ThePowerMBA

Discussion in 'Business and MBA degrees' started by Alter Gant, Jun 4, 2021.

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  1. Alter Gant

    Alter Gant New Member

    Maybe you have already talked about this, but what do you think about ThePowerMBA? Is it really an MBA, or just a certification? It also says you only need to stdy 15min a day...
     
  2. LearningAddict

    LearningAddict Well-Known Member

    From https://www.thepowermba.com/en/faq

    Does ThePowerMBA have an official accreditation?

    NO. We are not officially accredited by any institution or government agency. And we are proud of it. We strongly believe that accreditation constrains flexibility, leading to outdated learnings, curricular stagnation and inefficient programs.

    Based on the Google search, the program base is in Spain. You could get a propio MBA from Spain that is backed by an accredited University for even cheaper that would actually get evaluated as a U.S. equivalent degree and offer some credit/transfer utility.

    This program does have some big names behind it, but just how behind it they are is always the question with things like this. In any case, if their claims check out, then this would be something to be used as a supplement in the proper circumstance. For instance, you're applying to a company that uses the PowerMBA as a training system, or you know your resume is going to a person who went through the PowerMBA training and so you add that to your resume. But I personally wouldn't complete a program like this and start adding 'MBA' after my name.
     
  3. Alter Gant

    Alter Gant New Member

    "But I personally wouldn't complete a program like this and start adding 'MBA' after my name."

    Yeah, so it should be mentioned as a completed certification, rather than an actual MBA. Besides, you can do free courses out there.
    It's a good idea, but it's not an MBA. It isn't acredited.
     
  4. LearningAddict

    LearningAddict Well-Known Member

    Just to clarify a little of my earlier statement: unaccredited can still be legitimate, and it would be perfectly fine to list a legitimate unaccredited MBA as an MBA after your name (in the proper professional setting of course) as long as the school you got it from is operating legally and legitimately where they are located, otherwise you would basically be helping to participate in something illegitimate.

    ThePowerMBA may be operating legally and legitimately where they reside, but with the Spanish schools we've learned that schools offering degrees that are not certified by an accredited University in Spain are generally expected to have less favorable evaluation outcomes. Since ThePowerMBA doesn't appear to be certified by anyone anywhere, its utility is almost certain to be limited to its involved network of companies and former students, and for that reason I would feel uncomfortable using the MBA title in this situation.
     
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  5. Mac Juli

    Mac Juli Well-Known Member

  6. smartdegree

    smartdegree Active Member

    "PowerMBA" sounds like it would blow away all Ivy League MBA's combined. The only thing better is a "SuperMBA" or maybe a "OMGMBA". I'll wait until those are available before I sign up. LOL.
     
  7. Mac Juli

    Mac Juli Well-Known Member

    ...as usual, reality is stranger than fiction... https://ksommba.fdsbase.com/
     
  8. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    For maximum happiness, I'm waiting for the M-B-Yay!
     
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  9. datby98

    datby98 Active Member

    Disagree! I would go for a KingKongMBA or GodzillaMBA instead! :cool:
     
  10. TeacherBelgium

    TeacherBelgium Well-Known Member

    The PowerMBA has the same value as a Udemy certificate or a "nanodegree" from Udacity. You will have to list it under continuous professional development as a certificate. Listing this as an MBA will backfire.
     
  11. TEKMAN

    TEKMAN Semper Fi!

    The PowerMBA is not a good idea if you plan to work for someone. It is great that you could learn the knowledge and skill to run your own business. When working for someone else, a credential must be legit.
     
  12. Mac Juli

    Mac Juli Well-Known Member

    Hello!

    Completed today. It was COOL. Can be recommended!

    Best regards,
    Mac Juli
     
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  13. AsianStew

    AsianStew Moderator Staff Member

    Oh cool, that's interesting. I remember reading about this... Their programs are somewhat expensive, at $850USD each. If you buy the bundle (MBA & Marketing), it'll come out cheaper at $1295, but still expensive for my tastes. Unless you need the info from their course materials or video presentations or if they have some extra content that hasn't been taught elsewhere, I think the Spanish proprio offerings mentioned in an earlier post would be better.
     
