Marlboro College Graduate Center (MCGC) are offering this Master of Science in Management degree in the state of Vermont. 

Marlboro College Graduate Center’s (MCGC) programming, emphasizes the leveraging of technology for decision-making, with foci on organization while stressing clear presentation skills. Marlboro will also leverage their concurrent programming in sustainability in business to accentuate social responsibility in the programming.

All of the courses in this degree point to this central theme, managing change in a healthcare organization in the technological age.
The nature of the delivery format: hybrid - mixing face to face with online between-class projects and discussions and the tools used in support of distributed students will provide an experiential grounding in the use of technical tools and platforms in support of collaboration and organization.  This truly unique degree that will meet the professional development needs of Vermont’s healthcare professionals. 

Outcomes:
Students completing the program should be able to:
   1. Effectively demonstrate the ability to communicate through verbal, well-written professional documentation and reports, and other forms of communication to express ideas clearly, logically and persuasively. 
   2. Apply quantitative skills and management concepts to identify, analyze and creatively solve complex organizational problems through financial, economic, and organizational constraints in a healthcare-specific context.
   3. Demonstrate proficiency in thinking and planning strategically within a healthcare organization and all its associated stakeholders.
   4. Identify legal and ethical challenges faced by healthcare organizations, by possessing and demonstrating the acumen to confront and address the issues effectively, ethically, and in a socially responsible manner to successfully manage human and material resources.
   5. Understand and apply the fundamental principles of essential healthcare business functions by developing a broad range of interpersonal skills to effectively lead relationships to individuals, society, and other organizations within team and group projects to optimize performance.
   6. Comprehend the challenges and opportunities of working effectively with other people in a diverse environment while displaying an understanding of the culturally and ethnically diverse nature of the changing workforce.
   7. Apply necessary leadership skills required for managing change, organizational design and performance, through delegating, empowering via an environment of life-long learning.
   8. Assess technological means of interaction and coordination in teams and collaboration between diverse groups within the healthcare industry.

36 credits are required for graduation.

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