Faculty of Commerce
Summary of the Faculty
Greetings! Welcome to the Faculty of Commerce and Law at the Zimbabwe Open University. Tracing its roots to 1999, Zimbabwe Open University (ZOU) today stands as one of the leading open and distance learning universities in Africa. ZOU is an excellent choice to earn your business education and prepare for a successful career.
It is an honour to serve ZOU and students in the Faculty of Commerce and Law (FCL), alumni, faculty staff, central campus administration and community partners. We have a great foundation on which to build future success of the Faculty. Please join me in transforming the Faculty to achieve its full potential as a vibrant and diverse business educational community that is internationally renowned for excellence.
VISION
Striving towards world class excellence in business education.
MISSION
Our Vision is supported by three – fold mission statements:
- To provide transformational learning experience that enables our students realise their full potential.
- To undertake cutting edge research that provokes debate and deepens our understanding of business and markets.
- To collaborate with policy and practice in teaching and research to catalyse the impact of our work.
CORE VALUES
As a faculty at the Zimbabwe Open University, we uphold all the five core values of the University. To achieve excellence in all our endeavours as a faculty, we affirm that the following core values are essential to a functional, productive and vibrant world class university:
- Commitment to student-centred learning ecosystem.
- Adherence to ethical standards of performance in research and scholarship.
- Creation of a diverse and inclusive faculty community.
- Commitment to risk-taking and entrepreneurial leadership.
- Commitment to civic engagement.
