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Programme:
Govt MBA Dubai -
Nationality:
Kuwaiti -
Job Publish-programme:
Head of the Govt Staff for the Vice Chairman and Group CEO’s Workplace, Zain Group
Malik Marafie (EMBADS2016) needed to check the Govt MBA to realize publicity to worldwide markets and construct up his world community. Six years later, he already has much more than that to point out for his time spent learning the programme.
I made a decision to check the Govt MBA as a result of I needed to realize extra publicity to worldwide markets, by way of learning, case research and group discussions. In my class of 50 college students we had individuals from all completely different backgrounds, sectors and nationalities. That meant I may hear other ways of pondering and achieve new views, in addition to see the way in which individuals from completely different backgrounds assess and analyse circumstances. This actually helped broaden my mind-set, particularly after I was challenged by the professor, as a result of no matter how effectively ready I used to be with a case, there’d all the time be completely different views to hearken to which generally challenged my very own. The appliance course of for the EMBA programme actually meant that I used to be learning with the very best of the very best, with a terrific community of alumni, too.
The programme actually helped me broaden and broaden my work roles. Since finishing the Govt MBA, I’ve taken on new roles and greater duties. I used to be a Director at Zain Group and throughout the programme I turned the Head of the Govt Staff for the Vice Chairman and Group CEO’s Workplace. Since finishing the Govt MBA I’m now additionally the chair of an funding firm, in addition to a board member of an vitality firm and a resort within the Center East. I’m additionally a marketing consultant and advisor for a lot of different companies and CEO of a famend household enterprise in Kuwait.
At any time when somebody sees you’re a graduate of London Enterprise College you might be routinely seen in another way. Graduating from the College says so much about you earlier than you even introduce your self. You might be by default enticing for a lot of completely different positions. I turned down myriad job presents throughout the Govt MBA, from operating funding firms to establishing them from scratch. I wasn’t on the lookout for a lateral transfer; I used to be seeking to make a leap in my profession that may take me to a special league and additional improve my private growth. With out that, I wasn’t prepared to vary my profession. I’m additionally loyal to my present occupation and have a way of belonging in my organisation.
The Govt MBA helped my profession as a result of I may apply what I used to be studying. I discovered so much from the circumstances within the Turnaround elective. I discovered learn how to actually flip round a company, and learn how to apply the theoretical data to an organisation. In order that turned the problem in my present firm; if I noticed a diamond within the tough and I knew there was enormous potential within the firm, I’d apply what I’d discovered on the College and tweak it a bit, and that actually helped. For instance, we utilized this information to one in all our firms and efficiently turned it round.
So, now that I’ve the data I gained from the Govt MBA, I’ve been avoiding the failures that different corporates have made. For instance, I have a look at administration, the way in which firms are structured, and the way they handle their financials. I can sense indicators forward of time and make pre-emptive adjustments at present moderately than ready for the harm to occur. I do know that it’s important to be the primary mover and have sufficient guts to cannibalise your present line of enterprise. The whole lot on this world is evolving and it’s important to be fast. You should act and be agile, and probably jeopardise your personal line of enterprise in doing so. It’d damage you to start with, however the end result is value it.
Once you examine the Govt MBA, you might have the selection to profit from it. My method from day one wasn’t simply to get the certificates, however to be taught as a lot as I may from each hour in school and from each case we studied. Day by day I attempted to use what I’d discovered, even when it was only one small factor. Some issues weren’t relatable for me personally, equivalent to once we studied a soccer membership, because the case examine had nothing to do with my line of enterprise, but it surely had an enormous human capital factor that I discovered from and tried to use in my very own position. I discovered that one of many largest property you might have in your organization is the human capital. I’ve tried investing in our staff, and our Vice Chairman & Group CEO has additionally made the choice to ship two executives a yr to an MBA programme, to spend money on their schooling. Three staff have been been despatched to London Enterprise College already.
The community I constructed throughout the Govt MBA has additionally actually helped in my profession. Now, each time I’m working in a special nation, I all the time know somebody there because of the worldwide range inside every class on the programme. When I’ve any questions on completely different international locations, I ask my fellow alumni. We spent a superb yr and a half collectively so there’s belief constructed between us. We’ve additionally employed one of many alumnus; we put him ahead for the position and now he’s one in all our group staff.
I studied my Govt MBA in Dubai however I additionally had the chance to go to universities within the UK, Hong Kong, and New York in addition to an internship in Moscow. So I lined the entire important markets, from the Center East, to Europe, to Asia, to America. I like to recommend that everybody will get the prospect to expertise these markets first-hand, as a result of it actually added to my background. I met individuals from so many various international locations and backgrounds, along with all of the individuals I met every day. I used to be at every college for round one to 2 weeks.
My time as an trade pupil at Columbia Enterprise College actually stood out, as a result of I received to expertise a special method of studying. The American system is totally completely different from the English system. I cherished each. Columbia Enterprise College is within the Ivy League so it’s one of many high faculties over there which I used to be proud to be part of.
What we discovered about productiveness throughout the Govt MBA additionally stood out as a key issue for me; we discovered that staff needs to be 90-95% productive on the firm. If you happen to see somebody take greater than two hours a day as a break, then the allocation of staff could be off-track and redundancies would possibly must be made. So now I observe staff and their behaviour and the way productive they’re. For me, in the event that they’re not 90-95% productive then I’ve to shrink the division or rent somebody with a greater background. We should place the suitable individuals in the suitable jobs.
For the following step in my profession, I wish to be much less concerned within the day-to-day operations and extra concerned at board stage, in addition to working extra on restructuring firms and discovering mergers and acquisitions. The very best practises I discovered throughout the Govt MBA will assist me to attain this, equivalent to figuring out the precise components wanted for an acquisition and merger, and learn how to correctly analyse and skim monetary statements. Once you do a merger you all the time surprise what the end result will probably be, you by no means know until you do it; however London Enterprise College gave us the chance to discover so many case research that we will simulate the end result.
Total probably the most useful facet of the programme was the networking, this was a key factor for me in addition to the publicity to worldwide markets. My recommendation for anybody contemplating the Govt MBA is to dedicate time every day to the programme. Strive to not go away every thing to the final minute; being organised is essential. All the time proofread your work, all the time be prepared in school, all the time be taught as a lot as you possibly can throughout your lessons and most significantly don’t overlook to get pleasure from your time at LBS!
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