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What is an Online MBA Degree?

What is the Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) degree about?

Here are some explanations for the term "M.B.A.":

• "Master of Business Administration (MBA) programs are designed to focus and develop the quantitative, leadership, and communication skills of its students to optimize their performance in the business world. The MBA experience prepares individuals to better their decision making ability by strengthening technical, analytical and strategic aptitude, while being able to negotiate issues regarding ethical business practices."

- eLearners.com

• "For businesses across the globe, the MBA degree represents a set of internationally recognized and valued managerial skills. Candidates pursue this training to better utilize resources, increase efficiently, and obtain better results, eventually progressing to the management level in a large company or as an entrepreneur. Many others realize that the MBA is also a tool for life."

- Nick Barnard, MBA Center Zurich

• "For my undergraduate degree, I attended a liberal arts college that didn’t offer a business major. As a result, prior to attending business school the vast majority of my business, finance, and economics knowledge was learned on the job. The MBA provided a formal education in these key areas and a solid foundation to put to work when faced with new situations. Even though the terminology used in the workplace may be different in the classroom, it all comes down to the same constructs and if you know those, you are much better off."

- What Can You Do with a Major in Business? Kate Shoup Welsh, Wiley Publishing, Inc., 2005

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