0501202

Business Ethics

This course provides students the practical knowledge and methods of addressing ethical issues and challenges faced by the managers throughout their professional business arena. It will draw on a variety of materials and experiences as a basis for analyzing and evaluating the manager’s and the firm’s options and decisions. Discussions on various other topics like theories of ethics, the importance of ethics in attaining business success,  exploring  ethical  issues  and considerations within a business environment, and varied frameworks for analyzing and resolving real-world ethical issues are also the part of this course. Emphasis will be placed upon the manager’s social and environmental responsibilities to a wide variety of stakeholders, including employees, customers, and the public. Student engagement in discussion of several case studies from real-world applications.

0501403

Business Law

This course intends to provide students with the necessary understanding for the legal and regulatory environments within which business organizations operate. It focuses on the important legal concepts and principles relevant to doing business in UAE in particular. Among the topics that are discussed in this course are forms of business organizations, essentials of contracts and agreements, ethical and legal elements of doing business, negotiable instruments, agency, insurance dealings, and employment law.   

0501220

Business Reporting

This course introduces all aspects of written and oral communication applicable to the business world to the students. The course focuses on reporting mechanisms for business, industry, and government. Furthermore, written business correspondence (memos, letters, reports, e-mail, and resumes); analysis and interpretation of business problems; basic writing, editing, and presentation skills; and interpersonal communication; and ethical and legal considerations in the communication process are also included in the course that helps students to enhance their knowledge and communication skills. 

0501204

Business Research Methods

This course aims to provide students with the necessary skills and knowledge to determine the information necessary to address the identified basic or applied research problem and, using these skills and knowledge, develop an actionable research proposal. By taking this course, students will gain an understanding of relevant approaches, elements, and stages of undertaking a research enquiry to provide insights to solving a relevant business problem. Students will develop core competence required to carry out a research enquiry, including identifying and formulating research problems, setting appropriate research objectives, explores qualitative and quantitative research methods, connects the research with existing literature, selecting, and applying appropriate research approaches, secondary and primary data collection and instruments, sampling and analysis methods, as well as the importance of ethical conduct in business research. This course discusses different methods and techniques essential to the execution of effective, coherent, and rigorous research for informed business decisions and practices

0501201

Introduction to Management

This course provides students with foundational knowledge and skills concerning the role and functions of management. This course introduces the theories, concepts, and frameworks of management and how these lead to the effective management of an organization. These frameworks support critical analysis of individual and organizational operations, performance to business opportunities and pressures to explore the four critical dimensions of planning, organizing, leading and controlling within an organization. These insights enable students to identify their role as future managers and to map their contribution to creating value in both an individual and organizational level.        

0503201

Managerial Finance

The course is a core requirement for undergraduate business programs and introduces business finance. It provides insights to students about conceptual framework of financial management at the introductory level, covering major financial theories, practical tools and analysis used in financial decision-making. The core topics include financial statement analysis, financial markets and institutions, time value of money, bond and stock valuation, the relation between risk and return, cost of capital, capital budgeting, leverage, as well as working capital management.

0509102

  Mathematics for Business

The course introduces students to the language of algebra and its different topics. Topics include operations with real and complex numbers, graphing first and second-degree equations, fractions, and solutions of equations (linear, quadratic, and logarithmic). The course portrays algebra as a logical extension of arithmetical processes and as a powerful tool for analyzing relationships in social sciences.

0506203

 Management Information System

This course aims to develop students’ knowledge of information technology and systems, understanding of the nature and value of information in the decision-making process and achieving efficiency and competitive advantages. The course also introduces different types of Information Systems such as ERP, SCM, CRM and their roles in modern business organizations. It also develops students understanding and awareness of the social and ethical implications of information systems.

0501305

Operation Management

This course provides knowledge of forecasting methods, quality management methods, process design, dependent- and independent-demand inventory models, task design, aggregate planning, short-term planning, product design methods, and introduction to the techniques of project management to the students. Moreover, this course includes topics like; the strategic relationship of operations with other functional organizations, value chain concepts, and quantitative methods of operations, including forecasting models, inventory models, statistical process control, process models, and project management methods in particular. Furthermore, this course also helps to provide a review of current supply chain practices to the students such as JIT, MRP, and EOQ inventory management methods.

