Compulsory Courses
First Semester
ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT
This course is structured to inform the MBA students about contemporary applications of management. With this basic approach the topics include knowledge society and organizations, information technologies, globalization and organizations, TQM, core competence, outsourcing, hybrid, organizations, downsizing, sub – contracting, lean organizations and cluster organizations. This course examines organizational theory, practice and learning in the context of rapidly changing competitive and economic environments. Strategies and tactics for growth and performance improvement are explored. This course covers issues of current relevance, including social networks, knowledge management, innovation, organizational learning and design thinking.
Second Semester
MARKETING STRATEGIES
This course is concerned with helping managers identify, select and implement strategies that would make their organizations more competitive in the marketplace. These strategies encompass decisions such as which "products" their firm offers and chooses not to offer, by the markets it seeks to serve and not serve, by the competitors it chooses to compete with and to avoid, and the level of vertical and horizontal integration it considers as optimal for all of its stakeholders. Specific ways to compete in the chosen "markets" will usually be characterized by one or more functional strategies such as product line strategy, positioning strategy, pricing strategy, distribution strategy, segmentation strategy, manufacturing strategy, information technology strategy, and global strategy. The intent of this course is to provide decision makers with concepts, methods and procedures by which they can improve the quality of their strategic (marketing management) decision-making.
RESEARCH METHODS
Students learn the scientific methods and techniques and develop their competence to evaluate research and prepare research projects. The basis of scientific research, scientific method, quantitative and qualitative research, problem statement, literature review, hypothesis, assumption, limitations, definitions, sampling methods, data collection (validity, reliability, item analysis, questionnaire development procedures, observation, interview), quantitative research methods (descriptive studies, correlational research, casual research, experimental research, single-case studies, meta-analysis), qualitative research (content analysis, case studies, action research, narrative research), reporting (organizing a scientific writing, parts of a scientific writing, general writing rules, showing the source in the text, preparing the list of resources). Students make scientific research about a subject that is related to their fields.
Third Semester
THESIS
Supervised independent research on a topic agreed between the student and the supervisor (a faculty member) and approved by the Administrative Committee of the Institute. It is evaluated by a jury of two faculty members and a member from other universities.
Elective Courses
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Managing human capital in the new economy is a challenge all business professionals face. This course addresses that challenge by retaining its unique orientation to overall practicality and real-world application incorporating technology, teams and virtual learning methods. Practical tips and suggestions provide effective ways of dealing with problems in communication, leadership, discipline, performance appraisal, labor relations, and compensation administration.
INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT
ORGANIZATION BEHAVIOUR
The aim of the course is to provide students with a basic concepts related to organizational behavior and show them how individual and group behavior is important for the management of an organization.
STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
Designed to help the participants gain a better understanding of some of the most critical issues in the field of strategic management today. The issues addressed include: understanding some of the principal driving forces that will shape the future of international competition; the central role of corporate purpose to strategy in individual firms; the role of capital markets and corporate financial policies in shaping a firm's competitiveness in global markets; the identification of appropriate boundaries for a firm, including strategic alliances and the degree of diversification; the future of the implicit “contract” between employees and the corporation, and its implications for the meaning people find in their work and for the creation of knowledge-based competitive advantages; and the future evolution of corporate governance (particularly the role of boards of directors and institutional shareholders).
MARKETING
This course introduces the essential principles of marketing (key concepts, methods of analysis, strategies and tactics) critical to managing profitable customer relationships in today’s dynamic and allied environment. Topics include, understanding the marketplace, product, services and branding strategies, new product strategies, pricing products, marketing channels, integrated marketing communication strategies. The course will help in understanding development of managerial decision-making techniques and problem-solving through practice in analyzing practical marketing cases. It will expose students to the commonly problems faced by marketing managers and to develop skills in analyzing marketing problems and preparing implementable plans of action based on analyses of given business situations. Cases and a marketing simulation are used to focus the discussion and to reinforce learning of key marketing concepts.
LEADING, TRANSFORMATION AND CHANGE
DATA ANALYSIS & COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN MANAGEMENT
TECHNIQUES FOR STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
NEGOTIATION TECHNIQUES AND CONFLICT MANAGEMENT SKILLS
MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES AND ISSUES IN GLOBALISATION
MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES AND ISSUES IN GLOBALISATION
INDUSTRIAL, ORGANIZATIONAL AND WORK BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT
The application of principles, theory and research of industrial organization, work behavior management and behavioral science knowledge in the context of work setting is explored in this course. The main goal of the course is to outline how businesses and their organizations can be designed so that both employees’ efficiency and quality of life are improved. The covered topics comprise job analysis, training and development, personnel decisions, organizational change, leadership, motivation, teamwork, occupational stress and well-being, personnel assessment, history and evolution of the field, as well as other related subjects on employer-worker relationship. The course also includes developing students understanding of the questions raised and answered by scholars in the field and the methods used to answer those questions in paper writing.
