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Saad Ansari is co-founder and CEO of Xpence and an MBA in Dubai graduate of Alliance Manchester Business School

Award winning FinTech startup sees opportunities as SMEs look for ‘life support’ Saad Ansari is a serial entrepreneur and graduate of The University of Manchester. He has an impressive track record and has picked up several…

Kamran R. Kardan, MBA, CEO of Knowledge E

Creating a ‘Netflix’ for scholarly literature

University of Manchester alumnus, Kamran R. Kardan, MBA, is the CEO of ‘Knowledge E’, which he founded in 2012 in Dubai, UAE, as a provider of expertise, information resources and software solutions. Knowledge E connects the…

Looking beyond the ‘Black Swan’ - getting ahead of the curve in the new normal

Malcolm Smith has followed-up his popular webinar - Beating the Black Swan: negotiating for mutual survival – for students and alumni of the University in the Middle East. As he concluded at the end of his first webinar, we are…

Leading in education – a unique leadership challenge.

New part-time MA Educational Leadership in Practice Not too long ago, teaching was considered one of the most important of the professions in any community, with teachers enjoying the same status as doctors and lawyers. Teaching…

EQ: Leading softly through the challenges of Covid-19

In many ways, a crisis makes leadership and decision-making in business a little easier because it clears the mind and also focuses the mind on the real and immediate priorities for the business. Having said that, there is no…

The value of an MBA in an uncertain world with Xavier Duran

There’s no better time to start an MBA Xavier Duran is Director of MBA Programmes at Alliance Manchester Business School If change really is the only certainty in life and business, then the current pandemic can be seen as an…

Back to the workplace: 7 considerations for planning the return to work

In the current pandemic and the lock-down of much of the region’s economy and business activity, we have all grown used to working from home where possible and we have also been looking ahead to the time when the rules will be…

A new learning experience: Students respond positively to virtual MBA workshops

Learning and networking are social activities and for our part-time Master’s students, the opportunity for face to face contact with faculty and peers is a valuable part of their overall student experience. The Manchester Global…

Beating the Black Swan: negotiating for mutual survival

The current coronavirus pandemic (COVID 19) is a ‘Black Swan’ – a totally unforeseen event with totally unpredictable outcomes. None of us would have predicted this event at the start of 2020 and the dramatic speed of the virus’…

Homeworkers: The 7 rules of working from home

As the world – and the Middle East - undergoes an enormous transformation of lifestyles and work, many of us are transitioning from the workplace and working from home, as we all face together the challenge of the Covid-19…

The Middle East Centre and Dubai Police announce new partnership for the ‘ESAAD’ loyalty programme

The University of Manchester Middle East Centre and Dubai Police have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) through which the university will join the ESAAD loyalty programme for Dubai Police staff and family members. The…

Negotiation skills are key to careers and salaries

Two sessions on business negotiation and salary negotiations, led by Professor Malcolm Smith of The University of Manchester, highlighted the essential importance of negotiation as a key skill – for life and career. According to…

MBA in Dubai

Q: How is the market for university business courses in the region? Is demand growing? A: The University of Manchester’s Alliance Manchester Business School, through its Middle East Centre in Dubai, has been actively…

Management; the process of dealing with or controlling things or people

Throughout modern history, management – this process of ordering work or people – much like other sciences or arts, has created and garnered certain techniques, trends and myths. Taking management seriously, however, is…

Soft skills are one of the keys to long-term career success

Building a career is a long-term commitment and professional training and education certainly play a central role in this process; but is there anything further you can do to accelerate your career and move towards the goal of a…

Venture Capital and Private Equity

Financing for start up companies and SMEs can be a challenge as innovators look to develop and then scale their businesses/ideas quickly in a fast-moving disruptive marketplace like the Middle East. Innovative financial solutions…

Automation Impact in the UAE

The fear of automation is creating media headlines every day and research studies are generating figures that are being interpreted variously to predict different possible futures. For example, a recent OECD report suggests there…

New research report: 'Creativity and Innovation in the Dubai Government: Exploring Underlying Factors at Individual, Team and Organisational Levels'

The Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government (MBRSG) and The University of Manchester Middle East Centre in Dubai, have released the findings of a research programme into 'Creativity and Innovation in the Dubai Government:…

The University of Manchester hosts ‘Manchester Management Development Programme’ for business executives in the Middle East

The University of Manchester Middle East Centre in Dubai has hosted the Manchester Management Development Programme (MMDP) for business executives in the region. The three-day programme was held at Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel…

5 Tips for Getting Noticed: Meeting the Challenge of the GCC Employment Market

Hays – the recruiting company - has published its latest Salaries and Employments Trends of the GCC market, with this year’s trends generally follow a similar pattern set in the previous 12 months, with higher/lower headcounts…