In general there are 2 types of degree qualified employees: Management and Specialists/Subject Matter Experts. Both have equal earning potential. You need to first decide which category you fit into.

If you want your career to head towards upper management, then doing a MBA program (from a reputable business school) would be a tremendous help. But if u are a SME, then doing a MBA doesn't quite give you or your organisation an advantage. Many ppl fall into this category where their job function / career aspirations are geared towards being a SME but they do a MBA thinking that will propel them immediately into upper management. This usually results in disappointment for the individual because many companies regard MBA's as 'good to have but we aren't going to pay you extra for it' especially when it brings no distinct advantage to the company.

We must remember that a MBA does not function like a degree. A degree is very specific to a particular field and usually gets you a job in that particular field of study while a MBA is general management. MBA's are called 'career enhancers' for those seeking a pathway to senior management.

There are also hybrid MBA programmes. A good example is the MIT Malaysia Global SCALE Network, Institute of Supply Chain in Shah Alam, Malaysia. Their Masters programme is in essence a MBA programme based on the MIT Sloan Business School curriculum but with a very specialised focus in Supply Chain Management. MIT's Supply Chain Management is regarded as the best in the world currently beating even Harvard.

So to answer your question as to the job prospects of a MBA holder in Malaysia, you need to consider a few factors:

1) Your current job scope & position in your company
2) Where do you feel your career is heading to currently
3) Where do you want your career to head to
4) How do you think a MBA program would benefit the company ure working for
5) What does you company think of your future career pathway if you have a MBA
6) The quality of your MBA programme (is it top tier or just average)


At the end of the day, whatever education you have must have a ROI either in salary increases or personal business enhancement (for those running their own business).

And as ive said before, ive seen many more professionals who have NOT benefited from their MBA degrees than those who actually have.

I think you may confuse the networking term. MBA network is actually the ability & willingness of the student to interact with others to gain a fruitful relationship. Better schools provide you better students to interact with. There is no automatic friendship especially if you do not invest your time in there.

The superior b-school has a very strong alumni program where most of the universities don’t. Google Rajat Gupta, Harvard and Mckinsey. Some of the top unis band together and create a “job network” that students have exclusive access to top companies such as google and amazon.

https://www.ivyexec.com/executive-insights/...-help-find-job/

You can ask whether Monash provide all these first?

Where are you located at?
We are a MBA provider in JB.

Good Luck. I am currently part-time studying my MBA in NUS. The life is as busy as hell where I never thought the MBA is that much difficult. I am here to disagree for those who always said everyone can study MBA. This is extremely not true. Anyway, if you want to study part time, be prepare to accept the busy life as it is really hard to balance the study life and working life. However, once you able to follow the foot steps in the learning journey, you will very much enjoy it.

your last sentence is what i am afraid of. MBA is not cheap, and if we cannot gain what we hope to gain then MBA may be useless.

agree that our current boss may not care about whether we have an additional masters, let alone MBA. but i am hoping that in the event we decide to change job the MBA can help us to secure a higher position and hopefully a higher pay.

An honest advice, taking MBA is not always about ROI from monetary perspective

understand and i do agree.
am taking masters part-time now (not MBA) even though i know fully well that i'm not going to get a higher pay.
just considering whether i want to take MBA part-time after my current masters

MBA is useful regardless where u work.

More important is enroll a good MBA program where you are force to learn the topics. Having 4-10 years working experience prior MBA also helps a lot when you doing reflection on what u r taught.

Key is take a good MBA program. No point spend RM25k and gain a paper but no knowledge.
You not going to take another MBA and u will stuck in between of having a cert yet u dont have the knowledge...

well getting extra master or professional is good like MBA.
But you yourself is the most important asset, if you thing MBA could have a huge change in your career then thing twice.
I have seen way to many successful person without MBA. All of them are either directors/ceo/cfo. Of course having a MBA is definitely plus point.

True.

Same also for network; u dont need ivy league network than only is good network. It just a portal for u to know ppl; any uni portal is same arbeit some will hv better cohorts and is also up to u to active in the portal.

Having MBA let u know fundamental of each core of management area and let u see things from each prespective.

how old are these directors? 10-20 years ago, MBA may not be necessary. But at the present time, or maybe 10-20 years later, would having a MBA stand a better chance to clinch top positions in the company?

Hi folks,

I'm currently working on my MBA dissertation, hence I need your help to spare a few moment to take my survey Survey Monkey (it would roughly take 10-15 mins, 22 multiple choice questions).

The purpose of this research is to examine digital piracy behavior by identifying factors that influence individual’s attitude toward pirating digital material.

Please help to share the link & your feedback is highly appreciated!

Thanks you!

Hi there, how are you doing? I'm planning to take a part time MBA in 3-4 years time. Does NUS offer that kind of opportunity? I'm currently doing engineering consultancy field in malaysia(just graduated) and am planning to go to singapore just so I can take a part time MBA at a reputable university. What field are you working in? How do you manage to cope with studies and work? Any advice? thanks!

Is it true that if we are taking MBA from local universities/universities that are not of top ranking, many of the Top MNC will disregard that qualification?

I am actually amazed to see that the MBAs from top and prestigious universities can help the candidates to land the top spots at giant MNCs.

From my observation, it seems that the uni that we get the MBA is of highly importance.

Hi, the NUS part time MBA offered up to 30 months to complete. Mine one is 24 months. If you would like to take the NUS MBA, you are required at least 2 years or more of full time working experience especially in managerial roles. Furthermore, you may also need to take GMAT before the application. If you are shortlisted, an interview will be conducted by the business school.

It is not easy to work and study at the same time, time management is the key as MBA required a lot of reading. For me, I scarified my all my holidays including weekend, and my sleeping time as well. If your job not require traveling (to oversea), then, it will be better. Otherwise, it will be very difficult as the workload for MBA is heavy as well. The school uses every methods to test the student knowledge such as assignment, group work, exam, small group discussion. But trust me, it worth it.

Good luck.

This post has been edited by sian840424: May 17 2017, 10:42 AM

Can I kindly ask if you are taking a full time MBA or a part time MBA? You completed your NUS MBA? What job are you doing now? You seem to work very hard to be able to cope with work and studies at the same time. I'm not sure my job allow me to have time except on weekends, started working for 1 month, nearly everyday OT until 8pm sometimes up to 10pm. Singaporean or Malaysian?

thanks for your reply!

I am taking part time MBA and I am in the final semester. My job is more to technical pre-sale. Yes, I worked very hard. Sometimes, I really feel like want to give up. When taking MBA, the most difficult part is reading as it needs time, no shortcut at all. more working experience would definetely helps you especially the managerial experience. My personally opinion is MBA is a life changing course to me. It's hard to tell you by word. But what I want to tell is it worth it.

First thing you need to ask yourself, why you want to take MBA. If you can answer it, go ahead! If you don't, better take the professional courses which really helps you. Good luck

BTW, I am Malaysian! Please get your employer to be your referees. if you are working in a big cooperate, your chance is higher! It is not about the money, the school select the student!

This post has been edited by sian840424: May 17 2017, 09:57 PM

Thanks sian, your input really helps a lot. Didn't know that GMAT exam is a requirement and you asked a few questions which I didn't think about myself. The fees (62kSGD) for part time MBA would require me to save up for a few years more before I take the plunge, maybe I'll be able to get the answer if MBA is truly what I need in the coming years of experience.