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Editorial
CSR & DIVERSITY
Non-profit MBAs –
No, this isn’t an oxymoron
Many believe that MBAs only care about money
and that business school graduates are purely
trained for the cutthroat world of beating targets
and elbowing their way to the boardroom. The
truth is that there are probably a lot of MBAs out
there with that mentality, but trends indicate a
change to business school graduates being purely
financially driven. Those interested in business, but
who want to make a ‘different’ kind of contribution
to the world, shouldn’t discount the MBA.
By Marie Field
he MBA world provides more opportunities than you think, to help build economies. This includes helping to decrease poverty and assist
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especially for those interested in working to help smaller or communities to gain many technical, social, and practical qualities necessary
under-funded businesses, or any in the non-profit sector. After to help societies evolve. Some of the countries involved with MBA Enterprise
all, more than nine per cent of the US population is employed are Ecuador, Guatemala, Liberia, Armenia, and Moldova. A huge list of
in the non-profit sector (which includes upwards of 1.5 million American business schools is associated with this program – Berkeley,
businesses) and those are just the companies which are required to register. Stanford, and NYU to name but three.
In Canada, almost 13% of economic contributors are employed in the If you want to steer your career towards the non-profit sector, you will be
country’s non-profit sector. happy to know that many business schools cater to your needs. The Haas
Non-profit organization MBA Corps prides itself on providing School of Business at Berkeley offers the Non-profit and Public Management
“professional consulting services, management guidance and technical Program (NPM), which awards its graduates with an MBA and the
assistance in [its] strike zones - economically challenged necessary tools to “found, lead,
urban and rural areas”, according to the organization’s
website. An American operation, MBA Corps, gives
“Trends indicate a change
manage and govern non-profit and
public organizations for the public
volunteers the opportunity to help businesses within the US
or overseas. For example, the organization will cover all
to business school
good”, according to the school. The
University of Geneva, HEC School of
expenses for MBAs wishing to go to countries like China,
India, Bulgaria, and Montenegro to undertake volunteer
graduates being purely
Management, offers the International
Organizations MBA. This is an MBA
consulting projects. Closer to home, MBAs in associating with
MBA Corps can volunteer four hours per week to helping
financially driven. ”
for those who, according to the
school’s website, wish to “pursue
small businesses prosper. a career in the increasingly
interconnected fields of international governmental and nongovernmental
Helping societies evolve organizations and companies that work with these institutions”. The
Another organization, MBA Enterprise, allows recent business-school Queensland University of Technology offers an MBA in Philanthropy and
graduates to help developing economies abroad. New MBAs who sign up with Non-profit Studies. These are just a few of the many MBA programs now
MBA Enterprise will get the chance to donate 12 to 15 months of their time dedicated to the student who wants a career in the non-profit sector.
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