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        ECO 201 - Principles of       applications. The objective of this   MGT 255 - Management and          MGT 402 - International       and how it applies to organizations   and organize business processes.
        Microeconomics                course is to provide an introduction   Organizational Behavior          Business Management           today. The course deals with strategy   The premise of the course is that
        Credit Hour:  3               to theories and methodologies of   Credit Hour:  3                      Credit Hours: 3               formulation at the functional,   compared to traditional firms,
        Prerequisite: ENG 200 + (MTG 100 or   macroeconomics with the primary   Prerequisite: ENG 200         Prerequisites: MGT 255 + ECO 202  business, global and corporate   digital firms rely heavily on a set
                                      focus being the application of
                                                                                                                                            levels and also focuses on strategy
                                                                                                                                                                           of information technologies to
        MTT 101 or MTT 102)           principles and practices of this field to   This course provides an     This course will provide an in-  implementation with particular   organize and manage. Managers
        Principles of Microeconomics   business and managerial economics.   understanding of the discipline   depth perspective of managing   reference to environmental issues. It   of digital firms need to identify
        are an introductory course in   The first part of the course is   of organizational behavior within   international business. Since   deals with real life strategic situations   the challenges facing their firms,
        microeconomics theory and     centered on building and developing   a management perspective. OB      business is becoming increasingly   and decision-making aimed at   discover the technologies that will
        applications. The course is designed   the foundations of economics,   is considered at an individual,   global, firms are requiring managers   ensuring that companies attain a   help them meet these challenges,
        to introduce undergraduate students   including the notion of scarcity,   group and organization level. Job   to understand and be able to   sustained competitive advantage.   design business processes to take
        to the fundamental concepts and   demand and supply, price setting and   Attitude, perception, values and   resolve the challenges faced in   The study of strategic management   advantage of the technology and
        theories of microeconomics with the   economic efficiency.  The discussion   personality attributes are viewed   surviving and succeeding in this   introduces students to a variety of   create management procedures
        primary focus being the application   will include the concepts of marginal   from a management viewpoint with a   competitive environment. Greater   theoretical concepts, each of which   and policies to implement the
        of principles and practices of   analysis, opportunity cost, production   consideration of motivation theories,   internationalization requires firms   throws some light on how and why   required changes. Topics include
        microeconomics to business, finance   possibilities frontier, and consumer   decision making and the notion of   to be more competitive, dynamic,   organizations function and succeed   the role of information technology
        and managerial economics.     and producer surplus.          ethics as applied to the workplace.      and interdependent. Managers   (or, sometimes, fail). On a practical   in business, IT infrastructure,
                                                                     Issues of trust, leadership and the
        The first part of the course will   The second part of the course is   conflict management process are   must understand the complexities   note, it also gives a set of analytical   enterprise applications, e-business
                                                                                                                                            tools and frameworks which you can
                                                                                                                                                                           and e-commerce. Please note that as
                                                                                                              of global economic, political, socio-
        involve discussing the problem of   devoted to examining the national   reviewed.                     cultural, and financial forces and   use to make sense of an organization   an introduction course to the field of
        scarcity, demand, supply, equilibrium   economy, economic fluctuations,                               recognize how they affect cultural   and its business environment, and   management information systems
        prices, and the use of prices as guide   inflation, unemployment, aggregate   Organizations are examined as   diversity, handling the increased   to critique its strategy and appraise   (MIS), this course provides an
        for production and consumption.   demand and supply, productivity and   hierarchies and matrix structures   risk of international operations, and   its chances of future success. It is   overview of a wide range of topics in
        Concepts including; marginal   growth, and the impact of technology   and the concept of organizational   developing appropriate international   important to mention that the course   MIS. For each topic discussed in this
        analysis, opportunity cost, production   on the economy.     culture is reviewed in terms of its      strategies. The course focuses on   gives full attention to sustainability   course, there will be more advanced
        possibilities frontier and elasticity.                       impact upon performance. OB and          building skills to better understand   and environmental protection.   courses for in-depth discussion.
