option
• Final Project paper

• Personal Management and Development
  
• Business Accounting and Finance - GCB 001 [SP80]
  
• Management and Professional Selling
  
• Financial Management and Budgeting
  
• Emotional Intelligence and Organizational Learning
  
• Operations and Quality Management
  
• Managing IT Projects and Project Management Essentials
  
• Business Code of Conduct

• Decision Making and Leadership Development
  
• Frontline and Managerial Leadership
  
• Executive Level Leadership and Motivation
  
• Team Participation and Virtual Teams
  
• Team Leadership and Conflict

• Advanced Project Management
  
• Project Management 2
  
• Project Management (for Verticals) 3
  
• Advanced Project Leadership
  
• Cross-Functional Teams and Project Teams

• Strategic Management and Managing Business Risk
  
• Business Problem Solving and Strategic Decision Making
  
• Change Management and Conducting Meetings
  
• Managing Change and Generation in the Workplace
  
• Managing High Performers and Expert