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by Hult
Program Guide
19 October 2020
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION & PURPOSE ............................................................................. 5
YOUR QUALIFICATION ..................................................................................... 5
Higher Education Qualifications in the US ................................................................. 5
PROGRAM CHANGES ....................................................................................... 6
KEY CONTACTS ............................................................................................... 6
ABOUT HULT INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL ............................................ 8
Mission Statement ................................................................................................. 8
PROGRAMS AIMS & LEARNING OUTCOMES........................................................ 9
Program Aims ....................................................................................................... 9
Program Learning Outcomes .................................................................................. 9
PROGRAM DESIGN & STRUCTURE ................................................................... 11
Evidence of Learning............................................................................................ 11
Breadth and Depth Across Pillars ........................................................................... 12
Program Overview ............................................................................................... 12
TEACHING & LEARNING STRATEGY................................................................. 13
Teaching strategy ................................................................................................ 13
Learning strategy ................................................................................................ 13
PROGRAM DELIVERY ..................................................................................... 14
Self-directed study and learning resources ............................................................. 14
Foundational courses (bronze badges) ................................................................... 14
Advanced courses (silver badges) .......................................................................... 14
COURSE CATALOG ........................................................................................ 15
INTEGRATION COURSES ................................................................................ 16
Pillar Insight Papers ............................................................................................. 16
Capstone Project ................................................................................................. 20
Learner Completion Report ................................................................................... 23
SCOPE OF REGULATIONS ............................................................................... 25
ACADEMIC GOVERNANCE .............................................................................. 25
ADMISSIONS AND ASSESSMENT ..................................................................... 25
Admissions Criteria .............................................................................................. 25
Admissions Process ............................................................................................. 25
List of Admissions Documents ............................................................................... 26
Approved EY Badges Curriculum ........................................................................... 27
Assessment......................................................................................................... 28
The program was designed for EY professionals who have gained significant business
experience in their careers but realize there is more they want to achieve. It provides
experienced professionals with the platform to make an impact through business far
beyond their current day-to-day role.
Whether you want to unlock your transformative leadership potential, gain new
perspective or completely change your career path, the EY Tech MBA will enable you to
transform yourself and your career at EY and beyond.
We designed this program to help EY people develop both the mindset and skillset to
navigate new ways of working. The EY Tech MBA’s innovative virtual learning model
addresses not only what people need to learn to serve our clients “Now, Next and
Beyond,” but also how they want to learn it with the flexibility to study whenever and
wherever they wish. This reflects a broader shift towards virtual learning as a result of the
COVID-19 pandemic, during which we saw a 40% plus uplift in the use of our online
learning resources.
These aims are achieved by allowing the more than 300,000 EY professionals in over 150
countries, regardless of role or position, to study for an accredited MBA program, for free.
To ensure the program is highly relevant to the learner’s role and reflective of their
aspirations, each student will be able to build their own path toward the MBA, choosing
from a variety of high-quality courses covering a broad range of subject areas, from AI,
Blockchain and Robotic Process Automation to Finance, Strategy, Employee Wellbeing,
Diversity & Inclusion, and Sustainable Business Practices.
The flexibility and delivery of the program also mean that you are responsible for your
learning. You will have much to learn from your subject matter experts and faculty — as
well as the wider EY and Hult learning community, but you must actively engage,
challenge, and contribute to the learning process.
We are committed to your growth and development and we wish you every success in your
learning journey.
Riaz Shah
Partner, Global Talent
Your comments on any improvements to this document are welcome - please put them in
writing to the Program Team via: eytechmba@uk.ey.com
* Information herein may be updated during your studies, in which case an updated copy will be published on
the EY Tech MBA Program Site.
** In the context of this program, the term “student” is used to denote a participant on a program leading to
the EY Tech MBA.
YOUR QUALIFICATION
The EY Tech MBA (Master of Business Administration) is a postgraduate qualification.
Once you successfully complete all parts of the program you will receive a US degree,
awarded by Hult International Business School (Hult). Detailed information is available in
the Academic Regulations section of this Program Guide.
You will be a registered student of Hult once your application has been accepted by Hult,
comprised of 16 Badges in Technology, Business and Leadership plus a new Learning
badge in Business; three Pillar Insight Papers; and one Capstone project. Once you suc-
cessfully complete all academic requirements of the program, you will receive the Hult
MBA qualification. The EY Tech MBA operates on the US academic credit system and
consists of 36 US credits. The default credit currency used in Hult publications is US
credits.
