So pay $50k for one from a non refutable school? THen it would seem to me to be even more useless!Originally posted by: Gulzakar
No, thats why you don't pay an outrageous fortune for a "reputable" school...
But also the money missed by not working (assuming you have a job). Thing is why evenspend $20k if it's no good according to this? Is this article way off base?Originally posted by: pyonir
according to the ASU website...it looks like an MBA from there would be about 30k. that is a pretty good school too.
Originally posted by: Parrotheader
Well not to offend anyone because I'm sure there are probably plenty of people with MBAs out there who have incredible skills in their area. But I have a hard time getting almost every MBA I work with or know to tell me EXACTLY what it is that they do or that they were trained to do. Every single one of them just tap dances around without really saying anything. Coupling those descriptions along with the personality types of a lot of these people, the best I can come up with is that it's a masters in BS. And I hear other non-MBA professionals say the same thing all the time. Maybe corporations are catching on and want to hire people with more specific skill sets?
Now I personally subscribe to the belief that it's better to have a broad range of skills than to be SO tightly defined in your training and duties that you're basically limited to one thing. So from that standpoint I understand the MBA approach on things. But at the same time, it seems that a lot of their training is SO broad that sometimes it's to the point of being useless. And with so many people going back to get their MBAs now, it simply doesn't carry the punch it used to. Like I said, I'm honestly trying to dog MBAs, that's just my observations from my perspective.
Well not to offend anyone because I'm sure there are probably plenty of people with MBAs out there who have incredible skills in their area. But I have a hard time getting almost every MBA I work with or know to tell me EXACTLY what it is that they do or that they were trained to do. Every single one of them just tap dances around without really saying anything. Coupling those descriptions along with the personality types of a lot of these people, the best I can come up with is that it's a masters in BS. And I hear other non-MBA professionals say the same thing all the time. Maybe corporations are catching on and want to hire people with more specific skill sets?
Now I personally subscribe to the belief that it's better to have a broad range of skills than to be SO tightly defined in your training and duties that you're basically limited to one thing. So from that standpoint I understand the MBA approach on things. But at the same time, it seems that a lot of their training is SO broad that sometimes it's to the point of being useless. And with so many people going back to get their MBAs now, it simply doesn't carry the punch it used to. Like I said, I'm honestly trying to dog MBAs, that's just my observations from my perspective.
Originally posted by: PlatinumGold
Well not to offend anyone because I'm sure there are probably plenty of people with MBAs out there who have incredible skills in their area. But I have a hard time getting almost every MBA I work with or know to tell me EXACTLY what it is that they do or that they were trained to do. Every single one of them just tap dances around without really saying anything. Coupling those descriptions along with the personality types of a lot of these people, the best I can come up with is that it's a masters in BS. And I hear other non-MBA professionals say the same thing all the time. Maybe corporations are catching on and want to hire people with more specific skill sets?
Now I personally subscribe to the belief that it's better to have a broad range of skills than to be SO tightly defined in your training and duties that you're basically limited to one thing. So from that standpoint I understand the MBA approach on things. But at the same time, it seems that a lot of their training is SO broad that sometimes it's to the point of being useless. And with so many people going back to get their MBAs now, it simply doesn't carry the punch it used to. Like I said, I'm honestly trying to dog MBAs, that's just my observations from my perspective.
In general, MBA is more about human "networking" then about learning skills. The only mba programs even worth considering are Princeton, Harvard, Yale and MB U Penn. after that your not going to get any real credit for having an MBA.
If you have 10 years or so in the field as an engineer or something specific it's not a bad idea to get an mba.
Better would be an Masters of Science in accounting. I'm 3 hours shy of one and it's tons of good info compared to an MBA which from what I saw, was just more classes. Woopty do. The MSA ones are heavily focused on concepts covered on the CPA exam. Have to have 150 hours to sit for the exam, so might as well get a masters and take classes that will help you pass it.what about in a specific field...say you are looking for an accountant. and he has an MBA in accounting.