Author: MBA Pundit
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Decision Science – An MBA course at the Said Business School
A core course taken in the first term 8 lectures, plus reading and study group work Pre-course thoughts As far as I can tell this course is statistics for business use. Looking at the course structure it seems to start with an introduction to statistics and statistical tools, and situations where these techniques are useful.…
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Financial Accounting – an MBA course at Said Business School
A core course taken in the first term 8 lectures, plus 4 1 hour support classes Pre-course thoughts According to the course material this is primarily about how to interpret annual reports, and to a lesser extent how to write them. I’ve read plenty of annual reports in my time, but have to admit that…
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MBA Finances – Financing an MBA
When I started down the application process I expected sourcing finance to be the hardest part of the whole process. Once you take into account fees, living expenses, rent, study materials and the inevitable laptop purchase you’re looking at a significant sum. In my case about £30 – 35 000 for a single year. This…
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Choosing an MBA School
Types of School There is a lot of choice when it comes to taking an MBA, and a whole bunch of criteria to consider. The schools all proclaim that their MBA is unique and valuable and that theirs is the one you should choose. They may well be right. As far as I can tell…
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MBA Essays
I guess the most useful thing I can do here is post up my essays for people to look at. My basic thoughts when I was writing them were Explain why I wanted to do an MBA Explain why I wanted to do an MBA at Oxford Highlight my strengths / achievements / etc. Provide…