Executive Master of Business Administration

Executive Master of Business Administration 2015 EXECUTIVE MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION EMBA 2015 www.isb.edu.vn www.uqam.edu.vn 1

EXECUTIVE MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION WELCOME MESSAGE Prof., Dr. NGUYEN DONG PHONG President of University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City Dean of International School of Business Welcome to the University of Economics, Ho Chi Minh City, one of the top universities in Vietnam. With an outstanding record of achievement in teaching and research in Asia, UEH also strives to build and develop strong relationships with international education and business partners around the world. To that end, we are proud and excited to be able to offer a globally ranked international Executive Master of Business Administration program at our Ho Chi Minh City campus. The program is a joint project between the International School of Business at UEH and the School of Management at the University of Quebec at Montreal. The program is designed for talented students with impressive professional backgrounds interested in further developing their analytical and strategic thinking skills as well as their leadership capabilities. I invite you to explore this exciting program in the following pages, and I look forward to one day welcoming you to the UEH-UQAM student body. Prof., STEPHANE PALLAGE President of University of Quebec at Montreal (ESG UQAM) Dean of ESG UQAM, Canada The School of Management at the University of Quebec at Montreal (ESG UQAM) is the largest business school in Canada; with over 14,000 students it is, in fact, the largest business school in the Francophone world. Among our programs of study, we offer an Executive MBA both locally in Canada as well as in twelve different countries all over the world. In Vietnam, our partner is the International School of Business at the University of Economics, Ho Chi Minh City. We are very proud of the students who have come out of this partnership EMBA program so far. They continue to play an active role in the international business world, and have proved themselves to be valuable to their organization as leaders and innovators. You can read about some of these past students at the end of this brochure. We believe that these successful students have only set the ground for the exciting, inspiring stories that are sure to come from future generations of EMBA students. www.isb.edu.vn www.uqam.edu.vn 2

ABOUT: ESG - UQAM The School of Management at the Université du Québec à Montréal (ESG UQAM) is widely considered one of the best management schools in the world. Based in Quebec, Canada, the school has an annual enrolment of over 13,000 students and is known for the quality of its practical teaching, the scope of its research, and for maintaining relationships with international organizations throughout the business world. Despite its size, ESG keeps class groups small, offering unprecedented accessibility to their professors and lecturers. ESG UQAM offers nearly 70 undergraduate and graduate programs, and over the last five years has received over $40 million in funding for research projects and contracts in Canada and abroad. ESG UQAM has 265 professors and 25 associate professors who come from renowned institutions including Cambridge, Cornell, UCLA, the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton, and Yale. www.isb.edu.vn www.uqam.edu.vn 3

Benefits BENEFITS OF THE PROGRAM Why Executive MBA? The School of Management at the Université du Québec à Montréal (ESG UQAM) ranks as one of the best management schools and faculties in Canada and the world. You receive an internationally recognized MBA degree from a leading Canadian university without having to leave Vietnam. The EMBA is an MBA program that requires students to have professional managerial experience. The program is designed for students who already possess real-world business knowledge and are serious about continuing their studies to move their careers forward. The EMBA program at ESG UQAM offers students an international study experience based on the latest management theories. The 18-month (450-hour) program is ideal for experienced managers who want to benefit from innovative training and real business case studies, as well as develop relationships with their peers and other business professionals. This is the first Canadian MBA program offered in Vietnam. Classes are conveniently scheduled on 2 weekday evenings and 2 weekends every month, which allows busy professionals to attend class while continuing to work full-time. You will have the opportunity to conduct real case studies and apply your newfound business knowledge and skills by carrying out a work project in your own company or organization. Courses are delivered by professors who are experts in their field and come from UQAM and other leading American and Australian universities. You will have the opportunity to study with talented peers who are from a similar professional background. www.isb.edu.vn www.uqam.edu.vn 4

