Mini Case - The MBA Decision 1. How does Ben’s age affect his decision to get an MBA? Ben’s age is a very important factor which can affect his decision to get an MBA degree. Firstly‚ Ben is now 28 years old and expects to work for 40 more years. So he has an expected work life of 68 years. So the earlier he gets an MBA‚ the better for him. For example: probably it won’t benefit him much if he decided to get an MBA at the age of 60. No one would hire him as an investment banker even if
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Signing Bonus 0 15000 12000 Health Insurance 0 3000 3000 Room and Board 0 $2000 $2000 Discount rate 6.5% 1. How does Ben’s age affect his decision to get an MBA? a. Ben’s current age is a key factor in his decision making process. If he starts a program now‚ he will be in his early thirties when his finishes‚ since it usually takes about two years to complete an MBA program. If he begins the program later in his professional career‚ he might have a harder time with the material. It
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1. How does Ben’s age affect his decision to get an MBA? This document is the property of Management Development Institute‚ Gurgaon. Ben passed out from college six years ago with a finance undergraduate degree. He is 28 years of age and his goal I to become an investment banker. Ben’s age can affect his decision to get an MBA due to the following reasons: o His age determines the time period wherein he can be productively employed. The time window available to Ben keeps on reducing with age
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8 | The MBA Decision - A Case Study | | Question 1 Ben Bates is 28 years old and expects to work for another 40 years. This tells us that he would retire at the age of 68. However‚ if Ben decides to enroll in an MBA program‚ the following things would happen * He would incur a cost for his higher education (for two years at Wilton University and for one year at Mount Perry College) * He would not receive a salary during the time that he is enrolled in his MBA program‚
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current job‚ his goal is to become an investment banker. He feels that an MBA degree would allow him to achieve his goal. After examining schools‚ he has narrowed his choice to either Wilton University or Mount Perry College. Although internships are encouraged by both schools‚ to get class credit for the internship‚ no salary can be paid. Other than internships‚ neither school will allow its students to work while enrolled in its MBA program. Ben currently works at the money management firm of Dewey
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THE MBA DECISION 1. How does Ben’s age affect his decision to get an MBA? In our opinion‚ Age is one of the important factor that affects someone decision to continue study. In this case‚ Ben is now 28 years old. He graduated from college six years ago when he’s age is 22 years old. Assuming that Ben already working for about 5 years since graduated from college‚ so that he would have enough money from salary saving in5 years to do his MBA at 28 years age. If he starts the MBA program on 28 years
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The MBA Decision NPV Options for Ben: 1. Keep Working Salary = $60‚000‚ tax rate = 26%‚ because of tax rate‚ c = $44‚400 R (discount rate) = 6.5% G (growth rate) = 3% T (the number of period working) = 40 So : Present Value (PV) of Growing Annuity. PVW = C ((1 – ( (1+g)/(1+r))t)/ r – g ) PVW= $44 400 ((1 – ((1+3%)/(1+6.5%))40)/ 6.5% - 3%) PVW = $44 400 ((1 – (1.03/1.065)40)/ 0.035) PVW = $ 44 400 ((1 – 0.2627) / 0.035) PVW = $44
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govern and recruits the people to implement its decisions. But how are decisions made? This section will lead you to information on the legislative process‚ budgetary process‚ and Cabinet decision-making process‚ all of which are described in other sections of this program. It will also provide some insights on federal-provincial decision making and citizen engagement. There is no single decision-making process in government. Decisions can be made in a variety of ways at a variety of levels. For
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Decision to Pursue a Masters of Business Administration degree Bertheia Gary MGT/521 July 12‚ 2010 Thomas Kenfield Abstract In this paper I will describe an argument on my decision to pursue an MBA degree to enhance better job opportunities‚ become a business owner and explore a more exciting career. Using the Jungian 16-Type Personality Assessment results the writer will support and prove why the decision to pursue an MBA was the right decision. It is thought that by the time a senior
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change management. I am the go-to-person in the absence of my supervisor and am required to take crucial decisions and attend meetings involving key business stakeholders. At this stage in my professional journey‚ I am considering ways to provide more stability to my career and develop the cutting edge skills and knowledge needed to take on more responsibilities. With my enrolling into MBA with concentration in Management‚ I will better prepare myself to achieve my short-team career objective
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