Clarke International University CIU Business Courses Offered

Clarke International University CIU Business Courses Offered

The mission of the School of Business & Applied Technology is to usher in a new way of training and tooling business and ICT professionals.  We aim to become a leading Ugandan business school that offers development of global business skills, applicable to a local business context aimed at achieving a social development agenda which increases wealth and welfare in Uganda, building on current business school best practice, the latest technological capabilities and capitalising on Uganda’s growing faith-based culture.

We aim to deliver on this mission through the following distinctive aspects:

• Partnering with business in real time. We will partner with businesses & associations to ensure the skills we are developing are those which will help employees, managers and entrepreneurs to be more productive and effective in a global market. Our innovative approach means course participants will achieve this improvement, and be rewarded for it, during the learning process, not after it. We will prioritise skills development in the following areas: execution, critical thinking, working with risk & diversity and effective communication & influencing skills.  In addition, we will also seek to be an accredited centre for ACCA, CIPS, and CIMS training to strengthen the competitive advantage of its graduates.

• Developing character. In addition to soft skill development, at the heart of our approach, we believe character is the key to a prosperous life, and can be learned and developed. We aim to develop qualities such as: integrity, discipline, dependability, empathy, courage and creativity.

• Experiential learning. We believe that we learn best by listening to ideas, applying learning and reflecting on the results; and by repeating this cycle continuously. Our approach is designed to facilitate this process of learning in an optimally efficient way. As a result, our approach will tend towards an emphasis on:

• Interactive style of teaching
• Use of case study – where possible live cases (i.e. with clients on real current issues)
• Simulations & business games
• Coaching – 121 and group coaching
• Working in teams
• Incubator or apprenticeships – project work in real startup or established businesses.

• Working with business and global faculty.  Research tells us that the quality of faculty is the single biggest factor influencing business student satisfaction; they also represent the lion’s share of the cost of delivering business education.  So, a strategy for faculty is a critical element of the overall business school strategy.  Our learning facilitators have both business management and global experience, as we aim to bring best available experience and expertise into the learning process.  

• Working with latest learning technology.  E-learning is an essential element of the way we deliver learning, both in terms of the economics and in preparing students to work well with technology.  Key aspects of the experience include: Access to online reference materials; Delivery of courses via webinars (real time & interactive) and podcasts (recorded); Online learning platforms (cf Moodle) to organise learning, assessment and course feedback; Virtual coaching; Online simulations and games 

• Focus on export. Our mission to help Uganda prosper means we are keen to support businesses which generate foreign income, whether in health technology (our heartland), value-add agriculture, outsourced business or IT services, tourism, oil and alternative energy

Table 5. Programs offered in the School of Business and Applied Technology

SoBAT also offers short Executive Education programs, in partnership with Abacus Business School, covering subjects like “Leadership in a VUCA world”, “Strategy & Critical Thinking”, “Emotional Intelligence”, “Working with Risk”, “Getting Things Done”   These are mostly tailored to the specific needs  of corporate clients, involve senior management and are held in conference venues.