BUS 103- INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT I: This course presents a balanced view of business; the strengths, weaknesses, successes, failures, problems, and challenges. It provides students a base for more advanced courses. The objective of this course is to provide students a clear and complete description of the concepts underlying business and illustrate the dynamism and liveliness of business organizations and people who operate them with real life examples.
BUS 136- BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES: Understanding social behavior individual in society, social perception, understanding others and ourselves, attitude, evaluating the social world, social influence, changing others behavior, hurting and helping, groups dynamics, the consequences of belonging, leadership, decision making by groups.
BUS 119- MATH FOR ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS I: The aim of the courses is that the student be familiar with a wide variety of mathematical concepts. 1. The rate of change of function, Equations for lines, Functions and graphs, absolute values, limits continuity. 2. Derivates. 3. Applications of derivatives. Curve Sketching, Maxima and Minima, The eigen value theorem. 4. Integration, Indefinite Integrals, Definite Integrals, Applications of Definite Integrals. 5. Transcendental functions Inverse Functions, Exponential and Logarithmic Functions. 6. Mathematics of Finance. 7. Introduction to Probability and statistics.
IT 103- INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY I :This course is designed to make the student familiar with Computer literature. Information Technology Concepts are Introduced with an emphasis on software and hardware utilization. Students will be exposed to a board range of computer Technology and IT topics including; Understanding Computer, Hardware, software, Computer and communication, Multimedia, web pages & Internet, Networking and the role of IT in public life. This course is divided into two sections: a lecture and lab.
BUS 109- BUSINESS ENGLISH AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS I : The central basis of the course is to consolidate students’ academic approach to thinking, reading, speaking and writing and language usage. In addition, the course also aims to develop the students’ abilities to synthesize and evaluate information and conduct basic, independent research.
BUS 149- ACADEMIC RESEARCH AND WRITING: Students will be able to understand what academic research and writing is. They are expected to explain the difference between casual writing and academic writing. Students will be able to use APA standards while writing their research report papers or surveys. They will be able to give reference to their citations and quotations.
IDCB 102- INTERPERSONAL DYNAMICS AND CHARACTER BUILDING: The ability to forge strong relationships with others is crucial to becoming a more effective manager in today’s complex, global, and highly interdependent organizations. Interpersonal Dynamics is a course designed to help students develop this ability, particularly with people who are different than they are.
KUR 105- KURDOLOGY I: This course intends to provide the knowledge about the history, language and background of Kurdish population in disseminated part of the world. This subject tries to shed light on the background of Kurdish culture as well.
BUS 104- INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT II: This course intends to provide the students knowledge about both classical functions of management and emerging trends about management. The course aims to give an insight to the students about the concepts of management, the environment of management and the four important functions of management which are planning, organizing, leading and controlling.
IT 102- INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY II: This course is an overview of concepts in personal computer system fundamentals as well as system and productivity system. It leads Students to recognize the need for continuing professional development and imparts an understanding of professional, ethical, legal, security and social issues, and responsibilities in information technology. It also provides an introduction to software programs you will use in later courses and in your career.
BUS 120- MATH FOR ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS II: Limits and Continuity. Average Rate of Change and Slope. Derivatives, Instantaneous Rate of Change, Higher Order Derivatives. Optimization, Concavity of Inflection Points. Maxima and Minima. Revenue, Cost and Profit Applications, Anti Derivatives, Rules of Integration, Differential Equations, Mathematics of Finance, Simple and Compound Interest, Present Value, Effective Interest, Future Value, Annuities.
BUS 110- BUSINESS ENGLISH AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS II: This course aims to provide better understanding of purposes and processes of communication in business. Cases and projects improving students skills in a collaborative communication are provided. With the help of exercises, including videotaping, students have opportunities to improve and evaluate their oral communication skills. This course aims to provide better understanding of purposes and processes of communication in business. Cases and projects improving students` skills in a collaborative communication are provided. With the help of exercises, including videotaping, students have opportunities to improve and evaluate their oral communication skills.
KUR 106- KURDOLOGY II: The territorial extent of Kurdistan, the ethnic and geographical extent of Kurdistan, Numerical extent of the Kurds, the geography of Kurdistan, Physical aspect, the living landscape and habitat, the human aspect, an anthropological profile of Kurdistan. Origins and pre-Islamic history, the Islamic period up to 1920, from 1920 to the present day, the fundamental structures of Kurdish society, the Kurdish family, tribal organization, language and folklore.
