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University undergraduates from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, seeking to improve their employment prospects, are rushing to register for the CIMA Global Business Challenge 2015, an international business competition, ahead of the entry deadline of 5 April 2015.
Registered GCC-based students will have to submit their reports by 26 April 2015. CIMA will announce the list of shortlisted universities on 17 May 2015. These universities will then be invited to present their case studies to a panel of prominent judges on 14 June 2015 at the CIMA Global Business Challenge 2015 GCC finals scheduled to be held in Dubai, UAE.
Organised by CIMA, the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, in partnership with Barclays, the Global Business Challenge is a business competition for undergraduates around the world, designed to showcase talent in business management and identify young business leaders of the future. Entrants must form a team of four people to compete. Acting as business consultants, they will analyse and solve a real-life business case study. Competitors will have a chance to win an all-expenses-paid trip to Warsaw, Poland, to represent their country at the global final.
Andrew Harding, Managing Director of CIMA, said: "We believe in the importance of developing and nurturing young talent around the world. The Global Business Challenge gives students the opportunity to gain firsthand experience of business leadership. Competitors will be able to build essential business skills as well as meet with and learn from decision-makers from top employers. The opportunity will enhance their CVs and career prospects. With the deadline for entry fast approaching, we encourage students to enter now and avoid missing out."
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The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), founded in 1919, is the world's leading and largest professional body of management accountants, with over 218,000 members and students operating in 177 countries, working at the heart of business. CIMA members and students work in industry, commerce, the public sector and not-for-profit organisations. CIMA works closely with employers and sponsors leading-edge research, constantly updating its qualification, professional experience requirements and continuing professional development to ensure it remains the employers' choice when recruiting financially-trained business leaders.
Professionalism and ethics are at the core of CIMA's activities with every member and student bound by robust standards so that integrity, expertise and vision are brought together.
CIMA has formed a joint venture with the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) to establish the Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) designation. CGMA is the global quality standard that further elevates the profession of management accounting. The designation recognises the most talented and committed management accountants with the discipline and skill to drive strong business performance.
CIMA is proud to be the first professional accounting body to offer a truly global product in the fast-moving area of Islamic Finance.
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