Greetings!
I am a Prof. at Inha University School of Business in S. Korea and I am currently doing research on N. American MBA programs. I would be curious to know:

1. What are the trends in N. American MBA programs (onine programs, international focus, study tours, and etc)?

2. How popular are MBA international study missions to foreign countries?

3. How did the 2008 financial crisis affect MBA programs?

4. How has globalization affected MBA programs?

5. How have MBA programs been changing over the years?

I really appreciate any feedback.

Best Regards,
Prof. Bradley Brennan

These are very broad questions. Why don't you do a bit of your own research and come back with something more specific?

I think any response we give here is just our opinion and broad generalization. I am sure you are looking for trends based on data points, which we don't have.

1. What are the trends in N. American MBA programs (onine programs, international focus, study tours, and etc)? Too broad to generalize, you need to come back with a sample size. Top 50 programs or top 450 programs?

2. How popular are MBA international study missions to foreign countries?
Not very. Only a handful of students are actually interested in studying abroad. The MBA format in most US schools don't allow to spend a semester abroad.

3. How did the 2008 financial crisis affect MBA programs?
Adversely. (Generic Question, Generic Answer)

4. How has globalization affected MBA programs?
Different management techniques exists across the world varying according to culture and business values. I believe so far only Japanese management style of manufacturing (think toyota, Kaizen, JIT) have made their way into US electives.
Few years ago there were schools with big focus on "Global" MBA and "Global" skills - think Thunderbird and the likes. They have fadded away with time.

5. How have MBA programs been changing over the years?
Increasing their fees for once. But some MBA programs are going for specialization while some other are going for generalization providing "holistic" views

These are very broad questions. Why don't you do a bit of your own research and come back with something more specific?

These are very broad questions. Why don't you do a bit of your own research and come back with something more specific?

I think any response we give here is just our opinion and broad generalization. I am sure you are looking for trends based on data points, which we don't have.

1. What are the trends in N. American MBA programs (onine programs, international focus, study tours, and etc)? Too broad to generalize, you need to come back with a sample size. Top 50 programs or top 450 programs?

2. How popular are MBA international study missions to foreign countries?
Not very. Only a handful of students are actually interested in studying abroad. The MBA format in most US schools don't allow to spend a semester abroad.

3. How did the 2008 financial crisis affect MBA programs?
Adversely. (Generic Question, Generic Answer)

4. How has globalization affected MBA programs?
Different management techniques exists across the world varying according to culture and business values. I believe so far only Japanese management style of manufacturing (think toyota, Kaizen, JIT) have made their way into US electives.
Few years ago there were schools with big focus on "Global" MBA and "Global" skills - think Thunderbird and the likes. They have fadded away with time.

5. How have MBA programs been changing over the years?
Increasing their fees for once. But some MBA programs are going for specialization while some other are going for generalization providing "holistic" views

This is a site for applicants, generally, so you'll find very few people here who work for business schools. I don't think there's been a noticeable change at the masters level in study abroad, in the way that there was been in undergraduate education. I am not really sure that many students value it educationally, unless going to a more developed market. I'd guess that schools in mainland China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, India... maybe even Mexico might be interested in trips to Korea (for example) but few in the USA would do that. Even at the SKY schools, I would guess that there are more students wanting to exchange out of Korean than exchange in. Their international summer schools, for example, look underpriced and I guess that reflects supply and demand. The lack of interest in dual programmes with Koreans schools is also disappointing.

This is a site for applicants, generally, so you'll find very few people here who work for business schools. I don't think there's been a noticeable change at the masters level in study abroad, in the way that there was been in undergraduate education. I am not really sure that many students value it educationally, unless going to a more developed market. I'd guess that schools in mainland China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, India... maybe even Mexico might be interested in trips to Korea (for example) but few in the USA would do that. Even at the SKY schools, I would guess that there are more students wanting to exchange out of Korean than exchange in. Their international summer schools, for example, look underpriced and I guess that reflects supply and demand. The lack of interest in dual programmes with Koreans schools is also disappointing.

For perspective: How many non-Korean Americans have graduated from those joint programs? Surely that is a nice market.