Thesis\Treatise Track: Total Credit Hours Required to Finish the Degree ( 48 Credit Hours ) as Follows
Specialization Requirements
Students must pass all of the following courses plus ( 18 ) credit hours for the Thesis
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| 151778010 | STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT | This course provides students with an understanding of theory and practice of strategic management. Students will examine the ways that organizations plan and execute strategies and analyze the ways in which strategic management can be used to create effective organizations and build sustainable competitive advantages. Topics covered include competitive analysis, impact of internal and external environment on choice of strategy and strategic planning, positioning and implementation. | 3 | - | 3 |
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| 151778020 | BUSINESS STRATEGY | This course introduces students to the theory and practice of business strategy and examines the relationship between strategic development and organizational competitive advantage. Topics covered include principles of competitive advantage, differentiation, substitution, technology and competitive advantage, industry segmentation and competitive advantage, corporate strategy and competitive advantage, complementary products for competitive advantage and offensive and defensive market strategies. | 3 | - | 3 |
151778010 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT This course provides students with an understanding of theory and practice of strategic management. Students will examine the ways that organizations plan and execute strategies and analyze the ways in which strategic management can be used to create effective organizations and build sustainable competitive advantages. Topics covered include competitive analysis, impact of internal and external environment on choice of strategy and strategic planning, positioning and implementation. |
| 151778030 | COMPETITIVE STRATEGY AND ANALYSIS | This course introduces students to the theory and practice of competitive strategy and analysis. Topics covered include the analyzing industries and the impact of growth and innovation on competitive strategy, developing strategic plans, executing strategy, evaluating strategic boundaries, partnership strategies, global strategy and new business development. Special emphasis will be placed on the growth of technology and innovation in every industry and the impact on competitive strategy. | 3 | - | 3 |
151778010 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT This course provides students with an understanding of theory and practice of strategic management. Students will examine the ways that organizations plan and execute strategies and analyze the ways in which strategic management can be used to create effective organizations and build sustainable competitive advantages. Topics covered include competitive analysis, impact of internal and external environment on choice of strategy and strategic planning, positioning and implementation. |
| 151778040 | STRATEGIC MARKETING MANAGEMENT | This course provides a foundation in marketing strategy and the methods that organizations use to build sustainable competitive advantage and maximize long-term profits through marketing. Topics covered include measuring and understanding marketing opportunities, targeting attractive customer segments, branding and positioning and marketing strategies for new, growth and mature markets. Special emphasis will be placed on digital marketing strategies. | 3 | - | 3 |
151778010 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT This course provides students with an understanding of theory and practice of strategic management. Students will examine the ways that organizations plan and execute strategies and analyze the ways in which strategic management can be used to create effective organizations and build sustainable competitive advantages. Topics covered include competitive analysis, impact of internal and external environment on choice of strategy and strategic planning, positioning and implementation. |
| 151778050 | BUSINESS ETHICS | This course is an introduction to the theoretical and practical questions of morality, ethics and social responsibility in business and the general process of ethical decision-making. Topics covered include recognizing and analyzing ethical issues in business, promoting ethical behavior in corporations and institutions, the social responsibilities of business and ethics in the global economy. | 3 | - | 3 |
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| 151778060 | BUSINESS ANALYTICS | This course provides an overview of the development, implementation, and utilization of computer-based business models for business analytics. Topics covered include optimization, simulation modeling, decision making under uncertainty, linear variables and linear programming. Special emphasis will be placed on using regression and forecasting modeling to analyze organizational data and make informed business decisions. | 3 | - | 3 |
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| 151778070 | DECISION ANALYSIS | This course is an introduction to how successful managers successfully plan, frame, and research business decisions before implementing them. Topics covered include how to define decisions, apply appropriate decisions frameworks, deal with uncertainty, develop numerous high-quality options, evaluate the options, choose the one most appropriate to meet business goals and implement the option. | 3 | - | 3 |
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| 151778080 | RESEARCH METHODS | The course examines the role of business research and provides an overview of commonly used qualitative and quantitative research methods. Topics covered include scientific inquiry, the research process, proposal development, research design, hypothesis testing, primary and secondary data collection, statistical data analysis and presentation of research reports. | 3 | - | 3 |