COST ACCOUNTING FOR BUSINESS MANAGERS
ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS
ADVANCED MICROECONOMIC THEORY
MODERN THEORY OF BANKING AND FINANCE
This course discusses financial governance and explains how financial markets and institutions complement each other. It also identifies the economic forces work within financial systems and explores how they determine system organization.This course also offers a theoretical survey of financial activity and its application to numerous practical situations. Course also explains both static financial system organization and the dynamics of financial system evolution. After the completion of this course students will have detailed information regarding the following topics; Financial System Functions, Financial System Governance, Financial System Organization and Change, Market versus Nonmarket Governance, Market Governance,Intermediation and Internal Governance, Terms of Deals, Pricing Stocks and Bonds, Pricing Derivatives by Arbitrage, Markets with Impediments to Arbitrage Securities, Bond and Mortgage Markets, Markets for Trading Risks, Exchange Rates and Markets, Marketable Securities Portfolios, Nonmarketable Securities Portfolios, Principles of Intermediation, Management Practice: Domestic Institutions, International Banking and Banking Markets.
ADVANCED MACROECONOMIC THEORY
STATISTICAL APPLICATIONS FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES
BANK MANAGEMENT
This course is an introduction to the modern theory of banking and financial intermediation. Despite their long history and importance, banks do not easily fit into the models that economists typically use. It will examine different modelling approaches, with an emphasis on models based on asymmetric information. We will also study theories of financial instability and regulatory response to instability. After the completion of this course students will have detailed information regarding the following topics; Banking and the Financial Services Industry, Government Policies and Regulation, Analyzing Bank Performance, Managing Noninterest Income and Noninterest Expense, The Performance of Nontraditional Banking Companies, Pricing Fixed-Income Securities, Managing Interest Rate Risk: Earnings Sensitivity, Managing Interest Rate Risk: Duration Gap and Economic Value of Equity, Using Derivatives to Manage Interest Rate Risk, Funding the Bank, Managing Liquidity, The Effective Use of Capital, Overview of Credit Policy and Loan Characteristics, Evaluating Commercial Loan Requests and Managing Credit Risk, Evaluating Consumer Loans, Managing the Investment Portfolio and Global Banking Activities.
HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
DEVELOPMENT OF SUSTAINABLE TOURISM POLICIES AND PLANNING
This course informs students about the basic concepts and practices related to sustainable tourism policies and planning. Tourism requires effective planning for the development of sustainable and non-harmful, beneficial to the environment and economic development. This course will address the issues related to tourism planning today, process and future tourism planning. The course also aims to highlight the importance of local governments' decisions and practices in ensuring the sustainable development of tourism, and to develop new recommendations for decision makers in this regard. The aim of this lesson is to learn about planning studies in tourism and what needs to be done for the development of tourism during the adaptation of tourism concept of sustainability aiming to provide resources for future generations by protecting resources.
LANGUAGE OF SCIENCE AND CRITICAL EVALUATION
The main focus of this course is to crystallize the students’ capability of accessing, reading and understanding the evidence that is revealed through social sciences literature to guide inquiry; the use of measurement or manipulation; and an assessment of relationships under controlled, objective, and systematic conditions. The abundance of information made readily available by internet created important problems like selecting and assessing. Hence the aim is to increase awareness and furnish the students with the basic tools of critical evaluation to detect those fine nuances between what is right and what is not, the ability to capture the meaning of several, often contradictory signals and stimuli, to interpret them in holistic and integrative manner, to learn from them, and to act on them.
MARKETING
This course introduces the essential principles of marketing (key concepts, methods of analysis, strategies and tactics) critical to managing profitable customer relationships in today’s dynamic and allied environment. Topics include, understanding the marketplace, product, services and branding strategies, new product strategies, pricing products, marketing channels, integrated marketing communication strategies. The course will help in understanding development of managerial decision-making techniques and problem-solving through practice in analyzing practical marketing cases. It will expose students to the commonly problems faced by marketing managers and to develop skills in analyzing marketing problems and preparing implementable plans of action based on analyses of given business situations. Cases and a marketing simulation are used to focus the discussion and to reinforce learning of key marketing concepts.
MONETARY POLICY AND ROLE OF CENTRAL BANK
Financial Markets, Banking, and Monetary Policy provides a comprehensive introduction to the financial system, including the markets, institutions, and mechanisms of finance, as well as the role of the central bank and monetary policy. The economic principles underlying finance are woven through the chapters, and the course includes an insightful introduction into the causes of and responses to the recent financial crisis. After the completion of this course students will have detailed information regarding the following topics; Overview of the Financial System, The Special Role of Commercial Banks, The Pricing of Financial Assets, Factors Affecting Yields, Principles of Portfolio Selection and Efficient Markets, The Money Market, The Bond Market, Securitization, The Mortgage Market, The Equity Market, Central Banking and the Federal Reserve, Monetary Policy: The Basics, Monetary Policy: Challenges Faced by Policymakers.
ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION
This course is designed to examine the internal and external communication systems of business organizations. It is also examined that the uses of communication media such as internet and intranet in organizations.
INTRODUCTION TO TRANSPORTATION & LOGISTICS
INTERNATIONAL HOTEL MANAGEMENT
The development of hospitality and issues with hospitality management has been growing rapidly. We believe that hospitality is an area of activity that is sufficiently different to be considering separately from other aspects of management. In this lesson you will learn about: the international dimensions of hospitality management define the hospitality conception in global business environment, define key marketing concepts in global environment, to understand the strategic management process. Explain the criteria for changing international hospitality enterprises entry modes; understand the background to different approaches to international management. And students should be able to evaluate the actions taken to manage diversity in the hospitality industry both internally and externally.
