cass dubaiemba prospectus

8/8/2019 Cass DubaiEMBA Prospectus

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Executive MBA

Dubai ProgrammeA leading EMBA delivered by Cass in Dubai


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Accredited by both AMBA (Association o MBAs)and EQUIS (European Quality Improvement Scheme)and consistently ranked amongst the worlds eliteprogrammes by the Financial Times, the Cass EMBADubai programme is one o the highest-calibreprogrammes delivered in the region.

The Dubai International Financial CentreThe DIFC is the worlds newest international nancialcentre. It aims to develop the same stature as New

York, London and Hong Kong. It primarily serves thevast region between Western Europe and East Asia.Since it opened in September 2004, the DIFC hasattracted leading rms rom around the globe as wellas its region. A world-class stock exchange, the DubaiInternational Financial Exchange (DIFX), opened in theDIFC in September 2005.

Cass Business School delivers oneof the worlds top-ranked Executive MBA

programmes in Dubai in collaboration with theDubai International Financial Centre (DIFC).Our EMBA is designed to meet the needs of business executives in the Middle East and

the surrounding regions. In addition to ageneral EMBA, the Cass Executive MBA

offers a regional specialism in IslamicFinance, the rst of its kind in the world.


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Executive MBA Dubai

The Cass Executive MBA (EMBA) Dubaiprogramme is a top ranked two-year, part-timeprogramme for committed and ambitious managersin the Middle East and the surrounding regionswho want to accelerate their career developmentwhilst remaining in full-time employment.

Learn, Work, ApplyDelivered in collaboration with the Dubai InternationalFinancial Centre (DIFC), the EMBA o ers you direct

access to the very latest business-tested thinking andprovides a plat orm or you to learn, work and apply. So,you can apply the latest business models and practiceat work immediately, as well as utilise class discussionsand MBA assignments to address work or industrybased issues.

A General or Regional FocusIn addition to a general EMBA, we o er a care ullystructured specialism in Islamic Finance designedto meet the growing demand or training in this sector

rom the Middle East. See page six or more in ormation.

Networked into the City of LondonThe City o London remains the dynamic location or so many global businesses and Cass is best placed tobuild links with them. Our Dubai students will be able totake advantage o close connections with our Londoncampus where Cass has built strong relationships with

nancial and global institutions based in and aroundThe City.

Leading corporates, such as BBC World Service, Banko New York Mellon, Financial Times and the LondonStock Exchange have supported their Executives onour programmes and orm part o the Cass network.

Dubai students can choose to have direct access andrst hand exposure to our City o London networks,

by taking electives at our London campus (additionalcosts or fights and accommodation will be incurred).

A High Calibre CohortOur Dubai cohorts provide access to a diverse and highcalibre business network. Our Executives come roman impressive range o companies. Abu Dhabi IslamicBank, Kuwait Financial Centre, Accenture, SAP, Ernst and

Young, HSBC and DIFC have all supported Executiveson our programme. And the fexible monthly workshopsmean that we attract top fight Executives rom as ar a eld as London and New York, as well as rom in andaround the Middle East.

Course DeliveryThe Cass EMBA is delivered via a number o di erentlearning channels providing considerable scope tocombine your study, work and personal commitments.

Face-to-face workshops: You will be expected toattend monthly workshops (Thursday-Sunday) or eachmodule. The workshops will be delivered by visitingCass Faculty at the DIFCs Centre o Excellence andwill involve lectures, group discussions, presentationsand activities.

E-learning: To help you study between the regular workshops, you have access to a customised VirtualLearning Environment called CassLearn. This includes:interactive learning materials; academic support viaQ & A and discussion orums; coursework submissionand tutor eedback; Cass electronic library resources;and student ca e/network or exchanging ideas andsharing experiences. CassLearn is available to allCass MBA students and creates a three-way

interaction between students, academics andour administration teams.

