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Top 10 Reasons  to join B-school

Joining an MBA programme is often a spur-of-the-moment decision. Students tend to apply as a life-changing urge, rather than as part of a well-thought out career plan. If you are still undecided but feel that an MBA might be the right path to follow, here are ten good reasons why you should pick up that GMAT textbook now.

Even in today’s insecure times when many doubt the benefits of expensive education, MBA programmes are more popular than ever. Contrary to prevailing assumptions, companies worldwide are more inclined than ever to hire MBAs. They simply consider this to be a safe bet since MBA skills are practical, hands-on and applicable from day one. So here are the top ten reasons why you should say Yes! to an MBA and go back to college.

1. Become business savvy
Although an MBA is costly, you will be surprised how much free business advice you will get from faculty, classmates and visiting executives, providing you with knowledge you will be able to directly apply to your work or business afterwards. An MBA class might have a higher concentration of business knowledge than many management board meetings anywhere in the world, and could put in you in touch with some of the greatest business minds. You may never again have the chance to meet such figures in your life after the MBA. So make the most of it.

2. Kick-start your career
Having those three letters after your name will certainly open many corporate doors for you, even in today’s difficult times in almost every country. In a 2012 Graduate Management Admission Council survey of more than 800 companies worldwide. 79% of organizations were planning to hire MBAs from the class of 2012, an increase of 72 per cent as compared to 2011. So, prospects look good for the class of 2013 too. Furthermore, a growing number of more creative industries which traditionally have not been known to require an MBA degree such as advertising, public relations and even NGOs, have seen a significant increase in MBAs joining their ranks and adding excellent value to their operations.

3. Expand your network
When you join an MBA programme, you will be spending your busy days with other ambitious and dedicated people who may end up being your business partners, competitors, employers, lawyers, accountants or suppliers. They in turn will have their own networks of other valuable individuals to whom you will also be provided access. A full-time MBA will be the best time in your life to build some of your most enduring and valuable contacts in business as well as some of your best friendships.

4. Change the course of your career
If you feel your chosen subject is not your calling in life, an MBA will give you the chance relatively early on to change the course of your career and turn it into your dream. For example, you may have a law degree but after a few years of work, even if successful, have realised that law is just not for you – too much sitting behind a desk, too much written work, suits that are too tight, competition too intense, people too shark-like. An MBA will help you most elegantly acquire the new skills you need to go into business either as a manager (where that law degree of yours could be highly useful as well as a little intimidating), or as a business owner. This is probably one of the most profitable combinations in business.

The same might apply to doctors. An MBA might open a path to a career in hospital management, if medicine in its pure form is no longer attractive. For PR and advertising professionals, IT experts, and many others who feel they have chosen the wrong option at college or selected a specialization which is too narrow, an MBA could also open the door to career change now.

5. The luxury to stop and think
An MBA programme provides a rare chance in your adult life to stop for a while and focus on some of the big issues in business without any external disruption. It is an intense and challenging ride, but only in the most positive way. After graduation and once you have joined the high ranks of the corporate world, you may never again have the luxury of taking two years off to explore various interesting theories or hypotheses in depth.

6. Learn Management
Living and studying for a year with ot her intense A-list individuals will teach you how to manage even the most challenging characters to work successfully in a team. This is a key ability of top managers and CEOs worldwide.

7. Excellent financial returns
According to the Financial Times’ 2011 business-school rankings, b-school graduates see a salary increase of no less than 60 percent after graduation. If you move countries for your employment – from Eastern to Western Europe for example – that increase will be much higher. Having an MBA places you on the fast track to better employment. It will not keep you on that track unless you display excellent achievements to justify your pay or corner office, but you will be provided with opportunities which you would otherwise not have been. An MBA programme will teach you a host of practical business skills which your superiors will surely appreciate and they will pay good money to keep reaping the benefits of your ingenuity.