0501303

Organizational Behavior

The main objective of this course is to provide a broad and thorough understanding of organizational behaviour (OB) in the development of today’s organization. The course focuses on the practical applications of OB concepts and techniques that all managers and employees encounter in their related responsibilities. With the help of this subject the students will learn and understand about personality traits, power, communication, and motivational models, the role of culture and values, and work design.

  0502101

  Principles of Accounting (1)

The aim of this module is to ensure that students understand the role, function and basic principles of financial accounting and establish an appropriate technical skill of the rules of double-entry bookkeeping. It introduces students to accounting concepts, principles, and processes underlying the production of financial statements in service and merchandizing companies and analyzes the measurement and reporting of business transactions to users of financial statements. It also develops the ability to prepare and report on financial statements for basic reporting entities in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principle (GAAP) and in line of the adopted International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for listed companies in UAE.  The concepts and principles learnt in this course are an essential foundation for the later studies of Financial Reporting (intermediate and advanced), cost and management accounting, corporate governance, and Audit and Assurance.

0502102

Principles of Accounting (2)

The aim of this course is to ensure that students understand the role, function, and basic principles of financial accounting. They also develop the ability to prepare, analyze and report on financial statements for basic reporting entities in accordance with current National Accounting Standards recognized in the UAE, and in line with the adopted International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) for listed companies in UAE.  The concepts and principles learnt in this course are an essential foundation for the later studies of Intermediate, IFRS Financial Reporting, and Audit and Assurance. This course introduces students to accounting processes of measuring and reporting business transactions to interested users through preparing classified financial statements. Topics to be covered include financial statements in merchandizing and manufacturing companies, inventories valuation, fraud and internal control of cash, accounts receivables, plant assets and natural resources, and current liabilities.

0509220

Principles of Macroeconomics

This course provides an introduction to macroeconomic theory allowing students to understand the process by which the levels of economic activity, employment and rates of interest are jointly determined. The board coverage includes national income accounting, governmental fiscal and monetary policies, economic growth and classical-Keynesian debate on aggregate output ,business cycle and open economy.

0504206

Principles of Marketing

This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the principles of marketing; and the marketing process from the perspective of both the buyer and the seller. The student discovers and explores tools that can be used to find out what customers really want and need, and how to differentiate the customer groups, how to identify key environmental forces that affect marketing decisions and the importance of competitive positioning and marketing mix. Students will develop a comprehensive marketing plan and apply course concepts for real or imaginary products. 

0509210

Principles of Microeconomics

The course provides an introduction to a core area of economics known as microeconomics. It considers the operation of a market economy and the problem of how best to allocate society's scarce resources. The course considers the way in which various decision- making units in the economy (individuals and firms) make their consumption and production decisions and how these decisions are coordinated. This course introduces microeconomic concepts and tools necessary to analyze various microeconomic problems, such as issues of scarcity and choice, the tools of price determination and elasticity, supply and demand, theories of firms, factor pricing, output and pricing decisions in the perfect and imperfect competitive markets.

0509201

  Statistical Models

This course acquaints students with the advanced concepts of statistics that will help them to make or evaluate decisions using statistical analysis of empirical data. The coverage includes inferential statistics, basic probability, hypothesis testing, parametric tests, different regression models and time series analysis. The course also focuses on the utilization of statistical methods as applied to business problems and operations.

0501402

Strategic Management

This course is an integrative approach to the study of the total enterprise from the executive management's point of view—the environment in which it operates, the direction management intends to head, management's strategic plan and the task of implementing and executing the chosen strategy. The course aims to show how well-crafted and executed strategy benefits a company's long-term performance, to integrate concepts from the core curriculum and to apply strategic management in business settings. The course centers on the theme that a company achieves sustained competitive advantage if and only if its management can implement appropriate choices in the future direction and competitive scope in running the company. 

0501425

Change Management

This course develops knowledge and understanding of the key principles and concepts of change management among the students. The course provides insights to students on how managers in organizations have to follow a process while anticipating and implementing a change. It involves the formulation and implementation of a strategy for change, the impact of the environment and communicating the change in vision, empowering employees to perform, and the role of change management processes, leadership culture and lifelong learning opportunities in real business case scenarios. The course also helps students understand how to create short win-win situations for the employees and the organization. 