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Students must pass ( 6 ) credit hours from any of the following courses
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| 151778090 | FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS VALUATION | This course provides an overview of the process of innovation and the integration of into different organization and business process. Topics covered include the importance of innovation, developing an innovation strategy, sources of innovation, search strategies for innovation, innovating new products and services, exploiting open innovation and collaboration, promoting entrepreneurship and new ventures and capturing learning from innovation. Special emphasis will be placed on building the innovative organization, making the business case for innovation and decision making under uncertainty. | 3 | - | 3 |
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| 151778100 | BUSINESS MANAGEMENT THEORY | This course examines the theories and processes impacting the behavior of an organization, including how individual and group behavior and processes shape the internal dynamics of organizations. Topics covered include values, perceptions, attitudes, job enrichment, learning, motivation, teamwork, conflict, and change. Special emphasis will be placed on the role of leaders and teams and their influence on the performance of an organization. | 3 | - | 3 |
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| 151778110 | SEMINAR IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION | 3 | - | 3 |
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| 151778200 | FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING | This course presents an overview of financial accounting fundamentals. Topics covered include the elements of the balance sheet, income statement and statement of cash flows, how economic events such as operating activities, corporate investments and financing transactions are recorded, and the analysis of financial statements. A unit will focus on differences in accounting methods around the world and accounting in the Middle East | 3 | - | 3 |
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| 151778300 | FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT | 3 | - | 3 |
151778010 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT This course provides students with an understanding of theory and practice of strategic management. Students will examine the ways that organizations plan and execute strategies and analyze the ways in which strategic management can be used to create effective organizations and build sustainable competitive advantages. Topics covered include competitive analysis, impact of internal and external environment on choice of strategy and strategic planning, positioning and implementation. |
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| 151778400 | GLOBAL STRATEGY | This course provides an overview of international business strategy and offers perspectives on foreign businesses entering new markets as well as the domestic organization’s strategies for surviving new market entrants. Topics covered include foundation of global strategies, leveraging resources and capabilities, ethics in global strategy, global challenges for entrepreneurial firms, multinational strategies and structures, managing strategic alliances and the strategy of entering foreign markets. Special emphasis will be placed on global competitive dynamics. | 3 | - | 3 |
151778010 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT This course provides students with an understanding of theory and practice of strategic management. Students will examine the ways that organizations plan and execute strategies and analyze the ways in which strategic management can be used to create effective organizations and build sustainable competitive advantages. Topics covered include competitive analysis, impact of internal and external environment on choice of strategy and strategic planning, positioning and implementation. |
| 151778500 | LEADING ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE | This course examines internal and external sources of change in an organization and provides an overview of the challenges of managing change and the required leadership characteristics. Topics covered include understanding organizational change, theoretical models of change, the stages of change and how to manage organizational change, as well as the future of organizational development. Special emphasis will be placed on the leadership characteristics required to successfully lead organizational change | 3 | - | 3 |
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| 151778600 | ENTREPRENEURSHIP | This course provides an overview of the process of innovation and the integration of into different organization and business process. Topics covered include recognizing opportunities and generating ideas for entrpereuial firms, conducting a feasibility analysis and writing a business plan, creating effective business models, importance of the new venture team, and financial viability of the new firm. Emphasis will be placed on challenges of growth and strategies for continued growth in entrepreneurial firms. | 3 | - | 3 |
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| 151778700 | NEGOTIATIONS | This course introduces students to the theory and practice of negotiations and conflict resolution. Students will study different strategies and styles of negotiations and how to deescalate conflict once it occurs. Topics covered include distributive bargaining, ethics in negotiation, emotion and cognition, communication, power and influence, multiple party negotiation and cross-cultural negotiation. | 3 | - | 3 |
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