Hi Gary1981,
Interesting *comments* :=)


Hi ahfaiii,
You may check it out here:

http://jessicangui.blogspot.com/2009/06/po...alive-2009.html

What did your friend say about the course? Did it achieve what he wanted to achieve?

This post has been edited by Jessica: Jun 24 2009, 04:56 PM

@ Jessica, your blog has problems, keep going to some error after few seconds. luckily i can click fast to link to the postgrad fair =x

well, she said actually quite good. couldnt get more info cause she is a very busy person.will try to ask her tonite

if taking 4 subjects from one specialization is not gonna equip you with enough knowledge in that specialization, what makes you think taking ONE subject from 4 specialization is gonna make you better equip in those 4?

it's like the saying, jack of all trades master of none.

you need to understand that the specializations are just elective subjects. at the end of the day, it is an MBA so the core 8 subjects are what matters most. this is not Masters in Marketing, or Masters in Finance, or HR, or IB.

at the end of the day, there's no right/wrong useful/useless specialization or course that you choose to study. what is useless for you may not be for others. as long as you know what you want and what you wanna achieve.

choose whichever specialization that you want, there's nothing wrong with it. i'm not saying that General Management is not good as i wanted to choose this in the first place as well. the reason why i didn't go with general management is because not all subjects are thought on campus. for example, finance is via distance learning, IB is via distance learning hence i choose Marketing because its on campus.

i certainly agree that taking various subjects from different specializations is a good choice, but the way you're saying that General Management IS the only right choice is somewhat ignorant.

Thanks for the tip! Will have a go at it. Do you know whats the deadline for SEGI?

@Gary1981: I am wondering how's the course like and how's the KL Center like. I don't really know what to expect - Thinking of SEGI cos of USQ and its located in KL.

@red-queen

BY all means i refering to well equip with various field of knowledge rather than specialisation which the working adults will not only limited to only certain knowledge. Specialisation will only limited your knowledge to ur subjects but will not broaden your knowledge of others subjects. Thats what the purpose of MBA serves for working adults with knowledge of Finance, accounting, marketing, & etc.

Yes, certainly aggree the 8 core subjects cover its needs of the MBA course. On other view, the distance learning offer also a distract factor for student. I do not mean specialisation is point of useless but its just be more relevance for student to gain various knowledge rather be specialisation.

The elective offer are not what cover in the MBA core. My elective choosen are International Mkt, International Econ, Leading Org Change & Global Financial Market although my core includes MKT, Economics, OB & etc. When there is a chance to learn & expose different field of knowledge, why need to specialised?
If preferable for specialisation, opt for any profession cert like CIM, PMP, CFP & etc are far away specialised compare to a MBA specialisation.

If you gain a profesion cert like CIM, you are exempted for MBA elective marketing.

Off course these are just my piece of little opinion, at the end is your own determination which way you want to pursue. I solely not detriorate MBA specialisation, but just share with the knowledge & comments as i go through your situation & get tones of advise from my senior lecturer & professor to opt for my final decision.

This post has been edited by Gary1981: Jun 24 2009, 06:03 PM

Interesting thread! Thanks to *red-queen* and *Gary1981* for sharing your opinions

Anyone heading to the coming Postgrad Fair at KLCC?

Maybe already those who already graduate from USQ MBA can give some comment, anyone out there?

So what qualification do you have for those unconditional offer?

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Added on June 26, 2009, 5:32 pmMay i know what the different to study over that your place .. rather than uum kl campus?

This post has been edited by novsky101: Jun 26 2009, 05:32 PM

Hi bontaku, I have already enrolled into USQ in SEGi KL. Classes start in week of July 20th.
Are you joining? If yes, we'd be classmates then.

I chose SEGi KL because of location, near.... and you could also choose to take LRT to class if it's convenient for you.
Cheers~!

hi! I have got accepted too! I got email notification about it. Now, cant wait to get the unconditional offer letter.
I am taking part time MBA, as I don't wanna rush and also afraid myself not able to cope up as I am engineering background. How about you?

Attended the first day of PostGrad Fair.. Interesting talks! Mr. Loo from Segi said they already have almost 40 students for the coming July intake :=)

Anyone joining the July Intake for USQ?

@ red-queen
Hi! sorry for so so late reply... after first two days no one replied, i seldom check the forum and lately got super busy with my projects.

at the moment, i have not really decided which specialization i am going to choose. planned to talk to the lecturers first before i decide.

the reason i chose SEGi is because, its near my place & i got a colleague who is Head of Department, started his USQ MBA. he strongly recommended me to take it and he said its good.

@ Gary1981
Hi there... thanks for the feedback! appreciated...

@ Jessica
So Jessica, have you decided if you are going to pursue MBA? if yes which Uni?

@ Bontaku
Hi hi... i am going to make my first payment by this week so see u there!!!

@ ahfaiii
1 thing i learnt from my first job.... if want to know and dont know... ASK!!! kena marah from boss also have to ASK! lol... seriously... no harm in enquiring if u r eligible for the MBA =)

This post has been edited by Nightfall: Jul 8 2009, 03:41 PM

hey buddy, no worries!

but unfortunately i won't be taking up the USQ MBA program as i'm going for a better MBA program at Malaysian Institute of Management. it's an Executive MBA program from RMIT and has a 4 star rating from GMAA as opposed to USQ's 2 star. (http://www.gmaa.asn.au/star_rating.cfm)

the only downside is that, i need at least 1 more year of working experience before i can apply for it.

goodluck and keep us updated on the USQ MBA program.

p/s: i wonder if the RM300 is refundable?

This post has been edited by red-queen: Jul 8 2009, 12:25 AM

Deadline for SEGi is 10th July....

Does star ratings really important to decide which university to take the MBA from?

the star rating only applies to australian based uni MBA's under GMAA. if you can get into one which has higher stars, why not? you have nothing to lose but everything to gain.

same amount of time spent, but price may differ slightly. so why not go for something of better quality right?

Wow, so many discussions after not logging in for sometimes. I have already enrolled in USQ MBA 2 weeks back, going for the KL branch as it's nearer for me. Going for its orientation in 19th.

Anyone going for USQ MBA in KL branch?

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Added on July 8, 2009, 1:32 pmGood luck to you red-queen, hope that you won't change your mind of doing MBA by then. In fact, there's also other MBA schools better than RMIT...

All the best to you and everyone intending to do MBA!

This post has been edited by HappyA_Q: Jul 8 2009, 01:32 PM

yewps, there's definitely better Australian MBA schools than RMIT. too bad in Malaysia, our choices are limited. i'm still praying hard hopefully to get a job in aussie land then i can work there and attend a good MBA school like Deakin.

This post has been edited by red-queen: Jul 8 2009, 01:43 PM

@ red-queen

+1

But then again its up to individual...
anyways... i wished u best of luck too...



@ HappyA_Q
hehe... diff branch but... still can have discussions?

This post has been edited by Nightfall: Jul 8 2009, 02:33 PM