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Name: |
Cosmas Renatus Masanja |
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College/School/Institute/ Directorate/Unit: |
University of Dar es Salaam Business School |
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Department/Section: |
Accounting |
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Position: |
Lecturer |
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Current Summarised CV/Profile |
Dr. Cosmas Masanja lectures in accountancy, finance and trade courses to both undergraduate and postgraduate students at the University of Dar es Salaam Business School. His areas of expertise include Financial Management and Governance, Financial Management Systems – Design and Development, Cost management and control, Costing & Pricing Systems-Design and Development, Risk management, Auditing and Assurance Services, Trade and Investment -projects appraisal. Dr Masanja has held numerous administrative positions at the University of Dar es Salaam including: Acting Coordinator - Planning, Finance and Investment: University of Dar es Salaam Business School, June 2022 to-date. Associate Coordinator - Planning, Finance and Investment: University of Dar es Salaam Business School, November 2021 – June 2022 Deputy Head, Department of Accounting, University of Dar es salaam Business School, January 2020 - June 2021 Project’s Funds and Programs Manager: Lufeuna University-Germany and University of Dar es Salaam STEP-Joint Project under UDEC, 2012 – 2015 |
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Professional Details: |
Level of Education and where attained: B.com (Accounting) - University Dar es Salaam, Tanzania MIT (majoring in FDIs)- University Dar es Salaam, Tanzania MSc-Accounting & Finance –Mzumbe University, Tanzania. PhD (Business Administration)- University Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Certified Public Accountant (CPA-T) - National Board of Accountant and Auditors
Specialised areas of teaching: Costing, Management Accounting, Auditing & Assurance Services, Financial Management and International Trade Courses Research interests: Financial management and governance Risk management and internal controls in public and private sector Supply/values chain cost management and control in manufacturing and service industries Performance management in Public and Private Sector Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) Internal audit and audit committees in public sector Recent publications: Masanja, C. R. (2021). Audit Committee and Enterprise Risk Management Effectiveness in Tanzania Social Security Funds. ORSEA Journal Vol. 11(2), 106-123 2. Masanja, C. R. (2018). The Extent to Which Foreign Direct Investment (FDIs) Contribute to the Growth of Host Economies: Evidence from Tanzania. Business Management Review, 21(1), 1-22. Masanja, C. R. (2022) Modelling Optimal Health Services Supply Chain Costing for Optimal Pricing, Cost Management and Control: Lessons from Big4 Hospitals in Tanzania. (Conference paper published as conference proceeding-4th African Conference on Operations and Supply Chain Management (ACOSCM) Conference Nairobi Kenya 26-29 July 2022). Masanja, C.R. (2022). Audit Committee and Internal Control Effectiveness in Public Sector Entities. (Accepted for to be published in the forth coming Journal of Business Management Review) Masanja C. R (2022). Audit Committee Practices in The Tanzanian Local Government Authorities (Book Chapter accepted for the forthcoming publication by Project EDB-LGFA-2020-04 - sm19966- essex.ac.uk) |
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