MBA or another Masters

mahoney

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Posted Jun 14, 2012 14:30

Hi, I am currently in a dilemma at this point. I have an engineering degree and am currently completing an M.Sc. in Information systems at University of East Anglia. However, I want to broaden my knowledge base to business as I plan run my own IT consulting firm in future. At this point, is an MBA or another M.Sc course, probably in Management, appropriate?
And another factor is my lack of work experience which is a requisite for the top MBA schools.

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Duncan

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Posted Jun 14, 2012 15:03

Are you in the IS programme or the Strategic Information Systems degree?

UAE is a world-leading school for data-mining so, if you have any interest in that, I suggest you take that elective and go to to somewhere like Aviva, IBM, BT, HBSC, Logica... somewhere like that for a year or two. Then get solid IT consulting experience for a couple of years, to develop more business skills, and do your MBA then.

UEA grads often do well at Warwick, Henley, Cranfield, LBS, Cambridge and Imperial.

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mahoney

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Posted Jun 14, 2012 15:10

Thanks alot

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BigD

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Posted Jun 14, 2012 18:11

If you mean consultancy starting by yourself (rather than joining a large consultancy), then forget further academic qualifications , get out there and work and invest your money earned on training as you develop: whether it is SAP, Oracle or similar. This will give you a start in lieu of your limited experience. Your knowledge of management is not what you need starting out unless you are considering an entrepreneurial development rather than services-based consultancy.

BigD

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ezra

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Posted Jun 15, 2012 09:54

get out there and work and invest your money earned on training as you develop: whether it is SAP, Oracle or similar.

This is good advice. In the end though, there's no substitute for real work experience: if you want to end up at the head of your own IT consulting firm, you'll need to have been involved in some real-world projects. So here's what I'd suggest: go out, work for a couple years, get certified in SAP/Oracle, etc., and then revisit this question. At that point you'll have the real-world experience that you can leverage in an MBA program.

<blockquote>get out there and work and invest your money earned on training as you develop: whether it is SAP, Oracle or similar. </blockquote>
This is good advice. In the end though, there's no substitute for real work experience: if you want to end up at the head of your own IT consulting firm, you'll need to have been involved in some real-world projects. So here's what I'd suggest: go out, work for a couple years, get certified in SAP/Oracle, etc., and then revisit this question. At that point you'll have the real-world experience that you can leverage in an MBA program.

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