MGMT /
Management
MGMT 110 Principles of Business
Administration 3 Credits
Principles of Business Administration
illustrates the complexities of managing
a business to students. The course will
include the structures of business, functions
of different departments, labor relations
and law. Students will analyze the corporate
as a profit venture organization by virtue
of its ability to provide customers with
products and services.
MGMT 200 Quantitative Techniques
for Business 3 Credits
Prerequisite: Statistics
Managers of different types of business
organizations - private or public sector,
manufacturing or service - need to make
decisions about how the organization's
resources should be allocated. Information
to make these decisions will often be
quantitative/ numerical, and today's managers
should be able to appreciate how to assess,
analyze and utilize it. The course aims
to show the student some of the methods
and techniques which have been usefully
applied to quantitative information.
MGMT 210 Research Methods 3 Credits
Prerequisite: Statistics
This course focuses on the role of research
in business, qualities of good research,
creating the research proposal, problem
identification techniques, types of research,
sources of business information, schedule
and questionnaire design, sampling theory,
report writing, and research ethics.
MGMT 220 Management of Information
Systems 3 Credit
This course introduces students to the
crucial role technology plays in the management
of data and information in most structured
and logical manner.
The five primary types of data in today's
information systems include predefined
data items, text, images, audio, and video.
Traditional business information systems
contained only predefined data items and
text. More recent advances in technology
have made it practical to process pictures
and sounds using techniques such as digitization,
voice messaging and teleconferencing.
Management of all these data types along
with the necessary information canbe done
by an electronic system called “Information
System”.
MGMT 230 Business Management
3 Credits
Prerequisite: Principles of Business Administration
Business Management introduces concepts
of management, the role of managers, management
techniques and development of teams and
groups within an organization. Students
will be taught to understand the decision
making process, organizational structure,
and practice of management with emphasis
on multiculturalism, social responsibility
and ethics.
MGMT 231 Business Policy and
Strategy 3 Credits
Prerequisite: Statistics
The module aims to be integrative and
cumulative in that it draws together the
purposes and methodologies of the functional
areas of business policy and strategy
which are usually studied separately and
to show how they contribute to the overall
purposes and aims of the organization.
This synthesis is usually considered in
relation to the environment in which the
organization exists and with reference
to a timescale projected into the future.
The challenge for the student is to analyze
complex organizations and their environments
as well as the relationships between the
two and evaluate models and methodologies
against observations of the practices
of real organizations. The module will
particularly cover policy making in organizations
which operate in an international arena.
MGMT 240 Organizational Behavior
3 Credits
Prerequisite: Principles of Business Administration
This course covers individual differences
and personality traits, perception and
attribution, motivation, rewards, high
performance teams and groups, conflict
and negotiation, communication, leadership,
organizational culture, structure, jobs
and job design, power and politics, careers
and socialization, organizing change,
models and processes.
MGMT 250 International Business
Management 3 Credits
Prerequisite: Business Management
This course introduces students to the
challenges of doing business in a globally
integrated marketplace. The course focuses
on the key disciplines of business, as
they adapt to cultural, political, legal,
economic and logistical dimensions of
operating an enterprise in an international
milieu.
MGMT 251 Operations Management
3 Credits
Prerequisite: Principles of Business Administration
Operations Management is the process of
measuring and controlling the value
Chain to insure the maximization of value
added to inputs in creating product
(Goods and services).The course will examine
a series of case studies, qualitative
techniques, and quality management approaches
employed by contemporary organizations
to insure the greatest efficiency of staffing
and production capacity, inventory, quality,
information, and distribution. The course
takes a qualitative approach to understanding
operations management issues and a quantitative
approach to solving operational problems.
MGMT 260 Project Management 3
Credits
Prerequisite: Research Methods
Project Management is designed to provide
students with an exposure to different
aspects of project management. Students
will be able to strengthen competencies
through participation in a variety of
occupational experiences, ranging from
routine assignments to specialized work-related
duties. The course provides students the
chance to develop their skill and integrate
theoretical learning with practical applications.
