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To develop and provide professionally trained managers,
Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan established the Department of Business
Administration in December, 1977 and classes for the first batch started on
March 15, 1978. The Department has recently attained the status of an Institute
and named as Institute of Management Sciences. It is now one of the largest
business school of the country with well over 800 students and a permanent
faculty of 16 teachers with a large complex of buildings providing all possible
facilities at one place. These, together with the congenial environment offered
by a very attractive University Campus, set in unspoiled countryside, will make
most memorable stay at the Campus.
The goal of the Institute is to prepare students for a
successful management career. Since its inception, the Institute has endeavored
to give its students an education that enables them to face any challenge in
their professional life. Uptill now, more than 1000 students have graduated from
the Institute who occupy middle and senior management positions in the hierarchy
of national and multinational organizations.
Mission
The Institute has mission to impart quality education to
the students to prepare them to take management position for providing
leadership in the complex world of business & industry. Our courses are offered
with first rate facilities, designed to serve the needs of professional people.
The courses being offered at the Institute of Management
Sciences are founded upon the conviction that complex management problems are
best tackled using a coherent system approach. Study systems in relations to
their environments, combine the perspectives of different disciplines, and are
concerned with the resolution of real world problems.
Our aims are:
· To introduce the most upto-date systems, theories and methods of decision
making in Management.
· To provide an appreciation of the complementary nature of different
systems.
· To enable students to make choices and decisions using systems
approaches.
· To develop an awareness of the wider impacts of those choices and
decisions in the real life situation.
Computer Education:
The Institute is first to offer computer education in whole of Southern
Punjab. In 1984, a Certificate Course in Computer Applications was offered for
the working people in the evening. This course was well received which led to
its upgradation to an advanced Post-Graduate Diploma (PGD) in Computer
Programming and Systems Analysis. This programme was later on upgraded to a
full-fledged MBA (MIS) degree programme. Uptill now, 7 batches of MBA (MIS)
students have completed their degree requirements. The MBA (MIS) programme has
been restructured to fulfil the needs of the market in the area of IT and
introduced as MBA (IT) Programme from the session 2000. A BBA (IT) Hons.
programme has also been introduced since last year.
Faculty of the Institute:
The permanent faculty of the Institute consist of 20
teachers out of which three teachers have Ph.D. degrees from reputed
Universities. The teachers are highly committed and motivated. Three teachers
from the faculty of the Institute have gone abroad for higher education.
The Institute also has a large adjunct faculty,
consisting of senior teachers of other departments as well as experienced
executives from business and industry.
Facilities:
The Institute has incomparable facilities in terms of class rooms, library
and computer labs. Its complex consists of large number of well equipped class
rooms, with latest furniture and audio-visual system. Multi Media System
facility is also provided to demonstrate the lectures. A VCR system and a video
library containing seminars delivered by experts on various topics are available
in the Business Information Centre.
Executive Centre:
Executive Centre has been established in the Institute which provide state of
the art facilities to the students. It contains a spacious lecture theatre, a
students lounge, kitchen, conference rooms and a "Business Information Centre",
equipped with latest means of information technology and a large reference
library. There are more than 8000 books, journals and periodicals relating to
various business topics available in the Business Information Centre and Central
Library.
Computer Labs:
The Institute has modern computer labs. upgraded with
latest bread of computers. A new IT lab. has been established providing facility
of 26 Pentium-3 Computers. One more computer lab. has recently been established
consisting of Pentium-4 computers. All the computers in the Institute are
connected through a networking system. To ensure their maximum exposure to the
use of computing techniques in business all the students have ready and easy
access to computers.
Institute Bus Service:
The Institute has its own bus which plies
between the campus and the city. The bus provides pick and drop facility to the
students throughout the day.
Journal of Business Management:
The Institute has launched an academic journal named "Journal of Business
Management" which publishes research papers on issues of business, management &
Industry.
Executive Club and Executive Forum:
Executive Club and Executive Forum are also functioning which represent the
students of the Institute. These student’s bodies conduct various functions and
seminars in the Institute and provide opportunities to their community to
participate in academic and co-curricular activities and contribute through
their creative ideas.
Alumni:
Zakarian Business Graduates Alumni is functioning to look after the interests
of the Graduates passing out from the Institute and work for the promotion of
their alma matters. The Alumni has more than 600 members who elect an Executive
Council and office bearers, every two years. A number of activities like
conferences, seminars and social get together are held at the forum. The Alumni
also actively participate for the placement of the graduates and make efforts
for the financial assistance of the students. | 
