MBA provides all-round skills for future business leaders

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The part-time MBA offered by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) is designed to be generalist in nature and, as such, applicants tend to fall into two broad categories.

So far, some have specialised - perhaps in IT, finance or engineering – but have reached a point in their careers where, in order to advance, they need the all-round know-how to run a department or standalone operation.

Others may already have management experience, but want to expand their horizons and keep moving higher. As a result, they see the value of a qualification which develops leaders with the skills, insight and pragmatism to deal with new issues and changing demands.

“We strike a good balance between the academic and practical aspects,” says Pamsy Hui, MBA Programme Director and a Senior Teaching Fellow in PolyU’s Department of Management and Marketing. “The aim is to make working professionals aware of global challenges and local concerns, to ensure they understand what people are talking about in the boardroom, and let them make informed decisions.”

To that end, the programme begins with a number of core subjects which include accounting, business analytics, the global economy, financial management, ethics, and organisational behaviour & leadership, etc.