Upon completion of your studies at Hult, you will be entitled to the following:
• A single transcript of Academic Performance and
• A degree certificate from Hult
KEY CONTACTS
Hult International Business School
Johan Roos Chief Academic Officer
Hult is a global school with campuses in Boston, Dubai, London, San Francisco, Shanghai,
and a global rotation center in New York City.
Mission Statement
We strive to be the most relevant business school in the world.
By using our global reach and always being creative, entrepreneurial, and on the cutting
edge, our aim is to have a positive impact on individuals and organizations by
transforming their management practices. In so doing, we hope to be the business school
of choice for existing and aspiring leaders. We will contribute to sustainable growth,
helping leaders to integrate commercial success and societal well-being.
Hult is the first triple-accredited business school in the US and regularly ranked as one of
the top business schools in the world.
Program Aims
The EY Tech MBA aims to develop within individuals the capabilities required to achieve
personal and organisational success as strategic managers and highly effective
transformative leaders, able to set vision and purpose, drive innovation with strategic
intent, and build diverse and supportive cultures that deliver results.
Our vision for the EY Tech MBA is that, to the benefit of themselves, their organization
and the wider society, students will understand, value and be able to connect:
• A good understanding of self and passion for lifelong development coupled with a
willingness to coach, sustain and influence all engaged stakeholders.
• An abiding understanding of the environmental, strategic, ethical, operational, financial,
and interpersonal drivers of business success.
• A deep understanding of how to harness the power of technology to drive innovation
and navigate disruption.
Our goal is to help participants to become role models for others by influencing positively
at all levels and across diverse groups of internal and external stakeholders.
Evidence of Learning
In addition to completing the requisite learning hours, the learner must submit evidence of
learning and application in order to apply for a badge. This can be done through different
types of activities in the following categories:
a. Apply knowledge (to client engagements or internal projects)
b. Create knowledge
c. Share knowledge
An explanation of these categories can be found in section 3 and are explained in detail on
the EY Badges site for each badge. In order to apply for a Bronze Badge, the learner is re-
quired to submit one of the above. To apply for a Silver Badge, the learner is required to
submit two of the above.
These activities are supervised and attested by an EY manager, who worked with the
learner on the specific activity, and assessed on Hult provided rubrics by EY’s Global
Learning Team. The documentation for these activities will be retained by the EY Central
Learning team. Hult will have the right to review submitted evidence (except for client
confidential materials).
Program Overview
The program is worth 36 academic credits broken down into the following elements:
These philosophies inform the design and delivery of the program. Students are
encouraged to explore concepts and their application in relation to their own experience
and perceptions, in dialogue with their managers, tutors and peers.
Teaching strategy
Hult’s teaching strategy has always been driven by a desire to hire the best possible
teachers, who balance academic credentials and real-world experience to provide what is
best for students.
As such, we seek to nurture an academic culture built on relevant research that can be
directly applied to teaching and student engagement. Additionally, we have always sought
to foster constructive links with employers, as a vehicle to bring the real world into the
classroom, and also to provide opportunities for students to showcase their knowledge
and skills.
In order to earn a bronze or silver badge, learners must undertake learning and provide
relevant evidence of learning and application, related to a real-life project (internal) or a
client engagement. Teaching and learning are therefore constantly put into context of
real-world challenges and opportunities in the business world.
Another example of this approach is the focus on integrative courses, consisting of the
creation of Pillar Insight Papers and the final Capstone Project, which encourage students
to integrate their learning within and then across each pillar to create and deliver original
insights and solve a pressing corporate challenge.
Learning strategy
A focus on practice and impact provides the backbone to this program. It means students
will combine the study with an in-depth focus on the issues faced in their organization and
the client organizations they work with.
The EY Tech MBA program is one of virtual self-directed learning at all stages. It is based
on a learner-centered pedagogy, allowing a degree of choice of learning resources that
are accessed according to the individual’s needs and context.
PROGRAM DELIVERY
This wholly online program is designed to give the participant the flexibility to combine
and balance study requirements, work commitments and personal lives by offering a self-
managed individually tailored route through an approved program framework so that
students can learn wherever and whenever it works for them.
The PIP represents a reflective and analytical report consolidating the main takeaways by
the learner from the various badges they completed under each pillar, and an overview of
how those learnings can be implemented now, next and beyond.
To ensure that learning is relevant, tangible and has immediate utility, the completion
of PIPs trigger learners to take a step back and reflect on their working practices and how
they have applied their skills within their team or in client engagements. This reflection will
help them propose enhanced, or potentially new ways of working, further integrating their
knowledge into practice.
Learners are required to develop a critical discussion and expected to draw on key
concepts and academic frameworks to demonstrate their critical understanding. Leaners
are encouraged to undertake wider reading and use information, insights and data from
credible sources. It is recommended that they use relevant examples to illustrate the key
points they wish to make.
