French companies are employing increasing numbers of foreigners in senior management, as they are aiming to internationalise their management workforce. Recruiters and Employment Consultants are becoming more and more international and global.
In France, most of the MBA participant body represents a diverse and talented group of professionals containing a wide range of ages, disciplines and cultures. The participant to an MBA in France follows an English-speaking programme combined with a French culture in a multicultural environment. In order to create real awareness and understanding of the multicultural issues facing global business managers, most MBA programmes seek to provide an intercultural team ‘focus’, with geographic dimensions. There is no dominant culture in the most famous MBAs in France, but rather a determinedly multicultural approach with a well-balanced representation of different economical zones, without the predominance of one over the other. This is the reason that participants are placed in culturally diverse teams for project collaboration and problem-solving.
Most MBA programmes offer courses on key business regions for more in-depth market studies. In order to sharpen local market knowledge, participants can also choose from study trips or exchange programmes with reputable universities around the world. Although the participants have different needs and aspirations for professional life, they share the learning philosophy for vision, innovation, and collaboration. This multicultural environment is reinforced by a multicultural core of international faculty.
Aside from a roster of successful international business professionals and entrepreneurs, the majority of the teaching faculty is drawn from prestigious universities all around the world. Visiting faculty teach for short, intensive periods, bringing the latest developments in their field which is communicated through their culture and teaching methodology. They come from famous universities such as MIT, UC Berkeley, University of Southern California, Oxford University, London Business School, Imperial College, Todai University and others.
Today, France is considered to be the economic leader amongst the European Union countries. Therefore, to do an MBA in France is an excellent entrance gate to develop business in France, or in any other European country.
So, if you have an international mind, are open to a multicultural world, looking for different approaches to acquire and develop technical, personal and professional knowledge in a multicultural environment; then you are the ideal candidate to come and study for an MBA in France.
AuthorProf. Michel FenderDeanENPC MBA, The ENPC School of International ManagementParis - France
Please visit: www.enpc.fr/mib
Saturday, July 28, 2007
MBA in France
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
MBAs around the world.
One-year MBA programs are perfect for people who already have a master’s or graduate degree in a complimentary subject and for those who cannot afford to spend two years of their life in school or far from their families. Whatever your reason may be, here is a list of some of the top one-year MBAs around the world.
Northwestern UniversityKellogg School of Management
Location: Evanston, Illinois, USAProgram: One-Year MBARanking: #5 by US News and World Report, #3 by BusinessWeek, #19 by Financial TimesDescription: This 12-month program at Northwestern focuses on core courses during the summer and electives during the following year. The program is tailored for students who possess an undergraduate or graduate degree in business. Tuition: One-Year MBA Program $58,580
INSEAD
Location: Fontainebleau, France or SingaporeProgram: MBARanking: #7 by Financial Times, #9 International by the Wall Street Journal, #6 by BusinessWeekDescription: INSEAD offers two campuses and two start dates. Students can choose to apply to the European campus in Fontainebleau, France or to the Asian campus in Singapore. In addition, there are two start dates – July and January. The program lasts 10 months and is divided into 5 periods that include core and electives courses. Tuition: Fees for self-sponsored participants €48,800; Fees for company-sponsored participants €65,000
Instituto de Empresa
Location: Madrid, Spain Program: International MBA Ranking: #11 by Financial Times, #12 by The Wall Street Journal, #6 by Forbes Description: The International MBA at Instituto de Empresa lasts 13 months (November – December) with a pre-program/orientation session that starts in September and includes an intensive Spanish course. The program includes core courses, electives, forums, optional business Spanish lessons, and projects. Tuition: €45,000 + €1,050 (contribution to the IE Business School Foundation)
Cornell UniversityJohnson School
Location: Ithaca, New York, USA Program: Accelerated MBA Ranking: # 14 by US News & World Report, #13 by BusinessWeek, #29 by Financial Times Description: Cornell’s One-Year Accelerated MBA program lasts 12 months starting in May and graduating the following MBA. This program is specially designed for individuals who already possess a graduate degree in a technical, scientific or quantitative field. It requires strong quantitative skills and professional work experience. Tuition: $62,600 USD
Cambridge University Judge Business School
Location: Cambridge, United Kingdom Program: MBARanking: #15 by Financial TimesDescription: The One-Year MBA program at Cambridge starts in September and ends in August with the culmination of an individual project. The program includes core courses, electives, a Cambridge Venture project, a global consulting project, and an individual project. One thing that distinguishes this program from the rest is its location at the heart of Silicon Fern – a concentration of new high-tech and bio-tech businesses. Tuition: MBA Program £28,000 College Fee £2,000
University of Oxford Saïd Business School
Location: Oxford, United Kingdom Program: MBA Ranking: #19 by Financial Times Description: Oxford’s one-year MBA program starts in October and ends in September. The program includes core courses, electives, and an entrepreneurship project. Most of the core courses focuses on quantitative subjects such as Finance, Economics, and Decision Science, while electives include marketing, entrepreneurship, private equity and other subjects. Tuition: MBA Program £28,000 College Fee £3,000
