Prof. Muriithi is currently a Senior Lecturer and the Head of Commerce Department (HOD/Chair), School of Business & Economics (SBE). Dr. Muriithi lectures in Strategic Management, Cross-cultural Management courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. As an individual he has supervised and co-supervised over seventy theses in various academic fields in management related subjects.
Prof. Muriithi holds a PhD degree in Management from Rhodes University (South Africa), Masters of Arts (MA) degree in Communication (Wheaton Graduate School, USA); Master of Business Administration, MBA (Seattle Pacific University, USA); and B degree in Business Administration and Management (Messiah College, USA).
Besides lecturing, Prof. Muriithi is the Lead Consultant (Coordinator) in charge of Daystar - National Environmental Trust Fund (NETFUND) Partnership. NETFUND is a government body dealing with environmental management. He mostly coordinates NETFUND Green Innovation Award (GIA) Program. The program identifies and equips environmental friendly businesses through offering appropriate skills; incubation and networking. The program is in its third phase with Daystar partnership having lasted for the last four years.
Prof. Muriithi has also consulted for Export Processing Zone (EPZ) in areas of cross-cultural management; Kenya Posta and Agora Enterprises (USA). He also worked as a lecturer for the Australian Study Institute (AUSI) an affiliate of ECU for 11 years.
Prof. Muriithi has been an Executive Director of the Fellowship of Christian Communicators in Africa and Madagascar (FOCCM), a non-profit making Christian organization. This is a job he held from 1997 to 2000. As the Director, Dr. Muriithi oversaw effective running of the organization with major responsibility being administration, funding and publications. The organization as also involved in training of Christian communicators in Africa, publications, research, consultancy, and organizing international conferences.
Before joining FOCCAM, Prof. Muriithi lectured at Daystar University in Nairobi (Kenya) where he taught for six years. His areas of concentration included management, economics, business ethics, human resource management and entrepreneurship. Prof. Muriithi has also held several positions on acting capacity or on appointment. He also acted as Head of Commerce Department twice, participated in Daystar Master of Business Administration (MBA) research as theses coordinator in charge of overseeing MBA thesis students.
Academically, Prof. Muriithi is a reviewer of various academic programmes. Besides being in the SBE review team to review MBA, undergraduate and diploma programmes. He recently reviewed United States International University (USIU) Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA) Program. Prof. Muriithi is also an external examiner for different universities in Kenya, among them St. Paul University and Pan African University (PAC). Internationally, he is an external examiner for Rhodes University PhD program. He is also a reviewer for several journal among them KCA Journal of Business Management and South African Journal of Economics and Management Sciences. Prof. Muriithi has also attended several conferences, among them The 4th International Conference on HRM and the Management of Organizations in Africa, The Southern Africa Institute for Management Scientists (SAIMS) and International Communication Association (ICA). He is also a member of International Association for Media and Communication Research, ICAfrica and The Southern Africa Institute for Management Scientists. He is currently a visiting Professor at the University of Kigali.
Prof. Muriithi has authored several books among them: Africa Crisis: Is there Hope? and African Development Dilemma: The Big Debate: and The Secret of Passing Exams. He has also authored many articles and a book chapter.
Prof. Muriithi’s interests are in the areas of strategic management, cross-cultural management and research.
