Omanisation Gets Further Push From New Partnership

The Gulf School of Business (GSB) is forging a partnership with U21Global to provide high impact programs in practising management. This partnership seeks to reinforce and meld GSB's high-energy f2f (face to face) sessions with the cutting edge online eLearning programs developed by U21Global to create an exciting, unique and superior learning experience.

GSB, with support and patronage from His Highness Sayyid Tarik bin Shabib bin Taimur Al Said, Director, Renaissance Services SAOG was born in September 2009 from the conviction that it is best to develop confident executives into competent leaders. GSB, in its endeavour to close the gap between what is taught in the classroom and what is needed by the practical world, offers practitioner oriented management education programs that address the varying career development needs of business executives and prepare them to manage the more complex and less familiar issues that are so much a part of doing business today. Departing from the unwritten law of the region for imparting business education, assisted by a body of renowned faculty, GSB dynamically embeds the spirit of intrapreneurship/entrepreneurship in f2f setting.

"With Omanisation becoming of increasingly critical importance, GSB is poised to deliver dynamic Omani executives with the skills and professionalism required to perform in the business arena and meet international standards," said HH Sayyid Tarik.

"We pride ourselves on ensuring our programs in practising management reflect the constantly evolving international business market; giving our participants a leading edge when they exit the programme," added Professor S. Sundararajan, Dean, GSB.

U21Global is the world's premier online Graduate School that offers globally recognised postgraduate programs. Established in 2001, U21Global combines the traditional quality of its founders, partners and licensing universities of Nottingham, Birmingham, Virginia and Melbourne with innovative modes of delivery on the internet, providing students with substantial learning advantages that is relevant to current management thinking, while balancing work, travel and family life.

With a wide pool of expert facilitators with years of hands-on experience and in-depth corporate know-how and adopting an innovative pedagogy, GSB with U21Global will deliver a broad-based, engaging and collaborative experiential learning experience that will be both comprehensive and contemporary.

The U21Global learning model is accredited by the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD), and is also an international member of the Association to Advance Collegiate School of Business (AACSB).

"U21Global is very pleased to partner with the Gulf School of Business to bring our unique and innovative online programs to the Sultanate of Oman. We believe that this partnership will add a new dimension to the delivery of highly interactive, technologically advanced contemporary global courses by adding GSB's energetic f2f component to the overall learning experience," said Nick Hutton, CEO, U21Global.

GSB, along with U21Global, will offer long duration programs that lead to dual awards of Competency in Practising Management/Post Graduate Diploma of Business Administration; Proficiency/Certificate Programs of Management Studies, Financial Management, and Human Resource Management; and executive education open programs and customized Industry- and Organization- specific programs.

GSB's faculty includes Professor S. Sundararajan, Dean and Dr. Prema Seshadri, among other illustrious and renowned team facilitators, while U21Global, with Nick Hutton, CEO and a corporate veteran at its helm, has a long and prestigious line-up of highly experienced facilitators to guide the participants in their learning experience.

The programs are open to practising managers and entrepreneurs who possess a Bachelors degree and at least 3 years of work experience, or at least 8 years of work experience for those without a Bachelors degree. The programs in Practising Management from GSB and U21Global commence in May 2011.

For more information, please contact:
Anitha Ajeeth
Manager - Business Education
Gulf School of Business
00968-96467005

About U21Global

U21Global is the world's premier online Graduate School that offers globally recognised postgraduate programs. Established in 2001, U21Global combines the traditional quality of its founders, partners and licensing universities of Nottingham, Birmingham, Virginia and Melbourne with innovative modes of delivery on the internet, providing students with substantial learning advantages that is relevant to current management thinking, while balancing work, travel and family life.

About Gulf School of Business (GSB)

The Gulf School of Business (GSB) was born in September 2009 from the conviction that it is best to develop confident executives into competent leaders. GSB impacts practitioner-oriented f2f management education that enables executives to meet the demands of the current globally competitive business environment. GSB seeks to close the gap between what is taught in the classroom and what is needed by the practical world.