Master of Science in Business Administration and Innovation (Management Organizational Development)

The programme aims to integrate a strong understanding of the business environment with a focus on the management of innovation processes and business development. The programme gives an excellent foundation for future career opportunities. The Programme offers a unique combination of theory and practice to ensure a solid theoretical basis and tools readily employable in Ghana and globally.

Objectives

The objectives of this programme are to:

To teach advanced theoretical and practical concepts related to the field of business administration and innovation. This would be anchored on strong, sustainable, and competitively advantageous skills.
Train prospective students to acquire advanced critical and analytical skills related to business and innovation.
To teach students the professional and ethical principles related to business development, consulting, and management of innovation processes.
To develop the capacities of students in handling advanced research in their specialized
area.
To provide avenues for knowledge transfer in the tertiary education environment as well
as prepare students for terminal degree (PhD)

Intended/Expected Outcomes

At the end of the programme, graduates will be able to:

Comprehend advanced theoretical and practical concepts related to the field of business administration and innovation.
Acquire advanced critical and analytical skills related to business and innovation.
Understand professional and ethical principles related to business development, consulting, and management of innovation processes.
Have the capacity to handle advanced research in their specialized area.
To be able to transfer knowledge in their various fields of work and be capable of understanding terminal degrees.

Students’ Admission Requirements

The duration of the MSc in Business Administration programme is two (2) years, and to gain admission to the programme, an applicant must satisfy the following minimum entry requirements:

Ghanaian Applicants

This MSc will consider the following first-degree holders for admission:

BTech or BSc. in Business related programmes or equivalent qualifications. Preference will be given to applicants with 1st Class and 2nd Class Upper Honours. First Class BTech/BCom/BSc Admin applicants may be admitted without post-graduation industrial experience.
Third Class Applicants with Bachelor or of Technology/Bachelor Degrees in Secretaryship and Management Studies, Business Administration (Management option) or related discipline with 3 or more years work experience in relevant role may be considered for admission after passing a selection interview.
Other Degree holders with part qualification of CIPD and ICSA or fully qualified certificates of CIPD and ICSA (Level 5).
Applicants with CFE, ICA, ACCA, CIMA, CIMAG or their equivalence may apply.
Holders of MBA or Equivalent (Applicants may be exempted from some courses)
HND Secretaryship and Management Studies, Business Administration (Management option) or related discipline with fully qualified certificates of CIPD or ICSA final.

Foreign Applicants

Foreign applicants from accredited/recognized institutions would be considered for admission in consultation with the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission for the determination of qualifications for equivalences

Target Market and Employability:

Prospective Students

This programme has been designed to cater for the needs of graduates of BTech/BSc/BA in business-related programmes from Kumasi Technical University and other universities who would like to upgrade themselves through a master’s degree programme. The Business School has, over the past years, graduated several students who hold BTech and would like to return to do their masters. Most of these past students have been requesting an opportunity to have a practical-oriented masters. This MSc programme is developed to fulfil this request. Additionally, other Business Administration graduates from other universities stand to benefit from the introduction of this master's programme as it provides a progression path for them as well.

Employment and Employability

The MSc in Business Administration and Innovation (Management and Organizational Development) is designed to be useful to every sector of the economy. Apart from training our graduates to be entrepreneurial by setting up consultancies and teaming up with other partners to establish firms, they could be employed in a wide-ranging medium to large organisations in both the private and public sectors. Organisations in the private sector such as Accounting and Audit firms, Banking and Financial Services organisations, Judicial and para-legal organisations, Pharmaceutical Firms, Construction, Insurance, Merchandising, Mining, Oil and Gas, Timber, Manufacturing, Health, Agriculture, Education, Hospitality and Leisure, Engineering, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) to mention a few and this is so because essentially every business activity undertaken involves administration and innovation. Students
who graduate with an MSc in Business Administration and Innovation will be trained to handle and discharge responsibilities in any organization, be it profit or non-profit.

Course Outline

Year One, Semester I

Course Code	Course Title	Credit Load
MSAI 551	Management Information Systems	3
MSAI 553	Economics for Sustainable Business	3
MSAI 555	Innovation Management	3
MSMO 557	Emotional Intelligence	3
MSMO 559	Advanced Management	3
TOTAL NUMBER OF CREDIT HOURS FOR THE SEMESTER		15

Year Onem Semester Two

Course Code	Course Title	Credit Load
MSAI 550	Business Research Methods	3
MSAI 552	Legal Environment and Ethics	3
MSAI 554	International Business Environment	3
MSMO 556	People Management	3
MSMO 558	Overview of Organizational Development	3
TOTAL NUMBER OF CREDIT HOURS FOR THE SEMESTER		15

b. Elective Course(s)

This part of the table provides the courses under the various specialisations from third semester onwards (second academic year).

YEAR Two SEMESTER One

Course Code	Course Title	Credit Load
MSMO 651	Project Management	3
MSMO 653	Strategic Human Resource Management	3
MSMO 655	Organizational Development Consulting	3
MSMO 657	Industrial and Labour Relations Management	3
MSMO 659	Strategic Management and Leadership	3
MSMO 661	Research Proposal Defence	6
TOTAL HOURS FOR THE SEMESTER		21