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Interim Quality Assurance Report Institution: Kardan University Academic Business Unit: Department of Business Administration ( BBA ) Date of Submission: January, 2019
Interim Quality Assurance Report
Institution: Kardan University
Academic Business Unit: Department of Business Administration ( BBA )
Date of Submission: January, 2019
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INTRODUCTION Each accredited member of the IACBE is required to submit an Interim Quality Assurance Report mid-way through its awarded period of accreditation. The report focuses on major changes that have taken place in the academic business unit, and in any institution of which it is a part, in areas such as outcomes assessment; faculty composition and qualifications; faculty and student policies and procedures; governance; financial, physical, learning, and technological resources; and other areas that relate to the IACBE’s Accreditation Principles. In the Interim Quality Assurance Report, the academic business unit will report the following information: 1. Institutional Information
2. Listing of Accredited Programs
3. Institutional and Program Enrollments
4. Degrees Conferred in Accredited Programs 5. Outcomes Assessment Plan for the Academic Business Unit
6. Student Learning Assessment Results for Accredited Programs
7. Operational Assessment Results for the Academic Business Unit
8. Report on Note Compliance
9. Narrative Reporting on (i) Major Changes Relating to the IACBE’s Accreditation Principles and
(ii) How the Academic Business Unit Continues to Comply with the Principles The purposes of the Interim Quality Assurance Report are to (1) provide information about major changes affecting the academic business unit since its last accreditation review, and (2) provide evidence that the academic business unit continues to comply with the IACBE’s Accreditation Principles.
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1. Institutional Information
Institution’s Name: Kardan University
Institution’s Physical Address: Parwani-e-Du Square, Kabul Afghanistan
Institution’s Mailing Address (if different than physical address): Parwani-e-Du Square, Kabul Afghanistan
City, and State or Country: Kabul, Afghanistan ZIP/Postal Code: 26000
Telephone (with country code if outside of the United States): 0093799528383
Email: [email protected] Website: www.kardan.edu.af
Type of Institution: Public Private Nonprofit X Private For-Profit
Provide the following information pertaining to the president/CEO of your institution:
Name: Mr. Roeen Rahmani
Position Title: President
Highest Earned Degree: Master Email: [email protected]
Telephone (with country code if outside of the United States): 0093789304040
Provide the following information pertaining to the chief academic officer of your institution:
Name: Ms. Meena Rahmani
Position Title: Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Highest Earned Degree: Master Email: [email protected]
Telephone (with country code if outside of the United States): 0093785114770
Provide the following information pertaining to the head of your academic business unit:
Name: Abdul Moiz Mirzada
Position Title: Dean of the Faculty
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Highest Earned Degree: PhD Email: [email protected]
Telephone (with country code if outside of the United States): 0093788017511
Provide the following information pertaining to your alternate representative to the IACBE:
Name: Waheedullah Afghan
Position Title: Coordinator, Quality Assurance and Accreditation
Highest Earned Degree: Master ( Present ) Email: [email protected]
Telephone (with country code if outside of the United States): 0093782526036
2. IACBE-Accredited Programs Provide a listing of all of the business programs accredited by the IACBE. These programs are identified in the decision letter that you received from the IACBE Board of Commissioners at your last accreditation review. In addition, they are also listed on your Membership Status page on the IACBE website. This listing must also include all accredited majors, concentrations, specializations, emphases, focus areas, options, tracks, fields, and streams contained within the programs. In addition, identify the academic units that administer the programs, all locations at which the programs are offered, and, if the programs are delivered in partnership with other institutions, please identify those institutions as well. (Add or delete rows in the table as needed):
ACCREDITED PROGRAM
ACADEMIC UNIT ADMINISTERING THE
PROGRAM LOCATIONS
PARTNER INSTITUTIONS
Bachelor of Business Administration with specialization in:
A. Finance and Accounting
B. Management
Department of Business Administration
Main Campus, Parwani Du, Kabul
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3. Institutional and Program Enrollments Provide figures for the total headcount enrollment for the institution as a whole for the current year and for the year of your last accreditation review. Notes: ‘Enrollment’ refers to the total number of students pursuing programs offered by the institution, not the number of students admitted in a given year. For institutions for which the academic business unit is the institution, i.e., institutions that are stand-alone business units, provide figures for the total headcount enrollment for the academic business unit for the current year and for the year of your last accreditation review.
