Scope, role and function of human resource management; Staffing the organization: human resource planning and forecasting, recruitment and selection; Job design and analysis; Job evaluation; Performance management; Training and development; Motivation; Disciplinary measures; Promotion and compensation; Human resource audit and research; Employee participation; Labor Relations; Work Environment.
Course Catalogue
Course Code: BUS 301
Course Name:
Human Resource Management
Prerequisite:
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
Course Code: BUS 302
Course Name:
Financial Management
Prerequisite:
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
Financial planning and control; Pro forma balance sheet model; Operating and financial breakeven analyses; Operating and financial leverage; Working capital management: concept and policy; Management of short term assets: cash, marketable securities, receivables, and inventory; Sources and management of short term financing: accruals, accounts payable, and short-term bank loans; Factoring; Choosing a bank; Long-term financing: common stocks, preferred stocks, bonds, and leasing; Organization restructuring: mergers and acquisitions; LBO; Dividend policies.
Course Code: BUS 304
Course Name:
Management Information System and e-Commerce
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
Computer and information processing; Strategic information system; Software and hardware; Telecommunication; System building methods; Transaction processing system; Office automation; DSS, ESS, AI; Computer security and disaster planning; Current issues and trends in information technology; Ethical, social and global issues in information technology; E-commerce: concepts, technologies, and tools; Current literature on e-commerce: networking basics, infrastructure architectures, security, front end/ back end integration, business models, online investing; Designing interactive web-sites; Electronic money; Creating and marketing products on internet; Use of internet for creating management information system.
Course Code: BUS 305
Course Name:
Entrepreneurship
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
Theories on entrepreneurship; Impact of environmental factors on entrepreneurship; SWOT analysis; New business start-up strategies; Business plan; Business launch; Cases on entrepreneurship.
Course Code: BUS 306
Course Name:
International Business
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
International business environment; International trade theories; International communication; International finance, economics, and marketing; International organizations and regulatory bodies; Mergers and acquisitions; National and sub regional trade; Bilateral and multilateral trade; Global business strategy; International law.
Course Code: BUS 307
Course Name:
Strategic Management
Prerequisite:
All major core courses
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
Concepts on strategy; Strategic thinking and planning; Organizational SWOT analysis; Conception and evaluation of alternatives; Strategic decision making: organizational, departmental, and business unit level; Strategic monitoring and control.
Course Code: BUS 308
Course Name:
Research Methodology
Prerequisite:
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
Types of research; Scientific thinking; Research process and design; Sample size and sampling technique; Data collecting, measurement, and scaling; Data coding and analysis; Research proposal writing; Research report writing and presentation; SPSS, C+.
Course Code: BUS 314
Course Name:
Marketing Management
Prerequisite:
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
Marketing management: concepts, tools, and techniques; Types of products; Product attributes; Product life cycle, New product development; Packaging; Branding; Pricing strategies; Promotional mix; Advertising budget; Media planning; Sales force allocation; Distribution strategies and channels; Marketing requirements of different organizations; Service marketing; Ethical and social issues of marketing; Export marketing; Modern trends in promotion.
Course Code: CHEM 101
Course Name:
Chemistry (Inorganic and Organic Chemistry)
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
Atomic Structure, quantum numbers, electronic configuration, periodic table. Properties and uses of noble gases. Different types of chemical bonds and their properties. Molecular structures of compounds. Selective organic reactions. Different types of solutions and their compositions. Phase rule, phase diagram of mono component system. Properties of dilute solutions. Thermochemistry, chemical kinetics, chemical equilibria. Ionization of water and pH concept. Electrical properties of solution.
Course Code: CHEM 102
Course Name:
Chemistry Laboratory
Credit Hours:
1.00
Detailed Syllabus:
In this course, students will perform experiments on volumetric analysis such as acid-base titration, oxidation-reduction titrations, determination of Fe, Cu and Ca volumetrically. These concepts are learned in CHEM 101.