What are the realities of juggling professional responsibilities with family commitments and academic pursuits?
The crucial factor for success within the program is having full commitment from your company, and especially family, before you start the program! Most people already suffer from an unsatisfactory work/life balance; an MBA program makes this worse. The question is: where do you get the extra time required? The company will certainly not accept any major step down; your job needs to be done like before. However, it is essential to make clear that your availability will be somehow limited during the program. Even more important is the commitment of your family. You need to make clear that your social life (eg meeting with friends or vacations) will probably suffer most. In my case, more or less every weekend was blocked by lectures, assignments or other study preparations. How steep is the learning curve when you’re back in the classroom after all this time? The program which I attended was very team-orientated. Within the first weeks especially, it is difficult to get back in the “lear
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