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Courses offered at the Faculty of Business Administration
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Business Skills 1
0
ECTS /
0
ACTS
The purpose of this module is to provide students with an introduction to the study and transferable skills necessary for the satisfactory completion of a higher education business course and subsequent employment and career development. In particular, the module will focus on communication and IT skills. Personal Development Planning will be introduced through this module.
Topics covered in the module will be drawn from: Introduction to the University learning environment (e.g. library induction, accessing on-line resources, IT including the use of Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Internet/Outlook etc), research skills and referencing, developing lines of argument and enquiry, written communication skills (e.g. essay, report writing), working in groups and group motivation and behaviour, managing the meeting process (agenda/minutes etc), oral communications (e.g. presentations, body language etc), assignment and examination techniques.
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Principles of Sociology
6
ECTS /
3
ACTS
The difference between lay and sociological knowledge of societies; the differences between sociology and related social sciences; the nature of sociological problems: social order, social change, social institutions and relationships between the individual and society; the concepts of role, identity and socialization.
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Computer Applications
6
ECTS /
3
ACTS
A more advanced guide to the most popular computer programs, that economists need, such as MS Office and SPSS and Matlab.
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Introduction to Information Systems
6
ECTS /
3
ACTS
Information systems concepts: The socio-technical character of information systems. Notions of information, and data. Capture of data, storage and display. Information processing. Introduction to systems ideas and their application to information handling activities.
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Social and Applied Psychology
6
ECTS /
3
ACTS
The nature and scope of social psychology; factors which influence social behaviour; theoretical perspectives and the role of theory in research; research methods in social psychology; reliability, validity and realism; ethical issues in research; the challenges and benefits of applying the knowledge and principles of social psychology to practical problems, especially in organisations and workplace settings
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Elementary Mathematics
6
ECTS /
3
ACTS
This is a course designed to equip students with the necessery knowledge for the further courses such as mathematics for business and statistics. Linear algebra: Vector spaces, linear independence and dependence, bases and dimension, rank and nullity of a matrix. Functions and mathematical analysis: Sets and functions. Supremum and infinum of bounded sets etc.
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Mathematics for Business and Economics
6
ECTS /
3
ACTS
This is a rigorous treatment of the mathematical techniques used for solving constrained optimisation problems, which are basic tools of economic modeling. Topics include: Definitions of a feasible set and of a solution, sufficient conditions for the existence of a solution, maximum value function, shadow prices, Lagrangian and Kuhn Tucker necessity and sufficiency theorems with applications in economics, for example General Equilibrium theory, Arrow-Debreu securities and arbitrage.
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Statistics
6
ECTS /
3
ACTS
Statistical analysis of economic and business problems with emphasis on statistical inference. Rigorous treatment of probability and sampling distributions.
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Statistics II
6
ECTS /
3
ACTS
Further Statistics. This course goes deeper into the topics started with Statistics I. Estimation and hypothesis testing of (population) parameters are emphasized.
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Introduction to Microeconomics
6
ECTS /
3
ACTS
This course introduces students to the basic principles of microeconomics, including the nature and method of economics and the role of the private and government sectors. Analysis of the allocation of scarce resources, the economics of the firm markets and the price system. Emphasis is placed on the firm, market structures, and resource allocation.
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Introduction to Macroeconomics
6
ECTS /
3
ACTS
Students in this course learn the basic principles of macroeconomics, including national income accounting, business cycles, income determination, and monetary and fiscal problems and policy. Also considered is international economics, including trade, comparative advantage theory, balance of payments, exchange rates, and trade and finance problems and policy.
Prerequisite(s): Intro to Microeconomics
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Principles of Management
6
ECTS /
3
ACTS
The formation, direction, and operation of business enterprise in a competitive economy; entrepreneurial choices of legal form, function structure, and managerial method.
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Principles of Marketing
6
ECTS /
3
ACTS
The operation of the distribution system for goods and services. Techniques of market analysis. The role of marketing in the organization and in society is examined and analyzed. A study of the process of planning and executing the conception, pricing, promotion, and distribution of ideas, goods, and services that satisfy individual and organizational objectives.
Prerequisite(s): Intro to Microeconomics.
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Principles of Accounting
6
ECTS /
3
ACTS
This course is designed to introduce you to financial and management accounting. Traditionally concerned with measuring, recording and reporting financial transactions and events, modern accounting provides a broad range of information for a wide variety of users.
