Climb the career ladder

Arising number of working professionals choose to go back to university to further their careers or add a few extra skills to their CV, making them more valuable as employees. Executive education offers cost-effective programmes for working managers that can be general courses or tailored to suit an organisation.. 1. IMD Business School, Switzerland. This school is consistently at the top of executive education programme rankings. The MIT Executive MBA is a rigorous 20-month, executive-schedule MBA for high-potential candidates committed to integrating their education with their full-time work. The classroom-based programme is designed for active business leaders with a decade or more of work experience.. 2. London School of Economics (LSE), London, UK LSE’s programmes benefit from the school’s links within the academic community and externally with policy practitioners. Courses include the Executive Global Masters in Management, a comprehensive 17-month degree for professionals at all career levels taught at LSE and international cities chosen to highlight key aspects of global management. 3. The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, Chicago Kellogg offers four Executive MBA schedules each year designed for senior and mid-career executives. According to The Economist, the Kellogg-Schulich programme scored the highest marks for the quality of their faculty and facilities and for helping students attain their pre-MBA career goals. 4. IE Business School, Spain The Executive MBA offers classes both online and on campus in Spain, China and Brazil. Its featured courses include the Advanced Management Programme, Senior Management Programme and PS Coaching Executive and Management Programme. According to a survey conducted by The Economist, the school scored maximum marks in the salary category. IE students reported a rise of 52 per cent in their basic salaries by the time they graduated and a rise of 125 per cent in the two years after graduation. 5. UCLA and National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore The joint Executive MBA programme is a dual-degree programme designed to train top executive for the global marketplace by combining the expertise from East and West. The programme comprises six two-week residential segments in Los Angeles, Shanghai and Singapore over 15 months allowing for in-depth exposure to the different business cultures of these cities. At the end students will receive degrees from both UCLA and NUS. The UCLA-NUS Executive MBA is known for its global focus and has maintained its position in the top five in most executive education rankings. 6. Insead, Abu Dhabi Insead Abu Dhabi offers upto 45+ Open Enrolment programmes and more than 190 customised Executive Education programmes. Its Asian International Executive Programme is an intensive two-week course that provides a framework for structuring the intuitive understanding of business fundamentals such as strategy, people, operations, finance and marketing, helping broaden one’s knowledge of the Asian business environment. 7. HEC Paris, France HEC Paris offers advanced certificates for mid-career professionals who are looking to delve deeper or move into various industries as well as a number of executive master’s programmes delivered in Paris in French and a HEC executive education part-time specialised master’s programme delivered in Qatar in English. 8. London Business School , Dubai-London Centre The school launched in Dubai in December 2006 as a direct response to the growing demand for business education in the region. Their Dubai programme portfolio includes an Executive MBA degree and Executive Education programmes covering leadership, HR, finance and general management. 9. Cass Business School , Dubai The Cass EMBA in Dubai is a two-year course and offers the choice of building a general management executive MBA with concentration in Islamic finance, finance or energy. The course is accredited by the Association of MBAs, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business and the Europeans Quality Improvement System. 10. Duke Corporate Education, Durham, North Carolina Duke CE was created in 2000 to provide companies with a learning and development resource. It offers customised courses with a global angle and develops people at every level so that they can contribute to business success. Areas of practice include programmes, advisory services and learning at work. According to the Financial Times, the Duke Corporate Education’s strong point is its customised courses. 11. S P Jain School of Global Management, Australia S P Jain ranked 19th in the world by Forbes, 2013, for its MBA Global programme, offers a unique tri-city model for both fresh graduates with less than three years of work experience and for mid-career professionals with over three years of work experience. These programmes are conducted in S P Jain’s campuses in Dubai, Singapore and Sydney. Students learn immensely from the global immersion in each of the cities. Class activities such as industry visits, culture and heritage excursions, local etiquette training and exclusive sessions from business experts in each region ensures that students get a robust exposure to the Middle East, Far East and Western world in addition to regular business education. S P Jain is fully accredited by the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency, Australia and awards Australian degrees and international placements to full-time students.