...Abstract This paper is based on my construction and support of my decision to pursue my MBA degree and its importance to me. I will also include the results from the Jungian 16 type Personality self-assessment that was done to assess my personality type and to determine how others perceive me. Importance of Earning an MBA Degree The question been asked is why do I need an MBA to excel? This is just a question in the minds of thousands of individuals who wish to excel in their professional career and who seek to achieve some form of independence. ‘Why does achieving an MBA important to my development’, an MBA is seen as a steppingstone to further enrich my way of life. Earning an MBA can be seen as a very important accomplishment in one’s life, as it allows the individual the opportunity to accomplish his or her goals in life and have a standing in society and the business world. Achieving an MBA is not just acquiring a piece of paper with one’s name written on it but rather a milestone in one’s accomplishment. The milestone that will allow me to be better equipped for managerial level positions in the professional world and also will allow me greater marketability as it paves a path for my professional growth. This will allow me to go out into the world with a better chance of obtaining a job and to be in a specific socio class. In other word’s an educational investment paying off. According to Tomar (2010), “Major companies are presently requiring for their employees...
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...Construct and Support an Argument Paper Jonathan Ray Santos University of Phoenix MGT/521 October 5, 2010 The purpose of this paper is to construct and support an argument on the decision I made to pursue a Master’s of Business Administration (MBA) degree to further my career as the head of IT. With today’s society, it is easy to find a subject controversial. The paper will elaborate at the benefits of undertaking MBA program with an emphasis in business management and IT analysis. An argument is an oral disagreement, a verbal opposition or even an altercation. Some may say that it is a discussion involving differing points of view. In the corporate world, debates run rampant on our culture and can be viewed as a constructional tool to improve, advance a roadblock, or the source of a company’s failure. So as a start, referencing the Jungian 16-type personality assessment was the first step. I scored ENFP and agree with the decision. According to the Jungian Assessment, those with the ENFP score are better in business analyst roles and tend to be conscientiousness and critical in the decision making process (Pearson Prentice Hall, 2007). Having a very independent and stubborn nature in both my work and personal life I believe the Jungian 16-type personality assessment supports my decision to further my education and enter the critical field of information technology. The personality assessment specifies that I am extroverted, intuitive, thinker, and judging...
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...Why I Chose to Pursue an MBA Abstract This paper will outline the reasons I chose to pursue an MBA. I will construct and support an argument for my pursuit of an MBA. I will support my decision of pursing an MBA with references and data of individuals who have written articles regarding the pursuit of an MBA for African Americans. This paper will include my Jungian results from the 16-Type Personality Insights questionnaire to see if I have the qualifications of a manager. Why I Chose to Pursue an MBA I decided to pursue an MBA to start a new career and to achieve a personal goal. I have a best friend who persuaded me to further my education. She would tell me, “Seles, this world is going to require that individuals who seek employment have a Master’s degree.” I began to think how my goal would be achieved and what university I attend. Wondering and worrying about the cost of this type of education caused me to have many sleepless nights and much stress. My concern was finding the time between allocating times with my six year-old son, working part-time as a volunteer and taking care/assisting my parents who are 70. Also my biggest issue I had was who would hire a recent graduate who is almost 50, African-American single parent of a six year-old son and who have never worked in the corporate world. So I prayed and asked GOD to authorize my pursuit of a Master’s degree. I talked with my advisor Lance Thorsen and he eased my mind and encouraged me to...
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...My MBA Program and what I have learned Thomas Domino University of Phoenix LAW/531: Business Law June 27, 2012 Michael Tancredi Good evening, my name is Thomas Domino AKA Tommy Tucker. I have been involved in businesses all my life. I’m an Artist. I started when I lived in Fairlawn N.J. with a paper route when I was 12 years old and continued after my family moved the next year to a small town in upstate N.Y. called Washingtonville. My dad being a Cost Engineer for Kellogg heating and coolant equipment designs, and with a large family, he always encouraged all of my 5 brothers and 2 sisters to help with family chores; that included outside projects. One of our family businesses was hand decorated felt family character images glued to ceramic plates. My mother and father would approach friends and acquaintances from our neighborhood and the church as customers. The plate business grew so fast, I had to use my Artistic talents to help my mother design and produce the plates. Years later my mother was still making decorative plates for her “mad money” to spend in Atlantic City, N.J. at the casinos. During my teenage years, I painted signs for local businesses, and also had a lawn mowing business. So I learned the art of dealing with customers, delivering a product or providing a service for the exchange for money values. I also trapped animals, and sold the pelts to middleman fur dealers around Christmas time; used the money...
