Course List

Assessment:

Coursework - 40%

Final Exam -  60% (face-to-face)

Assessment:

Course work - 40%

Final Exam -60% (face-to-face)

Students who entered the programme before 2009, we recommend that you take this course as a substitute/replacement for MGMT1909 - Introduction to Financial Management

This coursesis a hands-on, case-based course that is designed to teach students how to solve managerial problems using decision support software. It is not a course in computer literacy. Rather, itis designed to hone a student’s problem-solving skills by exposing him/her to the capabilities of specific software applications that can be used to develop business solutions that support managerial decision-making activities.

This course aims to prepare students with the requisite fundamentals to enable them to provide the business perspective/inputs to the ecommerce adoption process. Emphasis will be on the underlying commercial principles of E-commerce rather than on the technological processes. Topics to be covered include: Internet Demographics; Internet Business Models; Customer Support Strategies; Security Issues in Ecommerce; Legal Issues in E-commerce; Logistical Challenges for Caribbean E-commerce. The course will be assessed by coursework only.

The overall objective of this course is to cause you, the student to gain an intimate understanding of the Caribbean Business Environment and become familiar with the modalities for doing business in the Region. In perusing your readings, you will encounter several definitions of the Caribbean, which might be markedly different from what your perceptions were before. One of those that you may choose to become familiar with is the following:

The Caribbean is that area of the world that is located to the south east of North America, the east of Central America and to the North-West of South America, and which comprises the islands that are enclosed by the Caribbean sea as well as the countries on the mainland with coastlines that are washed by it.

During your perusal of the course material you will discover that there are some 7000 islands and cays that make up the Caribbean, the majority of which are uninhabited. You will further discover that the Region comprises both mainland and island territories and this might be a revelation for some of you who previously thought that the Caribbean consisted only of a chain of islands.

This course is about the study of Operations Research (OR) and Management Science (MS) approaches in organisations. Students will gain an understanding of modelling and rational approaches to decision-making and their contribution to organisational effectiveness. Analysis and communication are emphasized using real world applications and cases. Topics include linear programming, network (project management) problems, decision analysis applied to tactical and strategic business decisions in functional areas and interfaces among these areas. Implementation will involve using existing software packages of decision models to solve various managerial problems.

The need for Caribbean businesses to expand operations internationally and earn foreign exchange particularly during challenging economic times is critical. This course provides an overview of the international business environment and an introduction to various types of decisions made by international business managers.  It is a survey course, which covers many topics, despite not addressing these topics in depth.  Students will have an opportunity to explore topics of particular interest in more detail through a research project.

This course is concerned with the application of economic principles and methodologies to the decision-making process of the business firm operating under conditions of risk and uncertainty. Emphasis is also placed on the firm’s competitive strategy.