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[2016 Nationwide MBA Assessment] Korean MBA Market Settled Down, KUBS Reaffirms Its “No. 1” Position
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Korean MBA Market Settled Down, KUBS Reaffirms Its “No. 1” Position
The top universities in the ranking remained the same…Universities show “distinctive” strengths in each category
The top universities in the ranking remained the same…Universities show “distinctive” strengths in each category
Eleven years is a sufficient amount of time for the Korean MBA program, launched in 2006, to settle down. The Korean MBA program has become a guidebook of fostering business leaders in the era of limitless competition.
Hankyung Business has been conducting an annual assessment since 2013, surveying human resource managers from 300 top domestic companies to affirm the current status of Korean MBA programs. The results were based on 14 universities, including KAIST, approved as a “Korean MBA Program” by the Ministry of Education. The survey were divided into six categories: △Professionalism, △Employer’s Preference, △Globalization, △Development Potential, △Compatibility with Organization, and △Entrance into Graduate School.
Hankyung Business has been conducting an annual assessment since 2013, surveying human resource managers from 300 top domestic companies to affirm the current status of Korean MBA programs. The results were based on 14 universities, including KAIST, approved as a “Korean MBA Program” by the Ministry of Education. The survey were divided into six categories: △Professionalism, △Employer’s Preference, △Globalization, △Development Potential, △Compatibility with Organization, and △Entrance into Graduate School.
The KUBS MBA topped the 2016 Nationwide MBA Assessment for the fourth consecutive year. The overall score is 4,470 points, increasing by over 700 points compared with the previous year (3,751 points). The MBA program at Seoul National University (SNU) ranked No. 2 behind the KUBS MBA with a margin of 183 points. The score-gap is constantly widened following by 7 points in 2014 and 75 points in 2015.The winning key to this match is the “Compatibility with Organization” category. This category asks how well can MBA graduates communicate with team members using their friendly and altruistic mind in a Korean company with a strong organizational culture. KUBS ranked No. 1 in the overall assessment because Compatibility with Organization score has risen sharply (684 points→822 points). At the same time, SNU suffered from the same category. The score-gap between KUBS and SNU is 306 points, which is greater than the overall score-gap.
The Compatibility with Organization category is significant in the assessment due its small score-gap and frequent ranking change. As a university receives a high score in this category, the overall ranking is more likely to be changed. In the meantime, this year’s MBA assessment has shown similar results of “2015 Nationwide MBA Assessment,” conducted by Hankyung Business in April.
An excerpt from Hankyung Business Vol. 1064 | Reporter Byung Hwa Kim