Prince Mohammed bin Fahd University abbreviated as PMU is a private university in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. PMU is an initiative of Prince Mohammad bin Fahd former Governor of Eastern Province who in the year 2002 decided to establish a University in the Eastern Province. The university’s Motto is ‘Making History. Building Leaders’ and has Dr. Issa Al- Ansari as the University President.
The feasibility study which was done by The Consulting Center for Finance and Investment – CCFI was finalized in June 2003. The findings of the feasibility study aided in decision making on which academic programs were to be offered by Prince Mohammed bin Fahd University. It also offered recommendations concerning needed capital investments and operational costs.
The university was later established in September, 2006. Inauguration took place in April 2006 and was formally opened on 8 October 2008 with bachelor’s degrees in 17 academic programs with some courses taught in Arabic. (Gotti, 2014).
PMU is an accredited University and is accredited by the Saudi Ministry of Education and regionally by NCAAA (The National Commission for Academic Accreditation and Assessment) which is responsible for determining standards and procedures for accreditation and quality assurance and accrediting post-secondary institutions and programs within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
1.2 Courses and Programs
It is composed of four colleges: College of Engineering, College of Computer Engineering and Science, College of Business Administration and College of Sciences and Human Studies.
The courses offered in the various colleges are as below:
– B.S. in Electrical Engineering.
– B.S. in Mechanical Engineering.
– B.S. in Civil Engineering.
– B.S. in Information Technology.
– B.S. in Computer Science.
– B.S. in Computer Engineering.
– B.S. in Accounting.
– B.S. in Business Administration.
– B.S. in Finance.
– B.S. in Management Information Systems.
– B.S. in Human Resource Management.
– Executive Master in Business Administration (EMBA).
– Masters in Business Administration (MBA).
– B.A. in LAW
The university makes use of English Language as its language of instruction in all degree programs and courses apart from those students who major in the study of Arabic Language and Islamic Studies.
Prince Mohammed bin Fahd University emphasizes on the utilization of information Technology throughout the institution in all academic programs and in the Management.
2.1 Mission statement.
The university mission is to achieve the following objectives:
2.2 Vision statement.
The vision of the founders is to ensure that the University is a unique and distinguished higher education institution that participates in:
2.3 Values of the Company.
Prince Mohammed bin Fahd University has established defining institutional characteristics that have a significant impact on the nature of the university, its degree programs as well as its faculty. Those characteristics include.
PMU has a number of departments who are charged with different responsibilities that enhance the success of the university as a whole. (“RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT, CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES AT THE DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AT PRINCE MOHAMMAD BIN FAHD UNIVERSITY”, 2017) The various departments and their functions are as discussed below:
3.1 Human Resource Department.
The Human Resources (HR) Department at Prince Mohammad University (PMU) fosters high-end professional working environment with the highest level of human resources services and customer satisfaction. (“Accounting System and Financial Performance Measurements”, 2011)
Responsibilities carried out in this department include:
` 3.2 Information Technology Department. (IT)
This is the department that oversees the installation and maintenance of computer network systems within a company. Its primary function is to ensure that the network runs smoothly (Alothman, Robertson & Michaelson, 2017).The It Department in PMU is charged with the following responsibilities
3.3 Public relations department.
Public Relations department in an organization helps a business to maintain an image in the market by building a strong customer base and managing issues and affairs related to business that directly or indirectly affects the public. (Miles, 2016)
The public relations department in PMU carries out this function through the following ways:
3.4 Finance affair department.
Department of Finance acts as a guide to various departments in financial matters. Finance department is also responsible for monitoring and review of financial allocations. (Clausen & Flor, 2015)
The Accounting Department at Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University (PMU) is responsible for managing the accounting policies, procedures, and financial reporting of the University. (“Asian Finance Association 2012 International Conference”, 2011) This includes functions such as:
3.5 Housekeeping department.
The department has a team of workers who arrange and clean the campus.
3.6 Security and safety department.
The department protects both the student staff as well as university’s assets from random and intended incidents. The department achieves this through measures such as:
3.7 Career Services Department.
PMU acknowledges the fact that planning for a career is essential for developing a rewarding and successful career path.