DBT 101 ACADEMIC DEBATE AND CRITICAL THINKING: Understanding social behavior individual in society, social perception, knowing others and ourselves, attitude, evaluating the social world, social influence, changing others behavior, hurting and helping, groups dynamics, the consequences of belonging, leadership, decision making by groups.
TUR 121- TURKISH I: World languages and language families, the place of Turkish among world languages, spoken language, written language, definition, types and classification of sound, sounds and their properties in Turkish, properties of Turkish words, sound changes in Turkish words, structural properties of Turkish words, harmony and rhythm in speech, regular and meaningful sentence formation…
TUR 122- TURKISH II: A Turkish II course is a continuation of a Turkish I course, and is designed for students who have a basic understanding of the Turkish language and wish to improve their speaking, reading, writing, and comprehension skills.
BUS 124- MIGRATION AND GLOBALIZATION : The course aims to make students familiar with one of the major issues accompanying globalization which is migration. The main causes and factors triggering migration, the main geographical and class trends of migration and the associated issues will be studied in this course. The important correlation between migration and the new trends in globalization especially, economic, cultural and social ones will also make part of this course. Special attention will be given to migration in the Middle East as migration has become a major problem especially since 2006.
BUS 123- ETHICS IN EVERDAY LIFE: The course will serve as an introduction to Ethics in Everyday life. Ethics are concerned with the moral dimension of our actions. Moral behavior is concerned primarily with the interpersonal dimension of our behavior: how we treat one another individually and in groups – and, increasingly, other species and the environment. The key here is that morality brings us into contact with others and asks us to consider the quality of that contact.
BUS 205- MICROECONOMICS: In this course on introductory microeconomics, basic concepts of mainstream microeconomics at intermediate level are introduced. Among those concepts: Principles of microeconomics, Functioning of the market mechanism (demand and supply analysis, elasticity and applications, supply-demand interactions and government policies, consumer and producer surplus, efficiency of the market)The Economics of the public sector (Externalities, Public goods and Common resources, design of the tax system) Behavior of the firm in different market structures (competitive markets, monopoly, oligopoly) The economics of the factors market (Labor market, capital markets)
BUS 221- MARKETING I: This course covers the concepts and topics related to marketing function and management, the qualitative and quantitative aspects of marketing management. Examples to basic topics covered are: Marketing organizations and organizing marketing activities, sales analysis, understanding marketing strategies, marketing mix, marketing environment, behavioral factors, performance criteria, segmentation, marketing plan, and various marketing subjects. A glossary of marketing is developed by all of the students and small individual research exercise by each student leads to a big project
BUS 211- ORGANIZATION THEORY I: The purpose of the course is to provide a basic and well-structured understanding of many different ways in which organizations are understood. The course will cover different organization theories by informing the students about the reflection of these theories on the structures and functions of the organizations. The different theories of organizations will guide the students in understanding abstract images of what an organization is, how it functions, how its members and other interested parties interact with and within it.
BUS 241- COMPUTER APPLICATIONS I: Computer Application I Introduces the basic features of Microsoft Excel and spreadsheet concepts to design and create worksheets for use in business and industry, and academic environments. The course includes entering data; creating formulas; professional formatting; creating charts; creating, sorting, and filtering tables; and working with basic functions.
BUS 240- COMPUTER APPLICATIONS II: The course aim to educate students about the online world and gives them the ability to create a simple blog and to create and analyze an online survey.
BUS 207- BUSINESS LAW: The titles of the subjects are; Commercial undertaking, commercial affairs and results, merchant, trade register, unfair competition, classification of companies, Stock Corporation, negotiable instruments.
BUS 213- STATISTICS I: The aim of the courses is that inference making in Business. The objective of the course is to help students to understand theoretical characteristics of statistical methods and develop practical knowledge and skills to analyze the business data.
BUS 231- FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING I: The aim of this course is to provide students with a basic accounting background. The role of accounting as a decision making tool is emphasized throughout the course. The complete accounting cycle, preparation of financial statements, accounting for merchandising activities are among the major topics covered during the semester.
