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Arab Open University’s Faculty of Business Studies (FBS) is non-traditional in approach, creative in application, and unique in perspective. FBS is the Arab World’s most comprehensive Blended learning  business school, offering the full spectrum of business and management education options from single courses to bachelor’s and master’s degrees- all delivered with the flexibility, accessibility and quality that students expect from AOU leading blended learning university. The FBS prepares students for careers through British educational experience consolidating top notch scholarly challenge and ethical professional practice.​

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Accounting

The accounting track aims at giving students the skills needed for measuring and analyzing financial information used basically by managers, investors, tax authorities and decision makers for the purpose of resource allocation and distribution within enterprises, organizations, and governments. Business Administration graduates in the field of accounting have a broad range of challenging and rewarding job opportunities in the accounting of businesses and organizations in the public and/or private sectors.                          

Finance & Micro-Finance

The Finance & micro-Finance track aims to provide students with an understanding of the financial sector of an economy, the role and services provided by the main financial institutions and markets, and an understanding of how international corporate financial decisions are made. students will also gain an understanding of economics as a social theory, and an understanding of the main principles of economic analysis and their organizational and policy implications. The program also aims to develop students' specialist skills in Finance and microfinance. students will acquire relevant and practical skills in numerical and financial analysis, and they will develop their critical thinking skills. Business Administration graduates in the field of finance have a wide range of challenging and rewarding job opportunities at financial institutions, financial markets and banks.                          

Human Resources Management

The Human Resources Management track will provide the students with a general understanding of business organizations, their key elements, wider considerations such as environments, markets and processes, and how all these work together. Students will be able to analyze how businesses develop strategies, handle risk and take decisions. Business Administration graduates in the field of Human Resources Management have a broad range of job opportunities in service, commercial and industrial firms as HR specialists, HR officers and training and development officers.                          

Management

The business studies in management track aims at giving students the needed skills for managing investments through an organized behavior which takes into consideration the principles of financial management and organization for public and private sector enterprises. Business Administration graduates in the field of Management have a broad range of job opportunities in service, commercial and industrial firms as project managers, business advisors and administrators.                          

Marketing

The marketing track aims at giving students the required skills necessary for discovering the needs and desires of customers in order to develop a group of products or services capable of satisfying those needs and of insuring a good profit for the organization within an acceptable time frame through the focus on marketing tools such as the product, distribution, promotion and price. Business Administration graduates in the field of Marketing have a broad range of challenging and rewarding job opportunities in private and public organizations as marketing executive, marketing researcher, media planner, etc.                          

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Master in Business Administration - General

This internationally recognized MBA is designed for practicing managers aspiring to higher positions. The emphasis for your learning is directly rooted in management practice – the 'master' in the degree title signifies your 'mastery' of the art and science of management. To achieve this level of capability the program concentrates on strategic analysis, interdisciplinary skills, intellectual stimulation and independent judgment and builds these upon a solid foundation of core disciplines, including human resource management, organizational behavior, accounting and finance, marketing and operations. You will learn to analyze, synthesize and evaluate a wide range of situations within the broad framework of organizations, their external context and internal management. Among these you will look at economic, environmental, social and technological change issues, corporate governance, markets and customers, managing resources and operations, financing organizations, management and development of people, developing information technologies for application in business and management within a global knowledge-based economy, and development of appropriate business policies and strategies within a changing context to meet stakeholder interest.                          

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Master in Business Administration - Finance

The MBA in Finance will equip students with necessary skills to analyze and solve complex amorphous business finance problems. In addition, graduates will be able to communicate their finance related findings and will develop the skills to implement them effectively and efficiently. Students will also develop strong relational capacities and will be able to relate commendably with a range of finance related topics.                         

Master in Business Administration - Human Resource Management

The MBA in Human Resource Management offers an in-depth understanding of human resource (HR) management combined with a broader understanding of the organizational and management context within which HR management specialists must operate. It combines an emphasis on the development of HR management strategies with opportunities to develop specialist skills essential for practitioners. It is suitable for those who are at the start of their career as an HR professional or who aspire to enter the HR profession and it is also relevant to the experienced manager/HR professional with a degree who wants to gain a postgraduate qualification. The qualification provides a route to professional membership of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and students following this route are expected to be student members of CIPD throughout their studies. Throughout the program you will be encouraged to explore the strategic choices available to organizations in relation to human resource management and development. You will also consider international examples of human resource management and some aspects of comparative HR practice which will help to prepare you to work in the global economy. There will be a strong emphasis on practice-based learning so that you will be asked to evaluate research and theory and consider its relevance to practice. Training is also provided in academic and research skills, as preparation for further study and research in the field of HR management.                          

Duration of the programmes:

-       Bachelor programmes six regular semesters and one summer (3.5 academic years)​.​

-       Master programmes 2 years

Method of Teaching:
The method of teaching for all faculty of business studies' programmes is full time teaching/ blended learning.

Awards leading to an OU Certificate:
UG- Certificate/Diploma

• Certificate of HE in Business Studies: Certificat​e of Higher Education for Students who successfully complete 120 credits at level 4.​
• Diploma of HE in Business Studies: Diploma of Higher Education for students who successfully complete 120 credits at level 4 and 120 credits at level 5.

PG- Certificate/Diploma