In recent years, career opportunities for MBA candidates have witnessed a transition. According to career experts, MBA jobs, whether in marketing, finance, or any other specialization, are all set to boom in the coming years due to a lack of skills and uncertainty in the business environment. Business models have changed drastically for most companies. These kinds of dynamics make a demand for MBA graduates stronger.
Our Master of Business Administration degree in Dubai is designed for experienced professionals interested in developing their strategic thinking and ability to lead businesses in a responsible and impactful manner. The knowledge and skills gained on an MBA are transferable across a wide range of sectors, including public and private sector, in manufacturing, in financial services, in healthcare, in real estate, in media and in retail. Given the challenges of leading businesses in global contexts, graduates are expected to demonstrate not only the knowledge and skills relevant to individual areas of expertise, but skills that demonstrate holistic thinking, as evidenced by an ability to integrate and apply knowledge to relevant business contexts.
In line with UOWD commitment to responsible and sustainable leadership, the learning activities within our MBA program include relevant and current case studies that compare theory with examples of leading-edge organizational practices, guest lectures delivered by industry professionals, peer learning and critical reflection, followed by undertaking assessments that focus on using and applying knowledge and skills in real-life settings. The collective learning experience and authentic assessments enable students to attain knowledge and skills to international standards.
The subject offering is aligned with UOW Sydney Business School, so that students across campuses can collaborate in their learning and gain the global experience. This provides the students the global experience of working across time zones and cultures, like they would experience working in a multinational company. Apply for our flexible weekend MBA program and earn your degree while you work.
Associate Professor
Director (Postgraduate Programs)
Finance and Accounting
Dr Osama Al Hares is an Associate Professor at the University of Wollongong in Dubai. He serves as Director of Postgraduate Programs. He obtained his PhD from the University of Manchester (Manchester Business School), UK.
Dr Al-Hares has a broad range of experience in teaching Financial Accounting, Reporting and Analysis; Accounting for Decision Making; Managerial and Cost Accounting; Auditing; Entrepreneurial Finance, Financial Management; Creating Business Plan; and Corporate Finance. He believes that student engagement and motivation are the keys to understanding and consequently learning. These are accomplished through using engaging activities, authentic assessments and industry-focused approach.
His research interests include Financial Performance; Corporate Valuation and Value Relevance; Emerging Financial Markets; Financial Strategy, Earnings Management, Strategic Management Accounting; Accounting Disclosure Practices; Sustainability Reporting and Environmental Finance.
He has had several articles published in peer reviewed international journals, as well as numerous conference presentations.
Assistant Professor
Business and Management
Dr Bandara is an Assistant Professor of Human Resource Management at the Faculty of Business. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Wollongong in Australia. He is currently the lead for the Sustainable Business Practices research cluster.
Dr Bandara has taught diverse subjects at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, including in the MBA and PhD programs. He is highly passionate about active and transformational learning and facilitating students’ positive and lifelong learning journey.
His research interests focus on how technology is transforming how firms manage work. Currently, he is working on research projects on the future of work, AI-driven HRM, and algorithmic bias management. His publications have appeared in a number of high-ranked A/A* publications. He has also been identified as a high-potential researcher at both UOW Australia and Dubai.
Prior to joining UOWD, Dr Bandara worked in project management for over five years. He also worked as an academic in multiple institutions in Australia.
Associate Professor
Business and Management
Dr. K. Prakash Vel is an Associate Professor at University of Wollongong in Dubai and specialises in Marketing and related areas. He is backed up with 30 years of teaching and practising marketing instance in the Industry with experience spread across Bahrain, India, Singapore, Malaysia and the UAE.
Dr. Prakash Vel maintains an applied orientation in teaching undergraduates and post graduates. He is very keen on bringing in industry participation in most of his classes in marketing. He founded the IAIC (Industry Academia interface in Classroom) Initiative at UOW Dubai in 2015 and has now attracted more than 50 multinational corporations to the initiative over the years. As an offshoot of the IAIC Initiative, he released a recent book titled “Corporate Success stories in the UAE-The key drivers behind their growth’, as the Chief Editor, published by the academically renowned Emerald Publishing, United Kingdom. The book was launched across the world on the 11th March 2021.
