purpose of pursuing mba programme??what is the best answer for this question

There are several reasons why someone might choose to pursue an MBA. Money is certainly one of those reasons, but far from the only one. Many people who attend full time MBA programs are career switchers. That is, they are high performing in their current job, but it isn't what they want to do. This might either be a function issue or an industry issue. Perhaps someone is a marketer in the food industry for a company like Kraft but wants to do marketing for a high tech company like Apple. Alternately, someone might be working in supply chain for a consumer products goods company like Proctor and Gamble but would rather work in marketing for a similar company. Maybe someone wants to switch both industry and function. More likely, someone might not know exactly where they want to go, but they do know they don't like where they are now and they are hoping to figure that out. This is very common, but very risky. Recruiting hits full speed 4-6 months into business school, and is very difficult to manage if you don't know where you want to go by then. Other people, like me, come back to business school to learn specific information. I knew, as a person running a business, that there was specific information I was simply lacking from accounting to operations to marketing and organizational behavior. This is all generalist knowledge and not particularly in depth, but I was a general manager so it was perfect. Business school was also the next step for me. I had nowhere to grow in my organization, and I didn't feel particularly competitive without the education. I didn't know it when I decided to come back to business school, but I didn't really know how to find a job either. It also helps to be in a place where recruiters come to you. At the end of the day I do expect to make more money. I need to, I have taken on a very large amount of debt and will need to pay it off before I can really start earning a profit from these years of my life. The final point is that business school is fun. It's college again, but with people who have professional experience. You will make extremely close friends that last a lifetime at B-School, and that is not something to be ignored.

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