School Dean and has an advisory body of experienced accountants who assist in ensuring quality delivery of service. The day to day operations of the office is under the MDCB Manager who is assisted by the Deputy Manager” Dr. Henry Chalu, The unit has a team of at least 60 core staff committed to deliver wellorganized, proficient and effective services to the clients. The staff includes at least 28 PhDs, 32 Master Degree holders and a minimum of 10 Certified Public Accountants(CPAs) who are fully qualified, experienced and competent in the areas of their specialization.
“We understand that, a lot of other universities and colleges may offer the same courses to the public. University of Dar es Salaam offer value added courses. We accommodate different categories of clients, we have experts from different institutions in and out of the country to refine our students so that they can be competitive in the market” Dr. Chalu said.
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Knowledge is self-investment that ensures very high returns if used appropriately. We live in the world where time does not stand still and people get to use their gifts and talents to make the world a better place. The world has been prone to changes especially in technology and development, thus altering the way things are run in organizations. Efficient and effective leaders embrace change and use it to their advantage, to excel in different sectors and the ones who are allergic to change, will always lag behind and eventually cease to exist. The Manager magazine had an opportunity to talk to the Dean of University of Dar es Salaam Business School, Dr. Ulingeta Obadia Mbamba, and Management
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Development and Consultancy Bureau (MDCB) Manager, Dr. Henry Chalu. “Change is the only thing that is not constant. Technology has been advancing with every sunrise, innovation and creativity have been at theirhighest. For instance, back in time, traditional advertising was at its peak and many companies used television and radios to reach out to their markets. Globalization has brought the world together thus in the time being, online marketing is at its uttermost. Companies prefer the use of internet in reaching out to their wide range of customers, local and international market. The business world has been growing and competition between individuals as
well as companies is at its best, one has to be up to date, The Business School understood the demand in the market and decided to start offering the short term courses not to substitute the long term courses but to complement them and equip people with knowledge, effective for being competent in their areas of concern.” Dr. Mbamba said. Management Development and Consultancy Bureau (MDCB) is a long standing unit within the University of Dar es Salaam Business School offering consultancy services and short term training programmes fully focusing in the areas of business and management.
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Also, the MDCB works hand in hand with the University Consultancy Bureau (UCB) and the University of Dar es Salaam Entrepreneurship Centre (UDEC) and other institutions/ individuals to deliver quality services to its clients. At very affordable rates, employees and entrepreneurs are given an opportunity to add more knowledge and skills in areas of their concern by the most reputable and prominent university in Tanzania. Trainings range from project management, marketing, higher education, tourism, accounting, finance, management, human resources and strategy, the common intake being project management. “These short courses are designed to help managers in different levels of organizations to solve problems and face challenges in their daily
workplace activities.” Dr. Mbamba said. “We understand that, a lot of other universities and colleges may offer the same courses to the public. University of Dar es Salaam offer value added courses. We accommodate different categories of clients, we have experts from different institutions in and out of the country to refine our students so that they can be competitive in the market” Dr. Chalu said. “We also offer tailor made courses, special for organizations which need their employees to gain knowledge on a certain specific sector and ensure competency in the market,” Dr. Mbamba added. In order to achieve remarkable results and make sure our clients are satisfied, MDCB delivers its services differently, uniquely and with a lot more added value. MDCB provides consultancy and short courses to the small and medium scale enterprises and to ensure efficient and effective service is delivered, MDCB play the role of being innovators and project managers. “Our trainings are not limited to English only. We use Swahili language in trainings where Swahili will be best understood and many training materials are in Swahili, for instance, most local government trainings are delivered in Swahili. New courses have been added to the curriculum according to demand and in the coming future, we are anticipating to work closely with Public Private Partenrship (PPP).” Dr. Chalu added. Dr Mbamba finished by saying that the UDBS is committed to make sure the short courses with a span of a day to four weeks offered by MDCB receive full support from the business school. “We are even putting our own funds to support the whole program. For next year, we are putting almost half a billion shillings” He said. Knowledge is success, let’s embrace it.
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