School of Business

The mission of the School of Business Administration is to provide students with a range of knowledge, skills, and problem-solving abilities to respond to the need for successful management of business firms, government organizations, and other not-for-profit organizations in a changing transnational environment. 

All programs are:
  Transnational - to provide the understanding and skills that are required for success in a multicultural global environment;
  
 
  Holistic - to provide an overall perspective of the organization as a system;
  Multidisciplinary - to provide a view of the organization that includes all relevant variables from all disciplines;
  Environment driven - to provide the understanding and analytic skills that are necessary to evaluate and respond appropriately to an organization's changing economic, social, political, cultural, and technological environments;
  Change-oriented - to provide the attitude, understanding, and skills necessary to achieve success in turbulent organizational environments; and
  Experiential - to provide practical experience working with multicultural teams on practical problems in organizations.

Programs provide the following outcomes for traditional and non-traditional, domestic and international student clients.
Undergraduate programs provide a liberal and intercultural education; understanding of business, management, information systems and technology, hospitality, or tourism disciplines; proficiency in selected disciplines; understanding of the overall dynamics of organizations; skill in critical thinking; and competence in interpersonal, oral, written, quantitative, and computer skills. The undergraduate programs prepare students for advanced study and entry level professional positions.
  Master's programs provide advanced skills in selected business and management disciplines, including practical experience in the application of those skills in the context of the overall dynamics of organizations; change manager and change agent skills; skill in working as a member of a multicultural team; and ability to collect, analyze and critically evaluate data as well as other information to arrive at reasoned conclusions. They also provide an ability to evaluate the environments of organizations and develop responsive strategies for organizations; and advanced competence in interpersonal, oral, written, quantitative, and technology management skills. The master's programs prepare students for positions in management or consulting, or entry into doctoral programs.
  Management development programs provide advanced knowledge and skills for working managers. Programs may be generic, for managers from a variety of organizations, or tailored to the needs of a single organization. The management development programs enable managers to acquire new proficiencies to respond to changing organizational environments.

NB: Please click here to view all Program Learning Outcomes 

The School of Business Administration is committed to excellence in the formulation and delivery of programs in a climate that includes:
  challenging academic requirements for students;
  an interdisciplinary faculty with a holistic perspective who provide excellence in teaching, curriculum development, scholarship, and service to the University and to the global community;
  a support staff that is dedicated to the creation of a conducive learning environment for students and faculty; and
  a mutually supportive faculty -student community.
 
DVC Academic Affairs: Prof. Mathew Buyu
School of Business Block
1st floor
Phone: (254-20-3606406)
E-mail: mbuyu@usiu.ac.ke
 

Acting Dean: Dr. George K'aol
Faculty Block 2nd Floor
Phone: (254) 020-3606341
Fax: (254) 020-3606101
Email: gkaol@usiu.ac.ke
business@usiu.ac.ke

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