1.8 THE PROGRAMME STRUCTURE AND DURATION
(a) The programme is designed to take one academic year consisting of three semesters.
(b) A total of 16 units will be taken, consisting of 12 taught units and a project equivalent to 4 taught units.
(c) Students will be required to take 4 taught units per semester. During the third semester students will in addition be required to register for the project.

1.9 MODE OF STUDY
The mode of delivery is evening or weekends

2.0 EXAMINATION:
(a) Common Kenyatta University Examination regulations shall apply.
(b) University examinations shall be given at the end of each semester and shall contribute 60 percent of the total marks; continuous assessment shall constitute the remaining 40 percent.
(c) All examination papers shall be of 3-hour duration.
(d) The pass mark shall be 50 percent.
(e) A candidate who fails more than two units in the end of semester University examination in any one-semester shall be discontinued.
(f) For the purposes of evaluation, a research project shall be regarded as equivalent to four (4) units and shall be examined at the end of the third semester.

3.0 COURSE STRUCTURE

All the units for this programme are core, and are scheduled to be done in three semesters as shown below. The research project is equivalent to four taught units, while the students register for it in the second semester; it is expected to be completed in the third semester.

SEMESTER ONE

BME 500: Quantitative Methods for Managers
BBE 501: Dynamics of Management and Leadership
BME 502: Business Research Methods
BAE 503: Financial Reporting and Interpretation

SEMESTER TWO

BBE 504: Economics for Managerial  Decisions
BBE 505: Human Resource Management
BBE 506: Strategic Marketing Management
BME 507: Operations Management.
BME 512 : Research Project

SEMESTER THREE

BME 508: Project Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation for Managers
BBE 509: Strategic Management & Organization change
BBE 510: Global Business
BAE 511: Finance for Managers.

4.0 COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

BME 500: Quantitative Methods for Managers
Set Theory; Functions and Equations; Differential and Integral Calculus; Matrix Algebra; Linear Programming and its applications; Network Analysis; Inventory Models; Simulation; Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion, peakedness; forecasting, Probability and Probability Distributions; Statistical Inference and Estimation; Functional Relationships.

BBE 501: Dynamics of Management and Leadership
Introduction and historical perspective of management; The organizational environment; Manager as a decision maker, Manager as a planner and strategist; Managing organization structure; Developing effective behavior for management and leadership; organizational staffing and control; Management of groups and teams; Organizational conflicts; Politics and change; Communication, culture, motivation and leadership; Management Information Systems and Technologies; Managing globally; Emerging issues in management.

BME 502: Business Research Methods
Introduction to Business Research; Scientific thinking, The Research Process, Ethics in Business Research. The Design of Research, Design Strategies, Measurement, Sampling Design. The Sources and Collection of Data, Survey Methods, Observational Studies, data collection instruments, Experimentation, Analysis and Presentation of Data; Data Preparation and Preliminary Analysis, Hypothesis Testing, data analysis, Presenting Results. Proposal writing guide.

BAE 503: Financial Reporting and Interpretation
Preparation of financial statements, interpretation of financial statements,
Financial planning and forecasting, distress analysis, wealth creation and enhancement of shareholders wealth, capital structure decisions, corporate payout policy, mergers and acquisitions, management of working capital and corporate growth. Corporate capital investments.

BBE 504: Economics for Managerial Decisions.
Nature and scope of Managerial economics. Optimization Techniques; Demand Theory; Theory of Production; Theory of Costs; Industrial Structure, Conduct and Performance; Market Structures and Pricing Practices; Decision Theory; Risk Analysis.

BBE 505: Human Resource Management
Evolution of HRM, Principles & functions of Human Resource Management, Human Resource policies, organizational structure & effectiveness, job design and manpower planning, training & development, performance management, rewards & compensation, labour laws and separation international management of Human Capital and emerging issues.

BBE 506: Strategic Marketing Management
Evolution of marketing, marketing mix strategies, customer relationship measurement, marketing communication, branding electronic and mobile commerce consumer behavior, industrial marketing, marketing planning and strategies, marketing research, global marketing, marketing segmentation & targeting, emerging issues in marketing management.

BME 507: Operations Management .
Operations management concepts, operations strategy and competitiveness, product and service design, supply chain strategy, purchasing, capacity planning, inventory control, material requirement planning, aggregate planning for decisions making, operations management in the contemporary world, quality management, outsourcing, global operations management, current issues in operations management, IT issues in OM, ethical issues in OM. Challenges in operations management, Case studies in OM.

BME 508: Project Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation for Managers.
Project management concepts, Project life cycle, organization and culture, planning, and controlling of projects., work breakdown structure, planning and scheduling techniques;Resource allocation, project teams management, project risk management, IT project management, project monitoring and evaluation process, Designing M&E Methods, Log frame, Request for project proposals, PM in the global context, ethical issues in PM, case studies in PM. Project management challenges.

BBE 509: Strategic Management & Organization Change
History and nature of strategic management, strategic thinking and behaviour, strategic planning, strategy formulation and implementation, models tools in strategic management, environmental influence in strategic choice, corporate business and functional strategies, strategic control and performance indicators, managing competition and collaborations, change models, types and level of change, management of strategic change, organization development, growth and learning organization and knowledge Management.

BBE 510: Global Business
Introduction to global business management, doing business abroad, globalization and internationalization of business, theories of international trade, export behaviour theories, environment of global business, models of entry into foreign markets, global strategies , managing global collaborative initiatives and regional groupings, marketing and production for global business, organizing international operations, managing technology and knowledge, managing people, controlling international strategies and operations, international standards and quality, negotiation making, emerging issues in global business.

BAE 511: Finance for Managers
Scope of Corporate Finance; Investment evaluation; Risk – Return Trade off; Advanced Capital Budgeting; Capital structure and payout policy; Financing strategies; Mergers and acquisitions; Futures and options; Financial risk management; International investment and financing; Strategic and operational financial planning; Value creation and management .

BME 512: Research Project
The student is required to carry out a research on topical issues relevant to business and management, with the guidance of the supervisors.