Ilia State University School of Business Master s Programme Curriculum

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1 Ilia State Unirsity School of Business Master s Programme Curriculum Faculty Programme Major Programmes School of Business Business Administration Management Academic Degree/Qualification Conferred Master of Business Administration in Management- MBA in Management Length of the Programme (Semester,Credits) Language of Instruction/examination The Date of Delopment of the Programme and Issues of Updating 4 Semesters, 120 Credits English July, 2015 Prerequisites for Admission to the Programme (requirements) An applicant has to ha a Bachelor s Degree (preferable, but not mandatory, in Business and Economics). The applicant must pass relevant Unified Post-graduate Exam (E type test). Within the terms of admission to the Master s programs the applicant must provide: an essay (motivation letter) and a resume. Minimum one year work experience in public or private sector. Aims of the Program Graduate of the program can operate within the rapidly changing international business environment; will be competiti on local as well as global market. Having acquired profound and comprehensi theoretical, empirical and practical knowledge in management, a graduate will be able to: act as a reliable, independent expert in the process of devising the strategy of a company/organization, its evaluation and delopment; identify problems using decision-making instruments and to sol them effectily; become an effecti member of a team of an organization/company; to get effectily invold/cooperate in multidisciplinary environment based on the strategy of a company/organization; participate in professional and academic debates and advocate for a strategy/ decisions of a company Outcomes and Competences of Learning (General and Subject - Specific) 1

2 Knowledge and Perception A graduate has profound and comprehensi knowledge in the following area: - Making strategic decisions in changeable environment; - In-depth analysis of supply-demand and market equilibrium; - Analysis of financial environment; - Processing of statistical data; - Creation of optimal structure of human resources management; labour data analysis; - Basics of individual behavior, importance of personal features and values as well as teamwork. Practical skills A graduate is able to: - Implement the principles of strategic management in practice; select an adequate organizational structure of implementing a strategy; - Lead; form a successful team: - Motivate a team; form and delop a corporate culture of an organization; - Assess the role of human resources in raising labour productivity and strengthening a company s competitiness; define the demand on workforce based on labour market analysis. - Devise modern business strategies; work out and delop business plans; - Optimize resources of an organization and manage them effectily; plan and manage production process; - Manage information flow in different phases; define relevant resources for planned ents; - Organize risk management process; - Conduct an independent research and gain practical outcomes based on the analysis of different models/approaches of management and statistical data; - Identify problems; find alternatis for solutions; make effecti decisions. Analytical skills A graduate is able to: Analyze theoretical and practical issues in management; Understand economic processes taking place in local and international markets; Analyze new data and/or situations using scientific knowledge and methods relevant to business environment; Use prod technologies of business simulation and modeling ; Make reasonable and adequate judgments. Communication skills A graduate is able to: - Transfer information in different business situations thoroughly and effectily: gi information, define the issue, adrtise, demand, cooperate etc.; define the effects of communication on different business relations; - Analyze incomplete information using data sources; - Draw up documents in Georgian and English; present main ideas of a document; prepare business 2

3 proposals; write memos, reports, press-releases; - Conduct interviews; facilitate meetings. Learning skills The graduate is able to: - Get familiar with the latest literature and achiements in business administration; - Search, study and use appropriate material relevant to business situations; - Gain information from relating disciplines and to integrate knowledge for the purpose of building business simulation models and interpreting results; - Define the characteristics and needs of own learning process and manage the process independently. Values The graduate is able to: - Assess the values of the field; - Run business fairly; act according to Corporate Social Responsibility principles; - Meet ethical standards. 3

