Marketing- Core Courses

1. Statistical Analysis

The “Statistical Analysis” is designed for the PhD of management degree students. This course introduces descriptive and inferential statistics and data exploration methods in business and marketing. The course covers statistical methods and techniques used in exploratory and segmentation analysis.

2. Consumer Behaviour

The course “Consumer Behaviour” is designed for PhD / Higher Degree by Research (HDR) students in Marketing. This course focuses on the concepts and principles of consumers in the acquisition, consumption, and disposal of goods. This course contains theories of psychology that could help deal with customers and consumers. Therefore, students’ familiarity with the ideas and the concepts in applied psychology in business is essential. Applying these principles can also teach students better ways to identify customer’s rationale and thought.

3. Advanced Research Methods

The course “Advanced Research Methods” is designed for PhD students of Business Management (Marketing Discipline). This course discusses the quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods research designs. This course will also provide an overview of the essential research design concepts, proposal writing, research problem, data collection tools and procedures, statistical and interpretative analysis, ethical issues and final report presentation.

4. Specialised Business English

The course “Specialised Business English” is designed for the PhD students in Business Management who require to improve their business skills in the critical areas of business communication, business meetings, business negotiations. This includes writing skills, taking part in telephoning, and presenting and meetings.

5. Market Survey and Advanced Marketing Research

Marketing research should be at the forefront of innovation in many sectors of the economy. The course “Advanced Marketing Research” is designed for PhD / Higher Degree by Research (HDR) students in Management. This course focuses on the key challenges facing marketing research and provides students with a range of new opportunities to recognise data gathering methods and analyse them until they improve their marketing skills.

6. Advanced Consumer Behaviour and Marketing

The course “Advanced Consumer Behaviour and Marketing” is designed for higher degree by research (HDR/PhD) students in business management.  This course will develop students’ ability to make valuable contributions to marketing practice through further advanced study and research in the discipline.  Furthermore, this course introduces students to consumer behaviour research and more academic, interpretive, and qualitative orientation.

The course “Advanced Consumer Behaviour and Marketing” also presents relevant material from psychology, anthropology, social and behavioural sciences within the consumer decision process and its main influencing factors.

7. Sales and Market Management

The course “Sales and Market Management” is designed for the higher degree by research (PhD) students in business management.  The course examines the elements of an effective sales force as a critical component of the organisation’s total marketing effort.

The course is designed to teach students how to formulate, implement, and evaluate a sales program. The course will extend student’s understanding of marketing in achieving its overarching goals.  The course involves:

Marketing- Core Elective Courses

8. Critical Analysis of Management and Organisational Theory

The course, “Critical Analysis of Management and Organisational Theory”, is designed for the Higher Degree By Research (HDR/PhD) students in Management (Public Administrations). This course familiarises the postgraduate students with a rich and diverse field of Management Organisational theory.

9. Advanced Marketing Research

The course “Advanced Marketing Research” is designed for PhD / Higher Degree by Research (HDR) students in Management (Marketing discipline). Many firms (including government agencies and non-profit organisations) seek people to put marketing theory into practise by formulating and implementing effective marketing plans.

10. Advanced International Marketing

The course “Advanced International Marketing” is designed for PhD / Higher Degree by Research (HDR) students in Management (Marketing discipline). Students explore marketing from a global perspective to better respond to international opportunities and competitive situations.

11. Industrial Marketing

The course “Industrial Marketing” is designed for PhD / Higher Degree by Research (HDR) students in Management (Marketing discipline). This course has three credit hours designed to examine organisations’ marketing functions and services to other organisations (rather than final consumers). Primary emphasis is on business buyer behaviour and business marketing environment as critical factors shaping business strategy development, planning, implementation, and control.

12. Research Seminar

The course “Research Seminar” is designed for the higher degree by research (PhD) students in Management to encourage them to practice their academic presentation skills and explore research topics of their interest in detail.

Public Administration- Core Courses

1. Statistical Analysis

The “Statistical Analysis” is designed for the PhD of management degree students. This course introduces descriptive and inferential statistics and data exploration methods in business and marketing. The course covers statistical methods and techniques used in exploratory and segmentation analysis.

