It is with great pleasure that Monarch Business School welcomes the latest doctoral students to Monarch Business School. The new doctoral students are now preparing for the challenge of their studies. The excited students are:

Godfrey Mulongo: holds an MBA and post graduate degree in Management from Kenyatta University, Kenya. He also is a graduate with first class honors with a Bachelor in Education from the same institution. Mr. Mulongo holds the position of monitoring and evaluation specialist as a member (EMACK) of the senior management team with the Aga Khan Foundation. Mr. Mulongo is a Doctor of Philosophy in Business Research Candidate.

Ezzat Ragab: holds a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Quebec as well as a Honours Bachelor degree in Architectural & Urban Planning from Hellwan University in Egypt. Mr. Ragab presently holds the position of General Manager at Limitless Development, a business unit of Dubai World Group.Mr. Ragab is a Doctor of Professional Studies Candidate.

Linda Moyo: holds a Master in Business Leadership from the University of South Africa and an Honours Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Zimbabwe. She presently holds the position of Head Consultant of Livuya Consultants in Gauteng, South Africa. Ms. Moyo is a Doctor of Philosophy in Business Research Candidate.

Ahmed Al Battat: holds a Master of Tourism from Yarmouk University in Jordan and a Bachelor of Hotel Management from Jordan Applied University. He presently holds the position of Deputy Manager at the Holiday Center Hotel Apartment complex in Jordan. Mr. Al Battat is a Doctor of Philosophy in Business Research Candidate.

Godwin Umeaka: holds a MBA in Finance with Distinction from Anambra State University of Technology. He also holds an Honours Bachelor of Science in Accountancy from the University of Nigeria. Mr. Umeaka has experience in banking, government agencies, private business as well as NGOs. Mr. Umeaka is a Doctor of Philosophy in Finance Candidate.

Babatunde Adewoye: holds an MBA in Finance from Pebble Hills University and a Bachelor in Technology in Electronic and Electrical Engineering from Ladoke Akintola University of Technology. He presently works in the Corporate Banking Directorate of the First Bank Nigeria, Plc. Mr. Adewoye is a Doctor of Finance Candidate.

Hassan Ouedraogo: is a Master graduate in Social Development from the International Institute for Studies and Research in European and International Relations. He also holds a Diploma in International Relations from the University of Vienna as well as a diploma in for General University studies in Anthropology from the University of Ouagadugou. Mr. Ouedraogo is a Doctor of Philosophy in International Relations Candidate.

Amin Al Salmi: holds a Master in Human Resource Management and a Bachelor of Business Administration from Gordon University, a subsidiary of Florida State University, USA. Mr. Al Salmi provides training, administrative, and psychological counselling for companies, civil society institutions and governmental departments. Mr. Amin Al Salmi is a DOctor of Philosophy in Business Research Candidate.

Stanley Ndara: holds a Master of Arts in Human Resource Management from Middlesex University in the UK. Mr. Ndara presently works at the Ministry of Fisheries and Resources as a Control Fisheries Inspector. He has also held the position of Chief Fisheries Inspector. Mr. Ndara is a Doctor of Philosophy in Business Research Candidate.

The Dean, the administration and the professors of UGSM-Monarch Business School would like to take this opportunity to wish these students the very best in their studies and we look forward to guiding them through their studies and seeing them all at their graduation ceremony in the future.

UGSM-Monarch Business School Switzerland and Universidad Azteca recently announced a cooperation and validation agreement  to offer dual degrees across their respective Master and Doctoral programs.

The recently signed agreement will allow students from either UGSM-Monarch Business School Switzerland or Universidad Azteca to register in the reciprocal program of the partner university. Upon successful graduation of their home program students will receive the equivalent degree from the partner university.

The agreement is seen as a significant step forward for both institutions in further internationalizing their program offerings and degrees. Students registering for the dual degree option are expected to benefit significantly from the extended program network and global coverage of the degrees. Dr. Jeffrey Henderson, Director of Studies at UGSM-Monarch Business School was quoted as saying,

The agreement with Universidad Azteca enables our students to also obtain either the master or doctoral degree from a federally recognized University in Mexico that is also listed as recognized by UNESCO. The Doctoral degrees are highly transferable between countries and have been considered comparable to the British (UK) Ph.D. award by the UK National Agency, and this we believe is a true benefit for our own students.

