# BUSS 249 — Strategic Management (AUB)

> BUSS 249 Strategic Management at American University of Beirut. 11 student reviews.

Source: https://studiety.com/aub/course/696
Retrieved: 2026-09-18

## Facts

- Course code: BUSS 249
- Title: Strategic Management
- University: American University of Beirut (AUB)
- Subject: Business
- Department: Management, Marketing and Entrepreneurship
- Faculty: Suliman S. Olayan School of Business
- Credits: 3
- Professors on record (8): Amine Abi Aad, Amr Yafawi, Bassam Farah, Hagop Panossian, Jad Jaber, Marina Apaydin, Ramzi Fathallah, Riad Dimechkie

## Catalogue description

A course that exposes students to the strategic management process of local, regional and multinational corporations. Emphasis is placed on identifying the tools needed for strategic analysis of the firm and industry, and on comprehending the key strategic issues that managers face in managing corporations.

## Quick answers

### What is BUSS 249 at AUB?

BUSS 249 Strategic Management is a 3-credit course at American University of Beirut (AUB), in the Suliman S. Olayan School of Business. A course that exposes students to the strategic management process of local, regional and multinational corporations.

### How many credits is BUSS 249?

BUSS 249 Strategic Management is worth 3 credits at AUB.

### Is BUSS 249 hard?

11 AUB students have written about BUSS 249 on Studiety. No one has left a star rating yet, so read what they wrote rather than an average.

### Who teaches BUSS 249 at AUB?

Studiety has 8 professors on record for BUSS 249: Amine Abi Aad, Amr Yafawi, Bassam Farah, Hagop Panossian, Jad Jaber, Marina Apaydin, Ramzi Fathallah, Riad Dimechkie. Sections change every term, so check the registrar for who is teaching now.

### What are the prerequisites for BUSS 249?

BUSS 249 lists 4 prerequisites: ACCT 215 Management Accounting, FINA 210 Business Finance, MNGT 215 Fundamentals of Management and organizational, MKTG 210 Principles of Marketing.

## What to expect

- Has Midterm
- Has Final
- Has Attendance
- Has Project
- Has Participation

## Prerequisites

- [ACCT 215 — Management Accounting](https://studiety.com/aub/course/479)
- [FINA 210 — Business Finance](https://studiety.com/aub/course/613)
- [MNGT 215 — Fundamentals of Management and organizational](https://studiety.com/aub/course/635)
- [MKTG 210 — Principles of Marketing](https://studiety.com/aub/course/638)

## Similar courses

- [BUSS 200 — Business Statistics](https://studiety.com/aub/course/693)
- [INFO 200 — Foundations of Information Systems](https://studiety.com/aub/course/633)

## Student reviews

11 of 11 reviews by students who took the course. Any review carried over from
elsewhere is marked with its source on its own line.

- **2020-07** — it's really easy and good, and the course is easy in general like easily high 80s as I know.

- **2020-07** — No workload average grades. No one gets very high

- **2020-07** — She makes sure u finish the course having learnt something new. Great grades if u do exactly what she asks for; moderate workload (it’s the same syllabus with all professors anyways because she’s the coordinator)

- **2020-07** — Great instructor. Interesting course

- **2020-07** — Best teacher for this course.

- **2020-03** — Great teacher, highly recommended for this course

- **2020-03** — She is a very good teacher, but gives more work than the other sections get.

- **2019-11** — He is super nice, gives high grades, flexible and good teacher.

- **2019-11** — Hagop is a bully but he explains really really well

- **2019-11** — Karim rbiez he's really good explanation wise but he's super strict!

- **2019-08** — Not recommended to take it with Hagop. He talks about himself most of the class and irrelevant to the material.

## See also

- [All Business courses at AUB](https://studiety.com/aub/subject/business.md)
- [Every AUB subject](https://studiety.com/aub/subjects.md)

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