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30 Taxation I
BBA 3123
3 Credit Hours
Instructor’s Contact: 39 hours
COURSE SYLLABUS
Course Purpose
The objective of this course is to give students an introduction into the general principles of
taxation. The course will provide a working knowledge of income tax.
Course Content
Introduction to Theory of taxation; Definition of concepts and terms used in taxation;
Introduction to taxation of Heads of Income; Classification of taxes; Principles of taxation;
Impact incidence and effects of taxation; Tax legislations; Concept of Value added tax;
Determination of taxable employment income and tax computation; Administration of customs
& excise
Teaching/Learning Methodology
Face to face and online lectures, class discussion, group and individual assignments and
presentations. A variety of other techniques may be used in explaining methods and developing
skills.
Assessment
Continuous Assessment 40%
Examination; 60%
Total 100%
3 Credit Hours
Instructor’s Contact: 39 hours
COURSE SYLLABUS
Course Purpose
In this course, students will learn the basic concepts and frameworks of human resource
management (HRM), and understand the role that HRM has to play in effective business
administration. This course will also improve students’ ability to think about how HRM should
be used as a tool to execute strategies.
Course contents
Natural and scope of HRM- Meaning, function, objective, scope, internal & external HRD in
Kenya, Human Resource Planning of Development – Meaning Factors effecting HRP Planning
Process. Job Analysis and Job design requirement, selection placement training & development.
Compensation. Performance Appraisal, Job evaluation, remuneration, incentive payments,
employed benefits and specious. Recruitment, Selection, Training and Remuneration (overview).
Employee Welfare – Welfare measure, safety and health, promotion and transfer. Grievances
resolution mechanism. Industry relation and industrial disputes in Kenya their resolution, role of
trade union, working participation in Management.
Teaching/Learning Methodology
Face to face and online lectures, class discussion, group and individual assignments and
presentations. A variety of other techniques may be used in explaining methods and developing
skills.
Instructional Materials/Equipment
Whiteboard, Text books, Tutorials and Overhead Projectors.
Assessment
Continuous Assessment 40%
Examination; 60%
Total 100%
Course Content
The impact of entrepreneurship to the country; Evolution of entrepreneurship approaches to
entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial revolution, trends in entrepreneurship research; The individual
entrepreneurial mindset; Cognition and ethics, dealing with risks, failure, ego, ethics, stress,
morality and complexity of decisions. Ethical dilemmas, codes of conduct, ethical leadership and
entrepreneurial motivation; Corporate entrepreneurial mindset; Corporate innovation
philosophy, corporate entrepreneurship and innovation, corporate entrepreneurship strategy,
developing the vision, encouraging innovation and developing teams; The social perspective and
the global and the global environment of entrepreneurship; social entrepreneurship and shared
value and triple bottom line, social enterprises and sustainability, promoting sustainable
enterprises; Launching entrepreneurial ventures; Creativity and innovation, imagination and
creativity, innovation and entrepreneur, types and principles of innovation, misconceptions of
innovation; Challenges of new –venture start-ups, critical factors for new venture development,
new venture evaluation process, comprehensive feasibility approach, and feasibility plan outline;
The search for entrepreneurial capital; debt versus equity capital, venture capital market,
informal risk capital, angel financing and types of angel investors; Formulation of the
entrepreneurial plan; Legal challenges in entrepreneurship ventures, intellectual property
protection, legal structures/forms of entrepreneurial ventures, bankruptcy; The marketing of new
ventures; marketing research, social media marketing, components of effective marketing,
developing a marketing plan, pricing strategies, product life cycle pricing; Financial statements
in new ventures; balance sheet, income statement, operating budget, cash flow budget, pro forma
statements, capital budgeting and break even analysis; Business plan for new ventures; benefits
of a plan, elements of a business plan, updating the plan and presentation of the business plan;
Strategic perspectives in entrepreneurship; Strategic growth, strategic planning, managing
entrepreneurial growth, building and entrepreneurial venture in the 21st century, achieving
entrepreneurial leadership; The valuation challenge in entrepreneurship; importance of business
valuation, acquiring a new venture, establishing the firm’s value, control factors and accuracy of
projections; The final harvest of the venture; focus on the future, management succession
strategy, key factors in succession, developing a succession strategy, exit strategy, complete sale
of the venture.
Teaching/Learning Methodology
Face to face and online lectures, class discussion, group and individual assignments and
presentations. A variety of other techniques may be used in explaining methods and developing
skills.
