what's the school has the better MBA program?

Hey,

I would like to know peoples opinions on which school has a better DL MBA program? Heriot Watt University or University of London?


Also I live in Canada and I was wondering which MBA would be more favorable by employers in Canada? Heriot Watt University or University of London?

 

Hi
You must clarify what you mean by MBA programmes from the University of London.

A MBA degree from London Business School (LBS) is the premier MBA in the UK. LBS is a constituent college of the University of London and has its own Royal Charter from the UK government authorising it to award degrees in its own name (previously, its MBAs were awarded by the University of London, as are all other MBAs awarded by its other constituent colleges).

Other constituent colleges of the University of London are:
Imperial College (top class MBA from is on campus MBA programmes) but not so good from its new distance learning MBA programme, part of which is supplied by another constituent college, Royal Holloway, also with a distanced learning MBA. The School of Oriental and African Studies offers a MSc/MBA under the the University of London Charter, again on campus.

Heriot-Watt University MBA (from Edinburgh Business School) is mainly a distance learning MBA, larger by far than all the constituent colleges of the University of London together, against all of which, except LBS, it is more than comparable. EBS certainly stands high in any comparison in its distance learning MBA programme (1991) with Imperial (2002) and Royal Holloway (1998).

Most Canadians have heard of both Edinburgh and London, though fewer have heard of Heriot-Watt, Royal Holloway, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), Imperial, Kings, University College London, Queen Mary and LSE. Hence, there is not much to choose in name recognition, using London or Edinburgh, but their might be in using the other names. Of course, LBS is highly regarded anyway and if you can get in to LBS you should do so, but it on campus only.

It may be relevant that Canada is the second largest MBA market for Heriot-Watt/EBS MBAs, so employers' name recognition is improving with each graduation cohort from Canada. Ask for the views on employers' reactions from Canadian DL MBA students on: www.forums.delphiforums/education/watercooler/

To be fair, I think a MBA degree from any of the above mentioned British university institutions would be recognised as a quality programme by employers in the Commonwealth, without them delving into the minutiae of levels of difference between one college and another, which like the sex life of a Rhinocerous is of interest only to others of the species.

Good luck in your choice.

 

That appears to be a bad link, Professor. This, Watercooler, should do.

 

oops!

Decimon

Thanks. I was relying on memory while typing on line and could not check. I had a feeling it might be wrong but as it is bookmarked on my laptop I have got out of the habit of going through the current url.

For the record its http://watercooler.20m.com/

Thanks again.

 

Professor,

I don't know if this has been addressed but I've been curious as to how Heriot-Watt handles the national differences in accounting rules. Or other rules/laws/customs/inanities, for that matter.

 

I assume you get the version accepted in Scotland. 99% of the stuff is the same. If you have a foreign degree, perhaps a preparation course would be desirable should one choose to write the CPA exams.

 

I think there are, or have been, differences from even the occupying nation to their south.

And I've heard that double declining balance merely excludes single malts like Glenfiddich. You never know.

 

Companies use the accounting system that applies in the country they are registered. Scotland has long been in the forefront in matters of accounting, as the history of the various Big accounting firms testifies. The UK follows a unified set of accounting principles though it has several professional accountancy bodies.

I once spent a year involved in an attempt sponsored to bring all the professional bodies into one organisation, an attempt that foundered in a squabble about whether this or that body could be accepted by the other, mainly to do with "snobbery" dressed up as principles.

Specifically on the question of differences in accounting conventions in different countries, we seem to have got round this by having the Accountancy course general enough to fit into most systems and I have not noticed problems for students handling the concepts even if the local conventions vary. The Chinese students have not mentioned concetpual problems, nor the US - yet!