MBA Projects and Coursework
BUS 554
Project Management
This course provided an overview of project management techniques in an online format designed to simulate the virtual nature of many collaborative projects.
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My team completed several activities based on case studies to simulate various project stages. Our course-long assignment was the planning of a project designed to collect and distribute one million books to Guatemala.
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View our mid-semester presentation here to see how we responded to the closing of a Guatemalan port mid-shipment.
MBA 585
Bioscience Management
Exceptional Achievement
This is course provides an overview to the pharmaceutical industry in addition to addressing other sectors of biotechnology.
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My team researched drug-device combinations and wrote a report on the emerging trends, market size, and, most importantly, impacts on patient care.
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View the report and presentation here.
MBA 590
Value Creation
Perfect Execution
This course focuses on techniques to implement innovative technologies or services within organizations. Many ideas fail to be fleshed out appropriately and, therefore, do not make it to commercialization successfully.
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My team worked with the North Carolina Biotech Center to examine non-profit investment strategies used by similar organizations nation-wide.
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View the final presentation here.
MBA 586
Legal and Marketing Dynamics in the Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Industries
Project Tagline
This course focuses mainly on the legal considerations facing the medical product and agricultural biotechnology industries. As a class, we reviewed legal cases with content related to intellectual property, liability, and regulatory action. I also learned from guest speakers who discussed previous or ongoing challenges in their industry roles.
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My term paper explores changes to the regulatory framework around mobile medical applications in recent years and what it could mean for entrepreneurs.
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View the summary presentation here.