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are telling them you care about their development and you see a future for them in your organisation – for a valued member of staff, this can be a worthwhile investment.”


Career progression One of Strathclyde’s Executive MBA graduates, Aida El Bouanani, studied in Dubai. She said: “I come from an engineering background and graduated in IT Engineering in 2010 in Morocco. However, I never worked as an engineer and joined the sales team at Procter & Gamble after my graduation. After four years, I had the opportunity to move to Dubai and join the sales team at General Mills in 2014. “Coming from an engineering


background, most of my studies were around mathematics, physics and technical subjects. So, when I started working in sales, I realised I was lacking the business acumen needed in order to progress my career. I joined the MBA in order to get a holistic understanding of the corporate world and equip myself with the right tools to move to a senior leadership position.”


Accreditations Association of MBAs (AMBA) accreditation is the global standard for all MBA degrees and is awarded to the top two per cent of business schools globally. The University of Glasgow has been accredited by AMBA for more than 30 years. Both Glasgow University’s Adam Smith Business School and Strathclyde Business School hold the crown of triple accreditation, being accredited by AMBA, AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) and EQUIS (European Foundation for Management Development Quality Improvement System). These external recognitions of quality are an important consideration for anyone considering where to undertake an MBA.


David Levinson, MBA Careers Manager at the University of Glasgow, discusses how the


Glasgow MBA can transform futures and prepare professionals for the next step in their careers


Why should business managers study at Glasgow University? The Glasgow MBA is an intensive, yet rewarding, one-year programme which empowers students to emerge as leaders with the essential practical skills to unlock opportunities, tackle leadership challenges and make a positive impact. We have a small, but diverse,


cohort of students each year at Glasgow. As a result, our students receive dedicated one-to-one support while also being able to learn from their classmates’ experiences and skill sets. Our interactive classes balance tuition and discussion. This year we have students from 15 nationalities, all of whom are learning from their peers, who come from many sectors and functional backgrounds. In addition to acquiring the


academic knowledge required by business leaders and entrepreneurs, our MBA graduates will acquire the skills to think critically and learn how to ask the right questions.


Are managers able to continue working at the same time as studying? The Glasgow MBA is currently on a full-time basis of 12 months allowing students to be fully immersed in the programme and student experience.


Our future aim is to review and relaunch an evening/weekend programme to accommodate managers who would prefer – and would find it more manageable – to study for the MBA in their ‘free-time’.


Should more businesses be funding/supporting their key staff to study? How does this add to the employees’ skills and experience while adding value to the business? MBA graduates offer real added value to businesses in a number of ways. Beyond obtaining a broad understanding of issues affecting contemporary global business, graduates develop leadership and high-level communication skills. They gain strategic foresight


by engaging with high-level speakers from a wide range of backgrounds.


Engaging in real business problems and case studies throughout the programme gives a real-world focus to their learning and they are able to apply this by working on behalf of a client in a live consultancy project at the end of the course. A number of our students are sponsored by their employers. For businesses considering developing their management team, an MBA is an ideal way to transform their senior staff into the leaders of the future.


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