eBook: Roadmap to your master in business degree

Published: 3 July 2017 | by Thomas Graf

There are more than 600 Masters in Management (MIM) but which one is the best for you? After helping students for more than 10 years, I developed a 9-step structure to find the best business degree.

For each step, my MIM eBook 'Roadmap to your Master in Management' provides frameworks and useful background information that you need to develop a thorough understanding of Masters in Management. At the end of this procedure you have the knowledge and tools necessary to find YOUR OPTIMAL Master in Management, specialized business Master, or MBA.

1. TIMING: When do you want to do a business Master?

  • FRAMEWORK
  • DETAILED INFO ON:
    • Career Stage: Graduation
    • Career Stage: Professional
    • Career Stage: Executive
    • Can you do both a general and a specialized Master?
    • Can you do both – an MIM and an MBA?
  • Conclusion

2. CONTENT: What do you want to learn?

  • FRAMEWORK
  • DETAILED INFO ON:
    • General management programs
    • Specialized management programs
    • Info: What is the Master in Management (MIM)?
    • Hybrid programs
  • Conclusion
    • Info: Double-degree programs: Obtaining Master in Management (MIM) and MBA together

3. TEACHING MODE: How do you want to learn?

  • FRAMEWORK
  • DETAILED INFO ON:
    • Career stages and the right program type
    • Teaching modes for general management Masters (MIM and MBA)
    • Teaching modes for a specialized business Master
    • Info: Overview of teaching modes and career stages
  • Conclusion
    • Info Box: MBA differences between Europe and North America

4. CAREER GOALS: Why do you want to do a business Master?

  • FRAMEWORK
  • DETAILED INFO ON:
    • Increase inside competence
    • Increase inside career options
    • Increase outside career options
    • Increase entrepreneurial competence and network
  • Conclusion

5. CAREER BENEFITS: How can a Master help you achieve your career goals?

  • FRAMEWORK
  • DETAILED INFO ON:
    • Reputation benefit
    • Info: Rankings
    • Competence benefit
    • Info: Sources of competence
    • Info: Accreditations
    • Network Benefit
    • Fellow students
    • Alumni
    • Professors
    • Business Schools
    • Companies
    • Career services: How good is the school?
  • Conclusion
    • In reality: a mixture of everything

6. RESOURCES: What are your boundaries?

  • FRAMEWORK
  • DETAILED INFO ON:
    • Financial resources
    • Info: What’s the right timing for scholarships?
    • Tests: GMAT, TOEFL…
    • Commitment
    • Grades
  • Conclusion

7. EXPERIENCE GOALS: What else do you want from a business Master?

  • FRAMEWORK
  • DETAILED INFO ON:
    • Gaining new career perspectives
    • Human enrichment
    • Learning a new language and experiencing a specific culture
    • What else do YOU want from a Master?
  • Conclusion

8. EXPERIENCE BENEFITS: How can a Master enrich your experience?

  • FRAMEWORK
  • DETAILED INFO ON:
    • Location benefit
    • People benefit
    • Activities benefit
  • Conclusion

9. INTUITION: What’s your gut feeling?

  • Conclusion

Practical tips on your road to YOUR business Master

  • Sources of information
    • READ
    • TALK TO
  • Visa regulations

How do you analyze schools and programs?

Timeline for your application


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Thomas Graf