Business School of the Americas (BSA) offers mainly distance (on-line) and partly on-campus learning programs, leading to an Associate of Arts (AA), Bachelor of Arts (BA), Master of Business Administration (MBA) or Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) degree in Business Management or Personal Branding. The Business School of the Americas has acquired the formal recognition from the Ministry of Education (MINOV) in Suriname and its accreditation body (NOVA).It has not been accredited yet.
| Business School of the Americas has a clear and ambitious mission statement, which entails our purposes and the reasons for our existence:
Our Mission / Our Purpose Inspiring innovation, transforming lives, and creating futures. The primary purpose of Business School of the Americas is to provide world-class distance education in personal branding and business management for success in business and professional environments. We are devoted to serving learning individuals to empower them to achieve their full potential. We strive to improve the quality of life of our students and society by delivering top level, innovative, entrepreneurial people with a strong authentic personal brand into the global business community.
Our Vision / Our Objectives To be the best at helping our students to realize their dreams. We will accomplish our mission by:
Our Core Values We are guided by the following core values:
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TWO INITIAL SCHOOLS
Personal Branding University Suriname
Associate of Arts (AA), Bachelor of Arts (BA), Master of Business Administration (MBA) or Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) degree in Personal Branding
School of Business and Management:
- Associate of Science and Associate of Arts in the field of General Management, Entrepreneurship, Strategic Workforce Management, Management of Innovation, Hospitality management, Facility Management, Logistics Management , Procurement Management, Mining Management, Petroleum Management, Performance Management, Sport Management, Education Management.
- Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts in the field of General Management, Entrepreneurship, Strategic Workforce Management, Management of Innovation, Hospitality management, Facility Management, Logistics Management , Procurement Management, Mining Management, Petroleum Management, Performance Management, Sport Management, Education Management.
- Master of Science and Master of Business Administration in the field of General Management, Entrepreneurship, Strategic Workforce Management, Management of Innovation, Hospitality management, Facility Management, Logistics Management , Procurement Management, Mining Management, Petroleum Management, Performance Management, Sport Management, Education Management.
- Doctor of Philosophy and Doctor of Business Administration in Business Management.
Education Principles
The following modern educational principles are used in our education programmes:
Action learning: integrated academic and practical courses with a high degree of self-responsibility and constructivism in learning processes.
Competence learning: the development of personal competences towards a position-oriented competence profile.
Online learning: using the web-based infrastructure, which includes gathering knowledge through e-learning.
Internships and practice: the business community and other organisations are highly involved in the programmes
Problem Based Learning (PBL) a combination of identifying problems and finding solutions using entrepreneurial case studies and workplace visits.
We have developed a modern training concept, which incorporates a mixture of:
- training geared towards actual practice;
- vision improving lectures and tutorials;
- private study by means of e-learning
- place of work learning with ‘real’ assignments
Most of the contact modules, the entire study support and guidance as well as the complete training are realised in English language. The active role of the student forms a central starting principle at our University. In that respect, the student in his capacity as a self-responsible professional is taken seriously. This advanced study approach puts an end (in part) to boring and useless transfer of information. In consultation with the Tutor (student counsellor), you choose for yourself what and when you learn. We measure the results of our students. This includes evaluation of achievement based on standard tests and we study the performance of graduates. We study the achievements based on data gathered periodically and systematically.
Educational scope
During the course, didactics are tailored to professionals and are, consequently, characterised as follows:
Active learning by:
- specific forms of education: training / exercise and casuistry;
- differentiation possibilities in the basic curriculum and in additional, optional courses;
- working with a personal action plan, in which the systematic development of the personal working concept is the key element.
Higher learning by:
- giving theoretic lectures or transferring information as effectively as possible during online meetings;
- assignments that invoke higher cognitive skills, such as analysing, joining, conceptualising, acting methodically, evaluating;
- paying attention to meta-cognitive skills and develop them within the scope of personal counselling.
Collaborative learning by:
- working methods that stimulate collaboration;
- paying attention to group processes and the fulfilment of (changing) roles in study groups;
- consultation in a group of a fixed constitution;
- network learning in e-circles of interest, including contact possibilities with students all over the world.
Place of work learning by:
- study and processing assignments in actual practice;
- action learning right from the start of the course;
- collegiate consultation by fellow students;
- feedback by the superior, apart from feedback by the personal study counsellor.
Digital learning by:
- study and processing possibilities through (a secured part of) the training site.
- network learning by participating in worldwide digital discussion groups;
- digital realisation of part of the study counselling (including interim examinations/assignments).
Contact our president, prof.dr.ir. Hubert Rampersad or our Academic Director, prof.dr. Johan Potgieter,
School Mailing Address:
Business School of the Americas
Member of the Academic Consortium of the Americas (USA)
Grote Combeweg 21, Paramaribo, Suriname, phone : +5978266268, tpsi@live.com, www.aca-edu.org www.bsa-edu.org
