Grounded in the historic peace church tradition of Bluffton College, the MAOM program assists students to develop and nurture healthy organizations and a just society. Students enhance their managerial skills through extensive investigations of management issues. Class presentations, materials and assignments relate closely to the managerial challenges which students confront. Classes are interactive in nature with substantial opportunities for experiential learning. Student evaluations are based on class participation, multimedia presentations and papers.
Students enjoy support from a creative, interactive community of advanced learners.
They also receive personalized attention from faculty members who hold appropriate advanced degrees in relevant fields of study. Evening and weekend classes permit students to continue full-time employment. Learning organization theory also is investigated. Organizations of the industrial revolution to those of our post-modern, multicultural society are examined. Aristotelian virtue ethics and the concept of the common good are used to provide a framework for understanding ethical issues in management.