Category: Business Administration (BSA)

This course exposes the learner to linear programming; Network Analysis and Inventory Control, give rise to optimal solutions (maximum or minimum). Time series examining historical data in order to determine trend values and seasonal variation and make reliable forecasts. Decision Theory provides a framework for analysing a wide variety of management problems and Decision trees is a graphical device for analysing decisions under risk, Queuing Theory or waiting line model represent a number of items waiting to be served or in the process of being served. Analysis of variance (one-factor model) applying probability in the determination of whether or not to accept the null hypothesis (the status-quo). The study of Matrices is a facilitative tool which is very useful in arriving at deterministic solutions. This course also exposes students to a wide variety of mathematical tools applicable to modern management. It seeks to develop competencies in an attempt to improve decision-making through greater reliance on empirical data duly supported by a more rigorous process of reasoning as well as on the solution of appropriate mathematical models.

This upper level course provides students with an understanding of the structure within which sole traders, partnerships, co-operatives and companies operate. The primary focus of the course is to provide an introductory framework of key corporate law principles as well as an examination of the relevant provisions of Jamaica’s Companies Act, 2004 or an Act relevant to your jurisdiction. The course will provide students with a critical and practical account of the corporate legislation and the guidance it provides for formation and continued existence and compliance of these business vehicles.

This course is designed to promote knowledge and understanding of international business activities of the small, medium and multinational corporations in the global business environment. The units aim to provide students with a better understanding of international business issues to be able to interpret and apply appropriate strategies to international situations.

This course is designed to help students understand and appreciate the importance of industrial relations to the successful management of businesses and to provide students with an opportunity to obtain hands-on and/or first-hand experience of industrial relations practices at the work place.

The central theme of this course is to provide a coverage of the basic concepts of finance and to provide learners with an understanding of the importance of the role of a financial manager to an organization and to examine how a business organization responds to the constraints of the real world and how these impact on managerial decisions.