AEROSPACE MBA |
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| 1 year duration |
18-24 month duration |
| Only 6 residency periods; minimizes travel time and time spent “shifting gears” between work and school |
Travel to/from campus 50-75+ times with nearly constant “shifting gears” between work and school |
| Use of state of the art interactive distance learning balanced to complement residency periods |
Varies; May have no distance learning or may be 100% distance learning |
| Practical for participants to attend from anywhere in the world |
Practical for participants to attend from anywhere in the world |
| Strong aerospace focus; in-depth exposure to entire aerospace value stream, design thru end-users to MRO |
Avoids any particular industry focus (but tends to unintentionally focus on consumer products) |
| Networking with, and exposure to, the best and brightest aerospace managers and companies |
Probably not another aerospace firm in the class |
| International visit provides an academic and applied aerospace perspective |
Any international visits must be generic in order to appeal to open enrollment class |
| Heavy emphasis on individual assessment, personal development plans, and 1-on-1 coaching |
Leadership development likely to be covered as a standard topic, with more generic/abstract coverage |
| Major assignments designed to offer tangible same-year returns that more than covering entire cost of program |
Intangible payback to program likely to take several years in most cases |
| All major projects are based on applying concepts to your specific company/supply chain |
May or may not include any applications to work “back home” in company or supply chain |
| Single industry focus on aerospace allows teaming with class mates on projects across companies |
Open enrollment limits application projects to single company, “within your four walls” work |
| Single program taught by cross-functional team that stays with the class for the entire year |
16-20 standalone courses taught by individual faculty who change each semester |
| Use of dedicated faculty team provides broad and deep exposure to aerospace issues and solutions |
Faculty turnover coupled with open enrollment limits faculty’s exposure to any one specific industry |
