A Global Management Program Made Of MOOCs
Ankit Khandelwal has cobbled together an education in global management for free. For more than two years, from May 2012 to June 2014, the native of the northern Indian state of Rajasthan slogged his way through some 50 online courses, ranging from An Introduction to Operations Management by the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School to Global Strategy and Organization by MIT’s OpenCourseWare. He’s also completed … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Author: Lauren Everitt | Source: Poets & Quants | Subject: Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources
B-schools’ Love-Hate Relationship with Rankings
The good: B-schools rely on rankings as a benchmark against their peers, a third-party guide for students, and a marketing tool. The bad: They are potentially flawed and unquestionably a resource drain. Oh, and they’re a potential PR disaster in the making.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Lauren Everitt | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: MBA Program Rankings
An MBA for less than $1,000
Laurie Pickard stands to be the first person to cobble together an entire business program’s worth of classes from massive open online course platforms.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Lauren Everitt | Source: FORTUNE | Subject: Online & Distance MBA
A Job Source for the Wandering MBA
Daniel Mullaney’s MBA Project Search offers B-school grads a glimpse into the freelance and consulting worlds outside the confines of their school’s career services office.
Content: Article | Author: Lauren Everitt | Sources: FORTUNE, Poets & Quants | Subjects: Career, MBA Related