MBA degree

One rather crucial feature, that is not lacking for all prospective business apprentices, is options. If anything, these would-be students are bombarded with so many choices of business degrees that it’s almost too easy to get lost and confused, as witnessed by the scores of questions, crying out what should I do next, is this … Read more

MBAs come in all shapes and sizes – Full Time (FT), Executive, Dual, Distance, Short Term and Part Time (PT). [Read – Types of MBA Programs]. But taking the more common full-time MBA courses, for comparison, the way part-time differs from it is mainly in the execution. Part time courses are usually offered as evening, … Read more

Billionaire entrepreneur Tilman Fertitta once said that if God didn’t give you a gift of understanding business, but you still wanted to be an entrepreneur or businessperson, you should go for an MBA. But if God gave you the gift, you shouldn’t worry about MBA; you could go get just about any degree.

In the 1980s and ’90s, rich Japanese corporations that were still sending their employees to the US for MBA courses faced ridicule from some quarters. “But those courses are only high-class English classes!” cried the critics. Despite this criticism, companies continued to dispatch their middle-level managers to American universities, but “sterilized” the new MBAs on … Read more

It is often said that healing is an art, medicine is a profession, and health care is a business. In the troubled health system in the US, the challenge has been to make the business as good as the art. This is so although the country has among the world’s best talent in both medicine … Read more

The initial phase of an MBA program (usually the first year in a two year MBA program) is dedicated towards completion of the core courses. These are designed to build a strong foundation of the basic concepts across the various management subjects. During the latter part of the program, you can choose to specialise in … Read more

It’s amazing! A billion Indians with all our cultural, religious and linguistic differences can still communicate with each other with relative ease. The mixing of languages, words and accents, though hilarious at times, is something we’ve grown to accept. Without realising it, we use arts, sports, and business as the common medium to connect with … Read more

Here’s an interesting phenomenon. After cracking some of the toughest entrance exams in India (JEE, CAT etc) you’d assume that it would be smooth sailing for the best talent in the country. Many would believe, life after MBA should be cool. An IIT BTech degree or an IIM MBA should be enough to get you … Read more