| Q1. |
What do B-schools
look for in an MBA aspirant? |
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Leadership skills,
ability to work in a team, divergent thinking
skills, wider perspective of looking
at things. |
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| Q2. |
What skill
sets do MBAs acquire during the course? |
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The courses provide
an individual with a plethora of abilities
that promotes and imbibes a good business
sense. Makes a person more competent.
A B-school offers you much more than
academics the environment, working in
different groups, handling different
situation. Soft skills are also taught.
Residential programs are more enhancing. |
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| Q3. |
One offbeat
career path you would like to suggest
the future managers to take up? |
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Get the rural
experience. That is something not all
have explored. |
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| Q4. |
Women make
better managers than men. Comment. |
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Anybody who's
competent and understands how to apply
it effectively can be a good manager. |
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| Q5. |
Is there
an overflow of MBAs in the job market? |
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There is no overflow
of MBA s but there is an overflow of
B-schools. Good B-schools are scarce.
Quality of education needs to be checked.
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| Q6. |
While selecting
an institute, what should students look
for: faculty or placements? |
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Primarily one
should look at the curriculum, how many
times has the curriculum been revamped?
Does it meet the current industry requirements?
Faculty is just a facilitator…
the onus is on the student to take out the
best. Placements matter… but largely
depend on how one performs. Institutes
can get you the best companies, but
it depends on how good you are to get
the job. |
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| Q7. |
The ideal
age to do the MBA is… |
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There is no ideal
age. A work-ex of two years is good.
But more than that, it hampers one's
learning. |
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| Q8. |
One myth
about MBA that you would like to break? |
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B-schools are
not placement agencies… they are
educational institutes. Every institute
tries the best to get the best placement…
also when B-schools quote the figures,
try and get the real picture. |
