Programme Timeline

PROGRAMME TIMELINE

The 9-month programme combines business hard skills, soft skills, consulting skills, and practical work experience as follows:

Academic Module 1

Business Fundamentals
  • Overview: History and Culture
  • Vision and Economy of the UAE
  • Commercial Strategy
  • Finance
  • Data Analysis
  • Module 1 Assessment

5 Weeks (+ 1 Week Break)

Placement

Immersion
Throughout the full-time placement period:
  • Soft Skills Training
  • Coaching and Mentoring
  • Cultural Excursions
  • Panel Sessions
  • Guest Fireside Chats

12 Weeks

Academic Module 2

Innovative Thinking in Local Context
  • Doing Business in MENA
  • Design Thinking
  • Business Simulation
  • Consulting Primer

2 Weeks

2 Week Break

Academic Module 3

Creating Value and Consulting Skills
  • Business Planning
  • Visits to Entrepreneurs
  • Managing Teams
  • Essential Consulting Skills
  • The Politics of Strategy Consulting

4 Weeks

Consulting Project

Immersion
Throughout the full-time placement period:
  • Coaching on Project and Consulting Skills
  • Cultural Excursions
  • Panel Sessions
  • Guest Fireside Chats

12 Weeks

Presentations and Graduation

Fit for the Market
  • Consulting Presentation to the Client (Leadership/C-Suite)
  • Graduation

2.5 Weeks

Integral to the programme are coaching, mentoring, presentation skills training, master classes with business leaders and CEOs, corporate presentations, skills development workshops, and business visits.

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