How did you decide to pursue your MBA?
Education is something that was inserted into my lifestyle since I was primary school. Family and school often made us think on our future, with simple question as : “what do you want to be when you grow up?
In my case, education has always been considered for my family as the key to success and I strongly agree with that idea.
When completing my bachelor’s I always thought about continuing with the MBA but that idea started fading when events like marriage and full time job occupied the agenda and brought more responsibilities.
After being in a company for 2 years, I realize the need to continue with my studies, in the search for more tools and techniques to apply not only for my current position but for my professional development.
Tonne (2008) noted the graduate school has become a dominating aspect of the work
of the collegiate school of business. Here the student with a bachelor's degree can pursue a detailed study of the functions of business under the direction of professors with established reputations. While committed to a certain amount of lecturing, professors emphasize the situational approach; that is, after developing an understanding of the basic nature of the business process, teachers give their students an opportunity to work out solutions to case problems, either individually or as a group. Increasingly, information technology and quantitative methods are emphasized as key instruments of control. The most commonly sought degree is the master of business administration, or M.B.A
Factors that impacted my decision on taking education to an extra level are:
Seek of Professional/personal growth; personal values, self confidence; enrich curriculum; become a more valuable professional ...