Tag Archive | "INSEAD"
Career, Current, MBA
According to an INSEAD study an MBA really does add value to a CEO. A recent BusinessWeek article explains how.
The MBA debate has been going on for years: Bill Gates and Steve Jobs didn’t even finish college; so is an MBA really necessary? Additionally, MBA “naysayers,” as the BW article calls them, claim that MBA [...]
Blog, MBA
MBA
9 Questions with a GMAT Club Member – interviews with Fuqua, Cornell & Oxford Class of 2012 students
China’s Tsinghua MBA Program Reviewed in Detail - a bit of advice you won’t find elsewhere
My Road to Oxford SBS & INSEAD - my experience and how I addressed my low GPA
Bschool Life, Current, Fun Stuff, MBA, Other
B-schools are no longer content staying on home soil, reports the Financial Times in a supplementary article to their recent Global MBA Rankings.
The latest expansionist trend is to extend the traditional four-walled classroom overseas. Harvard Business School used to pride itself on its steadfast commitment to bring students to the school and NOT to bring [...]
Bschool Life, Career, Current, MBA
The Financial Times published today its 2010 ranking of global MBA programs. Its ranking attempts to “assess the effect of the MBA on … subsequent career progression and salary growth.” Consequently it draws its data from the schools themselves and from surveys of graduates at least three years after earning their MBA degree. In [...]
Bschool Life, Career, Current, MBA
Forbes took its survey findings from “The Best Business Schools” and compiled a second rankings report: “The Most Satisfied MBAs.”
Stanford won top slot for both rankings. It is #1 for providing the best return on investment for its graduates, as well as for churning out MBAs who are extremely satisfied with their current jobs and [...]
Bschool Life, Career, Current, Interviews, MBA
This is a question asked by many when considering the role b-schools play in the global financial crisis. B-schools all over the US and Europe are being criticized for focusing too much on making money and not focusing enough on, what the Financial Times UK refers to as “social considerations.” Another criticism stated in the [...]
Career, Current, MBA
Yes those MBA deadlines are approaching. Rapidly. Kind of like a train roaring through a dark tunnel. Do you see the headlight peering through the gloom, growing brighter and brighter?
So what are my thoughts at the end of a hectic week?
Accepted’s editors have noted a rash of bloopers in applicant essays. While these malapropisms (and [...]
Bschool Life, Career, Current, MBA
Forbes published today its 2010 MBA rankings for US and non-US MBA programs. The Forbes ranking is based on ROI, specifically “the return on investment achieved by the graduates from the class of 2004.” Forbes surveyed 17,000 alumni at 103 schools and heard back from 24% of those grads in compiling its data.
For the US, [...]
Bschool Life, Current, MBA
INSEAD 2010 (Sept) MBA Essay Questions
JOB ESSAYS
1. Please give a detailed description of your job, including nature of work, major responsibilities; and, where relevant, employees under your supervision, size of budget, number of clients/products and results achieved. (250 words)
Note the emphasize on quantifying results. Numbers speak volumes about the amount of responsibility you have handled. Also, [...]
Bschool Life, Current, MBA
INSEAD has posted its Fall 2010 Essay Questions, which are almost unchanged from last year. I am posting them below:
Job Essays
Please give a detailed description of your job, including nature of work, major responsibilities; and, where relevant, employees under your supervision, size of budget, number of clients/products and results achieved. (250 words)
Please give us a [...]
