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strengths and opportunities for MSL 514 - Organizational course will help students to develop senior managers will be clarified. FNT502-Regulatory Frameworks
development around the following Behavior sustainable leadership skills and Models for multicultural team Master of for Fintech
five competencies: focused drive, competencies through real-life effectiveness will be developed that Credit Hour: 3
emotional intelligence, building trust Credit Hour: 3 scenarios. foster the synergistic resolution Science in Prerequisite: No Prerequisite
and enabling others, conceptual Prerequisite: MSL 500 of organizational issues and
thinking, and systems thinking. This This course provides a framework MSL 502 - Leading and Building problems enhancing the delivery Financial This course provides a
leadership self-assessment allows the for understanding the values, High Performing Teams of valid strategic decisions. The comprehensive overview of the
course content relates issues of
students to continue their personal attitudes and behaviors of individuals Credit Hour: 3 sustainability and teamwork with the Technology regulatory landscape affecting
development in relation to leadership and groups in an organizational Prerequisite: MSL 514 the fintech industry. As financial
and change management skills after setting. This course explains how economic, social and environmental FNT501- Digital Banking and technology continues to transform
finishing this course. Ultimately, individuals and groups function This course delivers knowledge and systems ensuring that senior the way we conduct transactions,
this course prepares students to to achieve goals and the reasons insights into Leading and Building managers have a collective team Financial Services manage assets, and access financial
lead and manage change in their for success or failure in achieving High Performance Teams. Such a view regarding issues of efficiency, Credit Hour: 3 services, understanding the
organizations. these goals. Specific topics covered process is considered as one of social equity and environmental Prerequisite: No Prerequisite regulatory frameworks that govern
these innovations is essential for
the most important and complex
MSL 501 - Developing a Leader in this course include: theoretical challenges facing any strategic accountability. The course allows This course provides a professionals operating in this
for the coaching of students both
Within You foundations of organizational leader. The course is experiential and as team leaders and team players. space. Students will explore the
behavior; personality and individual theoretical in terms of representing comprehensive overview of the key regulations and guidelines
Credit Hour: 3 differences; the impact of values, an opportunity to be part of a real Course members will pursue and rapidly evolving landscape of that influence fintech operations,
Prerequisite: MSL 522 attitudes, and job satisfaction on time team building experience experience this goal of synergistic digital banking and financial including anti-money laundering
organizational behavior; motivational team performance in simulated and services. Students will explore the
This course is designed for business theories; group dynamics and and reflecting on the academic action learning projects. transformation of traditional banking (AML), know your customer (KYC)
leaders with direct experience decision making; communication foundation of such experience. models in response to technological requirements, data protection laws,
of managing teams who wish to and leadership; power, politics, and The course will consider a range MSL 599 - Thesis in Leadership advancements, consumer behavior and consumer protection regulations.
develop their leadership skills influence within an organizational of theories and conceptual models Credit Hour: 6 shifts, and regulatory changes. The course also addresses the role
to inspire others to ‘exceptional context; organizational design and its about the nature of teamwork. It Prerequisite: Last Semester The curriculum covers key of regulatory bodies, both at the
performance’. The course aims to role in achieving organizational goals. provides an understanding that topics including online banking, national and international levels, and
improve on the existing knowledge, The course emphasizes practical strategic leaders need to direct The goal of this course is to apply mobile payment systems, fintech examines how these agencies adapt
skills and attitudes (KSA) necessary applications of concepts, theories and coordinate team problem the student’s research skills and innovations, digital currencies, and to rapid technological advancements.
to lead and motivate people, while and frameworks in the workplace. solving, provide performance familiarity with the challenges faced the impact of artificial intelligence Through case studies and real-world
developing effective strategies in a By doing so, this course prepares expectations, clarify roles, assist in by leaders so that the student can and big data on financial services. scenarios, participants will analyze
socially responsible manner. It aims students to manage behavior of conflict resolution, provide feedback, propose a project based approach Through case studies and real-world how different countries approach
to help you become an ‘authentic’, individuals and groups within an facilitate self-correction, increase task to address one of those challenges. examples, students will analyze fintech regulation and the impact
well-rounded ethical leader. The organization in order to achieve the involvement and share information The type and nature of the project various digital banking platforms of these regulations on innovation
course uses the latest thinking in organizational goals. and goal setting. Strategic leadership are to be arranged between the and their features, examine the and competition within the financial
the use of psychometric tools for involves an ability of the senior student and the faculty. These two role of cybersecurity in protecting services sector. The course aims to
leadership development. Working MSL 503 - Contemporary Issues management team to supply critical parties must agree on a topic and as financial transactions, and assess equip students with the knowledge
with skilled coaches, students will in Leadership thinking, identify changes and a minimum requirement, the student the implications of digital access needed to navigate the complex
be given the opportunity to analyze reprioritize organisational resources must define the project problem and on financial inclusion. The course interplay between technology and
their own personality dimensions, to Credit Hour: 3 in the light of ongoing change. Such its magnitude, conduct a literature will also discuss emerging trends regulation, and to develop strategies
identify the most critical components Prerequisite: MSL 522 leadership capabilities at this senior review that covers the classic and such as open banking, robo- for compliance within a continuously
of their personality and to apply this Leadership is a glue that holds the level in the organization need to emerging methods and techniques advisors, and blockchain technology, evolving regulatory environment.
to gain a deeper understanding of organization together. It makes be grounded in sustainability such in addressing the problem, and equipping students with a holistic FNT503- Data Analytics in
their leadership effectiveness. Only employees give his/her best to that the team process assumes propose a systematic approach to understanding of the digital financial Finance
through a deep awareness of their achieve sustainable organizational resilience and robustness over time. address the problem. Students are ecosystem. In addition to theoretical
leadership qualities will the students goals. The course has been designed Students will be able to encompass to work on their project at a steady frameworks, the course emphasizes Credit Hour: 3
be able to develop an effective plan to help the students to earn for and assume core behaviors that pace over one semesters to complete practical applications, preparing Prerequisite: FNT501
for personal development which themselves the knowledge, skills, enable the strategic leadership of all requirements and submit it for students for careers in a rapidly
they will implement throughout the competencies and behaviors effective teams to have an in depth evaluation. While developing the changing financial landscape. Guest This course provides an in-depth
program. This course will help you of successful leaders in the understanding of overt and covert appropriate sections of the project, speakers from the industry and exploration of the essential concepts
understand some of the secrets to contemporary business world. The interpersonal team process skills and students are expected to utilize the hands-on projects will enhance and techniques of data analytics
developing, motivating, inspiring and course will expose the students to an understanding of the impact such knowledge and skills they acquired learning and provide insights into as applied to the field of finance.
sustaining high-performing teams the business challenges of a truly skills have upon team performance. while taking all their courses the future of banking and financial Students will learn how to analyze
to drive sustainable organizational flat world and also provide them The need to understand and in the MSL program, especially services. financial data, extract meaningful
success. with a skill set to find out sustainable negotiate interdependent the Research Methods and the insights, and make data driven
business solutions. Overall, the relationships between team Contemporary Issues in Leadership decisions that impact business
colleagues, departments and courses. performance. The course covers a

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