EXECUTIVE MBA LEADERS FROM ALBERTA FOR THE WORLD - University Of Alberta
EXECUTIVEMBALEADERSFROMALBERTA FORTHE WORLD
Success. We’re all lookingfor it, whether it be in life orbusiness. We’re all searching forthe insight and the inspirationto fulfill the goals, dreams andpotential we know we haveinside. But how do you find it?It begins by asking theright questions.About Us4Focused on your Success5EMBA Class Profile7Globalization9Executive Leadership11Company Benefits13A Challenging Curriculum14Next Steps: How to Apply15
4Alberta School of BusinessTOP 3 IN CANADARanked 3rd by Maclean’s in theTop 20 Best Business Universitiesin Canada (2017)About UsWORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGSThe University of Alberta ranks inthe top 90 Universities worldwide.The Alberta School of BusinessThe Alberta Executive MBA ProgramThe Alberta School of Business is one of the world’s leadinginstitutions of business education and research. Our visionis simple, yet powerful: we’re dedicated to creating Leadersfrom Alberta for the World.Ranked among the top EMBA programs in the world, the AlbertaEMBA program provides you with a superior business educationwith opportunities to put concepts into practice and maximizeyour leadership potential. It is designed for experiencedprofessionals and senior-level managers who want to enhancetheir organization’s value by combining an understanding ofbusiness with the strategic perspective necessary to lead.For over a century, the innovation, entrepreneurialism andleadership of the School’s more than 27,000 alumni havestrengthened businesses and communities across the globe.The Alberta School of Business continues to focus on fourkey areas as part of its overall strategic vision.ENTREPRENEURSHIP:Fostering infrastructure through the spirit of innovationINTERNATIONAL BUSINESS:Making Alberta a worldwide business leaderENERGY & THE ENVIRONMENT:Creating sustainable growth and strategic policy-makingLEADERSHIP:Transforming learners into leadersVISION: Our alumni advance organizations.MISSION: We connect, develop and inspire impactful leaders.The EMBA Student ExperienceAlberta Executive MBA students are empowered to maximizetheir career potential through.Executive Leadership and Team Building Explore self-reflection and gain greater self-awareness inyour role as a leader and a team member. Work collaboratively with your peers from a variety of industriesand organizations, diversifying your perspectives and skill sets.Executive Decision Making and Critical Thinking Learn to make competent and ethical decisions in order tocreate and sustain economic, social and environmental value. Allocate organizational resources to maximize effectiveness.Executive Resilience Increase your tenacity in responding to workplace challenges,setbacks and adversities through enhanced personal resilience. Practice a learning journey and growth mindset necessary forrenewal, recovery and advancement.
5Focused On Your SuccessThe Alberta Executive MBA is designed to make the most of your timethrough an optimized and supportive learning environment. After all,your focus should be on getting the most out of your program. International Travel: Your EMBA program includes travel andaccommodation for the study tour, helping you gain a globalperspective critical in today’s environment. Computer & Course Materials: You are provided with a tabletand all course materials in order to facilitate ease of learning. Teaching Support: Outside of class, faculty and teaching assistantsare available to provide you with additional educational support. Catering & Parking: Once you arrive on campus, we’ve got youcovered with parking and meals during class days. Library Resources: In addition to a wide range of businessdatabases, dedicated librarian support is on hand to help youwith research and your business projects.Leadership & CoachingAbove all else, the Alberta Executive MBA is designed to honeand develop your leadership abilities. Academically, the programis focused on sharpening and developing your overall businessknowledge during the first year and then developing yourleadership capabilities and strategic acumen during the secondyear. Outside of the classroom, the Alberta Executive MBA offersadditional supports to assist in your development: Executive Coaching: Our coaching program is a results-orientedprocess that is designed to drive individual development,purposeful growth and sustained performance enhancement. Executive Speaker Series: Hear from accomplished industryleaders as they share their thoughts and perspectives in anintimate setting with our Executive MBA class. Career Support: Our Career Management Centre is here tohelp you with career guidance and support.Build Deep ConnectionsThe Alberta Executive MBA is about more than what you learnin a textbook. Bringing together a cohort of experienced peersand world-renowned faculty, you’ll have the opportunity to heardifferent perspectives as well as learn and be challengedduring class discussions. In-Person Courses: Classroom experiences offer a distractionfree environment and the ability to interact directly and inreal-time with your peers and professors. Diverse Network: Our students stem from a wide rangeof companies and represent diverse sectors of the Albertaeconomy, bringing new and unique perspectives tobusiness problems. Small Cohort: Small class sizes facilitate building deeprelationships with your peers, offering you considerabledirect contact with our professors.
