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Is it bad that I haven't found this MBA as challenging as I expected? How valuable is this degree going to be going forward? Any chance of getting into company MBA development programs?

So far I have taken Fin 701, Econ 705 ISDS 705 and MADM 725...yes I can't expect much out of this latest one...was just interested in casino industry. It's just most of this content is repeat from under grad....very little development.

Anyone else have similar thoughts?

Personally, my goal is to have the MBA title. Honestly, you can learn absolutely all of the topics by reading The 10-Day MBA book. It'll take you at most 10 days, but then all you have is the knowledge, but nothing that anyone can verify from a cursory glance at your resume. I've owned my own (quite successful) IT consulting company for 20 years, but without an MBA, there are conversations that I've found that I'm excluded from. All of the material from the MBA can easily be obtained, but the actual title from an accredited school is what holds weight in many cases (in my opinion and experience).

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Posted by socal77

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Member since Jul 2016

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Posted on 11/30/19 at 5:33 pm to longhornedtiger

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Personally, my goal is to have the MBA title. Honestly, you can learn absolutely all of the topics by reading The 10-Day MBA book. It'll take you at most 10 days, but then all you have is the knowledge, but nothing that anyone can verify from a cursory glance at your resume. I've owned my own (quite successful) IT consulting company for 20 years, but without an MBA, there are conversations that I've found that I'm excluded from. All of the material from the MBA can easily be obtained, but the actual title from an accredited school is what holds weight in many cases (in my opinion and experience).

Longhornedtiger, I just wanted to say I related very closely to your post. I've run a successful commercial real estate brokerage for over 12 years. I saw the MBA as an avenue to obtain more sophisticated corporate clients. I can happily say it has worked out as I had hoped.

The majority of these clients have MBAs and tend to show more respect for a broker who has made the same academic commitment.

In this world perception is reality, and having an MBA is a key part of the perception game in the business world.

This post was edited on 12/1/19 at 4:43 pm

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