Which MBA

date Aug 18, 2007

authors George Bickerstaffe

reading time 1 min

Book Title: Which MBA? A Critical guide to the world’s Best MBAs
Author: Michael Bickerstaffe
Year written/published: 2000
Summary: This book basically talks clearly about the curriculum of MBA, schools, the types of jobs after an MBA and also the admission criteria.
My Comments: Although this book is a 7 year old version, it gave me insights into the main MBA curriculum and the programmes offered. I would recommended the latest versions if you are applying this/next year.
Some extracts:

Why did you decide to study for an MBA?… some top reasons…

To open new career opportunities
Personal Developement
To increase Salary
To further Career
Educational Experience
Potential to netowrk
Recommendation
Company advice or requirement

Who recruits MBAs? Some Principal recruiters of MBA Graduates

McKinsley
Deloitte and Touche
PricewaterhouseCoopers
KPMG
Andersen Consulting
Ernt & Young
Goldman Sachs
IBM Consulting

is it worth it?

Many MBA graduates find well-apid jobs and go on to scale an impressive career ladder. As the results of our poll of the world’s leading companies show, just over 1/5 of their CEOs have an MBS, althought vast majorty of their peers have succeeded without one.In North America, 39% of the CEOS have an MBA, but in Asia and Australasia none of the CEOS have one.

the core curriculum…

Finance
Financial and Managerial accountancy
Human Resource Management
Information Management
Macroeconomics and Microeconomics
Marketing
Organisational behaviours
Quantitative analysis

how did you choose the school where you were taking MBA?

reputation
programme content
location
quality of faculty
ranking
recommendation
teaching methods
tuition, living cost
salary of graduates
career services

Some average GMAT Scores…

Stanford: 725
Columbia: 700
Kellogg: 700
Wharton: 691
Anderson: 690
Chicago: 690
MIT Sloan: 690
Stern: 686
INSEAD: 685
Tuck: 682
Cornell: 680
London: 680
Yale: 680