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MBA Foundation Centre
Overview
Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a master's degree in business administration, which attracts people from a wide range of academic disciplines.
- History
- Executive MBA
- International MBA
- Admissions criteria
- Program content
- Non-American based MBA programs
- External accreditation
- MBA program ranking
- References and Notes
- Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT)
- Business school, for a more comprehensive understanding of business programs
- Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), a bachelor degree in business administration
- Doctor of Business Administration (DBA), a doctorate in business administration
- List of business schools in the United States
- List of business schools in Canada
- List of business schools in Europe
- List of business schools in Scandinavia
- List of business schools in Asia
- List of business schools in Africa
This programme consists of a series of short but comprehensive course options designed to prepare students for postgraduate study at their local, British, other European, Australian and US Universities and Business Schools. The Foundation courses build basic academic knowledge in and understanding of the main business functions whilst introducing the participants to a higher education level learning environment. Successful completion of the programme should lead to enhanced study opportunities at home and abroad.
Whilst the courses are optional according to the needs of the students, their employers and the learning centres, the programme as a whole can normally be completed in one academic year.
Objectives
The courses are designed to lead the student through the fundamental principles with which to understand human behaviour inside public organisations. Each course examines and analyses relevant theories to explain and create a solid understanding of the underpinning concepts of a business organisation.
Learning Outcomes
Each course will help to develop the student's analytical thinking capabilities by comparing and contrasting conflicting theories of organizations.
1. The student's literacy skills will be enhanced through recommended texts, class discussions and workshops.
2. The courses rely on up-to-date material whilst showing the evolution of the discipline over the past decades.
3. By considering the impact of various organisational management and styles on individuals and society as a whole, the student should develop a better understanding of human behaviour
4. The courses should be useful in increasing the student's awareness of the cultures and experiences of persons in a multi- cultural society as the application of different management styles and priorities exerts a substantial impact upon diverse cultural groups.
This
course will prepare the student for more advanced studies
in business administration.
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Teaching and Learning Resources
Management - Competence Based Approach
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Management: A Competency-Based Approach
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Financial Analysis and Markets
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Introduction
An introduction to the concepts and procedures underlying financial accounting and to the use of financial accounting information for decision making.
Learning Objectives
- to provide you with a working knowledge of the terminology and fundamental concepts used in the finance business world,
- to
develop your ability to understand and analyse accounting
information and to use this information in making decisions,
and
- to help you understand the impact business events have on an entity’s financial statements by using real world examples.
- to understand how financial institutions operate around the world
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Financial
Markets & Corporate Strategy
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Foundations of Financial Management Stanley Block, Texas Christian University Check the availability and buy your books from our Bookshop.
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Management Accounting
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Introduction
An introduction to the concepts underlying the preparation and use of accounting data by managers as they plan control and make decisions within the organization. Topics covered include financial performance measures and transfer pricing, activity based costing (ABC), Pricing and product mix decisions, product costing systems and general principles of job costing.
Learning Objectives
After successful completion of the course students shall:
- understand accounting techniques used by corporate management to aid in planning, directing, controlling, and decision-making activities.
- use accounting data to identify and analyse alternatives with the purpose of making managerial choices to maximize economic benefits to a firm.
- familiarize themselves with accounting related problem-solving techniques, such as determining unit product costs, measuring production process costs, budgeting, performance reporting, and efficient allocation of a firm's resources.
- gain experience with computerized spreadsheets and other electronic tools used in business problem-solving, budgeting, and financial analysis.
- obtain a working knowledge of accounting tools as a foundation for further study in management, accounting, and other business disciplines
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Fundamental Managerial Accounting Concepts Check the availability and buy your books from our Bookshop. |
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Management Accounting, An Australian Perspective Check the availability and buy your books from our Bookshop. |
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Managerial
Accounting: Creating Value in a Dynamic Business Environment, 5/e Check the availability and buy your books from our Bookshop. |
Business Research and Analysis
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Introduction
An introduction to the statistical techniques of collecting, classifying and analysing data, the fundamentals of probability theory, probability distributions, the central limit theorem and estimation. The focus will be on methods that are central in generating information for decision analysis. Topics include hypothesis testing, regression analysis, and experimental design.
