Courses
Management Courses
MGT201 Introduction to Management
[3–0, 3 cr.]
This course is a study of the management principles and concepts, specifically its history and philosophy, in addition to the processes, decision-making, planning, organizing, actuating and controlling.
MGT236 Communication Skills
[1–0, 1 cr.]
A fifteen-hour workshop format that relies on in-class discussions designed to introduce students to teamwork and interpersonal communication skills within a business setting. Students will encounter a set of communication practices such as verbal and non-verbal communication, group communication, writing CV and Business letters, listening skills.
Prerequisites: Business Major and ENG 009
MGT301 Organizational Behavior
[3–0, 3 cr.]
This course covers the organizations’ social psychology, which includes individual perception, motivation, and learning and communication style. It also covers group dynamics, as related to problem solving and decision-making, leadership style, word structuring and the larger environment.
Prerequisite: MGT201 Introduction to Management
MGT317 Conflict Resolution Tools for the Business World
[3–0, 3 cr.]
This course provides an overview of the skills and tools needed to understand different types of conflicts in a business setting. It also provides students with information on how to analyze such conflicts and review techniques used for effective intervention in such conflicts. Real life examples are used to illustrate such conflicts and the processes that have helped achieve conflict resolution or transformation. Furthermore, leadership role and cultural influences are reviewed in addition to conflict resolutions skills such as facilitation, negotiation and mediation techniques.
MGT336 Developing a Business Plan
[1–0, 1 cr.]
This course is designed to help students acquire the necessary knowledge and skills needed to prepare a comprehensive integrated written business plan. The course will equip the students with the basis for elaborating the different sections of the plan as expected by financing agents. Through the learning process, the students will learn the principles of undertaking a thorough analysis of the different organizational forms and departments, products and services, human resources capacities, markets and marketing programs, as well as financial status and financing tools.
Prerequisite: Business Major
MGT399 Internship/Practicum
[1 cr.]
MGT401 Project Management
[3–0, 3 cr.]
This course covers the problems of managing projects on identification, design, appraisal, selection, organization, operations, supervision and control, completion and evaluation.
Prerequisites: Senior standing, ACC202 Principles of Accounting II and MGT201 Introduction to Management
MGT411 Innovation and Entrepreneurship
[3–0, 3 cr.]
This course is designed to expose students to the latest research in entrepreneurship and its practical implications. Students will learn about the entrepreneurial process and the domain of entrepreneurship. Topical coverage includes an economic primer on entrepreneurial opportunities, entrepreneurial opportunity recognition and exploitation, environmental effects on entrepreneurial opportunities, as well as differences in identity, human and social capital of entrepreneurs. This course also provides insight on how entrepreneurs would finance and grow their business ventures.
MGT411 Innovation and Entrepreneurship
[3–0, 3 cr.]
This course is designed to expose students to the latest research in entrepreneurship and its practical implications. Students will learn about the entrepreneurial process and the domain of entrepreneurship. Topical coverage includes an economic primer on entrepreneurial opportunities, entrepreneurial opportunity recognition and exploitation, environmental effects on entrepreneurial opportunities, as well as differences in identity, human and social capital of entrepreneurs. This course also provides insight on how entrepreneurs would finance and grow their business ventures.
MGT420 Strategic Planning and Policy Formulation
[3–0, 3 cr.]
This course is intended to be a challenging capstone course for the undergraduate business school curriculum. It is first and foremost a course about “managing for success” and achieving competitive advantage. The course is designed to equip students with the core concepts, frameworks and techniques of strategic management. It provides them with tools to understand and manage the strategic planning process. It enlightens students with the fundamentals of strategic planning and grants them broader insights into strategy formulations and implementations. It is tailored to address all business emphases and to provide a comprehensive and in-depth strategic planning techniques that are applicable to different industries. In analyzing multidisciplinary business case studies, students will practically integrate much of the knowledge gained in the core business curriculum.
Prerequisites: At least 27 credits of core courses completed and Senior standing
MGT420H Strategic Planning and Policy Formulation
[3–0, 3 cr.]
This course is intended to be a challenging capstone course for the undergraduate business school curriculum. It is first and foremost a course about “managing for success” and achieving competitive advantage. The course is designed to equip students with the core concepts, frameworks and techniques of strategic management. It provides them with tools to understand and manage the strategic planning process. It enlightens students with the fundamentals of strategic planning and grants them broader insights into strategy formulations and implementations. It is tailored to address all business emphases and to provide a comprehensive and in-depth strategic planning techniques that are applicable to different industries. In analyzing multidisciplinary business case studies, students will practically integrate much of the knowledge gained in the core business curriculum.
Prerequisites: At least 27 credits of core courses completed and Senior standing
MGT436 Personality and Career Development
[1–0, 1 cr.]
A fifteen-hour workshop designed to introduce students to the importance of personality styles in shaping their careers. Students will be more knowledgeable and understanding of their behavioral preferences that can have significant effects on their career success. Students will also learn how to evaluate and develop their personality styles to match their career objectives.
Prerequisite: Business Major
MGT441 Human Resources Development
[3–0, 3 cr.]
This course is based on the functions of management. It provides the students with the tools necessary to run contemporary functions applied in human resources development. Having known the classical functions of personnel management, and based on the continuous change of organizations, students will cover the advanced topics in strategic management of human resources, training and development, performance appraisal management, career planning, technology implementation, and other new happenings in the realm of human resources.
