This is a rather timely posting for our family - husband has a senior military backgrd - very successful - but now seems “stuck” in defense contracting arena. We’ve been discussing wether a MBA would “break him out” of the defense world so he could do something different for the last few decades of working life.
I think anyone in any field would jump at his expertise - he feels they don’t “get” military life and want more specific experience...what to do?
I think it all depends on the school and the program. While on active duty in Oklahoma I earned an MBA from Oklahoma City University which I have found to be very helpful. Oklahoma City University is slightly unique in there MBA program. First a student cannot enroll in their MBA program directly from a Bachelors degree program, they first must gain real world experience. Second none of their MBA Professors can be full time professors they must work in the real world outside of a University setting. The second I found to be profound on as not only was an MBA student exposed to the theoretical aspects of the program but also the real applications of the knowledge. A big name school may not be the way to go.