0505301

Human Resource Management

This course emphasizes the evolving nature of human resource functions in today’s organizations. It examines the roles, responsibilities and tasks of human resources managers, the integrations of human resource functions and the expectations of human resource leaders to make a significant contribution to the successful management of the organization. Students will explore the significant role of managers and supervisors in managing successfully an organization’s human resources. Topics to be discussed include the functional areas of HRM, relationships within the organization, workplace diversity, relationships, policies and procedures within an organization and the role of human resources in a local and global economy.

0505302

Human Resource Development

This course concerned with the development of knowledge and skills needed for productive and satisfying work to achieve organizational success. This course emphasizes the design, implementation and evaluation of training and development as they impact the performance of individuals and the groups. The course also provides an overview of the nature of organizational change and development for organizational growth, staff development, learning theories and practices, success planning, performance management as well as the application of models and processes of Human Resource Development.

0505303

Human Resource Analytics

Human Resource Analytics cover practices such as the design of the HR within organization and HR metrics. Its provides a clear, accessible framework with which to understand and work with HR analytics, it clearly points out how the HR function can and should change to meet the future demands of a global and dynamic labor market. This course introduces the student to the essential concepts, and business application of human resources research, data, systems, analyses, and how to integrate with information systems. Also the course will cover quantitative analysis to understand trends and indicators in human resource data with regards to planning, recruitment, selection, performance appraisal, and training. The course will show step-by-step, using simple terms, how to carry out analysis (using the statistical package SPSS) and interpret the results, helping to communicate the potential of HR analytics.

0505304

Managing Performance

The course aims at analyzing and critically discussing performance management systems in context of business unit and corporate level. The contents cover the analysis of the current state of the art in the field and put forward a holistic performance management system. Such a comprehensive approach to management control provides business organizations a predominant architecture for the design, diagnosis and effective use of performance management systems. Topics include, amongst others, performance appraisal, processes, reward systems and feedback, sources of performance information, developmental plans and implementing performance management systems.

0505401

Compensation and Benefit Management

Fair compensation increases employee motivation and commitment and builds organizational competitiveness. Employees are more likely to positively participate in improving organization performance. The course brings to attention the importance of employees’ compensations and benefits as a means of sustaining organizational success. The course pays attention to methods associated with critical elements of compensation such as, salaries, incentive pay, and benefits management. Emphasis is placed on the concept of total compensation across these decision- making areas in relation to both HR and general competitive strategy.

0505402

Human Resource Planning and Recruitment

This course is designed to enable students to understand the fundamental concepts of human resource planning and staffing activities in organizations and encourages students to take a strategic and modern approach to the identification, attraction, selection, deployment, and retention of talent. It develops students’ abilities to analyze the complex social, cultural and organizational factors influencing human resource planning, recruitment, and staffing in the organizational context. Topics include human resource planning, recruitment, assessment, selection decision-making strategies, and succession planning and retention strategies. The importance of linking staffing and talent management to business strategies, objectives, and competitive challenges will be emphasized. Legal issues such as discrimination and equal employment opportunities are discussed under the topics of job advertisement, selection

and staff movement.

0505410

Employee Relations and Labor Law

This course examines Employee Relations and Employment Law as a functional area of Human Resource Management. The main focus is to develop and maintain effective working relationships with employees to sustain employee contribution and retention. Managers and HR professionals should have the knowledge and ability to abide by organizational policy and labor law practices. This course will help students understand that to be competitive; HR practitioners must focus on the development and retention of their employees. Topics in this course include historical background to employee relations and employment law, employee relationship from the economic, legal and social perspectives, key contributors to employee relations, including trade unions, employers’ associations, national and international Bodies and employment law.

0505425

Strategic Human Resource Management

This course is based on an active approach to the management of people. Strategic HRM may be seen as an approach to the management of human resources that provides a strategic framework to support long-term business goals and outcomes. The approach is concerned with longer-term people issues and macro-concerns about structure, quality, culture, values, commitment and matching resources to future needs. As such, the course pays particular attention to the alignment of human resources management with organizational strategy. Thus, students will learn to analyze strategic decisions, competency-based model of human resource management and deal with practical aspects of managing people in the workplace in activities such as assessment of the international environment, the planning of staffing needs and competencies, and the impact human resource decisions on organizational strategy in their pursue to gain and maintain competitive advantage.

0501450

Internship

The internship presents an opportunity for real-world experience. The major goal of an internship is to provide students with an experience that will enable them to apply the knowledge and skills acquired during coursework in a real-world setting. Students will learn how decisions are made in collaboration with others, facing constraints and challenges they may not have faced in the academic world of the classroom.