TOTAL INSTITUTIONAL HEADCOUNT ENROLLMENT
Current Year Year of Last Accreditation Review
6257 5875
For each IACBE-accredited program (including each accredited major, concentration, specialization, emphasis, focus area, option, track, field, and stream contained within the program), provide figures for the total headcount enrollment in the program for the current year and for the year of your last accreditation review. (Add or delete rows in the table as needed):
ACCREDITED PROGRAM
HEADCOUNT ENROLLMENT
CURRENT YEAR YEAR OF LAST
ACCREDITATION REVIEW
Bachelor of Business Administration with specialization in:
A. Finance and Accounting B. Management
1191 1049
Totals 1191 1049
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Note: In the totals for each of the years identified in the table, please do not double-count students who are pursuing or pursued multiple programs, e.g., students who pursued both a finance program and a marketing program. In other words, the figures should simply be headcount enrollments regardless of the number of programs that the students are or were pursuing.
4. Degrees Conferred in Accredited Programs For each IACBE-accredited program (including each accredited major, concentration, specialization, emphasis, focus area, option, track, field, and stream contained within the program), provide figures for the number of degrees conferred in the program for the current year and for the year of your last accreditation review. (Add or delete rows in the table as needed):
ACCREDITED PROGRAM
NUMBER OF DEGREES CONFERRED
CURRENT YEAR YEAR OF LAST
ACCREDITATION REVIEW
Bachelor of Business Administration with specialization in:
A. Finance and Accounting B. Management
98 199
Totals 98 199
6. Outcomes Assessment Plan for the Academic Business Unit a. Provide a copy of the current outcomes assessment plan for the academic business unit. The plan must encompass each program that is
accredited by the IACBE and must be prepared using the template developed by the IACBE. (The outcomes assessment plan should be placed in an appendix of the interim report.)
b. Identify and describe any significant changes from the plan that was previously submitted to the IACBE.
7. Student Learning Assessment Results for Accredited Programs For each IACBE-accredited program, provide student learning assessment information for the program. This information must include the following elements: (a) intended student learning outcomes (ISLOs) for each program, (b) a listing of the direct measures of student learning that
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are used for assessing the ISLOs, (c) performance objectives for each direct measure of learning, (d) a listing of the indirect measures of student learning that are used for assessing the ISLOs, (e) performance objectives for each indirect measure of learning, (f) results from the implementation of the direct measures of student learning, (g) results from the implementation of the indirect measures of student learning, and (h) an indication of whether students achieved each of the intended learning outcomes as determined by the performance objectives identified by the academic business unit in its outcomes assessment plan. Notes: A separate table must be provided for each IACBE-accredited program. Add tables, and insert or delete rows in the tables as needed in order to accommodate the number of your (i) programs and (ii) intended student learning outcomes. In the sections of the learning assessment results tables labeled “Summary of Achievement of Intended Student Learning Outcomes,” do not add or delete columns. Space is provided in these sections for four direct measures of student learning and four indirect measures of student learning. If you are employing fewer than this number of assessment instruments, simply leave cells in the unused columns blank. If you are employing more than this number of instruments, you will need to create additional summary-of-achievement tables to report your assessment information. In these sections of the tables, (i) enter ‘Met’ in a given cell of a table if the performance objective for the instrument in that column was achieved for the intended learning outcome in that row, (ii) enter ‘Not Met’ if the performance objective for the instrument in that column was not achieved for the intended learning outcome in that row, or (iii) leave the cell blank if the instrument in that column does not measure the intended learning outcome in that row. Italicized entries in the table template represent areas where the academic business unit should insert its own learning assessment information.
