GIMPA begins Doctor of Management programme

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By
Kodjo Adams, GNA

Accra, Feb. 23, GNA
– Professor Philip Duku Osei, the Deputy Rector, Ghana Institute of Management
and Public Administration (GIMPA), has urged the first cohort of students of
the Doctor of Management programme to be self-disciplined and eschew acts that
would derail their academic pursuits.

“Discipline will
help you to be focused on your studies, do more research, finish your programme
on time and achieve academic excellence and impact positively the knowledge
acquired to your various organisations,” he added.

Prof Duku Osei gave
the advice at the weekend at a ceremony to welcome the 10 students admitted to
begin the three-year Doctor of Management programme at GIMPA, Accra.


He charged the
students of the programme, being the maiden one, to give off their best saying
certificates would be presented to deserving students who had proven records of
academic brilliance.

He advised them to
cooperate with the lecturers and do all assignments as directed by faculty
members to avoid any untoward situation, urging them to begin thinking about
their topics for the thesis and start working on them as early as possible.

Prof Wisdom Akpalu,
the Dean, GIMPA School of Research and Graduate Studies, said the institute was
well positioned to offer the students with competitive education to contribute
to national development.

“You need to prepare
very well, because you will be challenged academically to justify your stay at
the end of the programme. Doctorate degrees are tests of endurance and you will
need to go through series of activities to mould you to be competitive in your
fields of discipline,” he added.

Prof Martin Morgan
Tuuli, the Dean of GIMPA Business School, said the programme was designed for
professionals and senior executives with extensive managerial experience who
aimed to acquire knowledge to enable them to transform their organisations.

He said it was to
equip graduates with skills in applying evidence-based management in their
organisations and expose them to intellectual inquiry that emphasized the
integration of theory to practice.

Madam Bernice Adjei,
on behalf of the students, pledged to cooperate with management and expect to
be introduced to new models that would empower them to serve the society and
the nation as a whole.

GNA