The Best Business Schools for a Career in Project Management
Broadly defined by the Project Management Institute, project management is “the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques … to meet a project’s requirements.”
A successful project comes to fruition only with the leadership of someone who is trained in time management, resource allocation, negotiation, conflict resolution, and budget planning. These are all skills one can acquire with a project management focused MBA. Continue reading…
The Best MBA Clubs in Boston
The right MBA program is as much an opportunity to learn the tools of your trade and find your niche as it is about building a professional peer and alumni network. There’s no more sure-fire method to sow the seeds that may sustain you (cue booming omniscient Wizard of Oz voice) FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE than within MBA clubs. We took a look at the best MBA clubs that Boston’s business schools had to offer. 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.
BU Ranked For Post-Grad Salaries by PayScale
Boston University Graduate School of Management has been ranked no. 30 on PayScale’s 2014-2015 College Salary Report. The salary report ranks colleges and universities on alumni post-grad earnings. According to PayScale, alumni of the School’s MBA program pull in $81,900 as an early career salary, and rise to a mid-career salary of $132,900.
This is the first time PayScale has included graduate schools in its College Salary Report, and published its rankings of hundreds of graduate programs based on alumni salaries in four degree categories: JD, master’s, MBAs and PhD.
BU Asst. Prof Wins Richard R. Nelson Prize
BU Graduate School of Management Assistant Professor of Strategy and Innovation Kira Fabrizio has been awarded The Richard R. Nelson Prize. She received this prize for her article “Absorptive Capacity and the Search for Innovation,” Research Policy, 38 (2009), which examines the link between a firm’s absorptive capacity-building activities and the search process for innovation.
Fabrizio will receive the award, which includes a prize of $3,000, at the Nelson Award Prize Dinner at the University of California, Berkeley.
BU Continues Centennial Celebration
Boston University’s School of Management is continuing to celebrate its centennial over the rest of the 2014 school year. Over the 2013-2014 school year, several events were held in celebration of the school’s anniversary. This coming fall, the events will continue.
The School of Management has had a lot of firsts to brag about over the last 100 years. The history of the school includes being one of the first to admit women, being one of the first to institute specific curricula addressing nonprofit and healthcare management, and creating the first MS·MBA, a high-tech dual degree that merges technology with today’s business needs.
