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School of Business and Management
The School of Business and Management (SBM) at the American University of Sharjah strives to provide high-quality, American-style business education. The school serves the needs of students throughout the region by offering programs that provide local and global perspectives, promote critical thinking and develop effective communication skills. As a part of this mission, the faculty members engage in applied, integrative and pedagogical scholarship. Today’s effective business professional must have competence in many disciplines, an understanding of a variety of relationships and the ability to analyze evolving business, economic and governmental trends. Regardless of the specialty area, School of Business and Management students must be effective leaders who can organize and motivate groups to serve the goals of their organizations. Effectively adapting business practices to emerging conditions, such as the accelerating growth of technology, communications and the internationalization of the business world, demands a thorough grasp of current business and economic processes, theory and applications. Through its pedagogy, the School of Business and Management:
- Prepares individuals to identify, analyze and understand the interrelationships among business organizations and international, governmental and domestic institutions in the Emirates, the Gulf States and throughout the world
- Develops individuals who can ethically lead organizations toward economic success and social and environmental responsibility in the global marketplace of the 21st century
- Prepares individuals to integrate information resources and technology to enable them to anticipate and manage change
- Advances students’ knowledge of issues and practices affecting business organizations, international and domestic institutions, and governments
- Develops an awareness of societal and environmental needs and concerns as they relate to ethical, professional and socially responsible business practices Furthermore, the School of Business and Management provides its students with a solid core business education that emphasizes the following teaching methodologies:
- Utilizing the latest American business methods, techniques and technologies to provide cutting-edge business education
- Integrating multidisciplinary approaches to teaching and learning, utilizing the latest business and economic theories coupled with real-world business data analysis and presentations
- Integrating multimedia and computerbased instruction throughout the foundation business curriculum to assist students in learning the latest techniques in business and management
The faculty of the School of Business and Management combine a record of scholarly research with years of practical corporate work experience. The faculty blend their academic and professional experiences to create a classroom environment that is challenging, stimulating and applicable to the business world in the Gulf region and internationally. Faculty members are listed by rank with their departments indicated
Professors
- Abdolhossein Ansari (Management Information Systems)
- Musa Darayseh (Accounting & Finance)
- Hashem Dezhbakhsh (Economics)
- James Grant (Management, Marketing & Public Administration)
- Zeinab Karake-Shalhoub (Management Information Systems)
- Marios Katsioloudes (Management, Marketing & Public Administration) (Spring 2006)
- Dennis Olson (Accounting & Finance) (on sabbatical 2005-2006)
- Taisier Zoubi (Accounting & Finance)
Associate Professors
- Osamah Al-Khazali (Accounting & Finance)
- Hamid Baghestani (Economics)
- Gary Eldred (Accounting & Finance)
- Ismail Genc (Economics)
- Narasimhaiah Gorla (Management Information Systems)
- Matti Haverila (Management, Marketing & Public Administration)
- Kermit Kuehn (Management, Marketing & Public Administration)
- Minsoo Lee (Economics)
- J. Reagan McLaurin (Management,
- Marketing & Public Administration)
- Peter Mitias (Economics)
- Louis Mottola (Management, Marketing & Public Administration)
- Sofiane Sahraoui (Management Information Systems)
- Joseph Wallis (Management, Marketing & Public Administration)
Assistant Professors
- Bassam Abu Al-Foul (Economics)
- Robert Bateman II (Management, Marketing & Public Administration)
- Jörg Bley (Accounting & Finance)
- Tor Brodtkorb (Management, Marketing & Public Administration)
- Nejat Capar (Management, Marketing & Public Administration)
- Kim Heng Chen (Management Information Systems)
- John Chilton (Economics)
- Ravi Chinta (Management, Marketing & Public Administration)
- Ananth Chiravuri (Management Information Systems)
- Abdelkader Daghfous (Management Information Systems)
- Daron Djeredjian (Economics)
- Starling David Hunter III (Management, Marketing & Public Administration)
- Samer Kherfi (Economics)
- Brent McCallum (Accounting & Finance)
- Donelda McKechnie (Management,
- Marketing & Public Administration)
- Peter Meso (Management Information Systems)
- Anil Rupasingha (Economics)
- Mohsen Saad (Accounting & Finance)
- Antonio Saravia (Economics)
- Mohamed Soliman (Economics)
- Hugo Toledo (Economics)
- Marie Waxin (Management, Marketing & Public Administration)
- Allan Paul Williams (Management, Marketing & Public Administration)
- Xiaobo Xu (Management Information Systems)
Instructor
- Mohammad Arzaghi (Economics)
- Frank Campa (Management Information Systems)
- Zouheir El-Jarkass (Accounting & Finance)
- Ali Khawaja (Management Information Systems)
- Munir Majdalawieh (Management Information Systems)
- Peter Mason (Management, Marketing & Public Administration)
- Toufic Saifi (Management Information Systems)
- Ronald Williams (Accounting & Finance)
Visiting Faculty
- Batoul Modarress-Fathi (Management Information Systems)
Degree Offerings
SBM offers three bachelor of science business programs: the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA), the Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems (BSMIS) and the Bachelor of Science in Finance (BSFIN). It also offers a Bachelor of Arts in Economics (BAE) and a Bachelor of Arts in Public Administration (BAPA).
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