...Pursue of My MBA Degree On December 17, 2008 I received a telephone call from a woman named Jessica Wolfsen, University of Phoenix Alumni Liaison whom congratulated me on completion of my bachelor of science, accounting degree from the University of Phoenix I received in July of 2008. She wanted to know if I have registered on the Alumni Network website, which I had not. Then she asked if I had considered an advance degree. I told her I had concerned the idea but had not made a decision on returning to school. She informed that the University of Phoenix was offer a special in January for students returning to school and she would have an enrollment counselor give me a call to discuss the opportunity in more detail. Approximately an hour later Joseph Sorge, Senior Enrollment Counselor West Division, gave me a call. Joseph and I discussed where I am currently in my career and he subjected that receiving my master of business administration with a concentration in human resources would be a wise personal and professional decision. Therefore, I chose to apply for the master’s program to further my career and on December 19, 2008 I received a letter from the University of Phoenix stating that I had been admitted into the master’s program. This decision came with wanting to become more marketable to advance and improve my knowledge within the business administration and human resources industries. Obtaining my MBA will make me more marketable in the sense that it will...
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...LAHORE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS APPLICATION FORM (Page 1 of 4) FOR DEGREE IN:___________________ FOR TERM STARTING:_______________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |(For office use only) | |(Photograph) | ______________________ __________________ __________________ 1. FIRST NAME MIDDLE NAME LAST NAME (BLOCK CAPITALS) (BLOCK CAPITALS) (BLOCK CAPITALS) _______________________________ __________________________________ 2. FATHER’S/GUARDIAN’S NAME 3. FATHER’S/GUARDIAN’S PHONE NO. _______________________________________________________________________ 4. ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE _______________________________________________________________________ 5. PERMANENT ADDRESS ________________________________ _______________________ 6A. EMAIL ADDRESS 6B. MOBILE PHONE NO. 7. DATE OF BIRTH _______ _______ _______ Day Month Year 8. PLACE OF BIRTH (City)_________________...
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...Pursuing My MBA Pursuing My MBA May 6, 2008 Introduction One of my many dreams has always been to completing my education. As a single parent raising two boys, and working fulltime, it was a dream of mine to earn a college degree. Finally, I had the courage to get my undergraduate degree at the age of 49 from Jacksonville University. I considered myself lucky because several professors truly made quite an impact in my life. They advised me to pursue the MBA after one year of rest, in order for me to get some of my personal affairs in order. My former professors perceive me to be an outgoing person with a vision and a low tolerance for incompetence. They often refer to me as a natural leader. Possible career as a manager, I did not want to risk having my plans ruined. I thought long and hard to analyze the time it would take me to complete the MBA and the time I had to give up to accomplish my dream. My decision to pursue an MBA degree was more on considering the benefits of an MBA degree and the opportune time to do it. I decided that it made more sense to wait a year rather than pursue immediately after earning my undergraduate degree. I knew that choosing to pursue an MBA would basically open up new career opportunities. Some of my concerns were getting back into studying and test-taking mode, which doesn't always come naturally after some time away from it. I’m fully aware that attending work and taking classes at the same time can be a heavy...
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...also employed at a telecommunications company called Berry Direct. I was a telemarketer, and my duties included calling members and offering additional telephone services. My salary was seven dollars an hour, with no sick time or vacation time available. Not only was I unhappy with the amount of money I was paid, I was also unhappy because the job didn’t offer any benefits. I decided that I needed a better job, and started working with Blue Cross and Blue Shield. While the money was better with them, I was still unable to move up to certain positions, or move up to a certain pay scale without a degree. With degree level experience, it would put me in a higher income bracket. After doing some personal reflection I decided that without returning to school to get a higher level degree, I would not be able to achieve any of the goals that I have set for myself career wise. Why obtain an M.B.A some ask? What’s the use or purpose? It’s just a title. Some feel that it’s not what you know but who you know to obtain a higher paying career. The reasons why people may feel this way may be due to the declining economy. They may feel like going back to school would just...
