Business Education

Executives turn to MBAs

As employment markets tighten, research suggests that more and more executives are considering education in order to further career prospects

Obtaining a Masters in Business Administration is a difficult task requiring several years of study in a wide variety of subjects. Specialties in accounting, economics, finance, management and other areas are available, though a number of courses in each ...

Distance MBAs offer better career options

As markets tighten more and more of those in their early business career are taking MBAs. Although regarded as a serious drain on resources – many MBAs take up to 200 hours per programme – those with a Master of Business Administration feel the benefits

There has probably never been a better time to take an MBA course than right now. In an extremely crowded job market it is essential to do something to ensure you stand out from the crowd, and what better qualification could there be than an international...

MBA scholarships open doors

Those wishing to advance their career through study but lack the necessary financials, can apply for an MBA scholarship programme

The MBA qualification is internationally recognised and both government departments and private companies from all over the world employ a large number of MBA graduates every year. Many top business schools have a 100 percent success rate in placing their...

MBA accreditation is “key to success”

Those who take the MBA course at a highly regarded business school can almost certainly be guaranteed a place in employment, it appears

Pausing your career to enrol in a full time MBA programme is neither a cheap nor a simple task. The vast majority of MBA students take the course for one reason only: They hope it will propel their careers and allow them to reach top management level much...

European and American MBAs go head to head

The competition across the Atlantic for the highest standard in MBAs is hotting up

Lately, UK business schools have had remarkable success in attracting students that would normally have opted for an MBA in the US. The Dean of Henley Business School, Chris Bones, commented, "A consistently undervalued pound means the UK has been gaining...

The future of consulting

Capability, expertise and research will lead the way as consultancy firms shift focus from processes to people, writes Claire Arnold

My name is Claire Arnold, and I am a management consultant. Are these words that should be spoken with a sense of pride, or are they a source of embarrassment – a confession to be muttered at that guilty morning croissant or the trust-circle at worka...

Corporates look to science for people management

Advances in applying measurement and evaluation science are transforming basic people management into human capital management – the shape of things to come for organisations worldwide, writes Nicholas Higgins

A strange phenomenon exists in many 21st century organisations. It has become almost a cliché – for perfectly honourable reasons – for a chief executive to claim that “our people are our greatest asset.” Senior executives typically share a clear ...

MBAs show graduates flexing muscles

The changing MBA market. The Masters in Business Administration (MBA) qualification is clearly a success story

The Masters in Business Administration (MBA) qualification is clearly a success story. The degree has become firmly established as the world’s leading business qualification and top employers continue to recruit their future leaders from the best bu...

Harvard Business points to gowth of the mega-region

Richard Florida, Director of the Martin Prosperity Institute, and Professor of business and creativity at the University of Toronto’s Joseph Rotman School of Management, discuss global economy and its location

Nations have long been considered the fundamental economic units of the world, but that distinction no longer holds true. Today, the natural units - and engines - of the global economy are mega-regions, cities and suburbs in powerful conurbations, at time...

Zimbabwe

234.1% of GDP, pariah of debt markets, but with hopes for a healthy twelve months ahead

Japan

197.5%, hard-hit by the tsunami, and reeling from the internal corruption allegations

Greece

142.8%, possibly heading for default, and considered one of many eurozone bad boys

Lebanon

133.8%, deceptively, has a strong banking sector, but little more in an ailing economy

Iceland

126%, hopelessly indebted banks and very little light at the end of a long and gloomy tunnel

Italy

119% of GDP, in need of reform, paying over 7% for its debt thanks to technocratic leadership

Singapore

106%, to many an idyllic investment destination, a great borrower, repayer, and long term option

Belgium

101%, no government for most of 2011 didn’t help a weak economy in dire need of stimulus

Egypt

90%, high but it’s recovering from a long and protracted revolution and aiming high

European Union

82%, stronger countries like Germany are contaminated by the weakest. It could go on…