The agreement covers uniquely designed programs from UGSM-Monarch Business School Switzerland including the Doctor of Philosophy in Business Research and Doctor of Professional Studies, both thesis-only doctorates designed for executives and professional managers. Graduating students will now obtain the D.Phil./Ph.D. or D.Prof./Ph.D. awards. The Ph.D. in Management awarded by Universidad Azteca has been evaluated through individual assessment as comparable with degrees awarded in UK, Canada, India, and South Africa by their respective qualification agencies.

About Universidad Azteca

Universidad Azteca has been operating its world-class research and curriculum for over 18 years with five campuses across Mexico with a total of 17,000 Alumni world-wide to date. Universidad Azteca is a private university with recognition of the Official Validity of Studies awarded by the Federal Ministry of Education of the Republic and recognized by the Federal Government of Mexico to award University degrees: Bachelors, Masters and Doctorates. The university is listed on the international level with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), International Association of Universities under the list of universities of Mexico in the International Handbook and official directory of accredited universities published by the United Nations.

It is with great pleasure that UGSM-Monarch Business School announces the appointment of Dr. Valon Murtezaj to the Academic Council.

Dr. Murtezaj is a professor, political economist, leadership philosopher and a medical doctor. Dr. Murtezaj’s teaching specialties include Organizational Behaviour, Leadership and Management courses. For more than ten years Dr. Murtezaj has worked as senior expert in different capacities for many international projects. As a high quality expert, he has provided guidelines and consultancy support services to the highest government officials in Kosovo and to various international agencies in the areas of leadership development and management, institutional development and cultural transformation, policy development and strategic planning, good governance, human rights and health.

Dr. Murtezaj has worked with projects of different governments, such as: Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), DFID, Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (OHCHR- Finnish Human Rights Support Programme), and for projects of international organizations, such as: UNICEF, UNDP, OHCHR, Economic Chamber of Commerce of Kosovo, Institute for Enterprise Management and Engineering (IEME), Save the Children and Medicines sans Frontiers amongst others.

We look forward to the contribution of Dr. Murtezaj within the council with respect to the direction of the academic programs at UGSM-Monarch Business School and are confident that his participation will further enhance the reputation of the University.

You May View Dr. Murtezaj’s Extended Biography Here

UGSM-Monarch Business School is proud to announce the official launch of the new and uniquely designed Doctor of Finance program. The DoF is announced in conjunction with the launch of the Doctor of Philosophy in Finance and Master of Philosophy in Finance programs.

The Doctor of Finance degree is a specialty degree created for the practicing manager in the field of Finance. Its focus is on the application of theory to the operation of firms and markets as they are experienced within day-to-day operations by those professionals working within the industry. Candidates within the Doctor of Finance program use theory based approaches to answering research questions that have a practical application to management within the operations of their own firm or that have direct application to markets in which they participate. This is in contrast to the Doctor of Philosophy in Finance program that is more of an academic or theoretical approach to financial research.

The programs specific web pages may be found at:

• D.Phil. Fin.: Doctor of Philosophy in Finance (By Dissertation Only)
• D.Fin.: Doctor of Finance (By Course Work & Thesis)
• M.Fin.: Master of Finance (By Course Work & Thesis)

The creation of the new finance specific programs shows the continuing development of innovative programs at Monarch Business School and its commitment to provide the highest quality programs within the domains of Economics, International Relations and Business Studies.

Dr. Henderson would like to congratulate the doctoral and master students who recently passed their defenses (viva voce) in Vienna. All did a very good job. We look forward to seeing more great things from them in the future. The thesis/dissertation work presented was as follows:

Doctoral Dissertations Presented (MBA):

• Dr. Sofia Helentzaris: “How do gender differences impact the university academic and support services, and campus life experiences of students.”
• Dr. Jusuf Zekiri: “Customer Satisfaction With Service Quality: The Case of Macedonian Mobile Telecommunication.”
• Dr. Oliver Raison: “Monetary Union Project in the Gulf Cooperative Council (GCC): A Comparison with the European Union (EU) Model”

Master Thesis Presented:

• Isaac Appiah: “Understanding The Challenges Within The Performance Management System In The Presbyterian Health Service of Ghana: A Case Study Of Dormaa And Donkorkrom Presbyterian Hospitals.”