PIP Instructions:
• Each PIP must be submitted with a cover sheet (template below) which lists all list
badges completed in the particular pillar, and references the experiences completed for
each badge.
• Each PIP must be 2,500-words long (+- 10%), excluding any footnotes, graphs,
references and sources. PIPs not within word limits will not be accepted.
• PIPs should be clearly structured and produced in the format of an academic report.
• Justify your views, analysis and recommendations by referring to concepts, models and
best practices you have learned within this pillar.
• Do not include any information that would identify a client, e.g. use phrases such as “a
major energy company” rather than client names.
• Ensure correct referencing and sourcing.
• You are required to demonstrate good understanding of the academic literature in your
chosen areas of investigation and use key academic concepts to underpin your work.
Importantly, you are expected to develop a critical discussion of your own and existing
findings which helps you to address the strategic challenge(s) at hand. We will be
providing guidance by Hult for this.
• All submission will be checked for plagiarism via the Turnitin application.
• The PIPs should be completed in your personal time, as is the case for all EY Badges and
the EY Tech MBA.
• Your PIP will be reviewed by an EY Pillar subject matter expert and by Hult faculty and
will be rated as either a Pass or Fail. You will need to receive a Pass rating for each of
the PIPs before you can apply for the final stage of the MBA, the Capstone Project.
Guiding questions:
• Taking an integrative look at all of the badges you completed as part of this
pillar, summarize your main lessons learned.
• How you have applied these lessons in your role?
• What measurable impact have you been able to create?
• What challenges did you experience in completing the learning, if any?
• What are your main conclusions and recommendations?
In this part of your PIP submission, you should provide 2-3 constructive and relevant
recommendations to enhance or redesign current working practices, either within your
working life or within your sector. Your goal is to demonstrate your ability to think
critically and reflect deeply on how to apply what you have learned to solve business-
related problems creatively. Describe how you can measure the effectiveness and impact
of your suggested recommendations.
This part of the PIP is your opportunity to draw together the threads of your argument
and highlight the ground you have covered in the particular pillar, leaving your reader with
the final impression that your paper is coherent, complete, competent, and relevant.
Student Name:
Pillar:
A PIP will not be accepted and valid without this coversheet. By submitting this coversheet
with your assessment, you are confirming and declaring as follows:
1. That your Word Count for this assessment is: Words. Your PIP will not be
accepted if it is outside the limit of 2,500 words +/- 10%. This limit excludes table of
contents, references section, bibliography, appendices and any acknowledgements and
glossary and includes the main body of text, executive summary, footnotes, captions
for tables and figures, citations or similar.
2. That you have read and understood the Hult Academic Misconduct Guidelines and
declare that this written assessment is all your own work except where you have
indicated otherwise by proper use of quotes and references, following the referencing
guidelines in the Student Handbook.
Please note that you need to submit your PIP as one electronic document in pdf format,
including this coversheet (with the coversheet placed at the top of the document), the
actual paper, references and any appendices.
The objective of the Capstone Project is to integrate concepts learned throughout the EY
Tech MBA program through addressing one of two options:
1. A strategic opportunity for EY or
2. For business to address a new societal challenge through a new social
impact enterprise.
The groups are able to choose one of the two options for their Capstone Project. These
are set out below. The format, final deliverable and grading rubric for both Capstone op-
tions will remain the same and is described now for both.
Format
Deliverable: 15-minute video presentation
Part 1: Introduction
The video presentation should start with a brief introduction of the learners and the
highlights of their learning journey, as well as how their insights (Badges, PIP) have
helped them choose and developing their Capstone Project [<2 min].
Part 2: Opportunity
First choose between Option 1: EY Strategic Opportunity; or Option 2: Social Impact
Enterprise Opportunity (further explained below).
Focusing on the chosen opportunity, the learners are expected to cover the following
points in the main section of the video presentation [8-10 min]:
a. Problem Statement
b. Solution
c. Business Model & Feasibility
d. Go-To Market Strategy
e. Impact
Guidance:
You may get inspiration from the elements of EY’s Nextwave strategy:
• Our purpose sets out why we exist as an organization: Building a Better Working World —
how can we better activate this internally and externally?
• Our ambition describes what we want to achieve: to create long-term value as the
world’s most trusted, distinctive professional services organization: what new
opportunity do we have to achieve this, in any of the following elements of value?
• Client value: To help clients grow, optimize, and protect value.
• People value: To create an exceptional experience for EY people.
• Social value: To build trust in the capital markets and have a positive impact on
communities and the planet. What else could we be doing to help society as a whole?
