Mini Case - The MBA Decision 1. How does Ben’s age affect his decision to get an MBA? Ben’s age is a very important factor which can affect his decision to get an MBA degree. Firstly‚ Ben is now 28 years old and expects to work for 40 more years. So he has an expected work life of 68 years. So the earlier he gets an MBA‚ the better for him. For example: probably it won’t benefit him much if he decided to get an MBA at the age of 60. No one would hire him as an investment banker even if
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ECO 527 | The MBA Decision | Case 1 | Group 4 | | | | 1. How does Ben’s age affect his decision to get an MBA? We assume that both MBA program start at the beginning of the year‚ now is the beginning of the year at his age of 28 and he can enroll both program now. The following summary table shows the information he can use to make the decision. Option | Dewey and Louis | Ritter College ‚Wilton Univ (2 year program) | Mount Perry College (1 year program) | Tuition
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The MBA Decision Ben Gates graduated from college six years ago with a finance undergraduate degree. Since Graduation‚ he has been employed in the finance department at East Coast Yachts. Although he is satisfied with his current job‚ his goal I to become an investment banker. He feels that an MBA degree would allow him to achieve this goal. After examining schools‚ he has narrowed his choice to either Wilton University or Mount Perry College. Although internships are encouraged by both schools‚
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age affect his decision to get an MBA? This document is the property of Management Development Institute‚ Gurgaon. Ben passed out from college six years ago with a finance undergraduate degree. He is 28 years of age and his goal I to become an investment banker. Ben’s age can affect his decision to get an MBA due to the following reasons: o His age determines the time period wherein he can be productively employed. The time window available to Ben keeps on reducing with age. o Ben is away from
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The MBA Decision Getting an MBA is one of these decisions that people at one point thought of as a level of education only few are able to attain. In time that perspective has changed and in recent calculations the number of MBA graduates has increased by 250% (Articlesbase‚ 2006). In the closing case‚ we address the questions below to help Ben with his MBA decision. Question 1 How does Ben’s age affect his decision to get an MBA? Time plays a huge factor in Ben’s decision to get his MBA and to
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Facts: Ben Gates Current Job Wilton Mount Perry Annual Salary $50000 90000 78000 Expected Increase 3% 4% 3.5% Working Years 38 36 37 Tax Rate on Salary 26% 31% 29% Annual Tuition 0 $65000 $75000 Books 0 $2500 $3500 Program Length in Years 0 2 1 Signing Bonus 0 15000 12000 Health Insurance 0 3000 3000 Room and Board 0 $2000 $2000 Discount rate 6.5% 1. How does Ben’s age affect his decision to get an MBA? a. Ben’s current age is a key factor in his decision making process. If
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Ben Bates graduated from college six years ago with a finance undergraduate degree. Although he is satisfied with his current job‚ his goal is to become an investment banker. He feels that an MBA degree would allow him to achieve his goal. After examining schools‚ he has narrowed his choice to either Wilton University or Mount Perry College. Although internships are encouraged by both schools‚ to get class credit for the internship‚ no salary can be paid. Other than internships‚ neither school will
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8 | The MBA Decision - A Case Study | | Question 1 Ben Bates is 28 years old and expects to work for another 40 years. This tells us that he would retire at the age of 68. However‚ if Ben decides to enroll in an MBA program‚ the following things would happen * He would incur a cost for his higher education (for two years at Wilton University and for one year at Mount Perry College) * He would not receive a salary during the time that he is enrolled in his MBA program‚
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THE MBA DECISION 1. How does Ben’s age affect his decision to get an MBA? In our opinion‚ Age is one of the important factor that affects someone decision to continue study. In this case‚ Ben is now 28 years old. He graduated from college six years ago when he’s age is 22 years old. Assuming that Ben already working for about 5 years since graduated from college‚ so that he would have enough money from salary saving in5 years to do his MBA at 28 years age. If he starts the MBA program on 28 years
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The MBA Decision NPV Options for Ben: 1. Keep Working Salary = $60‚000‚ tax rate = 26%‚ because of tax rate‚ c = $44‚400 R (discount rate) = 6.5% G (growth rate) = 3% T (the number of period working) = 40 So : Present Value (PV) of Growing Annuity. PVW = C ((1 – ( (1+g)/(1+r))t)/ r – g ) PVW= $44 400 ((1 – ((1+3%)/(1+6.5%))40)/ 6.5% - 3%) PVW = $44 400 ((1 – (1.03/1.065)40)/ 0.035) PVW = $ 44 400 ((1 – 0.2627) / 0.035) PVW = $44
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