Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA)
For Innovative Leaders
Is this EMBA for you?
- Designed to provide a synthesizing experience for senior managers and executives who bring a wealth of industry experience to classroom.
- Introduces advanced theoretical and practical frameworks for problem analysis, academic synthesis and innovation.
- Creates a professional support network for Managers.
- Provides Managers with the skill set to direct others to grow the firm in a challenging global business environment.
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Steps to Admission
The Admissions process at the Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business is designed to ensure that only the best applicants will be selected to pursue post graduate education at the Business School. By selecting the right applicants we will be able to guarantee you a postgraduate experience with a high calibre of student engagement that will challenge you to exceed your known limits in addition to locating your career within a network of “Next Generation” leaders and innovators.
- Apply online (via http://sta.uwi.edu/postgrad/admissions.asp ) and print the confirmation receipt and any other required forms (such as the Programme Specific Information Form) upon completion of the online application. The following documents (where applicable) must be submitted along with your confirmation receipt:-
- Curriculum vitae
- Educational Certificates at the tertiary level
- Official Transcripts (not applicable for UWI Graduates)
- 2 References
- Birth Certificate
- Legal Affidavit or Deed Poll if your present name is different from that on the Birth Certificate
- Marriage Certificate
- TOEFL Scores (non native speakers of English must score at least 500 in this exam)
- Programme Specific Information Form
Documents may be submitted:
- By email: Please email the Confirmation Receipt and other documents to apply@stu.gsb.tt
- By post to The Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business, Max Richards Drive, Mount Hope, Trinidad W.I. If sending the documents via mail, please submit certified copies of all certificates and send to the attention of the Academic Director, Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business.
- By fax: Please fax to the Academic Director at 868-663-1415 OR 868-663-1415
No application fee is required when applying online.
- All completed applications with all supporting documents are reviewed at the Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business and qualified applicants are recommended for interviews. (1 week after receipt of completed application)
- Once the applicant meets the qualification and experience criteria he/she will be invited to an interview. This will take place face to face in Guyana or via telephone, whichever is convenient.
- The School for Graduate Studies & Research at UWI St. Augustine will send a formal offer letter via email to all successful applicants within 2 weeks of receiving recommendations from the Lok Jack GSB. Unsuccessful applicants will receive a letter from the School for Graduate Studies and Research in the mail.
- All successful applicants will be advised via email as to what steps need to be taken for orientation and registration. UWI’s offer letter contains details about UWI’s medical form and the Lok Jack GSB’s registration information outlines the rest of the process for new stludents.
http://www.sta.uwi.edu/postgrad/apply.asp#online
FAQs
Why an MBA?
Is an MBA worth the investment of your time, effort and money? According to Business Week, the Wall Street Journal and a majority of corporations worldwide, the answer is a resounding "yes". This is true whether you are an undergraduate thinking about a career in business or an executive seeking upward mobility and career options.
Whatever your current standing in the business world, your future success will depend on your ability to plan, organize, direct and control the use of the firm's human, financial, material and information resources in effectively and efficiently to achieve organizational goals. An MBA will provide you with the knowledge to help you build more successful business relationships, analyze financial data and manage both material and information better. In short, an MBA will give you the tools to improve your decision-making.
Why a Lok Jack GSB MBA?
All MBA programs are based on the premise that people can be taught to manage situations more effectively. The EMBA Programme at the Lok Jack GSB is a graduate programme with a difference. The programme is designed to accommodate a variety of student backgrounds and needs such as the liberal arts graduate who desires a business career, the business major who recognizes the growing importance of the global economy, the working professional who could benefit from part-time, continuing education in international and management studies, and the individual looking for a m id-career change.
The EMBA is structured with a strong career orientation, providing theoretical foundations and functional skills, but moving beyond the traditional MBA by integrating the international dimension of business into the programme. Students are then equipped to function effectively in the complex international business environment of the contemporary world.
The MBA Programme has three goals:
- To provide skilled, knowledgeable and socially responsive leadership for international business and institutions.
- To provide an academically rigorous and pragmatic programme in international business management.
- To provide students with the broader skills to recognize the nature, direction and timing of change in the international environment, and to respond to those changes in a manner which fosters international understanding.
Beyond these broad goals, the EMBA Programme recognizes the needs of employers from both the corporate and public sectors, with the following more specific objectives:
- To provide graduates with the functional and cross-cultural skills to become effective managers of multinational enterprises and institutions.
- To enable students to be knowledgeable decision makers within their specific area of responsibility.
We encourage you to visit our web site frequently to get more information and connect with our students, alumni and faculty.
We will be happy to answer your questions.
Please contact us for further information:
Richard A Ramsawak
Programme Director - Company In-Company Programmes
Phone: 868 662-9894-5 ext. 160