Emerging MBA options
There is a wide range of alternate
methods to acquire a degree in management.
Many youngsters come to me asking
where they can pursue their MBA because they believe that an MBA would advance
their career growth.
Ten years after I finished my
undergraduation, I decided to pursue an MBA. Having decided to do an MBA, I was
puzzled if I had to do a two year or one year MBA, classroom or distance, if I
should leave my job or not and so many other questions.
But today, there are many more
dimensions and paradigms added to this dilemma that always existed, with the
wide array of options such as online mode, V SAT, classroom, Executive, PGDM
and so on.
MBA syllabus
Let me attempt to draw some clarity
for all you MBA aspirants. First and foremost, close to 80 per cent of the
syllabus covered in management are the same whether it is done at a B school in
Texas or T Nagar. Having said that, what makes your learning experience unique
depends on who teaches, how they teach and how relevant they make the concepts
to daily business problems. Those institutions that are able to address the
above in a ‘learner centric’ manner are the ones branded as a top notch B
school across the world.
If this concept is well understood
by the aspirant, the next step of choosing the course, institute or mode of
study becomes an easier task.
A young student once asked me, “Sir,
can the virtual classroom replace brick and motor?” My answer to him was simple
and which I assume is universally applicable to each and every one of you. If
you have the ability to crack the CAT or GMAT, doubled with the time and money
required to spend in a full-time programme, there is no substitute for
full-time learning. But however, if you are doubtful of any one of the above
prerequisites, then an off campus programme could be an alternative worth
exploring.
Various options
What do I mean when I say off
campus? For many years, Universities that were committed to spreading knowledge
beyond their Geography of Operations did so by leveraging the ‘correspondence’
methodology of learning. Students were sent “Study Materials” by post and were
invited to attend contact classes.
Those who had the time and the
convenience to travel did so and benefitted from these contact classes.
Now it is the era of the Internet
and the all pervasive web has the potential to transform higher education in
India. The Harvards and MITs of the world are now exploring the need to offer
their courses online. Some companies in India have been partnering with the top
notch B schools in the country to take their courses online, thereby ensuring
that the academic rigour of a top notch B school is maintained with the
flexibility of a self-study programme, given the inherent nature of the
Internet.
Faculty from top notch B schools
deliver these lectures through short videos and are also available for
interaction on the online platform.
So no matter which city you’re from
or which B school you study at, technology breaks the barriers of when, where
and who. So it’s not an I, me and myself that knows it all, but I, you and them
that learn the same thing, thanks to technology.
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