ADVANCED MARKETING RESEARCH
The main purpose of this course is to provide the prospective marketing manager with an understanding of marketing research in an advanced level. Advanced methods of marketing research have been specially compiled for graduate students on marketing management and business administration programs. This course provides the sophisticated marketing research techniques found in the discipline in a basic way. The contributors focus on the history of methods, descriptions of their assumptions and content, and examples. The main themes of the course include marketing research design, data collection, data preparation and data analysis. The students will find advanced methods of marketing research an essential update of their knowledge of classical procedures which will be helpful to conduct their project or thesis.
HISTORY OF MANAGEMENT THOUGHT
The main aim of this course is to introduce the students with the main approaches in management and equip them with the required knowledge about different perspectives of management theory. The course will start with the chronological introduction of different schools in management and knowledge will be provided on the development of management discipline over the years. Later on, the contemporary management theories and approaches will be instructed to the students.
STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
Business policy is a synthesis of the principles of business management with emphasis upon the formation of business decisions and policies. The purpose of this course is to enable the student to draw on analytic tools and factual knowledge from all other courses in analyzing comprehensive business problems.to enhance ability to do the job of a general manager responsible for strategic performance. Specifically, to integrate the different functional areas of business into a cohesive whole. The challenge is not only in identifying weaknesses and threats facing firms , but to appreciate the strengths of the firm and anticipate opportunities in the external environment. This course is to correct organizational failures and expand upon organizational successes,however failureand success may be defined.
DESIGN THINKING AND SECTORAL INNOVATION
This course has been developed specifically for individuals and teams who want to learn a proven, systematic approach to developing new products. The course focuses on strong problem-solving processes that begin with design thinking and understanding unmet customer needs. The course covers an innovation process that includes concept development, applied creativity, prototyping, and experimentation. Design thinking approaches and their applications to work are explained. Major course topics include the critical design thinking skills needed to improve an existing product, design a new product or new manufacturing processes. In addition, the course covers topics such as creativity, design, customer experience, innovation, product, R&D and strategy studies in order to focus on increasing innovation, growth and customer experience based on understanding.
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MARKETS & BANKING
The aim of the class is to provide you with an understanding of the financial system and the roles and functions of financial markets and institutions. A particular emphasis is placed on understanding the roles of intermediaries such as banks and investment firms. Will develops an understanding of the various characteristics and roles of fixed income, equity, and foreign exchange markets. While some attention will be given to the global nature of financial markets will be widely discussed. This class aims to equip you with an awareness and understanding of financial markets and institutions in the context of the global economy. Particular emphasis will be placed on the role and contribution of the banking sector. This class covers the reasons for, and nature of, of financial markets and institutions with a particular focus on banking, the global nature of these markets and their regulation.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
This course introduces the concept of sustainable development at different geographical scales (local, national and international). It aims to explore the origin, goals, and challenges of sustainable development. The course will begin by analyzing the history of development and globalization projects using a cross-cultural perspective that considers social and environmental impacts outlining some key challenges, including reduction of poverty and sustaining the earth’s ecological integrity. As such, it deals with production, distribution, and consumption of natural resources as the principal determinants of sustainable development. The degree to which global market capitalism, subsistence, and other production systems have been, or currently are, sustainable over the long term will be explored. Moreover, environmental assessment policies and tools, indicators of sustainable development, and related social institutions are considered.
MARKETING STRATEGIES
This course is concerned with helping managers identify, select and implement strategies that would make their organizations more competitive in the marketplace. These strategies encompass decisions such as which "products" their firm offers and chooses not to offer, by the markets it seeks to serve and not serve, by the competitors it chooses to compete with and to avoid, and the level of vertical and horizontal integration it considers as optimal for all of its stakeholders. Specific ways to compete in the chosen "markets" will usually be characterized by one or more functional strategies such as product line strategy, positioning strategy, pricing strategy, distribution strategy, segmentation strategy, manufacturing strategy, information technology strategy, and global strategy. The intent of this course is to provide decision makers with concepts, methods and procedures by which they can improve the quality of their strategic (marketing management) decision-making.
INVESTMENTS MANAGEMENT
Develops an understanding of the models and concepts of profitable investing, relying on theoretical development and consideration of observed pricing, market, and participant behavior. Examines the markets through which investment funds are channeled and the motivations of the investing and borrowing communities.On successful completion of this course, all students will have developed knowledge and understanding on: how securities are Traded, Mutual funds and other investment companies, Global Financial Instruments, Efficient Diversification, The efficient market hypothesis, Intentional investing, Taxes. Inflation, and investment Strategies, Investors and the investment process, Behavioral Finance and Technical analysis. Examines the markets through which investment funds are channeled and the motivations of the investing and borrowing communities.
ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT
This course is structured to inform the MBA students about contemporary applications of management. With this basic approach the topics include knowledge society and organizations, information technologies, globalization and organizations, TQM, core competence, outsourcing, hybrid, organizations, downsizing, sub – contracting, lean organizations and cluster organizations. This course examines organizational theory, practice and learning in the context of rapidly changing competitive and economic environments. Strategies and tactics for growth and performance improvement are explored. This course covers issues of current relevance, including social networks, knowledge management, innovation, organizational learning and design thinking.
