HISTORY OF THE FACULTY
The University was established in the year 2005 and it fully kick started academic activities in the year 2010 with four faculties, Namely:
The Faculty is headed by a Dean, hence the Dean office and its responsibilities
THE DEAN OFFICE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Dean oversees the entire affairs of the Faculty, supervising and making sure that there is smooth running of activities in the Faculty. The Dean is the Head of the Faculty and there are staff responsible to the Dean:
STAFF RESPONSIBLE TO THE DEAN ARE
S/N |
OFFICE |
NAMES |
1. |
Faculty Officer |
Nenrot Veronica Dagau |
2. |
Finance Officer |
Lynda Shut Choji |
3. |
Assistant Finance Officer |
Nanwal N. Jidauna |
4. |
Secretary to the Dean |
Joyce Daniel Dalyop |
5. |
Clerical /Assistant Executive Officer |
Phoebe Dajak Gabriel |
6. |
Cleaner/Messenger |
Blessing Sunday Sheni |
The faculty has had the privilege to be led by different Deans, who have piloted the affairs of the Faculty right from its inception.
The First Dean that served in the Faculty was
Currently the Faculty of Management Sciences is headed by Dr. Keziah Y. Ayuba with effect from 2019 to date. Dr. Keziah is the first staff from the Management Studies Department to be appointed as a Dean in the Faculty.
Presently the Faculty has a total of Twenty two (22) Academic Staff, Six (6) Senior Non-Teaching Staff and Three (3) Junior Staff. With the following number of academic staff on training;- Fifteen (15) on training programmes, Two (2) persons have completed their trainings while Seven(7) are yet to complete their programmes.
The Faculty consist of the following departments
Dean: Dr. Keziah Yiltohom Ayuba
DR. KEZIAH AYUBA
Dean, Faculty of Management Sciences
Keziah Yiltohom Ayuba, PhD, FHEA, is the Dean Faculty of Management Sciences, Plateau State University, Bokkos, Nigeria. She holds a PhD from the prestigious University of Wolverhampton Business School, United Kingdom. She has taught for about 2 decades within and outside Nigeria. She is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy of the United Kingdom. Her area of research focus includes; Management sciences, Entrepreneurship, Marketing and Economic Development. She has written books, many articles and have published widely in her area of research focus.
The following strategies are put in place by the Faculty in order to achieve the set goals,subject to review.
a) Post Graduate Programs: The Faculty is concluding plans to take off with master degree programs in her departments soon.
b) Orientation: Orientation for fresh students takes place annually with the Student Affairs Division in collaboration with the Departments after all registrations. This is a common practice to expose the new students to the environment on the Do’s and Don`ts of the University at large. The Faculty/Departments also organizes their orientation afterwards, they address and guide the new students with the knowledge the need in the Faculty/Department of their performance, evaluation criteria, grading system, examinations regulations among other issues.
c) Committees: Committees have been put in place to create a strong Faculty Staff and Students based supportive developmental strategies which include the Research and development committee, Lectures and Seminar committee, Sports committee amongst others. This is put in place to enhance the activities of the Faculty and University at large.
Faculty Board Meetings are held periodically to discuss issues affecting the Faculty and at its various Departments.
ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
Academic staff in the Faculty have various domains of research focus of which they have written and published within and outside of Nigeria. For the Account Department, some of their area of research focus are; Accounting and Finance, Taxation, Management Accounting, Public Finance, audit, etc. Academic staff in the Department of Management Studies research focus include; Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Development and Globalization, Management, Corporate Governance, Human Resource Management, etc.
The Faculty has graduated a total of 251 students of which, 126 are from the department of Accounting while 125 are from the department of Management Studies. 3 of the graduated students came out with First class Honors Degrees. 1 from the Department of Accounting and 2 from the Department of Management Studies. The different sets of graduates who now contribute to the growth and development of the University, Plateau State, Nigeria and the world at large in the different fields of human Sciences and other entrepreneurial developments.
ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
The Academic requirements in Management Sciences has been designed in way to make the students get the minimum standards for all courses. The courses are Categorized into two Core (Compulsory) and Electives. The electives are optional courses.
A Core(Compulsory) course must be taken by the students and also the Elective courses which consist of a wide range of courses from which students must select a given number which they must pass before they can be awarded a degree.
The courses running through all levels in the Management Sciences are as follows:
A major and significant achievement of the Faculty of Management Sciences was its ability to obtain full Accreditation of its courses on first attempt by the NUC Accreditation team in 2015. Making it the only Faculty in the University with full Accreditation of its courses until recently when more courses got Accreditation in the University.
The entire academic programs of the Faculty have been fully accredited by the Nigerian University Commission (NUC). With the various proposed submissions by the Departments for the immediate take off of the postgraduate school, as this has gone a long way to add value to the Faculty and the University generally.
STAFF DEVELOPMENT
Some of the Staff of the Faculty have bagged doctorate degrees with significant research toward developing the system to a greater height. Some are still awaiting their masters and doctorate of philosophy degrees. Below are staff that bagged their Ph,D Degree:
The Faculty since inception has been allocated to its ultra-modern complex. This has gone a long way in providing office accommodations for staff members and also lecture Halls to enhance academic activities.
Below is the Faculty building and the two departments housed in the Management building of the University located at the Main Campus in Diram Village of Bokkos Local Government Area, Plateau State.
THE MANAGEMENT BUILDING HOUSING THE DEAN’S OFFICE, OTHER OFFICES AND THE TWO DEPARTMENTS OF THE FACULTY
The Faculty has always strived hard to become paste setters in the University. For that reason, the Faculty sports team due to their collective effort were:
Like any other institution of higher learning, the Faculty of Management Sciences is also confronted with challenges among which are: