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kaiserwulf
post Aug 19 2009, 04:24 PM

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30 to 50k seems kind of cheap. I'd always thought MBAs cost 100k above. Heck an old friend of mine is doing his online and already paying 120k for the 2 years.
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post Aug 31 2013, 04:37 PM

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So if you found RM 100k study voucher on the streets, which of the 3 Biz school will you go for?

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QUOTE(joejee @ Aug 19 2013, 09:19 AM)
I could not agree more. We need to perform cost-benefit analysis. If you want those listed in top 100, only the following MBAs offered in Malaysia:
1)Nottingham University Business School (58k)
2) Lancaster University Management School (going to be offered by Sunway in 2014), aint cheap by the way
3) Strathclyde, University of – Business School  (>70k)

If money does not matter to you, you can choose the one with highest ranking of course.
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kaiserwulf
post Jun 23 2015, 08:31 AM

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QUOTE(lincm @ Jun 22 2015, 01:11 PM)
Hey Cybermaster98,

Thank You for the advice.

I do have to agree with what you have said, my initial intention was more on what I can get out of doing the MBA. However, after speaking with several people who have the experience either in the MBA itself or actual managerial post or owner of business, I realise that MBA does not immediately provide what we matter the most (Although we would like it to in higher salary or positions), but it is about self growth and knowledge, so that we know how to do better in our life and work. The grooming is what matters, and the benefits of MBA will come along as we grow along.

My understanding is that MBA provide an opportunity to learn things on a different level than non managerial posts, see things differently, and train on our decision making and to act accordingly.

It is also for networking and opportunity to work in a group of people of similar direction in life, and to learn from each other.

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Thats why its important to see who enrols for the MBA you plan to take. For INSEAD, Ivy league etc, those are at a minimum high corporate performers, businessmen, and rich man sons. You will gain much from the network.

My friend took MBA with a local university and most of the student population are the 'cert chasers'/4-5k income (no offence) takungzai. Just sayin'

Plus, it will give you most benefit if you run you own business where your learnings will multiply your biz income; i.e. you get richer where it counts after MBA. Or if you work in a corporate environment where you as a high performer has chance to get stock options- you improve the biz your stock value goes up. (STATEMENT- I fully believe that the course contents of MBA are practicable)

You will not get much benefit if you work in chinaman company (outright refusal to recognize) or MNC which are sweatshops in disguise (e.g. electronics industry in Penang).

I previously loved the idea of having MBA but in the end I took some free modules from www.coursera.org by Wharton. Two things will prevent me from actually doing MBA:

1. I realized I do not have the interest to spend my free time studying.
2. I am a Malaysian man- I.e. no point work so hard and no benefit. I may have the skills to improve the biz but if I am not a own biz owner or identified by company as a 'fast track to corporate board' employee, I wont want to apply the skills to the company.

Your mileage may vary. Sorry for being cynical.

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post Jun 23 2015, 01:53 PM

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QUOTE(lincm @ Jun 23 2015, 10:42 AM)
Haha, Kaiserwulf,

In a certain light, what you say is actually the case. Most MBA (Let's not discuss where) would be salary man. That's no doubt, even myself a salary man. However, I believe it does not matter on whether the current you are of no rich or highly paid nor businessman. It is the attitude that matter more, if you are doing a MBA from a valid point (for self improvement, it's also a gamble) rather than for certification collection, you would try to learn and think in the right way as you go. Hence, if the people you are doing the MBA with are at least of this attitude, you would gain some would be powerful people in the future (potentially of course, it's a chance).

I believe in order to gain something, we must work for it. No doubt this would spend a lot of time and resource for the 2 years period, however, only we can tell if it is worth it, either along the way, or only at the end of it.

1) Agree with either Chinaman or disguise MNC/environment, hence forth would an MBA help you to go and search/identify a better environment for your future career?
2) What if, the aforementioned MBA graduate uses the knowledge in overseas, for example, Singapore, Australia or UK/US? Anyone who have/had the experience to share?

It's alright to be critical and cynical, so you would see the condition in a what if it's no good condition. But of course don't stop if you are keen to try, at least in your experience, you would not wonder if you have otherwise did it.
Don't even want to think about how much the tuition fees would go up the following year (I referred to the Notthingham fees of 10% increase since last year, with currency weakening it would be worst).

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No problem being takungzai. If you are fast track to MD/Board member then take the real MBA outright. From your tone I guess not (im not either but my wife got biz haha).

Try coursera.org and complete some MBA modules... take the video lectures, discuss on forum and take the exams. See if you like it. If you find your current job or future career path not require those type skills, then you should sense check if you are cert chasing.

 

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