COURSE DESCRIPTION


Master in Business Administration

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Major Requirement

Thesis

Total Credit Hours



Major Requirement - 24 Credit Hours:



Compulsory Courses - 18 Credit Hours

Course Code Course Name Credit hours Description
A0517303 Project Management 3
A0517304 Business Research Methods 3 This course offers knowledge and skills to allow students to perform scientific research on the critical problems facing business and management. Topics include introduction to scientific research, problem description, literature review, theoretical structure, formulation of hypotheses, research design, methods of data collection, variable measurement, sampling, hypotheses testing, citation and referencing.
A0517105 Strategic Planning 3 This course introduces basics, functions, analytics, and practices of strategic planning as one of the main pillars within strategic management discipline that helps students in fulfilling tasks as; internal and external environmental scanning , mission statement revising, future strategic scenarios and situations analysis to better deal with uncertainties of context rapid changes before finalizing the strategic planning process and formulating corporates? both directional and cooperative strategies.
A0517106 International Businesses 3 This course identifies to the students the basic knowledge of the international business. It provides the students with an overview of the strategies and tactics that international companies use to design, operate, control, and implement business activities in the world. Students will learn to overcome challenges such as cultural, economic and political differences by emphasizing various functions of international business, including distribution and logistics, production, global sourcing, export strategies and sales, strategic alliances, international marketing and international human resources management. 
A0517405 Managerial Accounting 3 This course aims to provide a comprehensive understanding to the interaction between business environment and managerial accounting. In addition, the course emphasizes the use of accounting information for internal planning and control purposes. The course covers the role of management accounting in decisions concerning resource allocation and performance evaluation, application of high-low method, Cost-Volume Profit analysis (CVP) in multi-product settings, theory of constrains, quality costs, performance evaluation and pricing decisions.
A0517404 Advanced Financial A Management 3 This course describes the forms of business entities and introduces financial reports. It presents an in-depth review of the balance sheet, statement of stockholders? equity, and problems in balance sheet presentation. It presents an in-depth review of the income statement, including special income statement items. In addition to an introduction to analysis and comparative statistics, covers short-term liquidity, covers long-term debt-paying ability, covers the analysis of profitability and introduces analysis useful to the investor. Besides ratios, this course covers leverage and its effect on earnings, earnings per share, stock-based compensations, and stock appreciation rights. Finally, it reviews the statement of cash flows, including ratios that relate to this statement.

Elective Courses - 6 Credit Hours

Course Code Course Name Credit hours Description
A0517406 Marketing Management 3
A0517305 Operations Management 3 This course aims to equip students with knowledge of operations management, it provides students with an overview of operations management, generally, focuses on topics such as operations, productivity, product, process, and job design, work measurement, aggregate planning, Material Requirements Planning (MRP) & Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), production scheduling, just-in-time (JIT), lean operations and Toyota production system, with all the necessary applications for implementing related methods.
A0517108 Organizational Behaviour 3 This course aims to provide students with the advanced concepts of behavioral sciences of individuals within organizations through teaching students, the basic concepts of organization, diversity and employee culture, motivation to work, work pressures, perception, personality. Topics include leadership power and politics, conflict and negotiation, organizational culture, work motivation, and group effectiveness, understanding work team's communication, effective leadership in decision-making.
A0517203 Selected Topics in Business 3
A0517306 Total Quality Management 3 This course provides an understanding of various theories of quality management (QM). Students will learn how organizations can develop excellence through the adoption of continuous improvement and process management. The course analyzes and uses various process management techniques, continuous improvement tools, and strategies to improve quality. The conceptual and analytical skills acquired in this course enable students to provide leadership in shaping a culture for quality within an organization and determining the effectiveness of quality initiatives such as Total QM, Six Sigma, Process Capability, Process Control, and Customer Relationships.
A0517107 Human Resource Manageme 3 This course aims to familiarize students with the basic principles and techniques of human resource management. The course takes a practical view that integrates the contributions of the behavioral sciences with the technical aspects of implementing the HR function in the real world. Topics include job analysis, workflow analysis, and design, human resources planning, recruitment, selection. training and development, performance appraisals and compensation management.

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