Marie-Catherine Schutz, French
One-Year MBA, 2014, Dubai
Pre Hult: Projects Manager, Egis Projects
(High-Tech/Telecoms)
An MBA from Hult will significantly enhance my soft skills,
which are key values for the quick advancement of my career.
WHY I CHOOSE HULT
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Hult looks toward the future, Hult is global. The school has
not only grown steadily for the last ten years, it has also been consistent in
its efforts to innovate and improve every aspect of the MBA program, and that
is something I like. I think this is essential to keeping up with the fast pace
of the world we are living in.
As I have been an expat for the last couple of years, doing
an MBA had to be a global experience and Hult was the perfect choice for it.
The idea of going back to school can also be awkward after working for many
years in a professional environment; however, the structure of the MBA program
is smartly designed to adapt to this and allows learning and practice in twelve
intense months. This is a challenge in itself and a significant advantage for
someone like me who didn’t want to be away from the business world for too long
of a period.
MY LIFE AT HULT
When I walk onto the campus each morning, I join more than
25 different nationalities. This is thrilling and the energy which results from
this melting pot is very motivating. A trivial conversation at lunch can end up
being a discovery of a new country. Every student is willing to share their own
experience, both professional and personal. However great the pressure or
however difficult some moments can be, there is a real team spirit among the
students. I also find it fantastic how so many cultural barriers are overcome
and that respect is a value that each of us takes very seriously.
I have an engineering background, therefore there are
certain topics that I really wanted to learn about during my MBA at Hult,
such as accounting. As much as I wanted to study it, I also had the fear of
very long hours of confusing and boring classes. I was actually very surprised
as I enjoyed the class and I think the professor Aleksander Grzeszczak did an
excellent job. The course was structured and focused on the essentials needed
at a senior management level. It was accessible for a beginner like me, and
also challenging for some of the more experienced students, as it was looking
at accounting on an international level. The professor made the course very
entertaining with real case examples while also sharing his own experience.
Every class was interesting and taught me something new.
What I found interesting was how the different subjects were linked. Very early
in the year, I realized that concepts you learned in one subject were easily
applicable to another. It makes the program very consistent and shows that
behind every subject the goal is clearly to sharpen our skills and knowledge
about how to successfully manage a business.
I chose to live in Dubai and plan to stay in the region for
a while, therefore learning the basics of the Arabic language were essential
for me. Hult offers weekly classes through a language institute and also offers
to set up classes for any other languages that students would be interested in
learning.
MY HULT
REWIEWS
Working abroad is so enriching and such an exciting
experience, I am very fond of it. Being European, I chose Dubai because of my
professional goals and my plan to add Middle Eastern experience to my
portfolio. For similar reasons, San Francisco is my first choice to rotate, as
I wish to experience the working environment in the U.S. Rotating there is the
best way to achieve this experience and will also certainly provide me with new
contacts.
MY CAREER
After my MBA, I plan to work in the U.A.E or Qatar, and
having completed the program in Dubai will obviously be an advantage. I have
worked as a project manager for very different industries such as IT,
telecommunications, and facilities management. I would be happy to go back to
working in any of these fields, but I will certainly bring a different view
with me to my job. Essential skills learned during my MBA, such as
understanding company results and being able to forecast sales, will allow me
to perceive the strategy of the company and ensure even better performance.
An MBA from Hult will also significantly enhance my soft
skills, such as leadership and team work, which are key values for the quick
advancement of my career.
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