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Managerial Accounting
6
ECTS /
3
ACTS
Introduction to measuring and communicating the financial information needed to manage an organization. Introduction to spreadsheet programming, using basic managerial accounting concepts. Topics include job order and standard costing systems, cost behavior and estimation, cost-volume-profit analysis, budgeting and short-term decision making.
Prerequisite(s): Principles of Accounting
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Business Law
7,5
ECTS /
4
ACTS
Survey of legal principles underlying relations of a commercial nature; contrasts, sales, bankruptcy, partnerships, and corporations. Relationships between labour and management. Laws in their Role toward Fulfilling Natural Law. This course examines key legal concepts (e.g., torts, contracts and negotiable instruments) that may affect the work of management accountants.
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Money and Banking
7,5
ECTS /
4
ACTS
This study presents the conceptual framework for understanding theories of money and banking, especially as they concern the changing aspects of modem society. Students develop a better understanding of the theoretical, institutional, historical, and empirical considerations of money and banking.
Prerequisite(s): Macroeconomics.
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Corporate Finance
7,5
ECTS /
4
ACTS
This study is designed for students who desire formal study of corporate financial management and decision-making. It provides a strong conceptual framework for the understanding managerial finance and the dynamic economic environment in which corporate financial decisions are made. It considers the role of the financial manager within the business firm and the empirical aspects of corporate finance.
Prerequisite(s): Introduction to Accounting and Micro or Macroeconomics.
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Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management
7,5
ECTS /
4
ACTS
This study surveys the concepts and principles of small business management approached through case study analysis of management decision-making. This course can serve as an integrating study for students with a Business Administration concentration. Students gain practical knowledge through computer projects/simulations.
Prerequisite(s): Accounting, Microeconomics, and Intro to Marketing.
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Human Resource Management
7,5
ECTS /
4
ACTS
This study focuses on the effective management and utilization of human resources in an organizational setting. It provides a foundation for understanding the role of the personnel department in modem day organizations and helps the student understand what can be done to make people more productive. This course provides an overview of the basic functions of human resource management.
Prerequisite(s): Management Principles
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Organizational Behavior
7,5
ECTS /
4
ACTS
The course focuses on human behavior in organizations giving particular consideration to behavior that may be problematic for managers. The study has a two-part focus: micro organizational behavior which examines the psychological factors related to the individual tasks within an organization and macro organizational behavior which examines the social- structural variables affecting group behavior within an organizational setting.
Prerequisite(s): Management Principles and Social and Applied Psychology.
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Marketing Management
7,5
ECTS /
4
ACTS
Building on the basic principles of marketing, this course examines the contemporary development and implementation of marketing programs in the major areas of product development, marketing channels, pricing, sales force management and advertising. Topics include strategic planning, situation analysis and implementation, and the corporate perspective in a marketing context.
Prerequisite(s): Intro to Marketing.
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Consumer Behavior
7,5
ECTS /
4
ACTS
Students study the psychological, sociological, and economic factors and theories that influence consumer behavior. Topics include: stereotypes and life-styles, cultural patterns, the mechanisms of learning, perception, and communication. Students also study the relationship of consumer behavior and marketing strategy and ways that consumer analysis can help in the creation of an effective marketing strategy.
Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing and Introduction to Psychology and Introduction to Marketing.
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International Marketing
7,5
ECTS /
4
ACTS
This study examines the issues and problems of global marketing from a strategic and managerial perspective. It focuses on the choice of marketing mix in an international setting. It will consider whether the product, pricing, distribution, promotion and customer service decisions are effectively analyzed and identified relative to the cultural, political, legal and economic differences among countries and markets. In addition, export trade procedures and the coordination and controlling of international marketing will be explored.
Prerequisite(s): Intro to Marketing.
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Principles of Advertising
7,5
ECTS /
4
ACTS
This course provides a basic foundation in advertising fundamentals as well as insights into contemporary advertising applications. Exposure to advertising terms and concepts and integration of these terms and concepts into an advertising philosophy will enable the student to develop a practical approach to advertising in today's business environment. Basic principles of advertising including theory and production of advertisements for media. Historic development of advertising industry and impact of advertising on society.
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Economics of EU
6
ECTS /
3
ACTS
An analysis of various aspects of the E.U. In particular, will address issues such as the impact from formation of a customs union, a common market and, finally, an economic union, on various sectors in the economy, e.g. agricultural, industrial and designed to solve problems due to the aforementioned formation. Familiarity with graphs is a necessity for the successful completion of the course.
