School of Business

Learn to Run A Business in the 21st Century

School of Business

Diploma Courses

Entry Requirements: KCSE Grade C- (minus) Pass In Cert
Duration: 6 Terms
Exam Body: KNEC

Module I

  • Financial Accounting
  • Information Communication Technology Paper
  • Communication Skills
  • Economics
  • Business law
  • Entrepreneurship – Business Plan

Module II

  • Office Administration and Management
  • Marketing Management
  • Supply & Transport Management
  • Quantitative Techniques
  • Commercial & Administrative Law
  • Cost Accounting

Module III

  • Organizational Theory & Behavior
  • Labour & Industrial Relations
  • Principles & Practice of Management
  • Financial Management
  • Course Specialization Project.

Award: KNEC Diploma in Business Management

Entry Requirements: KCSE Grade C- (minus)OR Pass In Cert
Duration: 6 Terms
Exam Body: KNEC
 

Module I:

Course Units

  • Warehousing Operations & Stock Control
  • Supply Chain Management & Purchasing Principles
  • Information Communication Technology Paper
  • Financial Accounting
  • Communication Skills
  • Economics
  • Business Law
  • Entrepreneurship – Business Plan

Entry Requirements for Module II: Pass in Module I supply chain management OR Pass in Craft supply chain management

Course Units

  • Purchasing Management
  • Public Procurement & Finance
  • Supply Management
  • Quantitative Methods
  • Principles & Practice of Marketing
  • Cost Accounting

Module III: Focus is on skills to effectively carry out Purchasing & Supply Operations. Graduates of this level can serve at middle level management in a Purchasing Department

Entry Requirements for Module III: Pass in Module II Supply Chain Management

Course Units

  • Purchasing & Supply Strategy
  • Operations Management
  • International Purchasing
  • Management Accounting
  • Project & Contract Management
  • Research Project

Award: KNEC Diploma in Supply Chain Management

Exam Body: KNEC
Duration: 6 Terms
Entry Requirements: KCSE Grade D+ OR PASS IN CERT

To provide participants with a body of knowledge which will enable them to:

  • Understand and apply human resource theory in the working environment and understand the importance of human resource development to the success of a business

Course Outline

  • Business Law
  • Business Management & Administration
  • Human Resource Development I
  • International Business Communication

Award: KNEC Diploma in Human Resource Management

 

Exam Body: KNEC
Duration: 6 Terms
Entry Requirements: KCSE Grade C- OR PASS IN CERT

Module 1

  • Principles and Practice of Selling
  • Principles and Practice of Marketing
  • Information Communication Technology
  • Communication
  • Economics
  • Project

Module 2

  • Sales Management
  • Marketing Management
  • Legal Aspect in Sales and Marketing
  • Quantitative methods
  • Public Relations

Module 3

  • International Marketing
  • Marketing Planning
  • Principles and Practice of Management
  • Financial aspects of Marketing
  • Strategic planning in Sales and Marketing
  • Marketing Research
  • Project

Exam Body: KNEC
Duration: 6 Terms
Entry Requirements: KCSE Grade C- OR PASS IN CERT

Exam body: KNEC
Duration: 6  Terms
Entry Requirements: KCSE C-(MINUS) OR PASS IN CERT

Module 1

  • Shorthand 
  • Economics
  • Computerized Document Processing 1
  • Secretarial Studies
  • Entrepreneurship – Business Plan
  • Information Communication Technology 1

Module 2

  • Computerized Document processing II
  • Shorthand II
  • Accounting 
  • Communication II
  • Information Communication Technology II
  • Commercial and Administrative Law

Module 3

  • Computerized Document processing III
  • Shorthand III
  • Office Administration and Management
  • Information Communication Technology II
  • Statistics
  • Course Specialization Project

Exam body: KNEC
Duration: 6  Terms
Entry Requirements: KCSE C-(MINUS) OR PASS IN CERT

Exam body: ICM
Duration: 6  Terms
Entry Requirements: KCSE D+ (Plus) OR PASS IN CERT

Exam Body: Institute of Commercial Management (ICM)
Duration: 4 Terms
Entry Requirements:KCSE D+ or Pass in Cert

 

Course Outline:

  • Accounting II
  • Business Law
  • Computer Appreciation & Application
  • Cost Accounting

Award: ICM Diploma in Accounting & Finance

 

Exam body: ICM
Duration: 6  Terms
Entry Requirements: KCSE D+ (Plus) OR PASS IN CERT

  • Advertising 
  • Marketing Management
  • Public Relations
  • Quantitative Methods for Managers 
  • Sales & Sales Management

 

Exam body: ICM
Duration: 4 Terms
Entry Requirements: KCSE D+ (Plus)

Exam body: ICM
Duration: 6  Terms
Entry Requirements: KCSE D+ (Plus) OR PASS IN CERT