Cass has the best programme or the region and istailor made or its development. Getting a worldclass Executive MBA without having to leave home

or a long time was the per ect choice or me.Omar Hazineh, CEO, Segway of Jordan


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Block 3: Business Economics and FinanceBusiness EconomicsCorporate FinancePrinciples o Finance

Block 4: Corporate ManagementCorporate GovernanceHuman Resources ManagementOperations Management

Elective modules Your choice o electives and Business Mastery Project in Year 2 can bring a more specialist ocus to your learning,or broaden your skill set into new areas. For example,you can choose the Islamic Finance specialism or choose rom a broad range o areas in energy, nanceor general management within the General stream. WithCasss ocus on international business, you can chooseto take electives on the London programme, or youcan select the International Symposium in Shanghai,and learn about business in one o the astest growingeconomies rst hand. The o erings are constantly beingdeveloped to refect emerging issues and changingbusiness needs. The list o electives is, there ore,indicative and subject to su cient demand. In addition,overseas electives will incur additional course costs or travel and accommodation.

Students taking the specialist Islamic Financestream will be required to take all three electivesin their chosen stream. Students on the General EMBAwill select three electives rom the general stream.

The Executive MBA Dubai programme is structuredover two years and is broken down across threekey elements; core modules, elective modules,and the Business Mastery Project.

The core modules give you the undamental skillsand knowledge you need to be a world-class businessleader. Elective modules give you the fexibility tospecialise your studies, ocus on your particular business needs or broaden your skill set. The Business

Mastery Project, conducted over a period o ve months,is a major piece o sel -managed business analysiswhich enables you to put into practice what you havelearned on the programme.

Programme content

Core modulesCore modules are studied by all students onthe programme and cover the ollowing topics:

Block 1: Business Methods and PrinciplesAccounting PrinciplesQuantitative MethodsMarketing

Block 2: Business Systems and OrganisationsBusiness In ormation ManagementBusiness StrategyOrganisational Behaviour

The Cass EMBA Dubai is a great opportunityto learn, develop your potential, practicebusiness abilities and realise your businessand strategic ambitions.Mohammed Sabunchi, Head - ICT Infrastructure,Dubai International Financial Centre


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Islamic Finance streamIslamic Banking and FinanceIslamic EconomicsIslamic Law o Business Transactions

Business Mastery ProjectThe programme concludes with a major piece o sel -managed business analysis that takes place over

ve months. The EMBA Business Mastery Project is anopportunity or students to apply the knowledge and

analytical skills they have acquired over the rst year-and-a-hal to a real problem o their choice in the wider business world. The results o your work must provideinsights and conclusions that are o real value to thebusiness studied. For more in ormation on all modules,the Business Mastery Project and programme structure,please visit www.cass.city.ac.uk/mba/dubai

General streamWe will run a select number o electives in Dubai basedon demand rom the ollowing list:

Applied Corporate FinanceBusiness DynamicsConsultingDubai SymposiumInternational Cass Symposium: Doing Business in China(delivered in China)

International Real Estate and Development AnalysisInvestments and DerivativesLeading Change in an Increasingly Complex World(delivered in South A rica)Mergers and AcquisitionsRelationship Management and MarketingRisk ManagementSports Business

Within the general stream, you can build a concentrationaround Energy, Trade and Logistics:

Energy Derivatives and Risk ManagementOil and Energy Economics and TradingOil and Energy Trading and Logistics

Programme structureThe programme runs over approximately two years and is comprised o our blocks o core modules and one blocko elective modules. These modules are studied sequentially; one per month. Each core module block is ollowedby an exam period. The programme then concludes with the Business Mastery Project.

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Islamic Finance stream

This growth has highlighted new challenges or thesector in terms o applying appropriate regulatoryand legal in rastructures, and meeting the need or

nancial and legal expertise. And it is increasinglyrecognised that Islamic und managers operate in aninternational environment where they ace challengessuch as competition with international standards,branding, international marketing and growingorganisational complexity.