PROGRAM NAME
a. Program Intended Student Learning Outcomes (Program ISLOs)
1. Students will be able to demonstrate the fundamental knowledge of the core concepts in the functional avenues of business.
2. Students will be able to explain the diversified intercultural dimensions of management in an amicable manner.
3. Students will be able to understand and exhibit the conducive environment and philosophy of a modern day business enterprise.
4. Students will be able to apply the legal and ethical implications of business theory and decision making thereto.
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5. Students will be able to amicably apply the quantitative techniques in the business decision making process.
6. Students will be able to express themselves in Management Information Systems in terms of knowledge and its application.
7. Students will be able to demonstrate high quality communication skills at appropriate levels of audience.
8. Students will be able to act efficiently and enthusiastically in team scenarios.
9 Students will be able to show effective analytical and critical thinking skills in an organizational context.
10 Students will be able to demonstrate the knowledge and competencies in general management spheres like Human Resource Management, Organizational Behavior and Strategic Management.
11 Students will be able to demonstrate the knowledge and competencies in Financial arena like Accounting, Financial Management and Cost Accounting.
b. Assessment Instruments for Intended Student Learning Outcomes— Direct Measures of Student Learning:
c. Performance Objectives (Targets/Criteria) for Direct Measures:
1. End-of-Program Written Thesis/Dissertation All graduating students in the BBA program will have to undergo the
proceedings of a Written Thesis/Dissertation in conformity with the
approved format of the University and under the guidance of an
approved supervisor. On the thesis evaluation rubric, all graduating
students in the BBA program will obtain at least 60% marks on each
learning outcome-related evaluation criterion.
2. End-of-Program Thesis/Dissertation Viva Voce All the graduating students in the BBA program will undergo a
comprehensive viva voce examination at the end of BBA program. On
the viva voce evaluation rubric, all graduating students in the BBA
program will obtain at least 60% marks on each learning outcome-
related evaluation criterion.
d. Assessment Instruments for Intended Student Learning Outcomes— Indirect Measures of Student Learning:
e. Performance Objectives (Targets/Criteria) for Indirect Measures:
1. BBA Program Evaluation Survey On the BBA Program Evaluation Survey, at least 80% of the graduating
students will indicate that they were ‘satisfied’ or ‘highly satisfied’ with
their learning on each program outcome item in the survey.
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2. BBA Alumni Survey The results of the BBA Alumni Survey will indicate that at least 75% of
the responding alumni will be ‘satisfied’ or ‘highly satisfied’ with their
learning on each program outcome item in the survey.
f. Summary of Results from Implementing Direct Measures of Student Learning:
1. All graduated students in the BBA program undergone the proceedings of a Written Thesis/Dissertation in conformity with the approved
format of the University under the guidance of an approved supervisor. All graduated students in the BBA program obtained the required
passing marks on each learning outcome-related evaluation criterion.
2. All the graduating students in the BBA program undergone a comprehensive viva vice examination. On the viva vice evaluation rubric, all
graduating students in the BBA program obtained got the required marks on each learning outcome-related evaluation criterion.
g. Summary of Results from Implementing Indirect Measures of Student Learning:
1. 80 % of the graduating students were required to indicate “satisfied” or Highly Satisfied”. The result of the evaluation done at the end
each semester shown that 79 % of the graduating Students were “ Satisfied” from learning the program outcomes. Also, the survey done
online and at the end of the program shown that 82 % of the graduated students were highly satisfied with their program outcome
learning.
