Hello all,

I browsed MBA/EMBA program that I can do part-time and found LSE' Executive Global Master in Management. LSE website mentions that it is MBA alternative. Core courses are similar to MBA's core courses. However, it focuses more on academic approach.

LSE brand is very interesting. However, its degree is not called MBA. What is employer's view on this?

My goal is to switch career. I have been in engineering for a while, but I want to move to consulting (performance, industry expert, etc).

Thank you for advice ;-)

Well, it is not an MBA. As you say it is a more scholarly and critical approach rather than an executive development programme. The LSE does not have the sort of career services and alumni network of a business school. For MBA level roles then take an MBA that places people into your target schools. These lightweight LSE courses, like Trium and the executive MScs, just don't have the content or create the momentum of more capacity-building business school courses.

Thank you for advice Duncan. That is what I'm thinking, too. I know that LSE's courses are same as MBA core courses. But I may not have chance to explain that to future employers. However, I live in Asia, and LSE is a good brand here.
At my age (close to 35), EMBA is more realistic. I looked at Kellogg-HKUST and LBS-HKU-Columbia EMBA, but their fee are too expensive. I am not sure whether reasonable price programs, such as NUS/SMU/NTU in Singapore, will be well-recognized in other countries. It's big investment, so I need to consider many factors.

When you have to explain it is not worth the investment.

Do a proper MBA, part-time is fine. Imperial College part-time MBA is amazing

When you have to explain it is not worth the investment.

Do a proper MBA, part-time is fine. Imperial College part-time MBA is amazing

Respectfully, I think we will have to disagree about whether the EGMM is the same as an MBA curriculum. The EGMM has about half the core courses of, for example, the LBS EMBA (https://www.london.edu/programmes/masters-courses/executive-mba/programme-content/), and two of the LBS core courses (Finance and organisational development) are double modules. Most LBS EMBA will take six to eight electives (It can run a bit higher, especially for people like me who took an international exchange). Taken all together, I'd say the LBS EMBA is three times more learning than the LSE EGMM.

I quite understand that there are people who want a purely managerial overview for their executive education. For me, the most valuable parts of the MBA were the bit I would have otherwise avoided (the courses in financial accounting, operation management, cost accounting, decision science, management accounting, business ethics and macroeconomics). The EGMM skips those topics and brings in some more fashionable substitutes, but survey courses on innovation and FDI do not give the same life-long value as core MBA tools like operations management and macroeconomic analysis.

Hi Donho. Thank you for input. Part-time program is good idea, too. I will check further.
Hi Duncan. Agree. I feel that the number of courses at LSE is fewer than business school's courses. I don't know why. Perhaps, an LSE course, such as econ, contains more contents than other's. Yes, I don't know whether I should study many contents that EGMIM provides.

The LSE is pretty much the only UK school I know that does not have a consistent Ects weighing for its degrees. But as far as I can see it is teaching one course in 30 to 35 hours of contact time, and that is pretty much in line with other British universities. Even if the courses it does teach were longer, the other core courses are electives are certainly absent.

A great comparison. Compare their Executive MPA with their full time MBA. Also very compressed.

Hi all,

I did more research on programs. Among these 3 options, which one makes most sense for career change at mid 30s?

1) LSE EGMIM (I assume that you said no)
2) Part-time MBA. Based on my location, Singapore and Hong Kong schools may be possible. Are they well-reputable enough in other Asian countries? I live in a few Asian countries; people give weight to US/UK schools. I need to consider return on investment.
3) EMBA with good schools (IMD, Kellogg-HKUST, LBS, etc). They are very expensive options. Moreover, I don't know whether they serve my purpose.

Thank you for enlighten me

Let's come back to your goal. You want to move into consulting. For that you will need a deep general management education with strong analytical tools. Chicago, Purdue's IMM, LBS, Strathclyde all come to mind. Look for programmes where each class is taught over an extended period rather than in a block, so perhaps Manchester is good option? Part time courses at NUS, NTU, SMU etc could be excellent.

LSE is always ranked in the top 3 best Schools in the World for business in the main rankings, this degree happen to be one of their flagship program...
This website is not a place to sell coaching but to reflect reality ... I am not sure that having a coach who openly proposes his services to help you apply for MBAs (an would not earn anything by telling you to apply to the Ex. Global Master of LSE) is the best solution...
LSE Executive Master in Global Management is a way above many of the MBAs you quoted...
It is also less expensive and for mid to high level who cannot afford to stop working for one or two years.

Hello all,

I browsed MBA/EMBA program that I can do part-time and found LSE' Executive Global Master in Management. LSE website mentions that it is MBA alternative. Core courses are similar to MBA's core courses. However, it focuses more on academic approach.

LSE brand is very interesting. However, its degree is not called MBA. What is employer's view on this?

My goal is to switch career. I have been in engineering for a while, but I want to move to consulting (performance, industry expert, etc).

Thank you for advice ;-)

I don't get your point. The Executive Global Master in Management cohort is similar to the cohort of an EMBA with a similar or higher price. The experience is more limited to those MBAs. Why do you say it's better? Because of the LSE's performance in reseach-driven rankings that take no account of the Executive Global Master in Management?