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Thursday, September 07, 2006

Reasons for Study

I've been reading some comments from people who took their MBA some five and more years ago. A couple of them studied online, but more of them were studying in the classroom - as you would expect at that time.

Most of them (around 80%) took an MBA because it was a convenient time in their career, and they felt that it was the best way to progress their career - mostly to upper middle management and above. Age group was mostly in the 30 to 40 bracket, with one man over 40.

The real help that every single person mentioned was the contacts that they made. Not only for business purposes, but also in terms of help and support during and after the program.

There was also a general concensus that the skills and confidence they gained really changed their careers - sometimes literally. Several people said that they gained enough confidence to enable them to contemplate and go ahead with a complete change of career.

# posted by Mary @ 7:33 PM

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Most interesting, so if we are cynical about it we could recommend that an MBA program should consist of a year long bacchanalia: after all, it’s all about the contacts one makes, is it not?
Hhhm. No, perhaps not actually. The three or four years all of us spent doing that as undergraduates didn’t achieve that, so perhaps what is actually being taught in an MBA program also has an effect?
Or maybe it’s the sobriety? So, I conclude that more research is needed. I volunteer to spend one year partying with the brightest and best of my generation and then we’ll see if that helps me as much as getting an MBA. What do you think? Would you like to fund it?

# posted by failingeconomist : 7:51 AM

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