Keep the role. Change how you decide in it.
You keep the title and the responsibilities. Across 6 months, you take one decision you already carry and work it — through 6 training days across 3 scheduled sessions, one-to-one coaching and an applied business project — into a written action plan reviewed by faculty. The frameworks and working templates stay with you. The method develops decision capabilities; business outcomes depend on the participant’s evidence, choices and execution.
6 months · 3 scheduled sessions · awarded and endorsed by CMI
The Executive MBA on Future Ready Business Leadership is awarded and endorsed by CMI. It is a six-month, non-academic professional development programme, not an MQA-accredited academic degree or a regulated qualification. The certificate documents completion of management and leadership development recognised against CMI's Professional Standard and can be listed on a professional profile. It does not guarantee promotion, employment, salary progression or any other career outcome. Chartered Manager is a separate optional CMI route with its own eligibility, assessment and fees; it is not included in the published programme or fee.
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A published schedule while you stay in the role.
Review the 3 session dates before you enquire. The applied business project takes a decision from your own responsibility and works it between sessions, inside your own organisation.
3 scheduled weekends across the programme
The programme comprises 3 scheduled sessions, each running over one weekend, while you stay in your role.
Or fully online
The programme is also available through live online sessions, with the same coaching and frameworks as the in-person track.
Written catch-up route
If you miss a session, ABC records the approved catch-up method in writing: video access or attendance in a named later cohort.
The decision stays yours to apply
There is no traditional thesis or examination. You work the frameworks into a decision from your own responsibility, between sessions, inside your own organisation.
Compare two routes with different formats and credentials.
The reference academic MBA in this comparison runs for 18–24 months and uses academic assessment plus a dissertation or thesis. Here is how the two defined formats compare.
| This Executive MBA | Reference academic MBA | |
|---|---|---|
| Duration | 6 months: 6 training days across 3 scheduled sessions | 18–24 months |
| Focus | Business context, strategic judgement and reusable decision frameworks | Academic theory, research and case analysis |
| Assessment | An applied project on the participant's own business; no traditional examination or thesis | Assignments or examinations plus a dissertation or thesis |
| Faculty role | Business practitioners, consultants and executive coaches | Academic teaching and research supervision |
| Primary toolkit | The F.A.S.T. method and 12 applied management modules | Academic texts, research literature and case studies |
| Format | 3 scheduled weekend sessions, coaching and applied project work across 6 months while participants continue working | Scheduled academic study under the institution's published timetable |
| Investment | RM10,000.00 standard fee; eligible Malaysian applicants may be considered, on a selective basis, for a LIFE Innoversity scholarship, with any award and resulting participant fee confirmed individually in writing | The institution's published tuition and ancillary fees |
| Credential | CMI Certificate of Recognition for a professional programme; not an MQA-accredited academic degree | An academic MBA degree from the awarding institution |
This table defines its reference academic MBA as an 18–24 month programme built around academic modules, assignments or examinations, and a dissertation or thesis. It does not describe every MBA programme. The Executive MBA on Future Ready Business Leadership is awarded and endorsed by CMI. It is a six-month, non-academic professional development programme, not an MQA-accredited academic degree or a regulated qualification. The certificate documents completion of management and leadership development recognised against CMI's Professional Standard and can be listed on a professional profile. It does not guarantee promotion, employment, salary progression or any other career outcome. Choose according to the credential and learning format you require. See the full fees & inclusions.
Choose when your six months start.
Current Malaysian public cohorts run 9am–6pm; Cohort 17 uses Saturday–Sunday and the other published cohorts use Friday–Saturday. A fully online option is also available.
| Cohort | Language | Session 1 | Session 2 | Session 3 | Days / time | Enquire |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cohort 17 | English | 22–23 Aug | 19–20 Sep | 17–18 Oct | Sat–Sun 9am–6pm | Arrange a programme conversation |
| Cohort 18 | English | 25–26 Sep | 23–24 Oct | 13–14 Nov | Fri–Sat 9am–6pm | Arrange a programme conversation |
| Cohort 19 | English | 30–31 Oct | 20–21 Nov | 4–5 Dec | Fri–Sat 9am–6pm | Arrange a programme conversation |
| Cohort 2 | Mandarin | 4–5 Sep | 9–10 Oct | 6–7 Nov | Fri–Sat 9am–6pm | Arrange a programme conversation |
| Cohort 3 | Mandarin | 30–31 Oct | 20–21 Nov | 4–5 Dec | Fri–Sat 9am–6pm | Arrange a programme conversation |
- Open for enquiries
English
Cohort 17
- Session 1
- 22–23 Aug
- Session 2
- 19–20 Sep
- Session 3
- 17–18 Oct
- Open for enquiries
English
Cohort 18
- Session 1
- 25–26 Sep
- Session 2
- 23–24 Oct
- Session 3
- 13–14 Nov
- Open for enquiries
English
Cohort 19
- Session 1
- 30–31 Oct
- Session 2
- 20–21 Nov
- Session 3
- 4–5 Dec
- Open for enquiries
Mandarin
Cohort 2
- Session 1
- 4–5 Sep
- Session 2
- 9–10 Oct
- Session 3
- 6–7 Nov
- Open for enquiries
Mandarin
Cohort 3
- Session 1
- 30–31 Oct
- Session 2
- 20–21 Nov
- Session 3
- 4–5 Dec
For professionals with strategic or business-wide responsibility.
Business owners, directors, general managers and senior managers responsible for business results, teams, cross-functional decisions or growth plans.
Owners & entrepreneurs
Owners whose decisions already affect more than their own desk.
Directors & GMs
Leaders accountable for business-unit strategy, performance and delivery.
Senior managers
Managers moving from a single function into cross-functional decisions.
Established professionals
Professionals responsible for strategy, transformation, innovation or growth.
An HRD Corp-registered Malaysian employer submits the grant application in e-TRiS before training. HRD Corp determines eligibility and the approved amount under its Allowable Cost Matrix; funding cannot exceed the employer's available levy balance. Scholarships are limited and awarded on a selective basis to eligible Malaysian applicants, following individual assessment and written approval. Any award and resulting participant fee are confirmed individually in writing. The scholarship is never automatic. Get the 2026 programme guide.
Test this schedule against the decision you're carrying now.
Tell the team the decision or business issue you are weighing, and choose a call, online meeting, in-person meeting or email. The programme team will answer questions about suitability, dates, fees, recognition and employer-led HRD Corp funding. An enquiry does not commit you to enrol or pay.
- →Say what you are trying to change at work
- →Choose how the team should contact you
- →Confirm programme fit, available dates and the exact fee
- →Decide your next step after receiving the information
Roy Affandi · Programme Coordinator · +60 12-981 8533 · support@futurereadymba.com