The Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program (CADFP) and Institute of International Education (USA) in collaboration with the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology School of Business (KSB) have organised a four-week intensive seminar on Design Science Research to equip students who are pursuing Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees in diverse fields to aid them in writing their thesis.
The seminar saw about sixty (60) PhD candidates from the Department of Supply Chain and Information Systems, KNUST, Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), Pharmaceutical Council of Ghana (PCG), Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Centre for Applied Research and Innovation in Supply Chain-Africa (CARISCA), Accra Technical University (ATU) and Assistant Lecturers joining physically and virtually from various parts of the country. The seminar which was scheduled from 22nd June to 7th July was held at the lecture halls of KSB Postgraduate Centre.
The Seminar brought together two Ghanaian researchers; Professor Moses Acquaah, from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro’s Department of Management (USA) and Professor Francis Kofi Andoh-Baidoo, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Department of Information Systems of the United States of America (USA) who are research scholars in the diaspora to engage with PhD candidates and equip them with innovative scientific approaches designed to facilitate and implement new organizational practices.
Professor Acquaah commended the students for their efforts in pursuing higher education despite their busy schedules. He further encouraged them to use the knowledge they have acquired after their studies to solve problems in their respective fields of work and the society.
He took students through the following course modules: Strategic Management and Leadership, Competitive Strategy and Game Theory, Theories of Management and Strategic Management.
Professor Francis Kofi Andoh-Baidoo, mentioned that the seminar sought to prepare students with the requisite knowledge in scientific research that can be used in problem solving. He hoped that the knowledge gained from the seminar would make them eligible to address social, economic, and technological problems using different research methodologies.
He charged the participants to explore research areas that could create sustainable jobs for the youth.
Sharing his experience on the Seminar, a participant, Mr. David Antwi of the Department of Supply Chain, and Information Systems, mentioned that his expectations for taking part in the seminar has been far met and encouraged students to make time for such academic programmes. He further appealed to the University Management to consider such seminars as an integral part of the academic calendar to give students a fair idea on how to write research papers.
The Seminar was sponsored by Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
