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TELFER SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT University of Ottawa The Telfer Executive MBA Global. Practical. Relevant.
TELFER SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENTUniversity of Ottawa
The Telfer Executive MBA
Global. Practical. Relevant.
TELFER SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT The Telfer School of Management at the University of Ottawa is uniquely positioned to link with and learn from Canada’s leaders.
With some 3,800 students, 200 full and part-time faculty and 25, 000 alumni, the Telfer School of Management is a diverse and vibrant environment which students, faculty, researchers, and alumni can forge rewarding lifelong relationships.
The Telfer School is located in the Desmarais Building – an impressive 12-storey structure that features a variety of cutting edge facilities. Our distinct programs include: Bachelor of Commerce, MBA, Executive MBA, Master of Health Administration and two Msc programs. The Telfer School of Management is accredited by AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS, ranking us among the best business schools in the world.
The Telfer School’s Centre for Executive Leadership, located in Ottawa’s World Exchange Plaza, serves as the premier location for the Telfer Executive MBA Program and Executive Programs. The Centre for Executive Leadership is dedicated to high performance leadership programs and is designed to promote an optimal learning environment.
Located in the heart of Canada’s capital and offering a broad range of outstanding research and teaching programs in both of Canada’s official languages, the University of Ottawa is Canada’s University.
At the Telfer Executive MBA Program, we believe that true acceleration of growth and transformation happens in an environment where interactions are in-person and multi-dimensional − where it is “live”. Our ‘live’ program is deliberately designed for mid-career and senior executive who seek a Global, Practical and Relevant experience while earning a graduate degree.
Our comprehensive, global and real-world curriculum focuses on leadership, teamwork and cross-cultural collaboration. The curriculum is tightly connected through our Signature Series of Six Business Consulting Projects, two of which are global in focus and involve two international business trips. These projects are true accelerators of learning because you will move beyond the classroom and actively engage in work with client organizations to answer their business challenges in real-time. You will be directly applying what you are learning in class by bringing it into the field.
Actively Manage your Career The Telfer Executive MBA Program does not disrupt the momentum of your career. Scheduled class days take place on alternate Fridays and Saturdays in order to minimize your time away from work. This allows for you to continue working full-time while earning your MBA degree. You can learn the strategic integration of business disciplines and leadership models in the classroom today and actively apply them to your job tomorrow.
Our alumni consistently agree that the Telfer Executive MBA Program equipped them with a strong set of business tools and filters, and effectively raised their competency platforms including their self-confidence and their capability to address business challenges and opportunities in a timely manner.
The Program attracts candidates who are ambitious and who have clear objectives for their future as well as a commitment to both their career and personal success. These candidates are looking to further develop their lifework, to grow their network of contacts, and to strengthen their business competencies. Candidates recognize the value of the practical component of the Telfer Executive MBA Program, emphasizing the application of knowledge in real management settings specifically found through the Signature Series of Six Business Consulting Projects.
Why the Telfer Executive MBA
The Strategic Marketing Consulting Project – Your team will work with a not-for-profit organization within Ottawa with the goal of contributing back to the community, while understanding the marketing challenges facing a not-for-profit organization.
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Consulting Project in Silicon Valley – You will travel to California’s Silicon Valley to complete a team-based consulting assignment on behalf of a Silicon Valley-based start-up company. In addition, you will also visit the world’s leading technology companies, attend private executive briefings with senior Silicon Valley leaders and see first-hand previews of the future of technology and innovation.
The Individual Business Consulting Project – You will personally select the client organization and work with your client to identify the business challenge for the focus of the project. During the summer months you will engage with your client to undertake research and analysis on the topic. At the end of August, you will formally recommend a course of action for them to consider in addressing their business challenge.
The Technology Entrepreneurship Business Consulting Project – Your team will work with local entrepreneurs to present a business plan and investor package to a panel of professional investors who will decide on the fundability of the project. On average, teams secure a second meeting for every one in three presentations – well above the industry average of one in one hundred.
The Business Strategy Project –Your team will conduct a strategic analysis of an organization to identify a potential client organization which is considering doing business in the market selected for the International Consulting Project and Trip. The key element of the Business Strategy Project is to critically assess the fit between the organization, its strategy and the destination selected.
The International Consulting Project & Trip – Your team will work with the client organization to gather intelligence on business opportunities within a selected global market. During the one week business trip to the destination, you will finalize your recommendations by validating market potential, exploring the ecosystem of the business, holding stakeholder interviews, solidifying contacts, and experiencing first-hand the local protocols of business.
Why the Telfer Executive MBA
One of the core components of the Telfer Executive MBA Program is the integration of six business consulting projects within the curriculum. Each project requires you to work as a business consultant with client organizations addressing real business challenges and opportunities in short timelines.
