Online MBAs

While critics call for targeting more experienced managers as MBA candidates, it is interesting to note that certain types of MBA programs tend to attract these types of students. For example executive MBA students tend to be experienced managers with a good sense of „real world‟ needs (Lorange, 2005).

Yet much of the research we describe below has focused on more traditional MBA programs or on the perceptions of more experienced MBA students in executive MBA programs outside North America. In our description of the exploratory research reported in this paper, we discuss the perceptions, expectations, and motivations of several cohorts of online MBA students, enrolled in a program specifically targeted to mid-career, work-experienced adult learners.

We argue the position that web-based MBA programs may have the capacity to effectively meet the needs and expectations of mid-career students by facilitating the integration of work and life experience with curriculum content, in keeping with the most compelling criticisms of MBA education. We begin this paper with a review of the literature, focusing on key themes and trends in MBA education, particularly emphasizing online programs. We follow this analysis with a presentation of our methodology and findings, concluding with a discussion of the implications of our exploratory research for MBA curriculum and program design.

කතාව බාගෙන යන ගමන් පහල තියන ඇඩ් එකටත් එකක් දීගෙන යන්න අපිට සප් එකක් හැටියට