6Alberta School of BusinessMathew McLashEMBA 2012President & CEO,WestOak Development Ltd.I just wasn’t settled. I wasalways curious, wonderingwhether I had reached myfull potential. And the AlbertaSchool of Business EMBAshowed me that I could doand be so much more.The EMBA enabled me togrow as a person and asa leader with the confidenceneeded to execute myentrepreneurial dreams.
uab.ca/embaGPACandidates should hold anundergraduate degree froma recognized institution with asufficient GPA to indicate theircapability to pursue a rigorousacademic program.EMBAClass ProfileTeam-Oriented ExperiencesTeamwork is the key to the Alberta Executive MBA. With rotatinggroups, you will have the opportunity to work with all of yourpeers. The Alberta Executive MBA is a fully classroom-basedprogram that attracts an impressive array of leaders from avariety of industries and sectors. Your peers will be accomplished business leaders and high-potential individuals that arecontinually striving to think bigger, smarter and broader. AlbertaExecutive MBA students represent a broad spectrum of industries, functional backgrounds, job responsibilities and cultures,offering a learning environment that broadens your perspectiveand provides you with new ways of thinking.A limited number of students whodo not meet our academic criteria,but have outstanding attributesin other areas may be consideredfor admission.IndustriesRepresentedEnergy 24%Manufacturing 18%Healthcare 7%A sampling of companies represented: Grant Thonton LLP, ECOCanada, Plains Midstream Canada, Enbridge Pipelines, HoneywellProcess Solutions, Shell, Syncrude, Schlumberger, EPCOR, RBC, ATBFinancial, Alberta Indian Investment Corporation, Samson Cree MedicalServices, Supreme Modular Fabrication Inc., Leavitt Machinery.Government/Public Sector 9%Class Profile:Consulting 9%153.0FinancialServices 15%Years ienceAgeRangeOther 18%7
8Alberta School of BusinessSheldon HudsonEMBA 2016Vice President,Al-Terra Engineering Ltd.My goal was to learnadditional skills and toolsto help grow my engineeringfirm. Now that I havecompleted the programand reflect back, I realizethe EMBA was more than aneducation, it was a profoundlife experience.
uab.ca/emba9GlobalizationThe Alberta Executive MBA helpsyou tackle the challenges ofglobalization by looking at real-lifecase studies of companies operatingglobally, hearing from internationalguest speakers, learning fromthe international experiencesof your classmates and enhancingyour knowledge and perspectivefrom international professors.International Business CourseAs part of the Alberta EMBA curriculum, you will take an entirecourse dedicated to international business. This course will focuson the globalization of business, international trade and tradingblocs, planning for market entry and development, exporting,joint ventures, direct investment and developing the skills ofan international manager.The combination of dynamic classroom discussion from casestudies, and real-life exposure through the International StudyTour will equip you with the tools necessary to advance yourorganization in the international playing field.INTERNATIONAL STUDY TOURTo cap off your program, you will take part in a transformational2-week International Study Tour with your peers. In recentyears, the Study Tour has taken place in China, one of the world’slargest economies. In preparation for the Study Tour, you willexamine the economic, political, and cultural environments ofthe fascinating and ever-changing region. On the ground, youwill be involved in a variety of dynamic activities including: Meetings at Canadian embassies or consulates, and discussionswith trade officers Company visits to Canadian companies operating abroad,and with local companies doing business globally such as GMShanghai, Ali Baba in Beijing, and Everbright Bank in Hong Kong Visits to cultural and historical sites
10Alberta School of BusinessSteven DiepEMBA 2016Senior Manager,Operations Engineering,Enbridge PipelinesThe Alberta Executive MBA has given methe necessary tools to solve complex businessproblems. It provides you with a completelydifferent way of critical thinking that anindividual without the program may takedecades to develop just with work experiencealone. The program provides you with theconfidence to pursue business avenues thatyou never thought existed. When my colleaguesask if I would do it again, my response withouthesitation is always yes, the University ofAlberta Executive MBA changed my life!
