Which MBA? : A Critical Guide to the World's Best MBAs

by Bickerstaffe, George

• ISBN13: 9780273656630
• ISBN10: 0273656635
• Edition: 13th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-12-01
• Publisher: Pearson P T R

Summary

"Which MBA?" is the most authoritative and prestigious guide to MBAs and other executive education programs on the market. New to this edition is a focus on the skills that every executive of the future will need, as well as a new orientation that highlights the growing sectors of executive programmes and part-time and distance MBAs.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	xiii
Preface	xv
Part 1: Survey results 2001
Results and analysis	1	(22)
Schools	1	(5)
Programmes	6	(9)
Students	15	(1)
Back-up and services	16	(2)
Salaries	18	(5)
Part 2: Which programme and which school?
What an MBA does and who should take one	23	(8)
What an MBA aims to do	23	(1)
Who recruits MBA graduates?	24	(1)
What sort of people should take an MBA?	25	(1)
Why people want an MBA	26	(5)
What should be in an MBA programme?	31	(10)
The core	32	(1)
The electives	33	(1)
Projects	34	(1)
Soft skills	35	(1)
Languages	35	(1)
Contact with executives	36	(1)
Pre-programme courses	36	(1)
The MBA alternatives	36	(1)
The final choice	37	(4)
Full-time programmes	41	(6)
The classic two-year programme	43	(1)
The one-year-plus programme	44	(3)
Part-time programmes	47	(6)
The part-time option	47	(1)
The modular MBA	48	(1)
The consortium MBA	49	(1)
The company MBA	50	(1)
The executive MBA	51	(2)
Distance learning	53	(6)
Options available around the world	53	(2)
What is distance learning?	55	(4)
The top ten criteria	59	(18)
Aim for the top	59	(1)
The top ten criteria	60	(11)
Accreditation	71	(6)
Part 3: Admissions
Admissions procedure	77	(4)
What the business schools are looking for	77	(1)
The role of the admissions office	78	(1)
Admissions criteria	78	(1)
Apply early	79	(2)
Application forms, references, essays and interviews	81	(6)
Application forms	81	(1)
Making the most of references	82	(1)
Essay questions	82	(2)
Interviews	84	(3)
The GMAT and other tests	87	(12)
The GMAT	87	(4)
TOEFL	91	(8)
Part 4: Paying for it
The cost of an MBA	99	(6)
The cost/benefit analysis	99	(2)
Factors affecting the cost of an MBA	101	(4)
How to pay for your MBA	105	(10)
Savings and loans	105	(1)
Scholarships	106	(1)
Sponsorship	107	(1)
Working your passage	108	(7)
Part 5: The MBA experience and life thereafter
Teaching	115	(8)
Hard work and high pressure	115	(1)
Case studies	116	(2)
Projects and groups	118	(1)
Measuring results	119	(1)
The students	120	(3)
Social life	123	(4)
Post-MBA: trends in recruitment	127	(4)
The dotcom effect	127	(1)
Back to the traditional recruiters	128	(1)
Prospects for MBA students remain good	128	(1)
Paying more for the best managers	129	(2)
How the job search works	131	(6)
Careers services	131	(1)
What companies want from MBA graduates	132	(4)
The job search	136	(1)
Directory	137	(6)
Introduction and methodology	139	(4)
UK schools	143	(114)
List of schools	145	(2)
Regional introduction	147	(2)
Directory	149	(97)
Summary tables	246	(11)
European schools excluding UK	257	(80)
List of schools	259	(2)
Regional introduction	261	(2)
Directory	263	(65)
Summary tables	328	(9)
North American schools	337	(162)
List of schools	338	(2)
Regional introduction	340	(2)
Directory	342	(142)
Summary tables	484	(15)
Schools in the rest of the world	499	(57)
List of schools	501	(2)
Regional introduction	503	(2)
Directory	505	(44)
Summary tables	549	(7)
List of advertisers	556