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FACULTY OF BUSINESS – Graduate Programs
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Mission
The mission of the Master of Business Administration program at ALHOSN University is to provide a
high-quality professional graduate degree program to students, holding any undergraduate degree,
who aspire to holding positions of senior managerial and leadership nature in organizations through
education in the broad scope of business administration and through in-depth knowledge in one or
more specialized areas of business.
Vision
The Master of Business Administration (MBA) program at ALHOSN University envisions itself in the
future to be recognized as one of the top private higher educational professional degree offering
programs in the field of Business Administration in the United Arab Emirates with the leading edge in
research, analytical methods and technology, attracting the best students, faculty, and staff.
Goals
This program focuses specifically on exposing students to key business management concepts and
provides students with the opportunity to develop and apply professional skills in a number of areas
critical to managerial leadership in today’s competitive business environment. The goals of the MBA
program are to develop graduates with:
1. The most appropriate competencies in conceptualizing, organizing, and resolving complex
business problems while considering the impact of technology, globalization, emerging
markets, and demographic diversity on the organization,
2. The most useful in-depth knowledge of a selected area of specialization to be able to make
significant contributions at the work place
3. Sufficient awareness of the major challenges facing contemporary global business such as
the need for innovation, integrity, ability to manage change, globalization, and effective
management of technology,
4. Extensive understanding of human behavior in business situations and the manager’s role as
a leader in influencing behavior,
5. Intensive appreciation of teamwork, communication, creativity, decision- making, and
strategic planning competencies in order to be able to apply these competencies in formulating,
executing, and evaluating organizational initiatives and decision- making processes.
6. A broad understanding of the implication of the legal and ethical framework that applies to
both business and the professions concerned.
Objectives
Graduates of this program should be able to utilize business knowledge in accounting, economics,
finance, information technology, marketing, management and international business in making
managerial decisions and executing organizational initiatives, understand human behavior in business
situations and the manager’s role as a leader in influencing behavior, and demonstrate an understanding
and application of the legal and ethical framework that applies to both business and the professions
concerned.
Specifically, the objectives of the MBA program are:
1. To train students on the use of advanced decision-making tools and techniques such as the
case analysis method, problem solving approach and computerized simulations to be able to
conceptualize, organize, and solve complex business problems.
2. To prepare students to be able to account for the impact of technology, globalization,
emerging markets, and demographic diversity in the organization.
3. To furnish students with in-depth knowledge of a selected area of specialization.
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