BUS 206- MACROECONOMICS: Within the boundary of macroeconomics following topics are introduced: The basic data of macroeconomics. National income accounting and the methods of measurements: The real economy in the long run (production, growth, saving, investment, financial system, unemployment). Money and money market (the monetary system, money growth and inflation relationship). Basic concepts of open economy and its macroeconomic models: Aggregate demand and supply. Monetary and fiscal stabilization measures.
BUS 214- STATISTICS II: The aim of the courses is that inference making in Business. The objective of the course is to help students to understand theoretical characteristics of statistical methods and develop practical knowledge and skills to analyze the business data.
BUS 232- FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING II: This course, which is a continuation of the first semester’s Introduction to Accounting course, introduces the rest of the basic accounting theory and practice. Analyzing financial assets, liabilities, and stockholders’ equity, plant assets and depreciation, and financial statement analysis are among the primary topics covered.
BUS 212- ORGANIZATION THEORY II: Emphasizes the complex relationships among individuals, groups, organizations and society. A dynamic, holistic, systems approach to understanding and facilitating work relationships is examined. Consideration is given to the interaction of individual values, attitudes, needs, abilities, traits, and motivation within teams and organizations.
BUS 234- INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION: This course introduces students to the basics in intercultural communication as a field of study. The course will outline the main concepts and key principles in intercultural communication. The intersection of culture and communication at various contextual levels is explored in this course. The main issues in this area are traced and their social implication is identified. These issues will range from cultural differences, stereotypes, ethnocentrism, and culture shock. While taking a general approach to the subject, particular attention is given to potential implications of intercultural communication in the business environment. This will be conducted through exploring issues surrounding business attitudes, organizational behavior/culture, marketing and other areas.
BUS 244- ENVIROMENTAL MANAGEMENT: The objective of the course is to provide students with some understanding about how businesses and organizations could treat issues of environmental sustainability and management. It focuses on the practice of making any business sustainable and friendly to the environment. It links environmental issues and concerns with business planning and strategies. The course also surveys principles of environmental management practices, with attention to the health of both humans and the ecosystem. Main topics cover air and water pollution, water use and management, aquatic ecosystems, energy and climate change, biodiversity, toxic substances in the environment, solid waste management, and regulatory strategies for risk assessment and environmental management.
BUS 235- PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT SKILLS: Essentially personal development skills are personal attributes, personality traits, inherent social cues and communication abilities. Developing these skills involves the process of self-improvement which focuses on strengthening your knowledge, capabilities and self-awareness to reach your personal goals.
BUS 237- WORLD RELIGIONS: World religions is a category used in the study of religion to demarcate the five—and in some cases more—largest and most internationally widespread religious movements. Some scholars also include other religions, such as Sikhism, Zoroastrianism, or the Baháʼí Faith, in the category.
BUS 399- BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL SPEAKING: Improve interpersonal communication and interviewing skills. • To better understand communication in the organization, in public and in small groups. • To learn to work in self-managed teams and perform functions traditionally assigned to supervisors or managers. • To become aware of real-world illustrations through the text and small group exercises emphasizing diversified careers in business and other professions. • To develop skills that will be useful in a changing work environment enabling students to participate in various forms of public speaking in different settings. • To understanding problem solving in work-related situations in organizations of all types, resulting in improved efficiency and better communication in the workplace.
BUS 341- ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR: This course deals with human behavior in organizations. Conceptual frameworks, case discussions, and skill-oriented activities are applied to course topics which include: motivation, learning and development, group dynamics, leadership, communication, power and influence, change, diversity, organizational design, and culture. Class sessions and assignments are intended to help participants acquire skills and analytic concepts to improve organizational relationships and effectiveness.
BUS 335- COST ACCOUNTING: Cost Accounting Course is designed to provide an overview of cost concepts and cost calculation methods in contemporary organizations. This course will focus on how costs behave, what relevancy is and how the accurate and timely cost information can be created. While financial accounting provides information for external users, cost accounting provides information for both external and internal users. Cost Accounting will address the usage of cost information which is used for product costing, planning and control processes.
BUS 359- COMMERCIAL LAW ( CORPORATIONS ): This course will examine the establishment of a company, the nature of a company as a separate legal entity, the nature of shares and shareholders’ rights and obligations, and the role of directors and their duties. the course will also focus on partnership law and will cover such matters as when the law recognizes that a partnership has been established, the legal nature of partners’ relationships with each other and the relationship of a partnership to third parties.
