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Dr. Barbara Naa Amanuah Tetteh

Lecturer
Faculty: Management Studies
Department: Business Administration
Email: barbara.tetteh@upsamail.edu.gh
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Dr. Barbara Naa Amanuah Tetteh is a Lecturer at the Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Management Studies, University of Professional Studies, Accra. She holds a Doctorate in Adult Education and Human Resource Studies, from the University of Ghana. She obtained an MA-Teaching English as a Second Language from the University of Ghana, an MBA in Human Resource Management from WUIC, a Post-Graduate Diploma in Education from the University of Cape Coast, and various certifications in African language acquisition from the University of Wisconsin and Indiana University, U.S.A. She lectures in Human Resource Management, Corporate Governance, Entrepreneurship Development and Applied Sociology and Business Ethics. She is also assigned to the Institute of Works Employment and Society (IWES) –UPSA as a facilitator and trainer in Labour Law or Employment Relations.

Barbara started her industry career within the Insurance, Banking, Investment and Alternative Dispute Resolution space for over twenty (20) years before joining academia, in 2016. She has also served on various boards such as the Ghana Association of ADR Practitioners (2017-2020) and Coalition of Volunteering Organizations Ghana (2018-2020). She is a Rotarian, (Paul Harris Fellow plus 1), a Volunteer Member of the Rotary Foundation Cadre of Technical Adviser, A Member of the Linguistic Association- Ghana/ West African Linguistics Association, A Chartered Global Investment Analyst (CGIA), Master Trainer (Cashew) Value chain, a Certified Court-Connected Mediator/ Arbitrator, a Certified Mediator/ Arbitrator at the National Labour Commission, A member of the Chartered Institute of Human Resource Management, A member of the Institute of Directors-Ghana, Commissioner for Oaths and Examiner in some Professional Programs/ Courses in Ghana.

She has worked on a SIREN Project, as an Independent Contractor at the University of Pennsylvania (U.S.A), a beneficiary of the HEED Africa- short-term academic staff mobility scholarship programme, at Makerere University, Uganda.

Her broad interest and specific research areas are Microfinance, Alternative Dispute Resolutions, Domestic Violence, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, and Corporate Governance. She has published some articles herein, and currently exploring shareholder activism experiences. She is curious and likes to engage and prepare students, by offering Mentorship, Coaching and Facilitating competitions on Finance, Entrepreneurship and Human Resource Management.