"Business Leaders for the Global Economy"

The MBA program uses a stimulating blend of case studies, exercises, discussions, group work, simulations and lectures to present course material in the most effective way. This balanced teaching approach is used to maximize the learning experience. Using this blend of learning methods, the program prepares students to manage, motivate, innovate and lead. The course content has been designed specifically to achieve the objectives of the course and is presented using a variety of best-practice delivery methods. MBA course material is delivered with an emphasis on the practitioner perspective, making the learning experience particularly relevant for experienced managers.

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PROGRAM MISSION

The mission of the MBA program is to produce graduates who will be prepared to advance into top managerial positions in marketing, finance, accounting, human resources and other departments in both the private and public sectors of the economy. The program offers the best combination of a small, intimate learning environment and cutting-edge classes taught by an internationally respected faculty.

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES

• Prepare students for successful and productive careers as business professionals in industry and government.
• Prepare students to have the knowledge and skills to adapt to a dynamic multidisciplinary business environment.
• Improve leadership, interpersonal communication, critical thinking and team-building skills.

1. Design different business strategies and determine the appropriate implementation methodologies that would improve overall organization results.
2. Analyze organizational issues from an international perspective of today's global marketplace.
3. Discuss approaches to communication and interpersonal skills.
4. Apply various advanced models to compute the profit and loss accounting for an organization.
5. Critique financial factors that affect an organization's performance.
6. Write marketing plan and identify critical factors for successful implementation.
7. Investigate tools and models, which deliver more efficient decision making process.
8. Use project management techniques to demonstrate abilities of dealing with different specialties studied in the program.

ADMISSION

The admission requirements for the Master of Business Administration program include the following:

• Candidates must hold a baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution, preferably achieving a 3.0/4.0 or higher overall grade point average.
• TOEFL examination score of 550 or equivalent, or graduate of an English medium institution requiring a minimum of 500 TOEFL score or its equivalent for undergraduate admission.

DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

• Students must successfully complete all the course requirements-33 credit hours, as well as the other academic activities that are assigned to their specialized study plan.
• For graduation purposes, the students’ cumulative GPA must be 3.0 or above.

ACADEMIC LOAD

The academic load for the Master of Business Administration program is outlined as follows:

• The total program load is 33 credit hours.
• Students who pursue the program on a part-time basis have up to three years to complete the degree requirements.
• The total program load consists of 8 core courses and 3 elective courses (Upon completing these courses, students are awarded the Abu Dhabi University’s MBA Program.

THE ADU MBA FACULTY

Dr. David R Goodwin is the holder of a Ph.D. (University of Adelaide), an MBA (University of Otago), and a BBS (Massey University). He is also a FCPA and a CA. Before joining Abu Dhabi University, he served as an Associate and Full Professor at universities in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and the United Arab Emirates, where he served in both academic and administrative capacities. His consulting portfolio includes many universities and companies. His primary teaching areas are management accounting and management control, of which he has twenty years of corporate experience before joining academia. In this time he served as Management Accountant, Systems Accountant, and Company Secretary.

“One key outcome strong MBA programs seek to instill in its graduates is the ability to take incomplete or an overload of information then use it to make correct operational or strategic decisions. At ADU this is one of the learning outcomes we aim to achieve over the life of the program. We believe this enhanced ability creates a competitive advantage for our graduates in the market”

Professor Azad, a US Certified Public Accountant (CPA) has received his BBA, MSc., and Ph.D. from the University of North Texas (UNT). He joined the faculty of the College of Business Administration at Abu Dhabi University (ADU) in the fall of 2006. He is currently chairing the department of Accounting. Prior to joining ADU, he was the executive director of the MBA program at the United Arab Emirates University. He has served as a senior consultant to some major universities in the USA in area of curricula development for graduate degree programs. Professor Azad, a twice recipient of the Teacher of the Year Award in USA is quite active in research and scholarship. He has authored two books and has had over 50 research articles and presentations published in respected international journals and conferences. Professor Azad currently serves as an editor for more than a dozen international journals.