2. Alumni Survey which was conducted shown that more than 83 % of the graduated students were “ Satisfied” from their learning on the
program outcomes
h. Summary of Achievement of Intended Student Learning Outcomes:
Intended Student Learning Outcomes (ISLOs)
Learning Assessment Measures
Direct Measures of Student Learning Indirect Measures of Student Learning
Program ISLOs
Direct Measure 1
Direct Measure 2
Indirect
Measure 1 Indirect
Measure 2
End of
Program
Thesis/Disse
rtation
Writing
End of
Program
Viva Voce
Examination
BBA
Program
Evaluation
Survey
BBA Alumni
Survey
1. Students will be able to demonstrate the fundamental knowledge of the core
Met Met Met Met
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concepts in the functional avenues of business.
2. Students will be able to explain the diversified intercultural dimensions of management in an amicable manner.
Met Met Met Met
3. Students will be able to understand and exhibit the conducive environment and philosophy of a modern day business enterprise.
Met Met Met Met
4. Students will be able to apply the legal and ethical implications of business theory and decision making thereto.
Met Met Met Met
5. Students will be able to amicably apply the quantitative techniques in the business decision making process.
Met Met Met
6. Students will be able to express themselves in Management Information Systems in terms of knowledge and its application.
Met Met
7. Students will be able to demonstrate high quality communication skills at appropriate levels of audience.
Met Met Met
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8. Students will be able to act efficiently and enthusiastically in team scenarios.
Met Met Met
9. Students will be able to show effective analytical and critical thinking skills in an organizational context.
Met Met Met Met
10 Students will be able to demonstrate the knowledge and competencies in general management spheres like Human Resource Management, Organizational Behavior and Strategic Management.
Met Met Met Met
11 Students will be able to demonstrate the knowledge and competencies in Financial arena like Accounting, Financial Management and Cost Accounting.
Met Met Met Met
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8. Operational Assessment Results for the Academic Business Unit Provide operational assessment information for the academic business unit. This information must include the following elements: (a) intended operational outcomes (IOOs) for the academic business unit, (b) a listing of the measures/methods that are used for assessing the IOOs, (c) performance objectives for each operational assessment measure/method, (d) results from the implementation of the operational assessment measures/methods, and (e) an indication of whether the academic business unit achieved each of the intended operational outcomes as determined by the performance objectives identified by the academic business unit in its outcomes assessment plan. Notes: Insert or delete rows in the table as needed in order to accommodate the number of your intended operational outcomes. In the section of the operational assessment results table labeled “Summary of Achievement of Intended Operational Outcomes,” do not add or delete columns. Space is provided in this section for eight operational assessment measures. If you are employing fewer than this number of assessment instruments, simply leave cells in the unused columns blank. If you are employing more than this number of instruments, you will need to create additional summary-of-achievement tables to report your assessment information. In this section of the table, (i) enter ‘Met’ in a given cell of a table if the performance objective for the instrument in that column was achieved for the intended operational outcome in that row, (ii) enter ‘Not Met’ if the performance objective for the instrument in that column was not achieved for the intended operational outcome in that row, or (iii) leave the cell blank if the instrument in that column does not measure the intended operational outcome in that row. Italicized entries in the table template represent areas where the academic business unit should insert its own operational assessment information.
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OPERATIONAL ASSESSMENT
a. Intended Operational Outcomes (IOOs)
1. Students in the Business Department will graduate in a timely manner.
2. The Department of Business Administration will be successful in making students understanding of the environment and philosophy of modern day business.
3. The Department of Business Administration will be successful in retaining its students on an annual basis.
4. The Department of Business Administration will hire the most proficient, qualified and professional faculty for its study programs.
5. The Faculty of the Department of Business Administration will be engaged in research-oriented activities on an annual basis.
6. The Business Department will be successful in providing high-quality instruction to its students.
7. The Department of Business Administration will be successful in providing effective academic advising to its students.
8. State of the art learning and technological resources will be made available to students by the Department of Business Administration.
9 Creative and innovative teaching-learning methodologies will be pursued by the faculty of Department of Business Administration in the class room
proceedings.