SUSTAINABLE MARKETING
This course tries to introduce the concept of sustainable approach due to the fact that the environment play a crucial role in sustainability studies at the top of the agenda for many organizations. Marketing has a key role to play in driving this agenda. This course tries to explore the complex and challenging environment of sustainable marketing strategies and actions. It firstly starts by considering the background of traditional marketing in order to understand some changes that have occurred over recent times and their significance. From corporate social responsibility to societal and green marketing movements, leading to the development of sustainable marketing practice. This course relies on the most complete and the accessible introduction to sustainable marketing in various markets.
DATA SCIENCE AND MANAGING BIG DATA
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MARKETS
This course develops the principles of international finance to gain an understanding of exchange rate dynamics, international financial flows, and recent events in both developed and emerging economies. The main topics are exchange rates, interest rates, and the derivatives (contingent claims). On successful completion of this course, all students will have developed knowledge and understanding on: options markets, options Valuation, Future markets, Bond prices and Yields, Managing Bond. Monetary Authorities, Risk in investing Mortgages and Financial crises,Equity markets, Commercial banking ,Regulation of banks. Monetary Policy , Money Markets, Capital Markets, Supply and Demand for loanable funds and exchange rates, interest rates, and the derivatives (contingent claims).
ETHICS AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
The course is designed to familiarize students with concepts such as morality, theory of right and wrong, the theory of value, what entails goodness and badness, and the theory of virtue and vice. After introducing these concepts, the course encourages students to think about ethical aspect of real life events and issues, makes them analytically examine their position in social life and how they deal with ethical issues. Students become more effective decision makers by examining the meaning and role of ethics in the business environment, and the social responsibility of business organizations. Topics include the relationship between business and society; identifying stakeholdersand issues; the theoretical basis of business ethics; business ethics in management and leadership; the concept of corporate social responsibility; corporate social responsibility in practice; regulating business; ownership and governance of the corporation; environmental and business responsibilities; globalization and business responsibilities; and ethics, responsibilities and strategy
SERVICE QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN TOURSIM INDUSTRY
Quality is regarded as a vital component of every organization and will continue to remain important for improving organizational performance and achieving competitive advantage in a firm’s industry be it a service or a manufacturing organization. Therefore, the focus of this course will be to expose the students with the contemporary quality management principles, practices and tools to help enhance their skills and abilities to identify, analyze and understand the impacts of quality management systems in any organization. Students should be able to: 1. Understand varying quality definitions and philosophies. 2. Explain different quality management methodologies, including design for Six-Sigma. 3. Apply quality management techniques to reduce variation and improve quality, processes, systems, products and services.
MODERN ECONOMIC ISSUES IN ENERGY SYSTEMS
MARKETING IN GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT
The aim of this course is to familiarize students with global competitive business environment and enhance their knowledge and skills required to successfully operate in a dynamic global market place. The course builds upon the primary concepts of marketing and will enable the students to practice applying those concepts to a global environment. The course also focuses on environmental concepts like cultural, demographic, economic, political, and legal factors as they affect a firm’s global success. The main topics include operational and transactional aspects of global marketing strategies on a corporate level. After successfully completing the course, the students will have a better knowledge about the myriad of activities required to compete outside the “home” country.
SERVICE MARKETING IN THE TOURISM INDUSTRY
Service Marketing in The Tourism Industry is a course designed to provide students with an overview of the tourism industry and its importance to the global economy. The course will explore the strategies and techniques for marketing services in the tourism industry. Students will learn about the importance of market research, segmentation, targeting, and positioning in service marketing. The course also addresses the role of branding, advertising, and promotion in services marketing and the challenges associated with marketing services in a globalized and interconnected world. In addition, students will have the opportunity to develop their communication and teamwork skills through group projects and presentations. The course provides students with a comprehensive understanding of the principles and practices of services marketing, as well as the skills and knowledge necessary for success in this dynamic and competitive industry.
OPERATION MANAGEMENT
The intent of this course is to further provide management and analytical concepts/tools for the management of operations and the decision-making process within the scope of the supply chain. Competitive advantage driven by supply chain strategy has been a common practice in the business environment in the past few years. Most of the strategies involve improving operational efficiency either through cost reductions or increase capital efficiency. Decision-making regarding operational issues is one of the most common tasks within organizations. This course will enhance students' ability to perform the quantitative analysis necessary and understand the management issues in order to make good operational decisions within the supply chain. Coverage is topical and will include supply chains issue and strategy, operations management framework, the Six Sigma approach, quality management, demand and supply planning, inventory deployment/control, and transportation networks optimization.
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT IN HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS
PORTFOLIO THEORY AND EQUITY ANALYSIS
The aim of the course is to provide students with knowledge of portfolio management concepts such as Markowitz Portfolio Selection Process, Efficient Frontiers, Capital Asset Pricing Model and Arbitrage Pricing Theory. This course will enhance the student’s critical thinking as well as knowledge of specific techniques in the investment process, the global market investment decision, efficient capital market, stock market inefficiencies (anomalies), behavioral finance, variables that forecast stock returns, quantitative optimization methods based on stock return forecasting models and mean-variance analysis, equity style management, transaction costs, quantitative optimization methods based on stock return forecasting models and mean-variance analysis and measuring the performance of active portfolio managers.