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Financial Markets
6
ECTS /
3
ACTS
Financial markets play two important roles in the economy. First, they are used to link those who want to save money with those who have good investment opportunities. Second, they are used to transfer risks among individuals and firms. In modern financial markets, these connections among investors are typically not made directly. Instead, they are connected through financial intermediaries such as banks, brokers, mutual funds, and pension funds. In this course, we learn how financial markets operate and consider the economic principles that underlie the operations of these markets.
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International Finance
7,5
ECTS /
4
ACTS
This study focuses on finance in a multinational setting, including capital markets, investments, transfer of funds, investment and risk management, especially as they relate to the European Union.
Prerequisite(s): Corporate Finance.
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Investing
7,5
ECTS /
4
ACTS
This study surveys the theory and practice of investment decision-making. It explores various financial instruments and investment vehicles, valuation techniques, and strategies necessary to implement investment goals in regard to risk-return tradeoffs. It is designed for individuals who have a personal or professional interest in the products, institutions, and markets comprising the investment environment.
Prerequisite(s): Macro and Microeconomics and Statistics
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International Economy
7,5
ECTS /
4
ACTS
This course will introduce students to the essential elements and emerging theories of international business through an exploration of the complex interrelations among business, government, and society. The first part of the course provides an overview of the effects of cultural factors on international business. The second part explores the environments of international business, theories and institutions of trade and investment, the world financial environment, international business in international relations, corporate policy and strategy, and international business management functions of marketing, accounting, finance, and human resource management.
Prerequisite(s): Management Principles and Intro to Macroeconomics
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Risk Management
7,5
ECTS /
4
ACTS
Students explore the ways of identifying, evaluating, and managing financial risks and how to design programs to minimize risk. They examine corporate and financial risk including market, credit, liquidity, settlement, volatility and other types of financial risks. Topics include risk management strategies and techniques for different types of contracts and portfolios such as VAR, dynamic portfolio analysis, extreme value analysis and modem risk management techniques.
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International Trade
6
ECTS /
3
ACTS
The course will provide students with the ability to conduct and evaluate economic analysis of issues related to international trade. It begins with a discussion of the arguments for and against free trade. Then it proceeds with an examination of different trade-policy instruments. A part of the course will be devoted to globalization, and some other recent-debate issues.
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Organization Theory
6
ECTS /
3
ACTS
Theories of boundaries; the evolution of organisations; Studying organizations as contractually coordinated mechanisms; incentive/motivationally coordinated mechanisms; authority/power/coordinated mechanisms; information/knowledge distributively coordinated mechanisms; ”culturally” coordinated mechanisms; hierarchal structures (shape); Corporate governance;
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Social and Economic Development
6
ECTS /
3
ACTS
This course is a practicum that has been designed to enable you to discuss major problems of contemporary economics with important activities and analysis. The course objectives are to increase the student's knowledge and interest in the economic consequences of social issues and to provide the student with the basic analytical skills needed to assess social problems from an economics perspective.
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Public Finance
7,5
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4
ACTS
This course examines the role of the federal government in the market when there are market failures. The course focuses on issues surrounding the efficient allocation of resources, the existing distribution of income and policies designed to stablize the economy. The fundamentals of the personal income tax and social security tax are outlined and the impact on economic behavior is discussed.
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Project Management
7,5
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4
ACTS
Introduces the ethical, theoretical and practical challenges of the project management framework, including the basic project management phases (initiation, planning, execution, control and closure) and interactions. Studies how project plan inputs are accurately gathered, integrated and documented; the tools and techniques used in project planning; and the outputs of a project plan to viable stakeholders.
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Introduction to Econometrics
7,5
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4
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Use of statistical methods to estimate and test economic models. This course is designed to introduce students to econometric techniques and their applications in economic analysis and decision making.Theory and application of multiple regression techniques, with emphasis on the problems arising in the analysis of economic data.
Prerequisite(s): Statistics I & II; Mathematics for Business or equivalent;
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Strategic Management
7,5
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4
ACTS
Course focuses on role and methods of the chief executive and board in strategic planning. It uses case studies in commercial and not-for-profit sectors with special emphasis on small and large businesses in the arts, entertainment, media, and fashion fields. This course explores the issues of defining corporate mission, objectives, and goals. Participants focus on the analysis of the firm's external and internal environment to identify and create competitive advantage in a global context.
