...Brian Fansler MBA: Why I decided to get an MBA degree Receiving my Undergraduate degree was one of my most proud moments in my life, I felt a since of accomplishment, responsibility, and acceptance. I just knew I was going to now be able to provide better for my family. That is why everyone around me said goes to college. Finish and graduate. A college degree can only help you and not hurt you. Well that statement can be a bit misleading, while yes a college degree won’t hurt you, it didn’t help me much either. I got into a situation that I had the degree but lacked the experience. Why didn’t anybody tell me to work as well? Get an internship? A mentor? I guess everyone had the misconception that college degrees grantee a good paying job; however, sometimes it’s not the case. I have come to say continuing education, even well beyond an undergrad, will not only help your career situation, but set a standard for your family and or kids, to always continue learning. Objection: An MBA will not guarantee a good job. It won’t guarantee a job, but what does? Having an MBA has put me more marketable with employers. Bryan Cohen argues that “First-year accountants with an associate degree made an average of $33,300 per year, while those with an MBA earned $39,800 per year as of April 2011 (Cohen, 2001). MBA open a world of big possibilities in a career field., The reason I decided, why not get my degree, is because I know it will pay off in the long run, when I want to pursue positions...
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...“FIGHT”—For a Better Future Zhang Haitao SM 15204188 19th-Sep.2015 is a memorable day for me as I was re-enter in university after 7 years, I became a student again after I married and also been a father, this is one of the greatest milestone of my life. To USTC, I really have a lot of emotions. When I was at middle school I was heard a lot of story about USTC, I know this is a great and special university at China. I really wish I can be the student of USTC, but I know that is impossible because I know that I can’t reach the admission scores. When I was the senior class at university, I was participated the USTC master entrance examination. But I was failed; I didn’t catch the admission scores. So I was thought, USTC for me is only a dream at my heart. A very scared place for me. Last year, I want improve myself, I want be a master and have master degree. So again, at that time, the dream comes back again. I want be one part of USTC. So I apply the postgraduate enrollment examination again. But at that time, my wife is pregnancy and also I got a heavy workload at that time. I don’t have time for the examination preparation. I was giving up and didn’t want participate the exanimation. But in the end, my wife encouraged me to do a trial. Very fortunately, I reach the B line. Fortunately I pass the interview and became one part of MBA. During the two days orientation learning. The schoolmaster, the lead of USTC Management college and the outstanding schoolfellows was...
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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...
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...{text:bookmark-start} Why I Decided to Pursue MBA Degree {text:bookmark-end} In a world with growing population and ever increasing competition among humans for limited resources a person needs to stand out with polishedskills and education. I strongly believe that pursuing an MBA degree will open more doors of opportunity, enhance myself confidence and will give me advantage in getting a desired job. As an graduate in medical sciences, I started my career as clinical research coordinator which is a challenging position in medical research. During one year of experience in the health care research program, I dealt with different pharmaceutical companies, their managers and researchers. Most part of my job was to take care of research documents and get approval for different studies from international revenue board (IRB). During that job I explored, that I need to improve my communication and interpersonal skills to improve my public dealing skills. After gaining one year of experience in cancer research, I joined a cancer research center and got my experience in cancer abstracting and coding in cancer registry. Here I once again dealt with different doctors’ offices, their office record and medical data.. I felt that just medical knowledge is not sufficient to fulfill the requirements of my job, I felt the need to increase my knowledge in project management and resource planning in order to efficiently deal well with business aspects of my job. Moreover, better communication...
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...wintry night in 1982 is one that Ferraro continues to relive. But these days, as the Teacher Training Director of the Mind Body Awareness Project, it’s Ferraro who is looking into angry young eyes until he finds a glimpse of compassion. Based in Oakland, California, the MBA Project is a nonprofit organization that uses mindfulness and emotionalintelligence exercises to equip disadvantaged and underserved youth with the tools to make better decisions and to consider more skillful options than violence, self-harm, drugs, and crime. “All my work revolves around the same conversation,” says Ferraro. “What is freedom beyond conditions? Beyond this school, this prison, this hood, whatever your conditions are. Do your conditions lead inevitably to suffering? No, they don’t. Only a being’s perspective leads to suffering. Two people in the exact same situation, according to their outlook and expectations, can have completely different experiences. Turn that around, and any conditions can be a vehicle for bondage—or freedom and awakening. And that’s fucking deep, man.” Going back to his story about the homeless man, Ferraro says, “I didn’t know what compassion meant when I was fifteen. But I knew that that homeless guy had seen my heart. And that was scary. I’d learned early on that this heart of mine was not a A charismatic ex-con lures at-risk kids away from violence. By Alix Sharkey Photographs by Douglas Adesko Connecticut, fifteen-year-old Vinny Ferraro and his friends were hanging...
