In this first podcast of the year we take our crystal ball to Brandon Kirby, Director of Marketing and Admissions, to discuss what he sees as the biggest trends in MBA for 2020. Here is what to expect:
- MBA Candidates will become even more purpose-driven and will want to apply their skills in their home countries.
- Many MBA programmes will restructure their admissions procedures to accommodate these purpose-driven candidate motivations and try not losing ground in the traditional salary-driven rankings.
- Full-time MBA students increasingly take an MBA later in their career.
- Executive MBA students more often decide to do their MBA earlier in their career.
- As a result, MBA classes are getting more diverse in terms of work experience.
- Despite the trend towards specialisation, most MBA programmes will remain a general business degree, but...
- ...personalisation and customisation of the programmes will become more important.
- Despite the rise of online MBA programmes, the in-class experience is here to stay.
- Despite rising costs, the MBA as a unique learning, leadership and networking experience will holds it value as the economy and business models change.
Do you have any questions about how we translate these trends in our programmes, please do not hesitate to get in touch with us: https://www.rsm.nl/mba/
