Course Detail

Course Title  Principles of Business and Management
Course Code  BB 1104
Credit  4
Semester Offered  1
Duration of Courses  
Degree  Undergraduate
Programme  Bachelor of Business
Course Description  Upon completion of this module, students are expected to be able to demonstrate an understanding of business functions and theories of management, be familiarized with the business functional areas such as finance, marketing, production, operations and human resource. Students are expected to understand the practice of management in contemporary organizations from a conceptual and pragmatic perspective. Students are also expected to understand expected to have a coherent, broad comprehension of the current issues and debates in business management including sustainability.
Prerequisite  None
Other Description  Module Content: 1. Business Trends - business environment, economics, global markets, ethical behavior and corporate social responsibility 2. Business Management – ownership, customer driven business, entrepreneurship & innovation, sustainability 3. Understanding business functions: - Human Resource Management - Marketing Management - Financial Management - Production/Operations Management 4. Understanding management functions and practices: - Foundation of planning - setting objectives and techniques - Fundamentals of organizing – organizational structure and design - Fundamentals of leading – leadership and empowerment - Foundation of control - controlling for organizational
Language of Instruction  English