                                      The final segment of the course   the contribution it has made to HRM                                 Environmental issues are pressuring
        In the second part of the course, the   involves discussing aggregate   is examined. The course concludes   the nature and dynamics global                         MKT 200  - Principles of
        discussion will center on consumer   demand and supply, fiscal and   with a consideration of organizational   trade.                senior executives across many   Marketing
        choice; the behavioral and firm’s   monetary theories and policies.  change and how best to optimize the   MGT 406 - Strategic      industries to rethink their businesses.   Credit Hour:  3
        production decisions and on the                              change process.                          Management                    Since the 1990s, increased interest   Prerequisite: ENG 200
        short-run and long-run costs and   Throughout the course, particular                                                                in environmental sustainability,
        output decisions. The theory of firm   emphasis is placed on the use of   MGT 308 - Operations        Credit Hour:  3               triggered by numerous ecological   This course is designed to introduce
        in perfect competition, monopolistic   macroeconomic analysis to explain   Management                 Prerequisite: Last semester   crises and stricter environmental   students to the fundamental
        competition, monopoly, and oligopoly   contemporary economic issues   Credit Hours: 3                 There is no single, easy recipe (or   regulations, is forcing companies   concepts of marketing and how
        markets are fully examined in the   and subjects influencing individual,   Prerequisites: MGT 255 + MIS 200   even a single difficult one) that can   to view corporate sustainability as a   they are currently applied in the
        third part.  In each of these market   business, and government decision   Co-requisite: BUS 204      ensure that an organization can   strategic issue. Sustainable strategic   marketplace. It should provide
        models, equilibrium price, output and   making behaviors.                                             get competitive advantage. The   management involves analyzing,   a stimulating environment for
        profits are reviewed.                                        This course introduces the principles    choices that managers face, and   formulating, and implementing   each participant in which he/she
                                      FIN 200 - Principles of Finance  of Operations Management (OM) as                                     business strategies that are
        Throughout the course, particular   Credit Hour:  3          they relate to both manufacturing        make, are heavily influenced by the   economically competitive, socially   can explore the central tasks of
                                                                                                                                                                           marketing and build on previous
        emphasis is placed on the use of   Prerequisite: ACC 200     and service operations.  It assists      business environment, but also by   responsible, and in balance with the   experiences. The module enables
                                                                                                              their organization’s own history. That
        microeconomic analysis to explain                            students in integrating the other                                      cycles of nature. Sustainable strategic
        contemporary economic issues   This course is an introduction to the   business specializations with the   environment, and that history, shape   portfolios allow organizations to   participants to gain familiarity with
                                                                                                                                                                           the tools/processes currently used by
        and subjects influencing individual,   principles, issues, and institutions of   OM function. The course covers   how organizations function, their   create competitive advantages by   practicing marketing professionals
                                                                                                              operational routines, their cultures,
        business and government decisions.  finance. Topics include valuation, risk,   the nature and the dynamics of                       serving as agents of social change
                                      capital investment, financial structure,                                and the way their managers think.   and ecological protection.  in analyzing market opportunities,
        ECO 202 - Principles of       cost of capital, working capital   traditional and contemporary         So, even organizations in the same                           and to apply these in different
        Macroeconomics                management, financial markets, and   OM issues in today’s business      country and the same industry   MIS 200 - Introduction to    contexts.
        Credit Hours: 3               securities.                    environment.  Both qualitative and       may have very different views of   Management Information
                                                                     quantitative issues are addressed.
        Prerequisites: ENG 200 + (MTG 100                            The use of computers is emphasized       the world, use different methods   Systems
        or                                                           as a vital tool in dealing with OM       to do the same thing, conjure up   Credit Hour:  3
        MTT 101 or MTT 102) + BUS 102                                problems.  Topics related to process     different images in the minds of their   Prerequisite: ITD 100 + ENG 200
                                                                                                              customers and thus have different –
        Principles of Macroeconomics                                 decisions, facility decisions, planning   but equally valid – strategies.   This course focuses on the
        is an introductory course to                                 and inventory decisions and daily                                      fundamental issues in using
        macroeconomic theory and                                     operational decisions are covered.       This subject provides a study of the   information technologies to manage
                                                                                                              framework of strategic management
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