Self-Assessment Aids MBA Applicants
From professional exams to simply putting pen on paper, an honest self-assessment can help an MBA applicant target career choices and business school goals.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Francesca Di Meglio | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: Getting In
The Spread of Specialized MBA Programs
More B-schools are setting up concentrations in investment management, arts administration, real estate, biosciences, and other fields.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Francesca Levy | Source: BusinessWeek | Subjects: About the MBA Degree, Business School News
Challenging Work and Corporate Responsibility Will Lure MBA Grads
A survey of 759 graduating MBAs at 11 top business schools reveals that the future business leaders rank corporate social responsibility high on their list of values, and they are willing to sacrifice a significant part of their salaries to find an employer whose thinking is in sync with their own.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Authors: Catherine A. Ramus, David Montgomery | Source: Stanford University | Subject: Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources
Five Ways to Ruin an Application Essay
Looking to write an application essay that will push you to the bottom of the applicant pool? Here are some good ways to do it.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Alison Damast | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: Getting In
Internet Gives M.B.A. Schools Global Reach
Business schools are moving quickly to harness the power of cyberspace chats to tap students from around the world. Many M.B.A programs are setting up their own social-networking sites and blogs, making it easy for prospective applicants to contact both current students and graduates.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Cris Prystay | Source: Wall Street Journal | Subjects: Business School News, Online & Distance MBA
Hot Ticket in B-School: Bringing Life Values to Corporate Ethics
The success of the Wharton School’s Stewart D. Friedman, a management professor, illustrates the rise of leadership educators who have tapped into a desire by both students and established entrepreneurs for more integration of their careers and personal lives.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Marci Alboher | Source: The New York Times | Subject: Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources
China: Why Western B-Schools Are Leaving
Red tape, difficult partners, and weak demand have Western universities closing executive MBA programs.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Alison Damast | Source: BusinessWeek | Subjects: Business School News, International MBA Issues
The Future of the MBA
The high-value decision maker of the future has to be conceived, prototyped, nurtured. In a word—designed.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Mihnea Moldoveanu | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: About the MBA Degree
Accelerated MBAs Are Gaining Ground
One-year B-school programs, a mainstay in Europe, are getting a second look in the U.S.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Alina Dizik | Source: BusinessWeek | Subjects: About the MBA Degree, Business School News
Business Schools: A Study in Failure
Devotion to traditional subjects means leadership, social responsibility, ethics, and a global view get short shrift in the MBA curriculum.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Peter Navarro | Source: BusinessWeek | Subjects: About the MBA Degree, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources
The Do-Good Disconnect
More MBA students are interested in social responsibility, but a well-paying job is more important, according to a new study.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Kelly Bronk | Source: BusinessWeek | Subjects: Business School News, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources
Q&A: How valuable are online MBAs?
The number of schools offering online MBAs has risen sharply in recent years. But do these distance learning programmes carry the weight of their full-time counterparts and how are they perceived by potential recruiters?
The following panel of experts answered your questions about online and distance learning MBAs: Clive Holtham, professor of information management and director of Cass Learning Laboratory, Cass Business School, London; Matty … [ Read more ]
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: Financial Times | Subject: Online & Distance MBA
More graduate schools accept GRE test scores
At a time when business schools are looking to diversify their applicant pools and to meet expectations from employers for more creative business leaders, growing numbers of institutions across the globe are accepting GRE(R) General Test scores for admission to graduate business school and MBA studies.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: The Vindicator | Subject: Getting In
An Insider’s Guide to America’s Top Business Schools: The truth about student life in the nation’s premier MBA programs
Quit worrying. If you’re choosing among the 25 schools in this guide, you’re going to get a great education. These schools attract the best of the best: The professors are top-notch, and the students are superachievers. The academic programs are rigorous, and the classrooms, with few exceptions, are the glitziest around. Arming yourself with an MBA from any one of these schools will open doors … [ Read more ]
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: Business 2.0 | Subjects: Choosing a Program, MBA Program Rankings
China Economic Review – China Business Education
This site by China Economic Review, which claims to be the premier English-language China business magazine, offers regularly updated news on MBA related issues in China, a China MBA guide, and B-school profiles.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: China Economic Review | Subject: International MBA Issues
Bouncing Back from Rejection
If you’ve been turned down by a top program, you’re not alone. Here’s how to cope, and how to reapply.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Alina Dizik | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: Getting In
Winning a Business Plan Competition
University of Oregon’s Randy Swangard talks about how to win that business plan competition — what to keep in mind before you apply, and why it’s sometimes better to come in second.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Randy Swangard | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: B-School Events & Competitions
Financial Times European business schools 2007
Financial Times’ collection of articles and rankings focused on European business schools.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: Financial Times | Subjects: International MBA Issues, MBA Program Rankings
Chinese B-Schools Lift their Game
As the schools’ reputations improve, more local students are choosing to study at home rather than earn degrees abroad.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Dexter Roberts | Source: BusinessWeek | Subjects: Business School News, International MBA Issues
The Economist Distance Learning Ranking
The Economist Intelligence Unit has produced a ranking of the world’s top distance-learning MBA programs. Ranking distance-learning programs is not straightforward. Many of the quantitative data used to rank full-time MBA programs are of little use when it comes to distance learning.
However, if you are to study much of the program in isolation, a sense of connection to the school and good virtual learning materials … [ Read more ]
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: The Economist | Subjects: MBA Program Rankings, Online & Distance MBA