H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship
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Business school
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in Florida
Florida
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, United States
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, and is accredited by Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, and internationally by the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education
International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education
The International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education is an educational accreditation agency for college and university business programs...
and the University Council of Jamaica.
Named after businessman and philanthropist Wayne Huizenga
Wayne Huizenga
Harry Wayne Huizenga is an American businessman who grew Blockbuster Video, Waste Management, Inc., and AutoNation into successful companies. He is the former owner of the National Football League's Miami Dolphins, the National Hockey League's Florida Panthers and the Major League Baseball's Miami...
, the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship serves over 4,800 bachelors, masters, and doctoral students in a variety of degree programs.
Undergraduate Programs
Through the undergraduate program bachelor's degrees are available in:- Accounting
- Business Administration
- EconomicsEconomicsEconomics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
- FinanceFinance"Finance" is often defined simply as the management of money or “funds” management Modern finance, however, is a family of business activity that includes the origination, marketing, and management of cash and money surrogates through a variety of capital accounts, instruments, and markets created...
- ManagementManagementManagement in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively...
- MarketingMarketingMarketing is the process used to determine what products or services may be of interest to customers, and the strategy to use in sales, communications and business development. It generates the strategy that underlies sales techniques, business communication, and business developments...
- Sport and Recreation Management
Master's Degree Programs
15 Master's Degree Programs are available. They include the following:- M.B.A. in EntrepreneurshipEntrepreneurshipEntrepreneurship is the act of being an entrepreneur, which can be defined as "one who undertakes innovations, finance and business acumen in an effort to transform innovations into economic goods". This may result in new organizations or may be part of revitalizing mature organizations in response...
- M.B.A. in Finance
- M.B.A. in Global Management
- M.B.A. in Human ResourceHuman resource managementHuman Resource Management is the management of an organization's employees. While human resource management is sometimes referred to as a "soft" management skill, effective practice within an organization requires a strategic focus to ensure that people resources can facilitate the achievement of...
Management - M.B.A. in Leadership
- M.B.A. in Management
- M.B.A. in Sales
- M.B.A. in Sales Management
- Master of Accounting
- Master of International Business Administration
- Master of Public AdministrationPublic administrationPublic Administration houses the implementation of government policy and an academic discipline that studies this implementation and that prepares civil servants for this work. As a "field of inquiry with a diverse scope" its "fundamental goal.....
- Master of Science in Human ResourceHuman resource managementHuman Resource Management is the management of an organization's employees. While human resource management is sometimes referred to as a "soft" management skill, effective practice within an organization requires a strategic focus to ensure that people resources can facilitate the achievement of...
Management - Master of Science in Leadership
- Master of Science in Real Estate DevelopmentReal estate developmentReal estate development, or Property Development, is a multifaceted business, encompassing activities that range from the renovation and re-lease of existing buildings to the purchase of raw land and the sale of improved land or parcels to others...
- Master of Taxation
Doctoral Degree Programs
A Doctor of Business Administration is available with specializations in:- Accounting
- Decision Sciences
- Finance
- Human Resource Management
- International Business
- Management
- Marketing
Facilities
Einstein Bros. Bagels
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restaurant that is operated under a brand-licensing agreement (not under a traditional franchise
Franchising
Franchising is the practice of using another firm's successful business model. The word 'franchise' is of anglo-French derivation - from franc- meaning free, and is used both as a noun and as a verb....
arrangement).