He has trained and offered consultancy for 16 corporate clients in different countries in the world including Malaysia, Singapore, Kuwait, India and Dubai. He has published in international journals and has presented in international conferences at USA, Spain, France, Dubai, Finland, Italy, Austria, Hungary, London, Switzerland, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Belgium, Prague, Japan and other places. He serves in the editorial and review committee and also is the Associate Editor of international Journals. He serves as a co-supervisor for Ph.D/DBA candidates and is a member of the Ph.D examination panels of different Universities. At University of Wollongong in Dubai, he was the recipient of ‘TEACHING EXCELLENCE AWARD’ from UOW Dubai two times in 2010 and recently in 2020. He is a member of the CMO (Chief Marketing Officers) Council, Middle East. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (UK). He was appointed as the Associate Programme Chair of the international Academic conference of the Academy of World Business, Marketing and Management Development from Australia, that took place in Dubai in August 2014 and was presented with a Trophy in recognition of his efforts in organising an international academic conference successfully in Dubai. This conference was attended by Professors from 63 Universities across the world and the earlier conferences of this body were conducted in Australia, Brazil, France, Finland and Hungary. He was awarded by DTCM (Dubai Tourism and Commerce Marketing) in 2015 for organising this conference in Dubai. His recent presentation of a research paper is in the field of education on ‘Contract cheating from a social lens’ in the European Conference on Academic Integrity and Plagiarism 2021, an international conference at Prague in June 2021.
Prior to joining UOWD, he served as a Senior lecturer in Marketing and Dissertations coordinator, Stamford college, Malaysia; Senior Lecturer, Thiagarajar school of Management, India; General Manager-Marketing of Paradise Hill Resorts, India, Marketing Executive-Mirc Electronics, India and a Lecturer at the Gulf Academy, Bahrain.
Dean
School of Business
Business and Management
Professor Payyazhi Jayashree is Dean, and Full Professor in Management, School of Business, University of Wollongong in Dubai, UAE with over fifteen years of experience in strategic leadership roles in a transnational higher education context, including as Associate Dean at the University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD). She has an impactful track record in providing strategic leadership for the School of Business, UOWD and a strong reputation for aligning and inspiring teams, leading the school to be ranked as the top single campus Dubai Business School in the Scimago Institution Rankings (2024), with the ranking system based on 50% Research Quality and Quantity, 30% on Innovation and 20% Societal impact (2024).
Professor Jayashree is consistently ranked as a transformative and innovative educator, with twenty years of teaching, scholarship and practice, in ‘Strategic Change and Business transformation’, with a focus on building strategic insights, to drive fundamental changes in a disruptive business context. Her contributions have led to multiple awards and commendations for teaching and learning innovation and impact. These include, the University of Wollongong, Australia, Vice-Chancellors award for ‘Excellence in Global Strategy’ (2022), and UOWD award for MBA global collaboration impact (2022), for implementing and scaling a collaborative global model of teaching MBA students. She has also been consistently ranked in the top one percent of teaching evaluations, with several awards including ITC Award for Excellence in Teaching and Related Duties, University of Wollongong Enterprise, Australia (2010-2011), and Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Wollongong in Dubai, UAE (2009-2010), and multiple nominations for teaching excellence, including for Vice Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching and learning (OCTAL) (2017), UOW, Australia, and for Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Wollongong in Dubai, UAE (2011-2012 & 2008-2009), and Highly Commended in recognition of Excellence in Teaching and Related Duties by ITC group of Companies, a University of Wollongong Enterprise, Australia (November 2008). She also has extensive experience in leading executive development programs,, with nearly ten years’ experience as program director for a highly successful program that she has co-taught at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, for senior executives from industry, with a particular focus on building competencies in Strategic thinking and Leading Strategic Turnarounds.
Besides being a passionate and committed educator for close to two decades, Professor Jayashree has a strong track record of research contributions to both SDG5 (Gender Equality) and SDG6 (Clean Water and Sanitation) goals, with multiple awards, grants and collaborations. Her strong interest in applied research has led to building a strong track road of winning competitive external grants in areas of strategic significance to organisations. These include harnessing Generative AI in the Workforce and Al Bias, Inclusive Smart Cities and the Future of Work, Global Challenges Grant (2022, 2023, 2024), with collaborators, including global AI experts and scholars, including from Arizona State University. In recent years she has been increasingly involved in research on how digital disruptions and AI impact inclusivity and Career Capital development. The outcomes of her research in #SDG 5 has led to global recognition and substantial media coverage, including uptake by prominent scholarly publications, such as Personnel Review (ABDC A), and extensive press coverage in the region, such as Emirates Women, Forbes Middle East, among others, with several grants and awards including University-Industry Research Collaboration Award awarded by H.E Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mubarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, UAE.
Professor Jaya’s international reputation as a practising scholar in Strategic Change and Business Transformation for the last two decades, and her sustained contributions to sustainability goals, led her to be appointed as Board Member, Water for People (WFP), India Trust (2017 -2022) and Vice President of the Board for WFP India Trust (2021-2023) and being selected to the 2024 Board of Directors for WFP Denver, USA.
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