This experience proved to be the most exciting and, at the same time, the most intimidating one in my life [Comment 2]. While the opportunity to work with MBA students created the spark that led to my deep interest in the business world and finance specifically [Comment 3], I also realized how much I had to learn. It was for this reason that I decided I needed to acquire a good basis of understanding in finance once I graduated from college [Comment 4]. I reasoned that the best way to truly learn and understand finance was to start as an accountant and get a good grounding in the basics of the income statement and its components [Comment 5]. This led to my first job as a Staff Accountant at Bob Chinn's, Inc., a restaurant operator.
After which, my experience being an employee would then give me further experience and knowledge to help me in building my own firm. I am overly impressed with the quality education offered in your MBA program at Stanford University. I have completed several finance classes that have given me the understanding, insight and perspective of the modern financial market. Compared to the other universities offering similar MBA programs your school in unique in many ways that are important to me, such as the opportunity to study and participate in an interactive class room. This will help me obtain a full understanding of cold calls and the case study learning methods as well as many other valuable lessons in the curriculum.
Running head: Preparation for Future Courses Preparation for Future Courses MGT 521 RON PEGRAM 04/06/2009 369 Words As I complete my MBA program, I will be prepared for many things. I am hoping that this program will provide me with the tools and courage to start a new career. I am hoping to learn the tools to become a great leader. By reading the Quantative Reasoning for Business Overview document, I have a greater understanding of what I will be prepared for with regard to future courses that I must take including Economics, Finance, Accounting, Operations, and Research. The QRB course will directly aid me in my future in Corporate America and as a self-employed entrepreneur.
Mor Diagne University of Phoenix Management MGT /521 Construct and Support an argument In order to be ready to face the challenges of this difficult economic time and to secure my job from any eventual changes at my work place, I have decided to further my education in pursuing an MBA degree at the University of Phoenix. I have been working as an account payable and receivable clerk for almost 5 years; and have decided to explore some new fields as managing a company or creating my own business leaning on what I will be taught throughout the MBA program. After I have taken the 16 type personality assessment test and scored ENFP which categorizes me as being optimistic, compassionate and charismatic; I feel an encouragement to carry on
Perspective Paper 1 Running Head: PERSPECTIVE PAPER Personal Perspective Paper University of Phoenix /MBA 500 Perspective Paper 2 In this assignment I will focus on answering two important questions in respect to my graduate studies. First, how did I decide to pursue my master‘s degree, and secondly what do I expect to gain from completing my Master’s of Business Administration program. I have surmised 2 fundamental reasons why I am pursuing my MBA. First, I would like to increase my earning potential positioning myself for future management advancement and lastly, my personal thirst for knowledge. Admittedly, earning potential is the main driving force behind my wanting to attain a MBA degree.
The collective response has been that it is a complete and reliable instrument that accurately assesses personality characteristics. Zumbo and Taylor (1993) stated, “…the results of the assessments of the MBTI tend to substantiate that it is a reliable instrument that has four distinct psychometric dimensions (validated by item-level factor analysis) that are unidimensional and consistent with the theoretical constructs of the MBTI” (p. 591). The scales in the instrument allow each dimension to be assessed in its own category
By obtaining my MBA and maybe entering a doctoral program, is something I must also do to ensure my success in today’s workforce. The job I have now depends upon writing a grant proposal and getting it funded through the federal government every four years, but the federal government can stop funding this program in a moment’s notice. And because of this, the advantages for me getting an MBA outweighs the scarifies I have to make to get an MBA. As far as the advantages to obtaining an MBA, according to Conde (n.d.) are: “the opportunity to increase ones salary,
I have planned to complete my MBA by 28 years of age at the most. Having enlightened myself in international management, by 29 years of age, I would apply for a multinational company which targets the global market. I hope to gain experience in the business and management sector on a worldwide level. Thus, by the age of 36, I target to open up my own business and work hard towards being one of the best entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka. As a young adult scanning through the 21st century, I long to be innovative and efficient in the field of entrepreneurship.
My career has many levels of skills and competencies required to enter those positions. A business profession has a lot of opportunities to chose from. The opportunities may range from sales, management, or all the way up to corporate ownership. Your success, as a person depends and thrives on your skills, competencies and habits of mind. I, as I am now, am prepared to step out into the beginning of the business world, as did everyone else at one point, and work my way to the top.
It was hard to overcome that initial dismay, but still with a fighting attitude and with the support of my partner, I was able to overcome those fears into positive outcomes by involving in a research and by starting a company on our own in UK, which gave me a real insight of change management involved across the countries and experiences shared by my professors and the projects and presentations developed an interest of doing PHD in my early career of my MBA. The main areas of interest were Global Strategic Analysis, Change Management and Supply Chain Logistics on which I topped the class in Strategic analysis and Supply Chain Logistics which gave me more confidence on attaining an Internship in Centre of Factories of the Future where I was involved in one of the European Commission G7 projects proposals and worked directly with Chairman of the Company for nearly 4 months during my tenure of doing MBA. Attaining an internship , was not an easy part in my University as only 10 to 15 internship programs were offered with a class of nearly 80 students , but with my hard work and perseverance of my goal I was able to achieve an attain an internship with a good project and