Why Choose An Mba Degree

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WHY I SHOULD EARN AN MBA DEGREE Why earn a degree in business administration? It is a good question to ask and one could argue why not earn this degree. My decision to pursue my master’s degree was more of a personal choice than one that was planned out. I spent the majority of my life serving in the Navy and the majority of that time was spent in a management position. So, in some aspect pursuing an MBA degree only seemed like the perfect fit for a degree direction. In the Navy, my position was in the medical field and I was leading petty officer which is equivalent to a supervisor in the civilian sector. After I retired from the Navy took a position for a small organization as a logistics coordinator which I felt was something opposite of anything I had done during my military career. Part of our assignment was to do the Jungian 16-Type Personality Test which I found very interesting as it in some ways tied into the position I held at my former position some of the career paths that I also held in the military. I will explain in more detail my findings from the Jungian test to support my decision of pursuing an MBA degree. After completing the Navy and tasting what it was like in the civilian world did I decide to go back to college and at first I had no direction. My Veterans Affair counselor reviewed my past military experience and suggested I complete a Bachelors degree in Health Administration. December of last year I completed my degree and thought I was ready to go back to the work force. My draw back was that after I completed my degree, I goals had changed and I felt this was not the direction I was meant to go. Having worked in the civilian side for a couple of years opened my eyes to other ideas besides medical and I was not sure what they were. By pursuing a degree in business management, I felt would increase my chances for

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