MBA HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

The programme provides the foundation for the nature of managing human resources in both domestic and multinational firms. The programme thus intend to provide current skills, knowledge, and understanding of Human Resource Management. The MBA programme offers a rich and diverse foundation for managers in the complex business environment. With focus on leadership and learning, this programme covers all aspects of human administration for middle and top level management. The programme provides a basis for the optimum organization and employment of human resources to accomplish strategic organizational objectives; personnel functions in recruitment and selection, training and development, promotion and succession planning; relevant behavioral research; legal environment; comparison and contrast of the public and private sectors.

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Admissions Policy
The term Open University usually refers to a university with an open-door academic policy, i.e. no stringent entry requirements like the traditional Universities. This fundamental open admissions policy makes university study accessible to all. The Laweh Admissions policy recognizes this philosophy of making university education open to all, irrespective of age, qualification or experience, except the demonstration of intellectual ability. The concept seeks to provide opportunities, for workers, working mothers, those bringing up a family or those that do not want to give up their social life and people who otherwise will not have access to university education or those that qualify to enter straight but want to have flexibility in their studies to do so, provided
they have an intellectual ability to swim through university education.

Entry Requirements for Admission
The University shall admit candidates with different academic backgrounds to the MBA Programme. Qualified applicants are admitted to programmes at the beginning of the first semester. The various categories of candidates to be considered for admission into the programme in the University will possess either of the following qualifications:

  • A first degree from a recognized university/institution.
  • Recognized full professional qualification such as
  • Chartered Institute of Bankers,
  • Association of Certified Chartered Economist,
  • Association of Certified Chartered Accountants,
  • Institutes of Chartered Accountants
  • Chartered Institute of Marketing,
  • Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
  • Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators,
  • Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply chain Management

All applicants may be required to go through a selection interview. International students with qualifications equivalent to those above may be considered for admission. The equivalent of such qualifications will however be determined by the National Accreditation Board of Ghana. The medium of instruction shall be English Language.

Progression and Graduation
To progress from semester to semester, a student is required to maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.50. A student shall be allowed to repeat a course until he/she has passed the paper so far as she is within the GPA of not less than 2.50 Courses designated as pre-requisites to more advanced courses must be passed before the latter courses are offered.

A student, after successfully completion of a semester can, upon written application giving reasons and after approval has been granted defer and continue in the appropriate semester.
Students shall also participates in live virtual streaming lectures and virtual classrooms and where necessary avail themselves on campus for the face to face intermittent programs must fulfil four times mandatory visit to the university within the period of study.

Students shall pass a minimum of 60 course credits and a maximum of 68 course credits to be eligible for graduation

Level 600 Part 1-First Semester
Course CodeCourse NameCredit Hours
MCC 602Marketing Management4
MCC 603Quantitative Methods for Decision Making4
MCC 605Organization Behavior4
MCC 103Digital Fluency4
MCC 608Accounting for Decision Making4
Total Credits 20
Level 600 Part 1- Second Semester
MCC 611Strategic Leadership4
MCC 604Managerial Economics4
MCC 606Business Law4
MHC 615Human Resource Management4
 MHC 611 Recruitment and Selection 4
Total Credit 20
Level 600 Part II – First Semester
MCC 609Strategic Management 4
MCC 601Research Methods4
MHC 613Employment and Labour Law4
MHC 612Strategic Compensation and Performance Management4
Total Credits 16
Level 600 Part II – Second Semester
MHE 619Conflict Management and Negotiations4
MHE 619International Human Resource Management4
MCC 610Project Work8
Free Elective Choose (One) 
MHE 618Occupational Health and Safety4
MHE 622International HRM4
Total Credit 15
Level 600 Part II – Fifth trimester
MCC 610Project Work               8
Free Elective Choose (One)  
MHE 617Human Resource information Management System4
MHE 619Conflict Management and Negotiations4
Total credits 12
Level 600 Part II – Sixth trimester
 Capstone Defense, Clearance and Graduation 
Grand Total  68

Programme Summary