FACULTY Danielle Laberge Professor of Project Management & Governance Professor Danielle Laberge holds a PhD in Project Management & Governance and Leadership. She joined the UQAM faculty in 1982 and was appointed Provost in 2001, a position she held until 2006. Professor Laberge is a specialist in research methods, her previous research has concentrated on the areas of social exclusion, poverty and especially homelessness. She presently works on questions relating to team dynamics, conflict management and communication within organizations. Michelle Renault Professor of Master Administration Professor Michelle Renault is the director of the Master of Administration program at ESG UQAM and the co-founder of Revenue Quebec. A member of the Association of Quebec Women in Finance Foundation, Professor Renault has taught Managerial Accounting at universities in Canada, the U.S., Europe, Africa and Asia. Charles Benabou Professor of Organizational Behavior Professor Charles Benabou has thirty years of experience as a full professor in the subjects of Organizational Behavior and Human Resources at UQAM. Professor Benabou has received high ratings from students in Canada, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Morocco, Tunisia, Cameroon, Peru, and other countries where UQAM offers its programs, as well as a prize from the Minister of Education of Quebec for excellence in the field of organizational learning. Jean Harvey Professor of Operations Management Professor Jean Harvey teaches Operations Management at ESG UQAM. He is also the director of research at the RBC Chair in Financial Service Management and a member of the board of governors of the Transat Chair in Tourism and the American Operations Management Society. Professor Harvey has received a number of national and international awards for his teaching and research, and is frequently invited to speak at international conferences. Monique Aubry Professor of Project Management Professor Monique Aubry is a full professor in the School of Business and Management at UQAM where she teaches Project Management. She is a member of the Project Management Research Chair, and has previously worked as a project manager in a major Canadian financial group. www.isb.edu.vn www.uqam.edu.vn 5

FACULTY Lam Nguyen Associate Professor of Management Professor Lam Nguyen received his PhD in management from Webster University. He is an associate professor at the Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, and has been a senior lecturer at Colorado State and other universities in the U.S. Howard Nicholas Professor of Economics Professor H.B.V. Nicholas holds a PhD in economics and is currently a senior lecturer at the Institute of Social Studies in The Netherlands. He teaches Economics and the Sociopolitical Context of a Firm. Sarath Delpachitra Professor of International Finance Professor Sarath Delpachitra is the associate international dean at Flinders University, and the school's representative to the Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC). Professor Delpachitra is also currently the treasurer and chair of the Finance and Governance Committee of the Adelaide Metropolitan Regional Development Board. He teaches International Finance and Managerial Finance. Nigel Bairstow Professor of Channel Marketing Relationships Professor Nigel Bairstow holds a PhD in marketing from the University of Technology (UTS), Australia. He has worked in various marketing roles for Alcan Aluminum Company, Komatsu, and Atlas Copco, winning two 3M global marketing awards for best marketing practice. His research interests include the topic of "Alienation in Channel Marketing Relationships." Elie Elia Professor of Information Technology Professor Elie Elia holds a PhD in industrial engineering from the Ecole Polytechnique of Montreal. He is a founder of L.I.R.T.A., a living lab of practitioners, experts and researchers working on IT advancements in the business world. Professor Elia teaches Information Technology at ESG UQAM. www.isb.edu.vn www.uqam.edu.vn 6

EXECUTIVE MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Foundation course Introduction to Graduate Studies Module 1: Manager & the Company Organizational Behavior Information Technology Project Management Module 2: Commercial & Financial Management Financial Accounting & Managerial Accounting Managerial Finance Marketing 0 1 2 COURSE STRUCTURE The program covers various facets of an organization and its inherent structure, while developing a global vision for your activities. The program has 15 units with 30 hours per unit. Five major themes are covered in our program: the manager and the organization, marketing and financial management, operations management, strategic management, and synthesis activities. SCHEDULE OF THE PROGRAM Classes in the EMBA program at ESG UQAM are held on 2 weekday evenings and 2 weekends every month, making it easy for students to maintain a healthy work-life balance and to continue with their career commitments while they study. Module 3: Goods & Service Production Management Operation Management Human Resources Management Integration Activities 3 Module 4: Management Planning Economic & Sociopolitical Context of Firm Strategic Management Simulation/Corporate Management 4 Module 5: International Management Decision Making Technology International Finance Direction & Governance 5 15 main courses 1 foundation course Networking and team building activities www.isb.edu.vn www.uqam.edu.vn 7