Photos of the Graduates:

Dr. Sofia Hilentzaris

Dr. Jusuf Zekiri

Dr. Olivier Raison

Isaac Appiah, MBA

Monarch Business School Switzerland in collaboration and co-operation with FranklinCovey Switzerland is pleased to announce the scheduling of the next International Executive Leadership MBA program for September 2011. The first on-site module will be given in Zug early December and will revolve between Zug, Athens, Amsterdam and Dubai. The program is designed around 6 modules of 3.5 days each spread over an 18 month period. Each module focuses on a different aspect of management theory and practice as it relates to leadership.

You May View The Program Webpage Here!

It is with great pleasure that Monarch Business School announces that Prof. Dr. Lee Dahringer has assumed the position of Dean of the Faculty and Professor of Marketing at Monarch.

Previous to Monarch Dr. Dahringer held the position of Dean at the Sellinger School of Business at Loyola University in Maryland. He has also held Dean positions at the College of Business and Economics of West Virginia University (Morgantown) and at the College of Business Administration at Butler University in Indianapolis where he also held professorships in Marketing. Dr. Dahringer has also held various Director positions at the Goizueta Business School at Emory University in Atlanta. He has considerable international experience having held the position of Director of the International MBA Program at Nijenrode Universiteit in The Netherlands as well as Visiting Professorships at the University of Innsbruck, Johannes Kepler University-Linz, Bocconi Business School-Italy, University of Queensland-Australia, H.E.C.-France, ESC-France, University of Lund-Sweden and the Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore. He has also held teaching positions at the University of North Carolina, the University of Colorado and Iowa State University in the past.

Dr. Dahringer holds a Doctorate in Business Administration from the University of Colorado at Boulder, an M.B.A. from the University of Missouri at Columbia and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Western Kentucky at Bowling Green. He is the recipient of numerous research and teaching awards from West Virginia University, Nijenrode University, Emory University, University of North Carolina and the University of Queensland.

In his various capacities as Dean, Dr. Dahringer has focused on the strategic process of his graduate schools in further enhancing their reputations through the obtaining of accreditation, revision of their graduate programs, establishing new student learning assessments while increasing the research output of the professors. He has held the position of Chair on several AACSB accreditation and reaccreditation teams as well as coordinating conferences. He has experience on various Councils of Academic Deans, Faculty Senates and curriculum task forces. He has sat on the Board of Advisors for the Executive Women International Leadership Academy as well as being a Program Reviewer for the U.S. Department of Education. He has also sat as a Member of the Board of the International Association of Jesuit Business Schools. He has been active on several editorial review boards of internationally recognized journals.

Dr. Dahringer has published several books and chapters in books on marketing as well as numerous journal articles and papers. Professor Dahringer’s areas of interest include: Global Marketing, Social Marketing, Not-for-profit Marketing, Consumer Issues/Policies, Product Management, Management of Multinational Work Force, Management Development Process and Programs (including Academic Administration), Promotion and Advertising.

You may visit his extended biography page here!

It is with great pleasure that UGSM-Monarch Business School announces that it has achieved Institutional Accreditation from EQAC, the Education Quality Accreditation Commission located in Madrid, Spain.

The EQAC was established in 1999 with a mission to promote the development and maintenance of quality and ethical standards in education and training programs. The development was made possible by means of standard-setting, evaluation, and consultation processes. The Education Quality Accreditation Commission identifies and accredits education and training institutions that have attained and maintain the standards deemed necessary to operate according to established Education Quality Standards.

Students considering programs with the EQAC quality mark can be assured that the Institution has meet all standards of quality for course preparation and administrative functions.

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Dr. Henderson has been appointed the Director of Studies at UGSM-Monarch Business School as of January 2010. In this position Dr. Henderson is responsible for building out the university and for attracting faculty and students.

UGSM-Monarch Business School is a private, high-quality, boutique university focused on graduate studies in management. UGSM-Monarch began programs in January 2010 as a distance learning university focused on both active students and returning professionals.

You may visit UGSM-Monarch Business School by following this link!

The 2010 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management will be held from August 6-10 in Montréal, Canada. The conference theme, Dare to Care: Passion and Compassion in Management Practice and Research , dares all of us to care more deeply about our role in our family, in our workplace, and in our society. The theme wants all of us to have passion about what we do and compassion for the people for whom we do our work.

- Visit the 2010 Annual Meeting Website
- Reviewers: Download Assignments & Post Reviews
(Deadline: February 12, 2010)
- Call for Caucuses
(Deadline is March 9, 2010 at 5:00 PM ET – New York Time)