The Department of Management is one of the six academic departments in the College of Business and Economics at Debre Berhan University. The Department offers quality, practical oriented education and undertakes Problem Solving researches in the discipline of management general, with special focus on Human Resource Management, Organizational Behavior, Leadership, Marketing Management, Operations Management, Materials Management, Financial Management, Entrepreneurship and Project Management and so forth.

The Department aims to equip its graduates with the theoretical background and managerial insight so as to fit them as professionals competent in managerial expertise, able to make rational decisions and administrate human and material resources effectively; to plan organizational strategies sound and respond adequately to the challenges posed by a dynamic and competitive business landscape.

Career Path of Students

Graduates from the Department of Management can pursue various professional and entrepreneurial career opportunities such as:

Ø  Management trainees, officers and experts in banks, insurance companies and other financial institutions.

Ø  Public and private organization‘s human resource officers and managers.

Ø  Marketing officers, brand and sales managers and business development professionals.

Ø  Operations, logistics, materials/supply chain function:

Ø  Project coordinators, planners and project managers in development and business organizations.

Ø  Entrepreneurs who set up their own start-up business, small and medium enterprises.

Ø  All researchers, consultants and the remaining postgraduate students in management and related disciplines.

The curriculum of the Department allows the students to leave the Department at the time of graduation and immediately find employment, or become self-employed through entrepreneurship, or to proceed to higher studies, under graduate and doctoral studies.

Infrastructure

Debre Berhan University, College of Business and Economics and Department of Management, in collaboration establish some facilities aimed at effective teaching, learning and research such as:

Ø  Lecture rooms and at least one smart classroom, which are adequately equipped.

Ø  University library with sufficient reading area, printed books as well as electronic books and electronic resources.

Ø  Computer labs and IT resource rooms accessible to students and staff.

Ø  A business incubation center for students who want to learn more about entrepreneurship and start-ups.

Ø  An enterprise simulation center for work processes, practical training and experiential learning.

Ø  Office amenities are needed for academic staff to enable the advisors, researchers and consultants to work effectively.

Department Establishment

Debre Berhan University was established in 2007 (1999 E.C.) by Council of Ministers of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia as new generation of public Universities in Ethiopia. The Department of Management was established together with the Debre Berhan University and College of Business & Economics and thus one of the leading academic departments.

Since its inception, the Department has experienced consistent expansion in enrollment, academic staff profile and programs as it moves from its original undergraduate program to graduate studies and including Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Project Management programs and Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) in response to the region‘s and country‘s need for higher level education in management.

The Department has been reviewing and refining its curriculum on an ongoing basis over the years, the latest in October 2023 to ensure that it was in line with the national requirements of quality assurance, outcome-based education, as well as the needs and requirements of the employers, industries and communities it caters to. 

Vision and Mission of the Department

Vision

To be among the top academic departments in management teaching research and community services in the country leading towards excellence in 2030 by producing competent, ethical and innovative managers and entrepreneurs for socio-economic development of the Country.

Mission

Consistent with the overall aim of Debre Berhan University, the Department of Management is pursuing the subsequent department mission:

M1: To equip informed, skillful and attitudinally matured management graduates for employment and entrepreneurship through practice-focused education.

M2: To improve and facilitate applied research in the area of innovation and knowledge transfer, so as to develop sustainable, knowledge-based enterprises and organizations.

M3: Build strategic alliance with industries, government offices and community partners to facilitate practice-oriented management education, research and community service.

Core Values

The Department of Management endeavors to be guided by the following principles in the course of delivering its academic programs, research activities and community engagement:

Ø  Excellence - striving for the highest possible standards in (our) teaching, research and public engagement.

Ø  Integrity - responsible for demonstrating commitment to the highest standards of honesty, transparency and ethical behavior across all types of academic and professional work.

Ø  Innovation - promoting the spirit of creativity, entrepreneurship and practice-oriented problem resolution.

Ø  Collaboration - developing effective alliances with the private sector, government and community partners.

Ø  Inclusiveness - providing as much access and treatment as fairly distributed according to race, gender and background.

Ø  Continuous Improvement - ongoing enhancement following outcome-based education and quality assurance into the program.

 PEO and PO

Program Learning Outcomes (PLO) and program Educational Objectives (PEO). of the undergraduate curriculum of the Department adhere to the paradigm of outcome-based education (OBE), in which PLO and PEO are explicitly identified and related with the mission of the University and course learning outcomes.

Program Educational Objectives (PEO)

 Program Outcomes (PO)

The Department of Management is made up of a very capable team of academics with PhD, Master‘s and other postgraduate degrees in Management and other fields. The full time staff profile of the Department is mentioned as follows:

 Curriculum-Related Information

Ø  Curriculum foundation: Management Curriculum, being revised 2023, and designed based on outcome-based education (OBE), in conformity with the requirements for national accreditation.

Ø  Delivery modes: Regular, Extension, and Continuing programs for Bachelor level.

Ø  Credit system: 1 credit hour= notional 40 hours of Student Learning Time (S.L.T) (for e.g. a 3-credit hour course has S.L.T of approximately 120 hours).

Ø  Admission (Regular): Through completion of preparatory studies as well as passing in aggregate and required minimum marks of the Ethiopian Higher Education Entrance Examination (EHEE) or an equivalent examination.

Ø  Admission (Continuing Education): Provided for on the basis of meet the prescribed pass mark in the DBU entrance examination.

Ø  Quality assurance: Provided via a Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) cycle unit-level review every semester.

The Department of Management, on a continuous basis, setup and participates in various academic and professional development activities in order to enhance the teaching-learning process and enhance its collaboration with industry and the community. Such activities include, but are not limited to:

Ø  There are one or two curriculum review and modification workshops every year including for the current BA Degree in Management curriculum.

Ø  Staff workshops on teaching and learning, research methodology and outcome-based education (OBE).

Ø  Guest lectures/seminars from industry professionals and alumni.

Ø  Entrepreneurship and business plan competitions together with the business incubation center.

Ø  Participated in community outreach and provided consultancy services to local companies, cooperatives and government agencies.

Ø  Research seminars, Paper presentations, done by academic and even postgraduate students.

Other Important Department-Related Information

Table-01: List of Full Time Academic Staff