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...Why an MBA University of Phoenix MGT/521 May 31, 2010 I could not decide if I wanted to go after my Master’s in Business Administration, or just stop at my bachelor’s degree. It took me 26 years to decide to go back to school to pursue my AA in Accounting, despite all the pressures, and pushing that I had received from my parents and my family members. So in 2006 I decided that it was time, I looked around to a variety of different colleges and decided that I wanted to attend University of Phoenix Online because I did not want to deal with going to classes, instead I preferred to stay home and be comfortable. After my associates in accounting I decided that because I could still not find a permanent job, I would go ahead and pursue my bachelors of arts in accounting as well. When I was in my last class of my bachelor’s degree, I was toying around with going after my master’s in business administration, and then what will I specialize in. I had been looking for jobs for quite some times on the Internet and in the papers for quite some time and have been sending out hundreds of resumes and have received no responses. I figured that if I went for a master’s degree it would open many more doors in the future. It was a tough decision on whether I wanted to pursue that master’s in business, after all I had been going to school now for the past four years, or if I should just stop at my bachelor’s degree and look for a job. It turned out that finding a job was not working out with...
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...within the Management segment, a large number of people desire to build a profession in the same. Moreover, individuals who aren’t directly working within IT segment, indirectly operate with IT. Hall (1976) holds the view that the degree and qualifications hold no value in case if a reputable job isn’t grabbed afterward. After completing my bachelors in Management Studies and masters in Business Administration, the career that I have chosen is Management Consulting. Being a Management Consultant, has several benefits. Firstly, it offers good salary packages and high prospects to travel. Secondly, it offers opportunity to operate with top management of client’s organization. Lastly, the task never gets boring for the reason that it involves switching from one project to other and thus, provides opportunity to get hold of huge experience in distinct industries. Further, taking the above discussion into consideration this particular paper first highlights the job requirement of management consultant at Accenture. It also includes a thorough outline about the responsibilities and roles related to the position of Management Consultant. This is followed by providing a deep insight of my educational background, skills and abilities and also, mirrors the level to which my skills match with the required skills of the job profile. Lastly, the paper puts forward my personal development plan. Job Responsibilities of Management Consultant At the time when organizations face an issue...
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...Negotiation Challenges and Objective Paper The negotiation challenge I currently faced was my contract renewal last month. I am the youngest pharmacist in the hospital I am working in and I enjoy working there as I have a very good relationship with my colleagues and my boss, who was the obstetrician who helped deliver me to this world. Moreover, I live very close to the hospital, just one street away from it, so it would be ideal for me to continue my career at this hospital. Things were all good until last month, which was the last month before my contract ended, I still had not been asked to negotiate the contract renewal and I started to feel unsettled. So I started to get my resume out to the market and got myself a job offer from another hospital, with a 50% increase in salary, though a lot far away from the hospital I was in. After getting this offer, I heard from my colleague who was in the management team of the pharmacy department that my boss was going to offer me a contract with 20% increase in salary. In no surprise, my boss invited me to have a meeting with him to talk about my contract renewal that day. Since I was at the stage of considering marriage with my girlfriend who had been with me for 6 years, I needed the money to buy a flat for us so my goal was to get a 50% increase in salary at the hospital I was working in. After greeting and stating the purpose of this meeting was to negotiate the contract renewal, we discussed about how the hospital could help...
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...MBA Admissions Essay Powerful Tips for Improving Your Odds of Gaining Admission to the MBA Program of Your Choice Admissions essays are easily the most challenging part of the MBA application process, and it’s no wonder. Most people don’t like to write, and even those of us who do enjoy writing can come up blank when called upon to write about ourselves, especially when so much is at stake. The fact remains: If you want to go to business school, you have to be able to generate one or two thousand carefully chosen words that sum up your background and experience, your career goals, your reasons for seeking the MBA, and why you’ve chosen the program to which you’re applying. Step one: Relax. Writing admissions essays is stressful—it’s supposed to be stressful— but that doesn’t mean it’s impossible. Everyone who has ever applied to business school has written admissions essays, and so can you. All you have to do is submit essays that are a little bit better than most of the others, and if you follow the advice we’ll cover in the following pages, it will be a lot less painful. How to Write a Successful Most MBA essays are mediocre The good news is that most MBA admissions essays are mediocre at best. If you can at least come up with a marginally compelling narrative, and if you can spell and punctuate everything correctly—or know someone who can—you’ll automatically have an advantage over much of the competition. This guide is designed to help you get started (the hardest...