Learning Objectives
After successful completion of the course students shall:
- understand and be able to use the main to business research methods
- recognise the importance of research and its relationship to business development and survival
- be able to analyse their research data and report professionally on the outcomes
- improve their writing skills, especially those concerned with accurate communication of information and rational arguments
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Business
Research Methods, 8/e Check the availability and buy your books from our Bookshop. |
Contemporary Marketing
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Introduction
This course covers the essentials of marketing, including macro and micro concepts that affect marketing management. The course will introduce marketing terminology, definitions, theories, concepts, and practices. The course will centre around the decision variables used by marketing managers, both at the domestic and global level.
Learning Objectives
After successful completion of the courses students shall:
1. have a working knowledge of the terms and definitions associated with the marketing mix; product, place, promotion, and price. A working knowledge of the terms and definitions associated with the sub elements of each of these marketing mix elements should also result.
2. be able to identify and define the various strategies associated with each element of the marketing mix and their sub-components.
3. be able to define the terms, definitions, and procedures involved with the process of identifying and selecting target markets, and be able to explain how target market decisions affect marketing strategy.
4. know the terms, definitions, and graphic representation of the product life cycle, and the significance of the product life cycle on marketing strategy.
5. be able to identify and understand the implications posed by the various elements of the macro- and micro- environment, including terms and definitions. They should also be able to explain how the macro- and micro-environments effect marketing decisions and strategies.
6. know the terms, definitions, and steps involved in the organisational and consumer decision-making process and be able to explain how these processes affect marketing strategy
7. be able to explain the steps involved in selecting, developing, and implementing marketing strategies.
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Contemporary
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Microeconomics
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Introduction
This course is designed to acquaint you with the basic tools of microeconomics. Economics is the study of how society allocates its scarce resources, and microeconomics is the study of the behaviour of households and firms, whose collective decisions determine how resources are allocated in a free market economy. The goal of the course is to teach you to "think like an economist," which I hope will help you to understand the world around you, make better economic decisions in your own life, and be a more informed citizen and voter. The course focuses on economic theory and therefore will often rely on abstract concepts. However, the course will emphasize the application of these concepts to real world situations through frequent in-class discussions of current events and interactive learning exercises.
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Describe how price is determined in imperfect, monopoly, and perfect competitive markets
- Identify drive-profit-maximizing production levels when given supply and demand curves
- Derive the shutdown production level for the firm
- Explain the determinants and what causes change in Demand and Supply for consumer goods
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Fifth Edition Robert S. Pindyck and Daniel L. Rubinfeld, . Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall. Check the availability and buy your books from our Bookshop.
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Economics,
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Macroeconomics
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Introduction
This course is concerned with the construction of macroeconomic theories that can explain and predict variations in aggregative (economy-wide) variables, such as GNP, unemployment, the general price level, interest rates, growth rates, and the exchange rate. The course material and class organization stress the development of the tools and background necessary for your field courses.
Learning Objectives
After successful completion of the course students shall:
1. have acquired the ability to explain and manipulate the aggregate demand-aggregate supply model;
2. have gained an understanding of the various approaches to the explanation of deviations of actual from trend national income proposed by mainstream twentieth century schools of macroeconomic thought;
3. understand the policy-prescription implications of the various approaches studied;
4. have developed the skills required to
- research these issues,
- work collaboratively with their colleagues, and
- express their views clearly and persuasively, orally
and in writing.
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Principles
of Macroeconomics, N.
Gregory Mankiw Published
by Nelson Canada Check the availability and buy your books from our Bookshop.
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Economics, 6e Check the availability and buy your books from our Bookshop. |
Operations and Productivity
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Introduction
This
course in operations and productivity is intended to be a
survey of operating practices and models in both manufacturing
and service oriented firms. It is intended to provide managers
in all functional areas with sufficient knowledge to make
informed "total business decisions" and to introduce
standard terms and concepts for communications with operating
personnel. In such a course, it should be recognized that
breadth of subject matter, not depth of topic, will be the
goal. We will often use cases for classroom discussion. The
discussion will provide a forum for improving communications
skills and sharing personal experiences, which add to the
learning process.
