The Business Administration program is a major program in the College of Business and Economics at Al-Quds University, and its awards bachelor’s and master’s degrees. The bachelor program is divided into two tracks, the first is the single track in business administration and the second is the major with the possibility of obtaining a minor from within the college or from other faculties at the university. The business administration program aims to graduate scientifically and practically qualified individuals to meet the various institutions needs in the Palestinian and Arab society, whether in the public or private sectors, as well as enabling the student to enroll in postgraduate programs in Arab and foreign universities.
Today, management occupies an important position due to its attachment to most aspects of human activity in one way or another, whether this activity is in factories and businesses or in government or private institutions. The administration skills is important for anyone of us during the completion of the daily work, achieving goals, building institutions, operating factories and enhancing production; and through it the optimal use of material and human resources is achieved.
The Department of Business Administration is based on preparing students to be in managerial and leadership positions. Due to our believe that human capital is the basis for economic, social and political development. Therefore, preparing them in a distinguished manner is an accurate measure of the extent of the department’s success in preparing qualified cadres.
Management theories and philosophy evolve according to life developments and changes, thus, in the economic, social, political and technological changes require managers to develop, change and continuously learn in order to keep pace with the many changes and the speed of interaction with their environments in order to achieve the desired goals effectively.
Management is science, art, practice and training, and it is thought, culture, behavior and interaction, moreover, it is planning, organizing, directing and controlling. It is the implementation of activities through the efforts of others. business administration theories help to addresses the problems facing the workplace and through which decisions are made. Therefore, it is necessary to pay attention to studying business administration and to single out an independent specialization for it, which has now become one of the most important disciplines in international universities, and distinguished graduates of business administration globally occupy prestigious positions.
Preparing the right man for the right place is the title of success of any nation. The business administration academic plane was carefully reviewed by the dean of the business and economic college and the department faculty members, in addition to consulting professors at American and Arab universities. In addition of reviewing many study plans applied in reputable universities, and the opinions of a group of distinguished managers in a number of Palestinian business establishments were taken, which include commercial, industrial and service companies, as well as governmental, semi-governmental and private institutions to make sure that we came with the best possible academic plan.
All of this contributed to the output of this plan in a way that combined theory and practical application. The current plan was distinguished from other previous study plans or that plans offered in other universities in providing many courses necessary for the managers. In order to reach distinguished outputs from students, the plan included new courses under the title of leadership and innovation, this is in addition to various other theoretical and practical courses related to project management functions as marketing, human resource management, financial management, production management, and other courses that support the program goals.
- Giving students the needed knowledge and the necessary administrative skills that required for the labor market.
- Prepare graduates for the business world with practical skills and technical capabilities.
- Introduce the students to the global business context
- Teaching and training students to know the basics of various businesses.
- Promote ethical business practices for students
- Enrich and develop students professionally and personally
Knowledge
- Describe the functions, internal processes, and purposes of the organization and its management.
- Recognize the behavior of individuals, teams, and organizations as a whole, and their internal relationships with their internal and external environments.
- Defining the principles, methods, standards, values and boundaries of business discipline.
- Knowledge of administrative skills that help in making decisions.
Intellectual Skills
- Analyze theoretical and applied business problems by using appropriate quantitative and qualitative techniques.
- Solve complex business problems using suitable technological and analytical tools in a creative manner.
- Analyze, modify and enhance different views in business and management.
Professional Skills
- Presenting new ideas and ways of thinking about business and workplace issues.
- Make decisions based on rigorous and independent thinking, considering ethical and professional issues.
- Selecting and using suitable business and marketing data, information sources, and research methodologies to effectively conduct research on business and management issues.
General skills
- Communicate clearly and effectively, orally and in writing.
- Work effectively in teams to design and implement solutions.
- Ensure professional and ethical responsibility.
- Using and applying modern technologies in management,
- Developing leadership capabilities.
Obtaining a general secondary school certificate or its equivalent, with an average of no less than 65%, scientific and literary, and so on.
