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MA in Business - Course Descriptions
MAN 501 Management and Organ. (3,0)3
Nature of management. Management theories and perspectives. Organizational environment. Social responsibility and ethic. Planning: Decision making, organizational goals, strategic management and implementation. Organizing: organizational structure, organizational design, change and innovation. Leading: Management and motivation, leadership in organizations, groups in organizations, management and communication. Controlling: Foundations of management control. Quality, productivity and customer satisfaction.
MAN502 Contemporary Management (3,0)3
The future of work and careers in contemporary organizations, theories of choice and change. How individuals are affected by, and can influence change; changing and developing organizational structure, strategies, cultures, jobs and technologies. Contemporary issues in business management. Discussions, cases and presentations.
MAN 503 Accounting & Control (3,0)3
Accounting concepts and principles. The accounting process, transactions, the accounting cycle, preparation of financial statement. Importance of GAAP. Nature, concepts and classification of cost. Product cost accumulation systems. Analysis of real company financial reports. Financial planning and control.
MAN 504 Financial Management (3,0)3
Time value of money, interest, present value, future value, annuities; financial analysis, planning and control; ratio analysis, cash flow and fund flow analysis, profit planning, financial forecasting; capital budgeting, short-term & long-term financing; working capital management; financial policies regarding the acquisition of funds and their allocation to competing assets within the firm.
MAN 505 Marketing Management (3,0)3
The scope of marketing management. Organizing the marketing function. Establishing marketing objectives. Buyer behaviour and market segmentation. Environmental analysis and marketing strategies. Marketing research and marketing information systems. Advertising and sales promotion.
MAN 506 International Trade (3,0)3
Supply and Production Possibilities. Preferences, Demand, and Welfare. General Equilibrium in Open and Closed Economies. The Gains from Trade. The Causes of International Trade. Differences in Technology. The Hecksher- Ohlin Model. Specific Factor Model. Government Policies as Determinants of Trade. Imperfect Competition as a Determinant of Trade and the Gains from Trade. Increasing Returns on Scale. Tastes and Per Capita Income, and Technological Change as Determinants of Trade. Empirical Tests of Comparative-Advantage Trade Models Tariffs. Quotas and Other Non-Trade Barriers. Preferential Trade Areas. Trade in factors of Production. Direct Foreign Investment and Multinational Firms. Factor Accumulation and International Trade.
MAN 507 Business Economics (3,0)3
Microeconomic environment of business: The working of competitive markets. Demand and supply. Products, markets cost and revenue. Profit maximization under perfect and imperfect competition. The firm in the factor market. Government, firm and market. Macroeconomic environment of business : National income, employment and inflation, International trade, the balance of payments, exchange rates, money and interest, economic ideas, Keynesian and Monetarist expiations of business activity.
MAN 508 Operations Management (3,0)3
Advanced techniques in the design of the product. Production systems and production control systems. The machine assignment problem, scheduling and sequencing, line balancing, location-allocation of new facilities, JIT management, logistics, purchasing, total quality management, services and manufacturing operations management.
MAN 509 Research Methods in Business (3,0)3
Basic concepts techniques and applications of research. Topics covered include: History and nature of business research; the research process; data collection and measurement; research sampling; data preparation, analysis and presentation. Developing research skills through practical studies in business.
MAN 510 Data Analysis (3,0)3
Covers a description of the research process in general and each of the steps involved in more detail. Alternative ways of carrying out each step and guidelines for selecting among these alternatives according to the needs of a specific research problem will be described. Using software packages. Interpretation of the results of data analysis.
MAN 511 E-Business (3,0)3
Managing Information Technology. Electronic Communications and Linking . Electronic Customer supplier relationships. Internet applications. Practice of e-commerce. New issues in e-business.
MAN 512 International Marketing (3,0)3
Functional and environmental differences between domestic and International Marketing. Focus on how multinationals are reorganising their international operations with trans-continental structures, international management, staffing and globally shared values design to enable their diverse production, and function to work together more coherently. Market identification, product, price, promotion, and distribution channel decision across the countries.
MAN 513 European Business (3,0)3
Economic integration and European Union. Types of economic integration; regional trade blocs, Free trade areas, common markets and customs union; the origins of the EC; the structure of the EC; the single market goal; fiscal harmonization; common agricultural policies; the social charter; European monetary union (EMU): the exchange rate mechanism (ERM). The impact of the EC on Turkey and the TRNC.
MAN 514 Human Resource Management (3,0)3
The policies, procedures and practices, managing the recruitment, selection, training, promotion, remuneration and working conditions of the people employed by the organizations. Productivity, motivation, quality of work life and industrial relations.
MAN 515 Financial Institutions and Markets (3,0)3
The structure and functions of financial institutions and markets in allocating funds from lenders to borrowers. Operations in the money and capital markets.
MAN 516 Sales Management (3,0)3
The concept of sales management. Sales planning and budgeting. Estimating market potential and forecasting sales. Organizing, recruiting, selecting and training the sales force. Time and territory management. Sales quotas; compensation; motivating and leading the sales force. Analysis of sales; measuring and evaluating sales force performance; ethics, social responsibility and the legal environment.
MAN 517 Law & Business (3,0)3
Legal environment and business. Managerial approach to help successfully confront and deal with social and legal issues into the new millennium. Business and social, legal and political responsiveness Ethics, consumer welfare, workers, social and environmental issues.
MAN 518 Crisis Management (3,0)3
The concept of Crisis. Situation that urgently requires an immediate decision. Types and nature of Crisis. Steps in crisis management. Crisis Teams and team work…How to plan for the worst. Avoiding, preparing, recognizing, containing, resolving and profiting from the crisis. Managing the crisis that managers try to prevent. Case studies from real life.
MAN 519 Entrepreneurship & Small Business (3,0)3
The concept of entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurial management and small business. Planning, organizing leading and controlling small firms. Entrepreneurs of small firms and economic development.
MAN 520 Term Project (non-credit)
A substanial seminar project in the relevant area of interest between 5000-7000 words submitted after the completion of ten courses Term project is graded on success or fail basis.
MAN 522 Seminar (non-credit)
Seminar in the related area of interest after the completion of courses. Seminar is graded on success or fail basis.
MAN 530 Thesis (non-credit)
The thesis must be original and revel the student’s ability in investigation and analysis and have a practical application in the world of their profession. The thesis should be on a subject decided upon both by advisor and student. The thesis should be submitted after successful completion of required courses and defended by the candidate in front of jury. The thesis is graded on success of fail basis.
Date : 2008-11-21
