Faculty Compulsory
Requirements (21 Hours)
301101 Principles
of Management (3:3-0)
Prerequisite: None
The course covers and
defines contemporary management concepts, principles, theories and practices in
the business sector. The course specifically includes the following topics: the
nature and importance of management, the development of management thoughts, and
management functions including planning, decision making, organizing, directing and
controlling. Explains the organizational functions of production and
operations, purchasing, marketing, human resources, logistics, financial
management, research and development and knowledge management.
302101 Principles
of Microeconomics (3:3-0)
Prerequisite: None
This course introduces
the science of economics and the economic problem with its implications for the
use and allocation of economic resources. It also discusses value theories with
particular emphasis on supply and demand, equilibrium, price determination, and
elasticity.
302111 Principles
of Statistics (3:3-0)
Prerequisite: None
This course introduces
the science of Statistics and statistical research methods. It also discusses
sampling and sample data collection and classification. It covers various
topics in descriptive statistics, correlation and regression analysis, time
series, index numbers and an introduction to probability theory.
303101 Principles of
Accounting (1) (3:3-0)
Prerequisite: None
This course covers the
definition of accounting, the role accounting plays in the business
environment, and its historical development. It covers the recording of
financial transactions relating to capital investment, fixed asset, cash,
inventory, notes payable and notes receivable and other transactions. The
course ends with preparing the income statement and balance sheet. Accounting
principles, concepts, and postulates are also discussed briefly.
304101 Introduction to E-Business (3:3-0)
Prerequisite: None
This course aims to
introduce students to the origins and beginnings of E-business, the evolution
of E-business models, integrated E-supply chain management, virtual
relationships (virtual communities and E-markets), E-marketing and its
importance in the E-business environment, the evolution of E-payment systems, E-government and the provision of E-services, Security and protection in the E-business environment, the impact of social, ethical and cultural issues on E-business.
305201 Management
Information Systems (3:3-0)
Prerequisite: 305101
This course introduces
the basic concepts of management information systems and their applications in
business organizations. This includes MIS classification, functions,
components, technology infrastructures, and their impact on various management
levels. It also includes E-business and E-commerce, information systems
security, and information resources management. Labs include hands-on training
to develop selected MIS applications using MS Access.
306101 Principles
of Marketing (3:3-0)
Prerequisite: None
This course covers the at
defining marketing, its foundation, functions, and stages. analyzing the
marketing environment, the marketing mix (product, price, promotion, and
distribution), market segmentation, consumer behavior, marketing information
systems, and international marketing.
Department Compulsory
Requirements (60 Hours)
301212 Operations
& Production Management (3:3-0)
Prerequisite: 302110
The course covers the
concepts, Strategies, and quantitative methods and analysis for decision making
in the functions of production and operations management, which are: Demand
forecasting, planned location, facility layout, process strategies, capacity
planning, supply chain management, process planning and design, quality
control, aggregate planning, and scheduling.
301213 Organization
Theory (3:3-0)
Prerequisite: 301101
The course introduces the
definitions of organizations and their forms and describes the nature,
elements, importance and dimensions of the organizational structure. It also
covers the main organizational models, design and steps towards developing the
organizational structure, job design, authority-relations and coordination. And
organizational design determinants such as; Environment, size, strategy and
technology.
301214 Supply Chain
Management (3:3-0)
Prerequisite: 301101
The course introduces the
concept of supply chain management and its strategic role in the efficient use
of the organizational resources, flow of information, creation of an added
value along the chain, production logistics, designing production processes,
forecasting and demand, internal manufacturing, outsourcing, marketing, sales,
inventory, transportation, distribution operations, and supply chain design.
301217 Social
Responsibility & Business Ethics (3:3-0)
Prerequisite: 301101
The course introduces the
concept of business in terms of contemporary challenges, the characteristics of
societies, the concept of social responsibility, and the measurement of the
social activities inside organizations. The course also describes the social
responsibility of international companies and the concept of business ethics.
It clarifies the ethical frameworks for administrative decisions and its
relationship with organizational culture. In addition, it explains the
relationship between social responsibility and business ethics within the
various functions in the organization.