uab.ca/emba11ExecutiveLeadershipBy improving your perception,increasing your visibility and exertingyour influence, the Alberta ExecutiveMBA will help you to revolutionize yourcompany. We have the tools you needto enhance your strategic leadershipcapabilities and achieve your goals.EXECUTIVE COACHINGBy engaging with an Executive Coach, you will enhance yourexecutive presence, focus your efforts on strategy while avoidingorganizational pitfalls and develop a viable plan to make yourvision a reality. You will partake in a results-oriented, thoughtprovoking process that uses focused one-on-one conversationsto drive individual growth, purposeful action and sustainedperformance enhancement.CAREER DEVELOPMENT SUPPORTThe MBA Career Education & Coaching Team will facilitate yourlearning on career planning, job search tools and resources,personal branding, executive narration and presence and boardgovernance.EXECUTIVE SPEAKER SERIESBuilding your leadership capabilities means interacting withindividuals who are shaping Canada’s major organizationstoday. Our Executive Speaker Series gives you the opportunityto consider leadership and strategy from the perspective ofsenior executives. It will challenge you to integrate your coursework with the insights of our speakers and arrive at your ownpersonal leadership model.TEACHING SUPPORTFaculty members and teaching assistants provide additionalsupport to help you best understand challenging conceptsand prepare for exams.
12Alberta School of BusinessMouna HamdonEMBA 2011Owner & Executive Manager,Hamdon Energy SolutionsThe Executive MBA has refinedand sharpened my corporate skills whilefostering in me an attitude of success,hence I have gained a rooted confidencein approaching problems, issues andopportunities. In the classroom, I havefound the team dynamics to be enrichingas I have been able to benefit fromthese learnings in my work environment.My satisfaction in the program farexceeded my expectations.
uab.ca/emba13EXPOSURE TO THE LATESTMANAGEMENT IDEAS & RESEARCHCompanyBenefitsPursuing an Alberta Executive MBAis a significant endeavor, and havingorganizational support will befundamental for your successfuljourney. In demonstrating acommitment to their top talent bynurturing, supporting and investingin you, your organization empowerstheir key performers to excel.While the Alberta Executive MBAwill take your own career to the nextlevel, what’s in it for your employer?Professors are currently engaged in awide spectrum of teaching and researchactivities all over the world, and areexposed to the newest trends in theirindustries. You will benefit from thevast knowledge of faculty membersand learn what is on the cutting edgeof business trends.CAPSTONE PROJECTYou will investigate a strategic multi-faceted business issuein your workplace to integrate and apply skills learned in theclassroom. With the Capstone Project, you’ll create a practical,relevant and tangible outcome that includes research, recommendations and an implementation plan for the proposedbusiness solutions.SUCCESSION PLANNINGYou will enhance your confidence alongside your strategicand leadership capabilities, ensuring you’re fully prepared totake on the opportunities within your organization’s dynamicbusiness environment.ADVANCED LEADERSHIP TRAININGThe Executive Speaker Series and Executive Coaching Programenable you to hear from business leaders on how they tackledifficult situations, and to enhance your leadership performancethrough personal coaching sessions.REAL-TIME APPLICATION OF LEADERSHIP,STRATEGY & BUSINESS CONCEPTSApply your in-class learnings to your workplace on the fly,adding immediate value in your role and with your organization.EXPOSURE TO DIVERSE PERSPECTIVESAlberta Executive MBA students come from a wide rangeof educational backgrounds, organizations, industries andcultures. Some of your most impactful learnings will comefrom discussions with and insight from your peers, which willenhance your classroom learning and inspire you to thinkbeyond your traditional boundaries.