BUS 353- ACADEMIC RESEARCH AND WRITING: Academic & Research Writing is devised for enabling the students for developing and refining their Academic and Professional writing skills in English. It is also aimed at enhancing divergent skills like describing, analyzing and persuading their points of view or argumentation. The primary End of this course is to build up efficient communication, sufficient vocabulary, and proficient and prolific writing. The course may pave the way for sharpening the writing skills like Assignment, Term paper, Dissertation etc.
BUS 377- LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT: To introduce and study key concepts in Supply Chain Management (SCM) b. To understand the role and function of SCM in business operations c. To study how the global environment and strategic alliances impact SCM d. To analyze, through case study analysis and Internet research – the supply chain operations of different businesses and how companies create competitive advantages from their SCM strategies e. To learn how supply chain work within companies – from the manufacturing of products to its distribution and final consumer f. To understand the importance of supply chain management in successful business operations g. To learn how companies, use supply change management strategies to give them competitive advantages.
BUS 333- BUSINESS FINANCE: Finance function and role of financial manager, financial statements and analysis, cash flow concept, time value of money, risk versus return with a consideration of liquidity, financial forecasting, planning and control, working capital policy, current asset management, capital budgeting and related techniques.
BUS 347- PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT: The Production and Operations Management (POM) course is designed to equip students with a comprehensive understanding of essential concepts in production and operations across various industries. Through theoretical insights and practical applications, students will explore key topics such as production systems, forecasting models, make-or-buy decisions, inventory control, and quality management techniques. The course emphasizes hands-on learning through field visits, workbook exercises, and project-based assessments, while also focusing on using Excel QM for solving real-world operational challenges. By the end of the course, students will develop critical problem-solving skills to enhance organizational productivity and operational efficiency.
BUS 327- PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT: To familiarize the students with the basic concepts and principles of operations management and to improve the analytical thinking and modeling abilities of the students on quantitative management problems. The course includes topics such as systems, models and modeling approaches, decision analysis, certainty, risk and uncertainty conditions, linear programming, sensitivity analysis and transportation and assignment problems.
BUS 325- INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS I: Topics in the theory of international trade; causes and effects of international trade, gains from trade, theory of tariffs and customs; effective protection, economic growth and trade intermediate products, optimal trade policies, factor market imperfections, theory of integration, and effects of uncertainty.
BUS 351- INTERNATIONAL MARKETING: This course tries to enhance students’ knowledge in international marketing affairs and in formulating strategies for international marketing operations of a firm. The first part of the course is about the conceptual developments in international marketing, globalization attempts, and the importance of marketing research for international marketing. The second part concentrates on the developments in the world economy, politics and culture; emphasizing the marketing implications of these international environmental developments for the Turkish firms. The third part deals with the formulation of the marketing programs with respect to the marketing mix elements within the international context. The last part of the course covers the export procedures, mechanics, and export promotion measures in Turkey, as well as the future developments in international marketing.
BUS 303- INTERNSHIP (SUMMER PRACTICE): The position of a student or trainee who works in an organization, sometimes without pay, in order to gain work experience or satisfy requirements for a qualification.
BUS 326- QUANTITATIVE METHODS FOR BUSINESS: The objective of the course is to help students to give students to develop practical knowledge and skills to understand and carry out research projects. The course is designed to give students opportunity to do diagnostic analysis of the data structures for business practices and application of statistical methods practices and application of statistical methods by using various statistical package programs. The objective of the course is to help students to understand theoretical characteristics of statistical methods in decision making process and develop practical knowledge and skills to make decision under the conditions of both certainty and uncertainty.
BUS 352- CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR: This course aims to familiarize the students with (1)how and why people buy and use products and services; (2)how to conduct consumer research; (3) what types of internal and external factors are influential in consumer decision making process for understanding and affecting consumer behavior.
BUS 342- BUSINESS ETHICS: This course will emphasize the individual as decision-maker and focus upon ethical issues and dilemmas facing managers in most business organizations. The specific objectives of the course are to raise students’ general awareness of ethical dilemmas at work, to place ethical issues within a management context subject to analysis and decision-making action, and to enhance and improve the ability of students to reason toward a satisfactory resolution of an ethical dilemma.