Who is the Islamic Finance streamaimed at?This stream is aimed at Fund Managers, InvestmentConsultants and Advisors, and a wide range o pro essions in banking or in the nancial servicessector more broadly, who take a close interest in IslamicFinance both at retail and wholesale levels. Whilstequipping you with the main tenets o Sharia-compliant

nancial dealings, the modules allow you to viewIslamic Finance in a holistic ashion and in the contexto the modern and global nancial system, o which itis increasingly an important part. The Islamic Financestream is also ideal preparation or the SII IslamicFinance Quali cation (IFQ).

In addition to a general EMBA, we offer a carefully structured specialism in Islamic Finance - the rstof its kind in the world.

As an internationally recognised business schoolhead-quartered in the City o London the worldsleading nancial centre and the largest home to IslamicFinance outside the Islamic world we are well-placedto meet the business education needs o pro essionalsin this expanding sector.

Demand or Sharia-compliant nance has rocketedin recent years, uelled by a dramatic growth inliquidity that extends well beyond the oil producingcountries. Indeed, there are now an estimated 270Islamic banks operating globally, with total assetsexceeding $265 billion.

Financial institutions and asset managers areincreasingly introducing new products, compliant withethical and cultural principles, in Islamic countries.These products are especially prevalent in: propertydevelopment; project nance; structured nance;mutual unds and, more recently, in sukuk (Islamicbonds). The uture points to an even aster potential

or growth and expansion.

Elective modules give you the

exibility to specialise your studies,ocus on your particular business

needs or broaden your skill set.


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experts and policy makers with whom you canexchange ideas and build corporate networks.

Over your two year EMBA, you will bene t rom anumber o additional pro essional developmentsessions to enhance and expand your pro essionaland personal skills. The courses o ered vary romcohort to cohort but will broadly cover areas suchas team building, leadership, negotiation andpresentation skills.

Your personal development doesnt end once yougraduate. As a Cass alumnus, you are entitled to takeone ree elective per year (subject to availability).

Your Career DevelopmentThe main advantage o studying or the Cass ExecutiveMBA Dubai is that you will be working at the same timeas youre learning. Remaining in a work environment willhave the added advantage o keeping you well versedwith developments in the commercial world, as well asgiving you the chance to apply your studies to your worksituation straight away.

I you are looking or career acceleration with your

current employer, you will be able to use your learningin your corporate environment, as well as enhance your skills and practical experience by using your studies tohelp with current projects.

I you are studying or your MBA because you want toembark on a new career path, you will have accessto students, academics, business leaders, industry

Name: Amir MaghamiCurrent Employer: Simatech Shipping LLC Job Title: Managing Director

Amir Maghami works in a amily business and realisedthe things he had learnt in his undergraduate degreehad very little relevance to his work or to the realitieso a business environment. He wanted to broaden hishorizons and work on his management skills.

Being able to integrate core business unctiontheories to what I do everyday was the primary reasonin deciding to do a Cass EMBA. Apart rom a better understanding o the core unctions o a business such as corporate accounting, marketing and corporate

governance the main advantage o doing an EMBA isthe ability to look at the world around me di erently andsee things in a much more strategic manner. I choseCass because I knew o it and its good reputation.

The Cass EMBA has been truly use ul and bene cial

to me. I learned something rom every module andhave been able to improve my own business based onmy newly acquired knowledge. The relevance to thebusiness world in general has been extremely use ul.


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Our faculty

Professor David SimsSpecialist area: Change Management, Leadershipand Organisational BehaviourDavid Sims is Pro essor o Organisational Behaviour,Head o Faculty o Management, and Director o theCentre or Leadership, Learning and Change. Hisresearch and consulting interests are in the relationshipbetween leading, thinking, learning and storying. Davidwas Head o the School o Business and Managementat Brunel University or ve years be ore moving to

Cass. He is very interested in the processes by whichpeople learn how to manage, and was the editor or ve years o the International Journal, Management

Learning. His textbook, Organizing and Organizations,(London: Sage) with Yiannis Gabriel and StephenFineman, is in its 3rd edition.

