Executive Business Administration King Saud University

Overview

The Executive Business Administration Program at King Saud University provides these leaders with the necessary tools and perspectives to lead their organizations into the future.  It is a broad-based, fast-paced, in-depth leadership experience. The Program focuses on enhancing and strengthening management expertise at the executive level. The program is intense but thoughtfully designed, so that all components - curriculum, training, collaborative studies and networking - work together within a well-designed learning cycle. The format is hands-on and encourages superior learning.

Rigor and relevance are the two guiding principles of the EMBA academic program. It combines academic rigor with a strong focus on practical application.

Significance and Justifications of Program Creation:

• The chief goal of the CBA-KSU EMBA Program curriculum is to help students develop the broad-ranging skill set they need to take a large view of their organizations and to guide these organizations more effectively in senior leadership roles.  Students learn how to analyze and process information from a variety of sources in their strategic decision-making to set sound courses for their organizations.  In their teaching, professors use instructional methods relevant to the skills and needs of the executive.
• The EMBA will dramatically increase participant ability to think globally, plan intuitively, communicate effectively, and act strategically. The EMBA adds great career value by exposing participant to cross-functional business knowledge, improved professional connections, and a heightened confidence that often comes with a life-changing experience.
• The program’s highly applied curriculum is designed around a balanced blend of analytical foundations, solution-based courses, and action learning opportunities: 
• Its focus on leadership emphasizes the development of leaders capable of solving real-world business challenges.
• Its results-oriented curriculum promotes learning and collaboration across disciplinary boundaries. 
• Its bi-weekly format allows busy executives and professionals to balance the pursuit of an MBA with commitments at work and at home.  It takes less than two years to complete while continuing to work full time.
• Its “cohort” approach allows participants to enter the program, complete classes, and graduate with the same group of students.