• Financial value: To be the long-term growth leader. What else can we do to ensure our
financial success so that we can continue to build a better working world?
• Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusiveness: what opportunities do we have for
doing more in building a culture that values diversity, inclusiveness and
collaboration?
• Our strategic pillars address the most important areas we must focus on to compete and
win:
• Drive client centricity: how else can we drive this and deliver more client value?
• Engage and attract exceptional and diverse people: how else can we do this?
• Transform business through data and technology: how else can we create and deliver
more value in how we relate to each other and clients?
• Accelerate global integration and teaming: how else can we become a more globally
connected organization, with a strong culture of teaming
Final deliverable: Based on your knowledge, skills and experience, as well as thorough
research, and consultation with a Hult faculty, create a video presentation covering all
three parts of the Capstone Project: Introduction, Opportunity, Lessons Learned & Applied
The Hult Prize is the largest international case competition in the world. It is known as the
Nobel Prize for college students. The competition crowd-sources ideas from MBA and
college students in more than 120 countries.
If you choose this option you are required to develop a business plan for a social impact
enterprise that addresses the current year’s challenge for the Hult Prize, as detailed
at www.hultprize.org
A new challenge is announced in the month of September.
The challenge document (pdf is available for download from www.hultprize.org) provides
the broad background for the opportunity at hand. It is up to the learner to contextualize
this opportunity and come up with a solid business plan that will tackle the challenge and
maximize the opportunity in an original, innovative and strategic way. Please note that as
part of the Capstone, you are not expected to formally participate In the Hult Prize
Challenge team competition. Rather, the Capstone Project option leverages the annual
Hult Prize Challenge topic.
Guidance:
Based on the Hult Prize Challenge topic, identify a strategic business opportunity using the
knowledge and skills you have gained in your pursuit of the EY Tech MBA. Based on your
business idea, you are required to build a strong business case, which is impact-centered,
as well as:
• Aligned with the proposed challenge and sustainable:
• Offers an in-demand product or service to the marketplace where there is a need
evidenced by a willingness to pay (creates value in financial terms)
• Has a commercially viable plan (generates income) and a financially sustainable
business model.
• Serves the desired target audience.
• Creates societal value in a sustainable way
• Feasible and Market-Driven
• Demonstrates access to IP (in-house, through partnership, licensing, etc)
• Has a technically viable plan and pathway to market adoption
• Is supported by proposed partners and supply chain
• Disruptive
• Product or business model innovation that delivers transformation, serves the
underserved, creates new solutions to old problems, or engages the entire value
chain for systemic change
One way to leverage this option for the Capstone Project Is to connect with the EY Ripples
program to Identify an existing Impact enterprise to study, connect with, and Identify
opportunities for growth and scale. Through the EY Ripples program, a group could
choose to participate in a number of opportunities with Impact enterprises, which could
then form the basis for the Capstone Project.
ACADEMIC GOVERNANCE
Members of the Governance bodies will be provided by end of Sept. This will include an
Academic Board; representatives from the Academic Organization; Faculty Members; EY
Subject Matter Experts and we will also outline the Student Representation arrangements.
Admissions Criteria
Admission requirements are in line with the AMBA standards for MBA applicants and
mirror the application guidelines Hult uses for their established EMBA program. These
admission requirements are:
• A Bachelor’s Degree, as well as 3 years of professional work experience, OR
• 10 years of professional work experience
Admissions Process
Pre-Registration for Admission:
Every eligible learner is required to submit a registration, signaling their interest to work
toward and achieve the EY Tech MBA once they have completed the requirements for 1/3
of the credit-bearing elements of the program (i.e. completed and passed courses worth
12 credits). This registration will take place through a Hult online form. Bronze badges are
equivalent to 1 credit and Silver badges are equivalent to 3 credits. Links will be provided
to the form or can be requested from the program team eytechmba@uk.ey.com .
You must also complete the Basics of Business Learning badge. Please note only 2
Bronze badges and 1 Silver badge are eligible per any single Domain. Badges from only 1
Sector can be included in your application. And you must include either the Bronze or
Silver Digital Badge in your application. If not you must complete the Digital Learning
badge. Details of the badge curriculum are contained below.
You will be required to sign a data-sharing agreement with EY, which enables EY to
provide an Individual Learner Completion Report to Hult.
And you will be invited to submit a formal degree application through Hult’s student
application portal. This online application captures demographic, education, and
professional background data.
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As part of the application, the learner will also be required to submit a short motivational
essay, alongside 1-2 brief references from EY managers who have had direct exposure
working with the applicant and have previously attested at least one of the learner’s
badges.
