Seminar on MBA.ppt
- 1. Perception of the value of an MBA is crucial.
- 2. • MBAs Remain the Top Choice It is perceived that certain professional characteristics are innately present in most MBA recruits
- 3. A Look into the Future • An organization less like an army (hierarchical, focused on winning) and more like a family/community (collaborative, focused on well-being of members) than today's large organizations; • Better able to deal with complexity • Has a flexible definition of 'work' that is purposeful and meaningful to its people; • Is accessible, inclusive and diverse • Is responsive to the communities it operates in • Is self-managed, innovative and entrepreneurial
- 4. • Generates deep mutual respect and trust in its people; • Is resilient and agile, and capable of 'acting in the moment' • Attracts people skilled at collaboration and inclined to work collaboratively; • Has a self-determined, shared set of values; • Is committed to "not being evil“ • Is amoeba-like (permeable borders, good sensors, able to change shape when necessary, a strong guiding nucleus, and replicable; • Is attuned to and responsive to customer needs (rather than "trying to sell them something they don't really need or want");
- 5. • Accommodates needs and conflicting demands of its people, using principles of reciprocity; • Motivates and engages its people; • Cross-pollinates people, ideas, knowledge, points of view; • Is transparent and authentic; • Is not location-based or location-dependent; • Uses sustainable, cradle-to-cradle practices, and does more with less; • Engages customers and other partners in design, development and decision-making, to tap into the wisdom of crowds;
- 6. • Has rotating leadership, with leaders who see where the future is going before others do, and inspires others to act on that vision, and who are able to translate the complexity around them into simple truths that have meaning, direction and predictability (rather than encouraging the cult of leadership and the messiah complex of many of today's leaders). • Accommodates and leverages the skills and qualities of women; Finds and clears away obstacles that prevent its people from doing their best • Learns from nature • Teaches people to communicate extraordinarily well, and encourages authentic, powerful conversations; • Recognizes our responsibility to leave a legacy for our children, and pays attention to them and learns from them
- 7. The foremost traits that corporate recruiters look for in MBA candidates are: • Sound communication and interpersonal skills • Ability to analyze and strategize • Leadership skills
- 8. The realisation, by organizations as well as individuals, that narrow professional qualifications or functional skills are ultimately not enough in a business environment where there is a need to take an integrated and increasingly global view of how a decision in one sphere impacts on others – precisely what an MBA teaches.
- 9. • Sea changes in the attitude of business schools themselves, as they have competed to provide programmes which reflect the needs and realities of business and industry; • For instance in giving a multinational dimension to team and group work and relating the dissertation or project (a key part of almost all programmes) to the real world. • Thus part-time and distance-learning students often undertake projects for and within their own organisation, while full-timers do a piece of ‘live’ consultancy for a client who is prepared to pay for their services. • In both cases the exercise is overseen by a faculty member, so in effect the client is getting the services of a consultant at a discount rate.
- 10. • Companies generally look for candidates who will both slot comfortably into their system and simultaneously stand out. • Fitting in means having the basic qualities needed to participate well in the system and be accepted as a peer, rather than as an oddity, by one’s colleagues. If you can do the work, subscribe to a organisation’s goals and get on well with the other members, then you will fit in. • Standing out means bringing something unique to the organisation, something that distinguishes you from other members. Fitting in and standing out
- 11. Traits are companies looking for in an MBA • Internationally mobile • sensitive to cultural diversity / good cultural fit • good technical grounding • specializes in strategy, operations, and human-capital • Better understanding of a company’s integrated functionality • international outlook and a marketing mindset • adapt readily to a fast-changing environment • out-of-the-box thinking and action • good sense of timing • leadership potential • street smarts
- 12. • entrepreneurial-minded • passion for the product -- and the business behind it • consensus-driven • strong mental athleticism • persuasive • willing to learn • articulate, curious, and motivated • mix of humility, respect, and wisdom • taste for long hours and an irreverent culture • Emphasis on professionalism • Stress on deliverables and deadlines