Master of Business Administration Research Project 2022

RESEARCH PROJECT
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Does the MBA meet a different purpose entirely or does it supplement or replace MPA?............3
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Does the MBA meet a different purpose entirely or does it supplement or
replace MPA?
MBA (Master of Business Administration) aids the students so that they can perform with their
best possible efforts in the private sector. This stream of learning mainly helps the students to
utilize their skills in special parts of the business organizations. According to the study of Finardi
and Rojo (2015), pursuing studies in MBA helps the students to excel in operations management,
marketing, finance, accounting and the supply chain management. In this perspective considering
the study of Buenviaje et al., (2016), t can be seen that MBA course is undertaken by students
who aims at gathering more knowledge about the business world on the other hand MPA
( Master of professional Accounting) is selected by the students who wish to serve the public
accounting organizations.
As opined by the study of Bunney (2017), it has been observed that MPA is more attainable by
students who want to gather knowledge about accounting procedures because this study aids
them to prepare Certified Public Accountant examination. Thus from this aspect it can be said
that MBA did not replace MPA as the fields provides different outcomes. Caglio and Cameran
(2017) and Zeff (2016), in their study has shown that MPA prepare the students to nurture their
analytical skills on the financial reporting.
As pointed by the study of Kruss et al., (2015), working in public sector and nonprofit sectors
requires more responsible actions than working in private sectors because public sectors always
generates situations which are uncertain and thus pursuing course of MPA aids the students to
act promptly in emergency situations. Kwong and Thompson (2016), in their study have shown
that after MBA courses completion one can choose career options like accountant, investment
banker, consultant and senior executive, Lupu and Empson ( 2015) and Pincus et al., (2017), in
their study has shown that after pursuing MPA course students can choose career options like
budget analyst, revenue agent, auditor and accountant. Thus, it can be observed that career
aspects of MPA student are very different from that of students of MBA.
Mathew (2019), in his study have displayed that salary structure of the individuals who opted the
MPA course is different from that of the individuals who opted the MBA course. Median salary
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