- Various sectors of privet business
- Banks, insurance companies and financial institutions
- Hotels, restaurants, and different services sectors
- Public entities
The Academic plan consists of 123 credit hours distributed as follows:
|
Single Specialization |
Major Specialization |
|||
|
Compulsory |
Elective |
Compulsory |
Elective |
|
| University Requirement |
18 |
6 |
18 |
6 |
| Faculty Requirement |
27 |
– |
27 |
– |
| Single Specialization Requirement |
57 |
15 |
|
|
| Major Specialization Requirement |
|
|
39 |
6 |
| Minor Specialization Requirement |
|
|
21 |
6 |
|
102 |
21 |
105 |
18 |
|
|
123 |
123 |
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6.1. University Requirement (24 credit) 18 compulsory credit hours and 6 credit hours as elective
6.1.1. University Compulsory Requirements (18 credit hours) on follows:
|
Cr. Hours |
Course name |
Course No. |
No. |
|
2 |
Arabic Language skills |
0400100 |
1 |
|
2 |
English Language Writing Skills |
0400184 |
2 |
|
2 |
Communications English Language Skills |
0400185 |
3 |
|
2 |
Jerusalem Throughout History |
0400120 |
4 |
|
2 |
Palestine : Nature &Environment |
0400121 |
5 |
|
3 |
World Civilization |
0400123 |
6 |
|
3 |
Logical Thinking |
0400124 |
7 |
|
2 |
Islamic Culture |
0400122 |
8 |
6.1.2. University Elective Requirements (6 credit hours)
A. Languages
|
Cr. Hours |
Course name |
Course No. |
No. |
|
3 |
Hebrew Language1 ( Level 1) |
0400111 |
1 |
|
3 |
Hebrew Language 2 ( Level 2) |
0400112 |
2 |
|
3 |
French Language 1( Level 1) |
0400113 |
3 |
|
3 |
French Language 2 ( Level 2) |
0400114 |
4 |
|
3 |
German Language 1( Level 1) |
0400115 |
5 |
|
3 |
German Language2 ( Level 2) |
0400116 |
6 |
|
3 |
Spanish Language 1 ( Level 1) |
0400117 |
7 |
|
3 |
Spanish Language 2 ( Level 2) |
0400118 |
8 |
|
3 |
Turkish Language 1 ( Level 1) |
0400119 |
9 |
|
3 |
Turkish Language 2 ( Level 2) |
0400129 |
10 |
|
3 |
Italian Language 1 ( Level 1) |
0400146 |
11 |
|
3 |
Italian Language 2 ( Level 2) |
0400147 |
12 |
|
3 |
Any Foreign Language Approved by the Academic Council |
/ |
13 |
B. University requirement (6 credit hours) cultural courses
|
Cr. Hours |
Course name |
Course No. |
No. |
|
3 |
Science and Life |
0301420 |
1 |
|
3 |
Internet for Special Purposes |
0303100 |
2 |
|
3 |
Introduction to Public Health and Environment |
0305100 |
3 |
|
3 |
Fine Arts |
0400130 |
4 |
|
3 |
Literary Appreciation |
0400132 |
5 |
|
3 |
Women and Men in Human Societies |
0400133 |
6 |
|
3 |
Issues in Modern and contemporary Arab Thought |
0400141 |
7 |
|
3 |
Special Topic |
0400148 |
8 |
|
3 |
Communication Skills |
0403131 |
9 |
|