The Telfer Executive MBA places a strong emphasis on teamwork and learning to work within a group environment. Five of six business consulting projects involve working within a team environment. The teamwork component of the program focuses on the reality of the global economy where you are often placed in structured teams. This opportunity allows you to learn how to leverage strengths of others, to understand team dynamics and to appreciate a process for sharing leadership and responsibility with an aim to achieve the deliverables of the Telfer Executive MBA Program.
Signature Series of Six Business Consulting Projects
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The summer consulting project provided me with a tremendous opportunity to showcase my new skills and knowledge by completing an important management project within my own organization.
– Dr. Jack Kitts, President and CEO, The Ottawa Hospital.
The Telfer Executive MBA Program extends well beyond visiting organizations within a chosen destination. The Program places a practical consulting focus on your global experience: to create relationships and to identify opportunities and value within the market for a client organization, to gain relevant global business experiences to your career growth, and to provide you with the analytical frameworks relevant to your own organization’s global strategy. Telfer Executive MBA candidates complete two international consulting projects as a part of the curriculum’s Signature Series of Six Business Consulting Projects.
The Global Experience
Identify Potential Global Markets Candidates will be exposed to the broad range of factors that an organization needs to consider when deciding to undertake entry into a new international market. Your class will use a structured process to select the international destination with market potential for Canadian companies for your International Consulting Project and Trip.
Evaluate the Business Strategy as it relates to Globalization The Business Strategy Consulting Project will enable you to identify and analyze the potential fit between the selected international destination and to the client’s business strategy. Based on this analysis and research, your team will identify if the organization will be your client for the International Consulting Project within the chosen destination.
Understand the Global Business Environment You will gain an appreciation of the strategic, legal, operational and organizational issues facing management when engaging in international business. The Multi-National Corporations and Strategies course facilitates the preparation of background research and analysis required for the international consulting trip.
Experience On-The-Ground Client Consulting You will examine the challenges of management within the global economy by conducting a major business consulting project within the selected international destination. Candidates typically develop market entry strategies, channel development strategies or strategic alliances for the organizations they represent abroad.
Connect with Innovative Environments, Organizations & People Candidates gain a full understanding of the importance of Silicon Valley within the global economy. Candidates appreciate the ‘uniqueness’ of Silicon Valley through direct discussions and networking events with executives and entrepreneurs. You will understand why Silicon Valley is attractive to entrepreneurs as well as why Silicon Valley is best positioned to produce ‘game changing’ technology and applications.
Preview Emerging Technologies and Management Practices You will preview new technological advancements and breakthroughs from leading research centres. The rich discussions on active research projects will open your mind to the astonishing future of technology. You will uncover insights into Silicon Valleys’ distinct management practices and a unique culture that promotes learning and new ideas along with fostering broad-based collaboration.
Experience the Silicon Valley Business Culture You will be asked to address a real business challenge facing your client organization in Silicon Valley. Through your respective business consulting project, you will come to appreciate the innovative and entrepreneurial ecosystem that many of the largest technology companies in the world belong to and you will come to understand the challenges and opportunities of doing business in a highly innovative environment.
The Telfer Executive MBA program offers the hands-on experience of working in international markets. The two international trips gave us a chance to apply our knowledge in a real-life global environment.
– Jeff Bardsley, National Business Manager, HEAD Canada Inc.
Australia, Brazil, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, Philippines, Poland, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, United States
The Telfer Executive MBA Program extends the awareness and skills in areas that are critical to effective leadership and management within an organization. To succeed in todays’ constantly evolving and competitive environment, managers
and executives need to adapt quickly, perform within multi-disciplinary teams, and bring a broad perspective to management issues. This program focuses on the relevance of classwork to the increasing demand of managers and executives to be effective in integrating business diciplines and leadership models to benefit their organizations.
Solidifying the Foundations of Core Business Disciplines The Telfer Executive MBA Program enhances the general management capabilities of candidates by building upon the individual core functions and disciplines of management in order to critically evaluate integrated strategic decisions. During your first year of studies, you will complete courses in the foundations of business. This will solidify your knowledge in the key elements of corporate finance, strategic marketing, financial and managerial accounting, data analysis and human resources.
During your second year, you will build upon the fundamental courses integrating these individual concepts into the formulation, evaluation and implementation of corporate strategy – including the strategic look at globalization and its role within a corporate strategy.
Leadership Lecture Series: This unique lecture series presented by the Telfer Executive MBA Program will provide you the opportunity to consider, compare and evaluate leadership styles and strategies for managing current issues within organizations. Your team will analyze and report on
The general business management learning you get in the Telfer Executive MBA increases your value within your chosen field.
– Jane McVeigh, Vice President, Human Resources, General Dynamics Canada Ltd.
Encouraging Leadership
each presentation with set parameters such as strategies employed, development of competencies, leadership styles and relative effectiveness and success of their strategies.