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...Pursue an MBA Dexter G. Ronquillo MGT/521 18 July 2010 Kate Stowe At present, I am the Detachment Leading Petty Officer in my division. My job involves a lot of planning and deals mostly with administrative side of the house. My division is the one in charge of supporting various squadrons with high priority missions in various locations. As the Detachment LPO, it is my duty to make sure that the equipments we are sending out in different sites will perform according to what they are designed for and will last throughout the entire deployment. In view of the fact that there are only few personnel who can go and perform maintenance on the equipments, plus, there is only limited parts and supplies that goes with it, I have to make sure that all necessary maintenance, scheduled or unscheduled, are conducted prior to shipping the gears. That involves the planning that I mentioned earlier, which is new to me because this is my first time to have such type of responsibility for I am working on a different level in my previous command. I also have to deal with my chain of command more often at this moment because I report to them directly. We always have meetings and conferences. The higher ups are always discussing wide scope of projects, budgets, and a lot of administrative matters. Most of the time, I cannot understand the way their communication goes because of lack of business or administrational background. With this abrupt change in my responsibility...
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...light. I also noticed some of the projects on the company’s website like working with different types of foundations and events. I also really admire that the products are not tested on animals but on people: They constantly strive for products that will be consumer friendly. In terms of social media, I have noticed that the company has a presence on Youtube, IG, FB, and more. Products: collection of trendy and fashion-forward colors coupled with neutral palette of foundations, concealers and powders. The line has expanded include a variety of foundation and blush types, numerous lip glosses and lip sticks, concealers, and make-up brushes, as well as lip, eyelash and foundation primers. Smashbox Cosmetics top-sellers include the Photo Finish Foundation Primer, Halo Hydrating Perfecting Powder, Camera Ready BB Cream, Jet Set Waterproof Eyeliner, O-Gloss Intuitive Lip Gloss and Photo Op Under Eye Brightener. all-in-one game-changer: CC Cream. The advanced, lightweight formula neutralizes and brightens skin for a more even complexion. It’s also proven to fade dark spots, sun spots and post-acne marks instantly and over time. PRIMER oiL. Tell me about yourself I have been working in the beauty industry ever since I was 16 years old. I started off as a receptionist in the salon and after I graduated high school, I went and got my cosmetologist license in which I worked as a hairdresser for 5 years. I owned my hairdressing business for 3 years. What I love...
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...your country's future? I G.Ravi kumar completed btech this year in june.when iam in schoolage I was 2nd topper in 10th standard and after that I wrote the entrance exam for admission into diploma and I have got 179th rank in this statelevel exam.So,I have joined in top 1 college of Hyderabad.At the end of this degree I placed in a company which works on RF communications and completed 7months of work which includes the training period also.At last I realized that there won’t be any growth if a student works with a low qualification.So,I came out of the company and wrote the entrance exam for admission into engineering college and I got admission in Mallareddy engineering college.If I prepared for the entrance exam I would have got admission in the top 5 colleges. The future of india in product development and marketing is a little confused output.Most the areas in this country are highly marketing foreign goods when compared to Indian goods.About % of the total rawmaterials are imported from other countries which is a matter to think about it. Why can’t we improve our product development.Why should we encourage foreign goods and services? Why are foreign products are cheaper than Indian products eventhough the rawmaterials are imported from other countries. There are chances to improve the growth of this country through product development and marketing and I raise my hand to involve in these developments for my country. I would like to join MBA to learn the courses related...
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...less judgmental, at least for that moment. That will be one of the themes with this EP- promoting non-judgment, On the part of everyone. I feel that here at cambridge for instance, there is too much judgement ingrained in the community regarding business and finance. There is judgment about social welfare. One is good one is bad. Most of our class is studying finance, and from who I have met so far, most of our class come from good families, have a sense of values, and have very VERY warm hearts and open minds. They are good people, They are creative thinkers, they are funny, they are multidimensional. They want to learn from you. They wanted to leave their country and meet people from other cultures. They want to KNOW about other cultures, they want to share their passions and interests and couple that with learning about yours. We are intellectually curious. We are open to discussion about virtually anything. We all respect each other. Everyone is so nice, so friendly so warm. I feel that I have already learned a LOT about who I am. I am EXTREMELY intellectually curious. I didn’t realize how much so until I got to Cambridge. Cambridge is an environment that prompts you to think and ask questions and re-evaluate everything, on a daily basis. I have read more books at this point on topics outside of finance than I have for my classes. That type...
