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August 30th, 2008
05:23 pm - 5 Questions to Ask About an MBA Program
 In looking to make the right choice for an MBA program, there are a number of questions for a candidate to consider. Some of these include:
Does the program address a large number of KSAs?
The number one reason given by most MBA candidates in Eastern Europe for pursuing an MBA is to acquire new KSAs (knowledge, skills, and abilties) for the purpose of obtaining more interesting work. If KSA development is consistent with a particular candidateOs goals, then he or she should evaluate an MBA program in terms of whether or not it provides a signifcant and varied range of topics.
What is the primary language(s) of curriculum and instruction?
It is helpful to know whether a curriculum is in its naive language or if it has been translated. When translated, materials are often less current and have more errors or difficulty in communicating ideas. Additionally, when a student earns an MBA in his or her second language, he or she will have an increased number of opportunities to obtain interesting work assignments.
Is it a full MBA program, or a training program?
A full MBA program will generally require a year of full-time study or 2 or 3 years of part-time study. Programs that are significantly shorter than this are not internationally recognized as an MBA degree. Instead, a one week or a few months-long program is considered an update on business developments that have occurred since a person received his or her MBA diploma. In an international context, shorter programs will not carry more weight than a short-term training program.
Does an MBA program have a high level of practical application in the work environment?
See the full article Questions to Ask About an MBA Program. Also, learn more about an exciting western MBA available in Russia.
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August 20th, 2008
10:31 am - Video: Customer Focus
We asked our friend Bill Lewis about his thoughts on customer focus in Russia. Here is some of what he had to say:
View more professional development videos and resources.
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August 15th, 2008
10:46 pm - Links: Online Storage
This links post is designed to help provide resources for online file storage. Due to recent developments in technologies and events in the news, online file storage is becoming an increasingly necessary and appealing option for consumers.
To read the rest of this entry with links, visit: http://www.ghprussia.ru/blog/?p=23
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August 9th, 2008
10:59 am - MBA Trends: Integrated Distance Learning
 The increase in international demand for an MBA combined with the rise of all things digital has lead to a sharp rise in distance learning based MBA programs. This growth, however, reflects only half of this MBA trend. On the other side, traditional brick and mortar universities are moving to incorporate distance learning courses. These merging aspects lead to a new trend of integrated distance learning—the integration of live, in-group instruction or interaction with a distance learning curriculum.
Both the traditional in-class and distance learning approaches to the MBA have some distinct benefits for the learner. For the in-class approach, the benefits include:
Practical / interactive instruction – because it is real-time, students may ask questions of their professor. The challenge of taking academic information to real world application is facilitated.
Team-oriented approach – many in-class programs are able to have students do projects in work-groups. Simulating the work environment, this method brings additional learning in soft skills or how to work with colleagues. Sharing viewpoints and learning to learn from peers can be a valuable element of the MBA education process.
(continued on the GHP blog or GHP website for MBA)
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August 4th, 2008
07:10 am - Review: Death by Meeting
In Death by Meeting, the author provides insight into the importance of effective meetings for organizational performance, confidence of the workforce in the management team, and overall morale. Consistent with his other works, Lencioni uses a narrative to convey his insights. Throughout the story, the character that is doing the difficult thinking and research on meetings, Will, uses his inter-disciplinary background to identify four different types of meetings that should be held and what type of activities should occur at each. The four types of meetings are:
- The daily check-in – a daily huddle to know activities and objectives of team members for the day
The full review of Death by Meeting is available at the expanded GHP blog.
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July 30th, 2008
12:16 pm - Does this count?
Some weeks ago I encountered a quote from Einstein: Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts. While I found the quote to be very insightful, it was even more interesting to me after learning that he kept this on the door of his office at Princeton. As it is arguably a life quote of such a great mind, it deserves serious consideration….
View the rest of this entry: http://www.ghprussia.ru/blog/?p=15
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July 24th, 2008
03:05 pm - New links
Learn where/how to make "word clouds" like this and get other interesting links at the new blog entry on our new and improved blog page...
http://www.ghprussia.ru/blog/?p=11
Also, click here to learn more about MBA programs in Russia.
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July 19th, 2008
05:39 pm - New blog, new videos, new content = MORE BETTER!
We have been working to put together a more permanent, professional blog. The good news is that it is up. Some of the things you will find there include:
Short pieces by our staff and network ;
Video and audio pieces; (currently there is a new video with Mr. Bill Lewis and one coming next week with Daniel Jarboe)
Weekly inspiring and perhaps comical blurbs;
Introduce new resource articles;
Helpful links;
Post job opportunities that may be of interest to our clients; and
Upcoming news about GHP services and activities.
Also, we have RSS feeds set up so you can subscribe to receive new info and instructional pieces/videos that should be coming out a couple times a week on average.
You may find the new blog directly at:
http://ghprussia.ru/blog
Or you may find a link to the blog on the front page of the main site at:
http://ghprussia.ru
We hope it is helpful for you! Also, we hope to read your comments there!!!
All the best,
Brit
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July 8th, 2008
02:09 pm - MBA Programs and Partnerships
Did you know...?
"...due to the global increase in demand, there is an increase in the level of partnership that is occurring in MBA education throughout the world."
The complete article is available in English at: http://ghprussia.ru/resources/analysis/mba-trends-3.html
or in Russian at: http://ghprussia.ru/resources/analysis/mba-trends-3ru.html
Also, a catalog of articles on MBA Trends and Analysis is available at: http://ghprussia.ru/resources/analysis.html
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June 30th, 2008
12:41 am - Website revision
We have just launched a new front page to the website. Feel free to check it out and give us some constructive criticism to help us know what you think. We have tried to increase emphasis on our services including the international mba and executive mba (emba) programs.
http://ghprussia.ru
In addition to the services, we have sought to give added exposure to the significant amount of content that is available through the resource pages. We hope it is helpful for you.