ESADE
Location: Barcelona, Spain Program: One-Year MBA Ranking: #24 by Financial Times, #2 International by the Wall Street Journal, #7 by BusinessWeek Description: ESADE’s one-year MBA program lasts 12 months starting in April. The program requires that applicants have a business or economics undergraduate degree or an engineering undergraduate degree with significant business experience. The program is divided in 5 modules, which include core and elective courses along with Spanish lessons. Tuition: €42,500
Emory University Goizueta Business School
Location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA Program: One-Year MBA Ranking: #20 by US News and World Report, #23 by BusinessWeek, #33 by Financial Times Description: The One-Year MBA program at Emory starts in May and lasts 12 months. Admissions requirements include that applicants have a business or economics degree, or an engineering degree and business experience. Applicants should have strong quantitative skills and significant work experience. The program focuses on core courses and electives with the majority of core courses being completed during the summer. Tuition: $56,220
University of Florida Warrington College of Business Administration
Location: Gainesville, Florida, United Kingdom Program: Traditional MBA - One-Year Option Ranking: #37 by US News and World Report, #13 Regional by The Wall Street Journal, #6 by Princeton Review Description: Besides a tradition two-year and online programs, the University of Florida offers two options for its one-year MBA. Option A is designed for students from all majors. This option lasts 12 months and focuses on core subjects and electives. Also, option A offers a 1/3 scholarship to all students. Option B is designed for business majors who completed their bachelor’s within 7 years. This option lasts 11 months and focuses mainly on electives. Tuition: Option A Florida Residents $9,602 Out-of-State $29,397 (including 1/3 scholarship).
Option B Florida Residents $9,602 Out-of-State $29,397
Babson College
Location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA Program: One-Year MBA Ranking: #41 Overall (#1 Entrepreneurship) by US News and World Report, #1 Entrepreneurship by Financial Times Description: Ranked as the top MBA in Entrepreneurship, Babson offers an MBA program that starts in May and lasts 12 months. This program requires that applicants have a business undergraduate degree and at least 2 years of professional experience. The program focuses on core courses during the summer months, and allows students to choose their electives during the following two semesters. Tuition: $48,668
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Sunday, July 22, 2007
MBA programs in New York
The world’s economies are increasingly interdependent, so the ability to reconcile divergent interests is a highly valued business management skill. More and more business schools, such as Dowling College, actively recruit international students to ensure their classrooms more closely reflect today’s business environment. New York City’s richly diverse communities, schools and workplaces offer students nearly constant interaction with people of other nationalities and cultures - and ample opportunities to gain an understanding of, and respect for, foreign customs, perspectives and languages.
Employers today are also demanding more "well-rounded" business school graduates … those who have balanced their training in marketing, management and finance, with studies of music, drama, art and the social sciences. This emphasis on a more broad-based curriculum has practical, as well as less tangible benefits. An appreciation for art and culture often helps those of different nationalities transcend their differences. And the arts also serve graduates as a source of lifelong personal pleasure. Nowhere else in the United States is the arts society so well represented and so easily accessible as in New York City.
Above all, New York City offers an unparalleled opportunity for students to immerse themselves in the world’s most vibrant commercial market. New York City, with over 75,000 companies - most multinational in scope - is home to virtually every enterprise known to man.
Nowhere else in the United States can business training be applied, tested and acquired more easily and effectively than here in New York City. The world’s biggest companies, its greatest concentration of "intellectual capital", and its most prominent business institutions are right here in New York City. Business schools take full advantage of the City’s resources by creating corporate partnerships, executive-in-residence and mentoring programs, and valuable internship opportunities.
The City’s diverse community, the opportunity to acquire a broad, highly skilled business education and exposure to the world’s most important marketplace, makes New York City the ideal destination for students of international business - now more than ever.
Author: Dr Anthony F Libertella, Dean of Dowling College School of Business
http://www.mba-courses.com/mba_new_york.htm
Thursday, July 19, 2007
MBA Applications And Your Application Essay
Limited space is allotted for MBA application essays, so there is simply no space for unnecessary details. Skills and academic excellence are expected and commonplace in the competition. After all, no one in his right mind will aspire for an MBA if his brain dried out in college or in writing his college application essay. Your SAT scores and excellent academic records might have helped to get you in your dream college. Collegiate achievements undoubtedly have had a role to play in getting you a good job. But members of an MBA admission board are not to be steam-rolled by grades and professional history alone. If you're an overachiever, you are likely just one of the many overachievers trying to get into the same MBA program. You all have good academic records and professional accomplishments but impressive resumes don't really cut it in for the admissions board. There is no way to get accepted in an MBA program without distinguishing yourself from other applicants except in an MBA essay. So weeding out information like these is not only wise but practical.
