FinTech: An Introduction to the Opportunities and Challenges
Financial Technology (FinTech) is currently a matter of hot debate in the financial industry as the banking and finance sector embraces (or seek to embrace) technological innovations. FinTech provides significant opportunities in terms of (1) exploring new markets, (2) enhancing market participants’ interactions and (3) improving efficiency. Nonetheless, these new innovations come with challenges such as regulatory framework, political uncertainty, data security and tax implications.
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Blockchain Developer Training
Blockchain is disruptive technology that is expected to revolutionise the world of trusted transactions. Through a combination of cryptographic techniques, a distributed, shared, and immutable ledger, consensus validation of transactions, and a financial audit trail, Blockchain is poised to do for businesses what the Internet did for communication.
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Security Intelligence Engineering Training
Currently, the cost of cybercrime for the global economy has been estimated at $445 billion annually. The need to protect a company’s online data infrastructure is now more important as information technology continues to advance.
In partnership with IBM’s skills academy, the University of Wollongong in Dubai is offering the Security Intelligence Engineering Training.
Organisational Excellence and Human Capital Management
With the business environment being very dynamic and competitive, it is necessary for organisations to know how to combine and manage organisational systems to ensure the full optimisation and effectiveness of all of its resources. Quality management and business excellence frameworks such as the EFQM framework, have been used extensively on a transnational scale to drive organisational performance and a necessity to compete in highly globalised environments.
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Innovation and Leadership
Innovation is key to promoting economic growth, increasing competitiveness and providing new job opportunities. Without innovation and the leadership to drive it forward, an organisation will not be able to survive in today’s global business environment. Innovation leadership combines different leadership styles to influence employees to produce and implement creative ideas, products and services to achieve organisational goals.
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Business Intelligence and Data Mining
People spend 30% of their time and income on daily commutes. Public transportation agencies are challenged to find ways to increase convenience, improve the travel experience, and lower costs. Business analytics uses real-time data to anticipate and control congestions, helping traffic systems flow smoothly. In partnership with IBM’s skills academy, the University of Wollongong in Dubai is offering the Business Intelligence and Data Mining training.
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Managing Internationalisation
Managers of small and medium sized enterprises ranging to large blue chip companies recognize the increasing importance of the international dimension of their businesses. Understanding and analyzing a myriad of options is crucial in order to create an optimal international business strategy that is tailored to their company. In a world that is increasingly uncertain and foreign markets that evolve quickly, managers need to either adapt, expand, retract or relocate in order to stay ahead of rival firms in their quest to maximize profits.
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Managing Foreign Direct Investment
The attraction of inward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has been at the heart of industrial and regional policy across the developed countries for the last thirty years. UAE has long been open to FDI and it is actively seeking to attract foreign firms and is currently the 9th largest FDI recipient in Asia (2017 Global Investment Report). FDI is important in driving productivity growth and ultimately living standard for people in the UAE therefore, policy makers need to know about the nature and impact of both overseas and domestic investment in the various emirates of the UAE.
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Internet of Things (IoT): A Mechanism to Transform Businesses
Internet of Things (IoT) is the talk of the future and will have a massive impact on how companies conduct business in the future. This course will focus on IoT as a leadership opportunity and how to use it as a mechanism to transform businesses. The aim of this course is to provide participants with the knowledge to envision and lead IoT-based transformations, and to address IoT jargon enabling managers to gain a strategic advantage from IoT.
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College of Short Courses
The University of Jazeera is one of the many leading universities located in Dubai. The university lays emphasis on the educational, professional and personal growth of each student pursuing their academic journey. We are devoted to excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and also to developing leaders in many disciplines who shall make a difference globally. Our educational approach is process-oriented; our emphasis is on bridging theory and practice, as our curricula is career-driven and is focused at providing the required knowledge, skills and aspects of competence. Our focus is on the success of the student and the successes that our alumni have achieved are evidence of our focused attention.
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