Expanding your Network The Telfer Executive MBA Program provides several opportunities to expand your network and leadership linkages.
• Attend a diverse range of events and networking activities during the course of the Program
• Meet and learn from guest lecturers within the classroom. Professors often invite industry leaders into the classroom to provide a connection between the content of the course and the active application in the business world.
• Upon acceptance into the Program you will enter into the Telfer Executive MBA community. Through the course of the program you will develop close relationships with your fellow classmates, faculty, supervisors, the Telfer Executive MBA alumni network as well as their extended networks.
Enhancing Organizational, Management and Team Skills As you move into senior positions in your career, the various roles will require reliance on working with a diversified team to effectively execute business strategies. The Telfer Executive MBA Program’s strong emphasis on teamwork and learning to work within a group environment provides you with the opportunity to develop essential team and leadership skill.
The team environment allows you to leverage on the strengths of your peers while learning and building upon opportunities for your personal growth. Our Management Skills courses provide you with the tools to self-identify your own preferences as well as how individual preferences contribute to a productive team environment. A support network is available throughout the 21 months to coach each team through the specific points of team performance. The Program’s team building exercises are easily transferrable to your own team environments within your workplace.
Nicole Proulx (Public Service), Linda Eagen (Not-for-Profit), Peter Sudermann (Entrepreneur), Bryan Brulotte (Private Sector)
Strong Alumni Network
Building the Future Leaders
The Telfer Executive MBA opens doors, but it’s the maturity and growth from it that lets you walk through that door.
– Michael Alam, CEO, Valydate Inc.
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DIVERSITY OF CANDIDATESThe diversity of candidates within a Telfer Executive MBA cohort allows you to learn not only from experienced faculty members but also from your fellow candidates. As a candidate, you provide a unique perspective to the classroom as you draw upon your professional and personal backgrounds.
A Telfer Executive MBA cohort works in a variety of organizations within private, public and not-for-profit sectors. The average age of candidates is 38 years with a range from 28 years to 60 years. A Telfer Executive MBA candidate averages 15 years of working experience.
ACTIVE FACULTYThe professors of the Telfer Executive MBA Program are experts within their respective fields. With a balance of both full-time and part-time professors, the Telfer Executive MBA professors are actively involved in research activities or are true practitioners of their area of expertise. The emphasis on relevant activities and field experience enables the faculty to bring current industry practices and methods into the classroom learning experience.
ACCOMMODATING SCHEDULEThe Program takes place over 21 months with 17 months of hands-on and interactive participation within the classroom. Scheduled class days take place on alternate Fridays and Saturdays, resulting in approximately two days off of work each month. Classes, activities and trips are scheduled well in advance in order to accommodate work, school and family commitments in an effort to help maintain a balanced lifestyle. With the exception of the two trips scheduled at the end of each academic year, mandatory activities occur on evenings or weekends in order to limit the interference with professional responsibilities.
OUR ALUMNIThe Telfer Executive Program is very proud of and committed to its alumni. We maintain close ties to our graduates long after graduation. We believe that we have a continuous role in their life long development journey by encouraging and promoting our alumni’s participation through leadership and service to their respective communities. The Telfer Executive MBA Program maintains connections with our community of over 850 alumni, creating a portal to an invaluable network of global corporate contacts.
Hear what our Alumni have to say: www.emba.uottawa.ca/alumni
PRACTICAL AND RELEVANT DELIVERYThe delivery of the Telfer Executive MBA curriculum takes form through a variety of different teaching methods. These methods include the active use of relevant case studies and business simulations, lectures, visiting industry leaders and content experts, project-based deliverables as well as the Signature Series of Six Business Consulting Projects.
One of the best things I did in my life- worth every penny.
– Cathy Lewis, Business Excellence Manager, Abbott Point of Care
TUITION FEESYour tuition fees include:
• All required books, materials and course binders, access to our IT infrastructure and University library databases
• Airfare, accomodation and activities for two International Trips
• Access to the Centre for Executive Leadership facility, seven days a week, 24 hours per day
• Digital recording of classes and tutorial sessions
• Nutritious meals and snacks served on class days
• Indoor parking during scheduled class days and EMBA events
• Free access to office equipment such as printers, fax, scanner, and photocopiers
• All benefits of a full-time student at the University of Ottawa, including fitness facilities, recreational sports, supplemental language training and University library services
• Opportunities to attend a variety of business networking events, seminars and other related functions
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APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS• An undergraduate degree with a minimum of 70% average or
significant work experience
• At least five years work experience (average work experience is 15 years)
• Business case study analysis
• Interview with the Director
www.emba.uOttawa.ca/apply
Telfer School of Management Centre for Executive Leadership45 O’Connor Street, Suite 350Ottawa, Ontario K1P 1A4 [email protected] www.emba.uOttawa.ca
