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Recession and the Future of MBA

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In the past few months, humanity has faced an onslaught of the deadly Coronavirus. Thousands of people across different parts of the world have succumbed to this virus. While it has impacted innumerable businesses and industries across the world, even educational institutions have not been left untouched. Overnight adjustments had to be made for students pursuing their MBA or other higher education courses. Most of them are currently undergoing online classes by their respective institutes. As global economy starts to tumble, MBA institutes have started facing the heat. Thousands of businesses have shut down while others have laid off a majority of their employees. The unemployment numbers have already started giving tremors to the management graduates. People are following social distancing to avoid contracting to this virus, but the damage has already been done in economic terms. Covid-19 will continue to have a ripple effect on the entire economy in the month

Automation, Fake Reviews, MBA Grads… It’s time for Truth!

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When was the last time you visited a near-by bank for simple banking activities like money transfer, withdrawal and wire transfer? And how about visiting a physical store for recharging your phone number? It would seem like only yesterday when you manually did these activities by visiting a store. Today, automation and technology have made these tasks effortless and fast. It is just one instance of how technology is encroaching into our lives and businesses. From the flourishing novelty of self-driven cars to a wide range of innovative services in the hotel and travel industry, automation is everywhere. For many industry experts, this is worrying. They have many concerns about automation. For starters, they believe our higher education isn’t ready to face the onslaught of automation. Some naysayers go further and share a rather apocalyptic view of the future by stating that automation will leave most MBA grads with no jobs.    Technology doesn’t have emoti