301311 Human Resources
Management (3:3-0)
Prerequisite: 301101
This course clarifies the
concept of human resources management in terms of its importance, nature, and
the functions required to design and establish the workforce (design and
analyze the work, human resource planning, recruitment of human resources,
selection and assignment), compensation and reward of human resources (job
evaluation system, financial compensation system, financial rewards system and
performance evaluation system), training and development, human resource
sustainability (safety provision, health provision), and human resource
relations (human resource integration , labor relations) and finally analyze
the role of these functions such as participation in policy and strategy
development.
301316 Hospitals and
Health Care Management (3:3-0)
Prerequisite: 301101
This course covers the
basic knowledge and tools that enable hospital managers to work and manage all
administrative activities inside hospitals efficiently and effectively since
quality and cost control have become essential requirements for increasing
competitiveness in the health sector. To achieve this, the course introduces
basic concepts in health and hospital management, including the administrative
processes and the basic functions of the hospital. It also covers topics
related to the information system and control and accreditation standards.
301331 Organizational
Behavior (3:3-0)
Prerequisite: 301213
This course offers a
knowledge-base and a solid foundation of the administrative concepts related to
organizational behavior. It also explains the assumptions by which the topic of
organizational behavior was based on three analytical levels which are:
individuals, groups and organizations. The course also explains the impact of
the external environment on the behavior inside organizations and explains a
set of tools and methods that can be used in several organizational problems.
301332 Operations
Research in Management (1) (3:3-0)
Prerequisite: 301212
This course provides
students with the skills related to the use of quantitative methods for
decision making to increase the accuracy of these decisions. The course also
focuses on determining the administrative, accounting and financial fields that
require the application of the quantitative methods as well as the use of
computer programs to develop and solve various quantitative models. These
quantitative methods cover decision making theory, linear programming,
transportation technique, assignments, networks and game theory.
301333 Projects
Management & Planning (3:3-0)
Prerequisite: 301212
This course clarifies and
explains the importance of project management and the process of planning,
organizing and controlling resources, as well as it explains the various
protocols in order to ensure the success of the project with the required
specifications and time and at the lowest cost and high quality. This course
also aims to introduce the students with knowledge related to the concept of
project management by teaching the following topics: the project life-cycle,
stakeholders in the project, project locations, selection of the project
manager, planning for project implementation, project scheduling, feasibility
study, acceptance or rejection of projects, project budgeting, project risk
management, cost control, and earned value management.
301334 Computer
Applications in Business Management (3:3-0)
Prerequisite: 301212 + 305101
This course supports
students’ skills in decision-making through the use of supportive computer
software systems which include several software programs to solve problems and
support administrative processes. This course also includes basic software
(Microsoft Excel program) to be used in various administrative applications.
301372 Business
Communication (3:3-0)
Prerequisite: 301101 +
9400121
The course focuses on the
importance of communication as a key factor to the success of effective
managers. Therefore, the course focuses on providing the student with the basic
concepts and principles of communication function, in addition to acquire the
student with the necessary written and oral communication skills in order to
achieve success in the work place.
301401 Strategic
Management (3:3-0)
Prerequisite: 301213
This course covers the
basic information and skills that qualify students to understand the strategic
management process in the stages of formulation, implementation and evaluation.
301423 International
Business (3:3-0)
Prerequisite: 301401
This course introduces
the basic concepts and recent developments in managing international businesses,
the importance of understanding the external environment that consists of
various economic, social, political, cultural and legal factors related to the
host country, and how it affects the managerial decisions. Therefore, students
study the main factors that the company should take into account when making a
decision towards operating globally. This course also clarifies some
international trade approaches and theories, and discusses the company's
strategies for starting its operations in the host country. It also provides an
overview of the main functions and operations that organizations need towards
managing their operations in an international scale.
301445 Change Management (3:3-0)
Prerequisite: 301331
The course provides the students
with the suitable theoretical knowledge bases related to the change process and
the difficulties that may face. In addition, the student will have the
opportunity to implement the obtained theoretical knowledge through the
practical activities performed in the classrooms and the field in order to
improve the process of change management inside organizations. Also, the course
focuses on the basic concepts of organizational change and development
management, change management process, leadership and implementation of
organizational change, in addition to some of the interventions and skills to
prepare and help the student to face successfully the challenges related to
organizational change management, and manage the change process effectively and
efficiently.
