Samford University’s Brock School of Business is changing the schedule of its evening MBA program.

The graduate program - taken often by working professionals - is being revamped into two semesters that are nine weeks each with a 10-week summer semester, the school reported Thursday.

The program used to have five, nine-week terms in a year.

Under the new schedule, each course will meet for a two-hour class each week, giving students more time to study and learn the material, school officials said.

“We have retained the flexibility and convenience for working professionals through the option of attending one evening a week,” said Larry Harper, director of Graduate and Executive Education Programs at the Brock School of Business in a news release. “In addition, students can complete the degree in as little as 12 months by attending full-time or 22 months by attending part-time.”

The new curriculum covers all business functions and is designed to offer a more complete general management experience. Students also learn to exercise ethical business practices.

“Managers need comprehensive skills and sound values in order to achieve the disparate goals of their investors, customers, employees and the public at large,” said Beck A. Taylor, dean of the Brock School of Business. “At the Brock School, our charge is to help current and aspiring managers to discover solutions that meet these goals.”

The evening MBA program is the oldest in the state of Alabama and takes applications year round. Students can enter the program in January, June and August.

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Industrial and Financial Systems (IMS), Sweden has announced the establishment of a competence centre for the Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon. The centre, the first of its kind in the country, it is intended for awareness on the benefits of a technology-based Enterprise.

“The centre of expertise creates awareness component-based enterprise systems through activities such as research, case studies, training, seminars and workshops”, Dr. MP Jaiswal, professor of information technology management MDI Gurgaon and the leader of the Competence Center, explained to the inauguration.

Jaiswal is a certified instructor and consultant ERP is a member of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), a group of experts on ICT for SMEs.

At the opening of M. Mark Rabjohns, president - IFS Asia-Pacific, said: “The new centre offers us the opportunity to show flexibility, speed and extreme friendliness of our business in real time and in response to India conditions which they enjoy in the soil and the client by client.

The components based on technology, an invention of the IFS can be implemented very personalized two standards and e-business applications in a strictly necessary as baseless. “The customer is able to choose, and choose the exact function is necessary a great advantage of this technology,” said Dr. Chandan Chowdhury, Country Manager, IFS India.

MDI Director, Dr Devi Singh, welcomed the partnership and said he was one step, using the Institute of efforts to excellence in management of initial and continuing training.

IFS is the Stockholm Stock Exchange. It develops and supplies component-based business applications for medium and large companies and organizations in 48 countries. In the Asia-Pacific, it has offices in Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Thai country.