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How to make a really effective business school application
MBA expert Matt Symonds on where, when and how to get that application in on time and, more importantly, how to make it stand out above the rest.
Interview with Dean of IE Business School - Part 2
Santiago Iñiguez de Onzoño is the Dean of IE Business School. Portrayed by the Financial Times as ‘one of the most significant figures in promoting European business schools internationally’, Iñiguez is an expert in management education. He is also a regular speaker at international conferences and... [more]
GMAT Test-Taking Tips from the Test Prep Experts
A boom in applications to business schools is not surprising MBA admissions officers, who say a similar upturn occurred following the dot-com crash earlier in this decade. The increase in B-school applications is -- once again -- fueled by the economic crisis. [more]
MBA Applications Rise in Recession
Jay Barratt was working as a trader in credit markets at JP Morgan, when his team was made redundant: “In the last six months it has been difficult to get back into banking, so on the recommendation of several HR managers at investment banks I have chosen to take an MBA at Manchester Business... [more]
Beating the recession
It's the dilemma that haunts every manager at the moment: how do you maintain the values of CSR and those of your organisation when you are under enormous pressure to cut costs and reduce payroll. [more]
Businesses use strategy to think their way out of recession
Strategy is the long-term direction of a business and during a recession this can be skewed by short-termism and a negative outlook. So say Professor Gerry Johnson and Professor David Pettifer from the Lancaster Centre for Strategic Management, Lancaster University Management School. [more]
Australian business schools continue rising trend
Australian schools are making business educators worldwide sit up and take notice. Ross Geraghty tries to find out why. [more]
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Doing an MBA in Australia
In suburban streets, lawns once green have turned a golden yellow and on the farms, the parched landscape is typical of a country suffering from severe drought. But to prospective MBA students, Australia’s economic environment remains enticingly green. [more]
How important is business school accreditation?
Business school accreditation has become as central to the selection process as the GMAT is to identifying the best candidates. So, what is business school accreditation and how important is it for candidates to consider? By Ross Geraghty. [more]
Using your MBA to change careers?
Hang on in there, it should still happen, even in a downturn. [more]
MBA programs incorporate the green agenda
What will happen to environmental policies and other aspects of corporate social responsibility now the global downturn begins to bite? David Williams looks at whether the green agenda was just a nice-to-have during the boom years or if it might offer a strategic route out of the recession. [more]
Americans look overseas for global MBA courses and diversity
Americans are leaving the US to study MBA programs at top business schools overseas in greater numbers than ever before, according to research by QS, the world’s leading MBA career and education specialists. [more]
QS Scholarship winners announced
US$18,000 Community and Leadership Scholarships awarded to five MBA students. [more]
MBA Ambition: more than a fat paycheck
Karachi Pakistan may not be the top headquarters destination for a recent MBA. But it is the base for Joel Montgomery, a 2008 MBA graduate of Thunderbird, and a Fellow with Acumen Fund, a non-profit global venture fund that uses entrepreneurial approaches to solve the problems of global poverty. [more]
Talent shuffle impacts positively in non-profit, NGO and government positions
The so-called ‘talent shuffle’ for MBA graduates, created by considerable recruiting caution in the finance and consultancy worlds due to the credit crunch, has seen an increase in applications by MBAs to positions considered unfashionable in the past. Is this purely as the result of the recession... [more]
