Beyond career and gold
- Instead of teaching just the nuts and bolts of the topic, business degrees are providing wider skill sets that equip students to face tougher challenges
An MBA has long been regarded as a “career passport” that boosts the employability and salary of its holder. But it has recently gone further, thanks to a change in the mindsets and demands of MBA students.
“I was expecting it to provide me with the opportunity to update and upgrade my knowledge across the numerous disciplines that are fundamental to any business in today’s increasingly competitive environment,” says Luca Donati, chief strategy officer, Magazzin Fashion Group, coffee entrepreneur and alumnus of the Global MBA at Alliance Manchester Business School.
In Donati’s view, the modules are all relevant and useful for his career progression, with strategic management the one he found most insightful. From this, he says, he was immediately able to understand how to adapt the different concepts and theoretical models to the listed practical case studies.