COURSE DESCRIPTION STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT The primary goal of this course is to introduce students to the strategic options available to firms. It will draw upon skills acquired through various courses to determine actions that lead to the short-term survival and long-term success of the organization, requiring decisions of strategic importance that affect the whole firm. At the end of the course, students will understand and be able to apply some of the following concepts in contemplating strategic actions: the importance of strategy to a firm and to its success; how resources create value and their effective use; economies resulting from scale, scope and learning and implications for industry structure and firm growth; and the internationalization of a firm and the challenges that poses. INTERNATIONAL FINANCE The focus of this course is the financial management environment and issues faced by international business enterprises because of their international operations. Many of the same financial management challenges are common to both domestic and international businesses. But businesses with international operations also face unique issues in the context of having economic advantages and opportunities not usually available to strictly domestic companies. International businesses also face additional risks because of the cross-cultural nature of their business. Taking advantage of these opportunities and managing these additional risks is a recurring theme in the curriculum for this subject. Emphasis is given to managing the multinational corporation, but many of the issues addressed in this course are also relevant for firms with more restricted international business dealings. OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT This course focuses in particular on the link between strategy and operations in complex (internal and external) services that create the most value in any organization. Process management is the linchpin between all aspects of the course: service strategy, service quality, the dynamics of operational change management, organizational learning, process improvement methodology and process design methodology. The nature of this subject calls for a mix between conceptual and practical aspects. The challenge here is the maintenance of coherence between strategy and action. Students will be expected to draw on their management experience to work on a practical project throughout the course. HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT This course serves as an introduction to human resource management for those considering careers in employment relations and those who will potentially have people management responsibilities. HR processes and practices are studied in contexts and with a consideration of stakeholders interests, leading to an appreciation of the contribution of human resource management to organizational success. Students will evaluate particular approaches to human resource management through analyzing real-world cases and practical activities. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY This course provides a business foundation for information technology (IT) in organizations. It aims to develop the ability of managers to: recognize the roles of IT in organizations and understand the heavy trends in IT; discuss the business impacts of IT at the operational, managerial and strategic levels; understand the main functions and business objectives of enterprise applications; analyze managerial issues related to enterprise applications' selection, implementation and usage; understand the technical and organizational fundamentals of business intelligence (BI); design managerial BI tools such as dashboards and scorecards; enhance business analytical reasoning by using interactive data visualization tools; identify IT enabled opportunities for business model innovations. ECONOMICS AND THE SOCIOPOLITICAL CONTEXT OF A FIRM The course aims to provide students with the necessary analytical tools and conceptual framework for understanding and analyzing key economic issues in general, and economic issues of relevance for doing business in developing countries, like Vietnam. Particular attention will be paid to explaining the determinants of pricing, the distribution of income, the use of factor services, economic growth, inflation, the external payments balance, and the exchange rate. In the macroeconomics section of this course, attention is also paid to fiscal and monetary policies. Students are encouraged to be aware of the different and competing perceptions of economic phenomena. Various case studies are used to illustrate all topics covered during this course, and much of the case study material used pertains to the Vietnamese economy. ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR The focus of this course is to describe new challenges that the modern business environments pose for an organization and how organizations can respond to these unprecedented pressures, in particular through the management of their staff. Students will study topics like: the nature of change and how to manage it; comparing old and new organizational work designs and to study their impact on the motivation and development of employees; the different types of conflicts and politics induced by these changes and their causes and their solutions; and identifying and comparing different managerial cultures and explaining how managers can use them. MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING Financial statements are an essential tool of communication between companies and their partners including shareholders, employees, and investors. Even more specifically important are the numbers that are in those statements since they play a very important role in all business transactions. The reading and understanding of financial statements is an accounting science skill that requires manages to have a fundamental understanding of a key set of rules and regulations. This course focuses on helping students develop those skills to better prepare them to make successful decisions in the business world. www.isb.edu.vn www.uqam.edu.vn 8