  14. Rich Douglas

    Rich Douglas Well-Known Member

    I am reminded of Father Guido Sarducci's 5-Minute University. "We teach you in 5 minutes what the average college graduate remembers 5 years after leaving college."
     
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  15. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

    VERY apt comparison, Rich . We were talking about two things here - Power MBA and propios. What do Father Guido Sarducci's sketches. have in common with these? That's right -- NONE of them are true MBAs.

    I can't really see why the propios are better than Power MBA. I've heard the following about the propios:
    (1) They're extraordinarily cheap.
    (2) You write a LOT of papers.
    (3) Somebody, somewhere once got one evaluated - by somebody, as something-or-other. But all that is a crapshoot of lottery-style odds.

    And the Power MBA:
    (1) It didn't cost the earth
    (2) It was interesting, creatively presented and people learned stuff they can use.
    (3) They knew going in it wasn't a real MBA - but they wanted the knowledge and were largely satisified.

    And my take:
    I have a book called "The Portable MBA in Finance." Well-presented, taught me a lot. It's not a real MBA either, but it only cost me $2 or so in the Thrift Store -and Finance is the business area that I'm interested in.

    Which is the best bargain? I dunno. Individual decision - you pays yer money and takes yer choice.
    And lastly, Mr. Moderator, @AsianStew ...it's "propio" - not "proprio." Didn't we go over that before? I thought we did.
     
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  16. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

    @AsianStew Sorry about the propio spelling remark. I honestly forgot about your mild dyslexia until you mentioned it in another post. My sincere apology - uncalled for & won't happen again.
     
  17. tadj

    tadj Active Member

    Johann,

    I actually wish that there were more titulo propio Master programs in English, although I don't approve of doctorates being given in this manner. Sure, the degrees might not be given a Master's equivalency (mostly due to the fact that they don't provide access to doctoral programs in Spain, autonomous/professional-oriented program design and a frequent lack of a traditional European Master's degree thesis attached to them), but they can be a worthwhile investment, a rather small one. I had my Universidad Isabel I - ENEB "MBA" and "Master in Human Resources Management" evaluated for a "Graduate Certtificate" equivalency by IEE, a NACES member. I really can't complain about these type of programs. For a humanities-trained person like myself, they are great way of adding some professional/business qualifications from accredited universities.
     
  18. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

    I'm not complaining about propios, tadj. Sure, I'm often a bit tired of the fanciful, almost farcical adulation of them we hear in this forum and others - but OK - they have their uses; you've found a good one yourself. What I'm against in this instance is playing one credential off against the others as superior. The propio that isn't really an MBA (in US or Canada - it is whatever the evaluator says it is) vs. the program titled MBA that is honest enough to warn you it isn't accredited, etc. Or the second hand book that proved valuable - but not a MBA, although that was in its title.

    Summary - Whatever you learn what you need from, is best. It's like the priest's answer, when a parishioner asked what Bible would be best for his family. "The one which you and they will read, is best." Same with these MBA alternatives - and that's what I see all three as - MBA alternatives.
     
  19. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

    Neither do most others - and Spanish regulations forbid any hanky-panky involving off-the-books doctorates. I don't think Latin American nations, by and large, allow them either -at least officially. I see such doctorates as creatures of the night. The only people who approve of them are the buyers and sellers. Sellers are dishonest with the buyers and buyers are dishonest with themselves.
     
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  20. tadj

    tadj Active Member

    I just think that the Power MBA would raise more eyebrows than a business qualification that is conferred by an accredited Spanish university. But I also give credit to non-accredited institutions that refuse to play the ‘we’re really accredited’ (name the unrecognized accreditor) game. Propio graduates have a few options when it comes to presenting their degrees to U.S. or Canadian employers. They can stick with the original award title (Master of Business Administration), or discard the Master’s degree title altogether for the equivalency provided by their country’s credible credential evaluator (Graduate Certificate in Business Administration, Second Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, etc.) . However, it is probably best to have a completed evaluation report ready before listing the award as something other than a Master’s. That way, the employer can potentially see the reason for the switch in the conferred award listing.
     

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