  • Business Law
  • Human Resource Management
  • Management Theory and Practice
  • Purchasing Management
  • Sales & Sales Management

Exam body: ICM
Duration: 4  Terms
Entry Requirements: KCSE D+

  • Negotiation
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Stores Management and Stock Control
  • Quantitative Methods for Managers
  • Customer Service

Exam body: ICM
Duration: 3  Terms
Entry Requirements: KCSE D+ (Plus)

  • Brand Identity and design
  • Digital Marketing
  • Entrepreneurship Development and Enterprise
  • Using Social Media for your Business

 

 

Exam body: ICM
Duration: 4 Terms
Entry Requirements: KCSE D+ (Plus)

  • Relations-Part 1
  • Advertising
  • Buyer Behavior and Consumerism
  • International Business Communications.
  • Marketing
  • Public Relations

Exam body: ICM
Duration: 2 Terms
Entry Requirements: KCSE D+ (Plus)

Exam body: ABMA
Duration: 6  Terms
Entry Requirements: KCSE D+ (Plus) 

Exam body: ABMA
Duration: 4  Terms
Entry Requirements: KCSE D+ (Plus) 

Exam body: ICM
Duration: 2 Terms
Entry Requirements: KCSE D+ (Plus) 

Certificate Courses

Entry Requirements: KCSE Grade D Plain  
Exam Body: KNEC
Duration: 4 terms
Module I
  • Fundamentals of Management and Environmental
  • Business Calculations and Statistics
  • Commerce
  • Information Communication Technology Theory
  • Communication Skills
  • Financial Accounting
  • Entrepreneurship- Business Plan

Module II

  • Office Organization
  • Human and Public Relations
  • Business Finance
  • Business Law
  • Economics
  • Sales and Marketing
  • Course Specialization Project
 

 

Entry Requirements: KCSE Grade D Plain  
Exam Body: KNEC
Duration: 4 terms
Module I
  • Fundamentals of Management
  • Business Calculations & Statistics
  • Fundamentals of Project Management
  • Information Communication Technology-Paper 1 (Practical)
  • Communication
  • Entrepreneurship project -Business Plan
 
Module II
  • Principles of Accounting
  • Purchasing & Supplies Management
  • Project Financing
  • Business Law
  • Resource Mobilization
  • Course Specialization Project

 

Entry Requirements: KCSE Grade D Plain  
Exam Body: KNEC
Duration: 4 terms

 

Entry Requirements: KCSE Grade D Plain  
Exam Body: KNEC
Duration: 2 terms

 

Entry Requirements: KCSE Grade D Plain  
Exam Body: KNEC
Duration: 4 terms

Module I

  • Warehousing operations and Stock Control
  • Business Calculations and Statistics
  • Commerce
  • Information Communication Technology practical
  • Communication Skills
  • Financial Accounting
  • Entrepreneurship Business Plan

Module II

  • Office Organization
  • Supply Chain management and Purchasing Principles
  • Business Finance
  • Business Law
  • Economics
  • Course Specialization Project

 

Entry Requirements: KCSE Grade D Plain  
Exam Body: KNEC
Duration: 4 terms

Module 1

  • Principle and Practice of Selling
  • Principle and Practice of Marketing
  • Information Communication Technology
  • Communication
  • Entrepreneurship Project

Module II

  • Consumer Behavior
  • Marketing Communication
  • Bookkeeping and Accounting
  • Introduction to Law
  • Economics
  • Course Specialization Project
Entry Requirements: KCSE Grade D Plain  
Exam Body: KNEC
Duration: 4 terms
  • Communication and Report Writing
  • Commerce
  • Typewriting – 40 WPM
  • Shorthand – 80 WPM
  • Secretarial Duties
  • Course Specialization and Entrepreneurship Project
  • Shorthand – 90WPM

Entry Requirements: KCSE Grade D Plain  
Exam Body: KNEC
Duration: 4 terms

  • Financial Accounting
  • Business Finance 
  • Cost Accounting
  • Course Specialization and Entrepreneurship Project
  • Auditing
  • Taxation
Entry Requirements: KCSE Grade D Plain  
Exam Body: ICM
Duration: 3 terms

 

Entry Requirements: KCSE Grade D Plain  
Exam Body: ICM
Duration: 2 terms
  • Book Keeping 
  • Business Management And Administration
  • Economics for Business
  • Numeracy & Statistics
Entry Requirements: KCSE Grade D Plain  
Exam Body: ICM
Duration: 3 terms

 

Entry Requirements: KCSE Grade D Plain  
Exam Body: ICM
Duration: 3 terms

 

Artisan Courses

Entry Requirements: KSCE D- (Minus)
Duration: 2 Terms
Exam Body: KNEC

Course Outline:

  • Storekeeping
  • Business Organisation
  • Book Keeping
  • Clerical Duties
  • Support Subjects

Short Courses

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