NUST Business School

NUST Business School (NBS), formerly known as the National Institute of Management Sciences (NIMS), is a business school established by NUST in 1999. It is located in a purpose built building at the NUST H-12 Campus in Islamabad. It is located opposite to the SEECS building, across Scholar's Avenue.

Mission statement

The NUST Business School official website states the mission statement as: "Our primary mission at NBS is 'to train and educate a class of business leaders who will learn cutting-edge technologies and practical business skills in a broader intellectual and ethical framework to respond to the challenges and opportunities of the ever-changing market place"

Departments

Dress code

Nust Business School requires its students to conform to a relatively strict dress code while on campus. For male students, the dress code is a dress shirt and pant with a tie while for female students it is a shalwar kameez and dupatta. The administration states that the dress code is not meant to limit students creativity and that they are simply trying to instill a spirit of professionalism in them. But students are of the view that this creates certain psychological perceptions that hampers them to express and voice their ideas and opinions like other universities. The issue has been brought to the public eye by different media channels as well but to no avail. Students are fined Rs. 500 for violating the dress code (e.g. wearing round collared shirt) each day which resulted in backlash as well, but it is still being practiced by the management.

Business school

A business school is a university-level institution that confers degrees in business administration or management. Such a school can also be known as school of management, school of business, school of business administration, or, colloquially, b-school or biz school. A business school teaches topics such as accounting, administration, strategy, economics, entrepreneurship, finance, human resource management, information systems, logistics, marketing, organizational psychology, organizational behavior, public relations, research methods and real estate among others.

Types

There are several forms of business schools, including school of business, business administration, and management.

Business School (The Office)

"Business School" is the seventeenth episode of the third season of the American comedy television series The Office, and the show's forty-fifth episode overall. Written by Brent Forrester, and directed by Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Firefly creator Joss Whedon, the episode aired on NBC on February 15, 2007.

In the episode, Michael is invited by Ryan to speak to his business school class. When many of the students question the usefulness of paper in a computerized world, Michael attempts to inform the class of how essential paper is. Meanwhile, a bat becomes trapped in the office, leading Dwight and Creed on a mission to protect the employees.

Plot

Ryan Howard (B. J. Novak) invites Michael Scott (Steve Carell) to speak at his business school class. Michael is excited, but Ryan admits in a talking head interview that he has only invited Michael because his professor promised to bump up the grade of any student who brings his boss into class. Later, before Ryan introduces Michael to his classmates, Ryan predicts that Dunder Mifflin will become obsolete within five to ten years. Michael, who was out of hearing range during this speech, proceeds to ruin the event with his antics (including tearing pages out of a student's textbook to prove you "can't learn from textbooks"). Michael is then taken aback when one of Ryan's classmates asks for Michael's opinion of Ryan's prediction. Infuriated and hurt, Michael punishes Ryan by relocating his desk to the "annex," where Kelly Kapoor (Mindy Kaling) works, who babbles uncontrollably in excitement.