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On behalf of the faculty of ACT's School of Business, I would like to welcome you and invite you to explore the available programs, familiarize yourself with the educational philosophy and contact us with any questions, comments, or suggestions. Beyond the general information on this page, you will find substantial and detailed information about our undergraduate programs and graduate programs by following the menu on the left of the screen.
Dr. Nikolaos Kourkoumelis
Business Division Chair and Academic Director, MBA Program
Email: nikolaos@act.edu
phone: 2310-398386
Undergraduate (Bachelor Degree and Certificate) Programs in Business
| Our Vision: |
To provide to a diverse student body the highest quality business education that reflects the realities of today's business environment.
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| Our Mission: |
To prepare our students for successful careers and life-long learning in a rapidly changing world. We guide our students in the development of their intellectual experience. |
Graduate (Master Degree) Programs in Business
| Our Vision: |
To provide quality education to a diverse graduate student body who will be immediately effective in cutting edge business organizations.
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| Our Mission: |
To prepare our students to be decision-makers, leaders, and entrepreneurs, ready for a broad spectrum of managerial responsibilities and/or for success as higher level professional specialists. We affirm our commitment to intellectual contributions that enhance our teaching, particularly to applied scholarship and instructional development. |
Stakeholders
Across our business programs, in our teaching, our overall approach, the curriculum, in everything we do, we recognize a broad range of stakeholders as significant partners in our success:
- Current and prospective students
- Employers, large and small
- The broader business and professional community
- Our alumni
- The academic community
- Anatolia, the wider institution of which ACT is key component
- Public policy makers and non-profit and community organizations in Greece and in countries where our students hail from and where our alumni work
Educational Philosophy
In addition to, and as an integral part of our mission, the educational philosophy that governs our approach centers on preparing our students for the roles we have described by assuring their mastery of:
| Thinking Skills: |
logical, critical and integrated analysis, the capacity to exercise good judgment; creative and non-traditional problem solving; and proficiency in ethical reasoning. |
| Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Competencies: |
e.g., information technology and quantitative skills appropriate to problem solving in real work settings. |
| Communications Skills: |
proficiency in oral, written, presentation, and distance communication. |
| Change Management: |
understanding and shaping the forces of change, including globalization, and using this understanding to formulate, evaluate, and select from alternative strategies to achieve sustainable competitive advantage for themselves and for their companies and organizations. |
| Self-Development: |
the capacity to engage in the effective self-management of lifelong learning to achieve continuous professional and personal growth. |
Core Strategies
To realize our vision, to implement our mission and to act in accordance with our educational philosophy we must:
- Creatively intervene in the student recruitment, selection and advising process
- Forge numerous collaborations and affiliations with leading educational institutions and organizations
- Promote mutually beneficial partnerships and strategic alliances with our stakeholders
- Review, reconsider and implement faculty staffing and development strategies
- Continuously develop and enhance our curriculum
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