This course equips students with a thorough comprehension of the importance of research in the development of innovative strategies for organizations. Students will learn how to conduct literature reviews related to specific research problems. Appropriate research approaches and methodologies are reviewed along with their ethical implications within the business sphere. Students will acquire the skills crucial for developing research proposals and executing research. This robust foundation will empower them to make informed decisions and adopt evidence-based strategies in the dynamic landscape of business.

This course aims to provide students with an understanding of the nature of entrepreneurship and introduces the importance of innovation in the entrepreneurial process. Students will learn how to develop growth oriented businesses - whether for-profit or not-for-profit. The course content supports students when starting or developing large and small businesses, and enable them to address challenges related to innovation initiatives. Students will explore current theoretical and practical perspectives to relate innovation and entrepreneurship to local and global sustainability priorities.

This course integrates core marketing principles with elements of innovation and entrepreneurship. Students will learn the advanced theories and concepts in marketing, including the use of contemporary digital technologies. Students will explore strategic marketing tools needed to inform marketing decisions. Managers must conduct marketing research to analyze market segments and recognize opportunities for the creation and promotion of new products and services. This course aims to enable students to evaluate a variety of marketing challenges and solve complex marketing issues.

This course offers MBA students a distinct advantage in the business arena. It focuses on strategy formulation, competitive analysis, and execution, emphasizing the critical role of managerial decisions in organizational success and blending concepts like internationalization, sustainability, entrepreneurship, and innovation. This course is intended to give the MBA class a holistic view of the firm, to develop students’ ability to think beyond day-to-day business activities and challenge them to ask the right questions about its future. These skills are essential for an effective manager.

Sustainable organizational performance depends on effective leadership. The leaders’ influence is critical in determining employees’ behavior and culture in organizations. This course deals with human interactions in organizations, by highlighting different theories, practices and methods. These enable employees to develop their professional skills and competencies within diverse cultural settings. Students will explore different leadership styles, including those relevant to digital transformation. Such styles may influence employees' behavior in organizations, including their thoughts, feelings, and actions. The course focuses on developing participants’ capabilities to build a workplace culture and utilize leadership skills in a variety of contexts.

Digital transformation has become integral to every business. Organizations are challenged with continuous disruptions due to dynamic technological advancements. Organizational changes must optimize evolving digitalization to achieve long-term organizational competitiveness. This course supports students in managing digital enterprise within global business environment. Furthermore, students gain theoretical underpinnings and skills in the optimization of Information Systems and Technology. This course will enable students to deploy advanced skills for high-impact digital transformation, develop growth strategies for digital disruption and innovation, and evaluate opportunities to increase operational excellence.

Leaders are taking critical business decisions based on multiple inputs they receive from accounting and finance departments. This helps them to understand and assess the organization’s financial performance against other organizations in the market. During this course, students will address information related to two fields of accounting: financial accounting and managerial accounting. Students will critically think about internal and external dimensions of financial and accounting information that are relevant to different types of stakeholders.

Internal dimensions include product-related decisions, such as costs out of new or existing products and processes, pricing, buy or make, eliminate unprofitable segment, and budgeting to manage sustainable organizations. In addition, students will address external dimensions for the interpretation, analysis and reporting of financial information to stakeholders.

Organizations are profoundly impacted by economic policies and activities in national and international markets. This course is designed to build on foundations from macro and microeconomics in the domestic and global economy. Students will gain pivotal insights into market dynamics, ethical managerial decisions, optimizing pricing, and strategic distribution. A key driver underpinning this course is the focus on the creation of a sustainable business economy through the study of relevant economic policies.

Students will review the advanced theories and factual knowledge that recognize the role of innovation in creating value for society and stakeholders.

In this course, students will analyze the complex dynamics of planning, creating, and managing operations within organizations. This course will address diverse operations management decisions, such as those relating to product and process design, capacity planning, inventory management, layout, and supply chain management. The concepts of innovation, entrepreneurship and digital transformation are embedded in the course to capture current trends in many industries. This course will enable students to make innovative operations management decisions that enhance organizational performance in a variety of contexts and provide value to the stakeholders.