Posted by: Reema Mehra on June 13, 2019
Wednesday night, the new Friday night for us at Oxford. It is, after all, a free evening kindly given to us by Oxford that typically ends somewhere close to 4am on the dance floor – whether one likes it or not. Who said anything about regressing, right? Well, in some ways, that is exactly what […]
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Posted by: Sean Lloyd on June 10, 2019
As we headed to Oxford for Module 7, the Australian federal election turned up a result that surprised most pundits and pollsters: the minority coalition government was returned with an increased majority. And in the UK, as the module got underway, Theresa May announced her resignation as Prime Minister after her Brexit path became unnavigable. […]
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Posted by: Mustafa Abbas on June 3, 2019
Marketing could be described as the art and science of persuasion. And in order to persuade, one must have an understanding of human nature. As we plunged into marketing, it seemed to encompass almost everything under the sun. At one moment we were psychoanalysts for commercial ends, at another, financiers calculating the lifetime value of […]
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Posted by: Dmytro Kuziak on May 31, 2019
The GOTO (Global Opportunities and Threats: Oxford) project at Oxford SBS allows students to attempt to solve a world-scale problem. It helps to understand the complexity around those problems and to apply different frameworks and strategies learnt during the classes. It is worth mentioning that each cohort has a unique task. Our EMBA-S18 cohort had […]
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Posted by: Damiano Pietroni on May 30, 2019
For applicants with very limited or very extensive professional experience the choice of whether to apply for the MBA programme or to the Executive MBA (EMBA) programme may be straightforward, but for candidates somewhat in between there is a degree of leeway. This article covers some of the distinctions and common elements between the two […]
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Posted by: Shahrez Khan on May 24, 2019
This May I completed my two year Executive MBA from the Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford. It will be an understatement to say that it has been one of the most challenging and fulfilling experiences of my life. Having been part of a diverse and dynamic cohort, I have not only learned from […]
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Posted by: Rolando Zubiran Robert Ph.D. on May 24, 2019
“I wonder anybody does anything at Oxford but dream and remember, the place is so beautiful. One almost expects the people to sing instead of speaking. It is all like an opera.” – William Butler Yeats Mes lleno de aventuras, emociones y nuevas oportunidades. Un privilegio haber podido estudiar, aprender, soñar y recordar…. English translation: […]
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Posted by: Sean Lloyd on April 29, 2019
There are times during our Executive MBA (particularly when you reach the stage of discussing process theory…) when you look round the room and marvel at the specialisations of some of your classmates: expertise and experience in areas like neurosurgery, financial risk, biotech or satellite technology. And there are times when, as a consummate generalist, […]
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Posted by: Damiano Pietroni on April 29, 2019
Choosing an Oxford College as an Executive MBA student entails considering a number of points. First, whether the college allows members to book rooms for multiple nights in a row, similarly to how a hotel or bed and breakfast would. This can be researched on the website of each college, and the key point is […]
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Posted by: Mustafa Abbas on April 29, 2019
There are many EMBA schools globally that will certify your competence for business. They produce “how to“ graduates in sausage factories. There is nothing wrong with that whatsoever. But none aims to develop “critical thinking” in the manner that only Oxford could. Having been asked on multiple occasions the reason for doing the EMBA at […]
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