2. Research Methodology

The course “Advanced Research Methods” is designed for PhD students of Management (Public Administration Discipline). This course discusses the quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods research designs. This course will also provide an overview of the essential research design concepts, proposal writing, research problem, data collection tools and procedures, statistical and interpretative analysis, ethical issues and final report presentation.

3. Specialised Business English

The course “Specialised Business English” is designed for the PhD students in Management who require to improve their business skills in the critical areas of business communication, business meetings, business negotiations. This includes writing skills, taking part in telephoning, and presenting and meetings.

4. Organisational Behaviour Analysis in Public Sector

The course, “Organisational Behaviour Analysis in Public Sector”, provides a comprehensive analysis of individual and group behaviour within an organisation in the public sector. This course aims to enhance the understanding of organisational management quality and employees’ work life. It also helps the PhD students to understand how public organisations can be managed more effectively to improve organisational behaviour skills.

5. Philosophy of Management and Organisation Theory

The course, “Philosophy of Management and Organisation Theory”, is designed for the Higher Degree By Research (HDR/PhD) students in Management (Public Administrations). This course introduces the PhD students to philosophical approaches to understand organisations and their management. Students will discuss various philosophical lenses during the semester to make sense of organisational phenomena and better grasp management’s intellectual origins in an organisation.

6. Critical Analysis of Management and Organisational Theory

The course, “Critical Analysis of Management and Organisational Theory”, is designed for the Higher Degree By Research (HDR/PhD) students in Management (Public Administrations). This course familiarises the postgraduate students with a rich and diverse field of Management Organisational theory.

Public Administration- Core Elective Courses

7. Theories of Organisational Behaviour

The course, “Critical Analysis of Management and Organisational Theory”, is designed for the Higher Degree By Research (HDR/PhD) students in Management (Public Administrations). This course familiarises the PhD student with the fundamental underpinnings of understanding human behaviour inside public organisations.

The course examines various theories to explain and predict employee behaviour in an organisational context. This course investigates individual and interpersonal behaviour in organisations, including personality, decision-making, personal perceptions, teamwork, conflict, leadership, power, ethics and influence.

8. Analysis of Issues in Human Resource Planning

The course, “Analysis of Issues in Human Resource Planning”, is designed for the Higher Degree By Research (HDR/PhD) students in Management (Public Administrations). This course will help the students focus on the various work environment factors that affect productivity and organisational performance.

Furthermore, this course introduces the psychological, social and organisational aspects of modern working practices. It familiarises the students with the ability to design effective ways to manage new working environments.

9. Management for Sustainable Development

The course, “Management for Sustainable Development” seeks to analyse the most widely used concepts and principles of development to develop the management system. The most critical area that sustainable development emphasises is environmental issues. Therefore, international organisations try to use strategies to achieve a conducive environment.

10. Seminar in Sustainable Development Administration

The course, “Seminar in Sustainable Development Administration”, is designed for the Higher Degree By Research (HDR/PhD) students in Management (Public Administrations). This course helps the students explore sustainable development from an administrative perspective.

11. Bureaucracy and Society

The course, “Bureaucracy and Society”, is designed for the Higher Degree By Research (HDR/PhD) students in Management (Public Administrations). This course introduces the study of public administration, social environment, public policy.

Finance- Core Courses

1. Statistical Analysis

The “Statistical Analysis” is designed for the PhD of management degree students. This course introduces descriptive and inferential statistics and data exploration methods in business and marketing. The course covers statistical methods and techniques used in exploratory and segmentation analysis.

2. Research Methodology

The course “Advanced Research Methods” is designed for PhD students of Management (Public Administration Discipline). This course discusses the quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods research designs. This course will also provide an overview of the essential research design concepts, proposal writing, research problem, data collection tools and procedures, statistical and interpretative analysis, ethical issues and final report presentation.

3. Specialised Business English

The course “Specialised Business English” is designed for the PhD students in Management who require to improve their business skills in the critical areas of business communication, business meetings, business negotiations. This includes writing skills, taking part in telephoning, and presenting and meetings.

