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BAM 501 HUMAN RELATIONS
3 Semester Units
Business and organizational leaders repeatedly stress the need for increased worker education and preparedness in communication, interpersonal skills, teamwork, leadership, ethics, and the ability to work well with other words. This course reviews the basics of human relations, the organizational framework, organizational activity and strategies for improving organizational behavior and performance.
BAM 509 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS
3 Semester Units
This course was designed for business students who want an in-depth look at how business firms use information technologies and systems to achieve corporate objectives. Information systems are one of the major tools available to business managers for achieving operational excellence, developing new products and services, improving decision making, and achieving competitive advantage.
BAM 510 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
3 Semester Units
This course explores the effective utilization of personnel and emphasizes the skillful merging of human talents, needs, and aspirations with the requirements of the organization which can result in overall benefits both to the organization and to society. Additionally, this course will analyze the connection between the environment and the legal aspects of human resource management.
BAM 513 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
3 Semester Units
This introductory course ties financial concepts to reality through the use of real-world examples and simplified concepts. Working capital management and selection of alternative investment opportunities are emphasized, and funds acquisition, dividend policies, optimal debt-equity mix, and budgetary and related procedures are examined as basic tools which provide data used for decision making purposes.
BAM 515 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
3 Semester Units
This course provides students an in-depth review of available theory and research on the behavior, structure, and process of organizations. Formal organizations and their structure will be critically examined, and human motivations and their constructive application to oneself and others will be discussed. Applicable behavioral science theories will be explored and students will be able to effectively apply the relevant concepts to the management of organizations.
BAM 530 BUSINESS ETHICS
3 Semester Units
This course provides a managerial framework for integrating ethics into strategic business decisions. The framework provides an overview of the concepts, processes and best practices associated with successful business ethics programs. Prepares students for the ethical dilemmas they will face in their business careers.
BAM 540 PROJECT MANAGEMENT
3 Semester Units
This course provides an integrative view of project management, focusing on how projects contribute to the strategic goals of the organization. Included are the processes of project selection and all technical and managerial functions necessary for completion. Applied material for practicing project managers, as well as guides and references, are included. Concepts, principles, and techniques are examined for their universal applicability.
BAM 550 LEADERSHIP 3 Semester Units
This course focuses on the concept that leadership is a process, not a position. A thorough assessment of advanced leadership skills is presented, as well as their impact on the followers and on the situation. Various leadership models are evaluated in addition to current research on their effectiveness.
BAM 554 EMPLOYEE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
3 Semester Units
Employee training and development plays a key role in helping companies meet competitive challenges. This course explores the use of innovative training and development practices. As a result, both employees and companies are concerned with developing future skills and managing careers. These new relationships and trends are explored in this course.
BAM 560 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT 3 Semester Units
Strategic Management is the capstone course for business courses. Students learn new strategy formulation, implementation, and evaluation concepts and techniques. Students use this new knowledge, coupled with knowledge acquired from other courses, to chart the future direction of different organizations. Strategic Management students analyze firms in different industries, make objective strategic decisions for companies, and justify those decisions through oral or written communication.
BAM 562 MODERN MANAGEMENT
3 Semester Units
Modern Management is a comprehensive approach to the skills of business management. Traditional concepts, theories, contemporary issues and practical applications are examined with the goal of improving organizational efficiency.
BAM 570 E-COMMERCE MANAGEMENT
3 Semester Units
This course describes what electronic commerce is and how it is being conducted and managed around the world with an emphasis of the two parts of e-business: Business and Technology. Students will be familiar with its major opportunities, limitations, issues and risks and will be familiar with the structures, mechanisms, economics, and impacts of the technological marketplace.
GRM 697 THE RESEARCH PROCESS
3 Semester Units
A required course for Master's Degree students to prepare them for the development and writing of a Proposal for a Thesis. Assists students in utilization of their natural curiosity in selection of a topic for research. Provides guidance in planning research strategy, documentation of research data, and design of a defensible study. Also explores and analyzes examples of research from many different disciplines, development and use of computer-aided research and writing skills, and logical argumentation techniques in stating and defending research data.