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Forecasting Demand, Production problems. This course explains
Planning, Inventory Controls, Lean Electives/ Engineering the whole process of strategy
Philosophy and techniques, and formulation, implementation,
Transportation and Distribution in Management Basket evaluation, control, and strategic
different types of organizations. It issues. The course is mainly case-
also covers the role of advances MEM 508 - Engineering Risk and discussion-oriented. Real
in technologies and electronic case studies will be presented and
commerce in coordinating the supply Management active participation in discussions is
chain of a product from the point of Credit Hour: 3 expected. A project related to one
origin to the point of consumption. of the course topics will be assigned
The course helps students develop Prerequisite: No Prerequisite to each group of students and
the quantitative and analytical skills This course introduces approaches presented at the end of the course.
to analyze, model and solve supply and concepts to risk managements
chain problems. The course is based for systems engineering. It covers ACC 522 - Advanced Managerial
on a mixture of lectures and case risk identification, risk analysis, risk Accounting
discussions. assessment, strategies development Credit Hour: 3
MEM 510 - Innovation and to manage it, and applications of Prerequisite: ACC 482 -PC
Entrepreneurship risk management for engineering
companies. Students will learn This course focuses on the use of
Credit Hour: 3 how to determine the quantitative accounting information as a tool in
Prerequisites: No Prerequisite and/or qualitative value of risk the planning and control of business
related to a concrete situation and organizations from a management
This course focuses on coverage a recognized threat. A case study perspective. The orientation of the
of the topics of managing from real industries (e.g., General course is to analyze and evaluate
technological innovations and Motors) is used to illustrate the risk management accounting information
creating successful organizations. management phases of systems from the perspective of senior
It aims at providing rich exposure engineering. management using case study. In
to the students on management light of the course description, the
of innovation in manufacturing primary objective of the course is to
and information technologies. It provide the necessary framework
also explains how to become an to understand and be able to apply
entrepreneurial leader by defining Electives/ System and use management accounting
and developing opportunities and Management & Business information. Consistent with this
bringing together the resources orientation, the list of topics covered
and capabilities needed to make in this course includes an overview of
it happen. Topics covered include: MGT 523 - Strategic managerial accounting; the role and
disruptive technologies, strategic Management function of accounting information
management of technology, new in corporate governance; accounting
product development, technological Credit Hour: 3 information as a managerial tool, cost
change management, corporate concepts and behaviors, an overview
entrepreneurship and innovation, Prerequisite: Last Semester of cost systems; incremental costing
diffusion of innovation, and chain of This course covers the determination and its application for short and long-
innovation activities. The knowledge of the strategic direction of the term decision making; capital and
and skills acquired in this course firm and management of strategic operational budgeting; issues related
will be applied in a term project that processes in the firm. The course to effective management control, and
includes, as an essential component draws on and integrates concepts financial statements analysis from a
of the project, the ethical issues from the functional areas (i.e. managerial accounting perspective.
related to intellectual properties finance, accounting, management,
of innovative ideas. The project management information systems) ACC 482-PC - Financial
will be presented at the end of the in the analysis and resolution of Accounting
semester complex business situations. It Credit Hour: 2
also discusses the integration
of environmental factors and Prerequisites: No Prerequisite
organizational functions in the Financial accounting and reporting
analysis and solution of management is the primary medium by which

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