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A Comparison of the MBA selection criteria in Taiwan.

The purpose of this research is to identify the selection criteria used by the management professors when they interview the candidates for MBA entrance examination in Taiwan. Seven famous graduate schools of business management were chosen for this study. With Q-method and survey, this study ranks and classifies the selection criteria of each graduate school. The samples include professors of those graduate schools and students who have gone through the selection interview. By using factor analysis, the research found the different types of professors with different selection criteria. The finding can be very useful for the graduate schools to know what students their faculty really wants. In addition, it is also informational to those applicants who want to enter the MBA program through selection channel to choose an appropriate graduate school.
The findings of this research indicated:
1.These seven graduate schools used different selection criteria.
2.Most of all professors agree that the analyzing ability and foreign language are the two most important criteria.
3.Comparing the ¡§my own view¡¨ and ¡§perception of colleagues¡¦ view¡¨, the research did find some significant differences.
4.Higher consensus exists among the professors at Cheng-chi, Yuan Ze and FuJen Catholic University. The professors of Sun Yat-sen University, Cheng-Kung University and Taiwan University were more diversified.
5.Attitude towards selection criteria is not the same among the professors from different countries where they were educated.
6.Five types of Professors can be distinguished is terms of the selection criteria used.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0606102-095646
Date06 June 2002
CreatorsChen, Wen-Chen
ContributorsJunying Huang, Jason H. Huang, Chang-yung Liu
PublisherNSYSU
Source SetsNSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive
LanguageCholon
Detected LanguageEnglish
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Sourcehttp://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0606102-095646
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