Lok Jack GSB Joins EMBA Council

Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business (Lok Jack GSB) has acquired membership in the Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) Council - a US-based organisation which includes the top providers of Executive MBA programmes. This will facilitate networking and collaboration with other leading business schools and further enhance the international standing of Lok Jack GSB.

Lok Jack GSB is accredited by the United Kingdom’s Association of MBAs (AMBA) and is also registered as a business education provider by the Accreditation Council of Trinidad and Tobago.

Membership in the EMBA Council further strengthens the Business School’s emphasis on quality assurance and presents the Lok Jack GSB with the following opportunities:

• Direct involvement with directors of Executive MBA Programmes worldwide who set standards for the industry;

• Access to peers who are willing to share ideas and practices on issues such as student recruitment, student expectations, and alumni support;
• Annual aggregate data and statistics on students and programmes that offer a profile of the industry;
• Ability to participate in surveys that measure the satisfaction of students and benchmarking against similar programmes;
• Information about trends in the industry;
• Regional meetings and a national conference that offer rich resources and support personal and professional development;
• Chance to serve the industry and increase networking by serving on Executive MBA Council committees or its Board of Trustees.

EMBA Council membership is also in line with the business school’s international outreach mission. Lok Jack GSB’s Acting Executive Director, Professor Mark Oakley, is a member of the International Accreditation Board of the Association of MBAs (AMBA) and regularly chairs MBA assessment panels at business schools around the world.      
The School is a founding member of the United Nations’ Principles for Responsible Management Education Initiative and was the first academic institution in the region to become a signatory to the UN’s Global Compact. This compact is a voluntary Corporate Social Responsibility initiative which was launched by the United Nations in 2000 and aims to bring together companies, UN agencies, labour and civil society to support universal environmental and social principles. 

• Centre for Training & Development
  • Finance
    • Finance for the Public Sector
  • Project Management
    • Mastering MS Project
    • Ultimate PMP Prep
  • Professional Development
    • Pensions and Benefits Planning
    • Change Management
  • Skills Development
    • Corporate Communication
    • World Class Customer Service

Finance

Finance For The Public Sector 21st ,22nd & 23rd October 2008

This course is specifically aimed at those employed in the Public Sector, including Local Government, who are responsible for preparing or managing budgets and need to understand ‘the numbers’ to make effective business decisions. It is also suitable for managers of ‘not for profit’ organisations who are continually being challenged to get more out of their limited resources.

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Project Management

Mastering MS Project September
10th, 11th, 12th, 2008

Microsoft Project is a powerful project management program you can use to help build project plans, track work completed, and account for variance from your baseline plan.

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Ultimate PMP Prep
September 29th, 30th, October 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 2008

This course provides candidates the opportunity to effectively organize and plan for the PMP exam preparation in just five consecutive days of intensive study.This course also provides a formal Certificate of Completion to fully satisfy the Project Management Institute’s 35 contact-hour requirement.

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Professional Development

Pensions and Benefits Planning
15th, 17th and 19th September 2008

This workshop focuses on indirect compensation of employees in an organization, more specifically referred to as Pension and Benefits. It will introduce you to the key pieces of legislation governing pensions and mandatory benefits in Trinidad and Tobago. It will also cover voluntary benefits, negotiated benefits, managerial and executive benefits, expatriate and international benefits. The strategic use of benefits will be covered as well as the development and administration of benefits programmes. The focus will be more on application with only sufficient theory necessary to understand the rationale for the benefit.

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Change Management
29th, 30th September & 1st October

This course seeks to familiarize middle level and senior staff personnel with the digital tools and technologies needed to drive the demanding hardware, software and policy needs of a modern business enterprise. The course equips individuals with the knowledge of the Information Systems tools and infrastructure ‘behind the scenes’ that can help them better understand how Information Technology is being leveraged for competitive advantage and survival in a technologically driven environment.

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Skills Development

Corporate Communication
September 17-19, 2008

Overview

This three-day workshop will focus on the concepts, tools and techniques that are needed to develop an integrated corporate communications plan aligned to business strategy. It will address the vital role that effective corporate communications play in key stakeholder relations with particular emphasis on effective crisis management and the achievement of core business goals.

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World Class Customer Service
September 29-30, 2008

Overview

This programme seeks to teach front line personnel how to deal with customer in a professional manner regardless of a customers’ disposition.

All employees, including managers are influential because they have the power to:

• Gain or lose customers
• Convert a crisis into an opportunity
• Create lasting and satisfying relationships, and so retain existing customers
• Act in a way that would speak positively of your organization
• Differentiate company from competitor
• Add to revenue by providing a high standard of customer service to attract new customers

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