Hi Shalini, I have done my MBA from ISB in 2006. Undoubtedly, your takeaways from an MBA increase substantially if you have prior work ex. i know, this sounds cliched to me, but trust there are far many things to an MBA than learning kotler and NPV. The essence of strategy, the fundamentals of entrepreneurship, the importance of industry networking, all these things are clearly understood only by someone who has atleast some industry exp. Also, it helps when you hv seen the industry so that you are better aware of the trends and opportunities rather than simply following the herd mentality as freshers are prone to do.As far as indian schools (and more imp. recruiters are concerned), clearly the trend is tilting towards MBAs with prior work ex. Take the placement records of the last 2 years at all the leading B schools and you will find taht all the stellar placements were bagged by people with prior work ex. The point is your own learning from an MBA is far better if you have some work ex.
RE:Prior work ex. is definitely better
by Pavan on Jul 21, 2006 10:12 AM Permalink
Hello Mr Rishi Verma,
Thanks for your message on the above subject. I completely will agree with you.
In my opinion, today a common man with 2-3 years of experience cannot look back to his academics. The only alternative for him is Distance Education. I hope you to will agree with me.
At present, the standards of Distance Education were very poor and were very expensive from professional institutions.
Regarding myself, I am having two years of work experience after graduation, at a Pharmaceutical company, in Logistics. I did my MBA in Marketing from IASE, Rajasthan while working. I had completed it now. I am getting offers from good companies in the same domain and areas.
Some companies were not considering the Distance studies for example, TCS. I want to shift my career as a Domain/ Functional Consultant.
Please advise whether I am going in the right way.
RE:Prior work ex. is definitely better
by Samir on Jul 20, 2006 08:02 PM Permalink
Hi Rishi I like ur reply.... I am having a query. What about an engineer with work experience in technical field.. How does his work experience is beneficial in getting highlighted?
I have been working for a year...Work-ex is definitely preferred. A guy with good 2 year work-ex and an MBA frm a B grade B School is better than a guy without any work ex from an A Grade school. It is preferred frm the view point of B Schools and companies who will give u placement later. More importantly in case u have work-ex then u will be able to learn more and better, an aspect people ignore.
RE:Preferred
by Bhavin.P.Shah on Jul 21, 2006 09:28 AM Permalink
So which institute best suits an experienced person and what is the minimum experience required?
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by Mukesh Modi on Jul 20, 2006 06:57 PM Permalink
Hi All, I think work ex is more very much important. Its similar to situation whn a guy is switching from one domain to another and he has prior experience in that domain may be during his college time so if he has prior experience he can cope up very easily. We can read a lot of books but we cannot learn practical experince. i m a software engg in samsung. Still I m planning to go for MBA after a exp so that wht I will read there there sud be a clear image in my mind. Otherwise I can read but I can never see practical experience.
Regards Mukesh Modi software engg samsung India Bangalore
RE:Preferred
by Avinash on Jul 21, 2006 10:25 AM Permalink
Fact of the matter is when it comes to placement there is no much pay differential between people with about 2-3 years expereince to a fresher.. Instead of wasting 2 years in a low paying entry level job its better to do an MBA as soon as you graduet from college Another important thing is once u start working after ur MBA..usually the number of expereince after MBA is counted.. Pre-MBa work doesnt have much value in most cases..
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by chintan on Jul 21, 2006 04:00 PM Permalink
Courses like MBA are always preferred after some years of work experience. You can always compare learning in your course with actual happening. Without work experience it will be difficult to graps. You even come to know the importance of topics covered in MBA>
Work ex ... preferred.
by Nagesh on Jul 18, 2006 04:54 PM Permalink
I would go by Asst. Professor NAGARAJ SHENOY. What we learn in class rooms is entirely different than what actually happens in real work place. My preference would be work and then study. This also makes you relise your dreams and how to achieve those and how much does it cost to "be there".
