Academic Programs

This financial accounting course introduces the relevant concepts of accrual based accounting, and, with lesser emphasis, cash based accounting. The course follows the textbook very closely: Essentially all 12 chapters will be covered in the short timeframe. Many concepts will be discussed in the context of Starbucks Inc. The financial statements are in the textbook and highlight their application in practice. There is a pre-assignment to be handed in before class starts, a group exercise and quizzes in will be completed in class (not graded) and homework problems after the class (not graded). The final exam will be the crucial learning evaluation tool.  

The purpose of this course is to create a knowledge base from which students can develop organizational competence. It examines the relations between organizational performance and the behavior of individuals, groups and overall organizations. In the process, emphasis is given to the importance of interpersonal issues and to issues arising from technological, workplace diversity, leadership styles and globalization.

This course will enable students to further develop their communication and negotiation skills for business purposes (“Functional Business Communication”). Through the use of relevant specialist literature, exercises, role plays and case studies, students will be able to recognize essential characteristics of a communication situation chose their own appropriate strategy and accordingly apply effective communication techniques. Students will also strengthen their cross-cultural awareness and critically consider ethical aspects in negotiations.

Management accounting is a field of knowledge, which regulates the collection, processing and analysis of information required to manage the activities of each company, as well as systems, methods, and approaches to classify statistical database for various kinds of management decisions at all levels of operations.

 

The course will illustrate the added complexity deriving by the implementation of the marketing theory across different cultures, legislations and political environments, and will provide a systematic framework for designing marketing strategies and policies, with a focus on the development and execution of programs, audits, and plans. The scope is to develop skills in planning a variety of international marketing management tools, in organizing more effective international strategic marketing and in implementing the international market planning process.

In this course, students will review the management process and how strategy fits into that process. Further, they will learn how to apply business principles and change management concepts in the strategy process. Theoretical models will be used to analyse textbook and real-world case studies. Upon completion of this course, students will have a deeper appreciation of the complexity and sophistication of management issues which have arisen due to the growth of international competition and the ways in which multinational corporations are evolving with globalization.

The idea behind this module is to explore various different ways in which information technology relates to organisational objectives and goals in an organisational context, given the increasing inter-relationship between these two in today’s global world. The students will get a basic knowledge about information systems and their impact on business processes. This course examines the fundamental principles associated with the strategic adoption, implementation, use and evaluation of information systems in organisations. It discusses the significant managerial aspects of treating information as an organisational resource and its increasing impact on today’s organisation. 

This course will therefore try to give you a perspective on the main legal issues facing international businesses today, while trying to explain, through practical exercises, how lawyers think and how could business persons think about law. 

The purpose of this class is to make an interactive class with exchange of information and experiences or non-experiences. The focus of the course is on the corporate finance manager and how he/she reaches decisions as to capital investments, dividends and financing of all sorts. Throughout there is a strategic perspective. The course embraces both the “big picture” and rigorous financial analysis. Both lectures and case discussions will be used. As not all students will be familiar with mathematics and statistics (important instruments in finance), the course will be done as “un-mathematically” as possible.

This course will enable students to further develop their communication and negotiation skills for business purposes (“Functional Business Communication”). Through the use of relevant specialist literature, exercises, role plays and case studies, students will be able to recognize essential characteristics of a communication situation chose their own appropriate strategy and accordingly apply effective communication techniques. Students will also strengthen their cross-cultural awareness and critically consider ethical aspects in negotiations.

The idea behind this module is to explore various different ways in which information technology relates to organisational objectives and goals in an organisational context, given the increasing inter-relationship between these two in today’s global world. The students will get a basic knowledge about information systems and their impact on business processes. This course examines the fundamental principles associated with the strategic adoption, implementation, use and evaluation of information systems in organisations. It discusses the significant managerial aspects of treating information as an organisational resource and its increasing impact on today’s organisation.