“I believe in participative teaching and learning. As such, my classes are culmination of intellectual exercise by all the participants.”

Professor Saber received his Ph.D. in Operations Research from the University of Oklahoma. He is currently chairing the Department of Management and prior to joining ADU, has taught at North Carolina A&T State University, The University of Oklahoma, the University of Central Oklahoma and Sultan Qaboos University. His research interests are in the areas of Operations Management and Multi-Criteria Decision Making. He has published several articles in journals of repute including The International Journal of Management Science (Omega), Computers and Operations Research, Computers and Industrial Engineering, The Journal of Comparative International Management, Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research and Applied Mathematics and Computation.

“In my teaching, I foster self-instruction, formulate questions rather than answers to enhance the overall critical and creative thinking skills, enhance interpersonal presentation and leadership skills through teamwork assignments and finally, establish high expectations whilst injecting empathy and humanness into the learning process.”

Professor Dr. Abdel Moneim Ahmed
Associate Professor of Management

Professor Abdel Moneim Ahmed received his Ph.D. from De Montfort University (Leicester) and his M.Sc. from Coventry University (UK). Prior to joining ADU, he was a CEO in the import and export industry, after which he returned to academia. After receiving his Ph.D., he worked at the European Center for Total Quality Management (ECTQM), University of Bradford School of Management, UAE University, and e-TQM College (currently Hamdan Bin Mohammed e-University). He is currently serving as the Director of the Master of Business Administration, and Acting Director of Human Resource Management program at ADU (Al Ain Campus). He has published over 80 articles for journals and international refereed conferences, supervised and acted as external examiner for several Ph.D. and MA dissertations, and served as a senior consultant to various international organizations.

“I do not see a rigid dividing line between research and teaching. Good teachers need to be at the cutting edge of recent scholarship, in order to help students see the dynamism of our work. My vision in teaching is to be a coach and facilitator of learning who help students to drive their knowledge assimilation without being anxious about exams and confused about the subject of their learning.”

Professor Dr. Hossam Abu Elanain
Associate Professor of Management

Dr. Abu Elanain earned his Ph.D. from Loughborough University (UK). Prior to joining ADU, he was the Chair of the Management Department at the University of Dubai. He is a member in the Society for Advancement Management (SAM) and the European Academy of Management (EURAM). He joined the College of Business Administration at ADU as an Associate Professor of Management in 2009. His teaching interests cover a wide spectrum of Management issues which are backed up by the in-depth research he has done in this field. His research papers have been published in international refereed journals and he participated and presented his papers at several international conferences.

“I believe in interactive, case based, application focused, and innovative teaching. My role is to develop students’ knowledge and skills that will enable them to compete and excel in the business environment”

Professor Dr. Robert Pech
Assistant Professor of Management

Assistant Professor Robert Pech has been an academic and a management consultant with in-depth knowledge in creating sustainable growth through the use of the Balanced Scorecard and other Human Resource change management techniques that create business improvement. In the last four years, he has worked in the area of Human Resource Management with many companies within the UAE, as well as teaching at the American
University in Dubai. His doctorate is from Melbourne, Australia, and focused on Human Resource Management in relation to technological innovation and company change in New Zealand, Australia and China. Prior to moving to the region, Dr. Pech played integral roles in management change projects in New Zealand and Chinese universities.

“At the College of Business and Administration, students learn to take responsibility for their own learning. A high proportion of teaching and learning in the MHRM is interactive and student-focused, so the more that students commit themselves the better the outcomes. This reflects the ethos of their working lives after graduation. We hold a mirror to corporate life.”

