The learning experience
EMBA students complete four fully residential modules of four weeks’ duration, over as little as 14-month period. Participants return to their workplaces and apply their learning during the 3-4 month interval between modules.
The program is intensive. Faculty contact is up to 40 hours per week, with at least a further 20 hours of private study, preparation and group work.
Classes generally run from Monday to Saturday. Opportunities exist throughout the day for students to meet with faculty for individual consultations. Evenings are devoted to preparing for the next day’s classes or syndicate work.
The learning methods are diverse, ranging from syndicate activities to interactive class discussions and case studies, experiential activities and formal presentations. Current management concepts and associated business thinking are covered in an applied context.
A significant proportion of the program is undertaken in syndicate groups, further enhancing the dynamic learning experience. A syndicate is a group of students from diverse backgrounds who are assigned to work together. Syndicates work on tasks such as preparing cases for discussion in class, or completing assignments based on current issues in real organisations. In order to promote additional learning within the group, a cooperative learning culture is encouraged.
This is reinforced through a pass-fail assessment mode which substantially eliminates intra-group competition and develops a mutually supportive learning environment. Examinations are designed to further the development of problem-solving and analytical skills, testing students’ ability to apply the new concepts to which they have been exposed.
The program is complemented with carefully selected guest speakers who are acknowledged leaders in their respective fields.
