Our program’s competitive advantage is that, we are truly international; in our global approach to the curriculum, our faculty and student profiles plus the fact that our schedule allows busy executives the possibility to complete the program in one year.”

Overview

The online executive MBA is a challenging and demanding program designed to accelerate the careers of mature, high-performance professionals with significant business experience. This degree program is ideal for creative, innovative individuals who have established careers and are looking for proven and effective strategies to propel them further up the career ladder. You will master executive skills such as strategic and cross–functional thinking and leadership. You will learn from knowledgeable and professional instructors and also from your successful, motivated, diverse peer group. You will leave this program with a solid community of influential peers and a global alumni network to encourage and support your career. 

This unique program has an integrated and strategic emphasis that incorporates many recently-initiated innovations in business education. The curriculum presents business concepts in a way that breaks down traditional functional silos and promotes more integrated framing of business issues. Each course stresses practical application of concepts through examples, case studies, and best-practice presentations (from specially selected practitioners) that highlight how the most innovative firms are addressing the complex challenges of a rapidly globalizing world economy.

Beyond courses that cover core business concepts, the curriculum features special topics sessions and advanced seminar courses to give students a sophisticated grasp of contemporary regional and globally relevant business practice. EMBA candidates work in teams on course assignments during the sessions.

The program is a 21 months uniquely designed to meet the challenging needs of mid-career professionals who wish to pursue an EMBA degree with the least possible disruption to their professional and personal lives. The program is offered online and combines the advanced business concepts of a Master of Business Administration curriculum and prepares candidates to lead and manage organizations in the private and energy sector.

Tracks Include

• Business Analytics
• General Business Administration
• Finance
• Innovation and Entrepreneurship
• Retail
• Supply Chain

Why Choose the Executive MBA Online Program at IIU?

• Our program is invaluable for students who want to improve their leadership and management skills, advance their careers, or change careers.
• Our program also offers professional development opportunities that extend beyond the coursework.
• Time is money—and yours is valuable. That’s why the Executive MBA Online is meant to be applied in real time, empowering you to make career strides long before you graduate.
• In fact, at IIU you’ll be able to bring projects from your workplace into the classroom. You’ll also have the chance to develop and deploy a scalable business plan.

What We Look For

• The IIU Executive MBA is reserved for professionals with seven or more years of significant experience showing positions of leadership and progressive responsibility.
• Reserving admission for this select group allows for a more advanced curriculum with a focus on executive-level analyses and challenges and creates a class of professionals with equitable levels of experience and industry influence.
• Employees with less experience may also be admitted if their career history demonstrates leadership potential and successful management of significant projects and assignments. These employees must procure a letter of endorsement from an executive-level supervisor.

Learning Goals

• Evaluate and create a business strategy inclusive of all business disciplines, grounded in best practices.
• Use data and theory to analyze business problems and opportunities, identify solutions, and justify actions.
• Implement organizational goals by building relationships and communicating persuasively.
• Apply ethical decision-making frameworks that consider diverse stakeholders.
• Apply a global perspective that takes into consideration cultural and international contexts.

Careers

Graduates gain the necessary knowledge to become effective managers or owners in the business arena. We prepare our graduates for upper level management career opportunities in:

• Business Operations
• Oil and Gas Business Systems
• Controller
• Finance
• Supply Chain Management
• Management Consulting
• Organizational leadership
• Human Resources
• Investments
• Treasury Consultant
• Risk Analysis
• Business Intelligence and Strategy
• Management Information Systems
• Marketing
• Government/Not-for-Profit

Benefits of the Executive MBA Program

• Small class and interactive setting
• Cohort-based
• Immediate application of applied knowledge
• Integrated approach and rigorous coverage of key business concepts
• Focus on group projects
• Leadership and professional development courses

Program Structure

The program consists of 36 credit hours. Students are required to complete twelve courses. The program is based on a cohort model, in which a group of students moves through all classes and phases of the program together. Below is a layout of this model and course offering. Courses are offered, simultaneously in a given term, in ten-week sessions.

Acceptance is based upon several factors: previous academic performance, professional work experience, and letters of recommendation. An ideal candidate would possess a baccalaureate degree and three (3) to five (5) years of progressive and significant work experience at the management or supervisory level. Applications to the Online Executive MBA Program are reviewed on an ongoing basis. To be considered for admission to the program, applicants must provide:

• An official transcript of all undergraduate course work
• Evidence of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution
• A statement of purpose
• Two letters of recommendation
• At least three years of progressive and significant experience at the management or supervisory level and
• A current professional résumé.

Executive MBA Admissions Process

Admission to the IIU Executive MBA requires a combination of application materials submitted by you and others and an interview with the Admissions Committee. You will need to compile several documents for your application packet, some of which require careful consideration and work.

Application Requirements

• Completed application
• Completed bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year institution
• Five-plus years of management, senior management, or executive business experience
• GPA: Minimum 3.0 on a 4.0 scale, however, the age of GPA and the level of degree and rigor will be considered in the evaluation
• GMAT: The GMAT may be waived for qualified candidates
• GMAT Code: 09D-TL-19

           – One letter of recommendation
           – Statement of purpose
           – Resume
           – Organizational chart
           – Official transcripts
           – Interview

Curriculum

You are the company you keep—and our executive MBA students learn from each other as well as from our faculty. The program is designed to encourage a tight-knit community of students, from the initial four-day session to shared meals to collaboration outside the classroom.

Meanwhile, our executive MBA curriculum blends online coursework with monthly in-person class. You’ll build from leadership in organizations to applied business statistics to market-based management to advanced negotiations and many skills and principles in between. The result: a multi-faceted mastery of the many elements that drive business today and separate the most successful leaders from the pack.

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