Professor Dr. Christopher Dixon
Assistant Professor of Management

Assistant Professor Christopher Dixon is a specialist in management, training and leadership. He completed his Ph.D. at the City University in Hong Kong, and he keenly shares his knowledge of learning practice that connects learning, development and employment. He successfully delivered a twelve-week leadership development course for seven successive years for senior managers and government officers in the Civil Service in Hong Kong. He also worked as human resource manager at Qatar Petroleum in Doha, where he was responsible for corporate HRM planning, recruitment, training needs analysis, personnel administration, job evaluation and change management programs, which makes him highly qualified to teach human resource management.

“As I teach the MBA course my students turn theory into practice as we discuss the concepts and issues facing international business. A challenging course with many learning opportunities for post graduate students wanting to influence today’s decisions.”

Professor Dr. Lamia Obay
Assistant Professor of Finance

Dr. Lamia Obay is Assistant Professor of Finance at the College of Business Administration at ADU. She holds a BBA from HEC Tunisia, an MBA and a Ph.D. from George Washington University. Her areas of interest include corporate governance, financial performance, bank efficiency, and Islamic Finance. She has published articles on these topics in several refereed journals, and she has been involved in consulting and executive education and training for several organizations such as agencies of the US Federal Government, Dubai Chamber, and the Mohammed Bin Rashid Establishment for Young Entrepreneurs.

“Teaching is about learning and learning is a shared responsibility between all members of the class and society at large. The mere fact of lecturing does not ensure learning. The ultimate goal of teaching should be to make the body of knowledge of both students and teachers grow. That happens when new connections between known concepts are made, new concepts are added, and links between old and new concepts are made. Learning only happens from and with inquisitive minds. Learning happens only when there is a shared respect of everyone’s abilities to think, search, and inquire. Only then, the body of knowledge would grow.”

"My decision to pursue ADU's MBA was driven by my ambition to enhance my technical knowledge with managerial know-how and to keep abreast of the latest business trends in the ever-changing business environment of the UAE. I chose ADU because of the quality of its faculty and its state of the art facilities. As the Project Director of a multi-billion Dirham high rise development on Al-Reem Island, the knowledge and skills gained from ADU's MBA program are very relevant to me. The most valuable aspect of studying at ADU is its holistic learning environment."

Mohamed Hesham Newera,
Ph.D. from Southampton University,
MSc, BSc, PE, MI Structure,
Project Director, Sorouh Real Estate

"As an architect practicing in Abu Dhabi, I was looking for ways to enhance my analytical thinking and entrepreneurial skills. Abu Dhabi University provided me with the opportunity to enroll in an accredited MBA program in my vicinity. After two terms in the program, I am realizing that I have made the right decision to join ADU's MBA. In addition to acquiring advanced managerial knowledge and skills, I am also expanding my network through the interaction with professional peers. I am particularly impressed by the highly qualified professors, the flexible class schedules and the overall ambiance."

Maha Mahmoud Khalid,
B.Arch. from The American University of Sharjah,
Project Architect, AHDC

"In today's world of continuous change, moving up the career ladder requires more than just ambition. To remain competent, leaders need to equip themselves with the latest knowledge and improve their analytical and decision making capabilities. I chose to pursue my MBA at ADU because I felt that it would provide me with the necessary tools to advance in my career. The program has already proven to be an invaluable resource in both my professional and social life. I am looking forward to what lies ahead."

Anas N. Al Otaiba,
BA from Lewis & Clark College,
HR Manager,
Zakum Development Company (ZADCO)

"My decision to enroll in the MBA program was based on the need to advance further in my career, elevate my potential, and expand my analytical and critical thinking skills. I discovered that ADU offered exactly what I was looking for in terms of class structure, learning methods, program quality and individual attention. The emphasis placed on classroom interaction makes ADU's MBA program stand out from the rest. The diversity of backgrounds of the students contributes to a wide range of viewpoints and provides excellent networking opportunities."

Natasha Q. Mushfique,
BSBA from The American University of Sharjah,
Institutional Research and Planning Analyst,
Abu Dhabi University

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