Online MBA

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0:03 the MBA at Birmingham was really
0:05 thought-provoking and challenging. What I
0:06 liked most was that it you know also
0:09 looked at how businesses contribute to
0:10 society in a positive way – not only
0:13 creating um you know shareholder value
0:15 but, also stakeholder value for all all
0:17 people in society. Why I um decided to do
0:20 an MBA is um to be honest was important
0:23 for me to challenge myself and to
0:25 educate myself. I knew that the you know
0:28 the quality of teaching was very high uh
0:30 and I was looking for a course um you
0:32 know that gave me the flexibility to
0:33 combine work life with family life. You
0:35 know, University of Birmingham uh proved
0:37 to be the the course you know that
0:38 offered that the best. Why the University
0:40 of Birmingham? Because it’s one of the
0:42 top 100 uh universities in the world. The
0:46 most important learning point I took
0:48 from the business school was um
0:50 perseverance, resilience, and you need a
0:53 very high level of organisation because
0:55 as a distance learner I worked full-time
0:57 and I did a part-time degree –
1:00 so you need to be highly organised to be
1:02 able to juggle both. I think the skills
1:05 and knowledge I’ve gained from this
1:06 program will be applicable really in any
1:09 future role that I have. I plan to use
1:11 the skills and knowledge learned from
1:12 this MBA in my career to advance it to a
1:16 more senior level. Having that overall
1:20 strategy – understanding – is really
1:21 valuable to employers. The course was
1:23 about 2 and a half years and in that
1:25 time I’ve been promoted twice. Yeah, the
1:27 study and the degrees definitely
1:29 contributed to this that. The course
1:30 contributed to my career success by
1:32 giving me a clear understanding of what
1:33 I want to do and uh how I want to do it.
1:36 So I think for me the highlight of the
1:38 course was probably the Deloitte challenge
1:40 where we had a number of senior Deloitte
1:43 staff. It was the most intense concentration
1:46 really of everything that we’ve learned
1:47 in the course. I’ve got so many uh
1:50 favourite memories of the programme. The
1:52 university offered the opportunity to go
1:54 to Singapore and do a module there – for
1:56 me it was very clear that that was
1:58 something I wanted to do so I did my
2:00 very last module in Singapore and yeah
2:02 what a great way to finish. MBA at
2:05 Birmingham is a generalist MBA, so you
2:07 cover a lot of aspects of business – be it
2:09 marketing, HR, finance, and so on. And it
2:12 gives a great top-level overview of how
2:14 businesses operate in this changing
2:15 world. if you’re considering doing an MBA
2:17 at the University of Birmingham, go for
2:20 it. It’s a lot of heart work, but you’ll
2:23 find it very rewarding. Honestly, I can’t
2:25 recommend the MBA highly enough it’s
2:27 been
2:28 life-changing
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