Dr Hassan HakimianSpecialist area: Development Economics andMiddle Eastern EconomiesDr Hassan Hakimian is a Senior Lecturer in Economicsat Cass Business School. Dr Hakimians specialism isin the area o Development Economics with specialre erence to Middle Eastern economies. He has takenparticular interest in economics o human resources andglobalisation. He has published in various academicjournals and acted as consultant to several internationalinstitutions and aid agencies such as the WorldBank, the ODA, Ford Foundation, Sida, and Foodand Agriculture Organization o the UN (FAO).

Dr Gianvito LanzollaSpecialist area: Strategic ManagementDr Gianvito Lanzolla is currently a Senior Lecturer inStrategy at Cass Business School. Be ore joining Cass,Gianvito served or three years on the aculty o theLondon Business School. He has undertaken consulting

and executive coaching in Europe, the Middle East,India, and the USA and has worked or a wide rangeo organisations including Alghanim, Microso t, BSkyB,Times o India, Allianz, ING, British Telecom, IBM,Voda one Group, Voda one India, Nokia, Sony-Ericssonand Anglo American. He is also a regular commentator

or CNBC.

Cass has one of the largest nance faculties andthe largest actuarial science and insurance faculty in Europe and we were awarded 5 (out of a possible5*) in the UKs last Research Assessment Exercise.This leading edge research feeds back into allour programmes.

The Higher Education Funding Council o England andWales gives our business and management teaching thehighest rating o excellent, which is one o the reasons

why we are annually rated amongst the worlds topbusiness schools.

Below are a selection o the aculty who will be teachingon our Executive MBA Dubai programme.

Professor Roy Batchelor (Course Director, Dubai EMBA Programme)Specialist area: Forecasting and Risk ManagementRoy Batchelor is Pro essor o Banking and Financeat Cass Business School, and Director o the CassExecutive MBA Dubai Programme. He is an authorityon orecasting or business, economic and nancialdecision-making, and his research is published inacademic and business journals. He is a regular invitedspeaker at the annual US Forecasting Summits, andhas conducted training courses and seminars on recentdevelopments in nancial markets or pro essionalaudiences in major nancial centres around the world.In 2009 he was elected a Fellow o the InternationalInstitute o Forecasters. He has acted as economicadviser to London stockbrokers Smith New Court, theLondon International Financial Futures Exchange, theWorld Gold Council, international market researchcompany Canadean, the European Commission andthe Bank o England.


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Professor Gulnur MuradogluSpecialist area: Finance and Development EconomicsGulnur Muradoglu is a Pro essor o Finance at Cass.Her wide-ranging expertise covers multiple aspectso accounting, markets and nancial modelling, witha particular emphasis on emerging markets. She ison the Editorial Boards o the ollowing journals:Comparative Economic Systems, Finance Lettersand Emerging Markets Finance and Trade.

Professor Stefan SzymanskiSpecialist area: Economics and the business of sportPro essor Szymanski is a graduate o the University o Ox ord, Hert ord College, where he gained a rst degreein Politics, Philosophy and Economics. He began histeaching career at London Business School be oremoving to Imperial College in 1993. Pro essor Szymanskiis also an economics pro essor, with many publishedarticles on the business o sport, particularly ootballand the Olympics. With this pro essional interestin sports economics, he aspires to launch a sportsbusiness research centre at Cass in the uture.

Janet Walker Specialist area: Successful Management Accountant Janet Walker has extensive practical nancial andmanagement accounting experience. She lectures inFinancial Reporting and Accounting Principles to MBAand MSc students. She also runs her own success ulbusiness, developing and presenting FinancialAwareness training or major corporate clients. Thesecompanies include The Walt Disney Company, F & CAsset Management plc and Linpac UK Limited.