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...Writing an Argument The purpose of this assignment is to raise and counter objectives regarding the decision to get an MBA. The impact of education on earning potential and job security will be examined. The paper will also discuss how raising and countering objections has helped inform my own decision to get an MBA and the reasons I have decided to go back to school. Objectives will be raised for reasons not to pursue a graduate degree and referenced information will be sited to support the content of the paper. Raising Objections to Pursue MBA As children we were taught the value of education and the importance of obtaining a college degree to be successful. At such a young age it may have been difficult to fully grasp how the proper education could shape ones future but with age comes wisdom and understanding. Many people go to college and obtain associate and bachelor degrees but a master’s degree can definitely make you stand out amongst a group of qualified applicants. “In this job market, anything that differentiates you is helpful” (Stires, 2010, pg. 3). Pursuing a Master’s degree takes dedication and tenacity and these efforts are recognized by potential employers. There is a clear relationship between earnings and education. A graduate degree provides individuals with the opportunity for more earning potential and an increased knowledge base. Lott (2010) stated: ...
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...their country of work, sector or functional area upon leaving INSEAD. 23% of the graduates rose to the challenge of entering a new country, new sector and new function all at once. • • • Different sectors, different sourcing strategies.. • On Campus Recruitment and Networking • How did they find their job? % INSEAD Career Services / Alumni Own contacts Pre-INSEAD employer Summer job Creating own company TOTAL 51% 16% 21% 4% 8% 100% • • • with Alumni are undisputedly the main sources of jobs for INSEAD graduates 38% of accepted offers in consulting were taken up by MBAs returning to their previous employer 52% of graduates found their job in financial services via INSEAD, 30% via their own contacts and 12% went back to their previous employer In the corporate sectors, 50% of positions were found via INSEAD while 11% of graduates chose to return to their pre-MBA employer Of the 2011 graduates, 64 decided to launch their entrepreneurial venture immediately after INSEAD (8%) (up from 3% in 2010) An ever increasing diversity of job locations Africa /Near/Middle East Western Europe Southern Europe Northern Europe Eastern Europe...
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...business administration or move on with my master’s in nursing administration and go right for my doctorate in nursing practice? My true goal is to stay true my nursing core values. I would like to be prepared for a role as a Chief Nursing Officer (CNO). Introduction – Overview of Decision Problem Problem Statement The nature of the decision correlates to pressure as I am quickly approaching the end my current graduate studies. I decided to pursue my masters in nursing with a specialty in nursing administration. My current educational institution provided me the option to continue one additional year for the purposes of obtaining a masters degree in business administration. It is called a dual degree, MSN and MBA. I also, have the option to graduate now with just the MSN...
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...skills. He couples this with his insatiable interest in serving clients with the best possible solution. I insisted on writing this recommendation myself, as I see Joe as one of the promises of this firm and one of the great future business leaders his country. It was important for me to convey my overwhelming support of his candidacy. Upon completing my own BSc from Stanford and my PhD from Cambridge, I understand the value studying in an international setting can provide and I am very interested that this opportunity be given to Joe, a man who will know how best to use it. If Joe stays on the same trajectory there is no doubt it my mind that Joe will be sponsored for an MBA by the firm, and we would very much like to see him return to the office and continue to develop our activities after his MBA studies. 2. In what ways has the candidate distinguished himself or herself among peers? (250-word limit) Joe is one of the best business analysts we hired in recent years. We trust Joe with especially complex assignments and he delivers far above expectations. He provided...
