Top Mini MBA Programs - Why should I do a Mini MBA?
Top Mini MBA Programs
Why should I do a Mini MBA?
The Mini MBA is geared towards three main types of candidate.
The most common is the prospective full-time MBA student, offering candidates the chance to sample the flavor of a business degree before fully committing.
Brad Bays (pictured), senior MBA director at Farmer School of Business at Miami University in Ohio, notes that the majority of Farmer’s Mini MBA students go on to study the full-time MBA.
It gives candidates a far more comprehensive understanding of what an MBA involves than a prospectus or an open day. At Miami, follow-on is further incentivized by deducting the $3k cost of the mini program from their MBA tuition.
The second common type is the candidate looking to enhance knowledge in a specific area.
While undertaking a full-time MBA gives you a comprehensive view of all areas of business, for those looking for more specialized focus, the Mini MBA is ideal.
The Mini MBA in Marketing splits marketing into 11 different modules, finishing with an exam at the end of the course, suited specifically to those for whom marketing is an interest.
The third type is the student looking to enhance their own business competency, while remaining in a specific role—a lawyer or an architect, for instance, looking to enhance their business understanding of the industry.
“It’s about learning the language of business, and understanding the systems thinking for business,” reiterates Jacque from St Thomas.
How do job seekers stand out from the crowd?
Employers are under no misgivings as to the differences between full-time and Mini MBA programs. "Any recruiter will know they aren’t equivalent,” Andrew Crisp notes.
Companies, however, are increasingly drawn to the accelerated, online format to enhance the skills and business acumen of their employees.
The Mini MBA program at Farmer was set-up from demand by a local law firm, who wanted to expose their younger recruits to “a layer of business education.” Brad from Farmer says this law firm saw the course quickly accelerating the understanding, and the careers, of their junior intake.
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It’s not surprising that many business schools reject the idea of the Mini MBA—it lacks the breadth and depth which makes a full-time MBA so valuable.
The providers, however, tend to argue that it is not an alternative or a replacement for a full-time program, but rather offers something supplementary to a full-time degree.
Peter Methot (pictured), director of Executive Education at Rutgers Business School, notes how their portfolio of Mini MBA programs is topping up business knowledge.
“In our digital marketing program, almost everyone that comes has an MBA—they just earned it before digital marketing was part of the curriculum,” Peter comments.
Business education trends, however, hint at the erosion of the MBA in a traditional format, forcing it to adapt to people’s needs and interests. Lifelong learning, for example, is increasingly popular as professionals seek education alongside their career, rather than having to put their career on pause.
An increase in remote-learning brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, meanwhile, is showing how MBA students can reap the benefits of flexibility over the physical commitment of a degree.
The Mini MBA is not replacing the full-time MBA, but it is showing how the needs of its students are changing. If you're looking to build your business knowledge in a super-flexible way, and/or experience what a traditional MBA degree may be like, then a Mini MBA is more than worth it.
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