E-TOURISM
E-Tourism is a rapidly growing field that combines the use of technology and the internet to enhance the tourism industry. The course on E-Tourism is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the principles and practices of e-tourism, and the skills and knowledge needed to succeed in this dynamic and innovative field. The course will focus on the principles of e-tourism, including the use of technology and the internet to enhance the tourism experience. The course will explore the different types of e-tourism, including online booking systems, virtual tours, social media marketing, and mobile applications. Students will learn about the importance of user experience design, search engine optimization, and content marketing in e-tourism. The course will also cover the challenges associated with e-tourism, including privacy concerns, security issues, and the digital divide.
INVESTMENT APPRAISAL
This course is devoted to the techniques of cost-benefit analysis of investment projects. The course covers both the analytical techniques as well as their practical applications in decision-making. The course topics will cover financial modeling of investment projects, alternative investment criteria, the role of discounting the time value of money, pre-feasibility and feasibility studies in project appraisal, sensitivity analysis and maintaining consistency between real and nominal prices, inflation rates, exchange rates and interest rates. It will also cover how to determine the optimal scale and timing of investments and how to construct income statements and balance sheets from cash flow projections.
TQM IN TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY INDUSTRIES
This course is designed to enable students to understand the principles, concepts, processes and procedures related to Total Quality Management (TQM). Quality will present the various TQM frameworks and quality improvement tools needed to apply the culture. The main aim is to reduce waste, increase quality, ensure total customer satisfaction and ultimately strengthen competitive advantage. In addition this course aims to achieve the acknowledgement of the concepts of Total Quality Management and Quality Management Systems, introduction to Total Quality Management Techniques and Statistical Process Management tools. The following topics will be discussed in the course; Competition and quality concepts, Total Quality Management principles and practices, Total Quality Management tools and techniques, Statistics, Probability, Control charts, reliability are among the topics of this course.
TOURISM ECONOMICS
The main aim of the course is to examine the role of tourism in the economic life of countries using the basic concepts taught in the entrance economics courses. At the end of the semester, students will be equipped with necessary knowledge and tools to examine and examine the economic impacts of factors affecting tourism national income, balance of payments, employment and tourism supply and demand. In addition this course exemplifies economic aspect of the tourism industry, analysis macro and micro economic concepts including scarcity, opportunity cost, supply and demand, market structures, flexibility, GDP, GNP, employment, income distribution, exchange rates, balance of payments and investment decisions, branding, the contribution of the tourism sector to the economy, and the effects of sustainability on tourism development.
ADVANCED MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS
MESSAGE DESIGN AND MEDIA MANAGEMENT
This course aimed to analyse the forming and designing the planned message and its communication techniques and media within the framework of practices in strategic communication management. Relating to this, the case studies on how the effective media management should be are examined.
GLOBAL POLITICS
The course provides the analytical tools required to examine the changing nature of the international politics and the emergence of a global political space. It provides a historical understanding of the evolution of global political and economic forces and the ideas that shaped them. It also includes evaluations of the spread of neo-liberal economic orthodoxy, the creation of new multilateral institutions, migration, and debates on global media and the increased interpenetration of the world’s cultures. students are expected to have a profound understanding of core perspectives in international political economy; to learn how the current highly integrated global economy was created and evolved.
ORGANIZATIONAL KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
The aim of this course is to provide an opportunity to the students for understanding the importance of knowledge management in organizations as an intangible asset apart from the tangible assets. Two essential theories of knowledge management, which are knowledge-based view of firms and resourced-based view of organizations, will be illustrated to the students as a fundamental organizational strategy. Some of the case studies and best practices of multi-national companies that implemented knowledge management strategy will be analyzed from the point of knowledge management theories and perspective. In this course, both tacit and explicit dimensions of knowledge will be revealed and Nonaka’s SECI model (socialization, externalization, combination and internalization) will be also considered.
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND GLOBALIZATION
This course examines the role of international organizations in an age of globalization. It also studies the role of state and non-state actors within the context of global governance. The course attempts to analyze the changing dynamics of the international system and the emergence of new actors via discussing current regional and international political, economic, socio-cultural and humanitarian issues pertaining contemporary world affairs. The changing dynamics of globalization, the inequalities created in the world scale and the effect of recent migration trends to international organizations will be covered during the course.
RESEARCH METHODS
This course is designed to be a background pass to graduate studies. The ability to formulate a research question, finding the data relevant to research questions, analyze those data, and presentation of research findings are skills that will be acquired through this course. Scientific thinking skills and methods of research, using library and online archives, experimental design, and presenting quantitative data are modules covered within the scope of this course. Scientific communication, writing research proposals, scientific reporting and thesis writing are also supported. Conference presentations, time management in research projects, ethical issues, plagiarism and skills of working in a group and networking are also highlighted throughout the semester.