14Alberta School of BusinessA ChallengingCurriculumThe curriculum is designed to sharpenyour skills in the key functional areas ofmanagement such as finance, marketingand operations. Then you will moveon to the latest management theoryand practice in leadership, strategy, andinternational business and globalization.YEAR 1Fall SemesterTHE MANAGER AS A STRATEGISTBUSINESS ECONOMICSDATA ANALYSIS & MODELLINGFINANCIAL ACCOUNTINGMANAGING HUMAN RESOURCESApplied ApproachCourses in the Executive MBA Program use real-world case studiesthat encourage students to apply theoretical knowledge to theproblems and issues facing organizations. Woven throughoutthe 2nd year of the Executive MBA program, the capstone projectbrings current challenges in your workplace into the classroom.With the capstone project, you’ll be required to negotiate,create and ready a major project for implementation within yourorganization. While each project is highly unique, you will notonly acquire technical knowledge and management conceptsbut will also develop an understanding of organizational politicsand culture, the art of influencing others, the ability to delegate,delivering impactful presentations, and selling ideas.THE FACULTYOur professors are PhD-qualified, bring a wealth of academicknowledge into the classroom and stay current by doing consultingwork for leading companies internationally. Our faculty membersare a valuable resource, not only while you’re in the programbut for the rest of your professional career. Your professors areteachers first and foremost: their job is to open up the black boxand expose you to new possibilities and experiences based onthe latest management research. But your professors are alsomentors and coaches. They will expect you to reflect onand test new concepts, and reshape your actions to achievebetter performance. It’s a dynamic process – moving from theabstract to the concrete and back again. But that is what greatleaders do every day.Winter SemesterFINANCIAL ANALYSIS & DECISION MAKINGCORPORATE FINANCEMARKETINGORGANIZATIONAL PLANNING & CONTROLBARGAINING & NEGOTIATIONS* ELECTIVE COURSES MAY INCLUDE:Managing Organizational ChangeNew Venture CreationSupply Chain ManagementCorporate GovernanceFinancial Statement AnalysisEnergy Markets & Investments
uab.ca/emba15Next Steps:How to ApplyYEAR 2Fall SemesterMANAGING THE BUSINESS / GOVT INTERFACEINTERNATIONAL BUSINESSCAPSTONE PROJECTELECTIVE COURSES *MANAGEMENT OF TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATIONWinter SemesterCORPORATE STRATEGYLEADERSHIPELECTIVE COURSES *CAPSTONE PROJECT (CONTINUED)INTERNATIONAL STUDY TOURThe value of the Alberta Executive MBA is based not only onthe quality of the instruction in the classroom, but on the insightsand experiences that our students bring themselves. Applicantsfor the Executive MBA are evaluated on how the program willhelp you achieve your professional goals and how the rest ofthe cohort will benefit from your participation. As such, theadmissions committee views each application holistically andconsiders a wide range of factors in admission decisions.Apply to the programCandidates should have the support of their organizations to undertake the program. This support includes allowances for time awayfrom work to attend class sessions. It may also include financialsupport through employee education assistance programs.PROGRAM FEESTotal tuition and fees for the Alberta Executive MBA are 67,000.These fees include tuition, a work tablet, books and course materials,meals and parking while attending classes and travel and accommodation for the International Study Tour. Tuition is due in four equalinstalments at the beginning of each term in the program.PROCEDUREOur formal application, along with detailed information aroundadmission requirements is available online at: uab.ca/embaApplication Requirements:TRANSCRIPTS: GPA of 3.0 or higherInternational Study Tour2-WEEK TOURAnalyze the challenges facing local companies ininternational environments and North Americancompanies entering those markets.RESUME: Minimum of 7 years of work experienceGMAT EXAM SCORE: If GPA is 3.0LETTERS OF REFERENCE: 2 professionalSTATEMENT OF INTENT: 1-2 pages
CONTACT USFor more information about theAlberta Executive MBA Programcontact:Alberta MBA ProgramsRoom 2-30, Business BuildingUniversity of AlbertaEdmonton, AB CanadaT6G 92.3946Toll Free 866.492.7676Twitter@ualbertambaFacebook @AlbertaMBA
Pursuing an Alberta Executive MBA is a significant endeavor, and having organizational support will be fundamental for your successful journey. In demonstrating a commitment to their top talent by nurturing, supporting and investing in you, your organization empowers their key performers to excel. While the Alberta Executive MBA
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