Business Administration Perspectives

BUS 8008BEF

Course Guide

BUS 8008BEF

Course Guide

Business Administration Perspectives

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Course Coordinators:

Dr Guo Hui, BSc (SCU, China); MSc (SCU, China); PhD (HKU)
Dr Chiu Weisheng, BSc (NTNU, Taipei); MEd (NTNU, Taipei); PhD (Yonsei, Seoul)

Aims

This course aims to equip students with fundamental theoretical and practical knowledge and skills in management, economics, accounting and decision making that are needed for pursuing a Master's Degree in business administration. It is a course for new students joining the Master's programme through the Special Entry Route.

Contents

The course covers the following topics:

Managerial decision making
Management
Marketing
Accounting
Economics

Contact hours

A total of 90 hours in one term.

Assessment (Subject to final approval by the University)

There are four individual assignments, four in-class assessments, and class participation. The assignments account for 50% of the total course score, the in-class assessments account for 40%, and class participation accounts for the remaining 10%. Students are required to submit assignments via the Online Learning Environment (OLE).

Set book(s)

The following is the textbook for economics:
Mankiw, N G (2020) AE Principles of Economics (9th edition), Cengage Learning, ISBN: 9789814915342.

The following is the textbook for accounting:
Harrison Jr, W T, Horngren, C T, Thomas, C W, Tietz, W M and Suwardy, T (2018) Financial accounting: International Financial Reporting Standards (11th edition), Pearson, ISBN: 9781292211145.