Talk:Master of Business Administration/Archive 1

message: The term "Executive" adds no information. Problem is that there are some EMBA programs that are top-notch. Example: Wharton used to (maybe still does) offer an EMBA that was two weeks of intense training. The program was/is aimed at senior-level executives. Lately, undergraduate institutions have started offering what they call EMBA programs. What they really are are more specialized (read: fewer credit requirements) MBA programs.
With more and more U.S. colleges adopting the name "university," it is harder to distinguish between true MBA programs offered by graduate institutions and "MBA" programs offered by undergraduate institutions. Within the U.S., all colleges/universities are categorized into "Carnegie classifications." The Carnegie classification indicates the type of institution according to the highest degrees offered: I = institution that offers a significant number of doctoral degrees, IIa = institution that offers some doctoral degrees and/or a significant number of masters degrees, IIb = institution that offers some masters degrees and/or a significant number of bachelors degrees, III = institution that offers two-year degrees. Generally speaking, a true "university" is a class I or class IIa institution.
Wikiant 19:37, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: EMBA alumni directories are generally regarded as the sources of top tier business talent in the world.
There are two debatable points here:
* That EMBA students are generally top-tier: This point is supported by the business experience requirement for EMBA grads, but can't any school graduate duds now and then, especially for something as subjective as management?
* That everyone else is not top-tier: Why is someone who gets an MBA fulltime after undergrad and then goes on to a successful business career necessarily less 'top-tier' than someone who waits longer and gets an EMBA after climbing the ladder?
Anyway, the claim is that EMBA are "regarded" as this, so I won't remove it if someone who knows more about business schools can corroborate the claim. --Saforrest 14:40, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Executive MBA: neutral? 

message: This is in the beginning of the article: "However, completion of a professional MBA does not usually preclude admission to a Ph.D. (program for research-oriented engagements) although it could be helpful."  I'm not even sure what this is supposed to mean.  Perhaps it means that people with MBAs don't usually go ont to get Ph.D.s (as indeed most people in general don't) but having an MBA can help you gain admittance into a Ph.D. program?  Whatever it means, it needs to be rewritten.  As it stands, it's both grammatically incorrect and incomprehensible. --68.239.196.248 03:42, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sentence needs re-write 

message: USA Today just published an article about the jump in average salaries for recent MBA grads. I think this is pertinent info for anyone interested in getting an MBA. I think it would be even better if the Wiki article had a section on various average salaries across industries and years of experience, with or without an MBA. But for starters, at least, could we add this bit of info from USA Today?
edit - I've mentioned the article. I need a better reason than "not encyclopedic" to remove it. :)
Rasi2290 00:59, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I just left a post on your user page going into more detail, but it is important to realize this article is not for people interested in getting an MBA.  This is an encyclopedia.  This is an article  for people interested in finding out what an MBA is.  -James Howard (talk/web) 03:37, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Maybe an MBA "is" something that boosts your income.  Isn't that relevant to what it "is"?  If you want to be technical, an "MBA" is some letters printed on a sheet of paper.  But there's no need to be like that.Xproudfoot 20:11, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Average starting salary with MBA 

message: The spam warning currently listed on the page is unecessary.  All the current external links are legitemate sites for those who are interested in learning about MBAs in their area as business education in general.Elwood64151 19:45, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think the problem was not so much the existing links but that people were frequently adding in spam-type links to the list? Paddles TC 21:36, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: That is why I keep reädding it. -James Howard (talk/web) 15:23, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

text: I removed that link because it was presented like an advertisement, calling it an "official" site for the GMAT, which is blatantly false (www.gmac.com is the official GMAT site because they actually administer the test). Wikipedia isn't really supposed to be a portal of links. If that site has something in it that can be referenced in the article, fine, but on its own there's no reason to include it over hundreds of other "informational" commercial MBA sites. =Axlq 04:21, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

text: I just removed it again. Between me and others, it's been removed 3 times now, and re-posted each time by what appears to be a different sockpuppet. =Axlq 23:49, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spam Warning 

message: Many, many prestigious schools offer a BS in business administration, so linking directly to the MBA seems a wee bit odd.  I don't know enough about the programs to write the regular business administration article, but I was hoping someone would make the correction.--Bobak 20:05, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why does "business administration" redirect here? 

message: Do they teach how to manipulate and use people in MBA?
Unsolicited 10:05, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I suppose, if you specialize in Human Resources or Organizational Behavior. -Amatulic 04:54, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

text: Go for it. I recently added some noncommercial links to MBA ranking information resources, but somebody reverted them. See this revision. You might find stuff on those sites to be useful reference material. -Amatulic 18:25, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  People Management in MBA 

message: I have gone over this article from top to bottom, cleaning it up, fixing citations, expanding where necessary, removing questionable or unverifiable sentences, etc. I think this article has finally reached the state where the "cleanup" tag can be removed, so I have done so. -Amatulic 23:35, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: As a consequence of cleanup, old discussions have been archived. -Amatulic 19:56, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Cleanup