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IV-Business Program’s Organizational Profile ADA has a clear understanding of the competitive environment the university is in and uses market research data/SWOT analysis to identify the strategic challenges and their own points of differentiators in order to decide on its competitive position in the local market aggregates and pricing strategies.
Standard 1: ADA strives to create a community of academic excellence, accountability, responsible governance, honor, integrity, transparency, diversity, collaboration, communication, and social responsibility that empowers individuals to challenge conventional thinking in pursuit of new ideas. The university has a robust centralized/shared service infrastructure including Academic Support Services, Student Services Department, Operation Management (Finance, Information System, Human Resources, etc.) to support each School.
ADA generously invested on the electronic infrastructure to enhance teaching and learning, digital/online platforms such as Ellucian Banner student information system, Class Collaborate, etc. enabled students to be able to access admission information, course registrations, grades, advisor information and academic records within one system. The investment and faculty training on Blackboard Learning Management System made the switch from in-classroom to online learning seamless.
Criterion 3.2: The School of Business has the Advisory Board with representatives from the employer community committed to active engagement with the school to provide feedback and bring industry experience to enhance the programs and contribute to optimization of academic and other activities of the university.
Criterion 3.4: As a part of Student Services & Alumni Affairs, the Alumni Affairs Office is engaged to establish an impactful lifelong global community of alumni with the spirit of belonging and pride, as well as to promote unity and belonging among the graduates. The office engages alumni through centralized Alumni Database, Annual Alumni Forum in Baku and Europe, Annual Alumni Surveys, Social Media groups, various networking events, Social Responsibility activities and Seminars, etc. Alumni can participate and get connected with the university community through volunteering and serving as ambassadors, organize various alumni groups and clubs, apply for the openings of Alumni Association Board of Directors, bring partnership and recruitment opportunities for current students, and share experience and mentor students.
Standard 4: The school has developed a robust rubric for the internship component to assess the student success for their internship experience.
Criterion 5.3. The school has the “Faculty Training Program to train faculty on the new tools and technology. The university has centralized orientation sessions and training to onboard new faculty members. A solid performance evaluation system, including faculty self-evaluation, end of course survey from students, peer classroom observation, etc. are in place to evaluate faculty for their teaching and research.
Standard 6: Students and Alumni have a high satisfaction level of the curriculum. MBA students shared examples that they’re able to apply what they learned in the classroom directly at their workplace, connect research work within the curriculum with projects in the classroom, and share real-world experiences from different industries/learn from their peers in the classroom.
The process and procedure of developing new programs are clearly outlined and guided by the University’s Degree Program Development and Modification Policy. The meeting minutes for faculty council and career committee for new programs are clearly documented. Besides internal stakeholders’ involvement, when a new program is proposed, external evaluators from partnership universities/advisory council/experts from government and industry are also involved to provide feedback/suggestions on the proposal.
To better prepare students for the job market and start to build their career network, Career Service offers an internship course as the prerequisite course for the mandatory academic internship. The internship course is a core requirement and a direct measure used in undergraduate programs. Each student is required to do an internship for a minimum of 4 weeks for a total of 120 hours. Career Services manages the partnership with 400+ employers for internship opportunities and posts all internship opportunities through Careerlink. BBA students have received opportunities to conduct their internship in the Ministries, Big4 companies, consulting firms, banks and in other companies related to their majors.
Standard 7: ADA University has a specific International Recruitment and Outreach Plan. The university places internationalization of the student body as their strategic priority. They work actively with national embassies abroad and international embassies in Azerbaijan to recruit international students. Currently, 10% of the BBA and MBA students are international students. ADA has international students from 86 countries. The school continues the efforts to promote its national and international visibility.
Criterion 7.4: ADA University has developed an effective partnership with more than 500 business companies to organize the internships and promote job placements for seniors through its Office of Career Services. Respective data is collected and analyzed constantly through the formal way. Information regarding competition successes and achievements of students are informed and disseminated through its website and social platforms for strategic goals - verified during the on-site visit. The School of Business has deployed the processes to collect and analyze the data to identify the students’ needs and demands of the students through the Office of the Student Academic Support Services and Office of the Student Records & Registration.
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