ASc in Business Management

This Course is designed to build on students’ understanding of elementary mathematics and to expose them to some of the mathematical concepts that will be used in the study of various models in economics and management sciences. It begins with the topic of functions and moves seamlessly into equations and inequalities. These draw on the student’s prior experience in areas of algebra and coordinate geometry. It then moves the equally interesting area of sequences. This is followed by some matrix algebra then into the topic of limits and continuity, it ends with differentiation with some applications to the social sciences. Emphasis will be placed on the understanding and application of mathematical concepts rather than on computational skills, the use of algorithms and the manipulation of a formula.

This course introduces students to the art and science of statistics. Topics covered are: the collection and compilation of data, descriptive statistics, probability distributions, estimation, hypothesis testing and simple regression and correlation. Teaching is accompanied by computer applications using MINITAB software.

This is a cross-disciplinary course. It is designed to provide a firm base for Communication courses and for courses in English for Special Purposes linked with specific disciplines. It helps students to achieve the level of competence in written language that is required of the university student in undergraduate programmes. Course content includes Language in the Caribbean, Summarizing, the Formal Essay and Methods of Organising Information.

This course is designed to develop an awareness of the main process of cultural development in Caribbean societies, highlighting the factors, the problematic and the creative output that have fed the emergence of Caribbean identities. It also develops a perception of the Caribbean as wider than island nations or linguistic blocs and stimulates students’ interest in, and commitment to Caribbean civilization and to further their self-determination.

This course deals with the basics, major concepts and principles of computers and computing. Topics covered will include: evolution and classification of computers, computer hardware, software and data communications; computer data processing; and microcomputers in business.

Assessment:

Coursework – 40%

Final Exam -  60% (face-to-face)

This course aims to develop the basic communicative skills of students. Students will be equipped with both receptive skills (listening and reading) and productive skills (speaking and writing).

Microeconomics is the study of people in the “ordinary business of life”. As economic welfare depends upon the choices of people regarding the allocation and use of resources, it is necessary that ordinary members of the community and specialists in government and business, understand the account of these choices that are provided by microeconomic theory and are able to develop critiques of that theory. It is also necessary that they are able to appreciate, and undertake, microeconomic analysis of contemporary problems and policies. This course therefore explores the theory of economic choice and its application to a range of resource-use questions. Specifically, it focuses upon a range of microeconomic principles, their use in economic analysis, and their relevance in the global information economy. While drawing on the history of economic thought, it emphasizes contemporary resource-use issues and the development of the skills of economic specialists and non-specialists.

The objective of this course is to introduce students to the role of Banking and Finance in an economy, and the unique managerial issues that confront financial institutions. Specific topics to be covered include: Organisational Structure of Financial Institutions, The Legal Framework and the Legal Constraints within which Financial Institutions operate, An Introduction to the Services provided by banks to both Retail and Business Sectors, The risks to which Financial Institutions are exposed, Why Monetary Policy includes Regulation of the banking Systems and the means employed.

This course will introduce students to classical social theory through an understanding of the work of writers such as Auguste Comte, Max Weber, Karl Marx and George H. Mead. The main focus of this studying is to understand the central ideas of these writers and to reflect on the usefulness of their theory in contemporary Caribbean societies. This reflection will support students’ further investigations of the explanations given for issues on the front line of Caribbean societies’ development agendas. At the same time, students will learn about the central ideas and perspectives of writers such as Edward Kamau Brathwaite, M.G. Smith and George Beckford. The combination of classical and Caribbean schools of social inquiry will set the tone for a synthesizing of perspectives on race, class, gender, ethnicity and the family in society. This process will assist students with developing their theoretical base in social theory, as well as independent thought on happenings in Caribbean society.

This is an introductory course designed to cover both a practical and theoretical understanding of the principles and concepts involved in the preparation of financial statements. You are exposed to a conceptual analytical approach, with the aim of improving your critical thinking and communication skills, especially in the area of accounting.

In this course, students are sensitized to an understanding of current cost and management accounting theory and practice. Emphasis is placed on the concepts and procedures of product costing, the tools of managerial accounting such as C-V-P analysis and budgeting, as well as, strategies that help the manager to perform the functions of planning, controlling and decision making. This prerequisite knowledge provides the foundation for the levels II & III Management Accounting courses. The course makes use of some simple mathematical concepts including the basic mathematical operations, solving simple linear equations and graphing linear functions.

Assessment:

Coursework – 40%

Final Exam -  60% (face-to-face)

NB: The offering of this in Summer will be dependent on student registration numbers

This is an introductory study of the field of macroeconomics. It will introduce students to the content, methods and techniques of macroeconomics; acquaint them with the distinctive features of a small open economy and expose them to contemporary issues in macroeconomic analysis and policy.

The course is designed to introduce learners to the major aspects of management principles. It will expose them to the corpus of knowledge required to assist an organisation to achieve its objectives. It provides important information intended to expose learners to the intricacies of managing enterprises - be these private or public, corporate or small business enterprises, and government or nongovernmental organisations.

Assessment:

Coursework - 40%

Final Exam -  60% (face-to-face)

MGMT1001 is a pre-requisite for MGMT1902

Texts: Human Resource Management by Fisher, Schoenfeldt and Shaw (latest ed.)

Fundamentals of Human Resource Management by David Decenzo and Stephen Robbins ( latest ed.)

Assessment:

Coursework – 40%

Final Exam -  60% (face-to-face)

Assessment:

Coursework - 40%

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

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

Assessment:

Aoursework - 40%

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

Assessment:

Class participation - 20%

Assignment - 40%

Final Exam -  40% (face-to-face)

Students, who entered the programme before 2009, we recommend that you take this course as a substitute/replacement for PHIL1900 Ethics, Logic and Philosophy.

Required Text:  Trevino, Linda and Nelson, Katherine. (2006) Managing Business Ethics: Straight Talk about how to do it Right 4/E Wiley. ISBN: 0471755257

Velasquez, Manuel. (2002) Business Ethics: Concepts & Cases 6/E Prentice Hall, ISBN: 0-13-093821-1

Assessment:

Coursework – 40%

Final Exam -  60% (face-to-face)

MGMT1000 is a pre-requisite for INFO1901

 Required/Recommended books:

1)   Text:   Information Systems Today. Retrieved from www.pearsonhighered.com/valacich  Information Systems Today. 4th Ed.  Joseph Valacich , Christoph Schneider

2)   Text:  Management Information Systems…James O’Brien  www.mhhe.com/obrien -  For additional instructor and student resources (case studies)

Case Study analysis 20%

Funding Proposal 30%

Project Plan 50% 

Required Text:  Maylor, Harvey (2005) Project Management (3/E) Harlow: Pearson Education ISBN 02737904311

James P Lewis (2000). The Project Manager’s Desk Reference: A Comprehensive Guide to Project Planning, Scheduling, Evaluation, Control and Systems (2/E). New York: McGraw Hill. ISBN No. 0-07-134750-X

Recommended: Davidson Frame (1995). Managing Projects in Organizations: How to Make the Best Use of Time, Techniques, and People. San Franscisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.  ISBN No. 0-7879-0160-1

Jeffrey K Pinto ed. (1998) The Project Management Institute: Project Management Handbook. San Fransisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers. ISBN No. 0-7879-4013-5       

Assessment:

Coursework - 40%

Final Exam -  60% (face-to-face