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...with fairly similar ratings in their IFE matrix for Apple Inc. My group, management, had the second highest rating at a 2.78 and I felt that we were fairly critical of the different strengths and weaknesses for the company. The groups that pertained to a more financial aspect like finance and accounting seemed to have lower scores, which were not as far above the average for utilization of resources internally. This seems interesting because many companies use resources outside their company to assist them in correcting financial problems. Also, there were a few strengths and weaknesses that every group mentioned in their matrix and they were: Steve Jobs leaving and then returning(W), large increase in inventory(W), products are globalized(S). It was interesting to see that Steve Jobs leaving and then returning was on everyone groups list because with out him these last few years Apple Inc. would probably not be where it is at today. The only downside to this is that there seems to be this great dependency on one person in this company and that is the reason that it is seen as a weakness. Overall, every group stated that Apple Inc. is utilizing internal resources above the average in their industry and this is based on the ratings given by the groups. These ratings ranged form 2.4 to 2.84 and the differences between these were a matter of a few points added to a different category that can skew the final rating....
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...ASSESSMENT ON CREATING A DYNAMIC CAREER DEVELOPMENT PLAN OF LEADERSHIP SKILLS Course: Developing personal and professional leadership practice Lecturer: Jill Machon /Jill Fortune Submission Date: 28TH March 2015 Nominal Word Count: 1000 Question: You should seek to show your progress during your studies, taking a critical approach and ensuring all your learning experiences inform your views. You should adapt and amend your plan as new information becomes available, ensuring that you can justify any changes made - keeping a reflective diary may be a way of achieving this. Steps * Introduction (100 words) * Section 1: * Section 2: * Section 3: * Section 4: * Section 5: * Conclusion (100 words) Assessment criteria Using knowledge of theories and concepts from the course reflect upon application and progression of learning and how this will affect/impact on your future management and leadership practice Excellent knowledge of theories and concepts from the course to reflect upon application and progression of learning and how this will affect/impact on your future management and leadership practice. Excellent ability to demonstrate an understanding of the impact of management and leadership practice in the wider organisational community. INTRODUCTION Continuing professional development (CPD) is recognised as a commitment by professionals to continually maintain and enhance their skills and knowledge with a view to support their...
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...Francesco Frontera Human Resources Management Prof. Huesing European University MBA (Group B) circa 1300 words 1 LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL? MANAGING COMPLEX EMPLOYMENT EXPECTATIONS Answers to questions number 1 and 2. The “traditional expatriate compensation” is the expatriate policy applied by the company in exam when talented employees are sent abroad to take international experiences, or when managers are assigned for international assignments to transfer knowledge across borders. This policy presumes that the expatriate assignment couldn’t be longer than 3 years, and at the end of the contract the expatriate must be returning home. During its assignment, the expatriate receive the home-based salary plus a full incentives package such are: settling in allowance, medical health care, visa and permits and the full covering of travel costs. Moreover, the company provides to financing the pre-assignment visit, having care of the house haunting and searching school. Retention bonuses and miscellaneous allowances are even included in the packet. After this overview of the policy, is possible to point out that the “traditional expatriate compensation packet” is based on the “balance sheet approach”, which has the basic objective to allows the expatriate to maintain the home-country living standards plus a financial inducement to...
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...Why? Prepared by Eric Norwood They say that sometimes good things come to those that wait and great things come to those that work. I once heard this myth that I find fascinating; as we get older we get wiser. No matter what the age, I think that getting and education is a wise decision. For many reasons, including an unstable economy, people over 40 are returning back to college campuses. Being a Senior Admissions Advisor at a Career College, I have had the privilege of witnessing this on a daily basis. As a 40 year old myself, I too have decided to return to college. That’s right I am going back to school. It is never too late to finish what you started. Why I chose to go back to school? I would be shocked if my reasons were not the same as most people. I could probably think of many reasons why I decided to go back to school. In this essay, I will share a few reasons. One personal reason is to finish what I started. In June 1996, I graduated with a B.S. in Sociology at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. In September 1996, I entered into graduate school for M.A. in Sociology, specializing in Industrial Relation. I completed two years of studies, including an internship at United States Postal Service (USPS). Following that, I got hired for the USPS, and quickly promoted through the ranks to the Office of Inspector General. I spent the next 12 years working as an Internal Auditor for the government. Life got in front of me, had an auditing career...