4. Advanced Financial Theories

The course “Advanced Financial Theories” is a core course in the financial management sub-discipline, which is used as a basic knowledge by identifying, introducing and explaining theories, approaches, models and techniques that can be used in Financial Engineering, International Finance, Banking, Insurance, Financial Law and Real Estate. This course considers all financial theories and models, introduces the first scientific, financial theory called Marques’s portfolio theory in 1956, and develops theories and approaches with financial doctoral students in various fields.

5. Advanced Financial Risk Management

The course “Advanced Financial Risk Management” is a core course in the financial management sub-discipline, considered a scientific and professional identity. In this course, the importance of the philosophy of financial risk and professionalism related to financial businesses is explained and discussed by introducing theories, models, patterns, techniques of risk assessment, and identifying the types of risk and its causes.

6. Advanced Financial Econometrics

The course “Advanced Financial Econometrics” is a core course in the financial management sub-discipline. This course provides a forum for the Higher Degree by Research students to discuss and generate ideas on various research issues in Advanced Financial Econometrics. Students conduct an in-depth study of a research topic of their choice, discuss issues with their lecturers in the field of research, work in discussion groups, debate, and problem solve on selected issues. In the research seminar, the students can integrate their knowledge, skills and practical experience gained in the program.

7. Financial Law

“Financial Law” is a core course in the postgraduate program in management, financial management discipline. In this course, legal aspects of financial issues such as financial law in the capital market, business law, and identifying the pillars of business companies are explained and discussed by valuable topics such as legislative structure, legal personality, the legal-financial structure of capital changes in commercial companies, especially joint-stock companies in Iranian and French law as well as minority shareholder rights in commercial companies. 

8. Research Seminar

The course “Research Seminar” is designed for the Higher Degree students by Research (HDR/ PhD) students of Management. This is a specialised course in the financial management sub-discipline. This course provides a forum for the Higher Degree by Research students to discuss and generate ideas on various research issues in financial management. Students conduct an in-depth study of a research topic of their choice, discuss issues with their lecturers in the field of research, work in discussion groups, debate, and problem solve on selected issues. The students can integrate their knowledge, skills, and practical experience gained in the program in the research seminar.

Finance- Core Elective Courses

9. Mergers and Acquisitions

The course “Mergers and Acquisitions” is designed for the Higher Degree students by Research (HDR/ PhD) students of Management. This is a specialised course in the financial management sub-discipline. Prerequisites for this course are ‘advanced financial theory’ and ‘advanced financial risk management, which address one of the most important topics of today’s businesses.

10. Advanced International Banking

The course “Advanced International Banking” is a specialised course providing an outline of international banking for the Higher Degree by Research (HDR / PhD) students in management.  This course deals with the recent developments and a solid understanding of international banking. Moreover, this course introduces students to political, social and cultural aspects of the evolutionary processes of international banking.

11. Advanced Derivative Pricing

“Advanced Derivative Pricing” is a core elective course in the PhD of Management program, financial management sub-discipline. This course provides a forum for the Higher Degree by Research students to discuss and generate ideas on various research issues in Advanced Derivative Pricing. Students conduct an in-depth study of a research topic of their choice, discuss issues with their lecturers in the field of research, work in discussion groups, debate, and problem solve on selected issues. In the research seminar, the students can integrate their knowledge, skills and practical experience gained in the program.

12. Advanced Topics in Islamic Financial Instruments

“Advanced Topics in Islamic Financial Instruments” is a core elective course in PhD in management program, financial management sub-discipline. This course provides a forum for the Higher Degree by Research students to discuss and generate ideas on various research issues in Advanced International Banking. Students conduct an in-depth study of a research topic of their choice, discuss issues with their lecturers in the field of research, work in discussion groups, debate, and problem solve on selected issues.

Industrial Management- Core Courses

1. Philosophy of Management

The course, “Philosophy of Management”, is designed for the Higher Degree By Research (HDR/PhD) students in Management (Industrial Discipline). This course introduces the PhD students to philosophical approaches to understand organisations and their management. Students will discuss various philosophical lenses during the semester to make sense of organisational phenomena and better grasp management’s intellectual origins in an organisation.

