Agribusiness Management
Programme overview
This programme focuses on the application of management concepts and techniques to sustainable agricultural business operations. This will enable participants understand the process by which strategy is developed in the Agribusiness sector. It will provide students with skills to conduct internal and external analysis of an agribusiness firm or sector. The programme will also expose students to the various business strategies employed in the agribusiness sector (including farmer-based organisations and co-operatives), and will enable students gain an understanding of the distinctive forces for change influencing future direction within the agribusiness sector in Ghana.
Course Structure
Year 1
| Semester 1 | Semester 2 | ||
| CODE/COURSE TITLE | CREDIT | CODE/COURSE TITLE | CREDIT |
| GBUS710: Managing Organization | 3 | GBUS714: Business Economics | 3 |
| GBUS711: Accounting for Decision-Making | 3 | GBUS715: Information Systems | 3 |
| GBUS712: Analytic Skills for Decision-Making | 3 | GBUS713: Business Environment | 3 |
Year 2
| Semester 1 | Semester 2 | ||
| CODE/COURSE TITLE | CREDIT | CODE/COURSE TITLE | CREDIT |
| GBUS716: Marketing Management | 3 | AGMT701: Agribusiness Management | 3 |
| GUS717: Managing Operations | 3 | AGMT705: Agribusiness Production and Operations Management | 3 |
| GBUS718: Managerial Finance | 3 | AGMT702: Agricultural Project Planning & Investment Analysis | 3 |
| Semester 3 | |
| CODE/COURSE TITLE | CREDIT |
| AGMT704: Agricultural Policy Analysis | 3 |
| AGMT703: International Agricultural Trade | 3 |
| GBUS720: Agribusiness Strategic Management | 3 |
| GBUS700: PROJECT | 6 |
CONTACTS
| Programme Coordinator | Secretariat |
| Dr KwamiAdanu Email: kadanu@gimpa.edu.gh Tel: 0302401681 Ext |
Email: gradsch@gimpa.edu.gh Tel: 0302401681 Ext 2219 Office Location: Graduate School Secretariat Room 215/216, Syndicate Block (SB) Business School |