The 12month MBA at Oxford College of Business – A unique breed of MBA graduates
View(s):The 12month MBA which is one of the world’s top MBA programmes offered at Oxford College of Business (OCB) in affiliation with the Australian Institute of Business (AIB) have enjoyed several years of rising applicant numbers globally. With clear career progression and improved work performance of MBA graduates in all most all industries in the country, the 12 month AIB MBA offered at OCB is today’s automatic choice among all senior managers and CEO’s in the country. Despite one or two notable exceptions most of the traditional MBA programmes offered in Sri Lanka today, has also understood the value and practicality of OCB’s 12month MBA and has now began to adjust their curriculums to match and align their programmes to be in line with the MBA program which is ranked #10 in the world in 2012. Today most traditional MBA’s give the option to its students the ability to complete their MBA in one year, which could be seen as business schools offering traditional MBA’s heading in the right direction.
An MBA with a global perspective
With no need to sacrifice your job, the 12month MBA at OCB is looking like a sound investment for seasoned managers with an eye on a place in the C-suite. The 12month MBA is a Global MBA programme offered by the Australian Institute of Business delivered exclusively at Oxford College of Business, which is the local teaching center. Oxford College of Business on of the pioneer Business Schools in the country is also an ISO 9001 certified education provider. Furthermore OCB is celebrating its tenth anniversary by adding a third cohort in 2013. “We are now expanding this program because both the need and the value of having a global perspective have increased in the intervening decade,” explains the MBA programmes director of OCB. “The programme integrates Leadership, Corporate Governance and New Product Management into the business curriculum, which are aspects often neglected in traditional business curricula yet are widely accepted as critical to successful global business.”
Alumni from 70 countries, teaching across 5 continents
More and more companies today are encouraging their managers to join the 12month MBA at Oxford College of Business as they know that the 12month MBA helps to develop managers who can lead teams in a global business environment. The AIB MBA is delivered in 5 continents across 15 countries and has alumni from 70 countries. Furthermore the AIB MBA helps strengthen cultural awareness, and enabled them to more effectively manage global work teams. Another unique benefit of the 12month MBA program offered at OCB is that students are able to take what they learned on the weekends and apply it on Monday mornings in their workplaces. The modular delivery format is favored by the new wave of senior managers from all over the country. The 12 Month MBA is offered as one subject per month. This means that students need to focus on just one subject at a time, in addition to their usual personal and professional obligations. The fact that the examination is just a month away from the start of each subject has contributed to high completion rates, as the students are continuously motivated. Academically, there’s no difference between a 12month MBA and a traditional MBA. It’s not a matter of content. It’s a matter of delivery style. A typical example of this is the 12month MBA would concentrate on delivering 35hours of lectures for one module over a period of one month purely on weekends as opposed to a traditional MBA delivering 40hours per subject stretched over a period of 3 months. Furthermore the type of student that prefers to go into a 12Month MBA program is quite bit older. The average age is about 35, with about 10 years of work, and about 5 years of management experience in the typical 12Month program.
A truly Global Experience
The 12month AIB MBA program at OCB is offered in over 15 locations worldwide, in England, Ireland, Singapore, Eygypt, St Lucia, Trinidad & Tabogo, Vietnam, Namibia, Guyana with the main campus being based at, 27 Currie Street Adelaide, South Australia. Australian Institute of Business ensures that all participants follow the same core curriculum and receive the same fundamental content, regardless of where they enroll. The Academic Head of the Oxford College of Business, says the benefit of this is clear. “AIB’s aim is to build a strong participant network across all locations. If a participant is based in Colombo, but completes a module in Singapore, England or St Lucia, he or she will be able to build a network of peers around the world. We have seen the benefits of this were students from OCB who has opted for this experience and has really benefited by developing a truly global network. Most of our students are constantly travelling to different parts of the globe throughout the year and there is definitely an appetite for a school’s expertise globally – especially from students who were unable to come to Adelaide for full 12 month residential program. For example If a student is based for one month in Vietnam on work he/she can attend lectures at the Vietnam teaching center and complete one of the 12 modules before returning back home end of the month. Over the past 16 months we have seen more and more students from OCB have taken advantage of this unique learning experience, which makes it clear that students want to attain a level of global literacy that most traditional programs simply cannot offer.”
It could be stated that most Business Schools have been slow to react to the growing importance the seasoned manager place on international experience. The rate of globalisation is only going to increase and it will be a disruptive force for which many more managers need to prepare. The 12month AIB MBA has understood this and as a result gives students the option to study few/some modules in different destinations around the globe, giving them the opportunity to obtain the global exposure that they require.
A worthwhile investment
The 12month MBA offered at Oxford College of Business in affiliation with the Australian Institute of Business (AIB) is ranked #3 in Australia and #10 in the world according to the latest research conducted by the International Graduate Forum published by the CEO Magazine (UK) in 2012. Despite the challenges and demands of the 12month MBA programme at OCB, the benefits the degree can bring to those in middle management roles are tremendous. Not only is it an ideal way of improving one’s salary, it also facilitates career advancement and opens doors to new opportunities – both within a candidate’s existing workplace or further afield. For those experiencing the middle management squeeze, OCB’s 12month MBA program could be just what is needed to breathe new life into slightly stagnant careers. For more information contact Malindu Ranasinghe – 0714151547 or visit www.ocbsrilanka.com
| “AIB’s aim is to build a strong participant network across all locations. If a participant is based in Colombo, but completes a module in Singapore, England or St Lucia, he or she will be able to build a network of peers around the world. We have seen the benefits of this were students from OCB who has opted for this experience and has really benefited by developing a truly global network |
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