skills mba
CIO finishing school set to open doors
News In other words, it would be the equivalent of an MBA for the heights of the IT profession," Tuson said. The centre will provide short courses and ultimately a Masters-level qualification for mid-career IT professionals... [23 Jun 2009]
Just What the Doctor Ordered - Creating Impressive Patient Education Diagrams With SmartDraw
White Paper Billy Childress was studying for an ambitious degree at the University of Phoenix in Tampa, Florida: a Master of Science in Nursing and an MBA in Health Care Management. The dual degree provides medical professionals a... [15 Apr 2009]
How to save your career in the downturn
Comment That's a very safe and hygienic ratio to use in your own career development," says Mosaic Fashions' Bovill, who recently completed a company-sponsored MBA himself. It's also an opportunity to start to work on those... [28 Jan 2009]
CIOs rate MBAs
News When asked if an MBA is worth it, The London Clinic IT director Mike Roberts said: "Only if your boss wants it. Very often, people assume that if they have an MBA they should be the CEO. Following a... [19 Aug 2008]
Claire Hamon
CIO Profile At this point in her career, Hamon undertook an MBA at Bath University specialising in change management. I think it's a good match in terms of the skills I bring and the opportunities they want to see. [11 Jun 2008]
Claire Hamon, CIO, Rok Group
Comment While at Lloyds Hamon studied part-time for an MBA at Bath University, specialising in change management, and after having her second child decided she wanted a new challenge and when the headhunters came calling she... [13 May 2008]
Forrester: Search blogs for tech talent
News MBA graduates rotate into different functions within organisations but IT is not often one of their stops, said the analyst. Poaching IT staff from other organisations is a short-term solution to skills... [27 Jul 2007]
Leader: The fine balance between business and IT
Leader As I recall Bill Gates wasn't a Harvard MBA graduate but the boy did OK. But with the pendulum swinging that way already, let's not have it come at the expense of solid technical skills. To say CIOs must... [10 Aug 2005]
MPs ask for IT lessons from India
News In parliament yesterday Derek Wyatt MP, chairman of the All Party Internet Group, asked the Minister of State for Trade and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office if the UK is able to mimic India's training, which he claims has created more... [22 Jul 2005]
Outsourcing: What every company should know - before picking up that phone
Comment Ian Benn, outsourcing specialist and author of the definitive 'Strategic Outsourcing: Exploiting the skills of third parties', shares his insight… Once your skills base and operating procedures have... [22 Apr 2003]
The Bloor Perspective: Executive e-learning, Sun's future and Sybase's AvantGo
Comment For those without an MBA it gives them an opportunity to gain recognition for the skills they have, as well as understanding and addressing those they don't. For those lucky enough to have an... [07 Mar 2003]
Skills Survey 2002: All the commentary and analysis...
Comment Skills Survey 2002: You're in IT - should you do an MBA? silicon.com's Skills Survey just screams controversy. The Director's Cut: Skills crisis? Skills... [20 Jun 2002]
Skills Survey 2002: You're in IT - should you do an MBA?
Comment Professor Chris Edwards at Cranfield School of Management said higher business degrees, such as MBAs, can round out an individual's skills: "An MBA is a general management development programme and it... [25 Mar 2002]
Start-up of the month: "We're building a brain!"
Comment He met Taylor while doing an MBA at London Business School, signed up soon afterwards and later won an award for the business plan he cooked up for Lobal. The company hopes to give LAD the linguistic... [21 Mar 2002]
How to become a CIO
News CIOs don't necessarily need an MBA but they do need to be able to speak the language of the business. Wilkins' sentiments were backed up by Karen Price, CEO of the e-skills National Training Organisation... [23 Oct 2001]