MGT450 Special Topics in Management
[3–0, 3 cr.]
This course covers management topics not usually included in the curriculum. It offers a detailed understanding of timely issues and applications in the worlds of production and management, both in private and public frameworks. Operations and production management, entrepreneurship, and small-business management are covered, among other topics.
This course requires the consent of the program advisor.
MGT711 Strategic Management
[1.5–0, 1.5 cr.]
The course exposes students to in-depth knowledge of strategic planning and strategy formulations. The course provides students with tools to manage and implement dynamic and evolving business strategies. It exposes students to various strategic management theories and analytical skills to drive efficiency and effectiveness into an organization’s core processes.
MGT718 Executive Organizational Behavior
[1.5–0, 1.5 cr.]
This course discusses the interpersonal skills and management of small groups and teams. Required for organizational effectiveness. Topics include interpersonal effectiveness, decision making and problem solving, effective group processes, and motivation of key employees.
MGT720 Global Management
[1.5–0, 1.5 cr.]
This course explores the dynamic global environment of business management by exploring the political, legal, technological, competitive, and cultural factors that shape corporations worldwide. It will discuss various issues facing international business managers today around the globe.
MGT721 Corporate Governance
[1.5–0, 1.5 cr.]
This course deals with the duties and responsibilities of board membership. Topics include way corporate governance operates in today’s challenging global business environment.
MGT727 Managerial Negotiations
[1.5–0, 1.5 cr.]
This course deal with the skills a manager needs for carrying out negotiations at the internal level with employees and the external level with customers.
MGT731 Leading Organizational Change
[1.5–0, 1.5 cr.]
This course focuses on the challenges leaders are facing during organizational changes and the skills needed to facilitate these changes. Topics include the key tasks of leading the strategic change process in organizations.
MGT734 Business Legal Environment, Ethics and Social Responsibility
[1.5–0, 1.5 cr.]
This course deals with the Lebanese laws governing businesses and how these laws affect business strategy and decision making. It also covers the social responsibility of corporations. In addition, students also examine the ethical implications of business decisions.
MGT751 Executive Leadership & Communication Skills
[1.5–0, 1.5 cr.]
This course focuses on leader’s skills and the difference between managers and leaders. Topics include communication skills a leader needs to influence others. Topics also include leader styles, traits, power, motivation and credibility
MGT756 Project Management and Planning
[1.5–0, 1.5 cr.]
This course involves the selection of projects, their initiation, implementation, control and termination.
MGT777 Leadership Boot Camp
[1.5–0, 1.5 cr.]
This workshop is designed to upgrade leadership skills of students to an advanced level. This advanced level entails less reliance on technical skills and more dependence on conceptual and interrelationship skills. The workshop allows students to exercise their leadership skills through real application that reinforces their ability to engage and motivate others into accomplishing particular tasks. The workshop will also assist students to transit from followers to leaders in organizations.
MGT781 Selected Topics in Management
[1.5–0, 1.5 cr.]
This course discusses contemporary issues in Management.
MGT831 Management Theory
[3–0, 3 cr.]
This course is an introduction to management, organizational behavior, and development theories and practices, emphasizing applications in managerial situations. Topics include goal setting, manpower planning and control, motivational techniques, and problem-solving processes.
MGT833 Strategic Human Resource Management
[3–0, 3 cr.]
This course entails a critical look at organizations’ principles, methods and resources. Topics include strategic human resource management for effective employee training and education within a development plan, corporate training roles, management issues on employment, recruiting, testing, selection and placement, job evaluation, wage and salary administration, labor relations and communication, performance evaluation, benefits and services, discipline, motivation and morale, and accident prevention and safety.
MGT834 Project Planning and Management
[3–0, 3 cr.]
This course entails an examination of the techniques used to select, supervise and evaluate projects, emphasizing the application of project performance control methods. Topics include needs analysis, alternative courses of action, optimum alternatives, project organization, operation and control, and project completion and evaluation.
MGT839 Organizational Behavior
[3–0, 3 cr.]
This course explores human behavior at the individual, group and organization- al level. Issues of leadership and management, conflict resolution, communications, decision-making power and political behavior, and stress and organizational change will be introduced.
MGT851 Leadership, Ethics and Team Management
[3–0, 3 cr.]
This course is intended to explain how to be a successful ethical leader, covering the challenges of leadership, requiring realignment of values, developing skills which inspire others to follow, and to act. It details the key skills required to lead a team or those required to work within one team. The main subject areas which will be addressed are team building, team management, and the individual’s roles within the team, communication and problem solving.
MGT872 Business Policy and Planning
[3–0, 3 cr.]
This course is an application of policy formulation and implementation concepts, emphasizing the practical use of managerial skills and theoretical frame- works. Topics include problem identification and definition, organizational goal setting, establishment, and performance review and evaluation.
MGT874 Trends Management
[3–0, 3 cr.]
This course acquaints students with the concept of environmental scanning, along with the major business trends. Trends management techniques that measure qualitative and quantitative forces affecting the general and specific environments will be introduced.
MGT875 Business Strategy & Innovation Management
[3–0, 3 cr.]
This course builds a foundation in business strategy and frameworks in planning and execution. It emphasizes innovation as a source of sustainable competitive advantage, and equips the graduate student with the theory and application of strategy, industry analysis, and operational maneuvers, to meet strategic objectives. Students go through case analysis of real-life situations drawn from different parts of the world.