Διοίκηση Επιχειρήσεων: Διοικητική Πληροφοριακών Συστημάτωv (MBA)

Περιγραφή Προγράμματος

The University of Nicosia MBA programme aims to provide students with a solid foundation of business education enabling them to become effective managers anywhere in today’s globally competitive fast changing environment. This programme aims to offer a programme that is highly integrated in context, generalistic in nature, and practical by remaining close to actual business practice. It aspires to assist students develop the ability to operate effectively in a multicultural environment and to adapt quickly to changing social, political, legal and economic conditions.

More specifically the programme’s main objectives include:

1. Equipping students with all necessary skills, attitudes and approach to guide their decisions as business executives
2. Developing students’ abilities to handle today’s problems and prospects for business organizations functioning in a competitive world
3. Allowing students to develop their theoretical and practical skills and knowledge in one of the specialized areas
4. Enhancing intellectual development and student graduate maturity
5. Assisting the students to analyse, examine, investigate and compose the new knowledge and competencies they will acquire
6. Ensuring the highest possible penetration of each subject inquiry and exhaustion of conceptual academic as well as practical implications.
7. Securing the necessary level of education for obtaining specialized knowledge and competencies and demonstrating mental independence
8. Offering an insight into professional possibilities and modern organizations functioning in the context of today’s competitive world
9. Providing participating students with the skills necessary to guide both their short and long term decisions.
10. Providing international management education to its participants that will enable them to become effective general managers anywhere in today’s globally competitive environment
11. Providing students with graduate level of business education focusing on both theories and research from a holistic business point of view
12. Providing students with the necessary skills, attitudes and approach to guide their decisions as business executives
13. Providing students the ability to handle today’s problems and prospect for business organizations functioning in a competitive world
14. Giving emphasis on European and International business perspectives

The Programme orients towards preparing its graduates for either further studies or direct employment in the industry.

Προοπτικές Σταδιοδρομίας

The MBA Degree is specifically designed to build upon business people’s existing knowledge and adding to their personal career development. The MBA is the tool for diversifying roles in a career for developing strategic leaders.

The MBA programme of the University of Nicosia aims in ensuring that its students acquire the appropriate management knowledge necessary and an in-depth understanding of all major business areas. Through theory and practice, the University of Nicosia MBA wishes to assist students develop into critical and intellectual individuals and the new business leaders of the future.

Graduates of the MBA programme can be employed at all sectors of the economy and business, whether this be in the manufacturing sector, tourist, financial services and professional services sectors, non profit organizations, education, trade, retail etc.

Πρόσβαση σε Περαιτέρω Σπουδές

Graduates of the programme can be accepted into Third Cycle degrees (Doctorate Degree)

Εισδοχή

Ελάχιστη προϋπόθεση για εισδοχή στο μεταπτυχιακό πρόγραμμα σπουδών αποτελεί η κατοχή πτυχίου (Bachelor’s Degree), από αναγνωρισμένο πανεπιστήμιο ή άλλο αναγνωρισμένο ισοδύναμο προσόν.

Επιπρόσθετα, οι υποψήφιοι φοιτητές θα πρέπει να πληρούν και τα ακόλουθα κριτήρια εισδοχής:

• Πιστοποίηση καλής γνώσης της Ελληνικής ή Αγγλικής γλώσσας (ανάλογα με το αν ο φοιτητής θα παρακολουθήσει το πρόγραμμα στα Ελληνικά ή στα Αγγλικά)
• Δύο συστατικές επιστολές από άτομα που γνωρίζουν τον υποψήφιο στο εκπαιδευτικό ή/και το επαγγελματικό του περιβάλλον
• Βιογραφικό Σημείωμα
• Προσωπική Δήλωση για το πώς η φοίτηση και η απόκτηση του ΜΒΑ θα βοηθήσει τον υποψήφιο στην επαγγελματική/ακαδημαϊκή του σταδιοδρομία

