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Degree Code: | L123 | Degree Name: | DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (FES) |
Degree Type: | DIPLOMA |
Degree Duration: | 1 |
Degree Description: | Click to View |
DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT | |
Degree Courses: | View |
DEGREE REGULATIONS
Award of Ordinary Diploma | View Details | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The final award of the Diploma in Business Management will be based on the average marks obtained in all course units taken and shall be classified as follows:
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Course Structure and Duration | View Details | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Each Ordinary Diploma candidate shall be required to successfully take at least eight (8) approved course units as well as a project paper where specified. Individual departments shall determine how the eight course units shall be apportioned in terms of core, specialization, and elective clusters.
Each department may identify core, theory and/or methods courses which all Ordinary Diploma candidates within the department shall take, provided that these shall not exceed two (2) course units. Each candidate shall be entitled to take at least one elective course. The Ordinary Diploma programme shall consist of lectures, lecture-discussions, class presentations, seminars, demonstrations, fieldwork, student-teacher consultations, supervised independent study, coursework, or any combination of these, as well as written final examinations, and shall run for a minimum of two (2) semesters of fifteen weeks each and a maximum of eight (8) semesters. However, some departments or programmes may, with prior Senate approval, require a minimum of three semesters, with the third semester being devoted to additional taught courses, semester-long laboratory work, field work, field placement, or project paper.
Except where a semester-long project is required, the minimum load in each semester shall be two (2) course units; while the maximum load shall be four (4) course units per semester. A semester-long project consisting of laboratory/field work or project paper shall be treated as the equivalent of two course units.
Where a semester-long project paper is not required, one course unit out of the minimum of eight required to graduate may be designed to give candidates the opportunity to develop skills in independent research work and project report-writing.
Candidates shall be free to satisfy the requirements for elective courses in any department within the Faculty of Arts or any other Faculty or equivalent, subject to the prior approval of the department(s) and Faculties concerned.
Students shall undergo continuous assessment in each taught course in each semester. Such assessment shall take the form of written tests, term paper, oral presentations, field assignment, or any combination of these.
At the end of each semester, during the last class, a time shall be set aside for students registered in each taught course unit to anonymously evaluate the course and lecturer using a questionnaire developed by the Faculty office in consultation with the departments. Students may otherwise register their views regarding the quality of teaching by any lecturer to the Chair of the Department concerned, or the Dean, at any time during the semester. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Entry Requirements | View Details | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The following shall be the minimum entry requirements for the Diploma in Business Management.
Individual departments within the Faculty of Arts may set additional requirements specific to their disciplinary mandates, and these shall be subject to Senate approval. Subject to approval by the Faculty of Arts and the department(s) concerned, a candidate enrolled in any ordinary diploma programme, or equivalent, at the University of Nairobi or any other University recognized by the University of Nairobi Nairobi may register for, attend lectures and be examined in any one or more course units in any equivalent programme of his/her choice within the Faculty of Arts. Registration for courses by continuing students shall take place before the end of the preceding semester. Where these regulations are silent on any aspect of University admission, existing University of Nairobi regulations shall apply. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Examinations Regulations | View Details | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Exemption from Courses | View Details | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Applicants who have undertaken equivalent courses recognized by senate may, on the recommendation of Faculty and approval of the Senate, be exempted up to a maximum of one-third of courses offered in the programme. A student desiring to be exempted for any prior course work will need to make a formal request giving the following information.
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Fees | View Details | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Introduction | View Details | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The Faculty of External Studies proposes to offer a Diploma in Business management. The course will be offered initially in the Department of Extra-Mural Studies and therefore it will be available all over the country. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
objectives of the course | View Details | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The Diploma in Business management aims at:-
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Rationale | View Details | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The purpose of Diploma in Business management is to train persons who wish to purse career in business management. As a result of stiff competition in the market, all forms of business require professional management. While the public universities have concentrated in providing degrees in this area, a real gap has been noticed at the Diploma level. Before the temporary closure of most of the programmes in the Department of Extra-Mural studies in 1988, many useful courses were offered to the general public. The Public has continued to ask for more courses that are taught and examined by the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />University of Nairobi. The extra mural departmnet offers a special connection in training, to the university and the general public.
This course, which is both theoretical and practical, gives the university the opportunity to enter this field and provide business training throughout the country. It aims at filling the gaps identified above and is orientated to meet real needs of the labour market. |
Level : 1 | |||
Semester: 1 | |||
Course Code | Course Name | Course Hours | |
DBM101 | Personnel Management And Industrial Relations | 45 | View Description |
Personnel Management And Industrial Relations Description | |||
DBM105 | Fundamentals Of Accounting | 45 | View Description |
Fundamentals Of Accounting Description | |||
DBM111 | Computer Applications | 45 | View Description |
Computer Applications Description | |||
DBM109 | Introduction To Research Methods | 45 | View Description |
Introduction To Research Methods Description | |||
DBM107 | Marketing Management | 45 | View Description |
Marketing Management Description | |||
DBM113 | Quantitative Methods | 45 | View Description |
Quantitative Methods Description | |||
DBM115 | Introduction To Insurance And Banking | 45 | View Description |
Introduction To Insurance And Banking Description | |||
Semester: 2 | |||
Course Code | Course Name | Course Hours | |
DBM102 | Financial Management | 45 | View Description |
Financial Management Description | |||
DBM104 | Business Policy And Strategic Planning | 45 | View Description |
Business Policy And Strategic Planning Description | |||
DBM103 | Commercial Law | 45 | View Description |
Commercial Law Description | |||
DBM112 | Material Production,control And Management | 45 | View Description |
Material Production,control And Management Description | |||
DBM110 | Purchasing And Supplies | 45 | View Description |
Purchasing And Supplies Description | |||
DBM108 | Human Resource Management | 45 | View Description |
Human Resource Management Description | |||
DBM106 | Market,planning And Control | 45 | View Description |
Market,planning And Control Description | |||
DBM114 | Project | 45 | View Description |
Project Description | |||
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