“Sharing knowledge is key to keep students motivated to learn”
It is a fact that the market follows a growing trend of more online offers for high education and many people start leaving the notion that diplomas guarantee a career. GMAT has recently revealed that the number of applicants of the United States’ main business schools has dropped. Nonetheless, the fact is that courses that require more time and investment such as an MBA guarantees a learning structure able to accompany the required skills the market is looking for. To The Lisbon MBA, the key to good learning is to be able to share the knowledge acquired, something that can’t be done as efficiently in an online course.
During her visit to São Paulo, Brazil, to attend MIT’s conference The Future of Work, the Executive Director of The Lisbon MBA, Maria José Amich, had the opportunity to talk to Valor Econômico and explain the importance of taking an MBA: “The MBA is still a mean that many professionals take to change function, job or simply to boost their salary.”
Besides focusing on helping students to give their career a boost, The Lisbon MBA gives its attention on two other main pillars: 1) the development of soft skills, namely, decision-making, critical thinking, and collaboration, very important abilities to create true leaders; and 2) the international experience provided to students, a key factor to help them build their global career.
The Lisbon MBA stands out from other courses due to the MIT partnership, where students get to experience 1 week (Executive MBA) or 1 month (International MBA) immersion period at MIT Sloan, with classes focusing on innovation and entrepreneurship. Moreover, students have the possibility to apply to the International LAB, an international project with partnered Business Schools in China, Brazil, and Mexico.
The Lisbon MBA is considered to be number one in the International Experience category according to The Financial Times Global MBA ranking 2019 but it is on a mission to go even further and attract more international students and more women to its MBA courses.
Source: Valor Econômico
Read the full interview here (content in Portuguese)
