There is now a strong case for engineers to study aspects of a Master of Business Administration course (MBA). But what relevance does an MBA have to the highly technical skills of a professional engineer, and is there a need engineers to do MBA?
80% of graduate students in an August gradschools.com survey said M.BA. programs need ethics courses.
If you have an engineering degree, the M.B.A. gives you more exposure to business related topics you didn't get in engineering school. Besides, engineering can get you more and more specialized in one field which is enjoyed by a select few but others want wider roles with higher packages and broader spectrum which a NON-MBA would find difficult to cope up with.
Learning how to solve different business problems and understanding marketing issues and management relational issues are some key skills an M.B.A.degree can teach you. It is important that engineers widen their knowledge and skills in the management area if they wish to become senior managers in manufacturing industry. Having already obtained a technical degree, an MBA completes their education in the wider areas of management that usually include subjects such as finance, marketing, human resource management, organisational behaviour, and management strategy.
This is also important because the role of the engineer is changing - within an industrial company, the engineer is likely to be the manager that has to implement new practices and new technology. Thus the engineer often becomes the primary manager of change within the modern organisation, which again requires specific skills and learning.
If an engineer wants to stay strictly with engineering, it might not be as important to get an M.B.A but if you want to advance and climb up the ladder, an MBA serve handy and useful.
80% of graduate students in an August gradschools.com survey said M.BA. programs need ethics courses.
If you have an engineering degree, the M.B.A. gives you more exposure to business related topics you didn't get in engineering school. Besides, engineering can get you more and more specialized in one field which is enjoyed by a select few but others want wider roles with higher packages and broader spectrum which a NON-MBA would find difficult to cope up with.
Learning how to solve different business problems and understanding marketing issues and management relational issues are some key skills an M.B.A.degree can teach you. It is important that engineers widen their knowledge and skills in the management area if they wish to become senior managers in manufacturing industry. Having already obtained a technical degree, an MBA completes their education in the wider areas of management that usually include subjects such as finance, marketing, human resource management, organisational behaviour, and management strategy.
This is also important because the role of the engineer is changing - within an industrial company, the engineer is likely to be the manager that has to implement new practices and new technology. Thus the engineer often becomes the primary manager of change within the modern organisation, which again requires specific skills and learning.
If an engineer wants to stay strictly with engineering, it might not be as important to get an M.B.A but if you want to advance and climb up the ladder, an MBA serve handy and useful.