cfa is very specialised....i suggest you shud not take it. if u do want to take an mba, (assuming u qualify) the mba awarded by manchester uni from sunway could be good for u since you're in engineering...

been reading abit on CFA. ya was thinking the same way too.

I'm quite sure i saw a thread here for places to take MBA. i go korek again..
though it'll still be some years till i take MBA, i wanna have some ideas first.

Dear All,

Anyone can tell what is the difference between MBA and EMBA? there are too many term in the market now, MBA, EMBA, MBA (Executive) etc...is this any difference between each other? which one will be more marketable?

Pls advise.

Thanks~~

You mean MBA(regular academic MBA), executive MBA and MPhil by research?

All I know is Academic MBA, Mphil allows you to continue your studies into PhD while Executive MBAs stops there.

This is what I managed to google and sounds relevant:
http://businessmajors.about.com/od/program...mba_vs_emba.htm

And if you're interested in long read:
http://www.google.com.my/url?sa=U&start=3&...fuIwu3h6E4Xlujw
This is a shorter version: http://www.mbaadmission.com/mba_options_two.php

And this is some of the course differences:
http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/mbaexecutive/...ing/compare.cfm

Hi all, I am planning to take MBA in coming September/ October. I have 2 universities in my mind now which are University of Nottingham & University of Strathcylde.

Now I am facing an issue whether to choose Fulltime MBA or a Partime MBA, as I am an engineer, if by taking Fulltime - 1 year course, I afraid that I will lost track of my technical knowledge.

Besides, these 2 universities required 2 reference letter from either applicant's academic lecturer (university) & supervisor/manager of current company. I wonder is it the university really call up the referees to double confirm the applicant's ability?

I was not that close to my ex-lecturer. so, headache on where to get my academic referee. As for my superior in my working environment, I am worrying that my boss may write bad comment in order to make me stay back in company. Cause he knew that if I am going to take MBA, I will resign from work.

Myself actually already found 2 referee, they were my ex-bosses from previous company. So, any1 come across this issue? Can give me any advices for referees part? Like university of Strathcylde need referees who has been involved in supervision of either recent academic work or professional development and the other from current employer.

Besides from Nottingham & Strathcylde, any other recommended universities in Malaysia? anyway, Manchester Business School is out of list, as my budget is around RM50~55K...

I wonder you worried to much on things that you can't control. It just a normal practise of academic council to acquire your academic & working reference, then just get it & provide to them. For academic, just give your courseleader referal, for work, give your direct superior referal lolll...
I flip up the newspaper, i can see tones of MBA offering nowadays. Take the initiative to do that. Since your budget is more than wide range that you can choose.

As far as I know, Nottingham had a thorough interview process on the applicants for their MBA courses.
That was a few years back where they are still in MISC building KL.
The person interviewing is the faculty head or senior lecturers from their actual Nottingham Uni over at Nottingham.

Anyway, since you're already working; you can always provide your direct supervisors/managers/bosses or "ex" as referee. No need to really go back to "previous lecturer". That was meant more for those who are fresh grads.

anyone in local MBA now?

Thanks gary1981 & b00n for advices.. guess i will try out my luck to get reference letter from my current boss.

Hi.. I am considering to pursue for MBA in few months time.... would appreciate if anyone can advise the pros and cons of studying local U MBA in constrast to those collaborated MBA offered by Private Universities?

I am currently consider the following MBAs, anyone has any info to share?

1. MBA from MMU
2. MBA from Victoria University (Aust) - offered by Sunway University
3. MBA from University of Hertfordshire - offered by MIM

Will the quality of local MBA as good as overseas one?

What about the RMIT EMBA by MIM? Any comment?

My humble opinion, try to opt for an institute that has recruit majority working adults rather than fresh grad. Besides, go for assignment & exam base MBA course.Not advisable to opt for 100% assignment base course.

Any particular reason not to go for 100% assignment base course? Whats the pro & cons? Thanks.

Colins!

Nowadays it claim the assignment outcome is not solely from the student effort which nowadays a lot resource out there that can help out but it will limited to if it involve exam bases course.

Hi all,

I am looking for a part-time MBA program (in Malaysia/KL) that will accept student based on work/management experience without a degree. So far I found only 2:-

a) MIM-RMIT
b) ITD - UniSA

Are there any more out there? Appreciate your help and advice.

Thanks.

You can consider the followings to :-

a) MIM-University of Hertfordshire
b) Sunway-Victoria University

I am meeting up the Sunway course leader on this Saturday. If you would like to tag along, do PM me. Who knows, we can study together in the near future.

Is the credit hours critical in determine the quality of the courses?

My take is to look into the quality of the courses.
My friend used to take the UTM MBA course and found the students/class to be highly competitive and the lecturers are OK. (They are not easy lecturers)

If you want to to take it up further, companies sometimes (especially the larger corporations) look at the university that offers the MBA class itself. Brands such as Insead are highly looked upon - these are among one highly ranked MBA schools in the world. Of course, there is the different fees that you have to pay.

Similarly ... checkout where does our Malaysian MBA schools stands in the ranking. This should assist you to determine which school should you select if you are looking for quality education. No of hours definately does not determine the quality of the education.

This post has been edited by hye: Apr 24 2009, 05:20 AM

Thanks Gilbert. I checked the web and both states degree requirement for entry??