Cent & Sensibilities

• Season 2

SEASON 1

EPISODE 5 - MBA: Pay off or Rip Off

Master of Business Administration, it's a graduate degree that originated in the US , and later gained worldwide recognition. Over the past several years, MBA's have become very popular around the world for work-driven professionals, who harbor dreams of climbing up the career ladder after obtaining their degree.

In this episode, we find out exactly what are the value added benefits of having an MBA. And does it matter if you take your MBA from a Western Ivy League school or an Asian university? We talk to different schools in Singapore offering MBA's to find out about the benefits and advantages of taking the degree, and one man who took his MBA from a prominent American university tells us how his degree has helped him career-wise

US$100,000. That's how much French national Alain Ventura paid for his MBA from Duke University in the US . He says the money he paid for his school fees was worth every cent and penny. He is now earning 25% more each year since the time he finished his degree. Plus, he gained valuable insights on how to have emotional intelligence in the workplace

	Lin speaks to Gary Lai from recruitment firm Robert Walkers, who says that companies still prefer graduates from Ivy League schools. While Nanyang Business school graduate Yap Pay Herng says she was able to recoup the fees she paid for her degree in just six months.

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	Say you wanted to take your MBA but don't have the money to fund your education, what are the steps you can do to help prepare for this costly investment?

Lin talks to the Managing Director of Chicago Business School, Beth Bader, who speaks about the ways you could plan your finances to help you afford an MBA.


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