BUS 368- INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS: The objective of this course is to develop students’ knowledge and develop in the following areas: At the end of this course the student should be able: a. To acquire the fundamental knowledge from relevant terminologies, concepts and theories of international business course b. To gain qualitative reasoning skills to analyze international business strategies c. To analyze/breakdown/categorize the decisive knowledge of international business disciplines through ‘innovative and creative skills’ d. To evaluate/ appraise the challenges of managers for expansion of international business in a competitive world to become global business leaders. e. To gain knowledge of experiential learning (engaged learning process) to understand key challenges of International Business f. To create/develop diagnostic and problem-solving skills that obtained from course learning.
BUS 322- PROJECT MANAGEMENT: The course aims to introduce basic concepts in systems analysis in business, the process of systems development, techniques of managing information systems development, structured systems analysis and documentation. In the systems design part, basic methods in systems design, the process of systems design, design strategies will be introduced. At the end of this course, the students should be able to; determine information requirements, analyze system needs, design an effective information system and evaluate alternative design options.
BUS 354- RESEARCH AND DATA ANALYSIS: Describe the structure and characteristics of statistical data; Calculate and interpret measures of central tendency and variability ; Identify and carryout basic statistical analyses used in sociological inquiry through SPSS SPSS procedures; and Data analysis, interpretation with SPSS.
BUS 334- FINANCE MANAGEMENT: Finance Management is designed to expose the student to the financial issues of determining the monetary resources needed by a business, the mix of these resources, the sources and uses of funds, the benefits, risks and costs associated with different types of resources and financing. The course Finance Management is designed to provide exposure to the students on basics of Financial Management, provide them vast pool of knowledge pertaining to working capital and finding out the working capital requirement of an organization, how much inventory an organization can order at a time to minimize ordering cost and carrying cost, finding out the cash requirement for the future, credit control and making decision relating to long term capital expenditures.
BUS 338- MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING: Decision making implications of information provided by accounting theory; contemporary problems in reporting of financial statements; presentation format of financial statements as required by the ministry of Finance in Turkey, analysis and interpretation of items appearing on the financial statements; methods of financial statement analysis; assigning a project for the analysis of the financial statements of a real Turkish company.
BUS 344- INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS II: International trade and finance theories and practice; foreign exchange rates, fiscal instruments and markets; alternative international currency systems and reformation proposals; the economics of currency, and financial instruments in futures markets.
BUS 477- MARKETING RESEARCH: To familiarize you with marketing research terminology so that you feel comfortable conversing with research consultants and asking them the right questions. 2. To learn to use research to solve problems and take advantage of opportunities. 3. To learn how different methods of data analysis are applied to marketing research problems. 4. To implement a research project from start to finish. 5. To be able to critically evaluate and use the results of a research study. This will enable you to develop a “healthy skepticism” toward the use of marketing research.
BUS 421- HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT: The most important innovations of our era are the modern organizations. These organizations can only succeed if they can efficiently and effectively combine their resources. Among the others employees are the key resources of the organizations, because employees besides being input also direct the other inputs towards the achievement of the organizational goals. So the objective of this course is to inform the students about how to attain, retain and maintain human resources in the organizations.
BUS 431- MARKETING PLAN AND STRATEGY: The course is designed to integrate and extend fundamental marketing concepts and apply them to business problems. Focus is on studying strategic issues relating to selection of business and segments in which to compete and how to spread resources across products and elements of the marketing mix. Case and simulation methodologies are employed.
BUS 407- GRADUATION PROJECT (FALL): Each student will work directly with a faculty advisor on an independent research project. The student’s role is to identify an appropriate research question, develop a systematic research plan to address it, and then execute this plan themselves, collecting, analyzing and interpreting the resulting data and writing them up in standard scholarly format (the thesis). That is, the students are ultimately responsible for all steps in the research process. The faculty advisor’s role is to provide guidance in these various steps where appropriate, such as in helping to identify the research question and in providing Feedback on the student’s proposed research design, its execution, and the data.
BUS 403- ENTREPRENEURSHIP: Entrepreneurship is the creation or extraction of value. With this definition, entrepreneurship is viewed as change, generally entailing risk beyond what is normally encountered in starting a business, which may include other values than simply economic ones.
BUS 433- PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT: Performance Management course tends to emphasize on improving the performance of human capital of an organization (Individuals and teams) to contribute to increase of overall organizational performance. The course includes topics concerning reward system, PM process, performance measurement, Balanced score card, and approaches, recognizing purposes and characteristics of Performance Management, task and contextual performance, determinants of performance, and performance appraisal.
