Management & Business Studies

The growing number of small and medium enterprises, SMEs, in Uganda and neighbouring countries today, calls for a well trained force of financial managers. Businesses do have accountant who can write/enter and keep proper books of accounts. The fear for numerating degree holders in these small business has also made it difficult for the SMEs to employee them. Therefore this programme is to help have knowledgeable and employable young men and women who can help man these SMEs so that they understand the importance of keeping proper books of accounts and also make them understand why it’s important to pay taxes for a business.

This program is designed to help the young entrepreneurs to understand the required skills in running a business venture and at the same time appreciate the economic challenges that come with managing a business. Most businesses that starts today do not last for long, this is due to lack of entrepreneurship management skills exhibited by owners. In this program we cater for that gap, by giving the students skills that are required in the market, such as marketing of services and products, financial management, human resource management and communication skills among others. The program is also rich in the area of critical thinking that can help entrepreneurs to become dynamic.

Basics of accounting introduces the importance of accounting and also the basic steps and techniques used. The material covered will also include coverage of the principles and procedures of the accounting cycle for a sole proprietorship and merchandising organizations. General-purpose financial statements will be reviewed, including the Income Statement, Statement of Equity, Balance Sheet, Statement of Cash Flow, and Bank reconciliation. Other topics such as depreciation, inventory.

Accounting packages short course introduces students to business accounting packets orsystems used internationally such as tally accounting system, quickbooks accounting systems and others. Students will learn how to create business in the systems, enter ledgers, make receipts and print invoices. The accounting packages further print out balance sheets and other accounting statements. All are expected to be covered in the period.

This short course will teach learners the ways of utilizing and developing appropriate indicators for measuring any given project or program goals, outcomes, outputs, and impacts/effectiveness. The learners will be taken through quantitative and qualitative data collection methods and ways to use them in project and or program monitoring and evaluation. Learners will explore the variety of tools and techniques used to measure project progress and to report outcomes to the appropriate internal and external stakeholders; including donors, funders, supervisors, or the population being served. A complete project will be given to students to practically evaluate its impact on the beneficiary.

Project management short looks at how leaners can use the knowledge and skill to manage different projects of all sizes. They will be taken through the initial stages of a project, how to understand the project description and using it to get out the key activities, work breakdown structure (WBS), and scheduling, budgeting and making estimate using Critical path method (CPM). Learners will also be taken through MS project software.