you usually get a masters in order to APPLY for a new job which the employer has higher paper requirements. If you take masters and expect your current employer to promote you just cause you have upgraded your paper qualifications, then memang bodoh la like that, coz it will never happen.

ahmad maslan is UKM MBA grad...



he singlehandedly turned one of the better MBA certs from a top 3 public uni into a worthless piece of paper...

yes.

case closed.

Agree.....Hmm, getting a master degree is useless in the short run for junior executive/ fresh grad

But it is important when you are moving up the corporate ladder ....example 2 candidates for management/manager position, same work experience and performance,
THEN having a MBA will be an advantage as well as boot licking

If you are talking about bragging rights ... Local MBA is as shit as local degrees.
Let me tell you 1 thing about academic qualifications (Through my experience, common sense and what the norm perceives). Masters and MBA certainly would make a person STANDS out from the crowd, they are normally looked highly upon (see all the aunty uncle hear "WA, you have masters ah" also know liao). However, the ranks of masters/mba will be as follows in the eye of everyday people, a.k.a people who are not in the education industry

1. MBA/Masters from harvard/oxford/cambridge
2. MBA/Masters from UK/AUS/US/EU/CANADA
3. MBA/Masters from UM/UKM/any twinning program or equivalent
4. MBA/Masters from any other local uni
Why the rank is as above is simple.

1. Everyone knows harvard/oxford/cambridge.... every other uni is the same from there onward unless they are from the education industry.
2. Any of UK/AUS/US/EU/CANADA uni gives you extreme bragging rights. Don't believe me? See all the business cards... they will put (UK) / (AUS) etc. at the end of their qualifications giving them a level of kudos. Of course if you are on twinning program this doesn't count cause it will be embarrassing when someone ask you about UK but you say you never been to UK but your business card puts (UK)

Other than the above 2... the rest are just normal MBA/Masters.... your call card will not show or give u any additional bragging rights but when someone asked, it will always feel better telling them your alma mater is UM than unknown local uni or UiTM or UTAR

waste time.

even MBA from other country is waste time.

Not unless it is from Ivy league, INSEAD, oxford.