The Master of Business Administration program is designed to equip the M.B.A. candidate with concepts, analytical tools, and supervisory skills required for competent and responsible management. Students seeking functional specialization or general managerial careers will find the program rewarding in terms of depth and breadth. Built-in flexibility allows students to meet their own specific needs.

The undergraduate and graduate programs in business administration are accredited by AACSB International—The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.

All applicants for the M.B.A. program must submit scores obtained on the Graduate Management Admission Test which is administered by the Educational Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey. High standards of written and oral presentations in the classroom are expected. In addition, students must be proficient in college algebra and the use of word processing and spreadsheet software.

Admitted students may commence their studies on a full- or part-time basis in the fall, spring, or summer semesters. Part-time students can complete all required courses in the evening division.

Graduate Faculty

Daniel E. Innis, Ph.D. (Ohio State, 1991), Professor of Marketing, Dean of the College of Business, Public Policy and Health, and Director of the Maine Business School. Customer service performance and a firm’s overall performance, the impact of quick response logistics on channel member behavior.

Richard H. Borgman, Ph.D. (Florida, 1994), Director of Graduate Programs, Maine Business School. Interim Associate Dean, College of Business, Public Policy, and Health University of Maine.

Darlene Bay, Ph.D. (Washington State, 1997), Assistant Professor of Accounting. Accounting and business ethics, ethics education, accounting education, small business management and accounting.

Martha Broderick, J.D. (Western New England School of Law, 1983). Instructor in business law.

Steven C. Colburn, Ph.D. (Georgia, 1989), Associate Professor of Accounting. Taxation of individuals, corporations, trusts and estates, with emphasis on tax planning.

Harold Z. Daniel, Ph.D. (Connecticut, 1997), Assistant Professor of Marketing. Organizational buying behavior and strategic acquisition, collaborative research and development, strategic management of technology, diffusion of innovations, customer satisfaction, student retention in institutions of higher education.

John K. Ford, D.B.A. (Harvard, 1977), Nicolas Salgo Professor of Business Administration. Professor of Finance. Diversification of bond and stock portfolios.

Virginia R. Gibson, Ph.D. (State University of New York at Binghamton, 1986), Associate Professor of Management Information Systems. Information systems for management decision support, business climate.

Carol B. Gilmore, Ph.D. (Massachusetts, 1979), Professor of Management. Labor law, labor arbitration. Public sector collective bargaining, personnel management, employee rights, employee relations law.

Wayne Ingalls, MBA (Wisconsin, Madison, 1968), Certified Public Accountant. Instructor in Accounting.

Nory B. Jones, Ph.D. (Missouri, 2001), Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems. Knowledge management, collaborative technologies, and diffusion of technological innovations.

Diana R. Lawson, Ph.D. (Kent State, 1993), Associate Professor of Marketing and International Business. Marketing strategy, international business education, economic integration, social responsibility of firms, and wood products marketing.

John F. Mahon, Ph.D. (Boston University, 1982), John M. Murphy Chair of International Business Policy and Strategy. Professor of Management. Management policy and strategy, global strategy.

Ivan M. Manev, Ph.D. (Boston College, 1997), Assistant Professor of Management. Management of the multinational corporation, formation of strategy and competitive advantage in social networks, organizational change in post-communist transition societies.

Kim K. R. McKeage, Ph.D. (Massachusetts, 1996), Associate Professor of Marketing. Retailing, customer service quality, relationship marketing, internal marketing, socially responsible marketing, marketing education.

David M. Steiger, Ph.D. (Oklahoma State, 1993), Associate Professor of Management Information Systems. Knowledge management, data mining, decision support systems.

Natalie M. Steiger, Ph.D. (North Carolina State, 1999), Assistant Professor of Management. Systems analysis and optimization, operations research and production.

Robert A. Strong, Ph.D. (Pennsylvania State, 1983), University of Maine Foundation Professor of Investment Education and Professor of Finance. The dividend growth rate implied in common stock beta; asset allocation and purchasing power risk; bond portfolio duration.

Gloria Vollmers, Ph.D. (Texas at Dallas, 1993), Associate Professor of Accounting. History of accounting, ethics in accounting and business, business history.

Stephanie A. Welcomer, Ph.D. (Pennsylvania State, 1997), Assistant Professor of Management. Social and cognitive networks, stakeholder theory, organizations and the natural environment.

The M.B.A. program consists of 48 hours of study: 6 undergraduate foundation courses, 6 core graduate courses, and 4 graduate electives. In addition, a knowledge of statistics is required and may be met by completing MAT 215 (Statistics for Business and Economics) at The University of Maine or equivalent. The Business School Director of Graduate Programs may waive the following foundation requirements if equivalent courses have been completed.