George Brown Polytechnic is located on the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation and other Indigenous peoples who have lived here over time. We are grateful to share this land as treaty people who learn, work and live in the community with each other.
Joyce Manu,
Ph.D., MBA, BCOM.
Biography
Joyce has been working in the higher education sector for over seventeen years. She has expertise in Small Business Management, Strategic Management, Needs Assessment, Curriculum Development, and Instructional Design.
In addition to her role as a professor, she is a program coordinator and has also worked as a curriculum specialist in the Office of Academic Excellence.
Joyce has been involved in multiple projects, including: developing new degree programs and courses, creating pathways from diploma to degree programs, onboarding new faculty, conducting needs assessment, and developing/facilitating capacity building training for faculty in Ghanaian Universities.
She has also reviewed textbooks for Pearson and McGraw Hill, and developed instructors’ resources for Nelson and Wiley.
Academic Credentials
PhD., Management, Walden University, United States, 2020
Master of Business Administration, University of Phoenix, United Stated, 2007
Bachelor of Commerce, Queen’s University, Canada, 2005
Certificate, Online Teaching, George Brown Polytechnic, 2013
Certificate, College Teaching, George Brown Polytechnic, 2007
Areas of Specialization
Business Fundamentals
Small Business Management
Strategic Management
Curriculum Development
Areas of Expertise
Management
Entrepreneurship
Consulting
New Program Development
Instructional Design
Online Education
Needs Assessment
Career Highlights
2023/24 Academic Year: Curriculum Specialist, Office of Academic Excellence (Secondment), George Brown Polytechnic.
2024: Development Lead, Leadership in Retirements Communities Post Graduate Certificate Program, George Brown Polytechnic.
2022 – 2023: Development Lead, Honours Bachelor of Business Administration (Management) Program, George Brown Polytechnic.
2021- Present: Program Coordinator, George Brown Polytechnic, Centre for Business.
2007- Present: Professor, George Brown Polytechnic, Centre for Business.
2018 – 2019: Development Team Member, Honours Bachelor of Business Administration (Trades Management) Program, George Brown Polytechnic.
2009: Microfinance Consultant, IRIS Centre, University of Maryland (assigned work completed in Liberia).
1999-2001: Customer Service/Sales and Service Specialist, RBC and CIBC.
1992-1995 – Project Officer and Zonal Manager, Cooperative Credit Unions Association of Ghana, in collaboration with the Canadian Cooperative Association.
1991-1995 – High School Teacher, Accra Academy High School and Tarkwa Secondary School, Ghana.
Other Activities
Moderator (2025): 2nd Annual Virtual International Student Data Science and Analytics Conference. Organized by the University of Calgary.
Consulting (2021-2025): Needs Assessment and Capacity Building Training for African Universities (mostly in Ghana, with one in Nigeria).
Peer Review (2020): Ebert et al, Business Essentials. 10th Cnd. Ed. Pearson.
Textbook Review (2018): Ferrell et al, Business: A Changing World. 6th Cnd. Ed., McGraw Hill.
Instructors’ Resources Development (2017): Williams et al., Principles of Management, 3rd Cnd Ed., Nelson Education.
Instructors’ Resources Development (2015): Boone et al, Contemporary Business, 2nd Cnd. Ed., Wiley.
Awards
Alumni Scholarship, University of Phoenix, 2006
Wilda Baker Parkinson Award, Queen’s University, 2004
The Lint Family Students’ Award, Queen’s University, 2003
Government of Canada, Millennium Scholarship, 2003
Publications
Strategies for Implementing E-learning in Ghana’s Public Universities: A Delphi Study. ProQuest Dissertation and Thesis Global Strategies for Implementing e-Learning Solutions in Ghana’s Public Universities: A Delphi Study - ProQuest