You can nd out more about other members o Cass aculty by visitingwww.cass.city.ac.uk/facman,

www.cass.city.ac.uk/fac n, or by visiting www.cass.city.ac.uk/research and selectingCass Experts Online.

Professor Meziane Lasfer Specialist area: Corporate Finance, CorporateGovernance, Empirical Asset Pricing Pro essor Meziane Las er has been at Cass since1990. His expertise lies in the areas o asset pricing,corporate restructuring, debt nancing, dividendpolicy, undamentals o stock returns, ownershipstructure, R & D, short-termism and SMEs. He haswritten extensively on corporate nance, capitalmarkets and corporate governance issues and his

research is widely reported in the nancial press.

Dr Rob MelvilleSpecialist area: Balanced ScorecardBe ore joining Cass, Rob Melville worked as acomputer auditor and systems auditor in government,industry and nancial services. His areas o expertiseare balanced scorecard, control sel assessment,controlling in ormation systems, corporate governance,the impact o IT on auditing, internal auditing, IT governance, the internal audit role in strategy andcorporate social responsibility.

Professor Scott Moeller Specialist area: Global InvestmentBanking, Mergers and AcquisitionsScott Moeller is an Honorary Visiting Pro essor inthe Faculty o Finance and Director o the M&AResearch Centre at Cass Business School. A ormer senior executive at Deutsche Bank and MorganStanley, he brings high level experience in globalstrategic investments and nance to his role. Whileat Deutsche Bank, he held roles as the Global Heado the corporate venture capital unit, Managing Director o the Investment Banks Global eBusiness Divisionand Managing Director responsible or worldwidestrategy and new business acquisitions.


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Why Cass?

all aspects o the EMBA Dubai, rom programmestructure to programme delivery, are o the highestpossible quality.

The MBA network Networking is undamental to business success, givingyou the vital contacts, advice, in ormation, trends andleads you need to compete with the best. It begins onday one o your degree and continues or li e, supportedthroughout by the Cass Alumni Relations team.

The majority o MBAs on the Dubai programme live inthe UAE, but we have people that come rom the UK,Kuwait, Qatar, Iran, Bahrain, Jordan and even New York.They have work experience in a wide range o elds,

rom consultancy, IT and banking to pharmaceuticals,manu acturing and the media.

As a Cass MBA alumnus you will have the opportunity tonetwork with over 6,500 MBA alumni and 25,000 Cassalumni pursuing their careers worldwide. Use our onlinealumni directory to make connections and stay in touchwith your ellow alumni in the UAE and surroundingregions. You will also nd other regional alumniassociations invaluable in helping you to develop your personal and pro essional relationships into a globalnetwork o contacts. These have included:

a student and alumni dinner reception in Dubaiwith a presentation by Usama Fayyad (Ph.D).ex Chie Data O cer & Executive VP, Researchand Strategic Data

a lecture by Ian Luder, the Lord Mayor o the Cityo London and Chancellor o City University, onthe growing role o Islamic nance in the Westernbanking world

the Dubai Symposium with student and alumnireceptions which attract an international mix o

business leaders and Executives rom Europe andthe Middle East.

Cass Business School is part of City University London. We are recognised as one of Europesleading business schools, consistently rankedamongst the best in the world and have a truly international perspective. Our reputation comesfrom 40 years of broad-based research andeducation that has enabled us to help shapethe way todays business world thinks.

Our academic ocus is organised across three

broad based aculties; Finance, Management andActuarial Science and Insurance. We o er a variety o programmes that are developed in response to businessneeds. These range rom Undergraduate, SpecialistMasters, top ranked MBA and PhD programmes, tohighly respected and tailored Executive Educationcourses. Practical application lies at the heart o all o our programmes o study and this allows our studentsto develop the skills and capabilities that todaysleading employers value.

