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University of Technology, Jamaica

• ANNUAL REPORT 2014-2015

Page 41

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT

School of Business Administration

Joan Duncan School of Entrepreneurship, Ethics and Leadership

School of Hospitality and Tourism Management

Associate Professor Paul Golding

Dean

AACSB Accreditation

In January 2015, the College of Business and

Management was admitted to membership of the

Association of Advanced Collegiate Schools of

Business (AACSB). The College is on course to pursue

accreditation by the AACSB in the hope of becoming

the first Business School/College in the English

speaking Caribbean to be accredited by the AACSB.

The College is actively engaged in ensuring that all its

programmes are accredited by the relevant bodies.

First Cohort

The first cohort of the BSc Entrepreneurship from the

Joan Duncan School of Entrepreneurship, Ethics and

Leadership graduated in November 2014. Advanced

preparations are underway for the completion and

submission of the application request for accreditation

of the BSc Entrepreneurship to the University Council

of Jamaica (UCJ).

The Bachelor of Science in Administrative Management

was developed, and approved for delivery in AY 2015-

2016 by the School of Business Administration. The

BSc in Economics was revised and approved for

delivery also in AY 2015/6.

The offering of the Customer Service module as an

online course in the School of Hospitality and Tourism

Management was piloted with nineteen (19) students

in semester 2 of the academic year (2014/2015)

as an elective. The first class was a face-to-face

interactive session where the module’s lecturer met

with the students to provide guidelines/an overview

for participation in the online module. The Office of

Distance Learning (ODL) conducted a training session

to guide students in navigating the online module.

Entrepreneurship

Students Lasanna Allen, Ryan Reid, Orane Edwards,

Trudy-Ann Smith and Rajesh Hutchinson operating

Alorrs Jerk City, emerged winners of the Club

Billionaire Competition, the Micro-Enterprise

competition which commenced operations in January

2014. The competition was organized in collaboration

with the Scotiabank Chair in Entrepreneurship and

Development and Bio-Tech RandD Institute.

The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) launched

the 2013 Jamaica Report on June 25th and 26th 2014

at the Jamaica Conference Centre during the inaugural

International Conference on Entrepreneurship. The

keynote speakers for both days were the Honourable

Anthony Hylton, Minister of Industry, Investment

and Commerce and the Honourable Julian Robinson,

Minister of State, Ministry of Science, Technology,

Energy and Mining respectively. Other speakers

were the Director of GEM Caribbean, Dr Rodreigo

Varela, Dr Craig Watters, Associate Professor from