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Aspirant Executive MBA students survey
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1.
What is your gender?
(Required.)
Female
Male
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2.
What is your age
(Required.)
20-25 years
26-30 years
31-35 years
36-40 years
41-45 years
Above 46 years
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3.
What is your income level?
(Required.)
AED 15,000 - 25,000
AED 26,000 - 35,000
AED 36,000 - 45,000
Above AED45,000
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4.
Are you the only earning member in the family?
(Required.)
Yes
No
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5.
Are you married?
(Required.)
Yes
No
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6.
How many years of overall work experience do you have?
(Required.)
Less than 5 years
5-10 years
11-15 years
16-20 years
20-25 years
Over 25 years
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7.
How many years of managerial experience do you have?
(direct responsibility for people and budgets)
(Required.)
Less than 5 years
5 - 10 years
11 – 15 years
Over 15 years
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8.
How many people do you supervise?
(Required.)
Less than 5 employees
5 – 50 employees
51 – 100 employees
More than 100 employees
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9.
Which of the following best describes your managerial responsibility in your current role?
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Professional with no supervisory responsibility or only over administrative staff
First line manager providing first level supervision to employees reporting to middle or senior manager
Middle manager providing second level supervision to employees and managing activities of one or several operating units, reporting to senior manager
Senior Manager reporting to an Executive
Corporate Officer reporting to higher management or board
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10.
How many employees work for your company/organization?
(Required.)
Less than 50
50 – 100
101 – 500
501 – 1000
1001 – 2000
Over 2000
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11.
What is your line of work (function or department)?
(Required.)
Accounting
Administrative and support
Finance
Human Resources
Marketing
Operations
Procurement
Product Management
Project Management
Quality Assurance
Research
Sales / Business Development
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12.
Which sector does your employer operate in?
(Required.)
Accounting
Airline / Aviation
Architecture and interior design
Art and entertainment
Automotive
Banking and Finance
Construction
Consulting
Education
Engineering
Environmental services
Event management
Fashion
Financial services
Fintech
FMCG
Government
Hospitality and restaurants
Human resource and recruitment
Information technology
Insurance
Internet
Legal services
Logistics and distribution
Marketing and Advertising
Media
Medical and healthcare
Oil and gas, energy
Online media
Public relations
Real estate
Research and development
Retail and consumer goods
Safety and security
Sales
Sports and fitness
Telecommunications
Transportation
Travel and tourism
Veterinary and animals
Wholesale
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13.
Does your organization have a dedicated Training department as part of its HR function?
(Required.)
Yes
No
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14.
What are the main reasons why you think you need a higher degree of education? Please tick all that apply:
(Required.)
Get a global and transversal vision of business to prepare me for a global business environment
Boost your career and give it an international dimension
Develop your entrepreneurial skills
Develop your managerial and leadership skills
Increase earnings potential
Build a network of influential connections through powerful peers
Activate your personal development
Have access to more career opportunities
Obtain a credential
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15.
Is your need to upgrade yourself through a University degree, triggered by any of the following? Mark your top 3 choices, below:
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Progressing career within existing company
Decreased job security
Utilize employer tuition support for continuing education
Opportunities for current job
Pay increase in current job
Improve credentials in the job market
Skills to be more effective on the job
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16.
What do you consider the most important factors in your choice of a college? Mark your top 3 choices, below:
(Required.)
Quality of teaching
Return on investment
Reputation and ranking
Financial aspects
Program duration
Program delivery
Convenience (proximity to work, flexible learning hours, weekend classes, evening classes)
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17.
What do you consider the most important factors in your choice of a college? Mark your top 3 choices, below:
(Required.)
Quality of teaching
Return on investment
Reputation and ranking
Financial aspects
Program duration
Program delivery
Convenience (proximity to work, flexible learning hours, weekend classes, evening classes)
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18.
Which of the following in your opinion would largely impact the quality of teaching? You can mark more than one choices, below:
(Required.)
Background and quality of Instructors
Program curriculum
Mode of teaching delivery (online, classroom, self learning projects, etc.)
All of the above
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19.
Return on Investment (ROI: potential salary versus cost of education).
Please rate the following:
(Required.)
Extremely important
Important
Moderately important
Slightly important
Not important
How important is the ROI factor, in your choice of business school?
