Going Places: Back to School

摘要

If you want to get ahead in management, you should think about getting an MBA. As the only internationally recognised management qualification, an MBA is fast becoming a necessary rite of passage for specialists who aspire to be high-flying general managers. But, with about 1500 colleges that run MBAs around the world, how do you pick the one that's right for you? Not all are as well regarded as others by potential employers. Newspaper and magazine rankings can help here, but the Association of MBAs warns against using them as anything more than one factor in your choice. Accreditation by the association or by the European Foundation for Management Development is a good way of telling that a UK course has reached a high standard, and the AMBA produces a handbook with details of all its accredited courses. The American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) is the US accrediting body.