2. Philosophy of Organisation and Management Theories

The course “Philosophy of Organisation and Management Theories”   is designed to provide students with a robust theoretical understanding of organisations, management, and the fundamentals of organisational concepts.

3. Management Science Methodology

The course “Management Science Methodology” takes a fundamental view on Management Science or Operations Research, including concepts, paradigms, and segmentations. Moreover, this course discusses some of the research issues related to the science of management.

4. Quantitative Modelling in Management

The course “Quantitative Modelling in Management” identifies quantitative modelling paradigms and multivariate data analysis. This course covers the underlying theory required to understand the multivariate methods and their applications in data analysis. Students will learn modelling skills and problem structuring methods (PSM) in management research.

5. Fuzzy Management Science

The course “Fuzzy Management Science”  discusses complex problems, and changes in the management environment can be more easily handled by bringing fuzzy logic into management practice. This course familiarises students with fuzzy logic basics and their applications. Moreover, students will be able to design a fuzzy management system after completing this course.

6. Systems Dynamics

The course “Systems Dynamics”  introduces systems thinking and system dynamics modelling. It also discusses the applications of these two in industrial and organisational contexts. Students use simulation models, management flight simulators, and case studies to develop conceptual and modelling skills to design and manage high-performance organisations in a dynamic world.

Industrial- Core Elective Courses

7. Designing Advanced Manufacturing Systems

The course “Designing Advanced Manufacturing Systems” develops and enhances students’ manufacturing and operations management knowledge. This course familiarises students with the philosophy and origination of the latest and sophisticated manufacturing and operations systems and technologies.

8. Advanced Inventory Management Systems

The course “Advanced Inventory Management System” familiarises postgraduate students with the knowledge to manage inventories wisely. Effective inventory management can save time and money, and these courses will prepare students how. This course investigates the advanced and the latest inventory management models, including designing related systems.

9. Application of Artificial Intelligences in Management

The course “Application of Artificial Intelligences in Management” is designed to train students to face complex real-world problems in the context of ambiguity and uncertainty. This course also familiarises postgraduate students with various intelligent decision-making systems’ capabilities, architectures, modules, and designs are another objective.

10. Advanced Supply Chain Management

The course “Advanced Supply Chain Management” is designed to meet the need of fostering well-trained professionals to plan and manage the activities through which products and services are created and distributed to customers. Advanced supply chain management provides integrated learning opportunities for students to effectively manage complex supply chains and prepare them for a wide range of knowledge about critical and novel issues around supply chain management.

11. Nonlinear Programming

The course “Nonlinear Programming” is designed to help postgraduate students tackle organisational problems. This course investigates a theoretical foundation and methods to solve nonlinear programming (NLP) problems.

12. Data Mining in Management

The course “Data Mining in Management” introduces the basic concepts, principles, methods, techniques of data mining. The course provides students with an appreciation of the uses of data mining software in solving business decision problems. Students will learn the theoretical background of several commonly used data mining techniques, discover data mining, and acquire practical skills in data mining algorithms.

Information Technology (IT)- Core Courses

1. Applied Statistics with Software

The course “Applied Statistics with software” is designed for the higher education students of management (Information Technology Discipline). PhD students need to apply statistical analysis to a large variety of practical problems using SPSS and MATLAB. So this course helps students to use statistical analysis software in science and industry.

This course covers the primary statistical analysis topics ( i.e. data description, statistical inference, classification and regression, factor analysis, survival data, directional statistics). Students will also understand the statistical analysis ethical concerns, data validity, data mining techniques, and multivariate.

2. Research Methodology

The course “Research Methodology” discusses the methods of conducting successful research studies by helping students develop a subject of their research, develop their critical analysis skills, and skills to apply research theory and methods to write research proposals, reports, and dissertations.

3. Technical English

The course “Technical English” is intended for PhD students to practise English in industry and commerce to improve their academic performance. This course aims to develop the four skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking for the business-specific purpose by employing a wide range of creative activities.

This course introduces technical terms in Information Technology (IT) through technical texts. This course also aims to develop the critical reading skills of postgraduate students through analysing texts.

