Takoradi Polytechnic Business School

Takoradi Polytechnic Business School

The School of Business Studies has four (4) departments; namely, Accountancy, Marketing, Purchasing & Supply and Secretaryship & Management Studies. All the four (4) departments offer programmes leading to the award of Higher National Diploma in Business Studies. There are two (2) Bachelor’s degree programmes in Procurement Management and Accounting with Computing (in collaboration with Kumasi Polytechnic).The School currently has a total student population of three thousand six hundred and one (3,601) with staff population of ninety-two (92) comprising both teaching and non-teaching.
Mission of Takoradi Polytechnic Business School
The mission of the School of Business Studies is to offer full-time tertiary programmes relevant to commerce and industry in order to supply middle-level manpower for the economic development of Western Region and Ghana as a whole.
Vision
The vision of the School of Business Studies is to become a centre of excellence in teaching and research in commerce and industry in Ghana and abroad.
Goal
The goal of the School of Business Studies is to produce competent graduates who will effectively and efficiently manage the human, financial and material resources for the production of goods and services in Ghana.
Objectives
To attain the vision above, the following objectives are pursued;
1. To offer high quality carrier-oriented training to middle-level manpower in commerce and industry.
2. To equip students with contemporary skills and techniques in a bid to make them functional in commerce and industry.
3. To equip students with the requisite entrepreneurial skills necessary for industrial development.
4.To promote Ghana’s industrialization through relevant industrial research and consultancy in all aspects of business development.
Programmes

S/N DEPARTMENT B.TECH/PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMMES HND PROGRAMMES DIPLOMA/NON-TERTIARY PROGRAMMES
 
1
 
Accountancy
B.Tech Accounting with Computer Accountancy DBS-Accounting
 
2
 
Marketing
 
Marketing DBS-Marketing
DBA-Marketing
 
3
 
Purchasing & Supply
B. Tech Procurement Management
Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport -CILT and DILT
Purchasing & Supply DBS-Purchasing
& Supply
DBA-Purchasing
& Supply
4 Secretaryship
& Management
 
Secretaryship
& Management
Dip. In Office Mgt.

Student Population

 
S/N
 
DEPARTMENT
 
YEAR
 
PROGRAMME
GENDER  
TOTAL
MALE FEMALE
 
1
 
Accountancy
1 Accountancy 224 111 335
2 Accountancy 336 198 534
3 Accountancy 341 179 520
 
2
 
Marketing
1 Marketing 79 53 132
2 Marketing 135 75 210
3 Marketing 187 168 355
 
3
 
Purchasing & Supply
1 Purchasing & Supply 240 133 373
2 Purchasing & Supply 201 153 354
3 Purchasing & Supply 316 189 505
 
4
 
Secretaryship
& Management
1 Secretaryship & Mgt. 10 59 69
2 Secretaryship & Mgt. 18 70 88
3 Secretaryship & Mgt. 11 115 126
  TOTAL     2098 1503 3601