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...Yewande Adeniyi Davenport University Busn520 Dr. Thomas Steinhagen March 15, 2013 SWOT Analysis of the Toyota Motor Corporation Yewande Adeniyi Davenport University Busn520 Dr. Thomas Steinhagen March 15, 2013 Table of Contents Abstract….3 Introduction….4 Strengths….4, 5 Weaknesses….5 Opportunities….5, 6 Threats….6 External Factors….6, 7 Recommendations/Conclusion….7, 8 References….9, 10 Abstract This paper outlines a complete SWOT analysis report of the Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC). According to Mindtools.com, a SWOT analysis is tool that is used to analyze the strengths, weakness, opportunities, and threats that a company may have or encounter in its business dealings (2013). A SWOT analysis can be used in the form of an “ice breaker,” whereby one can used it an introduction of sorts about a company. However, the best possible way to use the SWOT analysis is as that of a strategy tool. It can be used as a tool to weave out the things the company may not need, improve on processes that may not be functioning properly and increase company profits (Mindtools, 2013). This paper focuses on the internal and external networks of the TMC to come up with a strategy that will increase the company’s strength, decrease or eliminate company weakness, provide more opportunities, and weave out potential threats and failures. SWOT Analysis of the Toyota Motor Corporation Introduction/Overview The Toyota Motor Corporation is an international automobile manufacturer based in Toyota, Aichi...
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... I am proud to introduce the leadership team of 21st Century Solutions Health Care Hospital. 21st Century Hospital is part of the World One Health System which includes numerous hospitals and clinics throughout the state. Our leadership team consists of 16 highly educated individuals with varying backgrounds. Each member is well experienced and well respected in each of their particular fields of expertise. I feel privileged to work with so many outstanding individuals. First we have our President of the hospital. This individual is our chief operating officer. He is in charge of all operations here at 21st Century hospital and the six outlying clinics. He oversees about 5,600 coworkers. He has a BS in business and has earned a MBA. Our COO has served as senior vice president of operations and ambulatory services where he managed several different areas including ambulatory care, cardiac care and physicians’ services. Under his skillful leadership, we have constructed several new health complexes, a surgical center and sleep center. He has been able to add more than 100 new physicians. Next we have our Vice President of Medical Affairs. This person services as the Chief Medical Officer/Chief Medical Information Officer. This officer is a seasoned MD and is mainly responsible for the medical staff, quality programs and regulatory compliance. Our Vice President of Surgical Services is responsible for overall management of our surgery program. She has a master’s degree...
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...nothing like it--from the French word "un" (one). Something is unique or it is not. Terms like very, more, less, or slightly do not apply. Use something like "very unusual," "very distinctive," "very different," etc.] way of assessing the managerial roles. His first assessment discussed the interpersonal roles which [Use "that" for a restrictive phrase (or place a comma before "which")] involves interacting with others, the informational role was assessed by the manager giving and receiving information, being [Doctoral rule (but good advice for any academic writer)--If not a noun (as in "human being"), the word "Being" is hard to imagine; it means "existing." Try to rewrite this without using "being"--with action words like "attending," "working," "living," "experiencing," simply "as"--or even removing "being" completely] able to facilitate to his subordinates and the final role was the decisional role which [Use "that" for a restrictive phrase (or place a comma before "which")] allowed the manager to be able to [Wordiness: Remove "be able to"; the sentence will read more smoothly without it] make decisions, negotiate, peacemaker and [in academic writing, if this is a series, place a comma before the final conjunction (and)]...
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...Statement of Purpose - MBA 1. Studying for an MBA requires a certain determination and strength of character. In recent years, the business world has become rapidly integrated across once restricting borders, and anyone with high goals in the business world must have an international perspective and be aware of the realities of different international arenas. I am unique, and uniquely fortunate, to have a diverse background both academically and professionally which has exposed me to different continents, peoples, cultures, and languages. As a native of Asia, I am familiar with the increasingly important markets of this region, and as such I am thoroughly prepared for the demands and challenges presented by undertaking study in the MBA program at your institution. From a young age, I set goals beyond those of my peers. I decided to pursue a Bachelor’s degree in International Hotel Management, but in recognition of the limitation of programs in this field in my native country, I decided to pursue my undergraduate degree in Europe. The international hotel management course I joined was run by Goodwell University in the UK, and due to the experience of the instructors and the overall sophistication of the program, I received an incredibly valuable learning experience, beyond that which I could have received elsewhere. My undergraduate coursework at Goodwell University focused on management marketing, accounting, and various aspects of tourism. I received broad business-based...
