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MBA Leadership
The aim of the MBA Leadership is to develop the professional and academic skills of students to apply rigid management strategies to solve business and environmental-related issues. The specific objectives of this MBA are to:
1. Equip students with skills to develop a framework for understanding leadership in the context of culture, customs, and communication.
2. Create a platform to develop the cognitive and behavioural abilities of students to think ethically, creatively, and innovatively in leadership dilemmas and issues.
3. Discuss leadership skills, models and theories required by contemporary leaders to be successful in the 21st century.
4. Provide an enabling environment for students to build up their social capital with colleagues by sharing their thoughts and experiences on various contemporary issues and leadership challenges.
5. Equip students with the appropriate methodologies for leading and adding value to organizations.
Requirements
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- A Bachelors Degree in the relevant subject area; 1st class; 2nd class lower or upper. A 3rd class will be screened on a case-by-case basis.
GTEC credential approval is required for international students. - 2 Years of work experience.
COURSES & CREDITS
The programme will be completed over 18 months.
Module Fees: $65
Credits : 3
This course focuses on the fundamental principles and concepts of accounting. It delves into the use of financial information, distinguishing between cost, management and financial accounting, the accounting equation, basic ledger postings, the double-entry system for assets and liabilities, expenses and income, assets and depreciation, bad debts, provision for bad debts and discounts, bank reconciliation and control accounts to understand the key concepts and bookkeeping rules. At the end of the course, the student should be able to extract a trial balance as well as prepare and analyse the statement of comprehensive income, statement of financial position, a receipt and payment account, income and expenditure account and reconciliation of bank statements.
Module Fees: $65
Credits : 3
This course provides the basis for understanding what leadership is and assists students to explore the tools they can use immediately to refine strategy, develop their people and maximize stakeholder return. Additionally, it introduces the student to the theory and practice of leadership. Furthermore, the course provides an overview of various philosophical approaches to ethical decision-making and practical applications involving ethical problems that arise in business. The course is designed to equip business leaders to confront ethical issues in contemporary governance and prepare students to identify and analyse ethical issues from a domestic and global perspective. It does this by introducing the theories of ethics that are commonly used in many leadership decisions. Students are expected to apply the theory to a wide range of government policy, business and personal issues. Topics include the major ethical constructs, approaches to self-knowledge, ethical dilemma in leadership and practical leadership skills. Students will be able to find solutions to ethical dilemmas they may confront during a business career.
Module Fees: $65
Credits : 3
This course presents the fundamental ideas of micro and macroeconomics and integrates them from a managerial decision-making perspective. The goal of this course among others includes its applicability in the broad business spectrum. It also examines the role of government in the economy and the effects of government actions on businesses and individuals. Topics such as demand and supply analysis and their applications; elasticity of demand and supply; theories of production and cost, market structures, theories of macroeconomics; national income accounting and determination; effect of monetary and fiscal policies as well as international trade will be some of the issues to be considered.
Module Fees: $65
Credits : 3
This course seeks to equip students with the knowledge of the global scope of businesses. This course is designed to introduce students to the international dimensions of business functions and operations that are offered, with consideration of their global interactions. The course provides an overview of economic, social, cultural and political/legal forces and factors influencing cross-border business. The course exposes students to a global view of businesses, investigating why and how companies go international. It explains the operations and challenges of Multinational Corporations and Enterprises in today's globalized world.
Module Fees: $65
Credits : 3
The course introduces students to legal rules, principles and concepts that regulate business transactions in Ghana, and the ramifications of such interface for business decisions. The course specifically introduces students to the general principles and concepts, concentrating on topics like the Legal System; the Laws of Ghana and their respective sources; the Law of Contract; the Law of Tort; Employment Law and Company Law.
Module Fees: $65
Credits : 3
This course is designed to increase students’ understanding of the use of information technologies to manage information resources in organisations and their implications. The technologies discussed include databases, networking and communications, business information systems as well as current trends such as cloud computing and customer relationship management systems. The course raises students’ awareness of the implications of using information technologies, these include security, ethical and legal issues as well as globalization and the digital divide. The course also introduces how to build information systems. The course features hands-on sessions using popular software applications.
Module Fees: $65
Credits : 3
This course provides a general introduction to marketing and strategic marketing management, an area which plays an important role in all innovation and establishment processes. The main focus of the course is consumer marketing, but specific areas of service and business marketing and purchasing management are covered. The course starts with an introduction to the role of marketing in an organisation and market analysis based on demand, environmental factors and customers' buying behaviours. It delves into the examination of customer satisfaction, the profitability of customers to firms, profits and revenues and marketing research. It further focuses on the development and implementation of market strategies, a task undertaken in most companies at the strategic business unit level which is done through segmentation, targeting and positioning. An introduction to the creative process of developing market plans with product, price, communication and distribution policies is examined. The course provides a systematic framework for understanding marketing management and strategy.
Module Fees: $65
Credits : 3
This course emphasizes the basic application of managerial functions in the day-to-day operations and activities of corporate and business enterprises. It focuses on the concepts of management and examines management principles and functions. The course also discusses motivation and management of stress for effective performance. Furthermore, this course provides a comprehensive analysis of individual and group behaviour in organizations. Its purpose is to provide an understanding of how organizations can be managed more effectively and at the same time enhance the quality of employees' work life. Topics include motivation, rewarding behaviour, stress, individual and group behaviour, conflict, power and politics, leadership, job design, organizational structure, decision-making, communication and organizational change and development.
