About Department of Organization Strategy and Leadership (OSL): Strategy and leadership excellence are two critical components in today’s increasingly complex, integrated and interrelated global business environment. Future strategists, business leaders and aspiring entrepreneurs need to acquire and sharpen their skills relating to these two critical areas in realizing their individual and organizational goals. Established in June 30, 2016, the Department of Organization Strategy and Leadership (OSL) of the University of Dhaka will provide quality education and training to develop a pool of future strategists, business leaders and entrepreneurs. These pool of human resources with their enhanced knowledge and expertise on strategy and leadership will explore various business opportunities, analyze and lead to exploit those opportunities in developing products and services, effectively implement those opportunities through innovative solutions and achieve organizational sustainability and growth.
The OSL department, with its holistic & interdisciplinary education, rigorous & practical training approach, in-depth & impact oriented research & advocacy, and strong collaboration with different stakeholders including the private sector, government, development organizations etc. plans to prepare the students to provide strategic direction of their respective organizations, and help the organizations to attain strategic advantage in a complex & competitive environment.
Mission: Be a thought leader in the creation and dissemination of knowledge and expertise on strategy & leadership to foster organizational sustainability and growth.
Vision: Be a center of excellence for education, research and advocacy on Strategy, Organizational Leadership, Innovation, Entrepreneurship Development and Change Management in Asia.
Objective: The programs of the department include key components designed to help the students to develop skills and expertise to lead an organization, from motivating people and mobilizing teams to making strategic decisions and developing and implementing short & long-term strategies.
Focus Areas: The major areas of focus of OSL’s academic programs include:
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Strategic Management
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Organizational Leadership
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Innovation
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Entrepreneurship Development
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Change Management
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Negotiation
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Employment Opportunity: Given the backdrop of competitiveness and complexity, there is a significant gap in strategic & leadership orientation in our organizations. But appropriate strategy can make a difference between extremely high growth organizations and crises ridden losing organizations. For example, only in the RMG sector, expatriate top executives remit around 4.5 to 6 billion USD per year. This provides an indication of the potential of OSL graduates’ employment market.
The graduates of OSL, with emphasis on the focus areas, are likely to have a holistic edge in entering into any sector. Besides, at the entry level (in organizations with strategic orientation) OSL graduates shall contribute in the strategy development and implementation process; at the mid level, they shall lead & drive the development, implementation and change management process; and finally, at the top level, they shall formulate strategy and lead the organization to new heights of sustainability and growth. In this complex and competitive environment organizations must adopt a strategic orientation.
Student Composition for the BBA Program: A total of 55 students of which 35 students from business, 15 students from science, and 5 students from liberal arts discipline will be taught under the four years BBA program at the department.
| Course List : BBA Program | ||||||
| First Year | ||||||
| First Term | Second Term | |||||
| OSL 101 | Understanding Business | OSL 106 | Business Anthropology | |||
| OSL 102 | Management Fundamentals | OSL 107 | Business Finance | |||
| OSL 103 | Marketing Fundamentals | OSL 108 | Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business | |||
| OSL 104 | Accounting Fundamentals | OSL 109 | General Science and Environment | |||
| OSL 105 | Bangladesh Studies | OSL 110 | Mathematics for Business and Economics | |||
| Second Year | ||||||
| First Term | Second Term | |||||
| OSL 201 | Strategy Fundamentals | OSL 206 | Leadership Fundamentals | |||
| OSL 202 | Organizational Behavior | OSL 207 | Managerial Economics | |||
| OSL 203 | Business Statistics | OSL 208 | Financial Analysis | |||
| OSL 204 | Cost and Management Accounting | OSL 209 | Business Software Packages | |||
| OSL 205 | Entrepreneurship Development | OSL 210 | Business Analytics, Game Theory and Simulation | |||
| Third Year | ||||||
| First Term | Second Term | |||||
| OSL 301 | Design Thinking & the Art of Innovation | OSL 306 | Leadership & Governance | |||
| OSL 302 | Calculus for Management Science | OSL 307 | Business Negotiation: Strategy and Practice | |||
| OSL 303 | Policy Studies: Economic Sectors of Bangladesh | OSL 308 | Marketing Strategy | |||
| OSL 304 | Project Management | OSL 309 | Management Information System | |||
| OSL 305 | Leadership Biographies | OSL 310 | Business Project: New Venture Creation and Management | |||
| Fourth Year | ||||||
| First Term | Second Term | |||||
| OSL 401 | Microeconomics of Competitiveness | OSL 406 | International Business | |||
| OSL 402 | Management of Supply Chain | OSL 407 | Lean Management | |||
| OSL 403 | Strategic Human Resource Management | OSL 408 | Management of Change | |||
| OSL 404 | Alternative Research Paradigms | OSL 409 | Econometrics | |||
| OSL 405 | Project: Leadership Development | OSL 410 | Business Project: Strategy Design and Implementation | |||
| Non Credit Courses*: | ||||||
| [Foundational Skill Development (FSD)] | ||||||
| FSD 1 | Effective Business Communication: Level 1 | FSD 5 | Statistical Software Package | |||
| FSD 2 | Effective Business Communication: Level 2 | FSD 6 | Third Language: Level 1 | |||
| FSD 3 | Effective Business Communication: Level 3 | FSD 7 | Third Language: Level 2 | |||
| FSD 4 | Public Speaking | FSD 8 | Third Language: Level 3 | |||
| * In each semester, students have to take one non-credit course to be guided by one faculty of the department. | ||||||
| Students may need to enroll into a certification program with a third party (selected by the department), specialized as a training provider to improve their skills. | ||||||
| * For all the non-credit courses, a satisfactory performance is necessary. OSL department in partnership with third party (if applicable) will organize tests to measure the performance of the students. | ||||||
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