The Department of Career Services provides students from freshman through graduate level with services that promise students a brighter career. (Garis, 2014)
The department assists students with career development and help search for part-time and full-time employment. To further develop students for the job market, the Department of Career Services holds annual career fairs and year round workshops for polishing student skills and traits. (“Impact of Using E-learning Skills by Academic Staff Members in their Teaching at Some Saudi Universities”, 2016)
The department offers students several services such as resume and portfolio building, graduate study advising, internship opportunities, and job placement.
The department has a mission to empower, support, and educate students and alumni in exploring rewarding career paths locally and internationally with a vision to provide valuable career development services that are beneficial for the students and the community.
The departments achieve its goal through:
The university has approximately 100 employees who fall under various departments and have distinct duties as summarized in the organizational chart below; (Aita, 2016).I was attached at the Students affairs department. This department is also known as
Student support or student services department. It is the department or division of services and support for student success at institutions of higher education to enhance student growth and development. (Collins, 2013)
This department ensures that students learning environment is conducive and offers opportunities for growth and development within the campus and also impart skills to help students adapt
The Students affairs department in PMU performs functions such as:
This ensures that the students are familiar with all amenities, rules, policies and procedures of the university and thus can access them with no difficulties. The students are also made familiar of the channels they can use to air their grievances if need arises. (Chaney & Rojas-Guyler, 2015)
PMU through the student’s leadership offers opportunities of involvement in leadership by students. This prepares the students for better leadership position after their education by imparting them with skills such as motivation, communication, creativity, delegation, trustworthiness among others.
This is a support process in which a trained and acknowledged individual known as a counselor holds face to face talks with any student to help him or she solves a personal problem, or helps improve that person’s attitude, behavior, or character.
Counselling in PMU plays a big role in enhancing students’ self-esteem, reducing cases of gross misconduct and also enhances team spirit. This shapes an individual mentally and the result is improved performance in all areas of life including education.
During my internship period I carried the following student affairs duties among other duties:
This entailed helping and registering the students in their various courses of interest. Registration was essential so as to know the number of students undertaking a particular course in a given time period. This also ensured that the students had registered in the correct course of interest and in accordance to their qualification.
Under this I created electronic brochures and maps to help and guide the new students in the university, make a presentation to introduce the student to the university and its departments. Orientation was key action to ensure students familiarized themselves with PMU University, its facilities, processes, procedures, rules and regul
I was involved in the following activities that enabled me to market the university. (“Improving a graduate Marketing Management course: a case study with input from students”, 2016)
I coordinated and planned three school visits to market the University among the students in those schools. In this I prepared a plan and communicated with all departments who provided me with a representative to speak briefly about her major in the university and what makes it different.
From this marketing activity I have created a data system to collect the potential students’ information for marketing purposes. I have also come up with videos about the culture and facilities of the university that enabled me to market the university efficiently.
Law Fait was one of the events I have worked on together with the students from various departments. I communicated with companies to sponsor the event. The event had entrepreneurs and booths about different subjects in law. I invited schools to attend the event for marketing purposes
Make a job fair at the university and send invitations to different companies to show the six competences of the university students. The event aimed at marketing the university quality and its student’s level. (Beam, 2016)
I coordinated an event where I invited different companies and the local TV to make a report of the event. This event was aimed at promoting the university as an innovation center. The event was open to students, faculty, staff and local community. From this I made a database from the visitors who attended. The main goal of this event was to promote the university and show its quality. (Schulte-Römer, 2017)
Every event I worked on or places I paid visits I had to create a proposal which communicated the purpose and objective of the event. (Showstack, 2017) I was also required to give the agenda and budget required to run the event. This improved my planning and budgeting skills.
I was also engaged in CSR activity which entailed Breast cancer awareness. (Summerour, Parvaiz & Isgar, 2013) In this I had to liase with hospitals by email for the preparation and coordination for the success of the event. I Sent E-invitation to the students to attend the event. (Trong Tuan, 2012)
I also did preparation of the auditorium to have a lecture there.
The main concept of the event was to recycle used denims and gift it to charities as a community service. In this I invited different businesses from outside and the event also helped in promotion of the university.
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