4. Management Information Systems

The course “Management Information Systems” is designed for postgraduate students in management (IT discipline). Information systems are one of the primary tools available to business managers to achieve operational excellence, develop new products and services, improve decision-making, and achieve competitive advantage. PhD Students in this course will find the most up-to-date and comprehensive overview of information systems used by business firms today. This course analyses the use of information technologies and systems at business firms to evaluate the achievement of their corporate objectives.

5. Knowledge Management

The course “Knowledge Management” is designed for the postgraduate students of Management (IT discipline). Knowledge Management is the deliberate and systematic coordination of an organisation’s people, technology, processes, and organisational structure.

This course familiarises students with knowledge as the main factor of competitive advantage in organisations and the implementation models of knowledge management in the organisation step by step.

6. Information Economics

The course “Information Economics” is designed for the postgraduate students of Management (IT disciple). Data is a resource whose value can only be realised when analysed effectively. Understanding what our data can tell us will help organisations lead successfully and accelerate business transformation.

The course “Information Economics” brings new insights into how to best optimise our learning from data critically to meeting future challenges. This course introduces students to the new concepts, paradigms, and data tsunami created in the digital age and its impact on economic issues. The concepts covered in this course include data industry, sharing economics, network economics, rotational economics, creative economics and other digital configuration paradigms.

7. Philosophical Analysis of Islamic Management

The course “Philosophical Analysis of Islamic Management” is designed for the postgraduate students of management (IT Discipline). Researchers in management want to find the organisational pattern of progressive and oriented excellence based on time and place requirements in the framework of the management value system.

8. Philosophical Analysis of Organisation and Management

The course “Philosophical Analysis of Organisation and Management” is designed for postgraduate management (IT Discipline) students. Familiarity with management theories is one of the essential parts of this course. The nature of the management field requires researchers to become familiar with the philosophy of management theories and organisational behaviour and the origin of their creation to apply these theories to exploit information technology properly.

9. Research Methodology in Information Systems

The course “Research Methodology in Information Systems” is designed for PhD students in Management (IT Discipline). Most research studies in information systems employ qualitative design.   This course is an all-inclusive treatment that leads students through a qualitative research project, including research design, data collection, analysis, theorising, writing, and research disengagement. This course introduces relevant issues as they typically emerge in a qualitative research project. For example, consider information technology or information system based research.

10. Cognitive Science and the Theory of Systems

The course “Cognitive Science and the Theory of Systems” is designed for postgraduate management (IT discipline) students.  This course focuses on a new approach in the study of the mind and brain. Scientists in this field try to understand perception, thinking, memory, language comprehension, judgment, other cognitive faculties, and influential cognition phenomena. They also try to analyse mechanisms and procedures involving in the occurrence of these phenomena thoroughly.

Information Technology (IT)- Core Elective Courses

11. Network Management and Data Security

The course “Network Management and Data Security” is designed for postgraduate management (IT discipline) students. This course focuses on network design and management. Security is examined at various levels, from the technical (cryptography) to applied (systems and network security) and management levels. This course examines issues associated with network management, including business continuity, disaster recovery and service level agreements.

12. Organisational Knowledge Management Strategies

The course “Organisational Knowledge Management Strategies” is designed for postgraduate management students (IT discipline). This course introduces how to formulate the strategies to implement knowledge management in companies and organisations.

13. Artificial Neural Networks

The course “Artificial Neural Networks” is designed for the postgraduate students of Management (IT discipline). Neural networks are one of the most dynamic research fields in the digital age, which has attracted many scholars from various scientific disciplines. Each of these individuals has added a contribution to the scientific background of Information Technology (IT).

14. Intelligent Business

The course “Intelligent Business” is designed for the postgraduate students of management (IT discipline). This course begins with an overview of Business Intelligence (BI) and Decision Support. It further introduces data warehousing and data foundations.  The course also covers descriptive and reporting analytics, specifically visualisation and business performance measurement. Students will also learn about the foundations of decision making. So the course will cover predictive analytics and decision analytics, and other decision support systems topics.