Akkaoui,Georges, MBA
  
   Instructor ,  Adjunct
   AUB Start Date: February, 2009

 
Contact Information  
AUB Email: ga51@aub.edu.lb
Other Email: ga51@aub.edu.lb
Office Location: OSB/442
Office Extension: 3938
   
   
   
  
 Office Hours

Monday : 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Tuesday : 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM

 Education

2007
American University of Beirut
Lebanon.
MBA in Management
Dissertation: The Role of Human Resources Management as an Agent of Change: A Cross-Industry Lebanese Perspective

2003
American University of Beirut
Lebanon.
BS in Biology
Graduated with Distinction
Honor List Each Semester

 Experience

February  2009  -    Present
American University of Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon
Director of Executive Education
Responsible for leading and managing all corporate executive education initiatives and programs for the Suliman S. Olayan School of Business (OSB) at the American University of Beirut (AUB) including, but not limited to, providing professional support covering all aspects of non-degree executive education provision in all three areas, namely: open-admission programs, company-specific programs, and sector-specific programs. Such professional support involves market intelligence, prospecting, contribution to product development, program marketing, management, evaluation, follow up, as well as monitoring competitive providers, benchmarking, managing client relations, and conducting site visits to major corporate clients.

September  2008  -   December   2008
The Cyprus Institute of Marketing
Nicosia, Cyprus
Instructor (Part-Time)
As a part-time instructor, I taught a core marketing course (Fundamentals of International Marketing) to around 20 undergraduate senior students.

February  2006  -   January   2007
American University of Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon
Graduate Assistant (Part-Time)
As a part-time graduate assistant, my assistantship involves a commitment on my part to teach, assist in teaching, proctoring and correcting exams or accept such duties of assisting faculty members in their research. Contract was renewed for three terms until the end of the MBA. This helped me acquire an understanding of the structure of undergraduate and graduate programs in the most of the major business administration tracks.

March  2003  -   December   2008
Integration Group
Nicosia, Cyprus
Research and Training Manager
Responsible for managing accounts and running multi-country consulting and training projects on a regional and worldwide basis for many of the Fortune 500 clients across a wide range of industries. Responsible also for developing and delivering world-class executive training courses in a number of world cities. The function included regularly updating the framework and content of courses in order to (i) cope with new circumstances, clients, and audiences and (ii) take into account the latest industry best practices. The function also included managing relationships with corporate clients from proposal writing to client delivery.

 Teaching Activities at AUB

 
Teaching Preparation
Semester Course No Title
Fall-2009-2010  BUSS 215  Business Ethics 

 Personal/Other

Professional Activities and Public Service

Member of the AUB MBA Club (2004 - 2007)
Treasurer of the AUB Poetry Club (2000 - 2002)
Member of ESOMAR (Since 2007)
Volunteer at the Children’s Cancer Center of Lebanon
Innovator & Performer of the Year 2004