Organizational & Operating Strategy of UBS

To achieve optimal results UNIZIK Business School shall aspire to maintain maximum collaboration and interface with other leading Business Schools in the world, industry stakeholders, including but not limited to members of the Organized Private Sectors (OPS), Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture, Organized Labour, Multi-national Corporations, Industrialists and Traders etc.

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

         The UNIZIK Business School shall have the following administrative organs:

• Board of Directors

This is the policy making organ of the school. It sets out broad guidelines that shall drive the institutional functions of the school. It is a semi-autonomous body. The members of the Board shall hold office for a term of four years, and shall be eligible for reappointment for another four years. They shall meet at least thrice a year, and shall meet at any time, at the request of the Chairman, Vice-Chancellor, Director, or any other five members. The quorum for meetings of the Board of Directors shall be the Chairman, Vice-Chancellor, Director of the School, and five other members, at least three of whom shall be external members of the university community.

The Board shall have the following powers and functions:

• To give policy directions as deemed necessary to carry out the functions of the School
• To request and receive from the Director a yearly situation report on the progress of the School
• To serve as a liaison between the School and industry
• To mobilise funds towards the growth and development of the School
• To approve and recommend to Senate through the Post Graduate School qualified persons for admission
•  To consider and direct the School’s Management Committee on all proposals involving finance and administration of property.
• To consider and recommend to Council all matters relating to employment and remuneration of staff.
• To do all within its powers to make the Business School a centre of excellence in management, business and leadership training.
• To carry out all other functions as may be assigned to the School by the Council, or the Vice-Chancellor.

 The composition of the Board shall be:

1. Chairman – to be appointed by the Vice-Chancellor, must be an external member
2. Vice-Chairman
3. Vice-Chancellor
4. Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic)
5. Ten (10) other members nominated by the Vice-Chancellor who are not members of the University community – representing the organized private sector and organised labour.
6. The Dean of the School of Postgraduate Studies
7. The Director of Business School
8. Two other Professors from the University, one of whom must come from   Faculty of Management Sciences.
9. Registrar or his representative not below the rank of Deputy Registrar as Secretary.
10. School Management Committee

There shall be a Management Committee charged with the day to day running of the School. The Committee shall implement all Board Decisions. Management Committee is to be headed by the Director of the Business School, who shall have tenure of three years, renewable by the Vice-Chancellor through the Board for another 3 years. Other members include:

• Deputy Director
• Director MBA
• Director Academics
• Director Research
• Director Finance
• Director International Affairs
• Director Communications and Marketing
• Director Library & ICT
• Deputy Registrar (Secretary of the School)

The tenure for the other Directors is also same with the Director. They shall see to the smooth functioning of the programmes, lectures, examinations, student/staff exchanges and other duties that are necessary for the realisation of its core objectives and broad mandate. The UNIZIK Business School Management Committee shall have the following powers and functions:

• To supervise and coordinate the lectures, and trainings for students and other participants
• To consider and approve the status report that shall be presented to the Board of Directors by the Director
• To review and recommend to the University Senate through the Post Graduate School of the University, courses and programmes, and their curricula or syllabuses of study
• To make regulations for the conduct of the Business School’s examination
• To recommend to Senate through the Vice-Chancellor, persons to be appointed as External Examiners in all the programmes for the Award of Degrees.
• To actively encourage research and innovations,
• To support and promote staff/student exchanges and participation in conferences, workshops, symposia, etc.
• To ensure that students and participants in the different programmes benefit maximally
• To recommend to the Board, and to Senate of the University through the Post Graduate School, the award of Degrees
•  To award certificates and other distinctions, as appropriate
•  To consider other matters related to the professional and academic activities of the Business School
•  To consider, and deal with any matter referred to it by the Board, or the Vice-Chancellor, or Senate of the University.
•  To continually brief the Vice-Chancellor on all its activities as appropriate

For Administrative convenience, the following Departments have been created:

• Departments
  • Exams and Records Department

This Department is to handle all records relating to examination, particularly keeping and recording of results and posting of students’ academic performance. Therefore, the Department shall ensure the safekeeping of student’s examination record’s and ensuring prompt issuance of transcript upon request. It shall issue Statements of Results and other official request on Students’ Academic performance to be duly signed by the Director and the Deputy Registrar.

• Finance Department

It is hoped that UNIZIK Business School shall be self-accounting, when fully operational. In its formative years, it is hoped that the University shall provide a take-off grant, and support the School financially periodically. This unit will control expenditures and obligations (including operating expenses, debt, and payroll), receipting and depositing all revenues, accounting for all assets and capital project expenditures. This will include the management of the School’s cash flow and ensuring there are enough funds available to meet the day- to- day payments. Probity and accountability shall be the watchword of the Finance Department.

The Finance unit will work with the Board, Management, and the University Bursary Department to prepare the School’s budgets and forecasts and to report back on progress made to the Director, by providing an annual financial report.

•  Publicity and Marketing Department

There shall be Publicity and Marketing Department charged with the responsibility of publicizing and promoting the activities and programmes of the School. This is the chief image maker of the school and also saddled with the responsibility of attracting patronage and goodwill to the school. It is the liaison department that handles engagements with press, industry, alumni and other external stakeholders.

•  Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Department

This Department shall support decision-making in UBS services by ensuring efficiency and effectiveness in all programmes and activities. Specifically, the unit shall:

• Set framework and standards for the development of software applications.
• Enforce standards and procedures pertaining to the administration and management of software systems throughout the units.
• Undertake forward planning and feasibility studies pertaining to the development and implementation of software solutions.
• Provide consultancy services pertaining to the provision of software solutions and students.
• Train students to become ICT friendly and compliant.
• Provide technical support in all ICT related events by UBS.
  • Cafeteria Department

The cafe shall take charge of all culinary needs, or more appropriately, the “stomach business” of students and staff as approved. In the interim, owing to some constraints, the school shall engage the services of professional caterers to provide this very important function that will conduce for executive learning.

•  Security Department

The primary duty of the Security Department is to ensure adequate security for students, course participants, staff and all visitors to the Business School Premises. The Department shall ensure that due diligence and proper security protocols are observed. The security department shall be populated by trained and uniformed security staff, and shall work in close liaison with the University Security Department under the overall supervision of Chief Security Officer (CSO).

• Works, Environment and Sanitation Department

                  This Department shall coordinate all activities relating to works, environment and sanitation. The Department shall ensure that the premises, classrooms and offices are kept at all times clean and attractive. The Department shall also work closely with the University Works Department, and Directorate of Physical Planning.