3 |
History and Philosophy of Science |
0409135 |
10 |
|
3 |
Democracy, Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law |
0500140 |
11 |
|
3 |
Conflict Resolution by Peaceful Means |
0500143 |
12 |
|
3 |
Introduction to Legal Thought |
0500145 |
13 |
6.2. Faculty Requirements:
Accounting students must pass (27) credit hours as follows:
|
Cr.Hrs |
Course name |
Course No. |
No. |
|
3 |
Principles of Microeconomic |
1301101 |
1 |
|
3 |
Principles of Macroeconomic |
1301102 |
2 |
|
3 |
Principles of Statistics |
1301103 |
3 |
|
3 |
Principles of Accounting I |
1302101 |
4 |
|
3 |
Principles of Accounting II |
1302102 |
5 |
|
3 |
Essential of Business Administration |
1304100 |
6 |
|
3 |
Principle of Finance |
1303240 |
7 |
|
3 |
Principle of Marketing |
1305101 |
8 |
|
3 |
Introduction for Development |
0430113 |
9 |
|
27 |
Total | ||
Specialization terms: the student must earned at least 65in the following courses in order to continue at business administration program:
|
Course number |
Course Name |
No. |
|
1113041 |
Introduction to Management |
1 |
|
0013041 |
Essentials of Business Administration |
2 |
6.3. Single Specialization:
6.3.1. Compulsory Requirements (57 Credit Hours)
|
No. |
Course Number |
Course Name |
Credit Hours |
Prerequisites |
|
1 |
1304102 |
Introduction to Management |
3 |
1304100 |
|
2 |
1304201 |
Purchasing and Logistics Management |
3 |
1304111 |
|
3 |
1304202 |
Human Resource Management |
3 |
1304100 |
|
4 |
1304302 |
E- Business |
3 |
1304111 |
|
5 |
1305205 |
Sales Management |
3 |
1305101 |
|
6 |
1304307 |
Organizational Behavior |
3 |
1304111 |
|
7 |
1304306 |
Project Management |
3 |
1304111 |
|
8 |
1304410 |
Investment and Financial Markets |
3 |
1304100+1304204 |
|
9 |
1304313 |
International Business |
3 |
1304100 |
|
10 |
1304403 |
Total Quality Management |
3 |
1304111 |
|
11 |
1304312 |
Production and Operations Management |
3 |
1304104 +1304111 |
|
12 |
1304314 |
Entrepreneurship and Innovation |
3 |
1304111 |
|
13 |
1304409 |
Information System Management |
3 |
1304111 |
|
14 |
1305201 |
Marketing Management |
3 |
1305101 |
|
15 |
1304401 |
Strategic Management |
3 |
1304111 |
|
16 |
1304104 |
Business Mathematics |
3 |
– |
|
17 |
1304445 |
Applied topics in Business |
3 |
1304111 |
|
18 |
1304103 |
Research Methods in Business Administration |
3 |
1301103 |
|
19 |
1304444 |
Senior Seminar |
3 |
1304103+ 1301103 |
6.3.2. Elective Requirements (15 Credit Hours)
The student must complete 9 credit hours from the department’s electives and 6 credit hours from the third-year level or higher than the other faculty departments’ electives.
