Business Administration

The course provides an overview of working in the United Kingdom and examines the changing organizational structures of work in Britain. It examines the social and economic changes that affect the workplace in the UK. Topics covered include the sociology of work; trade unions; oppression at work; generational changes at work. 

This course provides an overview of selected topics within general areas of human resource (HR) management, thereby helping students to be successful leaders in organizations. The course revolves around how to apply theories, policies, and practices to the real-world challenges of managing people in different work settings and occupations. At the end of the semester, students are expected to recall key HR concepts; apply HR-related knowledge to resolve management-related problems, and know precisely where the responsibilities of the HR department and line managers overlap and where they diverge.

The main purpose of this course is to introduce the basic principles of financial derivative securities, so that students can rationally analyze and use them when they need to face complex derivatives. The course focusES on introducing the basic derivative securities, including product concepts such as futures, options, swaps, relevant pricing theory, and an analysis of the use of derivatives.

The course exposes students to the closely coupled worlds of decision making and technology in the modern world of public service and public policy. Students learn how to analyze decisions and consequences from different units of public policy analysis such as the individual, organization, and culture. The course covers the role technology and machines are playing in shaping this modern context. It course begins with rational human theory, builds toward administrative and organization behavior, and looks at what this means for the institutions that maintain society. The course then looks at how the tasks that decision-making focuses upon can be completed either by humans or by machines. The fields of public administration, law, and machine behavior are used to analyze these concepts. This approach will seek to establish a broad and interdisciplinary approach to human decision making within public service and the corresponding capacity to utilize machines to augment, automate, and generate new tasks to be completed through a decision-making process.

This course examines how businesses excel (or stumble) based on how well they tap the widening power and reach of persuasive communication nationally and across borders in today's digital age. Students explore how persuasion theories, corporate storytelling, thought leadership, advocacy, negotiation, and other strategic elements are applied through the organizational communication disciplines to strengthen companies and brands. Primary attention focuses on corporate social responsibility's role in building a positive reputation, driving sales, and enhancing customer loyalty. Lectures, readings, and video clips also provide insight about communicating persuasively when developing new markets, managing ongoing business issues, and dealing with controversies.

This course examines novel industrial policy initiatives in Europe and beyond, in response to the green and digital transitions and the supply chain disruptions since the Covid lockdowns.