288 Posts Found

Most MBAs may look for a structured career path, but a surprising number – more than 20% of Wharton MBAs surveyed — became entrepreneurs and found themselves happier than their peers because of it.

Content: Article | Source: Knowledge@Wharton | Subjects: Career, Entrepreneurship, MBA Related, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources

Strong in marketing but weak in accounting and finance? A new online MBA prep course aims to help.

Content: Article | Author: Rebecca Reisner | Source: FORTUNE | Subjects: MBA Related, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources

A few tips on how to take advantage of your MBA experience

Content: Article | Author: Rose Martinelli | Source: BusinessWeek | Subjects: MBA Related, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources

There is not a business school I know about that teaches a course called, “How to Run a Business.” We study tangential parts of the job in great detail—like accounting, production, management and leadership—but not the whole of it.

Content: Quotation | Author: Dick Cross | Source: ChangeThis | Subject: MBA Related

Every year around this time a wave of anxiety ripples through most of the nation’s newly admitted business school students: How to depart a job without burning any bridges, and ideally, leaving a positive, lasting impression? It’s important to leave your current employer on good terms. Here’s a list of nine things I tell soon-to-be students to keep in mind as they say good-bye.

Editor’s Note: … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Tami Fassinger | Source: BusinessWeek | Subjects: Career, MBA Related, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources

Business school will cost you five years. At least.

If you want to learn normal business school stuff and get a normal business school job at a large company. It may be the right choice for you. If you are going to business school to ‘learn’ entrepreneurship and ‘build your toolbox.’ You’re just lying to yourself. Even if you could … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Jason Freedman | Source: humbledMBA | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, MBA Related, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources

To thine own self be true, the oft-quoted William Shakespeare line, is advice that MBAs should take to heart as they undertake the job hunt. That’s the conclusion of a study by two business school professors who find that candor is the best approach job seekers can take when interviewing, even though the temptation can often be strong to misrepresent oneself to appear a stronger … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Alison Damast | Source: BusinessWeek | Subjects: Career, MBA Related

The 30 Day MBA covers the essential elements and core disciplines in a top MBA program.

The subjects covered include accounting, business history, business law, economics, entrepreneurship, ethics and social responsibility, finance, marketing, operations, organizational behavior, personal development, quantitative and qualitative research and strategy. This second edition includes a thorough explanation and examples of the “break-even analysis,” used by MBAs for making cost, volume, pricing and … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Author: Colin Barrow | Subject: MBA Related

Business schools are teaching ethics and corporate social responsibility, but they do not teach these subjects in the context of building a higher-ambition or a high commitment, high performance firm. Students learn about finance and organizational behavior, for example, without ever learning how to integrate these and many other disciplines (marketing, operations, etc.) into a coherent, internally consistent set of practices that collectively reinforce a … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Michael Beer | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Integrity, MBA Related

Understanding the 5 C’s to decide whether to get an MBA.

Content: Article | Author: Mark Suster | Source: Both Sides of the Table | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, MBA Related, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources

5 pitfalls for recent grads starting a company

Content: Article | Author: Stuart Wall | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, MBA Related, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources

The MBA has been regarded by many as THE credential to possess to build a successful career. The challenge for MBA graduates is in figuring out what to do with the degree upon completion. “The Joy of an MBA” brings you multiple perspectives on the impact an MBA can have on your career as told by MBA graduates from around the world. This ebook addresses … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Author: Various | Subjects: MBA Related, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources

MBA graduates with an overall optimistic outlook spend less time and effort searching for jobs and receive offers more quickly, research shows

Content: Article | Source: Futurity.org | Subjects: Career, MBA Related

Morten T. Hansen, a management professor at the University of California’s School of Information, and Herminia Ibarra, professor for organizational behaviour at Insead are attempting to do away with the usual rankings of top CEOs – who’s the most respected, the best paid, the most popular.

Content: Article | Author: Barbara Bierach | Source: MBA Channel | Subjects: Corporate Governance, MBA Related

A pair of MBA students at MIT have set their satirical gun sights on the business school world and MBAs with a web show that’s steadily developing a cult following.

Content: Article | Author: John A. Byrne | Sources: FORTUNE, Poets & Quants | Subject: MBA Related

The age-old fight in business education in regard to the Case Method has now been won, argues Roger Martin, Dean of the Rotman School of Management in the “Financial Times” – only to render the battle over the case study as a tool in business research more vitriolic than ever.

Content: Article | Author: Barbara Bierach | Source: MBA Channel | Subject: MBA Related

31Projects is an online platform that helps connect such graduate students with companies and organizations in need of business expertise. It bills itself as “a project marketplace connecting organizations with top MBA and graduate students through real-world projects.” The site maintains a network of prescreened students interested in solving real-world business problems—it’s open only to full-time students and recent alumni from the top graduate management … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Subjects: Career, MBA Related

Chris Kimble taught a MBA course on Information Systems and Strategy for the past few years in the Euromed Marseille School of Management, World Med MBA Program. It will no longer feature in the MBA but all of the web pages and lecture notes are still there on-line for your use.

Content: Online Resource | Author: Chris Kimble | Subjects: IT / Technology / E-Business, MBA Related, Strategy

Michael Preis and Matthew Frederick have written an interesting little book called 101 Things I Learned in Business School, which is part of the “101 Things I Learned” series of books. On the surface, it’s a listing of 101 points both technically proficient, and philosophically sound. With info on mission statements, accounting, definitions of various business terms, to “how to” issues like culture analysis, looking … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Authors: Matthew Frederick, Michael Preis | Subjects: Management, MBA Related

Serial entrepreneur Steve Blank usually hears the “Should I get my MBA?” question at least once a month. Here’s his answer for those interested in entrepreneurship.

Content: Article | Author: Steve Blank | Source: VentureBeat | Subjects: Career, Entrepreneurship, MBA Related