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to explain how strategic capabilities BUS 482 - PC - Quantitative ECO 482 - PC - Introduction to
can ensure sustainable competitive Methods in Business Economics
advantage. It examines the way
firms and markets are organized in Credit Hour: 2 Credit Hour: 2
different manner under different Prerequisites: No Prerequisite Prerequisite: No Prerequisite
business environment with the aim This course introduces students The main goal of this course is to
to achieve distinctive capabilities and to the fundamentals of statistical provide students with knowledge of
therefore to formulate distinctive analysis, placing emphasis on the the theories and methodologies of
strategies. It explains the way application of data analytics for a economics and their applications in
capabilities are modeled, their wide range of business problems. business. The first part of the course
contribution to an appropriate The course begins with an overview will involve discussing the problem of
Strategy, their dimensions and of basic quantitative techniques economic scarcity, supply, demand,
the way they are developing, the to compile and present summary market prices and the use of prices
way they are audited and presents measures of business data, and as a guide for consumption and
their dynamic character and their moves on to inferential tools to aid production. Additional topics covered
sustainability. Finally it enters into managerial decision making. At the include production possibility
the steps for analyzing Resources end of the course, students should frontier, marginal analysis, and
and Capabilities of an Organization. be able to apply a variety of statistical opportunity cost. The second part
It explains the reasons of possible methods to analyze historical data, of the course, the focus is on the
differences and the way they are likely model future trends, and devise theory of the firm. As a part of this
to change. It will enable students to managerial implications. broad topic, the course examines
understand the way capabilities lead in detail competition, oligopoly, and
to various competitive strategies. ACC 482 - PC - Financial monopoly markets. In each of these
Accounting market models, equilibrium price,
Pre-Core Courses Credit Hour: 2 output, profits and consumption
levels are reviewed. Throughout the
Prerequisites: No Prerequisite course, particular emphasis is placed
MGT 482-PC - Introduction to Financial accounting and reporting is on the use of economic analysis to
Management the primary channel through which explain and critique contemporary
organizations provide important business issues. Extensive examples
Credit Hour: 2 financial information to their external are used to illustrate the application
of managerial economics theories to
Prerequisite: No Prerequisite stakeholders (e.g., shareholders, practical business situations.
creditors, governmental agencies,
This course examines, in depth, the and customers, etc.) for both
role that managers plays in ensuring informational and decision-making
organizational performance. The purposes. Consistent with this
management functions of organizing purpose, this course teaches
and leading are explored in depth. students the fundamentals of
The course presents individual accounting methods and systems,
motivation and communication such as transaction analysis, the
style, group dynamics as related accrual system of accounting, the
to problem solving and decision- process of income measurement,
making, leadership style, work and the construction and analysis
structuring, and the larger business of financial statements. The primary
environment. It also covers focus of the course is on the users of
organizational culture and change, accounting information. This course
interdependence of individual, group assumes no prior knowledge in
and organization task and structure. accounting.
The course demonstrates the real-
world applications of management
concepts and makes management
come alive by bringing real managers
from a variety of fields into the
classroom.

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