Local MBA programme gets National Accreditation

Aug 06, 2013 News

Touted as a passport to a management career, the Masters of Business Administration (MBA) offered locally by the Nations University (NU) has not only gained a highly recognised status among employers and students alike, but it has been recognized by the National Accreditation Council.
In fact the programme was earlier this year ranked 10th internationally and third in Australia by the CEO Magazine (UK), according to Director of NU, Dr. Brian O’Toole.
The MBA is designed and offered in collaboration with the Australian Institute of Business (AIB) which is an approved higher education provider in Australia, and is also accredited by the Government there. It is in fact registered to provide a number of business degrees.
In this regard, AIB had built a great deal of expertise which has aided the delivery of the MBA in a number of countries, according to Chairman of its Academic Board, Professor Rod Oxenburry during an interview with this publication. These, he said, include countries in Asia and Africa as well as in the United Kingdom and now the Caribbean, which utilise a model of the programme.
AIB is a 25-year-old Business School based in Australia, offering business degrees, undertaking research and providing consultancy services globally. It is ‘The Practical Business School’ committed to delivering courses which are work-applied, accelerated, accessible, affordable and fully accredited, said Dr O’Toole.
The local offering of the programme has already reached a two-year milestone.
It was just two months ago that NU graduated its first batch of 16 MBA students, and according to O’Toole, the programme has proven to be an immense success.
He disclosed that it is one of the most affordable programmes available in Guyana that could span a period of 12 – 15 months.
The NU Director disclosed, too, that for those who are desirous of learning more about the programme, an invitation is extended for them to attend a free MBA Information Session on Wednesday August 21, 2013. They can simply contact NU for further details.
The Session will be conducted by an AIB representative in the person of its Marketing Director Joel Abraham. And according to Abraham, “…AIB’s 12-Month MBA is tailor-made for the busy professional and is successfully delivered all over the world.”
The programme, he said, allows professionals to work and study at the same time while applying their knowledge to the workplace immediately. He added too that AIB has stringent quality control procedures in place to ensure “all our Teaching Centres adhere to Australian standards and practices. All exams are set and marked in Australia and the course content is vetted by Australian academics and delivered in Guyana by an Australian-approved panel of lecturers.”
The facilitators of the local programme are individuals who are at least holders of recognised MBAs themselves with extensive teaching experience, and who are immersed in the business world, according to O’Toole. Among those who have facilitated the programme are Michelle Johnson, Selene Davis, Yog Mahadeo, Ruth Lee and Indar Deodat. O’Toole has also facilitated some sessions himself.
According to him, there are currently moves to expand the facilitating net to include more individuals even from Trinidad and as far as the United States of America.
“We are doing this because we are committed to getting the best possible people, because AIB is very, very clear about the standard that we have to submit,” said O’Toole.
Currently there are three levels of persons eligible for the programme, that is, an individual with a recognised first degree; individuals with an advanced diploma and three years of work experience or individuals who have been in a managerial position for at least three years.

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