Every year, millions of individuals around the world consider the pros and cons of getting an MBA, a Master's in Business Administration.
Will an MBA improve one's career, or even jump start a new one?
Is it essential to higher-level management, or at least a major asset?
Does it enhance leadership skills, teamwork, and the knowledge necessary to manage organizations at scale, or are these qualities more innate than anything and/or are they better learned on the job?
Is the education itself stimulating, useful, challenging, and rewarding? Or, is work work better than home work? Is going back to school and academia really a good idea, or is it better to continue to create value in society through work?
Is an MBA a good investment? Or, is the debt from school a significant problem, constraining the freedom to pursue opportunities, particularly ones that may be low-paying initially?
Do employers really care that prospective job candidates have an MBA? Is it better to get an MBA sooner in life, rather than later? Is it important to have a specific career goal in mind when going to get an MBA, or is it OK to go into it without such targeted goals?
Is an MBA program a great networking opportunity, or can those opportunities be found elsewhere? Is an MBA important for entrepreneurship?
Can an MBA be useful outside of business, in government or non-profit work for example? Overall, is getting an MBA a good idea?
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Will an MBA improve one's career, or even jump start a new one?
Is it essential to higher-level management, or at least a major asset?
Does it enhance leadership skills, teamwork, and the knowledge necessary to manage organizations at scale, or are these qualities more innate than anything and/or are they better learned on the job?
Is the education itself stimulating, useful, challenging, and rewarding? Or, is work work better than home work? Is going back to school and academia really a good idea, or is it better to continue to create value in society through work?
Is an MBA a good investment? Or, is the debt from school a significant problem, constraining the freedom to pursue opportunities, particularly ones that may be low-paying initially?
Do employers really care that prospective job candidates have an MBA? Is it better to get an MBA sooner in life, rather than later? Is it important to have a specific career goal in mind when going to get an MBA, or is it OK to go into it without such targeted goals?
Is an MBA program a great networking opportunity, or can those opportunities be found elsewhere? Is an MBA important for entrepreneurship?
Can an MBA be useful outside of business, in government or non-profit work for example? Overall, is getting an MBA a good idea?
You also would be interested in
http://www.managementparadise.com/forums/general-talks/226784-approach-mba.html