English Program of Business Administration

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Program: English Program of Business Administration

Level of Study: Bachelor

Supervisor: Gegeshidze Eka

Language of Study: English

Awarded Qualification: Bachelor of Business Administration

Program Capacity: 240

Admission criteria/ prerequisite:

English language B1 level (70%) and other legislative requirements, namely citizens of Georgia should successfully pass Unified National Entrance Examinations. Foreign high-school graduates who received complete general education abroad or its equivalent and the last two years of complete general education had studied abroad or students who lived abroad for the last two or more years and who are currently studying abroad in higher educational institutions recognized by the legislation of the host countries will be able to enter the program without passing Uniform National Entrance Examinations according to Order №224/N of the Minister of Education and Science of Georgia (December 29, 2011).

Goals and Objectives of the course:

The objective of the program is provide a student with basics of modern business administration. To provide solid foundation for business administration sections –such as finances, marketing, accounting, management and etc. as well as business sections such as banking, insurance, industrial, financial and etc. After completing the program a student will develop basic entrepreneur skills, as well as receives knowledge and skills that are necessary for lower and middle level managers in Georgia and worldwide.

Methods for achieving the learning outcomes:

Methods for achieving knowledge and understanding

Lectures and seminars

Working with textbooks

Discussion

Demonstration

Usage of video and audio products

Interactive studies

Methods for developing skills or abilities for practical use in real life

Life problems

Role games

Identification of new information

implementation of small studies

Practical study

Team work

Reproduction

Field work

Formulation and solving of a problem

Producing (small) more complicated research

Methodology for developing judgment skills or abilities

Critical analysis

Presenting and defending debatable topics

Team tasks

Problem solving tasks

Projects

Case study

Literature analysis

Critical assessment of own work

Constrictive criticism

Methods for developing learning skills or abilities

Working with textbook

Searching required literature electronically and in library

Methods for developing communication skills or abilities

Writing assignments

Writing about a topic

Presentation

Verbal and oral methods

Knowledge and understanding

Graduate will be able to:

Know main principles and theories of micro and macro economics
Understand participants of market, market forces, role of competition for product pricing
Know the state role in economics
Know monetary and fiscal policies, inflation, unemployment, theories of developing state economics
Know mathematical and statistical theories
Understand achievements of school of management
Understand ethics of business environment
Know legislative forms of business organisation
Know critical methods of analysis of an organisation and environment, modern methods of
assessment and modeling of the happening
Know discussion and decision making principles
Know assessment principles of the strategic alternatives and methodology of competitive business strategy
Understand theoretical basics of business optimisation and management
Understand management structure, its subsystems and its relationship
Understand management`s strategic, financial, production, administrative, international, social,
cultural aspects
Know fundamental principles and theories of Marketing, modern understanding of competitiveness of companies
Understand modeling of network for product distribution
Know price systems, trademarks that are used by international marketing systems
Know modern technologies of managing advertisement and promotions, general methodology of promotion and pricing, costing and cost strategy analysis
Understand theoretical basis for providing effective advertisement performance
Know modern PR methodologies for forming public opinion, understanding of competitiveness
Understand internationally accepted accounting principles, methodologies for assessing financial position of the company, producing income statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement
Know financial markets, financial instruments and financial institutions
Know assessment principles of financial investment instruments, methods of constructing financial portfolios, risk management and analysis

Applying knowledge

Graduate will be able to:

Work individually and in team

Plan, motivate, control, implement

Lead

Develop strategic vision, design business plan with accordance of requirements, identify critical solution, develop an

operational plan

Organise with accordance of requirements marketing research, analyse statistical information

Use mathematical and statistical application for solving financial problems

Create financial and bookkeeping documentation

Generate final results' assessment coefficients

Assess investment project

Produce expenditure, expenses and budget documents, calculation of production cost

Find information on financial market regarding financial instruments and organise financial portfolios

Making judgments

Graduate will be able to:

Analyse quantitative and qualitative results of a research

Make conclusions and arguments based on the statistical analysis of marketing research

Predict future sales and prices based on past statistical results

Analyse market and environment forces; to compare competitors and week and strong sides in business SWOT

analysis

Analyse financial documentation of the organisation and make decisions regarding its financial position

