MBA Vs Executive MBA?

Question

What is the difference between MBA and an Executive MBA. What should one consider when choosing the course to take?

Answer 1

At most universities, the Executive MBA was developed specifically for students, sponsored by their employers, who wanted to go back for that additional MBA degree later in their careers; I know that where I teach, we don't allow people into the Executive MBA program with less than ten years of post-undergrad work experience, and the average student has been out for 20 years. This allows those who have considerable work experience to broaden their business knowledge, making it possible for them to move up to higher management levels. It also tends to be a program which meets on a more irregular basis, like every other weekend, so that managers who are at the executive level can fit in their business travel and other requirements while working on their MBAs. At the same time, because employers were paying the bill (this is not so universally the case any more), most schools were able to charge considerably more for the executive MBA than they did for the regular MBA.

I do want to give you a warning, though. In recent years, the idea of an "executive" MBA has sounded appealing to a lot of people, who see this as somehow better than a regular MBA (and in my experience the regular MBA students generally get a more complete education). This has led some less-scrupulous schools calling their normal MBA program an "executive" MBA, even though many, if not most, of the students are recent college graduates. If you decide you want to go for an executive MBA, make sure that you ask a lot of questions, so that you don't end up paying for the EMBA and getting only a regular MBA.

My personal preference for most students would be for the MBA, especially if you are not planning on going to a prestige school. If, however, you are a senior manager and can get into an EMBA in a top school, the networking opportunities alone might make it worthwhile to do the EMBA.

Answer 2

Executive MBA is one year course and it could be part time and for Working professional. If you have got time than it is better to go for Full time MBA because you will be getting more value addition in it. For details you can visit http:\\www.abmtr.com This is Academy of Business Management Tourism & Research.