Επαρκής Γνώση Αγγλικής Γλώσσας

Οι φοιτητές πληρούν τις απαιτήσεις για την αγγλική γλώσσα, εάν η γλώσσα διδασκαλίας του πρώτου τους πτυχίου ήταν η αγγλική. Σε άλλη περίπτωση, θα πρέπει να προσκομίσουν πιστοποιητικό TOEFL με ελάχιστο βαθμό 550 paper-based ή 213 για εξέταση computer-based, ή Internet-based TOEFL (iBT) με βαθμολογία τουλάχιστον 79-80 ή GCSE “O” Level με ελάχιστο βαθμό “C” ή IELTS με βαθμολογία 6.5 ή επιτυχία στις κατατακτήριες εξετάσεις αγγλικής γλώσσας του Πανεπιστημίου Λευκωσίας, επίπεδο ENGL-100. Το Πανεπιστήμιο προσφέρει μαθήματα Αγγλικών όλων των επιπέδων, βοηθώντας τους φοιτητές να φτάσουν στο επίπεδο που απαιτείται για εισδοχή σε μεταπτυχιακό πρόγραμμα.

Μαθησιακά Αποτελέσματα

Program Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of this program, the students should be able to:

1. Demonstrate effective leadership and management skills with heightened cultural awareness and a refined global outlook
2. Demonstrate academic independence and synthesise their individual professional profile when dealing with major issues relating to their career
3. Perform in-depth academic research
4. Implement their acquired discipline knowledge in a practical manner, through the writing of their thesis, and be able to apply their knowledge to real life situations
5. Apply the abilities gained, taking an integrative point of view of all analytical tools that assist in performing in-depth analyses of industries and competitors, predict competitive behaviour, and analyse how organisations develop and sustain competitive advantage over time
6. Design and run effective organisations and assist them in achieving superior performance
7. Manage the Human Resources of their organisation and motivate people to achieve their organisation’s vision
8. Evaluate their organisation’s competitive position and apply appropriate marketing and strategy decisions for further enhancement of its position
9. Utilise the complex processes underlining the development and manufacture of products as well as the creation and delivery of services
10. Apply a balance between scientific research and business reality
11. Evaluate complex investments, set and execute financial policies within an organization and enhance their negotiation skills

Management of Information Systems

Within the broad framework of organisations, their external context and management, you will be able to use knowledge to analyse, synthesise, and to evaluate cases in the following topic areas:

1. The impact of contextual forces on organisations including legal systems; ethical, economic, environmental, social and technological change issues; international development; corporate governance and the policy issues and trends at a global, national and regional level that affect technology management
2. The uses and limitations of a range of practical research methods/techniques, both qualitative and quantitative and an understanding of their strengths and weaknesses for providing information and evaluating risk and options in an uncertain organisational environment for the technology management process
3. The development, management and exploitation of information systems and their impact on organisations and the technological factors that drive success in innovation, processes, systems, and services.

The student must complete 90 ECTS and all programme requirements.

A minimum cumulative grade point average (CPA) of 2.0 is required. Thus, although a ‘D-‘ is a PASS grade, in order to achieve a CPA of 2.0 an average grade of ‘C’ is required.

Ενδεικτικό Πρόγραμμα Σπουδών

Semester 1

• Decision Making Methods and Tools 7.5 ECTS Credits
• Organizations and HR Management 7.5 ECTS Credits
• Financial and Managerial Accounting 7.5 ECTS Credits
• Strategic Marketing 7.5 ECTS Credits

Semester 2

• Business Economics 7.5 ECTS Credits
• Financial Management 7.5 ECTS Credits
• Operations and Quality Management 7.5 ECTS Credits
• Corporate Strategy 7.5 ECTS Credits

Semester 3

• E-Business 7.5 ECTS Credits
• Web Design and Development 7.5 ECTS Credits
• Business Data Communication and Security 7.5 ECTS Credits
• Enterprise Information Systems 7.5 ECTS Credits