Analyse reasons that brings difference between budgeted and actual results

Make optimal judgement when assessing investment projects

Analyse special financial information from special TV programs and newspapers and to make correct judgment

based on these information

Communications skills

Graduate will be able to:

Present own vision in writing as well as to make presentation using modern technology

Use appropriate terminology during a presentation

Explain or tell appropriate information to the specialists as well as other interested individuals

Participate in discussion

Present detailed analysis of the result in writing

Communicate fluently in Georgian and in English

Use electronical communication at academic level

Learning skills

Graduate will be able to:

State its own professional interests and independently identify preferable continuation of study at next level of

education or progress knowledge by new certified courses

Search required literature electronically and in library

Constantly progress its knowledge by using Georgian and English special literature

Values

Graduate will be able to:

Consider liberal-democratic attitudes expressed by respecting individual and property

Consider correct attitude towards physical and intellectual properties. Consider personal and collective

responsibilities

Consider responsibilities toward the community and state expressed as respect to the law and business ethics

Consider the role of the values in developing of the State and welfare of future generation

University Core Subjects

Code

KART1220 Academic Writing

HIST1120 Introduction to World History

BUSN1210 Basics of Business and Economics

HIST1230 Introduction to the History of Georgia

Total amount of credits: 24

School Core Subjects

Code

LAWB4300 Corporations

MATH1111 Mathematics for Economists I

MATH1211 Mathematics for Economists II

PSYC1265 Introduction to Social Psychology

MATH2111 Mathematics for Economists III

ECON2120 Macroeconomics I (Intermediate)

MGMT2110 Basics of Management

ECON2130 Microeconomics I (Intermediate)

ACCT2121 Financial Accounting I (basics, Part I)

STAT2217 Business Statistics I

ECON2270 Macroeconomics II

MKTG2210 Basics of Marketing

ECON2260 Microeconomics II

STAT3111 Business Statistics II

FINA3115 Fundamentals of the Finances

Total amount of credits: 81

Program Core Subjects

Code

INFO1110 MS Office and Internet

ACCT2210 Basics of Managerial Accounting

ACCT2220 Financial Accounting I (basics, Part II)

MGMT3110 Basics of Operation Management

MGMT3121 Basics of Organizational Behavior

MGMT2210 Fundamentals of the Strategic Management

MGMT3220 Business-communications

INFO3212 Decision Modeling in MS Excel

MKTG3210 Basics of customers Behavior

BUSN3210 Basics of Business and Economics Forecast

ECON3210 Basics of International Business and economics

MGMT3211 Human Resource Management

FINA3220 Fundamentals of the Investment

FINA4115 Corporative Finances (intermediate)

MKTG3220 Marketing Researches

COMM4120 Introduction to Public Relations

MKTG4110 Brand Management

BUSN4250 Project and Thesis in Business Adminsitration

MGMT4220 Project Management

COMM4130 Basics of Advertising

Total amount of credits: 111

Program Elective Subjects

Code

ENGL1110 General English I

KART1141 Georgian, as a second language I

ENGL1120 General English II

KART1241 Georgian, as a second language II

student should take 12 ECTS from the given list. Georgian student can choose English language and foreign student

Georgian languageTotal amount of credits: 24

Learning pecularities: The length for undergraduate studies is defined as 4 years or 8 terms. University Study Day is divided in lectures (lessons).The lecture consists of several (two, three or four) parts (theoretical part, practical – seminar, lab), each of length - 60 minutes, or an astronomical hour (including 50 minutes of the lecture and a 10 minute break). At the University groups (classes) are formed as from 25 or 50 students. The minimum number of students per group is 10. If during the registration less than 10 students registered, the University reserves the right

not to open the group.

Evaluation System:

Weekly evaluation (quiz) 20 grade / 20%

Assay or other activities that requires presentation 10 grade / 10%

I Mid-term exam 20 grades / 20%

II Mid-terme xam 20 grade / 20%

Final exam 30 grade / 30%

Average results Results Average Coefficient (GPA) University Evaluation Genral Evaluation system in

Georgia

97-100 4,00 A+ A Excellent

94-96 3,75 A

91-93 3,50 A-