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...homeworkmarket.com/content/case-ajay-bam http://www.homeworkmarket.com/content/case-ajay-bam INSTRUCTIONS: For your Midterm paper, you will review the case of Ajay Bam. This case contains a manageable amount of material but presents the opportunity to consolidate the material covered to date in the course. Entrepreneurial Attributes: Consider Ajay’s background and experience. Create a comprehensive list of attributes that you think Ajay possesses. Which three are the most important; why do you think so? How did these attributes help him succeed? Business Plan Outline: The case includes an executive summary; using the model on page 258, create a brief 10-slide PowerPoint presentation about his new venture. Bootstrapping: Why did Ajay pursue the bootstrapping method of getting his company off the ground; please describe at least six examples of his efforts in terms of financing, services, and people. Opportunity and Market Assessment: How did Ajay and Walter find this opportunity? How big is the market, do consumers and merchants have a need for the product, what does Ajay have to do to answer these questions? (Instructor Note: Ajay needs to gather initial sector market data and customer feedback to gauge attractiveness.) Funding and Team: Would you invest? What does Ajay have to do to get funding sources interested? Paper Length: Four to five pages—PowerPoint—Max 10 slides including cover. CASE STUDY: With the quiet click of the meeting room door,...
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...Academic Year : 2015 - 2016 ASSIGNMENT TOPICS This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the assignments for EIGHT papers as per instructions. Last date for submission : Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/- : 29-02-2016 15-03-2016 NOTE: 1. Assignments sent after 15-03-2016 will not be evaluated. 2. Assignments should be in the own handwriting of the student concerned and not type-written or printed or photocopied. 3. Assignments should be written on foolscap paper on one side only. 4. All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand corner on all pages) should be put in an envelop with superscription “MBA Assignments” and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post. 5. No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers. 6. Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial assignments will not be considered. ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS Write assignments on any TWO topics in each paper out of the FOUR. For each Topic the answer should not exceed 15 – pages. Each assignment carries 25 marks (2 topics). Dr.S.PUGAZHENDHI DIRECTOR 2 1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT 1. “Planning is looking ahead, and Control is looking back”. Comment. 2. Why do most of the large department stores and supermarket chains organize their stores on a territorial...
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...Website: uiams.puchd.ac.in SYLLABUS OF THE 1ST YEAR TRIMESTER – I CODE MBA-011 MBA-021 MBA-031 MBA-041 MBA-051 MBA-061a MBA-061b PAPER Principles and Practices of Management Quantitative Techniques for Managerial Decision Making. Managerial Economics Human Resource Management Accounting for Management Seminar on Executive Communication Workshop on Information Technology for Management CREDITS 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 MARKS 100 100 100 100 100 50 50 TRIMESTER – II CODE MBA-072 MBA-082 MBA-092 MBA-102 MBA-112a MBA-112b PAPER CREDITS Quantitative Methods and Operations Research 4 Economic Environment for Business 4 Production and Operations Management 4 Financial Management 4 Seminar on Negotiation Skills 2 Workshop on Management Information Systems 2 o Introduction to Retail Management (R. Mgt.)* 4 SECTORAL SUBJECT – 1 MARKS 100 100 100 100 50 50 100 o Principles of Banking and Insurance (B & I)* o Introduction to IT and Telecommunications (IT & Tel)* o Introduction to Infrastructure (Infra. Mgt.)* o Industrial Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology (Pharma. Mgt.)* o Hospital Planning and Organization (Hosp. Mgt.)* MBA-122 *R. Mgt= Retail Management; B&I= Banking & Insurance; IT & Tel.= IT & Telecommunication; Infra. Mgt.=Infrastructural Management; Pharma. Mgt.=Pharmaceutical Management; Hosp. Mgt.=Hospital Management. TRIMESTER – III CODE MBA-133 MBA-143 MBA-153 MBA-163a MBA-163b PAPER Legal Aspects of Business Marketing Management Organizational Behaviour Seminar...
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