Similar to how a college admission essay is evaluated, MBA admission boards evaluate MBA essays for traits and non-academic qualities of the candidates. Obviously, personality is not measured in grades. The members of the board want ambition, honesty, maturity, diplomacy, and other traits in their students. They evaluate inter and intra-personal strengths in their potential students. They want dynamism and enthusiasm -- individuals who have interests outside the academe and actually experienced what it's like to live (if you want to be poetic about it). If you recall, your high school adviser gave you the same advice regarding your jargon habit and verbose essay. Do not repeat the same mistakes in your MBA essay. Flamboyant words take up too much space and a highly-technical language hides your personality which defeats the purpose of your MBA essay.
You might be surprised but Ivy League admission officials actually claim that the best essays they've read (read: those they accepted) often talks about a key memory, an important experience, a hobby - things the authors felt passionate about. The topics seem like the kinds people use in writing a college admission essay but they are highly effective for MBA application essays. The two are similar to each other although at varying levels. A college admission essay shows universities what a student wants to achieve and how they are influenced by the people around them. The same goes for the MBA; the board wants to see how you've matured because of your experiences. They are not interested in your high marks but how you achieved them. Or more likely, how you managed to have a life while performing excellently in academics. So take a deep breath and erase all resume info in your MBA essay. After all, the resume is already part of your application.
Author :
Thomas Suh http://www.articlecity.com/articles/education/article_625.shtml
Saturday, July 14, 2007
What Do I Need to Take an Online MBA Course?
In order to know what you need to take an online MBA course, you should first understand how online MBA courses work. All work in the online classrooms is completed and submitted through the computer. Written work is usually submitted as an email attachment. Just like in a traditional classroom, students are often expected to read any textbook material prior to the due date specified in his/her syllabus or course calendar. Class participation is commonly expected from each student in order to successfully pass each course.
It is not uncommon to finish an entire MBA degree program from the comfort of your own home. But if you desire to have a personal meeting with your professor, you are normally welcome to schedule one. The only thing you need in order to take an MBA course is a computer and the desire. The computer would need to be internet ready, with the capability to send email attachments. Depending on the specific institution, windows 95 or greater is necessary.
Registering for an online MBA course is fairly simple. It is basically the same process you endure when you intend to apply for your education through a classroom. You must submit a completed application to the learning institution. Your application fee, and a copy of your resume should accompany the application, as well as any undergraduate and graduate transcripts. Very often your GMAT exam scores will also be necessary. If you already have a Master's Degree from an accredited college, you may not be required to take the GMAT exam. That will depend on the individual learning institution.
Online MBA courses can be costly, but as long as the institution is accredited, financial aid is available. Financial assistance is often available in the form of loans, grants, and scholarships. To apply for grants, you need to fill out the federal FAGSA form, as well as check with your school's financial aid office for aid they may offer. Sometimes, even veteran's benefits may be available to the student. After registering for the online MBA course, it is always best to visit the school's financial assistance office, or visit that section of their web page for available scholarships and grants.
Understanding the processes and procedures of online MBA courses is important before you enroll. With an internet ready computer, a desire to learn, online MBA courses could be perfect from you. With online MBA courses, you can get the degree you desire from the comfort of your own home
Mansi aggarwal
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
MBA Schools in USA
The USA has a huge number of business schools offering a variety of masters programs, including MBAs, business doctorates and undergraduate programs.
Below is a Top 10 of MBA Schools in the USA. byUS News Rank
Harvard University (MA)
Stanford University (CA)
University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan)
Northwestern University (Kellogg) (IL)
Columbia University (NY)
University of Chicago
Duke University (Fuqua) (NC)
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
University of California–Berkeley (Haas)
Sunday, July 8, 2007
Choosing An Online MBA Degree
Kateri
Saturday, July 7, 2007
Online MBA Degree
Friday, July 6, 2007
MBA basics
The MBA is perhaps the most coveted course in today’s world. This course tops the list of courses almost in all the developed and developing countries across the globe. The enthusiasm for the course has brought in many small private institutes etc. to offer this course. However, only those students who have obtained the MBA degree from some recognized eminent university find the best of placements. So the institute or the university is the first factor for a successful career in this field. This article will educate you about the various issues like finance, strategy to study, interview etc. related to choosing MBA as a profession.
• Most of the MBA schools or colleges adjudicate the caliber of the student via the GMAT or The Graduate Management Admissions Test exam. This test is to estimate the individual’s knowledge of English, Math and Analytical writing skills. The verbal or English section comprises of 41 questions to be answered within 75 minutes. The questions like correcting the hidden grammatical mistakes etc. The Math section has 37 questions and same 75 minutes. Questions are on various mathematical topics like percentage, ratio and so forth. The writing analysis is based on writing two essays on different issues.
• The school and university depend on the grades that you get in the exam. Good grades will fetch you a deemed university while poor ones may not.
• MBA programs are full time and part time and within this program there are many choices. Like you can take up finance management, HR, etc. it is at the discretion of the student to decide which course to go for.
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