Business Administration

This course offers perspectives on corporate social responsibility both as a governing mechanism for businesses as well as a form of business practice. Students examine the theoretical paradigms surrounding the corporate objective, international movements in corporate social responsibility led by organizations such as the OECD and the UN, and delves into the role of corporations’ vis-à-vis social rights at both domestic and international levels. The course devotes a significant proportion of time to the role of corporations in human rights and furthering social welfare and discusses key critical perspectives on other social rights, including labor and the environment, where relevant. This course challenges students into viewing the role and responsibility of the corporation from perspectives beyond the traditional idea of profit making.

The course studies the basic theory of stochastic processes and research methods through and economics and management perspective. Topics include financial engineering theory, conditional mathematical expectation, martingale, Poisson process, update process, Markov chain, Brownian motion, stochastic integral, and stochastic financial model.

This course provides practical experience in early stages of starting a technology-based start-up. The course is based on principles from lean-startup and business model canvas. Through practical experience, student-driven seminars, inspirational lectures and literature studies, understanding of business model components in the start-up process, as well as ability to analyze and validate an idea or invention is mainly achieved through customer-based development and experimentation with minimum viable products. This understanding is used to develop an efficient and scalable business model and review the business model from sustainable and ethical perspectives.

This course provides a study of cross-cultural and management issues related to management in an international marketplace. It examines the opportunities and challenges that companies face when expanding their activities internationally and dealing with international competitors in their home markets. Special attention is placed on different tools and analytic competencies available to the different specialized managerial roles when competing internationally. Note: This course is offered by ESCI and therefore has a different calendar, syllabus, and unit value than the course by the same title offered in the Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences.

This course covers the various organizational and managerial issues commonly found in the global business environment.