MONETARY AND FINANCIAL THEORY
NEW COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES
Focusing primarily on the internet and digital cultures, this course will explore the theoretical and practical debates that have developed around the concept of ‘new media’. Topics to be studied include interactivity, social networking, media convergence, cyberculture and the emergence of ‘web 2.0’. Are these developments anticipated by pre-existing studies of communication practice, or are new theoretical models required to understand them?
FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS
This course is organized to help students to analyze and interpret the financial statements. Students will use the financial statements to decide the capital structure and solvency, profitability and liquidity positions of companies. This course will also teach students comparative analysis, vertical analysis, trend analysis, and ratio analysis to perform the analysis of financial statements. On successful completion of this course, all students will have developed knowledge and understanding of: Measuring and Estimating Costs, Accrual-based Versus Cash-flow-based Performance Measures, Cost of Capital, Credit Analysis, Growth Analysis, Decision Making, vertical analysis, trend analysis, and ratio analysis to perform the analysis of financial statements and Valuation and Accounting Quality.
THEORIES OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
This course provides an analysis of the major theoretical debates of International Relations discipline, including Idealism-Realism, Realism-Pluralism and recent debates in critical International Relations approaches. The course also addresses the level of analysis problem as well as the central assumptions and key concepts of various theories of International Relations; namely postmodernism, normative theory and constructivism, with special emphasis on the basic concepts, and current critique of realism and neo-realism. Theoretical framework of the International Relations discipline will be defined and analyzed in the context of the course. The new theories will also be examined in detail and discussed.
CURRENT ISSUE IN TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY
In this course, the Turkish Foreign Policy from 1960 to present will be discussed by a thematic perspective, which will be accompanied by books and articles. Starting from 1960, International Dynamics and the internal dynamics will be analyzed in parallel; theoretical perspectives like Revisionism, Balance policies, Win-Win, Structuralism will be reviewed in the light of current foreign policies. Turkey’s current relations with Syria and Iran will also be highlighted within the framework of the migrant crisis and accession to EU: What can be the possible openings for Turkish Foreign Policy in its EU project? İs the question to be answered. Russian-Ukraine crisis will be highlighted.
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
Supply chain management course provides an insight to logistics and supply chain concepts and explores the management of supply chains to improve an organization's overall supply efficiency. The course also addresses all steps of the supply chain process, including procurement of materials, shipping, warehousing and distribution of finished goods. Other concepts included can be listed as the definitions of supply chains (and related supply chain concepts), identification procedures, an overview of methods, processes, and systems that are used in the operation of supply chains, and the applications of methods, processes, and systems to improve supply chain performance.
ADVANCED CORPORATE FINANCE
The aim of the course is to analyze the primary issues in modern corporate financial theory and practice. The focus will be on the corporate practice (corporate financial policies) that will create value and maximize the wealth of shareholders. We will be concerned with what financial managers do and why, and how the theory of finance explains these behaviors. The course is designed in line with the subject topics covered in the Chartered Financial Analysts (CFA) Exam (Level I). The course studies the essentials of corporate finance with basic theories. It covers time value of money, financial statement analysis, valuing stocks and bonds, capital budgeting, capital structure decisions and cost of capital estimation.
ISSUES IN EUROPEAN INTEGRATION
This course attempts to analyze major issues of European Integration within a theoretical framework. The course begins with an analysis of the major theories of European Integration such as functionalism, neo-functionalism and federalism. On the basis of this theoretical framework, the course will focus on the two main issues of European Integration, which are named ‘supranationalism versus intergovernmentalism’ and ‘widening versus depending’. In the context of this course, the impacts of decisions on the integration processes taken in summits such as Maastricht and Copenhagen will also be examined and discussed. The students will prepare a project about the current issues of the European Union at the end of the semester.
PRODUCTION PLANNING AND SCHEDULING
The course aims to analysis of some specific problem areas within the context of planning and scheduling of production activities. Also the course give the information related definition, formulation and available solution procedures for aggregate planning and lot sizing. It includes scheduling in manufacturing systems, scheduling in service systems, design and operation of scheduling systems. Students in this course will learn fundamental problem areas of production planning and control and, the relation between planning and control activities. At the end of this course student will be able to define of Production Planning and Control Concepts, decide forecasting and evaluate the forecasting methods, decide lot size of a single item with deterministic and constant demand, compute total cost of an inventory policy and solve lot sizing problems under resource constraint with multiple items.
FILM AESTHETICS
This course aims to develop the skills and knowledge necessary for analyzing film as an art and an aesthetic category. The course focuses on film theories and film criticism and gives special attention to detailed film analyses. Within this context it examines and analyzes the film styles of “auteur” filmmakers and compares their cinematographic styles with those of mainstream filmmakers.
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS
This course will provide basic knowledge regarding the international financial reporting standards. Each standard and the concepts within the standards will be analyzed in a detailed way. Students will have the ability to analyze the uniformity of reporting from the international perspectives. Which is describing the organizational structure of the key in setting IFRSs, describe the purpose of a conceptual framework-who uses it and why, explain the qualitative characteristics that make information in financial statement useful, discuss the going concern assumption underlying the preparation of financial statements, define the basic elements in financial statement-assets, liabilities, equity, income, and expenses, distinguish between alternative bases for measuring the element of financial statements, and outline concepts of capital
POPULAR CULTURE AND MEDIA
This course focuses on various aspects of popular culture and the media, exploring the relationship between the two. The notion of popular culture and the role of the mass media as a producer and reproducer of culture for mass consumption is discussed from different theoretical perspectives, such as Marxism, Post-Marxism, Structuralism, Post-structuralism, Critical Theory, Feminisms, and Edward Said’s critique of Orientalism. The course also discusses how popular culture and media impact the ways we see ourselves, others, and the world around us, as well as our understanding of different aspects of social identity such as race, ethnicity, class and gender.
POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
This Course is designed to introduce students of IR the political thought by following the footsteps of the outstanding thinkers from Plato, Aristotle, St. Thomas to Marx, Gramsci, Althusser, and Badiou through an analysis of the political thought of selected scholars along with their contributions to political philosophy. In examining the ideas of those theorists the method to be adopted is both textual and contextual, attempting to give due regard to the thoughts expressed by the authors and the social environments in which they have been expressed. These philosophers will therefore be evaluated and analyzed in their own historical context.
FINANCIAL THEORY AND APPLICATIONS
This course provides an introduction for fundamentals of finance. Students will be introduced with the interpretation of financial statements; the valuation of distant cash flows; the valuation of financial instruments such as stocks, bonds and options; and the financing and investment decisions of firms. This course will also teach students about the operations of the companies from the side of a consultant or investor. On successful completion of this course, all students will have developed knowledge and understanding of: Financial Statements, Taxes and Cash Flows, Working with Financial Statements, Long Term Financial Planning and Growth, Time Value of Money, Discounted Cash Flow Valuation, Interest Rates and Bond Valuation, Stock Valuation, NPV and Other Investment Criteria and Making Capital Investment Decisions
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENTS
Solving issues relating to financial management has become a big problem in our contemporary world for financial managers. To make a difference, this course is purposefully designed to facilitate students’ ability to synthesize and incorporate presented tools into flexible model for curtailing the long existing problem of financial managers. On successful completion of this course, all students will have developed knowledge and understanding of: Project Analysis and Evaluation, Some Lessons from Capital Market History, Return, Risk and the Security Market Line, Cost of Capital, Raising Capital, Financial Leverage and Capital Structure Policy, Dividends and Dividend Policy, Short Term Finance and Planning, Cash and Liquidity Management and Credit and Inventory Management.
MIDDLE EAST IN WORLD AFFAIRS
This Course offers the students of IR a contemporary history and politics of the Middle-Eastern states. This course will examine the nationalist ideologies, processes of nation-building and political change with a particular emphasis on the Fertile Crescent region of the Middle-East. This course will provide an academic background on the Middle East politics through referring basically to issues of legitimacy and stability, leadership, political elites, ideologies and social movements. The topics which will be covered include the Palestinian Question, the Arab-Israeli conflict, intra-Arab rivalries and the role of the military in politics.
COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
This course aims to explain and analyze the components and functions of communication systems in different societies. Starting with the authoritarian theories, the course progresses to the social responsibility theory of communication ın order to examine how theories emerge and spread within political systems.
SCIENCE FICTION FILM AND LITERATURE
This course aims to teach students to develop an advanced understanding of critical perspectives in science fiction film and literature. In this context this course focuses on critical skills in thinking about the role of science fiction within contemporary societies. From this point of view, the course examines European and American science fiction literature and film traditions with a special emphasis on cyberpunk literature and films
PROBLEMS IN INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
As a sub-field of International Relations discipline, the scope of International Security Studies gradually broadens. Therefore, this course examines major traditional and new theoretical approaches to International Security Studies as well as the different aspects of the contemporary international security issues, events, structures and processes. The course also aims to develop analytical and critical skills of the graduate students to comprehend and discuss the specific cases in the changing conceptual/theoretical framework of International Security by referring to different sectors of security such as military, economy, society, politics, energy and environment.
TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT
Total Quality Management (TQM) is a comprehensive and fundamental quality policy that aims continuous improvement. This course focuses on total quality concepts and total quality approach for decision making. In addition to presenting various Total Quality Management concepts and quality improvement tools, importance of customer focus, team formation and problem solving are also underlined. The key actions that highlights importance of quality through planning, design and control are discussed. Up-to-date quality standards and award models are discussed and criticized using real life cases. Aim of the course is to give total quality concept to the students. Also the course explains total quality management decision methods.
PROJECT SCHEDULING
The project schedule is the tool that communicates what work needs to be performed, which resources of the organization will perform the work and the timeframes in which that work needs to be performed. The project schedule should reflect all of the work associated with delivering the project on time. The aim of this course is to give the principles of project management, representation of project operations such as project breakdown, network representation and terminology, network data. The course content includes network planning with respect to costs and durations: critical path analysis, linear time cost trade-off analysis, resource-constrained network planning, resource scheduling and resource leveling.
OPERATIONS RESEARCH TECHNIQUES
Introduce students to developed techniques, methodologies and models used in Operations Research (OR). Operations Research (or Management Science) is a field of Applied Mathematics that uses mathematical methods and computers to make rational decisions in solving a variety of optimization problems. Most OR techniques require the use of computer software to solve large, complex problems in industry, business, science and technology, management, decision support and other areas and disciplines. In this course Deterministic Problems are considered – the data and future outcomes are known with certainty. Optimization of the solution is the primary goal. Matlab and Excel are used for representing and solving the problems.
