GU-Q Programs

CUSTOM PROGRAMS

M cDONOUGH SCHOOL OF BUSINESS COURSES GU-Q’s Executive and Professional Education (EPE) team developed partnerships with important insitutions in Qatar this year. In addition to an Executive Master’s in Leadership, Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business (MSB) also provided program modules for the Qatar Leadership Center and custom training for Qatar Petroleum.

MSB, Washington, DC

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Qataris from QP participated in an executive course on leadership

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of GU-Q’s 2019 Executive Education course participants are Qatari EXECUTIVE LEADERS PROGRAM In 2018-2019, partnering with the Qatar Leadership Center, MSB taught a customized module called, “Political and Economic Responses to Crisis” for its Executive Leaders Program.

Instructors • Raj Desai, Associate Professor of International Development at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service (SFS) • Ricardo Ernst, Baratta Chair in Global Business and Co-Director of the Global Logistics Research Program at Georgetown University

RISING LEADERS PROGRAM MSB also taught a customized module on “Political and Economic Responses to Crisis” for the Qatar Leadership Center’s Rising Leaders Program.

Instructors • Stanley Nollen, Emeritus Faculty at the McDonough School of Business • Jeff Peck, Adjunct Professor at the McDonough School of Business

STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP IN A COMPLEX GLOBAL MARKETPLACE In partnership with Qatar Petroleum (QP), the team at GU-Q provided a signature training for members of QP’s leadership team this year.

The two-day training titled, “Strategic Leadership in a Complex Global Marketplace,” equipped senior leaders with knowledge and skills to address some of the most critical and complex leadership and business issues facing the sector.

Instructors • Brooks Holtom, Professor at the McDonough School of Business • Chris Rider, Professor of Strategy at the University of Michigan

Participants Qatari representatives of QP’s senior leadership

DIPLOMATIC INSTITUTE COURSES GU-Q’s Executive and Professional Education (EPE) team developed a customized training program for Qatari diplomats and government leaders at the Diplomatic Institute within the Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The program included four short, intensive courses, two of which were delivered in the spring of 2019.

CRISIS MANAGEMENT Instructor H.E. Ambassador Barbara Bodine, Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy and Director of the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University

Participants Qatari representatives from the following government organizations: • Amiri Diwan • Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs • Qatar Ministry of Defense

POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY Instructor Rory Miller, Professor of Government at GU-Q

Participants Qatari diplomats and representatives from the following government organizations: • Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs • Qatar Ministry of Defense

EXECUTIVE EDUCATION

GU-Q offers two Executive Education certificate courses that are designed to provide junior to mid-level executives a solid understanding of how global market interdependencies and big data are shaping business and the economy.

PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS John Buttarazzi, an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy, taught this three-day course to 14 participants. The course focused on when to develop partnerships between public and private entities, and how to monitor the partnership performance. It also explored the political, managerial, legal, financial, and ethical implications of such partnerships.

INTERNATIONAL FINANCE: UNDERSTANDING GLOBAL MARKETS Alexis Antoniades, an Associate Professor and Director and Curricular Chair for International Economics at GU-Q, taught a two-day intensive course for eight executives. Through an in-depth analysis of the components of the global financial system, the identification of the links between those components, and a careful study of the forces that shift them, participants learned to better anticipate, understand, and respond to movements in global markets.

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Qatari ministry members enrolled in Crisis Management

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Qatari diplomats and ministry representatives participated in the Political Geography course

Public Diplomacy in a Global World Course

COMMUNITY EDUCATION

The Community Education program connects GU-Q with the broader community through offering meaningful, non-credit learning opportunities for nationals and residents living in Qatar. The majority of the

classes taught through the Community Education Program relate to regional politics, history, international relations, and culture. Many mirror content that is taught as part of GU-Q’s BSFS degree program. 13 total classes taught

Emergency and Disaster Management Course

KNOWLEDGE SHARING GU-Q’s Hussein Aldobashi, director of housing and residential safety, taught two semesters of an Introduction to Emergency and Disaster Management course through the Community Education program this year. Aldobashi completed Georgetown University’s Executive Master’s in Emergency and Disaster Management (IEDM), and has been using his knowledge to teach what he has learned to an Arabic-speaking audience. COURSES BY ENROLLMENT NUMBERS:

•• Understanding International Relations in the Gulf Region........................................................ 31 • • Understanding Digital Marketing ................................... 28 • • Introduction to Emergency and Disaster Management ..... 22 • Life Design ................................................................. 21 • Your Ways to Success .................................................. 20 • Public Diplomacy in a Global World................................ 18 • Introduction to Logical and Critical Thinking................... 13 • Professional Writing..................................................... 13 • Co-Active Coaching ..................................................... 09 • Formal Spoken Arabic .................................................. 04

• Fall | • Spring

3 classes offered both semesters (see key)

179 Community Education participants during 2018-2019

Executive education and training address the development needs of professionals who wish to differentiate themselves in the workforce. It’s not enough to meet the needs of today. To compete, you have to be positioned to forecast the next trends that will soon be shaping Qatar’s business landscape as well as the world economy.

—Rodolph Boughaba, Associate Dean for Executive Education

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This course is fantastic because it allowed us to focus on things that we overlook or don’t have the time to stop and think about because life is running so fast. It is a moment for us. I wish the course could be longer to learn even more about ourselves. It is a wonderful tool for self-development and growth.

—Dr. Amine Boutaleb Joutei, Co-Active Coaching course participant

5community classes taught in Arabic in 2018-2019

My major was in journalism, I took this course because I work in a bank in the marketing department and I was looking for extra information on digital marketing. I really enjoyed the class because it’s very informative and visually and intellectually appealing. I look forward to taking more courses in the future.

—Sarah Mahmoud, Digital Marketing course participant

I have a degree in art, and I never studied anything related to business. I found this course to be very helpful and informative, and have used my knowledge to impress a lot of people in my family who are business majors! The community classes at GU-Q are very engaging, and the teachers have a lot of experience and are fun to talk to.

—Dana Mahmoud, Digital Marketing course participant E xecutive