Thu, 06 Aug 2020 20:09:00 GMT

Free MBA?

No you can't get a certified MBA (degree, certificate) free online, but you can certainly learn the same things as an MBA program for free if you are self directed and can keep yourself on track

So, go find a college (or two) and look at their MBA curriculum

Example:

Harvard MBA
https://www.hbs.edu/mba/academic-experience/curriculum/Pages/default.aspxFinance 1 (FIN1)

Year One

Financial Reporting and Control (FRC)

Leadership & Organizational Behavior (LEAD)

Marketing

Technology & Operations Management (TOM)

Short Intensive Programs (SIPs)

Business, Government, and the International Economy (BGIE)

Strategy (STRAT)

The Entrepreneurial Manager (TEM)

Finance 2 (FIN2)

Leadership and Corporate Accountability (LCA)

FIELD Global Immersion (FGI)

Year Two

During the second year, students choose from an unparalleled range of elective courses to build on the basic concepts developed in the Required Curriculum. This portion of the program enables students to integrate the functional skills learned in the first year into an understanding of the firm as a total enterprise.

Students may take any combination of courses—up to five courses per semester—and also have the opportunity to cross-register for courses in other select graduate programs.

During the winter term, choose from an array of courses spanning topics from corporate board leadership to reimagining capitalism and authentic leadership development to managing global health. You also have the opportunity to participate in Immersive Field Course (IFC).

University of Alberta
https://www.ualberta.ca/business/programs/mba/curriculum/courses-and-electives.html

Required Courses
BUEC 542 - International Business

OM 502 - Operations Management

SMO 502 - Organization Strategy / Managing Organizations

ACCTG 501 - Introduction to Financial Reporting and Analysis

ACCTG 523 - Accounting Information and Internal Decision Making

BUS 501 - Business Skills Orientation

BUS 504 - Career Management Skills

BUS 505 - Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility with Communications

BUEC 503 - Economic Foundations

FIN 501 - Managerial Finance

FIN 502 - Introduction to Financial Valuation

FIN 503 - Introduction to Corporate Finance

MGTSC 501 - Data Analysis and Decision Making

MARK 502 - Principles of Marketing Management

SMO 500 - Managing People

SMO 652 - Leadership Skills

Noticing some themes?

Accounting (Business Accounting)
Finance (not the same)
ethics
Being a manager
Decision Making

etc

So next

find books (to rent from library, or obtain other ways), online articles, and online classes (ideally free) on these topics. Get involved in slacks/discords/etc for people interested in this topic and read articles they post

it won't give you the title "MBA" which is useful for getting into positions, but honestly having got my MBA i think you can learn these things on your own and be fine.

to me, personally, the thing i found most valuable was i learned a little bit about EVERY part of the business, so when working with other teams i could understand (at a high level) where they were coming from.

I took:
-law
-accounting
-marketing
-presentations
-ethics
-business operations
-management skills
-six sigma / project management
-economics
-statistics
-international business relations
-IT

This other blog also has some ideas using the free classes some schools make available
https://www.classcentral.com/report/free-online-mba-top-b-schools/

https://www.themuse.com/advice/6-free-online-courses-thatll-teach-you-the-same-skills-youd-learn-in-business-school

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