Our aim is to o er an environment where students,academics, business leaders, industry experts andpolicy makers can exchange ideas and constantlydevelop current business thinking. Our City o Londonheadquarters, on the doorstep o one o the worldsleading nancial centres, enables us to do just that,o ering students unrivalled connections and accessto major City institutions, internationally recognisedpractitioners and world respected academics alike.

Being so close to a centre o international businessalso allows us to assess theoretical approaches againstpractical realities. With extremely experienced ull-timeresearchers and contributions rom more than 100doctoral students, our work is valued and used aroundthe world by a range o organisations and corporations.

In turn, we are able to attract renowned businesspractitioners to contribute to, and help deliver, our programmes. The combination o specialist expertiseand broad international experience ensures that

The students are considered to be an integral part o the development o the MBA in the region, hence wehave exposure to opportunities that other students donot beneft rom. The devotion o Cass to bring a diverse

mixture o students to a programme ensures that thelearning experience is o a superior nature.Tom Hodgson, Assistant Director, Deloitte Corporate Finance


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Corporate SponsorshipThere are immense bene ts to companies insponsoring their executives onto the Cass ExecutiveMBA and we can support you in putting a case to your employer. Contact us or an in ormal discussion bye-mail: [email protected]

Application checklistTo apply or the Cass EMBA Dubai, you willneed to provide the ollowing documents:

a completed application orm, includingpersonal statement (500 words) a certi ed copy o your degree certi cate,

and transcripts detailing the coursesstudied and grades attained

two re erences: ideally one rom an academicand one rom your employer who have directknowledge o your suitability or EMBA study

a copy o an identity document three recently taken passport size photographs your CV (resume).

We hold a number o in ormation sessions in the UAEand surrounding regions. For more in ormation pleasevisit our website below.

For urther in ormation on the admissions processplease visit www.cass.city.ac.uk/mba/dubai/apply or contact us at:

EMBA Dubai ProgrammeCass Business SchoolLevel 3, Building 2The Gate VillageDubai International Financial CentreP.O. Box: 74777Dubai, UAE

Tel: + 9714 401 9316Fax: + 9714 401 9317Email: [email protected]

Entry requirementsTo be considered or the Cass EMBA Dubai, candidatesare required to have: either a good university degree or substantial and

relevant work experience and/or pro essionalquali cations as an alternative to a rst degree

a minimum o three years ull-time workexperience a ter graduation

i English is not your rst language you need aminimum well balanced IELTS score o 7.

This may be waived i you have worked or studiedin an English speaking country or at least a year.

All o ers will be subject to ace to ace, or telephone interviews.

How to applyThere is one intake each year. Applications are acceptedon a rolling basis with deadlines or admissions postedon the website below.

Early applications are encouraged. We will continueto take applications as long as we still haveplaces available.

Fees for 2010Fees or 2010 are 29,500.

Cass StudentshipsCass o ers a limited number o studentshipsto outstanding candidates who meet our entryrequirements and can demonstrate their value tothe programme through excellent work experience,a strong academic background and per ormanceat interview. Contact us or more details.

How to apply

www.cass.city.ac.uk/mba/dubai


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Cass Business SchoolIn 2002, City Universitys Business Schoolwas renamed Sir John Cass Business School

ollowing a generous donation towards thedevelopment o its new building in BunhillRow. The Schools name is usually abbreviatedto Cass Business School. Sir John Casss FoundationSir John Casss Foundation has supportededucation in London since the 18th centuryand takes its name rom its ounder, Sir JohnCass, who established a school in Aldgate in1710. Born in the City o London in 1661, Sir John served as an MP or the City and wasknighted in 1713.

EMBA Dubai ProgrammeCass Business SchoolLevel 3, Building 2The Gate VillageDubai International Financial CentreP.O. Box: 74777Dubai, UAE

Tel: +9714 401 9316Fax: +9714 401 9317Email: [email protected]

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