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Wednesday, December 28, 2005

Hi Guys,

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Sid

Friday, December 23, 2005

Melbourne Business School Vs AGSM

For Long i have recieved lot of emails requested information on which is a better school AGSM or MBS. Since last 4-5 years i have tried hard to keep track of all Business School ranking being released around the world and these 2 schools have represented australia on any international list. As compared to other international schools like INSEAD and LSE outside US featuring prominently on these lists these schools have less attraction to non-asian international students looking for MBA abroad.

Now to understand how does economics of a country affect study pattern of a school and their overall rankings and student intake would be like writting a thesis. But Lets look at these schools just based on information accessiable to everyone.

MBS is considered more prestigious over AGSM for ages due to its association with University of Melbourne one of the oldest and top ranked institution in Australia. AGSM on the other hand is part of University of New South wales known for its nack for overall business research and association with industry. Now please note being a melbournian inclination towards MBS will be clearer as more text you read of this Blog. But please note its more than the fact as with passing times where admissions have falled across the board for various schools around the world .MBS has been constantly increasing their standards and making it more harder for getting admission into giving you the best class of MBA students to study with.

MBS has always been hard and strong in strategic management and marketing. On comparision AGSM has come strong on executive education and finance is where they score points for me. But keeping in mind both these schools admission criteria implies people with atleast 3-5 years of work experience only seep through means that MBA is not to make you a finance or specialist guy but to provide you skills in leadership and mangement or lead a path of enterprenuership. Keeping this in mind MBS comes out straight winner as they have been known to provide foundation for nurturing leaders of tommorow. To prove this current Australian corporate leadership 70% are graduates or MBS or somehow related to MBS.

Hence for a person who can afford $60,000 in tution fees for 2 years program MBS MBA is the one. On other hand if you are currently on shore in australia and need MBA which can help you get the foundation to keep you moving in career without compromising on financial benefits of being at workplace.even AGSM executive education is a really food alternative. with classes happening all over australia i would even recommend to busy people looking at MBA to improve promotion chances at work.

Also people should look at UQT and Swinburne school of enterprenuership.

Hope this post helps people in making a decision which school they would like to go.