Academic Portfolio

Academic Competencies

WGU is regionally accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU). WGU College of Business is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP).

Management/Leadership

  • Practice of Management
  • Theories of Leadership
  • Sustaining Business Performance
  • Organizational Performance Methods
Academic Work

Communication

  • Effective Communication
  • Eliminating Bias in Business Messages
  • Intercultural Communication
  • Negotiation & Conflict Management in Communication
  • Use of Technology for Communication in the Digital Age.

Human Resource Management
  • Motivational Concepts in HR
  • Effective HR Management
  • Strategic HR Management
  • Legal & Regulatory Requirements

Marketing

  • Marketing Function
  • Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
  • Evaluating Feasibility & Profitability
  • Marketing Strategy
  • Entrepreneurial Enterprise
Academic Work

Management Accounting

  • Financial Analysis
  • Controls & Regulations
  • Cost Systems
  • Profit Planning
  • Budgeting

Financial Management

  • Financial Environment
  • Financial Statement Analysis
  • Valuation Skills
  • Capital Market Theory
  • Long-Term Market Theory
  • Capital Management
  • Government Regulation

Data-Driven Decision Making

  • Quantitative Analysis
  • Statistics as a Managerial Tool
  • Quantitative Statistical Tools
  • Quality Metrics & Tools
  • Real World Data-Driven Decisions
  • Improving Organizational Performance
Academic Work

Ethical Leadership

  • Practical Relevance of Ethical Theories
  • Ethical Leadership & Code of Ethics
  • Policy & Program Development
  • Legal & Regulatory Requirements
  • Information Technology, Privacy & Data Security
Academic Work
Ethical LEns Inventory

Operations Management

  • Quality Management Methods
  • Capacity Planning/Location Analysis
  • Work System Design & Scheduling
  • Operating Efficiency
  • Supply Chain
  • Management & Planning

Global Economics

  • Business Decision Making in the Global Environment
  • Political & Economic Forces
  • Economic Decision Making by Firms & Consumers
  • Microeconomic & Macroeconomic Principles
  • Assessing Global Economic Performance & International Trade

MBA Capstone

  • Placed 99th Percentile in Group Simulations

“I’m impressed by the results in places like Western Governors University. Its low-cost online programs rely on competency-based progression, not class time or credit hours. It uses external assessments to evaluate student proficiency.

Bill Gates 
“Why American Colleges Have to Change”

WGU received the 2018 CIQG Quality Award from the Council for Higher Education Accreditation/International Quality Group. The international organization recognized WGU for its “outstanding performance of higher education in meeting the CIQG International Quality Principles,” noting that “the university, which uses a competency-based learning model with students working online, monitors its performance in key areas and works for continuous improvements and adjustments to improve the quality of students’ educational experience.”

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