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Business Management - evening / part-time

  • 22-02-2013 10:25PM
    #1
    con1982
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    I have a Degree in Structural Enginnering and have been working in the construction industry for the last nine years. I feel that I have reach a ceiling with my qualifications.

    I want to move up the management chain within the industry. Has anyone from an engineering/science profession done a part-time/evening business course?

    I've lookied into MBA but the fees are high. I haven't ruled it out yet.
    Ideally I'd like to get a Diploma or other recognised qualification.

    Any ideas or feedback is appreciated


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  • #2
    budhabob
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,302 ✭✭✭budhabob


    con1982 wrote: »
    I have a Degree in Structural Enginnering and have been working in the construction industry for the last nine years. I feel that I have reach a ceiling with my qualifications.

    I want to move up the management chain within the industry. Has anyone from an engineering/science profession done a part-time/evening business course?

    I've lookied into MBA but the fees are high. I haven't ruled it out yet.
    Ideally I'd like to get a Diploma or other recognised qualification.

    Any ideas or feedback is appreciated

    I am in my final stretch of a Masters in Management from Smurfit. Its a friday and saturday a month which seems to be much easier than evenings (http://www.smurfitschool.ie/mastersprogrammes/generalmanagement/masterinmanagementparttime/)

    Its a decent course, with a fairly sizeable workload.

    Alternatively a friend of mine has recently completed a masters in Engineering managment in UCD (http://www.ucd.ie/mem/)

    Depends what your after. If you have any queries on the MiM course let me know.

    FYI - I'm a civil engineer.


  • #3
    con1982
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 515 ✭✭✭con1982


    Thanks for your feedback.

    Having done some further comparisons of institutes and courses, I think a post graduate diploma or similar is my only realistic option. I just couldn't afford 6k+ for a masters.

    The most economic course I can find is Management Post Graduate Diploma by CMI (2,900e). It's a 30wk course part-time.

    IBAT do a Graduate Diploma in Management Studies for about 3,700e over 2 years, part-time.

    Are certain institutes regarded in higher standing in the business community? Do employers value business qualifications from the traditional institutes such as DIT, UCD, TCD in a different light than DBS, IBAT, CMI ?


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