I had the opportunity to interview a manager in a multinational company about the ongoing MBA course being taken by this individual. For confidential reasons and upon their personal request, I will not identify the name and gender of this individual.
I am providing a summary of their dislikes, wish-list, overkill, and likes.
Dislikes:
1. “Schedule: On top of the Friday 6:00-9:30 and Saturday 9:00-4:30 classes, they didn’t tell us about the other schedules during the week which I was not prepared [for].”
2. “Marketing program was not as extensive as I had hoped. Most of the program, I already knew.”
3. “I don’t think there is enough time to learn, discuss, process with just 5 sessions consisting of 3 hours each per course.”
4. “The reading materials are so rich, but the time given to read and understand is not realistic. I had an 800 page book for XXX, nasa Chapter 1 pa lang ako tapos na ‘yung program.”
5. “4 to 6 hours per week for learning team working sessions, plus exams/quizzes were done outside class hours so that’s another 2-3 hours per week.”
6. “MDS (a Mansmith and Fielders marketing course) gave more frameworks and more examples that we can relate to (vs. that from my eMBA school).”
Wish-List:
1. “Preparation (lessons) available for Econ and Finance Management. Preparation (lessons) was only for Accounting.”
2. “Schedule of classes, exams, [and] workload provided before registration (full disclosure).”
Overkill:
1. “60 students in 1 zoom room all trying to gain class participation points (for P1.5 million tuition).”
Likes:
1. “Study now pay later (0% installment 5Y to pay)”
2. “Most of the professors are successful practitioners and share a lot of insights, not just theories.
3. “Community is collaborative and caring.”
4. “I still think despite my complaints, I’m still getting a better education and experience in YYY than I would have in ZZZ (another MBA school).”
Questions:
- If you are the MBA school, how can you better communicate and manage expectations of working students to avoid surprises e.g. additional 6-9 hours weekly schedules needed to make time for the MBA work?
- How can you address the complaints that the marketing courses of Mansmith and Fielders “gave more frameworks and more examples” compared to your MBA school?
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