301447 Entrepreneurship
& Small Business Management (3:3-0)
Prerequisite: 90 Hour
This course clarifies the
concept of entrepreneurship and supports the entrepreneurial skills among
students. The course includes the following topics: A definition of small
business and its peculiarities, entrepreneurship in small businesses, the
importance of small businesses, the requirements for small businesses, the
characteristics of the entrepreneurial project, the legal forms of business
ownership, the size and growth of small businesses, and different
responsibilities and activities requested to establish small businesses, and
finally how to manage the financial resources for small businesses.
301448 Contemporary
Issues in Management (3:3-0)
Prerequisite: 90 Hour
This course identifies
the recent changes that lead to contemporary approaches of management and new
managerial concepts. The course highlights the factors and challenges that
encourage organizations to use new managerial approaches towards developing
their abilities to apply contemporary administrative concepts in both domestic
and international business enterprises.
301498 Graduation
Project/ Field Training (3:3-0)
Prerequisite: 301447 + 90
Hour
The graduation project
supports student's ability to properly and systematically use the scientific
research methods by requesting him/her to conduct an applied research in one of
the topics that are related to the field of business administration.
The field training
approach provides students with the opportunity of practicing and applying
concepts, principles and managerial functions in organizations, by which the
student is requested to prepare a report at the end of the training period that
summarizes what has been accomplished.
302213 Financial Management (3:3-0)
Prerequisite: 302101
Objectives of financial
management. Financial management functions. Financial Analysis. Financial
Ratios. Liquidity Ratios. Activity Ratios. Debt Ratios. Profitability Ratios.
Market Ratios. Time Value of Money. Future Value. Present Value. Bonds. Shares.
Working Capital Management. Liquidity Management. Cash Management. Inventory.
303102 Principles of
Accounting (2) (3:3-0)
Prerequisite: 303101
Accounting Adjustments
for elements of Statements of Financial Position, Cash Adjustments, Accounts
Receivables, Notes Receivable, Inventory, Short term Investments, Current
Liabilities, Preparing Financial Statements after adjustments.
306309 Sales Management (3:3-0)
Prerequisite: 306101
The development of sales
management, the internal organization of sales management, choosing and
training of sales force, planning sales activities, sales objectives, methods
for predicting sales, the estimated sales budget, planning sales areas, sales
quota of sales representatives, and evaluation of sales force performance.
Department Elective
Requirements (6 Hours)
301215 Total
Quality Management (3:3-0)
Prerequisite: 301214
The course defines the
concepts of the continuous improvement of the performance for both the industrial
and service business organizations as well as the public institutions towards
improving the quality of goods and services to satisfy the expectations of
customers through technical and organizational approaches and by benefiting
from the available human and material resources. The course also explains how
to use statistical methods in data processing and utilization as a tool for the
process of future improvement in the pursuit of excellence.
301222 Commercial
Legislation (2) (3:3-0)
Prerequisite: 301221
This course defines the
general provisions of organizations and the legal system for various commercial
companies. This course also includes a study of the Jordanian companies’ law,
by which the general provisions of the commercial companies stipulated in the
Jordanian companies’ law are explained.
301244 Organization &
Methods (3:3-0)
Prerequisite: 301101
This course defines the
meaning and shows the historical development of organization and methods. The
course defines and explains the consultation process, how to write reports, how
to evaluate consultation and the fundamentals of administrative organization.
The course also explains the process of organizational establishment,
organizational management, procedures, procedures flow charts and business
distribution map.
301315 Leadership
& Managerial Control (3:3-0)
Prerequisite: 301101
This course defines and
explains the concepts of leadership and managerial supervision including the
managerial practices of planning, organizing, leading, controlling,
communicating and decision making. The course identifies why the managerial
supervisor must understand the organizational strategic vision and goals, and
defines the gap between the expected performance and the available capabilities
to attain the goals.
