Steven DeKrey, Senior Advisor and Professor Emeritus at HKUST Business School, has over 40 years of experience in building and running top-ranked MBA programs worldwide, including at Northwestern Kellogg, the University of Florida, Asian Institute of Management and HKUST, where he was Founding Director of the Kellogg-HKUST EMBA program.
Darren asks Professor DeKrey about the value of top MBA programs in Asia, how applicants can stand out in the admissions process, who should apply to Full-Time MBA, Part-Time MBA and Executive MBA (EMBA) programs, and whether leadership can be taught. Listen carefully to materially improve your chances of finding a great business school and getting in!
Topics
- Introduction (0:00)
- What makes top MBA programs in Asia and Hong Kong different? (4:06)
- The quality of top Asian MBA programs vs. top US programs (10:30)
- How important are local language skills for MBA graduates outside the US? (14:10)
- What questions applicants should ask when researching MBA programs? (18:35)
- MBA rankings and other signals of quality (24:30)
- Who should apply to Full-time MBAs, Part-time MBAs and Executive MBAs (EMBA) (28:30)
- Understanding EMBA Admissions (34:50)
- Can leadership be taught? The importance of learning agility (38:45)
- How can MBAs demonstrate leadership skills to employers? (46:40)
About Our Guest
Steven DeKrey is Senior Advisor and Professor Emeritus at HKUST Business School. He has over 40 years of experience in building and running top-ranked MBA programs worldwide, including at Northwestern Kellogg, the University of Florida, Asian Institute of Management, and HKUST, where he was Founding Director of the Kellogg-HKUST EMBA program. He served on the EQUIS accreditation board and AACSB's Asia-Pacific board, and today, teaches graduate students and executive training programs in leadership, corporate governance and board member development.
Steven has written over 15 cases for the Thompson Case Center, 9 of which have been published by Harvard Business School Publishing. Before starting his career in business education, Steven worked as a School & Sports Psychologist in Iowa. He got his PhD in School & Sports Psychology from the University of Iowa and his MBA from Northwestern Kellogg.
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