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CCBA Newsletter for Academic Year 2022-2023
Creating a Sustainable Future for Oman
CCBA Sustainability Day
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On 15 and 16 March 2023, the Department of At the two-day charity event, students volunteered
Management, College of Commerce and Business to sell handicrafts, food and plants for charity. The
Administration (CCBA) organized an event on “Creating a proceeds of the charity event benefited women on Masirah
Sustainable Future for Oman" The two-day exhibition and Island and the Omani Bahjah Orphan Society. The students
charity sale was held in the lobby of the College. The developed a sense of compassion, empathy and desire to
students of Corporate Social Responsibility (MNGT 411) help others. The students expressed that they felt great
displayed their posters on how sustainability can be satisfaction and became aware of their responsibility to
achieved in daily life and integrated into business in the build a sustainable future in Oman. This event was
areas of waste management, energy conservation, eco- successfully organized by the students under the leadership
friendly cars, recycling of plastics and rubber tires. of Dr Mariam Anil. These initiatives have a greater impact
Interestingly, the exhibition encouraged students to turn on building sustainable communities and businesses in
their ideas into business start-ups. Around 600 students Oman.
attended the event and made a pledge to be socially
responsible in protecting the environment.
CCBA visit
To Dhofar Bank
On 27 March 2023, a cohort of The visit served to illustrate the
accounting students from the Master various theories acquired in class.
of Science programme went on a The industrial placement was
field trip to “Dhofar Bank”. The supervised by the Chair of the
students found it exciting to Accounting Department, Dr Omar
empirically observe the tasks and Tawfik, and the Course Director, Dr
duties in the bank. The head of the Zaroug Osman.
credit department explained to the
students the tools and techniques
used in providing finance to all
types of businesses and the
percentage of collateral involved in
each type of financing.