8. Boost your creativity
The intense and challenging environment of an MBA programme will encourage you to think out-of the-box to find new and ingenious solutions to various business problems. That and benefitting from the creative thinking of your fellow students and visiting executives too, will probably be one of the most valuable assets for your MBA studies. Managers and CEOs are indeed very knowledgeable and serious people, but creativity and innovativeness are what set real leaders apart. If you have it in you, business school will bring it out and will provide the most fertile environment in which it will blossom and thrive.

9. Reach a higher level of business
An MBA degree has become the norm for career advancement in a number of industries such as finance for example. In an increasing number of fields, however, especially in the US and Western Europe, it is almost impossible to become CFO or CEO without an MBA. It is a ticket to the board table in IT, pharmaceuticals, production and manufacturing, commerce. An MBA after your name will take you into the inner circles of the most profitable industries where you will be viewed as equal and will be allowed to make an impact upon developments on a much grander scale. An MBA after you name means you are a strategist. It will place you on committees and in boards that you may not otherwise be given access to.

10. Solve business problems
In addition to the esteem that comes with the title “M.B.A.” the bottom line is that you will indeed learn how to solve a host of business problems which you will encounter daily either as a corporate leader or as business owner. You will augment your skill-set and enhance your technical knowledge of your field. You will learn the essence of how business in your industry operates and that knowledge will be practical, useful and hands-on. You will become much more results-orientated and driven to achieve tangible goals; something which will be appreciated by superiors and colleagues on all levels.

MBA at MACFAST is a two year Post Graduate Programme for 120 students. It is designed with the objective of transforming young graduates into competent, responsible and value driven professional managers. While M.G University prescribes the syllabus, MACFAST provides a number of additional programmes and innovations to prepare the students to cope up with corporate, organizational and societal challenges of the future. This meticulous and career oriented activity integrates special programmes with a regular curriculum which goes beyond the classroom. These programmes at MACFAST are designed with a right mix of practical knowledge of Business Industrial Skill set and aptitudes. The learning process at MACFAST facilitates acquisition of competencies and skills required in the International Business Arena with ease and enables students to focus on developing themselves as responsible Future Managers.

MACFAST’s MBA specialization courses:

  • • Marketing
  • • Finance
  • • Human Resource
  • • Information Systems
  • • Operation Management.

Top reasons to join MBA at MACFAST:

  • • Progression in your career
  • • Transitioning Your Career
  • • Increased Salary
  • • MBAs are in high demand
  • • Specialization in a certain field
  • • Opportunities for Networking
  • • Entrepreneurial Skills
  • • Knowledge and managerial skills development
  • • Personality development
  • • Boosts self-assurance and establishes trustworthiness
  • • Program’s Flexibility
  • • No age Limit
  • • Globally accepted Credentials
  • • Long-term financial commitment

Are you looking for a career in top MNC’s, then MACFAST is the one institution you should look into? Mar Athanasios College for Advanced Studies Tiruvalla (MACFAST) is a premier post graduate research institute, established in 2001 and is one of the top colleges in Pathanamthitta which offers the best courses in Business Management, Information Technology and Biosciences. MACFAST is an ISO 9001:  2008 certified institute with NAAC accredited courses in MBA, MCA and Biosciences exclusively handled by experienced faculties with tech – driven ambience transforming young, aspiring professionals in to successful innovators.

MACFAST  is one of the  best MBA college in kerala with placements aimed at molding outstanding students in to managers and leaders . It is one of the best management college accepting CAT/XAT/CMAT/MAT/KMAT  and one of the top ranked B school in Kerala . Being a top MBA college  in Pathanamthitta  , we provide NBA accredited MBA course by using emerging managerial  tools and technologies with a blended hybrid learning method in the form of online and traditional classroom learning with extensive peer interactions and recorded  lectures by eminent faculties .It is also the top ranked management college in kerala  which offers AICTE approved  management courses in Kerala / South India  . After successfully completing four semesters , students will be awarded MBA degree  by Mahatma Gandhi University , Kottayam .

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