Msc in project management or MBA?

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Norul Faezah Nohi 👤 Member for 17 years 10 months
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Apprieciate and many thanks to all who reponses to my earlier questions. Will look into it.





Rgds,

Norul

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Ife Olyke 👤 Member for 19 years 4 months
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"Working on a live project is the best way to learn and build experience, but further education allows people to understand why they are doing something and not just how to do it. I believe this in turn means that the quality of their work/decisions becomes greater."



- very well said Oliver and I agree in toto



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Oliver Melling 👤 Member for 19 years 1 month
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I did find it beneficial for my job, but i think the biggest benefit is in the job opportunities its opens up.



Working on a live project is the best way to learn and build experience, but further education allows people to understand why they are doing something and not just how to do it. I believe this in turn means that the quality of their work/decisions becomes greater.

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Oliver Melling 👤 Member for 19 years 1 month
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Hi Norul,



I did an MSc in Project Management because i wanted to work in projects.



An MBA is what it is, a business admin qualification and therefore it covers many more topics all in slightly less detail.



I think any course you choose should reflect what you want to do in the future, otherwise it is wasted effort.

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Chris Oggham 👤 Member for 22 years
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Hi Norul,



In response to your query Which ones is more worth to use in future is it MSC in Project management or is it MBA?

why I ask MBA as well, because my boss said many project managers took MBA instaed of MSC in PM. Any ideas why?



A lot of managers take an MBA as it is, supposedly, a more general qualification which has wider applicability than a qualification solely related to Project Management. It may also be that MBA is more widely recognised internationally than a Project Management related MSc. However things are changing all the time, so probably your best bet is to go for the qualification that appeals to you the most.



Chris Oggham

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Samer Zawaydeh 👤 Member for 17 years 10 months
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Dear Norul,



You can visit the www.pmi.org website and search for universities around that world that is approved by the Project Management Institute.



Good Luck,



Samer

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