{"id":57,"date":"2023-04-16T07:29:11","date_gmt":"2023-04-16T07:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cuk.ac.ke\/entrepreneurship\/?page_id=57"},"modified":"2023-07-04T17:34:35","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T17:34:35","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cuk.ac.ke\/entrepreneurship\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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<\/i>Strategic Direction<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/div>
The Department of Entrepreneurship and Economics is one of the departments in the School of Business and Economics of The Cooperative University of Kenya. It was started in the year 2016 with over 300 students and 8 members of teaching staff assisted by part-time teaching staff, the department run 14 academic programmes: undergraduate and diploma of various disciplines.\nThe Department has continually met most of its targets in terms of teaching, research, and community service and infrastructure development and is committed to continually improve its services to satisfy its customers. In order to enhance delivery and quality learning process the department values stakeholder\u2019s inputs including departmental staff and student\u2019s alumni and staff from other departments. The Department is very dynamic, innovative, committed to excellence and has established itself as a clear leader in Entrepreneurship and Economics in the world of academia.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>
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<\/i>Departmental Mandate<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/div>
To advance learning, knowledge, and innovation through teaching, research and consultancy on all matters relating to business studies for quality graduates.\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>
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<\/i>Our Vision<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/div>
To be a dynamic epicenter of excellence in training, Education, research and innovation\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>
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<\/i>Our Mission<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/div>
To provide superior quality knowledge through, research and innovation aimed at producing leaders in Business, entrepreneurship and Economics.\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>
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<\/i>Our Philosophy<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/div>
Enhancing human capacity through dynamic relevant training, education, research and innovation.\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>
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<\/i>Department core values<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/div>
Consistently Provide Services that Exceed the Expectations of our Customers.\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>
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<\/i>Quality Objectives<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/div>
  1. \u00a0To enhance teaching by ensuring 100%effective completion of the syllabus and at least 75% class attendance by both students and lecturers.<\/li>
  2. To\u00a0 Administer examinations and process semester results efficiently and effectively<\/li>
  3. To enhance customer satisfaction through departmental frequent consultative meetings and what\u2019s up communication with class representatives.<\/li>
  4. To Develop and introduce one new demand-driven post graduate and \/or undergraduate and\/or diploma programmes per year.<\/li>
  5. To promote research, consultancy and dissemination of new knowledge through publishing at least 1 paper in every financial year.<\/li><\/ol><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>
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    <\/i>Strategic Objectives<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/div>
    1. \u00a0Develop and improve the quality of life the youth to be mature and responsible individuals who can function effectively as persons, community members and world citizens.<\/li>
    2. \u00a0Promote high Quality academic training though programs that meet national and global manpower demands.<\/li>
    3. \u00a0Promote Research and dissemination of knowledge<\/li>
    4. Enhance awareness and active involvement of the departmental members in various outreach projects and activities<\/li>
    5. Keeping breast and responding to emerging\u00a0 issues in training, education, research and innovation<\/li><\/ol><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>
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      <\/i>Our Core Values<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/div>
      1. Integrity<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 embraces honesty, truthfulness, accountability and transparency in all our\u00a0 knowledge dissemination engagements<\/li>
      2. \u00a0Innovativeness<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The department is committed to encouraging novelty in ideas and technologies in all its endeavors.<\/li>
      3. \u00a0Professionalism<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The department has highly qualified staff with high level of\u00a0 integrity the committed to\u00a0 work ethics in provision of services.<\/li>
      4. Customer focus<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 We ensure that our objectives and operations are linked to customer needs and expectations. We therefore focus on strategies to meet current and future expectations of our customers.<\/li>
      5. \u00a0Teamwork<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 We acknowledge and continuously strengthen unity of purpose\u00a0 and\u00a0 embrace collective responsibility for the efficient delivery of services<\/li><\/ol><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>
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        <\/i>Motto<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/div>

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