Are there any benefits of getting an engineering degree and an MBA after instead of just a bachelors?
Are there any benefits from getting the engineering degree, then following it with an MBA as opposed to just getting a business bachelors degree and then an MBA? I am not too positive about what career I want, but I’m interested in science and technology mostly, and business as well. I want to have as many qualifications as I can, and have the option to do many different things, depending what I decide on closer to graduation and whatnot.
August 10th, 2010 at 6:09 pm
There should be an interval of several years of progressive, promising experience between any Bachelor’s degree and an MBA.
Engineers should get a Master’s in Technology Management, or Engineering Management, not an MBA.
August 10th, 2010 at 6:33 pm
Yes, there are a lot of benefits in getting an engineering degree couples with an MBA. But it is best to put 2-4 year of work experience between the first degree and the MBA. You can also get a masters in engineering management, or another masters degree but those degrees are not as flexible as the MBA and don’t offer as many job opportunities. The MBA degree was originally created because people were promoted to managerial positions, and often they did not know how to manage, although they were good engineers, or scientists. Companies needed managers who could understand what the workers were saying, and managers without the technical work experience often did not understand the people they supervised. Business schools responded by creating the MBA degree. It is a general degree designed to train student to enter any area of management up to CEO. MBA programs accept students with any undergraduate degree. The MBA is in contrast to the MS degree which trains students to reach higher levels of knowledge in their specialty so that they can serve as better staff and researchers, with no intention of becoming high level managers.
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