MBA programs appear diversified development of traditional course is very popular

Along with the social rhythm speeding up, and diversified MBA course is to adapt to the need of study urbanite fast rhythm, to short-term changes. Domestic MBA at present the most popular has not traditional two-year, but year learning courses, half a year's practice of course a year and a half. Not only that, in order to save the time students, some business school and the education training institutions and even also launched a one-year study abroad, combining the MBA distance teaching and the mixed type of face MBA, as well as training skills and thinking to give priority to, but without a degree and the short-term mini MBA programs.

Foreign non-traditional course popular

Grace's odd and before the · has been in the United States in global fixed income investments work, but he wants to switching when analysts, hence then apply for the MIT Sloan school of management in 2009 launched the one-year financial master major. "At first I consider applying for a traditional two-year MBA course, but I feel that I am not need such a long class, because I already have a financial foundation." At tufts university 2009 roll out international business on the master's program, Christopher and long also according to their interests and needs to choose the overseas agricultural economics one-year MBA class: "my future is the development direction of Brazil to engage in agricultural field of work, this non-traditional MBA although there is no widespread popularity, but but can let us find professing work." ZhangLunXin is in London business school at the university of karlsruhe investment management of the one-year course: "one year time not too long, used to study or acceptable."

According to the American "international business school federation" data statistics, 2008-in 2009, there were 645 a one-year MBA program, more than two years to 614 increases, the number is from 24527 to 29907 people. To this, the Massachusetts institute of technology of master finance competent Deborah Lou channing said: "the United States more and more students hoped to business school to provide more short term, more clear direction for further study course, from international finance management learned of each respect such as knowledge." Tufts university union law and diplomacy, Fred, dean of the college of Stephen Persian leavenworth is think: "one-year MBA programs are gradually becoming MBA substitute, this is mainly thanks to its time advantage."

Johnson &johnson salad Fitzgerald, snow, also need a MBA certificate as promotion capital, time precious she does not want to leave their study, so she chose to Papua babson college remote MBA programs: "don't leave, need not go to different ground, do not affect the work in on two years and you can get a degree, teachers and no reason to sell at a discount." Fidelity investment account manager Scott cronin also through this shortcut won the MBA degree and get promoted workplace competitiveness.

University of California, irvine Paul merasgar auspicious, dean of school of business Andy polly cano said: "apply for August this year the number of course by more than 50% over last year, this kind of traditional MBA programs can meet the needs of the workplace promotion, the most convenient is not a long holiday or students give up work can accept to the famous brand of the business school education and get a degree." Duke, bill, vice President of the business school reading also think bolton, combined with the remote and face to award the mixed type of MBA attracted students all over the world, "the data show that such unconventional MBA course is under more and more people of all ages."

The domestic present short-term trend

In China, the traditional MBA programs are also presented to shorten the cycle the development trend. According to information, the current domestic market MBA program mainly for the two-year and a year and a half of two, among them apply for a year and a half the number of people making more than two-year. Buaa MBA vice chairman zhang yong introduces association: "there is now a two-year and a year and a half of the MBA course system only for the degree of time to calculate, but both theoretical study time basically is a year, to short than before, though in some students to practice, but an application for work during a year and a half MBA course or more."

And recently, to go abroad to read MBA has become the one-year study in many organizations and foreign business school in the promotion of the key. Zhang yong introduces, at present domestic business school is not normal one-year MBA course, but there are some foreign universities in domestic recruit students will go abroad to study abroad. The university of Illinois at Chicago now Beijing launched a joint group to the one-year study in MBA program, university of science and technology of Malaysia was in Beijing and Shanghai to the one-year study abroad for MBA students. In the Beijing municipal education commission of education exhibition in study abroad, many from Europe, America, southeast Asia and other places in the school recruit students of Chinese one-year MBA. Data statistics, 2009 of the world's top 50 MBA program has 15 is within the one-year, top 50 of the project, and the number of two-year MBA from two-thirds (33) fell to the half the following (23), and half of which above MBA program face to the Chinese student recruitment. This also have objections, to go to the UK to learn a one-year MBA leader think: "one-year MBA in Europe is valued, but the general situation in Europe and America, with different will not necessarily suit." Students LiuYingZe think: "some in domestic recruit one-year MBA school most are not through the regular channel recruit students, and the teaching effect also is not very good, and domestic students intend to study abroad read one-year MBA also need to consider, in case yesterday."

In addition, there was some domestic no degree, only to job training skills to short-term MBA class, also some people called mini MBA, its main characteristic is a short time, some President class even only less than a week. So short time can achieve what kind of effect? Cheng jing cas training consultation group market director wu wei said: "mini MBA is to teach a business thinking, so that the chief executive in the course of study breeds business opportunities." The ivy league education network chief instructor who also introduced said CAI open, this mini MBA no degree, so the most suitable for the whole enterprise training use, from top to a primary form system, and is not suitable for the students to sign up alone.

Shorten the cycle of the disadvantages and interest

Non-traditional short-term MBA class is a cost saving time, but this kind of course mainly aimed at the professional knowledge, and the basic subject and management skills, so students can best in the hope of professional development is the basic knowledge of a system, and the future development of the specific direction to have clear goals. Such as the master of finance course, to finance and higher mathematics course arrangement will be less than traditional courses more than half. Talking about the MBA course one-year pertinence, Lou channing said, Massachusetts institute of technology's finance and not for a master's degree in a wider range of the management job design, but let the student to adapt to a more professional jobs, such as asset management. Foreign economic and trade university international economic institute, vice President of the KouWenYu also think, some good non-traditional MBA class will be taught such as the company strategy, such as finance, accounting knowledge, but more important is the international negotiation with a global vision course, elective course in the global scope area arrangement focus problem, etc.

In the purpose of learning and if it can get a degree or obtain degree whether can widely recognized will make some students have to hesitate, after all the MBA course is no non-traditional are widely accepted. At present, although some short-term MBA program in the world ranking is in front, but after all the traditional courses as famous, some with little experience in students after graduation, it is hard to find a general management work. But zhang yong think, similar to the industry analysts and professional strong position, or prefer one-year aimed at professional training of MBA students.

And for mini MBA course, CAI open all think: "although no degree, but if there is no change going to start when the enterprise recognized mini MBA programs, earnest study of enterprise internal promotion or helpful."