Heriot-Watt EBS MBA in Arabic

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  1. oxpecker

    oxpecker New Member

  2. carlosb

    carlosb New Member

    Pretty impressive:

    Looks to be very successful even without the "Gold Standard" accreditation. :D


    Just my opinion
     
  3. Bruce

    Bruce Moderator

    Heriot-Watt does have "gold standard" accreditation in their home country.
     
  4. carlosb

    carlosb New Member

    According to what I read here I thought the "gold standard" for business schools is the AACSB.

    I should have been more specific.


    Just my opinion
     
  5. Bruce

    Bruce Moderator

    Usually, when referring to accreditation on this board, "gold standard" means regional accreditation. No big deal.

    In your context, however, you're correct....H-W does not have AACSB accreditation.
     
  6. Professor Kennedy

    Professor Kennedy New Member

    Heriot-Watt University is, of course, accredited by Royal Charter from the UK government. That, in the UK is 'gold standard'.

    We are not, at present, accredited by AACSB, as we have not yet applied for consideration by AACSB (I phrase it this way for obvious reasons - if you do not know why please do not bother asking!).

    We have agreed recently a joint degree programme with a US University that is AACSB accredited and, maybe, this might assist an application, should we be minded, to make one at sometime in the near future...

    We are delighted, in the meantime, to be chosen by a major publishing project by a premier associate in the Middle East for an Arabic translation of the EBS MBA.

    As a sympathetic admirer of Adam Smith (my new researched book, Adam Smith's Lost Legacy, is to be published in 2005 by Palgrave Macmillan, er, just a bit of relevant info!) I always prefer the validation of the market place against that of regulators, even those who are as professional as AACSB (which has no peers anywhere in the world).
    :D :D :D
     
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  7. carlosb

    carlosb New Member

    I agree. Validation of the marketplace is very important.

    I find this quote from the article interesting:

    "and was recently chosen to partner the Commonwealth Business Council in the launch of the Commonwealth International MBA in 2004."

    Any details forthcoming?

    Finally, congratulations on your new book. It has been years since I read Wealth of Nations.




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  8. Professor Kennedy

    Professor Kennedy New Member

    The Commonwealth, formerly the British Commonwealth and before that the British Empire, is a voluntary international organisation of 54 countries that must subscribe to a democratic form of government (broadly interpreted!). They may be republican or monarchistic (those that are the latter tend to regard the Queen as a presiding 'Chairman').

    The Commonwealth Business Council consists of all members of the Commonwealth and is located in the Comonwealth Headquarters in Pall Mall, London. It decided to sponsor MBA education in 2002 and after a process of selection (not a tender process) its Education Ministers chose EBS and its MBA as a degree to be sponsored among its members.

    The set up process is nearly complete. Personnel to administer it are in post and it is hoped to launch in October 2004. There is a brochure available form EBS ([email protected]).

    On Adam Smith, thank you for your congratulations.
     
  9. Friendlyman

    Friendlyman New Member

    Professor Kennedy, I understand you have not applied for AACSB because they have some issues with your open admission and other flexibility issues.

    I am just curious about the word "yet". Do you plan to chaneg your policy to apply, does AACSB is changing their criteria, or there is another explanation.

    The HW DL program is the on that I admire the most overall, and I think that AACSB accreditation would be a nice addition, as long as the university does not change its great program to abide by its rules.
     

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