Course Purpose
This course deals with the process of training and developing people in organisations. It covers a
variety of approaches to instruction and learning and contrasts these with their practical
application. It also includes the study of core functions of human resource development and the
development of an understanding of workplace competency standards. You will learn to design
and conduct needs analyses and to plan, implement and evaluate training programs. You will
also learn training techniques and the skills required to deliver a training program.
Course Content
Introduction to Training Concept, Process Of Training: Training & Development: Performance
Appraisal: Designing and Implementing A Training Program: Technology In Training:
Teaching/Learning Methodology
Face to face and online lectures, class discussion, group and individual assignments and
presentations. A variety of other techniques may be used in explaining methods and developing
skills.
Course Syllabus
Course Purpose
This course is designed to promote students’ understanding of the main issues related to
compensation and rewarding of human resource in public service, corporate sector, non-
government organizations and other forms of organizations. It also includes the role of human
resources management in dealing with employees, and methods used to provide compensation.
Course Content
Introduction and Definition of Terms, Meaning of Wage and Salary Administration, Systems of
Wage Payment, Wage Structure, Cost of Living Allowance.
Teaching/Learning Methodology
Face to face and online lectures, class discussion, group and individual assignments and
presentations. A variety of other techniques may be used in explaining methods and developing
skills.
Instructional Materials and Equipment
Whiteboard, Text books, Tutorials and Overhead Projectors.
Course Assessment
CATs 40%
Semester examination 60%
Total 100%
Course Content
Labour Relations Act (2007), Occupational Safety and Health Act (2007), National Social
Security Fund Act (2013), National Hospital Insurance Act (Cap. 255); The Work Injury
Benefits Act (2007); Industrial Training Act (Cap. 237).
Teaching/Learning Methodology
Face to face and online lectures, class discussion, group and individual assignments and
presentations. A variety of other techniques may be used in explaining methods and developing
skills.
Course Assessment
CATs 40%
Semester examination 60%
Total 100%
Course Syllabus
Course Purpose
In this course, Students analyse how individuals, families, firms, and governments operate within
a contemporary labour market, and the impact of labour market institutions and government
policy. Topics include an overview of the labour market; labour demand and elasticities; the
effect of quasi-fixed labour costs on demand; labour supply and the decision to work; labour
supply and household production; compensating wage differentials and labour markets;
education and training; worker mobility; pay and productivity; gender, race, and inequality in
earnings; and unions and the labour market.
Course Contents
Introduction, The Demand for Labour, Quasi-Fixed Labour Costs and Their Effects On Demand,
Supply of Labour to the Economy: The Decision to Work, Labour Supply: Household
Production, the Family, and the Life Cycle, Investments in Human Capital: Education and
Training, Worker Mobility: Migration, Immigration, and Turnover, Pay and Productivity: Wage
Determination within the Firm
Gender, Race, and Inequality in Earnings, Unions and The Labour Market.
COURSE SYLLABUS
Course purpose
The objective of this course is to provide managers with specific ideas about what they can do,
and what they can influence colleagues and subordinates to do, in order to enable the day-to-day
practices and procedures of their unit to be more aligned with the cultural values it claims to
have.
Course Content
Organizational Culture and Leadership Defined , Cultures in Organizations, The Dimensions of
Culture, The Leadership Role in Culture Building, Embedding, and Evolving,The Role of
Leadership in Culture Change.
Teaching/Learning Methodology
Face to face and online lectures, class discussion, group and individual assignments and
presentations. A variety of other techniques may be used in explaining methods and developing
skills.
Instructional Materials and Equipment
Whiteboard, Text books, Tutorials and Overhead Projectors.
Course Assessment
CATs 40%
Semester examination 60%
Total 100%
Course Syllabus
Prerequisite: Financial Accounting I
Course description
The course is designed for the student to understand both the theory and practice of auditing. By
developing both an understanding of the underlying concepts and principles of auditing and the
ability to apply and adapt these concepts and principles in a variety of contexts and
circumstances is essential to an auditor for life-long learning.
Course content
Introduction to auditing, accounting and internal control systems, the audit process: planning and
quality control, audit evidence and documentation, the legal and professional requirement for an
auditor, errors, fraud and other irregularities, audit planning, controlling and recording, audit
evidence, computer based accounting systems and their controls, auditors report and audit
opinions
Teaching/Learning Methodology
Face-face and online lectures, class discussion, group and individual assignments and
presentations. A variety of other techniques may be used in explaining methods and developing
skills.
Instructional Materials
Hand-outs or Notes, Chalkboard, Laptops,
Course Assessment
CATs 40%
Semester examination 60%
Total 100%