Extremely important
Important
Moderately important
Slightly important
Not important
How important is the track record of graduate placements and salaries in your choice of business school?
Extremely important
Important
Moderately important
Slightly important
Not important
How important is the strength of the alumni network?
Extremely important
Important
Moderately important
Slightly important
Not important
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20.
Which of the following, do you consider most important in terms of reputation and ranking? Mark all that apply.
(Required.)
Academic reputation
Program accreditation
School's job placement reputation
Program's published ranking
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21.
Financial aspects
Please rate the following:
(Required.)
Extremely important
Important
Moderately important
Slightly important
Not important
How important is the availability of scholarships and financial aid/education loans?
Extremely important
Important
Moderately important
Slightly important
Not important
How important is flexibility (e.g. term wise tuition fee payment) in fee payment structures?
Extremely important
Important
Moderately important
Slightly important
Not important
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22.
Program duration
Please rate the following:
(Required.)
Extremely important
Important
Moderately important
Slightly important
Not important
While deciding on a program, how important do you think is the duration of the program?
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23.
Program delivery
Please rate the following:
(Required.)
Highly preferred
Preferred
Moderately preferred
Least preferred
Not preferred
Online
Highly preferred
Preferred
Moderately preferred
Least preferred
Not preferred
Blended (50% face to face and 50% online)
Highly preferred
Preferred
Moderately preferred
Least preferred
Not preferred
Classroom delivery by faculty
Highly preferred
Preferred
Moderately preferred
Least preferred
Not preferred
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24.
How important is the location of your college of choice? Please rate the following according to your preference.
(Required.)
Extremely important
Important
Moderately important
Slightly important
Not important
Central position in business district
Extremely important
Important
Moderately important
Slightly important
Not important
Closeness to public transport
Extremely important
Important
Moderately important
Slightly important
Not important
Presence of public infrastructure, retail outlets, thriving F&B hub
Extremely important
Important
Moderately important
Slightly important
Not important
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25.
How important is the campus location relative to your place of work?
(Required.)
Extremely important
Important
Not important
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26.
Which location would be best suited for you?
(Required.)
Academic city
Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC)
Knowledge Village
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27.
How important are the following factors in terms of convenience of class schedules
(Required.)
Extremely important
Important
Moderately important
Slightly important
Not important
Weekend classes
Extremely important
Important
Moderately important
Slightly important
Not important
Evening classes (after work on weekdays)
Extremely important
Important
Moderately important
Slightly important
Not important
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28.
Where do you seek information about various business schools and programs offered by them? Mark all that apply.
(Required.)
Website
Open days
Seminars
Word of mouth
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29.
Please rate the following information sources, according to your preference.
(Required.)
Highly preferred
Preferred
Moderately preferred
Least preferred
Not preferred
Website
Highly preferred
Preferred
Moderately preferred
Least preferred
Not preferred
Open days
Highly preferred
Preferred
Moderately preferred
Least preferred
Not preferred
Seminars
Highly preferred
Preferred
Moderately preferred
Least preferred
Not preferred
Word of mouth
Highly preferred
Preferred
Moderately preferred
Least preferred
Not preferred
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30.
How familiar are you with Babson college USA?
(Required.)
Extremely familiar
Very familiar
Familiar
Slightly familiar
Never heard of it
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31.
Before taking you to the last question in this survey, we'd like to share some facts about Babson College:
§ Private business school in Wellesley, Massachusetts, established in 1919 with central focus on entrepreneurship education
§ Ranked No.1 for Entrepreneurship for 21 consecutive years by U.S. News and World Report, ahead of MIT, University of California-Berkeley and University of Pennsylvania (Wharton).
§ Rated one of the top 10 College brands by Forbes magazine in 2012
§ No. 1 rankings:
Best for Entrepreneurship (Undergraduate Business Program)
Best for Entrepreneurship (MBA Worldwide)
Best Private Business School for ROI
Question: If Babson College were to establish a campus in Dubai, to offer its flagship programs, with international faculty, how strongly would you consider it for your EMBA?
(Required.)
Definitely
Most probably
Possibly
Probably not
Definitely not
If you have answered ‘probably not’ or ‘definitely not’, what are your main reason/s? Please list (not more than 3) reason/s, below:
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32.
Please provide your email address.
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