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- MBSC will train journalists in 鈥榠nterpersonal effectiveness skills,鈥� such as negotiation and presentation
RIYADH: The Prince Mohammed bin Salman College for Management and Entrepreneurship announced on Thursday a new partnership with the Saudi Press Agency to provide specialized training and development programs for the Kingdom鈥檚 news industry.
The partnership was co-signed by Zieger DeGreef, dean of MBSC, and Fahad bin Hassan Al-Aqran, president of SPA, during the 鈥淗uman Capabilities Initiative鈥� conference held in Riyadh on Feb. 28-29.
鈥淲e are proud to partner with the Saudi Press Agency,鈥� DeGreef said. 鈥淲e are proud to partner with a number of very prominent ministries and organizations in the Kingdom to develop business acumen in 萝莉视频.鈥�
He told Arab News that the partnership will train journalists in a variety of 鈥渋nterpersonal effectiveness skills,鈥� such as teamwork, negotiation, presentation, influencing, decision-making, and communication 鈥� all of which 鈥渁re very relevant for journalists (and) for professionals in the media.鈥�
DeGreef added that although 鈥渢here is already good education in the Kingdom,鈥� it has 鈥渁 long way to go in excellence in business education.鈥�
He added: 鈥淭he college tries to fill that void.鈥�
In addition to joining media-focused training programs under the agreement, Saudi journalists will also be able to obtain graduate degrees in business administration and finance.
鈥淲e will welcome journalists in those degree programs in business, but we are also developing an exciting portfolio of executive education programs again for the media,鈥� DeGreef said. 鈥淪o, most of our partnerships are already in those two areas, but the third area is research.鈥�
He highlighted that MBSC鈥檚 faculty 鈥渨ill work with journalists from SPA on particular research projects, mostly linked to data, data analysis, data presentations, (and) data communication.鈥�
SPA announced on Thursday the launch of its first news training academy in partnership with several organizations, including the Technical and Vocational Training Corporation, the Prince Mohammad Bin Salman College of Business and Entrepreneurship, the Institute of Public Administration, the Human Resources Development Fund, Sky News Arabia Academy, and the Austrian International Center for Qualification and Quality.