About University Of Ghana Business School

By | April 7, 2020

About University Of Ghana Business School

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All About University Of Ghana Business School

The University of Ghana Business School (UGBS) is a premier business school in the sub-region focused on developing world-class human resources and capabilities to meet national development needs and global challenges, through quality teaching, learning, research and knowledge dissemination.
UGBS is a member of reputable international networks of business schools such as AACSB – The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (www.aacsb.edu/about), GNAM – Global Network for Advanced Management (http://advancedmanagement.net/) and AABS – Association of African Business Schools (http://www.aabschools.com/).The School has collaborations with leading business schools in North America, Europe, Asia and Africa in the areas of student/faculty exchanges, academic programme, case studies, and research development.

Academic programmes

The School offers various undergraduate, masters and PhD programmes in its six academic departments – Department of Accounting, Department of Finance, Department of Marketing & Entrepreneurship, Department of Operations and Management Information Systems (OMIS), Department of Organisation and Human Resource Management (OHRM), and Department of Public Administration and Health Services Management (PAHSM). Some of the masters programmes including EMBA, MBA, MSc Development Finance,MSc Information Systems,and MA Marketing Strategy are also run in a flexible mode (evenings, weekends and sandwich) to enable students pursue graduate studies whiles working.
The School’s executive education outfit, UGBS-Executive Development(UGBS-ED),offers executive education and tailored programmes to executives and senior management across various sectors while its Enterprise Development Service (EDS) specialises in providing business development, business advisory, and consulting to a wide range of enterprises.
UGBS has qualified and experienced faculty who are committed to carrying out research that is relevant for policy, covering a variety of areas including, finance, banking, insurance, accounting, marketing, entrepreneurship, information systems, operations management, human resource management, health services management, and public administration.

Vision Statement:

To become a world class business school developing global leaders

Mission Statement:

“Our mission is to develop quality human resource capacity and leaders through the provision of world class management education and relevant cutting edge research to meet national and global development needs”

History

The University of Ghana Business School was established as the College of Administration by Executive Instrument – (E.I.127) at Achimota, Accra in January, 1960.  It started business on the 22ndJanuary, 1960, on the old Western Compound of Achimota with the old Department of Commerce of the Kumasi College of Technology, established in 1952, (now KNUST) as its nucleus. The School was renamed School of Administration (SOA) and University of Ghana Business School (UGBS) in 1962 and 2004 respectively.
Before the School was departmentalised in 2004, there were only (4) four units namely:
Accounting Unit
Management Unit
Public Administration Unit
Health Services Administration Unit
The School’s name was launched in 2004 with the establishment of six academic departments and these include:
Department of Accounting
Department of Finance
Department of Marketing & Entrepreneurship
Department of Operations and Management Information Systems (OMIS)
Department of Organisation and Human Resource Management (OHRM)
Department of Public Administration and Health Services Management (PAHSM)
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