|
No. |
Course number |
Course Name |
Credit Hours |
Prerequisites |
|
1 |
1304105 |
Advanced computer skills |
3 |
– |
|
2 |
1304208 |
Public Relations |
3 |
1304100 |
|
3 |
1304205 |
Public Administration |
3 |
1304100 |
|
4 |
1304206 |
Business Communication |
3 |
1304100 |
|
5 |
1303302 |
Principles of Insurance |
3 |
1304204 |
|
6 |
1303300 |
Bank Management |
3 |
1304204 |
|
7 |
1304305 |
Commercial Law |
3 |
– |
|
8 |
1304210 |
Change Management |
3 |
1304100 |
|
9 |
1305306 |
International Marketing |
3 |
1305101 |
|
10 |
1305408 |
E-Marketing |
3 |
1305101 |
|
11 |
1305402 |
Promotion Strategies |
3 |
1305101 |
|
12 |
1304308 |
Operations Management |
3 |
1304104 +1304111 |
|
13 |
1302301 |
Cost Accounting |
3 |
1302102 |
|
14 |
1302311 |
Corporate Governance |
3 |
1302202 |
|
15 |
1306424 |
3 |
– |
|
|
16 |
1301302 |
Managerial Economics |
3 |
1301102 |
6.4. Major Specialization
6.4.1. Compulsory Courses for Major Specialization (39 Credit Hours
|
No. |
Course number |
Course Name |
Credit Hours |
Prerequisites |
|
1 |
1304111 |
Introduction to Management |
3 |
1304100 |
|
2 |
1304201 |
Purchasing and logistics management |
3 |
1304111 |
|
3 |
1304202 |
Human Resource |
3 |
1304100 |
|
4 |
1304302 |
Electronic Business |
3 |
1304111 |
|
5 |
1304307 |
Organizational Behavior |
3 |
1304111 |
|
6 |
1304306 |
Project Management |
3 |
1304111 |
|
7 |
1304104 |
Business Mathematics |
3 |
– |
|
8 |
1304312 |
Production and Operations Management |
3 |
1304104 +1304111 |
|
9 |
1304314 |
Entrepreneurship and Innovation |
3 |
1304111 |
|
10 |
1304103 |
Research Methods in Business Administration |
3 |
1301103 |
|
11 |
1304401 |
Strategic Management |
3 |
1304111 |
|
12 |
1304445 |
Applied Topics in Business |
3 |
1304111 |
|
13 |
1304444 |
Senior Seminar |
3 |
1304103+ 1301103 |
6.4.2. Elective Courses for Major Specialization 6 Credit Hours.
|
No. |
Course number |
Course Name |
Credit Hours |
Prerequisites |
|
1. |
1304105 |
Advanced computer skills |
3 |
————- |
|
2. |
1304208 |
Public Relations |
3 |
1304100 |
|
3. |
1304205 |
Public Administration |
3 |
1304100 |
|
4. |
1304206 |
Business Communication |
3 |
1304100 |
|
5. |
1303302 |
Principles of Insurance |
3 |
1304204 |
|
6. |
1303300 |
Bank Management |
3 |
1304204 |
|
7. |
1304305 |
Commercial Law |
3 |
———– |
|
8. |
1304210 |
Change Management |
3 |
1304100 |
|
9. |
1305306 |
International Marketing |
3 |
1305101 |
|
10. |
1305408 |
E-Marketing |
3 |
1305101 |
|
11. |
1305402 |
Promotion Strategies |
3 |
1305101 |
|
12. |
1304308 |
Operations Research |
3 |
1304104 +1304111 |
|
13. |
1304410 |
Investment and Financial Markets |
3 |
1304100+1304204 |
|
14. |
1305205 |
Sales Management |
3 |
1305101 |
|
15. |
1304409 |
Information System Management |
3 |
1304111 |
|
16. |
1304313 |
International Business |
3 |
1304111 |
|
17. |
1301302 |
Managerial Economics |
3 |
1301102 |
|
18. |
1302301 |
Cost Accounting |
3 |
1302102 |
|
19. |
1302311 |
Corporate Governance |
3 |
1302202 |
|
20. |
1304403 |
Total Quality Management |
3 |
1304111 |
|
21. |
1306424 |
3 |
– |
6.5. Minor Specialization in Business Administration:
6.5.1. For Faculty’s Student from other business and economics faculty departments.
1. Obligatory Courses for Minor Specialization in Business Administration (21credit)
| No. |
Course number |
Course Name |
Credit Hours |
Prerequisites |
|
1. |
1304111 |
Introduction to Management |
3 |
1304100 |
|
2. |
1304202 |
Human Resource Management |
3 |
1304100 |
|
3. |
1304201 |
Purchasing and Logistics Management |
3 |
1304100 |
|
4. |
1304314 |
Entrepreneurship and Innovation |
3 |
1304100 |
|
5. |
1304307 |
Organizational Behavior |
3 |
1304100 |
|
6. |
1304312 |
Production and Operations Management |
3 |
1304104 +1304111 |
|
7. |
1304401 |
Strategic Management |
3 |
1304111 |
2. Elective Courses (6 credit), can be selected from the Business Administration department’s offered courses.
6.5.2. For the Students from other Faculties
Obligatory Courses for Minor Specialization in Business Administration (30 credit)
|
No. |
Course number |
Course Name |
Credit Hours |
Prerequisites |
|
1. |
1304100 |
Essentials of Business Administration |
3 |
– |
|
2. |
1304111 |
Introduction to Management |
3 |
1304100 |
|
3. |
1305101 |
Principles of Marketing |
3 |
– |
|
4. |
1304202 |
Human Resource Management |
3 |
1304100 |
|
5. |
1304307 |
Organizational Behavior |
3 |
1304111 |
|
6. |
1304314 |
Entrepreneurship and Innovation |
3 |
1304111 |
|
7. |
1304312 |
Production and Operations Management |
3 |
1304104 +1304111 |
|
8. |
1304201 |
Purchasing and Logistics Management |
3 |
1304111 |
|
9. |
1304401 |
Strategic Management |
3 |
1304111 |
|
10. |
1304445 |
Applied Topics in Business |
3 |
1304111 |
Essentials of Business Administration: (1304101)
Includes an explanation of the nature of the organization and its management styles, explaining the relationship between the organization and the surrounding environment in addition to explaining the details of the business organization duties: procurement, production, inventory, marketing, personnel, finance, public relations, R&D and management information.
