Discusses accounting perspectives, principles, concepts, and assumptions used in preparing financial statements of organizations for use by external parties. Emphasis is placed on interpretation and uses of the financial statements, and how this requirement relates to independent audits of management assertions as contained in financial statements. Topics include introduction to financial statements, transaction analysis, accrual accounting, internal control, accounting for various categories of assets and liabilities, cash flow analysis, and analysis of financial statements.

Discusses conceptual frameworks and analytical tools used in formulating marketing strategies for organizations. Focuses on developing students’ competence in effectively managing the strategic marketing function of an organization to develop and nurture a sustainable competitive advantage. Topics include the strategic role of marketing in the organization, industry analysis, market segmentation and targeting, competitive strategies, etc. Emphasis will be placed on applications through the use of case studies and/or computer game simulation of competitive interaction and the development of a strategic marketing plan.

Provides an understanding of how the operations function in an organization is performed. Examines how do the operations activities of a firm that include both manufacturing and services activities create value and the competitive advantage in our increasingly interconnected and interdependent global economy.

Components of MIS technologies: Hardware, software, and networking components. Databases and their structures. Information systems applications including enterprise systems, e-business, and Decision Support Systems. Concepts and tools of systems development. Ethical and security issues.

Introduction to Decision Support Systems (MSS): Decision Support Systems, Collaborative Work Systems, Executive Support Systems, Expert Systems, and Neural Networks. Impact of MSS on decision making. Exposure to MSS tools and development methods. Integration of MSS. Team projects to develop MSS.

Discusses strategic management processes and of the formulation and application of functionally integrated business policy by top management. Sharpens students skills in designing strategic management processes, linking strategy of business with organizational missions and visions, conduct internal and environmental assessment, implement strategy analysis based on multiple approaches, making strategic decisions of the choice of policy directions and develop a framework for policy evaluation.

Helps students to acquire scientific research skills, prepare an applied research tackles one of the contemporary issues in the students’ field of specialization that has practical and scientific importance, and to train students to apply the rules of scientific methodology in management research. At the end of the course, a student submit an applied research report that follows the scientific method in research papers, and which has a practical and scientific contribution. For the student to pass this course, his/her research must be to the level of the possibility of acceptance for publication in an academic journal.

This course covers architecture, setup, configuration, operations and management of system that is of “enterprise class”. Fundamentals of business process and business process re-engineering concepts are also taught in this course. Emphasis is given to the ERP selection, process mapping, GAP analysis, implementation, and configuration of ERP systems. Students receive an in-depth coverage of enterprise modules and decision analysis tools. Project management techniques are used to emphasize team dynamics and management skills.

Discusses conceptual frameworks and analytical tools used in formulating marketing strategies for organizations. Focuses on developing students’ competence in effectively managing the strategic marketing function of an organization to develop and nurture a sustainable competitive advantage. Topics include the strategic role of marketing in the organization, industry analysis, market segmentation and targeting, competitive strategies, etc. Emphasis will be placed on applications through the use of case studies and/or computer game simulation of competitive interaction and the development of a strategic marketing plan.

Provides an understanding of how the operations function in an organization is performed. Examines how do the operations activities of a firm that include both manufacturing and services activities create value and the competitive advantage in our increasingly interconnected and interdependent global economy.

Provides an understanding of the dynamic nature of supply chain management for products and services and addresses the impact of the global economy on the managerial decisions. Examines the theory of supply chain design, which includes strategies for sourcing, supplier relationships, quality, logistics, inventory management, and integrated supply chain management.

Provides an understanding of how the use of data and other quantitative information can play a critical role in understanding and resolving the uncertainty and complexity of managerial decisions. Covers both descriptive and inferential statistics. Provides students with the concepts and techniques enabling them to use statistics as a tool to make better business decisions.

Discusses perspectives, principles, concepts, and techniques used in preparing accounting statements for internal use by the management of an organization. Topics include development and use of accounting data for management decision-making; cost concepts, behavior, and systems; activity-based costing; pricing, process, and activity decisions; budgeting, planning, and control; performance management and measurement systems; contemporary management accounting issues. Emphasis will be placed on real-world applications.

Links macroeconomic policy and the economic environment to the state of the economy. The course uses the economic theory to understand the impact of financial markets and government policies on national income, employment, investment, interest rates, money supply, exchange rates, and inflation.

Discusses human resource management principles and theories and how these are applied in organizations operating in a globalized world. Topics include employment law; external and economic influences, recruitment, selection, training and career development, promotion, performance appraisal, ethics, business strategy integration, international human resource management, work and life programs, and compensation and benefits and how the human resource managers can be more effective in designing and implementing those strategic functions of HRM.