Διοίκηση Επιχειρήσεων: Διοίκηση Ανθρώπινου Δυναμικού (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 and practical by remaining close to actual business practice. It aspires to assist students develop the ability to develop their management and leadership skills, 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
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

Προοπτικές Σταδιοδρομίας

We expect our students to come from Management or Senior Management positions at different areas of private interest and organizations within government and industry both locally and abroad. Companies like Royal Dutch Airlines, Revlon, Tradex, Cyprus Telecommunication Authority, Cyprus Electricity Authority, Air Trans, Cybarco, Demstar, Addidas and many more. Positions held by some of our graduates include, Marketing Director, Commercial Finance Manager, Public Relations Director and Financial Controller etc.

During the past few years our graduates have been placed in different market positions. Quite a few have undertaken Bank positions, posts in off shore companies and in Academic institutions. Some of the posts include a consultant in the Ministry of Libya, Senior IT in a company in the United States of America, Director Manager of a major Granite company, Director of Demstar, Finance Director of a University and many more.

Πρόσβαση σε Περαιτέρω Σπουδές

Many of our graduates of the MBA programme, have continued with Doctorates Degrees in Cyprus, Greece, UK and the USA. The MBA of the University of Nicosia was a stepping stone for further academic and professional studies.

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

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 synthesize 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 organizations develop and sustain competitive advantage over time
6. Design and run effective organizations and assist them in achieving superior performance
7. Manage the Human Resources of their organization and motivate people to achieve their organization’s vision
8. Evaluate their organization’s competitive position and apply appropriate marketing and strategy decisions for further enhancement of its position
9. Utilize 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.

HRM

1. Develop particular expertise and understanding in the fields of leadership and sustainability
2. Operate effectively in a variety of team roles and take leadership roles where appropriat
3. Be adaptable and show originality, insight and critical and reflective leadership and management abilities which can be brought to bear upon problem situations.

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 management and development of people within organisations: organizational theory, behavior, industrial/employee relations, human resource management, change management
2. A range of contemporary and pervasive issues, which may change over time, for example, innovation, creativity and enterprise and the processes and outcomes of technological innovation and improvement in a range of organizational contexts.

Ο φοιτητής πρέπει να συμπληρώσει 90 ECTS καθώς και όλες τις απαιτήσεις του προγράμματος.

Ο ελάχιστος απαιτούμενος γενικός βαθμός (CPA) είναι 2.0. Παρά το γεγονός ότι με το βαθμό ‘D-‘ το μάθημα θεωρείται ότι ολοκληρώθηκε επιτυχώς, ο απαιτούμενος μέσος όρος είναι το ‘C’ για να επιτευχθεί ο ελάχιστος απαιτούμενος γενικός βαθμός (CPA) 2.0.

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

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

Semester 3

• Enterprise Information Systems 7.5 ECTS Credits
• HR and Organizational Develolpment 7.5 ECTS Credits
• Managing Performance 7.5 ECTS Credits
• Employee Resourcing 7.5 ECTS Credits