MBA with Accounting Specialization
Why Attend MUM
The unique approach to MBA education at MUM flows from its focus on two leading-edge perspectives:
- Management by Natural Law, as conceived by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, with its emphasis on the full development of mental, physical and emotional capabilities
- Lean Management that is derived from the success principles of the Toyota Production System. These two approaches produce powerful knowledge and insights for career development. Director of the MBA with Accounting specialization, Dr. Andrew Bargerstock, has been recognized by the Lean Enterprise Institute and the Institute for Management Accounting as 2009 Lean Accounting Professor of the Year.
The university is also one of only approximately 250 institutions nationwide selected as a member of the Colleges of Distinction, chosen for possessing four key attributes: engaged students, great teaching, vibrant community, and successful outcomes.
Special features
MUM is the only university where you get all this:
- Active learning with outstanding faculty. You will receive personal attention and support from professors who care deeply for your growth and fulfillment. MUM emphasizes the value of student engagement and active learning. Students enthusiastically appreciate the varied teaching methodologies including case studies, field trips to leading businesses, guest speakers, in-class discussions, small group activities/projects, business simulations, student presentations, and various writing assignments.
- Lean Management and Lean Accounting. Based on success principle of Toyota Corporation, Lean Management consists of a systematic set of elements, rules and tools that drive organizational excellence by adding value to customers and eliminating waste throughout the organization. At MUM, students explore how the work of accountants changes when they are part of a lean management organization.
- Management by Natural Law. Through a course in the Science and Technology of Consciousness (STC), students appreciate how nature organizes according to the path of least resistance (flow) and how to unlock their own creativity in a purposeful and coherent manner to enhance decision-making. Connections to STC principles are expressed throughout the curriculum.
- Transcendental Meditation technique. You’ll learn the most widely practiced, extensively researched, and most effective method of self-development in the world. All students practice this simple, natural technique each day to improve learning ability, optimize brain functioning, and reduce stress. More about Transcendental Meditation
- One course per month. By taking one course per month, you will eliminate the stress of studying several subjects at once. Each month you’ll focus fully in a single subject, making learning easy and satisfying. This concept is also known as the “block” system.
- International student community. With students from more than 80 countries on campus, you will meet friends from around the world and learn that the world is your family.