*Note: Placement Tests for Arabic and English are held during the registration period to advise students on which appropriate language courses they are required to take.

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How did the PC and the Internet get to their present state? What are the implications of the computer revolution? How does the Internet affect business? This course will help students develop an understanding of the computer industry, the Internet and e-business. It will also help them to use the computer for effective information searching and analysis. Students are also taught about various Computer Ethics concepts such as not to violate Intellectual Property (IP) rights, not to indulge in software piracy and not to engage in any unethical practices while conducting electronic commerce etc. They need to be familiar with the Windows environment and have some experience of navigating the web. The teaching and assessment for T171 are entirely online.

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This course is an introduction to environmental issues and the role of technology in today's fast paced computer world. It will suit the needs of students whether they intend to study technology or if they have a general interest in learning how to shape a sustainable future. It takes students progressively from environmental impacts of their lifestyle to the global issues of technological and economic development. They will also learn general skills such as basic numeracy, critical reading, report and essay writing. This course introduces more specific skills and knowledge required for higher-level environment or technology courses. The themes are: You and the Environment, Travelling Light, Food Chains, and Thinking Globally; supported by files on Energy, Resources, and Human and Ecosystem Health. The course also includes computer-based activities

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This course explains how businesses are structured, how they work, how their environments influence them, and how they try to control competitive market pressures.  Understanding the complexities and uncertainties of all this is not easy, so the course discusses different approaches and ways of seeing organizations and markets.  It enables students to evaluate and use information and theories, thus improving their capacity for rigorous assessment.  Finally, the course defines and develops three groups of related business skills: study and presentation, IT, and numeracy.  Much use is made of computer conferencing for learning and debate between students and dedicated conferencing tutors.  Course tutors are expected to participate.    .pdf details

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This course develops an understanding of how organizations work through the contributions of five key business functions – human resources, information, marketing, operations, accounting and finance – and how those are integrated.  Working with a selection of textbooks, you will look at the key practices of the ‘traditional’ business functions and the contributions they make to organizations, individually and collectively.  Case studies and specially written texts enable you to see the origins, rationale, limitations and strengths of business functions from the perspectives of various stakeholders.  You will develop skills in finding and organizing information, preparing simple presentations, and using basic software packages and computer conferencing.  The student will need a personal computer and access to the internet.   .pdf details

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This course is designed to develop an understanding and knowledge of strategic organizational issues and how organizations respond to change in their environments.  The course has three main teaching modules: decision-making, strategy and policy.  Students look at how organizations make strategic decisions and consider rationality and routines, decision methods and decision processes.  They analyze how organizations develop strategy, notions of core competence and strategic innovation.  A range of policy and environmental concepts and cases that demonstrate the impact of the macro-environment on organizations are studied.  Students are made aware of the boundaries of strategy in terms of relationships between strategies at the level of the firm, the industry, the nation, the region and globally.  Three groups of related business skills are developed: study and presentation skills, IT and numeracy skills, and computer conferencing for learning and debate.  Course tutors are expected to participate.  .pdf details

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T205 helps students make headway with complex situations they meet at work or in the community: ‘How could we explore this opportunity?’ ‘How can I make sense of this situation?’ ‘How could I improve things?’ Students learn to explore issues, identify components, analyze interrelationships, develop an overall understanding, and consider intervention possibilities.  Cases include topical environmental, organizational and information technology issues to do with e-commerce, the environment, risk management and social support.  The course includes Web teaching and First-Class e-mail and conferencing.  .pdf details

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