Francis Beckett
Tuesday January 29, 2002
The Guardian

If you decide that an MBA is right for you, you need to choose your
business school with care. Fewer than half of Britain's MBA courses are
accredited by the Association of MBAs, or by the European accrediting body
Equis, and an MBA from a non-accredited school is likely to be worth less
in the market place.

Even among the accredited schools, some are more prestigious than others,
and the more expensive MBA courses are often the most highly regarded.
Different schools have different perceived strengths - in finance, for
example, or strategy - and you need to choose one that is well regarded in
the field in which you want to work.

But before all that, anyone considering studying for an MBA needs to be
very clear what they hope to get out of it, and to have made a realistic
assessment of the chance of getting it. It may not be worth the time and
effort.

But a lot can depend on where you study for your MBA. Strategy consultants
tend to favour the top international business schools, such as Britain's
London Business School and Cranfield School of Management, Harvard
Business School in the US (where President George Bush took his MBA in
1975) and France's Insead.

Hmmmm, no mention of any other business schools which would be regarded by
business as a top 'international business school'...






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