Experience AIIAS,
Change Your World
This course is designed to be an overview of the major functions of management. Emphasis is on planning, organizing, controlling, directing, and communicating. Upon completion, students should be able to work as contributing members of a team, utilizing these functions of management.
The time commitment for this course is approximately 60 hours. This breaks down into 2 hours of reading/watching, 3 hours of assignments (forum discussions, case studies, skills development assignment), and 1 hour of being quizzed, over the regular 9 units or weeks. Over the final week, the student will also take a 6-hour final exam.
Upon completion of this course, the students will be able to:
Unit 1: Managers and You in the Workplace Making Decisions
Unit 2: Influence of the External Environment and the Organization’s Culture Managing in a Global Environment
Unit 3: Managing Diversity Managing Social Responsibility and Ethics
Unit 4: Managing Change and Disruptive Innovation Foundations of Planning
Unit 5: Managing Strategy Entrepreneurial Ventures
Unit 6: Designing Organizational Structure Managing Human Resources
Unit 7: Managing Groups and Teams Managing Communication
Unit 8: Understanding and Managing Individual Behavior Motivating Employees
Unit 9: Being an Effective Leader Monitoring and Controlling
ALBERTO OCARANZA, PhD Candidate
Alberto Ocaranza is currently an on-campus full-time doctoral student at AIIAS, pursuing a PhD in Business with an emphasis in Management. He holds a Master of Business Administration from the Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies (AIIAS), Philippines, and a Bachelor’s degree in Biblical Theology from the Adventist University of Chile. In Chile, he served for 12 years in different areas of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
DAVID LUMOWA, PhD
Dr. David Lumowa is an assistant professor of the Business Department of the Graduate School at the Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies. He teaches Financial Risk Management, Advanced Corporate Finance, and Entrepreneurship. He is a certified Broker, Underwriter, and Investment Manager. He holds a Master of Commerce in Applied Finance at the University of Queensland, Australia, and a PhD in Business at the Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies, Philippines. He has been teaching business courses in the field of finance for nearly 20 years.
He is passionate about research. He is the CFO of the Asian Qualitative Research Association (AQRA), and a committee member of the Asia Pacific Research Center (APRC). He loves diving and is a Certified Rescue Diver (CMAS-3) and a Certified Dive Master (CMAS-4).
ANUP DOMINIC, PhD
Anup Dominic is presently an on-campus full-time doctoral student at AllAS, pursuing an emphasis in business marketing. He holds a master's in business administration from the University of Wollongong in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (2018) and a Bachelor of Science in finance from Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, USA. His career that spanning over 15 years, was primarily in Sales and Marketing at several prominent companies in Dubai, UAE, representing the industries of automotive, banking, construction, consultancy, digital, publishing, and event media.
