How to get employer support for an EMBA

CORPORATE sponsorship for the Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) course has fallen in recent years.

... One option could be to follow the lead of a recent graduate of the McGill HEC Montreal programme, who secured corporate sponsorship by agreeing to give colleagues regular workshops during the course. “He was literally bringing the valuable learning into his company,” Bournand says. And according to Duncan Macintyre of Said Business School, employees on the EMBA programme can “bring in case studies directly from the workplace and deliver new frameworks, effectively providing the company with a mini-consultancy.” It’s worth pointing out, too, that there may be potential clients within your classroom. “Not only are you offering the latest thinking on subjects such as finance and strategy, but an EMBA provides excellent networking opportunities,” says professor Stephen Thomas of Cass Business School.

Read full article: City A.M, October 23, 2014