| |9 9 September 2020HIGHERReviewBy Dr. Gary Stockport, Dean EMBA & Professor Strategy, S P Jain School of Global Management‘uninterrupted’ quiet study learning environment. Online EMBA cours-es offer increased flexibility here as students can access from anywhere; work, home or elsewhere whilst trav-elling. Of course, part-time study also enables participants to continue to earn a salary.• Career AccelerationEMBA students are typically am-bitious. They want to see the time and cost of study translated into professional career acceleration and growth. It is quite common for a stu-dent’s career to progress during their studies and there is certainly no need to wait until after studies are com-plete.• Applying What You Learn Immedi-atelyDoing an EMBA enables students to apply what they learn in class imme-diately back at work. Assessments are applied in nature and some may specifically relate to the student’s employer. Consequently, this enables the completed work to be showcased back at work and sometimes even im-plemented.• Soft SkillsThe best EMBA Courses focus upon the development of the students’ soft skills (as well as the hard skills). These include the ability to speak to an audience with clarity and con-fidence. Furthermore, fine-tuning listening skills as well as building empathy. The importance of build-ing empathy was emphasized by Satya Nadella, CEO Microsoft in his book ‘Hit Refresh’ as a part of the cultural change within Microsoft.• Learning from State-of-the-Art Ac-ademics and PractitionersTypically, Faculty teaching on an EMBA bring many years of work ex-perience into the classroom. This has been attained working full-time in the Public or Private Sectors or through undertaking consulting. Therefore, the real world of business is brought into the class and is looked at through the ‘lenses’ of models, frameworks and theory. Many also bring applied research into the learning including works published in quality academic Journals. The latter helps to add aca-demic rigor into the degree.• Building A Professional Network for LifeDoing an EMBA is an ideal way of building a professional network of peers for life with student peers and Alumni. As is often commented: ‘It is not what you know but who you know that counts’ for career progres-sion. The best EMBA Courses offer many opportunities for you to net-work whether inside or outside of the classroom with current students and Alumni.• Turbo-Charging a CVAn EMBA helps to turbo-charge a CV. Having an EMBA on a CV might just be the difference between a per-son getting the job if he / she is com-pared with someone who has a simi-lar track-record of work experience but does not have one. For any Selec-tion Panel, having an EMBA denotes that the person applying can cope with a high workload and is therefore effective at time management. Gen-erally, the person being considered has been able to balance work, home and study.• Extended Professional Develop-mentDoing an EMBA enables a student to focus upon their professional devel-opment over an extended period of time. Although it’s likely that partic-ipants will undertake much shorter Executive Development courses lat-er in their career, this opportunity through studying across 18 months is not likely to be repeated again. That’s why it’s often grabbed with both hands!It is often said that: ‘Doing an EMBA is the best strategic invest-ment decision that you will ever make.’ Why don’t you do one and find out for yourself?!Having an EMBA on a CV might just be the difference between a person getting the job if he / she is compared with someone who has a similar track-record of work experience but does not have one
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