4 Structure of the Master s Programme Student is awarded the academic degree Master of Business Administration in Management. The program includes 11 mandatory and 9 electi courses, which provide students with profound knowledge in the field of management. As a result of completing these courses student obtains, respectily 66 and 24 credits. Master s Thesis Master s thesis is an important component of the program, through which a student demonstrates the skill of doing independent research in management. A student acquires research skills consecutily, based on instruments of business statistics and econometrics. In his/her thesis, a student presents importance of a problem; formulates research objectis, tasks and anticipated outcomes; studies the scientific basis of the issue. Master s thesis equals to 30 credits. Internship - The aim of internship is to delop practical skills. Each course within the program is based on case analysis and practical method. Within the internship students are able to get familiar with the strategies, managerial decisions and experience of a particular company. Teaching Methods The aim of the program are realized in academic courses through lectures, seminars and practical lessons. The courses are completed through independent work of a student using recommended major books, additional material and internet resources. (Interacti) Lecture lectures are focused on major concepts, principles, approaches and models; Case study /situation analysis - The aim of case study /situation analysis is to make students familiar with current problems existing in practice with reference to specific issue(s). Case study implies identification of problem solution mechanisms and formulation of solution strategies based on theoretical knowledge acquired through lectures. Guest Speaker - a representati of an organization/company presents her/his own experience within a specific context. Modeling- implies statistical modeling within different courses, creation of simulation models of organization, business strategy, marketing strategy, organizational management. Masterclass implies invitation of a famous specialist/practitioner for the purpose of demonstrating professional skills with reference to specific topics. Seminar implies thorough study of a topic. Experiential learning this method helps students to accumulate knowledge through real context. Assessment System 4

5 ECTS Contact Hours Spring Autumn Course Status Assessment is according to 100 point grading system. Points are distributed in according to the following scheme: (A) Excellent (B) Very Good (C) Good (D) Satisfactory (E) Sufficient (F) Unsatisfactory, a student is gin an extra chance to take the final examination(f) (F) 0-40 Failure, a student has to pass the course anew for gaining credits In case a student has accumulated enough points for one of the positi assessments (minimum 51 points), he/she has right not to take final examination (in cases it is not requested according to syllabus). 2. Components of grading system and their share are gin in syllabus. Places of Employment A graduates of the programme can be employed in private and public sector in different functional fields of management and take top managerial positions. Supplementary Facilities /Resources Necessary for Learning Unirsity library, computer resource centre, simulation centre of Business School, Business School Research Centre, Business School Tourism Management Centre, within the frame of cooperation: Georgian Chamber of Culture Coka-Cola Bottles Georgia, Georgian Railway daughter company Trans Caucasus Terminals, Castel Georgia Regional Distribution Company GeoFood, Studio Maestro, Georgian National Tourism Administration, The National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation of Georgia, tourism agency Caucasus Tral, tourism agency Visit Georgia, tourism agency Colours Tours Georgia, hotel Old Metekhi, hotel Zp Palace. Code Course Title Prerequisites Instructor Modern/General Management 6 31 Antia Otar Core Marketing management 6 32 Sherozia Guram Core Financial Accounting 6 32 Geradze revaz Core Business Statistic 6 32 Katcharava Irakli Core introduction in delopment and Pataraia Larisa strategic management 6 36 Core Managerial Finance 1 Financial Kalashvili Nikoloz 6 50 Accounting Core econometrics Business Katcharava Irakli 6 32 Statistic Core Research Methods 6 40 Pataraia Nino Core Operation Management 6 30 Zedginidze Natia Core Managerial Finance 2 Managerial Kalashvili Nikoloz 6 50 Finance 1 Core Human Resource Management 6 40 Pataraia Nino Core 5

6 Managerial Economics Khetaguri Tata Electi 6 32 Organization Behavior Shukakidze Berika Electi 6 38 Leadership Antia Otar Electi 6 31 Innovation Based Entrepreneurship Chechelashvili Electi 6 35 David Sales management Sherozia Guram Electi 6 32 Branding Marketing Shelegia Natalia Electi 6 32 Management Adrtising Marketing Makharashvili Electi 6 32 Management Nikoloz introduction Pataraia Larisa Electi microeconomics in in competitiness: firms, clusters and economic delopment delopment and strategic 6 32 management Academic Writing Rogava Maia Electi 6 34 Master Thesis Core 6

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