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS Successful candidates for the EMBA program are expected to possess: A Bachelor degree or higher degree. At least 4 years of documented professional working experience. A sound level of English. Admission Timeline The program begins in the fall and lasts 20 months. The final deadline for admission is in July. Please visit the website for additional dates and details. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Applicants are advised to submit their completed application as early as possible because the class may be filled prior to the final application deadlines listed above. Steps to apply 1 Submission of application package 2 Candidate interview (in English) and English proficiency test 3 Complete candidate profile 4 Receive offer from UQAM 5 Acceptance of offer and payment 6 Orientation day www.isb.edu.vn www.uqam.edu.vn 9

STUDENT TESTIMANIALS Mr. Larry Truong (CHS, CFP, CLU, ChFC) Head of the Centre for Professional Development, Agency Division, Manulife Vietnam The UQAM Executive MBA is a great opportunity to understand how corporations work and how you can best contribute to them. It also helps you to challenge your assumptions, to meet with people from other business fields and other backgrounds, and to interact with them and improve your skills. If you want a world-class Executive MBA in an international environment while keeping your job, a program that combines academic theory with real world application, to improve your leadership and strategy skills, and above all a great human experience then the UQAM Executive MBA is the right choice and right place to be. www.isb.edu.vn www.uqam.edu.vn 10

Ms. Nguyen Phuong Khanh Corporate Services Manager Santa Fe Relocation Services Mr. Nguyen Trung Strategic Planning Director, Vinamilk corporation EMBA UQAM is a great program that I was honored to take part in. This is a perfect program for managers looking to strengthen their expertise of business and management. The students benefit from real case studies that are very useful for our career. I am confident that I will continue to utilize the skills learned during this course, and ensure my projects are better structured and set up to succeed in the future. I will admit that the program is demanding. However, I had the chance to study with some of the top business professors in the world and acquire latest knowledge and theories and new approaches. The class atmosphere encouraged interaction and discussion among executive peers from different professional backgrounds, which gave me a chance to make new connections. The networking activities were also extremely helpful for all the students to enhance our professional network. I would definitely recommend this program to my friends and colleagues. Mr. Nguyen Khac Han Hoan MD, PhD Tu Du Hospital Mr. Phan Nhu Minh General Manager, FUCHS GmbH & Co. KG, Asia Purchasing Office The executive MBA program of ESG UQAM helped me to challenge old conventions. The classes, which are run at weekends and on weekday evenings, offered me different perspectives to run a business. This EMBA program has added immeasurable value to me and my business. EMBA program organized by UQÀM and UEH ISB was comprehensive, practical and challenging. It was all fulfilling advanced knowledge and skill sets for who wished to better their organizations and minimize risk of failure. Of course, I did enjoy learning EMBA and was so excited to explore new horizon in each course. The EMBA really helps me improve my career as a head doctor in medical department, but that's not all was the answer to my friends questions. www.isb.edu.vn www.uqam.edu.vn 11

ESG - UQAM EMBA Admission Office 17 Pham Ngoc Thach Str., District 3, HCMC emba.uqam@ueh.edu.vn (08) 5446 5555 0902 85 11 77 For more informations please visit website www.uqam.edu.vn www.isb.edu.vn www.uqam.edu.vn 12

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF BUSINESS University Of Economics Ho Chi Minh City ESG - UQAM 17 Pham Ngoc Thach Str., District 3, HCMC EMBA Admission Office emba.uqam@ueh.edu.vn 0902 85 11 77 (08) 5446 5555 www.isb.edu.vn www.uqam.edu.vn