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Small and Medium Enterprise Management

Course Description: The Small and Medium Enterprises Management course (BUS741), which is taught for the doctoral stage / third level with 3 credit hours, deals with the definition of small enterprises, their types, their fields, comparison between the types of small enterprises in terms of size, elements and components of a small project, the possibilities available for a small project, the strategy for creating a project idea, the factors that must be available to manage small projects, the reasons for the success or failure of small projects, the role of small projects in economic development, the different methods of market survey, the issues facing small projects and how to anticipate them and then avoid them, using issue solving.

Credit hours: 3

Objectives of the course :

The course aims to introduce the concept of small projects, compare their types, elements, and components, identify the factors necessary for managing small projects (organizational framework, information system, market study, technical study, financial study), with training on strategies for promoting small projects and the most important problems they face, mastering the skills related to how to prepare a feasibility study for a project and the types of private companies.

Course outputs :

1 Knowledge and Understanding
1.1 Explains the types, elements, and components of a small project.
1.2 Identifies the factors that must be available for the management of small projects.
1.3 Outlines strategies for advancing small businesses.
1.4 Explain the factors influencing the success or failure of small businesses.
2 Skills
2.1 Communicate effectively to disseminate specialized research findings in solving the challenges facing small projects.
Analyzing the role of small projects in economic development.
2.3 Innovates new methods for surveying the market.
2.4 Employ skills related to how to prepare a project feasibility study.
2.5 Differentiate between types of small private companies.
3 Values, Independence, and Responsibility
3.1 Cooperates with her colleagues within a work team to complete the necessary practical steps for establishing small projects.
3.2 You are responsible for making appropriate decisions in selecting economic feasibility studies for small projects.
3.3 Use the information network to stay updated on the latest in project management.

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Last updated: 2026-04-08