10 The academic programs offered by the Department of Business Administration will be at parity with the contemporary business programs embodying latest
trends of the business, commerce and industry.
b. Assessment Measures/Methods for Intended Operational Outcomes:
c. Performance Objectives (Targets/Criteria) for Operational Assessment Measures/Methods:
1. Graduation Rate (Registrar) The Business Department has a four-year bachelor student graduation rate of at least 75%.
2. BBA Alumni Survey (Understanding the modern business) On the survey instrument, at least 80% of the alumni indicate that, as a result of our BBA, they
were able to get understanding of the environment and philosophy of modern day business.
3. Retention Rate (MIS) The Business Administration department retains at least 90% of its students from year-to-year.
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4. Faculty Bio Data/Credential Files (BBA Deptt) 100% of the faculty hired by the Department of Business Administration in Permanent
capacity will holding at least Master Degree in the relevant field of their respective discipline.
The Department of Business Administration also intends hire the services of at least 3 PhD’s in
the Business Management avenue to supervise the overall academic proceedings at the
department.
5. Faculty Research Report (FDC) The Department of Business Administration arranges a bi-annual activity of teacher training
Seminar/workshop for its faculty and at least 90% of the academic staff will attend this
mandatory arrangement.
6. BBA Program Evaluation Survey (Professors Teaching Scaling)
On the Survey Instrument and in the interviews, at least 85% of the graduating students
indicate that they are ‘satisfied’ or ‘highly satisfied’ with the teaching of their professors.
7. BBA Program Evaluation Survey (Academic Advisor Scaling) On the Survey Instrument and in the interviews, at least 90% of the graduating students
indicate that they are ‘satisfied’ or ‘highly satisfied’ with their academic advisors.
8. BBA Program Evaluation Survey (Technological Resources
Scaling)
On the Survey Instrument and in the interviews, at least 90% of the graduating students
indicate that they were ‘satisfied’ or ‘highly satisfied’ with the department’s learning and
technological resources.
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On the Survey Instrument and in the interviews, at least 75% of the graduating students
indicate that they were ’satisfied’ or ‘highly satisfied’ with the creative and innovative
teaching-learning methodologies of their professors.
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10 BBA Alumni Survey (Relevance of Job Scaling) On the Survey Instrument, at least 90% of the alumni will ‘agree’ or ‘strongly agree’ that their
areas of specialization in the BBA program equipped them well for their current professional
positions.
d. Summary of Results from Implementing Operational Assessment Measures/Methods:
1. The Department of Business Administration had a Graduation Rate of 76 % for Fall 2018. The graduation degrees were awarded after four years of course plus project.
2. The Department of Business Administration conducted the survey from its Alumni, On the survey instrument 87 % of the alumni indicated that, as a result of their BBA, they were able to get understanding of the environment and philosophy of modern day business.
3. The Business Administration department has sourced from the Management Information Department database a successful retention of 87% of its students from year-to-year.
4. 100% of the faculty hired by the Department of Business Administration in Permanent capacity are holding at least Master Degree in the relevant field of their respective discipline. The Department of Business Administration also hire the services of at least 3 PhD’s in the Business Management avenue to supervise the overall academic proceedings at the department.
5. The Department of Business Administration arranged bi-annual activities for teacher trainings, seminar, workshop for its faculty. Furthermore, 100% of the academic staff attended session, such as, Objective Based Learning & Student Centered Learning Trainings.
6. The Department of Business Administration conducted a survey on BBA program evaluation, the department found on the survey Instrument that 88% of the graduating students indicated that they were ‘satisfied’ or ‘highly satisfied’ with the teaching of their professors.
7. The Department of Business Administration conducted a survey on BBA program evaluation, the department found on the survey Instrument that 92% of the graduating students indicated that they were ‘satisfied’ or ‘highly satisfied’ with their academic advisors.
