what is your attitude towards the MBA degree ?

China
July 11, 2008 7:25am CST
Do you want to be a leader of commercial circles ?Do you want to be a CEO and earn a lot of money? Maybe you should take the MBA degree into consideration . However ,nowadays it is notoptimistic for the perspective of a MBA,because many college all around the world have opened the course ,and the value of MBA is abating. So what is you attitude towards this degree ?and is the perspective of a MBA as brilliant as before ?
2 responses
Scarrlet
@Scarrlet (168)
• Ukraine
22 Jul 08
This is a very up-to-date question for me, and it has really been raised lots of time in the society nowadays. After i got my bachelor's degree i decided not to go further, at least for now. In general i don't agree with the statements that correlate a Degree level with level of success people get in the future. And i agree with the previous post that there are many examples of very famous and successful people without any high education (Bill Gates was kicked out of college too). The question is what talent a person wants to use. If he/she is good at gaining academic knowledge and adapt it in reality, then such people should go for it. Yet there are also personalities that can already show their talent and learn by themselves without additional help, and start their own business in such away. I don't think that an education for them is a must. Talking about MBA specifically i can say that a person should choose it when there's assurance about a specific professional area that he/she wants to pursue later on and with the maximum effort. However, very often, after getting BA and a vision on certain field, a person also needs to gain some practical experience and decide whether this is what he/she wants to do in the future. In general i am for learning constantly and would be proud of myself if i got several degrees. And i would be even more proud when knowing were to apply them in real life.
Partha
@parthag (145)
• India
21 Jul 08
I think MBA degree and CEO are two different things. A true CEO is the one who really guides a company, protects it and set path for it growth. A CEO is also responsible for the people working in the company as well as for the shareholders money. A CEO can be an MBA or not. Armed with an MBA degree he/she can judge a situation or deal with much complicated situation which arises in todays business world.There are many CEO's who are not armed with a MBA degree. It is totally an in built perception in some people to tackle complex situation and if they armed with an MBA degree it gives lots of added advantage. MBA's from premier business is always sought after as their training includes exposed to real life problem and finding solutions to them.