Once the application is complete and the data-sharing agreement signed, EY will provide
an Individual Learner Completion Report to Hult. The report will be directly transmitted to
Hult by EY via email, ensuring authenticity and conformity to Hult systems standards and
will be entered into Hult’s Student Information System (Motivis).
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All learning will be recorded in the EY Success Factors systems and learner transcripts
Including total learner hours completed will be Included In the Learner Completion Report.
Experience will be measured using a Hult approved rubric. This rubric will be used by the
EY Global Learning team to assess the experience evidence attested by the nominated
attester. The evidence should be structured in line with the following summary table. Learner
will select the type of experience and should describe their experience as outlined using the
Experience Reflection Paper and Experience Review Forms. Learners submitting legacy
badges earned prior to the EY Tech MBA launch will be required to work with the EY Tech
MBA team to provide a review against the Learning components and also to complete
Experience Review Forms and Experience Reflection Papers for all experiences (1experience
for Bronze and 2 experiences for Silver). Learners may be required to provide additional
evidence or complete additional evidence to ensure It meets the Hult approved requirements.
Silver requires greater responsibility, complexity, scope and frequency to be shown In all
categories.
Bronze Badge: select one of three categories
Experiences Level of experience Description
Apply learning
Manage an internal or Assist in managing Assist in managing an internal or client
client project project that addresses an EY challenge by
applying badge concepts
Create knowledge
Author thought leadership Assist in authoring Assist in the creation of a thought leadership
paper/presentation paper or presentation based on badge
concepts to address a current internal or
external challenge
Share knowledge
Teach/coach others Teach/coach others Deliver/ facilitate learning sessions for
colleagues pertaining to badge concepts
Apply learning
Manage an internal or Manage Manage an internal or client project that
client project addresses an EY challenge by applying badge
concepts
Create knowledge
Author thought leadership Author Create a thought leadership paper or
paper/presentation presentation based on badge concepts to
address a current internal or external
challenge
Share knowledge
Teach/coach others Facilitate a formal Deliver/facilitate learning sessions for
course colleagues pertaining to badge concepts
Serve as a Subject Matter Serve as an SMR to Serve as a Subject Matter Resource to aid in
Resource for Learning develop new learning developing new formal learning that is based
content on badge concepts
Principles
Academic Program Approval is the decision by the Curriculum Committee that the
Program has Definitive Program Documentation and plans that satisfy:
a. The Academic Regulations
b. Other Institutional standards and policies
c. US Requirements
d. Relevant accreditation standards, particularly those of AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS
e. Other resource needs such as learning resources and facilities
A Program may not be marketed until after Outline Validation and any required external
approvals, such as those from NECHE and other regulatory bodies. No student may be
Matriculated on a Program before Final Approval.
Upon Final Approval, Programs are Validated for a period of up to 6 years. A Periodic
Review is held to permit Validation for a further period of up to 6 years.
All Core Courses are covered in the Final Approval of a Program. Elective Courses may be
approved:
a. as part of Final Approval
b. as part of the review and enhancement process detailed below
Course enhancements do not require approval from the Curriculum Committee but are
reviewed and approved by Hult’s Academic Quality Team before they can be launched as
part of the EY Tech MBA.
Course enhancements and new course releases will happen three times per year, following
the below course design and/or course review process. All changes to courses and new
course additions will be reviewed by Hult and approved before they are launched as part of
the EY Tech MBA. *This process will be updated by end of 2020.
Mapping:
Overall feedback
8 Would you recommend this course to a colleague in your 0
practice?
Total score
Academic Integrity
Academic Referencing
You need to support the arguments in your piece of academic writing (PIP) by citing
references to the published work of others. Citing references not only supports your
arguments and conclusions but is also evidence that you have done your background
reading. With a few exceptions, each citation requires a reference at the end of your work.
These references may be drawn from a variety of sources: books and journal articles as
well as electronic and other non-book sources.
Failure to acknowledge your sources is likely to lead to a suspicion of plagiarism, i.e. trying
to pass off someone else’s work as your own. This is a form of cheating. Incomplete or
inaccurate referencing also reflects badly on your work.
‘Citing’ a ‘reference’ is placing a link to the reference in the text, which is normally in the
form “Author (Year)”, e.g. “Smith (2011)”. A ‘References’ list is provided at the end of the
main text, before the appendices. This is a complete list of sources used in writing the
assessment which are cited in the text (‘citations’). The ‘References’ list must follow a
specific referencing style called APAv7 so they are consistently presented in a way that
enables a reader to find the source. For example, references are listed in alphabetical
order of author. Further information of how to do this is given below.
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