LITERARY AND CULTURAL STUDIES
The course focuses on the analysis of various literary texts on the basis of various trends of criticism and culture specific issues. The course will examine the major contemporary literary theories, the key concepts in each, analyse the main theoretical and interpretive methods, apply and illustrate these in literary texts, as well as compare and contrast the different interpretive strategies.The adaptation procedure of literary texts into films and other documentaries will be examined. Selected films will be analyzed in class. The relationship between literature and culture and different types of related theories will be discussed and related films will be interpreted accordingly.
ORGANISATION UND MANAGEMENT
POLITICS OF PEACE AND CONFLICT IN DEEPLY DIVIDED SOCIETIES
This course explores the politics of deeply divided societies and focuses upon the ways through which such societies manage their divisions and sustain peaceful politics. Politics of deeply divided societies is characterized by instability and the persistence of conflict. Some deeply divided societies, however, maintain peaceful politics through power-sharing between groups. The course surveys the literatures on ethnic conflict, third party peacemaking, peacekeeping and peacebuilding as well as the power-sharing theory to answer the following questions: What makes the politics of deeply divided societies fractious and unstable? What are the main approaches to manage conflict in such societies? What roles can third party actors assume in bringing about peaceful settlements?
COST ACCOUNTING
In this course, the development, interpretation, and use of relevant cost behavior, control, and tractability concepts for management planning, controlling and decision making are emphasized. This course focuses on corporate decision-making skills for managers by concentrating on the concepts and practices of managerial accounting. The emphasis is on building a general framework for choosing among alternative cost systems for operational control and product cost and profitability measurement. The course covers recent conceptual and analytical developments in the area of management accounting, including study of modern and relevant planning, control techniques and their underlying concepts as applied to various functional areas within the firm, and performance evaluation
AUDITING AND ASSURANCE SERVICES
The aim of this course is to provide students with knowledge of basic auditing concepts, and teach them the requirements of an audit and assurance system. International auditing standards and the audit procedures will also be analyzed. This course will also provide the detailed knowledge regarding the audit cycle needed to perform a basic accounting audit. On successful completion of this course, all students will have developed knowledge and understanding of: An Introduction to assurance and financial statement auditing, The financial statement auditing environment, Audit planning, types of audit tests and materiality, Risk assessment, Evidence and documentation, Internal control in a financial statement audit, Auditing internal control over financial reporting and Audit sampling e.t.c..
COST-BASED MANAGEMENT AND DECISION MAKING
This course will provide students with practical knowledge of cost and managerial accounting systems. These systems are used by organization to analyze their product costs and internal cost structures, and provide other pertinent information used in management decision making. This course will cover fundamentals of cost management, service department and joint cost allocation, performance measurement to support business strategy, business unit performance measurement, transfer pricing, fundamentals of variance analysis, master budget flexible budget; absorption and variable costing; short and long-term costing decisions, break even analysis and volume analysis; and capacity management. The pre-requisite for this course is the core course in cost accounting titled “ACC 503 Cost Accounting”.
QUALITY ACCREDITATION AND PATIENT SAFETY IN HEALTH CARE
PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS
Plant growth substances are quite important in development and growth processes of plants. Conventional plant hormones (phytohormones); auxins, gibberellins, cytokinins, abscissic acit and ethylene are discussed in detail in this particular course. Maentime, recently accepted hormones which are known as new generation hormones as brassinostereods, jasminic acid, salicylic acid and the orhers are also discussed. Synthetic plant growth substances which are not natural hormones are also part of this course. The effects of these synthetic ones are discussed in respect to environmental concerns well as human health. Important physiological processes including germination, rooting, enlargement of fruits, fruit thinning, fruit drop, coloring, earliness, rest and dormancy, senescence, abscission, height control are discussed. Practical works with students are also included.
MESSAGE DESIGN AND MEDIA MANAGEMENT
This course focuses on communications that are created and used within the framework of strategic communication management practices and techniques used in message creation. The course analyses how message content is determined by media tools with the form of message in mind, importance of message - media compatibility for successful results and effective message designs for written and visual media is analysed. In class, specific case studies related to sample message design practices with different communication platforms such as, cinema, television, newspapers, advertising and public relations, social media and media management strategies are discussed. In this way, the course examines how message design and media management choice become functional in mass communication processes and which techniques and strategies are used to ensure an effective flow of communication.
DIFFUSION OF INNOVATIONS AND COMMUNICATION
This course aims to help students expand beyond the proven communication theories, methods and models of the past by recognizing their shortcomings and limitations, and broaden their conceptual frameworks regarding the diffusion of innovations. For this purpose, the theory and related model of diffusion of innovations will be reevaluated through new concepts and theoretical frameworks. Within the context of this course, topics such as elements of diffusion including the concepts of innovation, innovativeness and adopter categories, history of diffusion research, contributions and criticisms of diffusion research, the innovation-decision process, diffusion networks, innovation in organizations will be discussed and the theory and model of diffusion of innovations will be repositioned in a more contemporary framework.