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administration. Being a survey course, emphasis is placed to introduce the
students to all functional areas of business with an emphasis on Saudi
economy, and the Saudi corporate sector.

BUS 504 Quantitative Methods

Credits: 3(3-0-0) Prerequisite: None

This course teaches the applications of mathematical and statistical tools

to solve business problems from simple to complex. The course shows how

to formulate business problems, how to solve and how interpret results in

order to make the right business decision-making process

BUS 570 Managing Organization and People

Credits: 3(3-0-0) Prerequisite: None

The course primarily deals with the application of behavioral concepts and

theory in managing an organization. It reveals a scientific way of integrating

the workers’ interest with the goals/ profit intentions of the organizations.

The topics of major emphasis shall be recruitment, selection, training,

motivation, leadership, conflict resolution, performance appraisal, group

dynamics, teamwork, stress management etc. The course is expected to

improve students’ communication skills, leadership ability, human skills,

teamwork initiatives etc.

BUS 580 Legal and Ethical Environment of Business

Credits: 3(3-0-0) Prerequisite: None

The course enables the students to learn how managers can use the law

to create and capture value, and manage risk at various levels of business.

The structure of legal environment of business; sources of law affecting

business; contracts and sales; product liability; corporations; security;

bankruptcy; antitrust; discrimination; labor relations; environmental law;

criminal law; cyber law; associated ethical and international issues that

managers confront in the modern business arena from the subject matter

of the course. The topic mentioned above will discussed in the context of

Saudi Arabian business law.

BUS 581 Managing Information

Credits: 3(3-0-0) Prerequisite: None

This course provides an overview of information technology and its

applications in business decisions. Students will acquire knowledge of how

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