Introduction to Management:(1304102)
Includes details and explanation of the basic concepts of administration, its definition, aspects, characteristics and principles, in addition to covering the BA schools and theories, with a detailed explanation of the basic duties of BA: planning, organization, direction and control.
Research Methodology in Business Administration: (1304103)
This course aims at achieving two main targets: learning & practicing the important and necessary skills that are required to achieve the research scientifically, it includes the research type, design, theories & hypothesis, validity & reliability, the questionnaire, interviewing, indirect scaling tools, data analysis and the report writing.
Purchasing and Logistics Management:(1304201)
This course introduces Logistics and purchasing and provides basic knowledge about the theory and practice of logistics and purchasing in the supply chain context. It provides basics definitions of purchasing, sourcing, transportation, warehousing, supplier evaluation and inventory control. It covers the complete procure to pay process from need recognition to payment and supplier relations management including types of purchases and purchasing tools and techniques.
Human Resource Management: (1304202)
Includes defining the concepts of human resources and personnel management, explaining its basic duties: human resources planning, job specification and description, recruitment, selection and employment in the organization, training and performance measurement, motivation, compensation, salaries, wages, employee rights, industrial relations, health and safety management, human resource information systems, in addition to the human and quantitative aspects of the human resources management.
Public Administration: (1304205)
This course discusses the government administration, public organizations relationship with politics and the public relations in government organizations.
Entrepreneurship and innovation:(1304314)
The course provides the student with an introduction to the concepts and skills necessary to successfully commercialize new products and services. Entrepreneurship is not just about starting a business. It is also about identifying good opportunities and then creating, communicating, and capturing value from those opportunities; including innovation. This course focuses on the interconnection between entrepreneurial thinking and innovation. Moreover, this course addresses critical areas for successful growth, including design thinking, open innovation, business models, product-market fit, and financing. Finally, this course will teach the student how to think like an entrepreneur and provides the models, tools, and frameworks to further develop your business or idea. An emphasis will be placed on innovation.
Business Communications (1304206)
Aims at developing the student skills in all management aspects, discusses communication tools and types in addition to the theories and modern communications and its relationship with business and its commercial relationship in and outside the organization.
9.Public Relations: (1304210)
Includes the definition of public relations and its uses, an explanation of the planning and organization management functions of PR, an identification of its communication tools. The relationship with public opinion and the way of building relationship between the organization and the stakeholders, in addition to the models and applications of PR.
E-Business: (1304302)
E-business, through a business application, directly applies e-business strategies and concepts to a practical business-based website. It prepares future business decision makers for the rapidly changing world of Web business practices. This course examines the customer database as the key element in e-business programs of this type. It considers strategic implications in both business and consumer markets, for both products and services. It pays special attention to the role of interactive media, including the Internet. It aims to develop a reasonable level of technical sophistication in terms of what information technology can and cannot accomplish, but it does not involve hands-on computer applications
Business Mathematics:(1304104)
This course enables students to explore mathematical concepts and applications necessary personal, business, and industrial use. Math concepts and skills are applied through study and problem- solving activities in real-world situations in banking, measurements, investing, consumer purchases, financial, and economic area.
The course includes a review of the basic concepts in mathematics such as relations, functions and their graphical representation. After that, it discusses differentiation and the derivatives of Algebraic, Logarithmic and Exponential Functions and their applications in administrative sciences. It also covers systems of linear equations, matrices and determinants as well as linear programming.
Commercial Law: (1304305)
Includes the start and development of commercial law, business men and their characteristics, merchandizing, business files, its conditions and types, business records and business contracts, business documents nature and conditions, business corporations.
