Post MBA level Business Strategist

Our client, a leading Management Consultancy with a global presence is seeking an accomplished Business Strategist with generalist practice experience. The candidate will ideally have worked for a leading Strategy House and shown remarkable career progression.

The individual will be familiar with all aspects of client engagement including core data gathering skills and market, competitor and financial analysis. He / she will be able to conduct complex presentations to senior members of a project team and have evaluated acquisitions and recommendations. The candidate will also display a keen interest in leadership and developing new client business. Applicants with part Banking (Corporate Finance / M&A experience) will also be given consideration.

Academic excellence is required with an MBA from a leading Business School and first class academics throughout schooling and into University. In addition, the candidate will have distinguished him / herself in an extra-curricular capacity. An international outlook is essential and a second language a distinct advantage.

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Work of MBA student photographers on display LENS 2007 contest winners celebrated

The prize-winning photographs from LENS 2007 will be on display at the Rotman School of Management through April 18.

LENS 2007 is the second annual competition featuring photos taken by students enrolled in the Rotman Schools two- and three-year MBA programs. This year, 167 entries were submitted for consideration by 35 students. Ten winners were chosen and celebrated at a March 19 reception at the school.

First prize was awarded to Mike Graham (MBA 2008) for his photo Down the Tower Stairs taken at Ronneberg Castle, Ronneberg, Germany. Michelle Lozano (MBA 2007) earned second prize for her photo Sunday Morning taken in Calgary, Alta. Jon Kimball (MBA 2007) received third place honours for his photo Off the Map taken in Yangshou, China, while Kathy Skelton placed fourth (MBA 2008) for her photo Reflection taken at Etosha National Park in Namibia. Rounding out the top 10, in no particular order, were Fernando Sepulveda (MBA 2008); Roger Thompson (MBA 2007); Valerie Whitt (MBA 2007); Richard Ahn (MBA 2008); David Keil (MBA 2008); and Ross McKegney (MBA 2008).

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Management school capping enrollment

The University at Buffalo School of Management is shrinking its incoming class in a bid to improve its place in national rankings and create more demand for higher-quality students.

The incoming fall class in the graduate program will be capped at 100 to 120 full- time students, down from about 150, said David Frasier, assistant dean and director of full-time graduate programs in the school.

The strategy is very clearly to increase the overall quality of the full-time MBA class with an objective of improving our national profile, he said.

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Its not easy to please these MBA grads

A five-figure salary, accommodation, car and other frills are just not enough to hook these management graduates. MNCs queuing up at citys B-schools could do well by considering this: Make the job profile more appealing.

Package is not the only consideration. I can compromise on a few thousands, but the job should be to my liking, said Divjot Gill, a final year MBA student at Punjab College of Technical Education.

At PAU Business Department, a few students, in fact, refused to sit for interviews as they did not fancy the job profiles posted by the companies.

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MNCs queue up at doors of city B-schools

Pay packets of management students in the city are becoming heftier by the day. Ask 22-year-old Nidhi Juneja, a final year MBA student at Punjab College for Technical Education (PCTE), who has just bagged a fat one — Rs 6.25 lakh per annum — from google.com.

Nidhi is not alone; there are 11 others with her awaiting the final round of HR introduction in the company.

Says an ecstatic Nidhi, The best part is that I didnt have to go to Pune or Bangalore, I got a good job right here. Ludhiana indeed is becoming a hot destination for jobs.

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Rotman MBAs Win Not-For-Profit Case Competition

For the second consecutive year, a team of MBA students from the University of Torontos Rotman School of Management have won an international case competition at The George Washington University School of Business.
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The Rotman team, consisting of first-year MBA student Sarah Stern and second-year MBA students Abhijit Rawal, Hala Kosyura, and Ellie Avishai, defeated teams from 20 other business schools to take the first place prize.

The annual competition, held the weekend of March 17 in Washington D.C., focuses on finding business solutions for a not-for profit agency. This years case focused on the AARP, which is trying to determine whether it should expand its services to include the 25 to 34 age group. The Rotman team proposed a solution based on a savings initiative that targeted families.

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Full-time vs part-time MBA

I am 32 years old and working as a quality manager in the automotive component industry. I have been in this line for over seven years now. I am contemplating doing a full-time MBA (Finance) in one of South-East Asias reputed B-schools. I have done a one-year diploma in financial management and am interested in finance, investments and insurance (am qualified to sell insurance too).

I plan to do an MBA because I feel it would give my career a lift and also because I think I have been in my field (quality assurance) for too long. I would like to know if this would be a good move for me. Am I too old to do a full-time MBA? Or, would it be better to study part-time? I am not married and have no major financial commitments.

As you have already done a diploma in financial management, you may follow it up with a regular one-year MBA programme with specialisation in finance from a reputed institution. This would cut the lead time by one year compared to the two-year regular MBA model. You can move away from quality assurance to finance/insurance with confidence. A full-time MBA from a renowned institution has its own advantages in terms of better placement opportunities. This is the right time for you to switch, and your age is no bar for studying MBA. While choosing the institution, take into account especially, its credentials in placing students with work experience. From full-time work to full-time study, you should be prepared to put in extra hours and the maximum effort to stay on top.

Source : thehindubusinessline.com

UC Davis MBA Students Make Corporate Tour of Japan

Any trade delegation to Japan would be envious of the itinerary: exclusive meetings with leaders of more than a dozen major corporations, a visit to the Tokyo Stock Exchange and dinner with senior officials responsible for the countrys industry and trade.

But this two-week trip begins this weekend for 13 MBA students at the Graduate School of Management at UC Davis. The trip is the culmination of the schools 10-week international management practicum — one of the ways the management school helps prepare its students to lead in the global economy.

The course and field study, introduced 10 years ago, integrate concepts from every discipline in the MBA curriculum and open a window onto the markets, industries and business practices of the region studied.

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UAs top 50 MBA ranking scuttled by flawed report

A report that listed UAs MBA programs among the nations top 50 has been retracted.

CNNMoney.com last week listed UAs Eller Graduate School of Management among Fortunes Top 50 Business Schools for Getting Hired.

But a correction was issued Tuesday saying the reports data and methodology may have been flawed.

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Henley Management College launches full-time MBA degree

Henley Management College, one of the worlds top management education providers, has launched an Executive Full-Time MBA programme that has been recognised as one of the best MBAs on offer anywhere in the world.

The Henley Management College MBA programme places particular emphasis on personal development, reflected in its ranking by the Economist Intelligence Unit as number 1 in the world for Personal Development and Educational Experience. It is also ranked 2nd overall in the UK for MBA Degrees and 3rd in the world for salary increase.

Henley Management Colleges MBA Degree is aimed at experienced managers, typically in their mid- to late-thirties, who have experience of managing teams and projects and want to develop into global managers. Each intake is made up of approximately 25 students, who study in small working groups, each consisting of five or six students.

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