{"id":52,"date":"2014-12-16T23:38:02","date_gmt":"2014-12-16T23:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/osumba\/?p=52"},"modified":"2014-12-16T23:39:26","modified_gmt":"2014-12-16T23:39:26","slug":"mba-benefit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/osumba\/2014\/12\/16\/mba-benefit\/","title":{"rendered":"How Does an MBA Benefit You?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s behind your decision to earn an MBA? Are you looking to differentiate yourself in a competitive job market? Explore your<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_53\" class=\"wp-caption thumbnail alignright\" style=\"width: 300px;\">\n    <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/osumba\/files\/2014\/12\/careers-and-placement.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-53\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/osumba\/files\/2014\/12\/careers-and-placement-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"MBA students practice communication skills during the elevator pitch competition. \" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/1998\/files\/2014\/12\/careers-and-placement-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/1998\/files\/2014\/12\/careers-and-placement-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/1998\/files\/2014\/12\/careers-and-placement.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n    <figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">MBA students practice communication skills during the elevator pitch competition.<\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n<p>passion for business? Move your career forward? Add new skills to your professional toolbox? Start and run your own company?<\/p>\n<p>Like snowflakes, no two career paths are exactly alike. That\u2019s why MBA programs are designed to provide a well-rounded mix of academic, professional, social and leadership-development experiences to propel your career forward.<\/p>\n<p>When I talk to graduating students about how their MBA experience has served them, I receive a wide range of responses. Here are a few examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cI have a much better understanding of business fundamentals \u2013 what works and what doesn\u2019t and how to get there. I ammuch more confident in analyzing and solving problems.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cI loved the hands-on learning opportunities \u2013 they helped keep my real-world skills fresh and earned me some great connections.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cI\u2019m definitely a better leader and feel equipped to manage teams of all sizes.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cMy knowledge of and appreciation for other cultures and styles of business is definitely going to serve me well at a multinational company.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cI\u2019ve now got friends all over the world \u2013 I feel like I can find a job or a reference almost anywhere I go.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cI now have a wide range of communication skills and styles. I can confidently pitch a customer in an elevator or present to a CEO in a board room.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you would like to learn more about the benefits of earning your MBA, please drop me a line.<\/p>\n<p><em>Brian Precious is the <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/business.oregonstate.edu\/mba\"><em>MBA Program Director at Oregon State University.<\/em><\/a><em> He can be reached at: <\/em><a href=\"mailto:OSUMBA@OregonState.edu\">OSUMBA@OregonState.edu<\/a><em>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s behind your decision to earn an MBA? Are you looking to differentiate yourself in a competitive job market? Explore your passion for business? Move your career forward? Add new skills to your professional toolbox? Start and run your own company? Like snowflakes, no two career paths are exactly alike. That\u2019s why MBA programs are&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/osumba\/2014\/12\/16\/mba-benefit\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4803,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[138437],"class_list":["post-52","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-oregon-state-mba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/osumba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/osumba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/osumba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/osumba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4803"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/osumba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/osumba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/osumba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52\/revisions\/55"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/osumba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/osumba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/osumba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}