8. The Department of Business Administration conducted a survey on BBA program evaluation, the department found on the survey Instrument that 91% of the graduating students indicated that they were ‘satisfied’ or ‘highly satisfied’ with the department’s learning and technological resources.
9. The Department of Business Administration conducted a survey on BBA program evaluation, the department found on the survey Instrument that 79% of the graduating students indicate that they were ’satisfied’ or ‘highly satisfied’ with the creative and innovative teaching-learning methodologies of their professors.
10 The Department of Business Administration conducted a survey on BBA program evaluation, the department found on the survey Instrument that 92% of the alumni will ‘agree’ or ‘strongly agree’ that their areas of specialization in the BBA program equipped them well for their current professional positions.
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e. Summary of Achievement of Intended Operational Outcomes:
Intended Operational Outcomes (IOOs)
Operational Assessment Measures/Methods
Operational Assessment Measure/ Method 1
Operational Assessment Measure/ Method 2
Operational Assessment Measure/ Method 3
Operational Assessment Measure/ Method 4
Operational Assessment
Measure Method 5
Operational Assessment Measure/ Method 6
Operational Assessment Measure/ Method 7
Operational Assessment Measure/ Method 8
Operational
Assessment Measure/
Method 9
Operational Assessment Measure/
Method 10
Graduation Rate
BBA Alumni Survey
Retention Rate
Faculty Bio
Data/Credential Files
Faculty Research
Report
BBA Program
Evaluation Survey (
professors teaching scaling)
BBA Program
Evaluation Survey
(Academic Advisor Scaling)
BBA Program
Evaluation Survey
(Technological
Resources Scaling)
BBA Program Evaluation Survey
(Creative &
Innovative
Scaling)
1. Students in the Business
Department will graduate
in a timely manner. Met
2. The Department of
Business Administration
will be successful in
making students
understanding of the
environment and
philosophy of modern day
business.
Met
3. The Department of
Business Administration
will be successful in
Met
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retaining its students on
an annual basis.
4. The Department of
Business Administration
will hire the most
proficient, qualified and
professional faculty for its
study programs.
Met
5. The Faculty of the
Department of Business
Administration will be
engaged in research-
oriented activities on an
annual basis.
Met
6. The Business Department
will be successful in
providing high-quality
instruction to its students.
Met
7. The Department of
Business Administration
will be successful in
providing effective
academic advising to its
students.
Met
8. State of the art learning
and technological
resources will be made
available to students by
Met
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the Department of
Business Administration.
9. Creative and innovative
teaching-learning
methodologies will be
pursued by the faculty of
Department of Business
Administration in the class
room proceedings.
Met
10 The academic programs
offered by the
Department of Business
Administration will be at
parity with the
contemporary business
programs embodying
latest trends of the
business, commerce and
industry.
Met
Proposed Courses of Action for Improvement in Operational Outcomes for which Performance Targets Were Not Met:
The Department of Business Administration completed its curriculum revision based on surveys from its key stakeholders during 2018.
The Department of Business Administration introduced specialization in marketing to the Bachelors of Business Administration during 2018.
Although the Professors performance evaluation target is meet but the Department of Business Administration plans to continue to monitor and introduce the best practices in teaching.
The Department of Business Administration intends to purchase Instructors manual packages from an Internationally recognized publisher during 2019.
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9. Report on Note Compliance ( Kardan University didn’t receive notes from the Board of Commissioners )
If you received Notes from the Board of Commissioners accompanying your last accreditation, and if these Notes have not been cleared (i.e., the Notes have not yet been removed by the Board of Commissioners), provide a report on your actions to address the issues identified in the Notes. For each Note, first list the principle number (e.g., Principle 1.1, Principle 3.2, Principle 4.1, etc.), and then describe the actions that you have already taken to address the issues in the Note followed by any actions that you plan to take to address the Note. (Add or delete rows in the table as needed):
NOTES ACTIONS TAKEN TO ADDRESS NOTE PLANNED ACTIONS TO ADDRESS NOTE
