Talal Alsaeed

The Master of Arts in International Hospitality Business Management equips graduates with the advanced knowledge, intellectual agility, and practical skills required to lead and innovate in the global hospitality industry. This multidisciplinary program offers a deep understanding of how international hospitality organizations operate within complex, multicultural, and rapidly evolving environments. Knowledge and Understanding Graduates develop a systematic understanding of international organizations, their external contexts, and internal management functions specific to the hospitality sector. The program fosters the ability to: Critically evaluate operational functions in international hospitality businesses. Assess global service quality and customer satisfaction methodologies. Explore the cultural dimensions of managing a diverse, mobile, and highly educated workforce. Apply theories, principles, and complex business models to real-world hospitality challenges. Intellectual Skills The course enhances intellectual rigor and analytical thinking. Graduates will be able to: Think critically and creatively to solve complex business problems. Evaluate the validity of published research and apply insights to new contexts. Identify innovative approaches to practice based on existing scholarship. Conduct independent research using diverse sources and methodologies relevant to international hospitality and business management. Practical Skills The program emphasizes applied learning, enabling graduates to: Translate knowledge to complex business situations with an awareness of cross-functional impacts. Acquire and synthesize data to support decision-making in unfamiliar scenarios. Understand and apply the principles of value creation in a global and ethical context. Demonstrate awareness of contemporary trends and globalization impacts on hospitality, society, and the environment. Key and Transferable Skills Graduates also develop essential leadership and communication skills required for dynamic global careers. These include: Effective two-way communication, including written and oral presentation of complex ideas across multiple media. Leadership and performance management, including coaching, mentoring, and motivation. Proficiency in numeracy and the use of quantitative business models. Teamwork and collaboration, with the ability to influence, delegate, and manage team performance. High personal effectiveness, including critical self-awareness, time management, cultural sensitivity, and the capacity for lifelong learning through reflective practice.

The BA in Business Administration (e-commerce) graduates specialists in business administration and commerce through electronic media such as the Internet, mobile phones, and the like. In addition to the basic academic fields and skills, the academic plan covers, skills relevant to e-business and e-commerce strategies, designing commercial Internet sites. Electronic marketing, technological administration, addressing copy-rights issues related to e-commerce, etc. The graduate will thoroughly master the processes involved in e-commerce, and the methods that help advance it, in addition to being able to sell products through virtual cyberspace. In addition to academic courses, the academic plan focuses on practical skills through practical training in case studies used in parallel with most courses, together with a variety of teaching and evaluation strategies. The BA in Business Administration (e-commerce) consists of 130 credit hours covering university requirements, college requirements and specialized courses, and it includes elective courses and practical training.

On the completion of the IDBE programme, participants should be able to: ● Comprehend and associate using different business theories. ● Compare facts and discriminate between ideas and support opinion regarding a business matter. ● Select, order, group, judge and contrast facts related to a business theme. ● Discuss, support and conclude on certain business topic. ● Create, design and demonstrate advertisements of products. ● Communicate with others using phrases of request and offer. ● Recommend certain products to customers. ● Judge and explain a situation through a formal letter to a client. ● Compose different types of formal and semi–formal business correspondence. ● Plan, prepare and demonstrate a short presentation using advanced business English vocabulary.