Coolest MBA Clubs in San Francisco Bay Area
B-school can seem like all business at first glance, but part of a well-balanced education is learning how to build community. While recruiters and brochures often hammer it into the heads of applicants that networking is essential to a successful business career—and they’re not wrong—what the spiel often omits is that great ideas often take shape outside the classroom.
Hot MBA Jobs: Non-Profit Manager
Sure, it’s fair to say that the finance and consulting industries are the most popular for business school grads. In fact, these two industries lead the top-10 industry preferences for recently graduated MBAs. But what about non-profits and social enterprises—where do they rank? While some assume that an MBA and working for a non-profit do not go hand in hand, that’s not the case. An MBA can be your ticket to the position of non-profit manager if you play your cards right. Continue reading…
University of the People Offers Tuition Free Online MBA
Tuition for elite MBA programs regularly tops $120,000. Similiar to government and banking, American academia has been undergoing institutional shifts that have given rise to innovative approaches to education, particularly in the realm of distance learning. Continue reading…
MBATube Killed the SEO Star
It feels positively Philip K. Dick-esque to think that from the mid-20th century until roughly 5-10 years into the new millennium, moving images delivered across cathode ray televisions were the medium de rigeur to communicate information to a large audience.
Haas Prof Receives SAGE Young Scholars Award
Haas School of Business Marketing Professor Clayton Critcher has received the SAGE Young Scholars Award. The award is given to outstanding young researchers in personality and social psychology. Critcher focuses his research on how people navigate life as economic, political and oral beings and consumer behavior. He is one of five recipients of the award and will receive a one-time award of $5,000 to be used for research, study, or conference travel-related purposes.
The award is given by the Foundation for Personality and Social Psychology in Collaboration with SAGE Publications. FPSP is designed to provide support for wide-ranging, forward-looking, long-term activities that could enhance the discipline of personality and social psychology. It focuses on development and fundraising, seeking gifts and donations to fund activities that have the potential to augment and broaden the vigor of the field. SAGE Publications is a publisher of hundreds of academic journals and text books.
Haas School Creates Executive Level Program in Shanghai
The Haas School of Business is providing an executive-level program in Shanghai that presents a Silicon Valley perspective on business, innovation, and leadership topics to top Chinese leaders. The program is taught by Berkeley-Haas faculty, starting May 6, 2014.
This Partnership for China Executive Leadership Academy Pudong and Berkeley-Haas is a three-year pilot program between Berkeley-Haas and the China Executive Leadership Academy Pudong in Shanghai, according to a memorandum of understanding signed by Berkeley-Haas Dean Rich Lyons and Professor Feng Jun, executive vice president of CELAP.
CELAP is one of three preeminent Chinese government leadership academies and provides international, contemporary leadership development for China’s senior officials. Continue reading…
