SYNOPSIS

The E.M.B.A. program adopts an efficient, modular structure that enables students to apply their knowledge and skills directly to organizations, boosting corporate and individual capabilities for optimum short- and long-term outcomes. The program is divided into five-week modules with three concentrations, namely Professional Accounting and Financial Engineering, Strategic Marketing Communications, Strategic Human Capital Management and Analytics to enable students to experiment with new ideas and refine their thinking in their prospective and current areas of practice.

PROGRAM BENEFITS AND AIMS

The program at the American School of Management embodies the school's aim of being a world-class business school community embedded in a world-class institution tackling global problems. The program consists of several key components that contribute to this strategy.

Acknowledging the rising global complexity and advances in science and technology, the program's core value is to equip students with advanced skillsets, especially in data-driven decision-making, for addressing external environment-related challenges facing businesses and the capacity to comprehend and engage with a diverse range of stakeholders. Through personalized career counseling and executive coaching, the program provides students with the opportunity to understand their leadership style, strengthen their leadership abilities, and increase their self-awareness. Students will have a chance to learn and develop their essential business communication abilities, such as the capacity to speak and present effectively, interpersonal and teamwork skills, and respect for diversity, integrity, and ethics. In addition, students will have the opportunity to investigate all elements of entrepreneurship, enabling them to generate innovative ideas or new initiatives for organizations.

Upon completing the program, students should be familiar with multiple dimensions defining organizations, their management, and the dynamic external environment in which they function. Also, students can achieve and outperform leadership roles in business and management to scale up or start new ventures. Moreover, students' capacity for lifelong learning and personal and professional development, together with integrating various functional skills and specializations, is encouraged to contribute to society. It is possible to gather exceptional students from diverse backgrounds to discuss, debate, and be able to overcome today's business concerns. Finally, new learning opportunities in response to advancements in management research and the emerging circumstances of the global business community are constantly provided through the program.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The program offers an analytical and integrative study of business and management, resulting in a better understanding of organizations, their management, and the external environment in which they function. Students should fully understand the processes, procedures, and practices necessary for efficient organizational administration. They should be familiar with critical theories, models, analytic frameworks, and management responsibilities. They should also comprehend how organizations are influenced by their external environment, specifically, the institutional framework within which they operate (including legal, political, and ethical considerations), as well as the impact of economic, technological, and environmental factors on an organization's strategy, behavior, and management. Within this broad framework, students are expected to demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of a wide range of core business and management disciplines. The program is a generalist degree, and all students are expected to integrate a variety of functional abilities. Indeed, the program is designed to be both intellectually rigorous and practical, educating students with the necessary skills and allowing them to specialize and explore those specialties through electives and business ventures. The program is designed to prepare students for careers on the fast track.

SKILLS AND OTHER ATTRIBUTES

Practical Capabilities

• Independently analyze data, utilize methodologies, and transform them into novel solutions.

• Examine a particular industry or sector of the economy.

• Apply a conceptual framework to the institutional and individual analysis and management.

• Employ conceptual framework when considering the enterprises-markets interaction.

• Apply economic techniques to real-world challenges at the company and industry levels.

Practical Capabilities

• Deliver excellent presentations.

• Seek, evaluate, present, and apply data in decision-making for novel and realistic solutions.

• Appreciate computer-based spreadsheets for managerial decision-making and planning.

• Examine and interpret financial statements to assess a company's health and prospects.

• Create and propose a solution to a real-world business challenge.

• Determine the market viability of novel company concepts.

• Efficiently utilize information technology.

Transferable Competencies

• Communicate via oral presentations, computer-assisted processing, and written reports.

• Critically examine the evidence, focusing on reliability, validity, and relevance.

• Transfer strategies and solutions from one discipline to another.

• Properly manage resources and time to accomplish objectives.

• Acquire independence through critical thinking and open-mindedness. Acquire knowledge effectively for the goal of professional growth.

• Recognize individual behavior in teams and value cultural differences in behavior.

• Define success criteria and evaluate team performance.

• Adopt a lifelong learning approach to career and leadership development.