Project Management (1304306)
Includes identification and description of the stages of constructing a new project, a detailed explanation of the stages of project management including project planning, scheduling, implementation and control, using quantitative and qualitative methods.
Organizational Behavior (1304307)
The course includes a detailed explanation of the individual and group behavior inside organizations, the factors affecting the attitudes and behaviors of workers, in addition to the limitations of organizational behavior science to improve productivity and enhance performance. The course also focuses on how to organize the work in the organizations, using the capabilities of the individuals and the work teams and groups. The course also focuses on organizational issues that help increase the performance; the best setups of organizational structures, the need for organizational change and the issues of conflict and stress management.
Operations Management: (1304308)
It covers the basic aspects of operations research which helps the manager in decision making steps, such as sensitivity analysis, logistics problems, linear programming, queuing theory, transportation theory and location problems, business networks, Markov series.
Production Management (1304312)
Includes a detailed explanation of the quantitative tools specialized in the planning and organization of industrial production, factory layout, full product production planning, and main product scheduling (MPS), quantification of the physical production requirements, planning the production capacity, CIM, scheduling and total quality management (TQM).
Advance computer skills (1304105)
This course aims to develop the applied administrative skills in management, accounting, economics and finance among students and enhance their ability to use programs such as SPSS, E_VIEWS, SHAZAM, GAMA and others.
Strategic Management :(1304401)
Covers contemporary strategic management of organizations of different types, focuses on the steps of strategic management: planning, implementation, control and evaluation. It focuses on the detailed steps of each stage, in addition to quantitative and qualitative decision making.
Total Quality management: (1304403)
This course covers quality aspects, costs, stages of Total Quality Management (TQM) development, the ISO, quality circles, in addition to TQM economics, elements, requirements, concepts and common risks.
Management Information Systems: (1304409)
Introduces the students to the basic concepts of MIS, focusing on supportive systems for decision making, and the secondary MIS which covers the organizational information needs, in addition to the role of the computer and its uses in MIS.
Applied topics in Management: (1304445)
This course focuses on analyzing recent and most practical managerial and administrative issues and problems that are not covered in any other course. The course introduces students to the steps of management case analysis, reaching to the identification of the problem, and the main case problems, ending up with a workable plan and understanding. The course focuses on team work for case analysis and depends on personal presentations of the cases.
Investment and Financial Markets:( 1304315)
The main aim of this course is to provide the students with knowledge and skills that are related to the financial markets and investment concepts, as investment environment, financial markets, capital Asset pricing model, types of risks, portfolio theory, evaluating stocks, bond & other investment tools, the trade process in the financial marked, officinal market and its characteristics, the difference between financial & money market, types and characteristics of market dealers and types of indexes and how they are measured in the financial market.
International Business: (1304313)
This course introduces a basic knowledge of the theory and practice of international corporations. National differences in political systems and differences in culture, as well as differences in social, economic and legal systems, will be introduced. Moreover, the course focuses on entering and working in international markets as well as on international business operations. Market entry and expansion modes and the organization of international business: Exporting and global sourcing, foreign direct investment, and collaborative ventures, as well as licensing, franchising and other contractual strategies, will be discussed in detail. Subsequently, the most important international business functions such as logistics and supply chain management, human resource management and marketing will be explained.
Change Management (1304210)
This course offers an opportunity to discuss and apply principles, tools, and methods to successfully implement change management within organizations. The use of multiple perspectives to assess organizational performance ensure that students are not trapped by “one-best-way” approach to change management. Topics discussed in this course include: strategies to design, implement, communicate and sustain change; techniques for mapping and assessing when and where change is needed in an organization; organizational development techniques; as well as barriers and enablers to fostering an environment conducive to change. Thus, this course is especially useful for students who plan careers in private equity, management consulting or general management, whether in line or staff positions, even though students interested in entrepreneurship, strategy, and human resources will also benefit from the course content.
Senior Seminar: (1304444)
Includes the discussion and research of contemporary and future problems through field work and practice, with the necessity of using methodology and suitable statistical systems for data analysis.