Departments

 

Cyril Hilaris Ponnu
Senior Lecturer
Head of Department 

The department was established on February 1999. It offers courses in Management, Human Capital Management, Business Communication, Business Law, Commercial Law, Company Law, Strategic Management, International Business Management, Entrepreneurship, Organisational Behaviour, Organisational Development, Industrial Relations, Leadership, Business Ethics and Corporate Governance, Quality Management undergraduate and post graduate levels.

The department includes a mix of very experienced lecturers and young lecturers who are rated very highly by students. Lecturers from the department are frequently invited by industry to give talks on their areas of expertise and are actively involved in research and supervision of PhD students.  

Dr. Rubi Ahmad
Senior Lecturer
Head of Department

Currently, there are fourteen fulltime teaching staff in the department who teach corporate finance, investment finance, economics, Malaysian financial markets, derivatives, Islamic Banking and other finance-related topics.

The core activities of the department are teaching and research. The department’s members are highly involved in empirical research and consequently, the department’s research performance has been conspicuously outstanding. The majority of the staff have been awarded external and internal research grants to conduct high quality empirical research in finance and banking. Almost all of these research findings are presented at international conferences while several are scholarly reviewed and published in academic journals.

Every year, the department proudly acknowledges the increase in the number of applications and enrolment of both local and foreign MBA and PhD students who are interested in specializing in Finance and Banking. This has contributed to a continuous flow of quality research output and publications from the post-graduate students as well. Main areas of research interest are capital market research, derivative products, banking regulations, Islamic banking, productivity of banks, time-series models, dividend policy, capital structure, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions.

 

Dr. Rusnah Mohammad
Senior Lecturer
Head of Department

 

Department of Financial Accounting and Auditing

The Department was established on the 1st January 1999. It offers courses in Financial Accounting and Reporting and Auditing for Bachelor of Accounting, Bachelor of Business Administration and Masters of Business Administration. At the masters level the department offers a concentration in Internal Auditing starting from 2007/2008 session.

The department is also planning to introduce courses relating to Forensic Accounting and Investigation for the undergraduate as well as for the masters students. There are fourteen fulltime teaching staffs including those lecturers on study leave. 

Areas of staffs’ research interest include Accounting Education; Ethics  in Accounting profession; Islamic Accounting; Public Sector Accounting; and Environmental, Social Responsibilities and Sustainability Reporting.

 

Dr. Ruzita Jusoh
Senior Lecturer
Head of Department      

Department of Management Accounting and Taxation Department

This department offers courses in management accounting and taxation for both undergraduate and post-graduate students majoring in either accounting or business.

The courses teach students fundamental management accounting and tax theories and concepts, as well as providing students with a thorough coverage of the application of management accounting and tax concepts and theories for practical situations.

The elements of soft skills are also incorporated in the courses offered by this department. Courses are designed to prepare students for professional careers in public, corporate or governmental accounting. The design of the courses observes the requirements of the professional bodies.

Main areas of research interest of the staffs include management accounting systems, management acccounting change, management control systems, performance measurement systems, cost management, Malaysian taxation and accounting education. The staffs have published in various research articles, conference proceedings, and books.   

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ghazali Musa
Lecturer
Head of Department

This is the backbone of the Faculty of Business and Accountancy. It possesses highly qualified and dedicated academic staff who emphasise the two main aspects of marketing management:

• To understand the philosophies or organizational orientation towards marketing concepts and customer satisfaction.
• The aspect of implementing strategies and marketing activities that would realize those philosophies.

Thus the courses in the field are designed to achieve a comprehensive understanding among students of marketing concepts and theories as well as developing effective marketing strategies. The department offers courses at all levels: undergraduate, masters and doctorates. The teaching methods are moving away from the traditional pedagogy of lecturing and conducting tutorials to group discussions, individual presentation, problem solving and case studies. The future plan is to incorporate problem based learning into the curriculum. The department aims to produce students who are versatile and adaptable to the current business environment, integrated with the industry, analytical in thinking and excellent communicators.