301319 Public
Administration (3:3-0)
Prerequisite: 301101
The course aims to provide
the students with the concept of management in general and the concept of
public administration and business administration and the difference between
them. It also explains the concept of
bureaucracy and its structural and behavioral characteristics, and also
addresses the emergence of the state and
the relationship of the public sector with the private sector and the roles
that it performs, and also includes the most important reforms that have been
made On the public sector such as privatization, where this concept is
explained in terms of origin and development, privatization methods and the
legal cover of privatization and its role in the development of the public
sector. Some modern management concepts that have had a role in the development
of the public sector, such as the re-engineering of work process systems, the
concept of empowerment and overall quality management, are also addressed.
301343 Operations
Research in Management (2) (3:3-0)
Prerequisite: 301332
This course enhances
students’ abilities and skills in the application of quantitative models and
formulating them to solve various administrative problems while extending the
application of operation research methods in decision making processes that are
characterized by multiple goals. This can be achieved through studying the
following: Goal programming, hierarchical analysis, queuing theory, Markov
chains, inventory models, simulation and replacement models.
Department Supportive
Compulsory Requirements (9 Hours)
301103 Introduction
to Research Methods (3:3-0)
Prerequisite: 302111
The course identifies the
basics of the scientific research, and clarifies the tools, methods and
approaches that can be used, and thus, the student will be able to prepare and
write different reports and research. This in turn will help the student to
overcome and deal with several life problems in a scientific manner.
301221 Commercial
Legislation (1) (3:3-0)
Prerequisite: 301101
This course clarifies and
explains several trade laws and regulations, and it shows how to distinguish
between commercial and civilian businesses. It also defines the concepts of
merchant and store and it identifies their characteristics. The final part of
the course covers the topic of the commercial companies including their types
and legal status depending on the laws that regulate the companies' activities.
302110 Mathematics for Business (3:3-0)
Prerequisite: None
Sets. Periods.
Polynomial. Fraction. Integer Exponents. Linear inequalities. Functions.
Straight-line equation. Derivation. Integration. Matrices.
305101 Introduction to
Computer Applications (3:3-0)
Prerequisite: 9601099 /
P.T
Introduction introduces
students to the basic concepts of computer, computer applications and the
Internet. Plus how to use computer and file management. In this course,
students will learn how to use the following applications:
Ms Word
Ms Excel
Ms PowerPoint
This course also includes
an introduction to web page design and training students to design web pages
using Ms Word application.
Department Elective
Requirements (From Other Faculty Department)
(6 Hours)
302102 Principles
of Macroeconomics (3:3-0)
Prerequisite: 302101
Production Possibilities
Curve (PPC). National Accounting. Gross Domestic Product. Price Indices.
Employment Theories. Classical Theory. Modern Theory (Keynesian). Consumption
Function. Saving Function. Investment Function. Equilibrium Income and
Multiplier. Inflation. Unemployment. Fiscal and Money Policy.
302221 Money and Banking (3:3-0)
Prerequisite: 302101
Origin and Evolution of
Money. Definition of Money. Money Functions. Monetary Systems and Rules.
International Monetary System. International Monetary Institutions. Money
Issuance. Monetary Theory. Economic Equilibrium. Money market. Monetary Policy.
Inflation.
303301 Managerial
Accounting (3:3-0)
Prerequisite: 303102
Use of accounting
information for managerial purposes to make rational decisions. Cost
classification and behavior, cost-volume-profit analysis; relevant cost for
decision making, pricing decisions; make or buy decisions; decentralized
management; budgeting, and operational and capital budgets.
304304 E-Business
Operations & Models (3:3-0)
Prerequisite: 304101
Definition of business
model and E-business model, elements of E-business model, types of E-business
models, study of some famous E-business models (such as Amazon), building E-business
model, management of E-business processes, business process representation, ERM
systems and examples.
305307 Knowledge
Management (3:3-0)
Prerequisite: 305201
The basic concepts of
knowledge management and the use of their methods to capture and transfer
knowledge and participate in the use within the organization Knowledge
management concepts, life cycle of knowledge management systems, knowledge
architecture, composition, knowledge management processes (captured, processed,
tested and disseminated in the E-business environment) and finally knowledge
management tools, knowledge portals, knowledge ownership and management of
workers in the field.
306201 Marketing
Management (3:3-0)
Prerequisite: 306101
The concept of marketing
management, the tasks of marketing management, marketing mix management,
designing and managing products, pricing management and policies, distribution
channel management, integrated marketing communications, methods and tools of
marketing planning, implementation and control.
