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Teams of Dubai-based students are helping some of the UAE’s biggest organisations tackle real-world business challenges through a pioneering scheme.
The MBA students from the prestigious Hult International Business School’s Dubai campus worked alongside executives for periods of six weeks to bring fresh thinking to ongoing issues.
The so-called ‘Action Projects’ at the Dubai campus in recent months have included secondments to Dubai Airports, Aramex, Unilever and Disney among others.
The six-week consultancy programme for MBA, Executive MBA and Master’s Programmes saw teams of five students seconded to corporate organizations across a range of sectors to help solve genuine business challenges globally and locally.
Such was the success of the scheme that it has been expanded and adapted to the new ‘Hult Impact Challenge’ - a six-month, hands-on project working with similar real-world partners.
Emphasis on real-world learning, along with the new Impact Challenge has helped Hult scoop an international award - beating 100 other schools to win the Association of MBAs' (AMBA) 2014 MBA Innovation Award for the redesigned One-Year MBA curriculum.
“The Action Projects offered to our final year students is one of the most exciting and valuable parts of the curriculum,” said Huseyn Charif, Executive Director Corporate Relations, Hult International Business School. “Although the majority of our MBA students have already worked within the corporate environment, the action projects provide them with the opportunity to work with a diverse group across a broad range of sectors and cultural backgrounds, which in turn helps to benefit the client with a team of highly experienced experts who have a unique mix of ideas and solutions to share.
“With so many important deliverables to meet, this project has given our students an invaluable experience that will not only prepare them for the corporate world, but has also allowed them to truly be part of shaping the UAE's future.
Hult student Rana Kanaan, originally from Lebanon, found the project invaluable, despite already having more than seven years’ experience in the corporate world.
“The beauty of the Action Projects is that they present real-life business challenges within a safe environment that allows clear thinking and creativity,” said Rana. “Having the opportunity to work with Disney was a real highlight. We are thrilled that they plan to implement some of our ideas in future.”
Moulay Yacoubi, one of Rana’s teammates, added: “Not only has the Action Project allowed me to work directly with a global brand, it has also given me the opportunity to learn about multiple industries over a short period of time thanks to my teammates’ wealth of experience across many sectors.
“Although I have over 13 years’ experience out in the working world, the action project part of the MBA was a perfect opportunity for me to fine-tune my skills, particularly when it came to working as part of a team who all came from different cultural and industry backgrounds.”
AMBA is the international independent authority on postgraduate business education. Their accreditation service is the global standard for all MBA, DBA, and MBM programs, and they currently accredit over 200 business schools in more than 70 countries.
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