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...The Globe Samsung’s unlikely success in mixing Western best practices with an essentially Japanese business system holds powerful lessons for today’s emerging giants. by Tarun Khanna, Jaeyong Song, and Kyungmook Lee A s today’s emerging giants face the challenge of moving beyond their home markets, they have much to learn from the pathbreaking experience of South Korea’s Samsung Group, arguably the most successful globalizer of the previous generation. Twenty years ago, few people would have predicted that Samsung could transform itself from a low-cost original equipment manufacturer to a world leader in R&D, marketing, and design, with a brand more valuable than Pepsi, Nike, or American Express. Fewer still would have predicted the success of the path it has taken. For two decades now, Samsung has been grafting Western business practices onto its essentially Japanese system, combining its traditional low-cost manufacturing prowess with an ability to bring high-quality, high-margin branded products swiftly to market. The two sets of business practices could not have seemed more incompatible. Into an organization focused on continuous process improvement, Samsung introduced a focus on innovation. Into a homogeneous workforce, Samsung introduced outsiders who could not speak the language and were unfamiliar with the company’s culture. Into a Confucian tradition of reverence for elders, Samsung introduced merit pay and promotion, putting some...
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...SITUATION ANALYSIS Background Nitish, a BTech and MTech from IIT Madras has worked for two years at Infosys, Bangalore as senior programmer. Nitish soon got bored of endless hours of programming and decided to do an MBA in Finance and joined XLRI Jamshedpur for the same. After completion of his MBA he joined a consultancy firm in Jamshedpur only. After having worked for two years with firm, on a number of projects Nitish decided to make a switch as he felt that he was not learning anything new .So he started looking for jobs. The Job at Solutions Unlimited Arvind, a batch mate of Nitish suggested him to join his company, Solutions Unlimited, a company looking to realign itself as a Management Consultant to be able to position itself as an IT consultancy firm. Mr Kapoor, Director Marketing interviewed Nitish and this was followed by an interview with Venkat, Assistant operations officer-level 4 at the Hyderabad office. Nitish was offered a package of 2.55 lakhs p.a. at level of Developer 3 however he was not satisfied with this offer and wanted them to revise the offer to 4 lakhs p.a. Nitish told Meena his boss about this and she proposed to change the offer to 3.1 lakhs p.a., However Nitish was still not ready to accept this offer. Meena told Nitish that she will inform him the next morning regarding possibilities of a revised job offer however she never did .When Mr Kapoor came to know about this he rebuffed Meena’s offer and gave her a mouthful about her incompetence...
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...LUV – Southwest Airlines: Financial Analysis Wilmington University MBA 7200: Financial Management Bruce Martin The airline industry is a highly competitive market, and given the competitive nature of this business it is all the more important for a company in this industry to stand out and be noticed and prevail over its competition. Southwest is such a company; within the airline industry it continues to stand tall, this Dallas- based company is currently in its 45th year and has sought out ways to differentiate itself; particularly so in customer service. (About SouthWest). The Mission Statement of Southwest Airlines: The mission of Southwest Airlines is dedication to the highest quality of Customer Service delivered with a sense of warmth, friendliness, individual pride, and Company Spirit. (About SouthWest). I believe by striving to do so and keeping their customers Southwest has able to maintain its dominance in the airline industry. In fact in 2015 per Forbes Magazine Southwest was ranked 7 in the World’s Most Admired company list (Southwest Airlines 2015). Furthermore, Southwest always manages to bag the top most rank for Customer service by the US Department of Transportation. In May 2011, Southwest completed the acquisition of AirTran Holdings Inc. as a result of this acquisition of Southwest was able to further increase its ability to spread more low fares to more consumers, it experienced a significant domestic network expansion, this merger in...
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