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Intermediate Macroeconomics
7,5
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4
ACTS
Examination of the factors that determine the level of income, employment, output and prices in an economic system. Review and analysis of recent U.S. economic policy and performance. The analysis of closed economy models of aggregate spending, output, employment, prices and interest rates under alternative assumptions about the nature of labour, product and financial markets. The analysis of theories of consumption, investment and money demand.
Prerequisite(s): Principles of Macroeconomics
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Intermediate Microeconomics
7,5
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4
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In this course, the behavior of business firms will be studied through an investigation of demand, supply and equilibrium under conditions of perfect and imperfect competition in the product market. Similar analytical techniques are then employed to examine the efficient allocation of the factors of production.
Prerequisite(s): Principles of Microeconomics
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International Institutions
7,5
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4
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This subject examines elements of international organisation: its theory and practice studied through the constitution and experience of selected international institutions. The following categories will be distinguished and defined for closer consideration. The structure of intergovernmental organisations; their component parts and institutional dynamics. Global international organisation: historical and theoretical contexts of the League of Nations and United Nations; process and progress; peace and security; law and normative development; economic and social development.
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History of economic thought
7,5
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4
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A study of the development of economic theory, the tools of economic analysis, and the evaluation of economics as a science, together with an analysis of the circumstances affecting this development. History of Economic This course gives the student knowledge as to what the economic thinkers actually taught as opposed to the "straw men" constantly set up by those who only pretend to have studied these thinkers, or who insist on the evils of the free market.
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Economic history in the 20th century
7,5
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4
ACTS
This course examines the interrelationships between the development of the international economy and the growth of national economies. The growth of the industrial world economy in the 20th century. International trade and economic growth in the early 20th century. The centre and the periphery. Labour and capital mobility, free trade and tariffs.
Technology, industrial growth and industrial organisation in Britain, the United States and Germany. Britain’s position in the international economy before 1914, world economic and financial crisis, 1929–33, Depression, recovery and government policy in Britain, Germany and the United States. The war economies, 1939–45.
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Investment Decision Making
7,5
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4
ACTS
This course develops decision making and problem solving skills by applying various tools and techniques to both qualitative and quantitative case studies covering current issues in domestic and global organizational settings. Fundamentals of conflict management will be applied to create effective, efficient outcomes by defining and analyzing the types of conflict, its causes and effects, and how to diffuse and manage confrontational situations.
Prerequisite(s): Statistics I & II and Principles of Management
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International Law
7,5
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4
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This foundational course introduces the student to the nature, major principles, processes and institutions of the international legal system, the relationship between international and domestic law and the role of law in promoting world public order. Students will acquire an understanding of the conceptual issues underlying this discipline and a critical appreciation of how law inter-relates with contemporary world politics, its global, regional and domestic significance.
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Organizational Behaviour and Leadership
7,5
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4
ACTS
The aim of this course is to enable the student to critically reflect on the role that organizational behavior plays in the management of an organization; The students will make use of the micro and macro perspectives of organizational behavior to deal with people’s problems in the organization;
Also, upon successful completion of the course the students will be able to apply relevant leadership theories and models to motivate and lead personnel and to demonstrate enhanced ability to act as a leader in the organization.
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Knowledge Management
7,5
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4
ACTS
Knowledge management has emerged as a new field of study and practice that addresses the creation and application of knowledge as a key competitive advantage of individuals and organizations. This course will provide participants with an overview of the principles and practices of knowledge management. Students will examine issues related with capturing, mapping and structuring knowledge, and technologies such as data warehousing, data mining, document management.
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Negotiation
7,5
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4
ACTS
This course is intended to explore the processes of negotiation, mediation, and settlement in legal and other contexts. Negotiation is defined as the process by which two or more parties attempt to reach a mutually agreed upon decision regarding the resolution of a dispute or the social ordering of relationships. Mediation is negotiation facilitated by a neutral third party. Other forms of alternative dispute resolution such as arbitration or summary jury trials are usually preceded by negotiation.
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IT Management
7,5
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4
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The course purpose is to provide the substance and skill necessary to make sound business decisions relating to information systems and to work with senior line managers in the resolution of issues and problems in this area. Categories of issues which will be addressed in the course include: how do IT and its various manifestations in business, such as the Internet, affect current and future competitiveness? How do we align business strategy and plans with IT strategy and IT plans?
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