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...degree in Business Administration (MBA) or not pursue an MBA. The information presented in this paper indicates that the decision for getting an MBA is a big decision driven by the desire to make more money, progress more rapidly, working smarter, and becoming a better person. Getting an MBA is a good way to reconsider a professional path and make an employment transformation without penalty. There is also a particular amount of respect just by possessing an MBA. This paper presents some personal reasons that apply to the decision on why decide to go back to school to obtain an MBA and reasons not to. Writing an Argument My whole life I have heard it said that education is a key element is achieving individual development and life success. Getting an MBA is a big decision. The Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) is a widely accepted in business management around the world. While getting an MBA can be expensive, an MBA is a good way to reconsider a professional path and make an employment transformation without penalty. However, there are some people who say getting an MBA is not needed. They believe that people go to business schools for the the wrong reasons and that individuals can make employment transformations or move up in a career field without having to get an MBA. Big Decision Getting an MBA is a good way to reconsider a professional path and make an employment transformation without penalty. According to some sources, a good MBA school may cost you $80,000 in tuition...
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...COMMERCIAL city with EXTREMELY long history of 700 years. J: Beijing is named as EMPIRE Capital. It has a very SHORT history of 3000 years, there of 860 years is as capital, which the people are proud of. Slide 2 A: Imagine I was a Shanghai lady firstly arrived in Beijing. I got on a Taxi and said: 师傅，麻烦你带我去天安门广场和长城逛逛。 J: 您是说您要去天安门广场和长城是吗？您哪来的呀？ 说话咋南腔北调的？ A: I was so shocked to know the Mandarin in Beijing is different with Shanghai's. Slide 3 J: Imagine I was a Beijing young man got on a bus in Shanghai for the first time of visit. I heard someone talking on the bus like this: A: 侬裤子阿子瓦特啦？裤子么坏裤大系瓦？阿子么瓦阿大系瓦。 J: Oh My god! Did the Shanghai people speak Japanese? A: Even most Shanghai people can speak Mandarin. The local use more Shanghai Dialect, which is totally different with Mandarin or Cantonese. Newcomer would be shocked because they understand "0" of the dialect Slide 4 J: However, after I lived in Shanghai for 10 years and one day I visited my hometown-Beijing, I had dinner with a group of the high school classmates at the restaurant. My classmate kept asking: Do you the current Mayor of Beijing? He's sued in March. Have you heard about the Vice Provincial Governor of ShanXi? He'll become one of the candidate of the Political Bureau; I tell you: President Jiang Zemin have problem on proving...
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...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 me and how my career could be built up in...
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...experience? I graduated in 2007 from Hariri Canadian University holding a Bachelor degree in Accounting & Finance; I started my career path working as an external auditor with Deloitte Beirut working on auditing financial statements for major clients. In Late 2007 I had the opportunity to join the Enterprise Risk Services within Deloitte Middle East based in Kuwait; I was able to prove my capabilities and to be promoted annually; I was able to create my own business portfolio supervising a team reporting to me and played an important role in developing the career path for my team members by providing the necessary support and trainings. I was exposed to different type of industries gaining a huge exposure in the Middle East market. In 2013 I was approached by one of my clients I used to handle to lead the risk management and compliance department within the firm and within a short period of time I had the opportunity to be licensed by Dubai Financial Services Authority to manage the compliance function in one of the subsidiaries within the group bases in Dubai. 2. Why are you interested in our particular program, and how do you see it helping you to reach your future goals? I am interested to pursue my MBA from GGSB as it is one of top universities recognized internationally and triple accredited; that will enhance my resume and will add an international exposure taste to my career path and to expand my global network. I have the trust that GGSB will develop my capabilities...
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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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...Hong, Kil Dong Applying for MBA Yale University 1.Please discuss the principle elements of your educational and work experience to date. Describe your specific career objectives as a professional manager(three to five pages, double-spaced) Since I had worked in the xxx product department of xxx, established by my deceased father, the yearly income was $xx million in 19xx and in the top 10 rank in Korea, my major problem was a lack of knowledge in Finance and Management. Upon graduation from undergraduate studies, I was employed in the Management Planning Team. Because I did not have the background in business administration from majoring in English Literature in undergraduate, I realized the difficulty in grasping the concept of general company matters, marketing analysis, and setting up the short and long-term marketing plan. When I participated in the future development of xxx and sales project for 10 months that began in February 19xx, I realized that I was incapable of successfully performing my duties as an Assistant Manager with 8 staff members for a project in which the company heavily depended upon. It was then that I had realized what special talent was needed to become a successful manager. For instance, while analyzing xxx, xxx’s technological advantage and marketing strategies, I realized the importance of learning Marketing Research and Strategy. I also realized the importance of Financial Management and Corporate Financial Policies when planning...
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