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IUCEA organizes a workshop on Business Studies
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From 1st – 4th December 2009, the IUCEA organized a workshop on Business Studies to look at the current status of Business Studies programmes in the region as established by the on-going regional IUCEA Quality Assurance initiative. The participants shared experiences from the current state of the art of Business Studies programmes and charted out the way forward towards building a harmonized teaching framework of the relevant subject and other related quality indicators.
The focus of the discussion and future development in business studies included:
Identifying areas of strength that need to be enhanced
Identifying areas of weaknesses that need improvement
Identifying benchmarks and best practices for use in the universities
Suggesting the regional qualification framework for Business studies
Suggesting the Credit Accumulation and Transfer System for Business Studies
The following papers were presented at the workshop:
Overview of Current Status of Business Studies Programmes in East Africa
The indispensable need for a Thematic Quality Assurance System
Challenges of Curriculum Development in Business Studies in the current era of Globalization and involvement of Stakeholders

Participants of the Business Studies workshop, December 2009
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