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Course title
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Description of content
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Credit value
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1
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Statistics in Economics and Business
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The aim of the course is to provide comprehensive knowledge and practical skills in statistical processing and analysis of quantitative business information. Tasks of the course: 1. To introduce the most widely used methods of probability theory and mathematical statistics. 2. View examples of statistical analysis of real objects. 3. To develop skills to independently solve individual tasks and interpret the obtained result.
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6
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2
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International Economics and Business
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the aim of the course is to acquaint students with the most important aspects of international economics and international business, their historical development, influencing factors and consequences. The objectives of the course are: - to examine the international movement of goods, services, labor and capital, the main international organizations and their impact on globalization processes in the world; - pay particular attention to international organizations such as the World Trade Organization, the World Bank, the IMF, NATO, the UN, the OECD and others; - to analyze global economic integration processes and to describe the world's major trading blocs, customs unions and common markets. The course also analyzes the European Union as the highest form of economic integration, focusing on the most important aspects of its functioning.
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6
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3
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Business ethics and corporate social responsibility
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The course aim: introduce with the business ethics principles and methodology, its presentation of the working environment, with particular emphasis on organizational management practices. The course tasks: to provide insight into individual differences, and promote the development of tolerance; raise awareness of the relativity of ethics on certain issues and absolutism in others in order to seek opportunities for the productive cooperation, in a consistent manner, without humiliating human "I" and realizing the responsibility in the eyes of society; to prepare students to draw conclusions about the ethical business opportunities in today's Latvia and in the world.
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3
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4
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Effective Management
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The goal of the study course is to provide knowledge on principles of effective management and work organisation, the ability to identify potential problems in organisation's business processes. The tasks of the study are to get knowledge as well as the skills of developing practical solutions for resource efficiency and for enhancing the productivity in the organisation.
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3
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5
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International business support policy in Latvia and EU
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The aim of the study course is one of the areas of state regulation of the market economy - research of the state aid policy of international business, taking into account the common positions of the state union. Course tasks: - justify the need for a business and export support policy; - to describe and analyze the goals and tasks of the support policy; - look at policy instruments and institutions; - analyze and evaluate links with other public policies. The course is based on both theoretical knowledge in this area and analysis of world practice. Much attention is paid to the situation in Latvia and the European Union.
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6
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6
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Business accounting
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Course aim is accounting theoretical and practical knowledge mastering. Course tasks: 1) To master accounting nature and the requirements of accounting regulatory laws. 2) To get to know accounting method and its elements. 3) Understand the accounts and their nature and the double entry system. 4) To learn how to evaluate and to record a variety of economic transactions. 5) To learn items of balance sheet recording requirements and learn to draw up the end balance sheet. 6) To learn revenue and expenses recording requirements and profit or loss calculation. 7) To get to know the annual report and to learn its components preparation requirements.
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6
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Overall credit value 30
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