BUS 499- MANAGING CHANGE: To acquire fundamental knowledge from the terminologies, concepts and theories of Change Management b. To develop an understanding of conceptual and theoretical frameworks for understanding the process of organizational change c. To explore and evaluate different theories and practices of managing the change process d. To develop or create diagnostic and analytical skills to use change management tools and models to design appropriate change management plans for complex organizational situations.
BUS 432- BANK MANAGEMENT: Corporate finance and microeconomics are applied to matters of importance to commercial bankers. Among the subjects treated are bank asset portfolio construction, lending policies, liabilities management, bank capital structure, short run cash management, financial market rates and flows, and quantitative models for bank management. Commercial bank management is analyzed from an internal viewpoint in terms of what bank managers should look for in asset management and why; what market conditions they should be aware of; and what techniques they can use to meet changing economic and financial conditions.
BUS 424- MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS (TECH ELEC): This course helps you to understand what IT components are available and how you can utilize appropriate IT applications for success. You will learn the terminology used in the field of IT and how IT principles can apply to your businesses. The course stresses the competitive advantage of using IT and the return on investment that you can see. It focuses on the basic principles of Information Technology: hardware and software components, database technology, telecommunications and networking, e-commerce and e-business, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Decision Support Systems (DSS), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Expert Systems (ES), systems development and implementation, and the ethical and societal issues involved in IT.
BUS 446- FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS: This course analyzes how firms communicate through financial statements. Students will use financial statement analysis as an integral part of the strategic analysis of firms, while understanding how accounting regulations and managerial discretion influence presented financial statements. Course modules include strategic analysis, risk and profitability analysis using ratios, accounting analysis and prospective analysis. At the end of the course, students will be able to interpret and analyze financial statements, analyze cash flows, make judgments about earnings quality, uncover hidden assets and liabilities, and use financial statement analysis prospectively to forecast and value firms using cash flow based and accounting based valuation methods.
BUS 466- ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: The primary aim of this module is to provide students with theoretical and practical appreciation on the importance of organizational development (OD) and change effort which helps organizations to achieve greater effectiveness, and function efficiently in today’s increasingly interdependent, complex and competitive world. OD attempts to bring about change in the different levels of the organization (the individual, group and organization) using a wide variety of interventions derived mainly from behavioral sciences knowledge. The module introduces students to techniques of organizational development, exploring change through the management and development of individuals. It also develops students’ understanding of the complexity of managing and influencing people. Students will also learn how to improve individual, group/team and organizational performance through the use of OD techniques or interventions like group dynamics, training, culture change, and work-life balance.
BUS 412- LEADERSHIP: This course is designed to provide a basic introduction to leadership by focusing on what it means to be a good leader. Emphasis in the course is on the practice of leadership. The course will examine topics such as: understanding leadership; recognizing leadership traits; engaging people’s strengths; understanding philosophy and styles; attending to tasks and relationships; developing leadership skills; creating a vision; establishing a constructive climate; listening to out‐group members; handling conflict; addressing ethics in leadership and overcoming obstacles. Students will assess their leadership traits and skills to improve their own leadership performance.
BUS 405- RESEARCH METHODOLOGY: This course is designed to outline what is expected of you with regard to the production of high quality research in your own business; to give you guidance on how to access literature and compile a literature review; to equip you with a basic understanding of the philosophies of applied business and social research, so that you can select one which is most appropriate to your needs.
BUS 406- GRADUATION PROJECT: Each student will work directly with a faculty advisor on an independent research project. The student’s role is to identify an appropriate research question, develop a systematic research plan to address it, and then execute this plan themselves, collecting, analyzing and interpreting the resulting data and writing them up in standard scholarly format (the thesis). That is, the students are ultimately responsible for all steps in the research process. The faculty advisor’s role is to provide guidance in these various steps where appropriate, such as in helping to identify the research question and in providing
Feedback on the student’s proposed research design, its execution, and the data.
BUS 422- STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT: An examination of the special nature of current management problems facing financial institutions because of securities markets’ fluctuations, legal requirements, and responsibilities to shareholders and creditors. The course will make use of case materials and simulations including portfolio selection techniques.
negotiations for initial organization, and operation and expansion of the firm.
