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Executive MBA

College of Business Administration

SAU

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Debatable questions (MAJOR)

Regular MBA or Executive MBA?

For business specializations or general specializations?

Have Saudi/Gulf or Western curriculum orientation?

Total credit hours?

How much time we have to finalize?

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Debatable questions (MINOR)

Can some courses have 2 credit hours?

Compulsory electives or optional electives?

How much credit for research work?

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Benchmarking

Executive MBA

KING FAHD UNIVERSITY

OF PETROLEUM &MINERALS

KING ABDULAZIZ

UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF

SHARJAH

Regular MBA

QATAR UNIVERSITY

KUWAIT UNIVERSITY

KING SAUD UNIVERSITY

AL AIN UNIVERSITY

CBA, JEDDAH

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http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/rankings/

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Benchmarking continued

HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL

http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/rankings/#2

BOOTH SCHOOL OF BUSINESS (University of Chicago) WHARTON SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT(University of

Pennsylvania)

COX SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT (Southern Methodist

University, Texas)

National University of Singapore

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http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/rankings/http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/rankings/http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/rankings/http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/rankings/

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Program structure of Saudi/Gulf

EMBAsKFUPM-42 credit hours

11 courses with 3 credit hours

5 courses with 2 credit hours ( Financial Accounting & Reporting, Business Negotiations, Ethics&Leadership, Corporate Governance, Macro environment of Business)

KAU-48 credit hours Compulsory courses-42 hours

Optional-3 hours

Research-3 hours

University of Sharjah-48 credit hours

Foundation courses-15

Core courses-24

Electives-9

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Orientation of Western EMBAs

Harvard- no executive MBA Comprehensive leadership program

Focused program targeting current issue & industry trends

Custom program tailored to company needs

Booth School of Business- 21 months

Wharton School- 24 months

Cox school of Business-21 months

NUS-15 months

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Course mapping- Some of the core courses

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Continued..

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Continued..

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Continued..

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Some core courses which are not in

Saudi/Gulf EMBAs

Principles of

Management

Entrepreneurship

Organizational Behavior

Business Ethics &Corporate Governance

Western EMBAs

Principles of

Management

Business research

Methods

Human ResourceManagement

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Program Structure & Credit hours

Option I -10+40 -(bridge-2 credit-compulsory elective; elective3 credits)

Option II -10+40 - (bridge & core-2 credit---elective-3 credits)

Option III -10+50- (bridge 2 credit- core& elective-3 credit-compulsory elective)

Option IV -10+50- (bridge 2 credit- core& elective-3 credit)

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Option I (bridge-2 credit-compulsory elective;elective 3 credits)

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Option II (bridge & core-2 credit---elective-3 credits)

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Option III (bridge 2 credit- core& elective-3 credit-compulsory elective)

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Option IV (bridge 2 credit- core& elective-3 credit)

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Electives

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First, how much time do we have to finalize?

Any queries?

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