Module Fees: $65
Credits : 3
This course designed to provide postgraduate students with the foundations needed to undertake scholarly research in business and management. The course also offers students the opportunity to begin research on their final year project by providing clear and holistic guidance on how to generate and refine a research idea into a clear and unmistakable research topic with relevant, specific, measurable and realistic objectives or research questions. Specifically, the course will cover topics such as what is research? Why do we conduct research? How to generate research ideas, how to evaluate research topics, how to plan a research, the sources of knowledge and the process of critically reviewing the relevant literature, the theory of Knowledge, the philosophy and ethics of research. Others topics to be covered in this course shall include: the research process as it relates to conceptualization and design of appropriate research methodology to achieve the desired research objectives, techniques of data collection and analysis, and drafting and writing a research Report.
Module Fees: $65
Credits : 3
This course is designed to provide students with the needed statistical and quantitative techniques for effective decision-making. It involves the study of basic elements of statistics needed for business, accounting, banking, marketing, etc., and their various applications. The course also examines the statistical concepts of some of the theories that students are studying in other related courses. It expounds on the applications of statistics in the theory of demand and supply, data presentation and characterization, time series, correlation and regression, hypothesis testing, and elementary probability among others.
Module Fees: $65
Credits : 3
Strategic management focuses on the concept of strategy formulation and implementation by exploring the functions and nature of general management. The course develops skills for strategic thinking and analysis, leadership, communication, teamwork, and cross-functional integration. It exposes students to corporate as well as business planning, and the implementation of organizational change through structures, systems and people. It seeks to understand the challenges and the environment in which the business operates, the direction the management intends to head, the strategic plans for getting the enterprise moving in the intended direction and the tasks of implementing the chosen strategy successfully. Conceptual case studies are used to deal with Ghanaian conventional private and public sector policy making. It provides students with insights into corporate strategic performance and the use of specialist strategic management techniques designed to improve and correct failing organisations in Ghana and other international corporations.
Module Fees: $65
Credits : 3
This course examines firm investment and distribution decisions in the context of a capital market structure and efficiency. Valuation methods are developed for valuing projects and securities. Basic portfolio theory is discussed to develop simple asset pricing models and used for determining the cost of capital for use in investment evaluation. The implications of different financing options (debt and equity) are considered, and elementary capital structure theorems are presented, in relation to which the dividend decisions are analysed. The question of market efficiency is considered and its implications for trading strategies are discussed.
Module Fees: $65
Credits : 3
The course exposes students to concepts, principles and theories as well as regulations of corporate governance. Corporate Governance cases from various business organizations across the world are discussed and students will be expected to write reports on them. The course explains and applies theories about the roles of different governance mechanisms in improving the performance of companies. It also describes the primary roles of different bodies of governance within a company, such as the board of directors, nomination committees and audit committees. Furthermore, the course provides an overview of the various forms of employee ownership and equity ownership among insiders, regulation, and shareholder activism, the impact of takeovers and mergers and acquisitions on governance, ethical issues such as conflicts of interest and insider trading, international corporate governance, and policy developments likely to impact the corporation.
Module Fees: $65
Credits : 3
This course provides an opportunity for participants to focus on leadership from both theoretical and practical perspectives. The course employs theoretical concepts and models, coupled with case studies based on the experiences of leaders within the profession to understand how to develop leadership potential in oneself and others. It covers leadership concepts and definitions, the role of leaders, theories and styles of leadership and decision-making models. It explores the multiple faces of leadership, the difference between leadership, and management and team management. The course further provides practical exercises in leadership, and teamwork as well as personal and group action plans.
Module Fees: $65
Credits : 3
This course introduces students to the concept of change management. It theorizes leadership skills in the development of change and improvement programmes and provides students with the capability of coaching and facilitating all levels of organizational changes and improvement processes to meet stakeholders’ expectations. The course also examines the models for change management, improvement frameworks, stakeholder management and Monitoring and Evaluation programmes. Students are equipped with the competencies to bring about continual improvements in organizational-wide activities.
Module Fees: $65
Credits : 3
This course provides an interdisciplinary approach to understanding and analyzing poverty, wealth and development. It is designed to help students understand and critically evaluate how and why some countries and even some areas within countries can achieve poverty reduction and development while others cannot. In particular, students are introduced to a wide range of theories explaining development. The course presents and critically examines key approaches, actors and issues of development by focusing on both mainstream and radical perspectives on development. The course also challenges students to conceptualize their own framework or model of development. Students are provided with a basic foundation of international development theory and practice, as well as knowledge of the key players in the developmental arena.
Module Fees: $65
Credits : 3
The course is designed to introduce students to the processes required for successful completion of projects. It emphasizes project planning, development, integration, and coordination in order to create a consistent, coherent document. The course further aims to provide both basic and some advanced exposure to project managementto develop managers’ skills for successfully completing sophisticated projects within the constraints of capital, time, and other resources.
Module Fees: $65
Credits : 3
The course seeks to introduce students to strategic thought processes and Strategic Management. The various levels of leadership, requirements of strategic leadership and components of strategic management are examined. It will further examine the psychological perspectives of the strategic leadership thinking process and discusses global strategy theory. It attempts to relate the various levels of leadership to each other and focuses on strategic leadership theory, strategic thinking, strategic planning process, strategy formulation, strategy implementation, strategy evaluation and measurement creation and delivery of value and the ethical underpinnings and dilemmas of strategic leadership with real-life examples. Students for this course would be required to develop strategic plans for real-life organizations in Ghana.
Module Fees: $65
Credits : 3
TBC
Module Fees: $65
Credits : 6
Students will be required to undertake a research study on a chosen topic in Corporate Governance and write a project. The project would take a maximum of 6 months for a total of 6 credits.
FEES FOR 2023
Fees are payable at the start of each course and payment must be received by the payment deadline to successfully register and start the course. Payment can be made by EFT or the self-service portal.
Number of modules: 20
Programme credits: 63
Fees per programme credit: $65