Amid economic uncertainty and a highly competitive job market, MBA applicants are becoming less focused on business school rankings and increasingly concerned about the return on investment (ROI) of the program. This shift in priorities is clearly reflected in GMAC Prospective Student data, which shows that program ROI, including the skills gained and future career … Read more
The most recent Financial Times (FT) Rankings represent a pivotal moment for Indian MBA programs. This is because all the Indian programs which have been featuring in the FT global MBA rankings saw an upward shift in position, with some schools seeing a stellar leap up the rankings compared to the previous year. Some of … Read more
The Financial Times had just released its Global MBA Rankings for 2025, and to say there are some shocks would be an understatement. The stalwarts of the game have fallen. Harvard Business School does not find a place in the top 10. Stanford GSB does not even feature among the top 100. Other than these, … Read more
Finance continues to be among the top post-MBA industry choices and it’s no surprise why. Finance is associated with a lucrative career with irresistible salary, bonuses and a fast-paced environment – all of which may sound very exciting. If it’s been your dream to work in a high-profile job like becoming an investment banker on the … Read more
HR is not a silo or narrow function; it is a dynamic career path that touches all aspects of a company. – Sandy Kinnett [Vanderbilt Owen] In today’s fast-paced business world, the Human Resources (HR) team is not just responsible for recruiting and training new employees or managing employee relations and compensation, but also needs … Read more
So many schools. So little time… A giant step in the onerous process of MBA application is, in its most basic description, awareness. Picking a list of business schools is like selecting your most desired dishes in a rather humongous buffet. You need the appetite to taste what you want. And, it is you who … Read more
To say that MBA Rankings are like an annual edition of the Old Testament, etched in stone and blessed by the supreme being, would be an overstatement. So will be the assumption that these annual rankings have no standing in the way students, educators, and even the business schools, themselves, are influenced in their decision … Read more
A major investment decision requires some amount of due diligence to figure out the risks as well as the returns involved, so that you have an idea of what’s in store for you and you have no unpleasant surprises later.
MBA rankings, according to John A. Byrne, P&Q founder, are a fact of life. He says, “They [rankings] have changed the way schools are managed, the way applicants choose programs, the way companies recruit MBA students, the way schools hire and retain faculty, how alumni feel about their alma mater, and how much donors give … Read more
The very word “part-time” gives suggestions of a laidback schedule and mediocrity to many people. Probably, this is why b-schools take particular care to stress the intensiveness and commitment that their part-time MBA courses demand. There is nothing casual about these programs.
PepsiCo’s Indra Nooyi’s “landmark” donation to her alma mater, Yale School of Management, was a grand gesture. But her message was simple: “My experience at the school forever altered the course of my life…My gift to this wonderful institution pales in comparison with the gift that Yale gave me.”
In the mid-1970s, when Muhammad Yunus went around poor villages in his country, Bangladesh, it struck him that many people required only very small sums of about $27 to start small businesses and break free from the shackles of greedy moneylenders. He launched “Grameen Bank” for providing microcredit to them. The result was the growth … Read more