Learning Objectives
After successful completion of the course students shall:
- build an understanding of how Operations function and the Operations Manager fit into the organization.
- have gained a knowledge base for conversing with operations personnel.
- have acquired both quantitative and qualitative analysis skills, especially those needed for managing operating systems.
- have understood common-sense mode ling concepts which can be used to help managers evaluate various management problems.
- expect the similarities of operating problems in the Manufacturing and Service Sectors.
- have developed an ability to gain insights from trade journals and popular press articles.
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Principles
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Organisations and Their Environments
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Introduction
A study of the social, cultural, political, and legal environments of organizations both profit and nonprofit, and of their impact on management at all levels. Emphasis is given to resultant problems and their resolution to include ethical considerations in the policy decision process.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this section, the student will be able to:
1. Use a systems approach to describe an organization’s internal and external environments and how the pressures within each affect all components of the system.
2. Discuss the concepts of strategic and summative management principles
3. Define organisational cultures and their significance to performance.
4. Discuss the rationale of change and innovation
5. Discuss how problems and opportunities are determined following an analysis of an organization’s environments.
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Organization
21C Check the availability and buy your books from our Bookshop.
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Organization
Studies
An international multidisciplinary journal devoted to the study of organizations, organizing, and the organized in and between societies ISSN 0170-8406 Check the availability and buy your books from our Bookshop. |
Information Technology and Systems
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Introduction
This course explores issues related to the use of information systems in increasingly digitalized economies by examining developments in the Information Technology (IT) field and technology applications used in managing contemporary organizations. Throughout the course, case studies from the course text are provided to illustrate how organizations use IT to manage their businesses.
Learning Objectives
After successful completion of the course students shall be able to:
1. Evaluate and interpret end user requirements when analysing an information system.
2. Analyse and evaluate the issues of system design with emphasis on facility design, workstation and office integration, and peak employee productivity.
3. Investigate the personnel issues related to information systems and end users.
4. Suggest and integrate strategies for introducing the end users to new system through individual and group training, user documentation, and help desk support.
5. Evaluate the ethical, political, and legal issues on end user Internet usage, email, copyrights, ownership, and privacy.
6. Create end user policies and procedure manuals in concert with Human Resource unit.
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Introduction
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Introduction
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International Business
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Introduction
The course focus is mainly on the international business environment and the activities of multinational corporations. However, many topics covered in the course are important to even the smallest of companies, that operate in a purely domestic situations. Among the topics covered during the semester are legal issues, foreign direct investment, international trade, firm and country competitiveness, regional trade associations, international institutions, managerial functions, organisational and national cultures, and global marketing and financial management. Teaching style is based on in-class workshops combined with lectures, discussion, student presentations, and interactive assignments and group exercises.
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, you should possess an understanding of
- the foundations of international business operations and the critical success factors involved in foreign trade,
- the global business environment, and
- the analytical and strategic thinking skills that reflect an understanding of global business competition.
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International
Business, 2/E Check the availability and buy your books from our Bookshop. |
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International
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Organisational Behaviour
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Introduction
The course focuses primarily on structural aspects of organizations whilst reflecting on the relationship between structure and behaviour. The student should come to an understanding of the ways in which managers seek to promote organisational effectiveness through internal structures and processes.
The student will analyse how organizations are structured within the context of the larger social, political, and economic environment discussed in the Organisations and Their Environments module; why systems of control and coordination vary across organizations and change over time; and how organisational theory may contribute towards improving the design and management of organizations.
Learning Objectives
After
successful completion of the course students shall:
- understanding the core concepts that form the basis of organisational behaviour and structure.
- be able to apply key concepts for interpretation, diagnosis, and providing recommendations for organisational development
- synthesize information from multiple sources and be able to explain the connections between key issues.
- actively participate in the discussion of management issues and concepts during class.
- demonstrate competence in written and oral skills.
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Classics
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The
Drucker Foundation : The Organization of the Future Check the availability and buy your books from our Bookshop.
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Reframing
Organizations: Artistry, Choice, and Leadership, Check the availability and buy your books from our Bookshop.
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Recommended Readings
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MBA
Field Studies: A Guide for Students and Faculty Check the availability and buy your books from our Bookshop. |
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How
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