BTW - The info on corporate training is coming very soon....
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June 23rd, 2008
10:11 pm - An MBA student profile
Continuing to provide insight into trends in MBA education, our latest article is "A Student Profile." In this piece, three questions are dealt with:
1. Who are today's MBA candidates?
2. What is today's MBA candidate looking for in an education?
3. What can an MBA student anticipate after graduation?
Some key aspects that are dealt with include the main motivation for students seeking to participate--new knowledge, skills, and abilities--and some idea of the impact a quality degree has on future promotion and earnings.
This article is posted at: http://ghprussia.ru/resources/analysis/mba-trends2.html
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June 13th, 2008
02:52 pm - ROS
ROS (Return on Sales) is a very basic element of financial analysis. Written as earnings over sales, the necessary info comes from the Income Statement or Profit & Loss Statement (P & L). It should be written as the bottom line of the income statement written as the numerator of the ratio with the bottom line of the income statement serving as the denominator. The equation should look like this:
ROS = Net Income / Sales
(Sales may be written as sales or as revenues.)
This is a helpful tool to evaluate how effective a company is with their sales. Especially when evaluated over a period internally or when compared with competitors, this is a helpful indicator to determine overall effectiveness of the company. It is a strong indicator as all expenses including COGS are accounted for in this.
For more info on understanding financial statements: http://ghprussia.ru/resources/skills/financials-1.html
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June 12th, 2008
11:42 am - Trends in MBA Education
With globalization, there is an international move toward university and post-graduate education. This development is profound in the global MBA market. With this move, there are some generally shared trends that are and will be impacting the MBA student and market. This article is the first in a series about these MBA trends both on a global and a local market level.
Student Demand is Increasing
According to a report done by the Graduate Management Admission Council--a global nonprofit education organization--there has been a marked increase in demand for a MBA education since 2006. This increase in demand is seen in all categories of MBA education. Whereas there was an annual average decrease of at least 10% year over year from 2003 to 2005, there has been a composite average increase of 42% in 2006 and 41% in 2007 when accounting for full-time, part-time, and executive MBA programs combined. With the increasing interest and demand for a MBA education, there has been a marked decrease in the number of applications to the PhD program for the 2007 academic year. According to GMAC, there was a 12% decline in applications in the U.S. market and more than 4 times that decrease in other markets (1).
(1) "Application Trends Survey" of the Graduate Management Admission Council, 2007.
The rest of this article is available at: http://ghprussia.ru/resources/analysis/mba-trends.html
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June 9th, 2008
10:22 am - Executive MBA
In addition to the International MBA http://ghprussia.ru/mba , we are also making available an Executive MBA http://ghprussia.ru/services/mbaexec . In addition to the state-of-the-art distance learning, it will also have multiple sessions with top level executives sharing on their area of specialty and from their experience.
To learn more about this and other offerings, visit us at http://ghprussia.ru or feel free to email or call to schedule an appointment.
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June 6th, 2008
11:04 am - International MBA in Moscow
We have been working to launch a top quality western MBA program in Moscow for some time now. Thankfully, it is here. We have partnered with VLC to bring the first ever virtual reality MBA program to Russia. As there is a combination of distance learning and work group activity, we are thinking of it as "distance-learning-plus" or "e-learning+". More on how this works later.
Regarding the use of virtual reality, IBM's VP of strategy and innovation, Irving Wladawsky-Berger, states that "text-based interfaces, including browsers, as 'narrowband' into our brains," while "visual interfaces are broadband into our brains." Use of virtual reality brings about a whole new level of advanced learning capacity making the experience more stimulating and more effective.
You can learn more and try it at:
http://ghprussia.ru/mba.html
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01:00 am - iPhone and Apple on the move...
The phones are on their way. http://www.forbes.com/home/2008/06/05/iphone-stakeout-apple-tech-personal-cx_0605iphone.html
With the launch of the 3G iPhone, Apple moves from being a primarily U.S. company to a multi-national company. This is important to bear in mind when considering a U.S. recession and all of the companies that are affected. At this time, Apple will not be one of those.
U.S. journalists continue to focus on the importance of AT&T and its network in the launch. From my perspective, the U.S. 3G market is small potatoes compared to the 50 other countries expected to be serving up the iPhone for local use (and beyond perhaps--think China and Russia) by the end of the year. Markets such as Hong Kong, Japan, South America, Africa (too many markets to even make a list with an semblance of reality) will be selling the iPhone. These markets have enormous demand for high-end smart phones with a wide range of functionality.
If Apple can keep up with the demand from the markets they have secured, 10 million phones sold this year will be the factor by which the total is actually multiplied. One thing that should have been learned by now is that Apple has a history of under-promise and over-deliver. On this occasion, I think it is a severe under-promise. Now the real question is Mr. Jobs, how many phones can you deliver?
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June 5th, 2008
10:10 pm - Catching up...
I am catching up to the whatever century this is. Have been busy the past few years and when taking a breath, realized that there were blogs and social networking and so much stuff out there in the digital world.
OK, maybe I knew a lot of it was out there, but am finally getting involved. Have found that I made some mistakes along the way already, but learning as I go...part of being a life-long learner. One thing I have learned that is usually true is that it is easier to ask for forgiveness than permission. For that reason, am going to go ahead and start posting from time to time and hope that you will extend forgiveness whenever necessary.
Thanks for stopping by! Feel free to come by again soon when the info is a bit more substantive. Consider this a test ....
All the best,
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